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Parson announces completion of Missouri COVID-19 vaccine plan, submission to CDC
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri submitted its plan for administering the impending COVID-19 vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gov. Mike Parson was joined by Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Director Dr. Randall Williams during Thursday’s weekly briefing to announce the completion of the plan, which was due to the CDC by Oct. 16...
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Grief support group offered in Sikeston
(Community News ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON — After a death, when the funeral is over and the cards and flowers stop coming, grief will often continue leaving some to feel alone. A new group in Sikeston hopes to ease that feeling. The group is being formed in Sikeston with the help of Dr. Wendell Weathers, a Sikeston dentist from 1960 until retiring in 1995. After retiring, Weathers did dentist mission work with Native Americans and even taught at local schools...
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Harvest for God in your heart
(Column ~ 10/16/20)
A man walks into a gas station and as he is checking out, the man starts talking with some of the locals. One of them asks the man if he is new around here. The man says, “yes, I am from around here. I am in the fields with my cotton. I don’t own a cotton picker, but love my electric car.” ...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 10/16/20)
As I open Wednesday’s Standard Democrat, I see a Speakout worth repeating, especially in light of last night’s embarrassing presidential debate. Make America respectable again and vote for Biden.
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Sikeston fall curbside pickup begins Monday
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON — Throughout the year, Sikeston residents are offered two opportunities to dispose of bulky wastes and discards not routinely collected during weekly trash pickup. One is in the spring and the other will be held in late October. On Monday and Thursday, those with Monday and Thursday pickup can place items out with their normal trash pickup. On Oct. 27 and 30 those with Tuesday and Friday pickup can place their items out with their normal trash...
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Turnbow files for Sikeston mayor position; Teachout for Ward 3 seat
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON — Two additional Sikeston residents have put their name in the hat for positions on city council. Greg Turnbow has filed for mayor while David Teachout has filed for the open seat in Ward 3. Seats up for election are Mayor Steven Burch, Ward 2 council member Gerald Settles and Ward 3 council member Karen Evans, who have all termed out...
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Galloway visits SEMO Food Bank
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway takes a tour of the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, Friday in Miner, Mo. Galloway is a candidate for Missouri governor.
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Medley graduates from DLI Executive Academy
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON — Learning about local and regional economic development, Sikeston’s Kathy Medley was one of five new Missouri graduates of the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy. Medley completed the year-long DLI Executive Academy, a leadership development program that brings together public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders from DRA’s eight-state region. ...
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Quilt on display
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
Susan Newman, director of the New Madrid County Library system, looks over the Missouri Bicentennial Quilt, which was featured at the system’s main branch in Portageville on Tuesday. The quilt is made from blocks featuring every county in the state along with the city of St. ...
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Like others, Kelly Schools adjusts to COVID’s impact
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
BENTON, Mo. — In the district’s first week of virtual learning for all students this school year, things are going well as students, parents and faculty adjust to these ever-changing times during the pandemic, according to Scott County R-4 “Kelly” Superintendent Dr. Kevin Cogdill...
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COVID-19 positive cases increasing in local schools
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
As the number of active COVID-19 cases increase in the region, the number of cases in local schools is following suit, causing some to adjust their schedules. According to data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that is tracking cases of students in the state’s school districts, the Sikeston R-6 School District has seen 12 new positive cases in the last two weeks. Since March, there has been 123 positive cases reported in the R-6 district...
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Parson announces completion of Missouri COVID-19 vaccine plan, submission to CDC
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri submitted its plan for administering the impending COVID-19 vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gov. Mike Parson was joined by Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Director Dr. Randall Williams during Thursday’s weekly briefing to announce the completion of the plan, which was due to the CDC by Oct. 16...
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Watkins new associate at Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas & Hanschen
(Business ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON – Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen, LLC welcomes Tony C. “Trey” Watkins, III, as a new associate. Watkins graduated in May with a Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Law and was sworn into the Missouri Bar in September. While a law student, he served on the Southern Illinois University Law Journal as Note Editor and Staff...
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Judge sentences Chaffee man to 115 months in federal prison for possessing firearm
(Local News ~ 10/16/20)
A Chaffee man was sentenced to serve over nine years in federal prison following his guilty plea for illegally possessing a firearm. Seth A. Barnhart, 25, of Chaffee, Missouri, was sentenced Thursday to serve 115 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...
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Robert Duckworth Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/16/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Robert Hill Duckworth Jr., age 103, passed away Oct. 15, 2020, at the Missouri State Veteran’s Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 11, 1917, in Matthews, Missouri, son of the late Robert Hill Duckworth Sr. and Mary Shelton...
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Susan Cox
(Obituary ~ 10/16/20)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. — Susan Lee Walker Cox, 73, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Oct. 15, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
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Joyce Watson
(Obituary ~ 10/16/20)
SIKESTON — Joyce Ann Reeves Watson, 85, died Oct. 15, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. Born July 19, 1935, at Booneville, Arkansas, to the late John Alex Reeves and Myrtle B. Williams Reeves, she had lived in Charleston several years where she was employed at the Brown Shoe Company.
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