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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 10/23/20)
I noticed in the paper on the Miss Sikeston and Miss Cotton Carnival pageant, four of the runners up didn’t have their fathers listed. I wonder how bad their fathers feel about that?
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Program offers hope to some looking for work
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — For Chris Walstrum, finding a job he wanted wasn’t easy. Coming from a family of truck drivers, Walstrum saw a future he wanted but due to the cost of truck driving school, saw a hurdle he thought he couldn’t clear. Then he was introduced to the SkillUp, a program with Southern Missouri Works Project through Caring Communities...
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Miner Baptist Student Ministry hosting Trunk-or-Treat
(Community News ~ 10/23/20)
In July, during their 2020 student mission trip to the Appalachian Mountains, a group of students came up with an idea of a Trunk-or-Treat. Following one of the family evening programs the students were conducting at Roan Mountain State Park, David Mercer, student minister at Miner Baptist Church, was asked if the students could do a Trunk-or-Treat using some of the same ideas implemented that night...
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Fellowship Baptist plans Trunk-or-Treat
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
SIKESTON — Fellowship Baptist Church will be holding their annual Trunk-or-Treat this year, however, with some additional safety measures due to COVID-19. “There will still be a lot of candy, free hot dogs, and friendly people but with a few changes to protect everyone,” said Spencer Ayers, youth and children’s minister at Fellowship Baptist Church...
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Where would a farmer be without his tractor?
(Column ~ 10/23/20)
Where would a farmer be without his tractor? Try pulling a disk, plow, bailer, planter, or any of our other great massive farm equipment with a team of mules. We thank God was the incredible development and updated tractors from all of our great Ag companies. You can’t seriously farm without your tractor or tractors. Like the tractor for the farmer, the most important possession for the Christian is the Bible...
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Delta Dental of Missouri launches virtual Land of Smiles program
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
SIKESTON — Delta Dental of Missouri’s Land of Smiles program, known for visiting hundreds of elementary schools throughout Missouri each year to teach grade-school children good dental health habits, has launched a new virtual experience in response to the continuing impact of COVID-19...
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SEMO Food Bank gets $500,000 in CARES Act funding
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Southeast Missouri Food Bank in Sikeston will receive just over $500,000 in new funding to assist residents in need during the pandemic. Gov. Mike Parson announced on Wednesday $5 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to be divided among Missouri’s six regional food banks to help citizens who continue to rely on food assistance...
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Annual Sikeston Community Thanksgiving Meal to be carryout
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
SIKESTON — There will be a Thanksgiving meal offered to the community this year; however, it will be different than ever before due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re making drastic changes this year,” said longtime event organizer Marlene Stevens of Sikeston. “We’re still going to have a meal, but we will not be delivering or directly serving the food. All the meals will have to be ‘to-go,’ and we feel like that’s the best way to do it to keep everyone safe.”...
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Jo Ann Maddox
(Obituary ~ 10/23/20)
BELL CITY, Mo. – Jo Ann Maddox, age 61, passed away Oct. 23, 2020, at Southeast Health in Dexter, Missouri. She was born March 26, 1959m in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of the late Thurman Eugene Scheible and Velma Bernice Weston. She was Manager of CMV-Inhome Assistance in Jackson, Missouri, before retiring; a member of American Pool Players Association; National Team Championships 2004 Open Division Third Place, and had competed in World Tournaments in Las Vegas, Nevada, which she won in 2004...
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Pedestrian struck, injured by vehicle in Matthews
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
MATTHEWS, Mo. — A pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle in the parking lot of a truck stop late Thursday in New Madrid County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at 9:30 p.m. in the Love’s Truck Stop parking lot in Matthews as the northbound vehicle driven by John M. Riley, 39, of New Madrid, Missouri, was backing from a parking spot and struck a pedestrian, Ernest D. Howden, 79, of Lake Michigan, Michigan...
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Temporary speed bumps installed
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
Temporary speed bumps are currently in place on Salcedo near the intersection with Columbine. Several individuals in the area have made multiple requests for the city to install the speed bumps at the location and Sikeston’s Traffic Committee has previously considered but denied this request. ...
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Southeast Missouri native among first class of Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
SIKESTON — The Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame has announced its first inductees, and among them is a Southeast Missouri native. Inductees require a Missouri connection, honorable military service and contributed exceptionally to the community, the state and/or the nation...
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Special delivery
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
Scott County R-4 “Kelly” school bus driver Dina Wilkerson delivers meals to a parent in the district Thursday at the Benton City Hall. Since Oct. 9, the district has been educating all of its students virtually after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 and had been in close contact with many of the other staff members. ...
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CANDIDATE Q&A: Backfisch, Kiefer vie for commissioner of Scott County 2nd district
(Local News ~ 10/23/20)
Mike Backfisch Jr. and Donnie Keifer are both candidates for 2nd District Scott County Commissioner on the Nov. 3 ballot. Backfisch is a Republican while Kiefer is a Democrat. The following is a Q&A with each candidate. In 100 words or less: Describe your experience/background?...
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