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Scott County man dies in crash
(Local News ~ 04/08/21)
DELTA, Mo. — A Scott County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Thursday in Cape Girardeau County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 7:10 a.m. on Route N at Route U, four miles west of Delta, as the westbound vehicle driven by a 17-year-old male of Whitewater failed to yield to the northbound vehicle driven by Alfred “Paul” Friga, 67, of Chaffee and was struck by Friga’s vehicle...
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Making music again: Former SHS orchestra director’s bass donated to school
(Local News ~ 04/08/21)
SIKESTON — An instrument owned and played by a former longtime Sikeston High School orchestra department is back in the hands of a musician, ready to be played and heard. On Monday, members of the Richard Powell family donated their father’s bass musical instrument to the SHS orchestra department through the Sikeston Public Schools Foundation...
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E-waste recycling events scheduled
(Local News ~ 04/08/21)
SIKESTON — Area residents will have two opportunities to recycle their electronics locally. From 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 28, electronic items ranging from TVs, monitors, computers, audio, video and office equipment will be accepted at Carnell’s Collision Repair, 700 Tanner, 417 North Main in Sikeston...
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Seeking is important in the Bible
(Column ~ 04/08/21)
What is your favorite Easter candy? Some will say Peeps or jelly beans, or better yet chocolate bunnies. It was amazing to watch the kids at our church do an Easter Egg hunt. To see the focus and intensity of these children in their quest to get as many eggs as they could was amazing...
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Laura Sherman
(Obituary ~ 04/08/21)
SiKESTON — Laura Ann (Lewis) Sherman (88) of Sikeston passed away April 7, 2021, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Laura Ann was born Sept. 9, 1932, to Orbra William and Dixie (Shy) Lewis in East Prairie. In 1950, she graduated as the valedictorian of New Madrid High School and later attended the Texas State College for Women and Southeast Missouri State College...
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Wayne Coatney
(Obituary ~ 04/08/21)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Wayne Bradley Coatney, age 58, passed away, Sunday, April 4, 2021, peacefully at his home in Morehouse. He was born May 23, 1962, in Sikeston, to Wayne Junior Coatney and Sandra Caudle. He was a graduate of the Sikeston High School, member of the United States Navy and of the Pentecostal faith. He was a loving father, brother and friend...
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Teresa Burton
(Obituary ~ 04/08/21)
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Teresa Fowler Burton of West Memphis passed away on April 6, 2021. She is preceded in death by her husband, Gary Raymond Burton; her parents, Freeman Fowler and Lindell Berry Fowler; and sister, Patricia Crosier. Surviving is her daughter, Melissa Burton Gray, and son-in-law, William “Butch” Gray of West Memphis...
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Jeffery Groves
(Obituary ~ 04/08/21)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jeffery A. "Smiley" Groves, 55, died April 7, 2021. Arrangements are at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Patricia Laws
(Obituary ~ 04/08/21)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Patricia Laws, daughter of the late Paul C. Durbin and Billie Jean Bendel Durbin, was born on Aug. 16, 1951, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life on April 7, 2021, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, surrounded by her family at the age of 69 years...
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