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Margie Double
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Margie Rose Smee Double, 82, died May 9, 2021, at her home in East Prairie. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the chapel at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston is in charge of arrangements...
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Sikeston tennis advances to district semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston tennis team swept past Cape Central 5-0 in the Class 2, District 1 quarterfinals Monday afternoon. In doubles, Max Worth and Tyler McHaffie posted an 8-1 win while Tommy Gilmore and Jake Buchanan won 8-4. The doubles team of Nick Tidwell and Henry Robison were also winners, 8-2...
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Mandy Jones
(Obituary ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON — Mandy L. Treadwell Jones, died Saturday, May 8, 2021, at the Westfield Nursing Center in Sikeston. She was born March 27, 1946, in Point Pleasant, to the late Joe and Hattie Johnson Treadwell. Mandy was a member of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church. She attended church on a regular basis before her illness...
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Scott Central students enjoy the return of play day
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON — In a year that began like no other, Scott County Central Elementary is ensuring its students will have some normalcy as the school year comes to a close. On Tuesday, the elementary school hosted its annual school-wide play day — an event that was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Infection prevention nurse never gave up during pandemic
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Eric Slaughter can remember the first days of the pandemic like yesterday. It was before he had to get to work at 8 a.m. every morning and stay until midnight seven days a week, when he didn’t have layers of protective gear that prevented him from connecting with patients...
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Congressman tours southern border, says policies ‘crazy’
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
The 8th District’s congressman termed federal policy at the U.S. southern border “crazy,” after visiting with Border Patrol agents in California and Arizona last week. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said he was among about a dozen members of Congress who toured the area to see firsthand immigration conditions on the ground...
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R-6 Hall/Wall nominations due June 1
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 Hall of Fame and Honor Wall nomination forms are being accepted until June 1. The Hall of Fame recognizes individuals and/or teams who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to Sikeston R-6 Schools and brought honor to the school and community in athletics and school activities. Nominees must have graduated five or more years ago to be considered...
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Lowe named FFA Area 15 Star in Placement
(05/11/21)
SEDALIA, Mo. — The Missouri FFA Association recognized Noah Lowe of Sikeston FFA Chapter as the Area 15 Star in Placement at the 93rd Missouri FFA Convention. His parents are Bart and Pam Lowe of Sikeston. His adviser is Morgan Coday. Area Stars in Placement are selected based upon outstanding achievement in work experience in an agricultural business as a part of a student’s supervised agricultural experience program and active participation in FFA. ...
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Spring turkey harvest down in 2021
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A decline in hunting participation led to a low spring turkey harvest. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 31,798 birds during Missouri’s 2021 regular spring turkey season, April 19 through May 9. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 710 birds telechecked, Texas with 666, and Callaway with 639...
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Parson announces Missouri to end all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefits
(Local News ~ 05/11/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In order to address workforce shortages across the state, Governor Mike Parson today directed the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) to notify the U.S. Department of Labor that Missouri will end participation in all federal pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs effective Saturday, June 12 at 11:59 p.m...
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SCTC full-time employment signings
(Business ~ 05/11/21)
SIKESTON — Sikeston High School and Sikeston Career and Technology Center hosted a career fair on April 28 for its students and also it’s first-ever signing ceremony to celebrate students accepting a full-time commitment to area employers. Brent Trankler, welding technology instructor for SCTC, said approximately 65 area employers were represented at the career fair which was held in the Sikeston Field House...
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Charlie Parrish - Dexter barber ends 51-year career
(Business ~ 05/11/21)
When Charlie Parrish turned the lock at Parrish’s Barber Shop last Thursday afternoon, it was not the end of his usual work week. After 51 years at 8 N. Locust St. in Dexter, Parrish retired on April 29. “I came to Dexter in 1970,” recalls Parrish, “and I’ve been in this same spot all that time. I even still have the same barber chair I bought used when I first opened.”...
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Juveniles caught after vandalizing plants on Main Street
(Column ~ 05/11/21)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of May 3, an officer took a report about vandalism on Main Street. The botanical society had put plants in all of the planters on Main Street earlier in the day, and by late in the afternoon someone had pulled out all of the plants and thrown them in the street...
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