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Sikeston R-6 Schools, Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri awarded grant
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 Schools and the Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri were recently awarded $100,000 for the Missouri Apprentice Ready Initiative. “The local Workforce Development Board (WIOA) has a proven history of supporting our students,” said Brent Trankler, Sikeston Career and Technology Center welding instructor. “I am proud to get the opportunity to partner with such a dynamic team, and I know we are going to do powerful things with this grant.”...
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Bootheel Area CIT highlights mental health awareness, role in community
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
SIKESTON — With May being Mental Health Awareness month, the Bootheel Area Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, is highlighting the importance of mental health awareness and the team’s role in the community. “The ultimate goal with Mental Health Awareness Month is you want to eliminate the stigma of mental health...
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What to do in a crisis?
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
Lt. Jon Broom, with Sikeston Department of Public Safety, who is the chair of the Bootheel Area Crisis Intervention Team, provided the following tips for those in a crisis. Anyone who finds a family member or someone in a situation that escalates to a crisis, they should do their best to remain calm. Here are some techniques that may help to de-escalate the crisis:...
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Care has led parks and recreation through many improvements
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
SIKESTON — Admittedly, Dustin Care likes to have fun so being the director of Sikeston Parks and Recreation is the perfect job for the Tennessee native. “I’m a big sports guy and I like people and I like to help out,” Care said. “I like different groups of people, adults and kids alike. It’s just fun and I like to have fun. It’s parks and recreation and recreation is the definition of fun.”...
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Saving their school: Group of parents working to keep The Christian Academy open
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
SIKESTON — A group of parents are working to keep the doors of their beloved Sikeston school open next school year. On May 10, parents of The Christian Academy students learned the private school, which was established in 2004, would close it doors permanently due to a lack of funding...
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Smith decries House vote on Jan. 6 Commission
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
Southeast Missouri’s U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-8) voted “no” during Wednesday’s 252-175 vote in the U.S. House approving the establishment of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6 on Capitol Hill, in which five people died and more than 400 others arrested...
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Delta Peanut holds groundbreaking ceremony in Kennett Thursday
(Business ~ 05/21/21)
KENNETT, Mo. -Delta Peanut held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to celebrate the construction of a new peanut processing plant. The expansion will bring an investment of more than $50 million and create nearly 50 new jobs in Kennett and the surrounding area...
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Ricky Pierson
(Obituary ~ 05/21/21)
James Ricky Pierson passed away May 20, 2021, at New Madrid Nursing Center, New Madrid at the age of 73 years. He was born Nov. 16, 1947, in Hickman, Kentucky, to the late Charles Bilderback and Billie June Black. On Sept. 7, 2016, he was married to Leslie Pierson, who survives of the home...
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Appreciation meals served
(Local News ~ 05/21/21)
A free meal was served from the Tri-County Clowns and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Thursday for law enforcement and fire personnel. A total of 55 meals were served within two shifts.
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