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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 07/02/21)
Why are they selling young boys and teenagers guns that look real and shoot water balloons and rubber pellets? I’m afraid one of the kids could get hurt with someone thinking these boys have real guns. It’s not funny. I hope people understand these people understand these boys are playing with balloon guns and rubber pellet guns. I hope the older people realize that before they think they are real.
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Mary Louise Loveless
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
VANDUSER, Mo. – Mary Louise Loveless, age 87, passed away July 2, 2021, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Nov. 19, 1933, in Bell City, Missouri, daughter of the late William Hoots and Effie Emaline Berkhart Hoots...
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Barbara Lohr
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
JACKSON, Mo. — Barbara Ann Lohr, 83 years young, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Florida, having the time of her life with her grandchildren, while on a Walt Disney World vacation. She was born July 12, 1937 in Sikeston, Missouri, daughter of Gilbert and Marie Clinton. ...
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Friday morning accident
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety work an accident scene at just after 10 a.m. Friday morning on East Malone. One driver was injured and transported to a local hospital. No further information was available at press time.
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Temperatures cool for Fourth of July weekend
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
SIKESTON — Fourth of July weekend will not be hot as a firecracker this year, but it will pave the way for some warmer weather in the coming week, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. High temperatures are predominately in the 80s or 90s on the Fourth of July, encompassing 86% of all years on record, the Weather Service said. The normal high for July 4 is 89 degrees...
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Sikeston church choir sings at Busch Stadium
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Every Sunday church choirs stand in front of their congregations and sing hymns, but one local church choir took their singing to a different venue. On Saturday, June 26, the Tanner Street Church of God choir joined with a choir from Vincennes, Indiana, and sang “God Bless America” in front of 33,058 people before a St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium...
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July Calendar Girl
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Jordan James, daughter of Lisa and Billy James of Sikeston, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for July. A recent graduate of Sikeston High School, James plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University where she will major in criminal justice this fall...
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Dana McCourt
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
BENTON, Mo. — Dana D. McCourt, 85 of Benton died Friday, July 2, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Sept. 8, 1935, to Ophie and Sara (Cougar) McCourt. He married Deloma “Jean” Jones on May 16,1964. She preceded him in death on March 5, 2015...
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