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Jessica Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/30/21)
SIKESTON — Jessica Maxine Brown, age 39, a resident of Sikeston, died Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.She was born Feb. 8, 1982, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Anita Kay Brown, who survives of Sikeston and the late Vernon Dale Brown.
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Doris Bevly
(Obituary ~ 09/30/21)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Doris Jean Bevly was born Nov. 1, 1944, in New Madrid to the union of Naaman Wesley and Minnie Edwards. She departed this life on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Doris accepted Christ at an early age at BB Memorial CME Church. In 1964, she graduated from O’Bannon High School. She married Nebraska Belvy on Aug. 27, 1994. She enjoyed family and watching nighttime soaps and reading her bible...
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Hunter education skills session offered in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 09/30/21)
SIKESTON –The Missouri Department of Conservation will host a Hunter Education skills session on Sunday, Oct. 24 at the Clinton Community Building at 501 Campanella Drive in Sikeston. The class will begin at 1 p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. Missouri’s hunter education program gives participants options to complete their mandated requirement completed by the time a hunter is 16 years old. ...
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Active COVID cases decrease; two Scott County deaths reported
(Local News ~ 09/30/21)
The number of active COVID-19 cases continues to decrease but additional deaths are still being reported. Two more deaths related to the virus were reported in Scott County, making 105 for the county. The deaths were one person in their 40s and another in their 50s...
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Week-long celebration kicks off Sunday at Portageville
(Local News ~ 09/30/21)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - The annual Soybean Festival is more than just a celebration of Portageville’s agriculture heritage. According to Portageville Chamber President Clint Klipfel, it is a reflection of the community itself. “I think any community that can still come together to host events and have that kind of morale and camaraderie shows that the community is thriving. ...
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Just like a cotton harvest, everyone who is born again should make sure that they work for an eternal harvest
(Column ~ 09/30/21)
I am from Mid-Missouri and our climate is too cold to produce cotton, but Sikeston has incredible soil and perfect climate for this crop. I love that you celebrate cotton by having the Cotton Carnival. “Cotton plants have a rather large growing period, about 200 days. ...
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Charleston native becomes pastor of historic Cape Girardeau church
(Local News ~ 09/30/21)
Pastor Juliet Kent-Hemphill, a 1977 graduate of Charleston, Missouri, High School, has come home to Southeast Missouri to assume the pastorate of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, 516 North St. in Cape Girardeau, part of the AME’s District 5 covering 16 U.S. states...
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A&E show spotlights murderer of five Cape women in the ‘70s, ‘80s
(Local News ~ 09/30/21)
Don Call remembers Jan. 27, 1982, with utter clarity — recalling the moment when he heard his mother, 57-year-old Margie Call, had been found dead, a strangulation victim, in her home in the 1800 block of Brink Avenue in Cape Girardeau. She was discovered bound and gagged and also raped...
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