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Miracle on North Ridge: DPS rescues family’s dog from fire
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
SIKESTON — A Christmas miracle came early for one Sikeston family. When Jeannie and Darren Lingle’s kitchen caught fire in their North Ridge Road home just before 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, their beloved pet, Ernie — a Bernese mountain dog poodle, or Bernepoodle — was the only family member inside and unaccounted for when fire crews arrived on scene...
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‘YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS’
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
Editor’s note: For the past 40 years or so we have shared the following story with readers every Christmas. The words of Francis P. Church will ring true today as they did more than 100 years ago when first written. In 1897, 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon became worried when her friends told her there was no Santa Claus. Her father advised her to write to the New York Sun to find out the truth, and the reply by Francis P. Church became a classic:...
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Opinions regarding pickleball courts in Sikeston are sought
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
SIKESTON — The play of pickleball has increased across the community and the Sikeston Parks and Recreation Department is asking for the community’s opinion on placing courts at the Sikeston Recreation Complex. According to a post on social media, Sikeston Parks and Recreation is considering adding permanent pickleball courts at the Recreation Complex. ...
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Man faces weapon charge
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
SIKESTON —A Sikeston man faces charges after allegedly brandishing a weapon. Ian Christopher Keller, 18, of Sikeston is charged with three felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon through New Madrid County 34th Judicial Circuit Court, according to online court records...
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Sikeston man faces charges after disturbance with weapon Tuesday
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
SIKESTON — A Sikeston man faces multiple felony charges following an alleged disturbance with a weapon early Tuesday. Jimmie Johnson Jr., 31 of Sikeston is charged with felony third degree assault; felony resisting/interfering with arrest for felony; felony first degree property damage; felony first degree harassment; felony unlawful use of a weapon; and misdemeanor fourth degree assault through Scott County 33rd Judicial Circuit Court, according to online court records...
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One dead, another injured in Jackson shooting
(Local News ~ 12/23/21)
JACKSON, Mo. — A suspect is in custody after a Wednesday morning shooting in Jackson. Clifton D. Smith Jr., 26, of Oxford, Mississippi, has been charged with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree burglary. Smith is being held at the Cape Girardeau County Detention Center on a $2 million cash-only bond...
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Patricia Ann Glenzy
(Obituary ~ 12/23/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Pat Glenzy, daughter of the late Cornelius Nicholas Dannenmueller and Marie Josephine Jansen Dannenmueller, was born on July 17, 1941, in Scott City and departed her life on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 80 years...
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Charlie Burgess
(Obituary ~ 12/23/21)
SIKESTON — Charles B. “Charlie” Burgess, age 61, passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born May 18, 1960, to the late Carl Frederick and Mary Lee McCormick Burgess in Sikeston. In 1994, Charles met the love of his life, Glenda, who survives of the home. They made many memories during those 26 years and shared in their love for their children and grandchildren of whom Charles took great pride in...
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