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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 04/29/22)
The new improvements for Legion Park look really nice. It’ll be great to have that expansion downtown. It will draw much more activity from the community and I think it’s going to be great for our downtown local businesses. But while working with the website, I noticed we went with an architect out of St. Louis as we have gone out of the area for our school buildings. This is a lot of money could invest locally. We invest our money locally. The city should do the same.
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Curtis Walker
(Obituary ~ 04/29/22)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Curtis Lavern “Grociery” Walker, 36, died April 17, 2022. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, May 2 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, Missouri. Cremation will follow.
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Sherry Clark
(Obituary ~ 04/29/22)
SIKESTON — Sherry Kay Clark, age 67, passed away on April 29, 2022, at her home in Sikeston. She was born on May 9, 1954, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Cunningham Fodge. On May 25, 1985, in Sikeston, she married Stephen Clark who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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SEMO Food Bank launches new system to make it easier for groups to volunteer
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
SIKESTON – Southeast Missouri Food Bank is making it easier to volunteer with a new scheduling tool online. “The traditional way of booking a volunteer event usually involved multiple back-and-forth communications between me and a member of the group,” said Candice Blaylock, volunteer coordinator at the food bank. “This can cause delays in scheduling or double bookings. ...
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Curbside pickup to begin on May 9 in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
SIKESTON — Sikeston residents will have an opportunity to dispose of bulky rubbish in May. Beginning May 9, Sikeston residents can dispose of bulky rubbish during their regular solid waste pick-ups for two weeks. Residents with Monday and Thursday trash collection will have their spring clean-up opportunities on Monday, May 9 and Thursday, May 12. Those with Tuesday and Friday solid waste pick-up will have their spring clean-up collections on Tuesday, May 17 and Friday, May 20...
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New Madrid officers praised for handling of armed confrontation
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The reactions of two New Madrid Police officers when facing a man armed with a shotgun has earned the praise of their police chief. On Wednesday afternoon, two officers responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of Pinnell Lane. According to a news release from New Madrid Chief of Police Joey Higgerson, a witness reported a man in a wheelchair had hit another man with a baseball bat, the assailant then threatened to return with a gun...
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SCTC plans welding building expansion to meet demand
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston R-6 School District is moving forward with plans to expand Sikeston Career and Technology Center’s welding building. Early this school year, SCTC Director Chad King applied for an Area Career Center Construction Grant in the amount of $40,000, and Sikeston’s CTC was one of only 10 community technical centers across the state to receive the grant, King said...
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Two Stoddard County men face child molestation charges
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Two Stoddard County men face felony child molestation charges following their arrests early in the week. David A. Bell, 30, of Bloomfield, was booked April 22 by the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Office on the charge of child molestation-first degree, according to the sheriff’s office. Bell was arraigned Tuesday in Stoddard County Court, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. May 19 before Judge Joe Z. Satterfield...
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Arkansas man seriously injured in single-vehicle crash Thursday
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
COMMERCE, Mo. — An Arkansas man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in Scott County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 5:25 p.m. on county road 321, one mile north of Commerce, as the northbound vehicle driven by Nickolas S. Price, 21, of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree...
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Road fatalities trending up markedly in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
Figures released by Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) Southeast District No. 7 show 36 fatalities have been recorded on state roadways this year as of April 17, a 33% hike over the same period in 2021. The death toll in the 25-county district represents the highest year-to-date figure since at least 2017...
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May Calendar Girl
(Local News ~ 04/29/22)
Molly Bogle, daughter of Genna Bogle and Scott Bogle, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for the month of May. Bogle plans to attend Missouri State University and obtain a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.
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