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CMU announces Dean’s List
(06/16/22)
FAYETTE, Mo. — The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. More than 900 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester. The following local students were among those meeting the requirements:...
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Williams Baptist University awards degrees to local graduates
(06/16/22)
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. — Williams Baptist University awarded degrees to 85 graduates during its 2022 commencement exercises May 7. The graduates represented 15 Arkansas counties, 12 states and three nations. Honor graduates were recognized as being cum laude (3.5-3.69 cumulative grade point average), magna cum laude (3.7-3.84 GPA) or summa cum laude (3.85-4.0 GPA)...
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Bill McCann
(Obituary ~ 06/16/22)
ORAN, Mo. — William A. “Bill” McCann, 78, died June 15, 2022, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, Missouri.
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Billy Brashers
(Obituary ~ 06/16/22)
GORDONVILLE, Mo. — Billy Mitchell Brashers, 75, of Gordonville died June 15, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Born on Jan 17, 1947, in Charleston, Missouri, he was the son of the late Charles William Jr. and Genevieve Vernon Brashers. He and Judy Ann Garner were married on April 22, 1967, in Ferguson, Missouri. She survives...
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Harold Haley
(Obituary ~ 06/16/22)
SIKESTON — Harold Ray Haley, age 69, passed away on June 14, 2022, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on July 20, 1952, in Wyatt, Missouri, to the late Harold Dean Haley and Margaret Estelle Reeves Haley Robey.
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Dorena-Hickman Ferry to remain closed Friday; date to reopen is unknown
(Local News ~ 06/16/22)
PADUCAH, Ky. — The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is closed temporarily due to sediment blocking access to the Missouri Landing. That temporary closure is now extended into Friday. In recent months the Mississippi River has created sand deposits around the Missouri Landing. Those deposits have prevented the ferry from reaching the Missouri Landing from time to time...
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High temperatures, humidity will continue to impact area
(Local News ~ 06/16/22)
High temperatures and humidity will continue to impact the area into the beginning of next week. An excessive heat warning was extended until 8 p.m. Thursday as heat index values will once again reach triple digits in southeast Missouri. On Sunday, the heat index was 115 degrees in Sikeston and 113 on Monday, 106 on Tuesday and Wednesday...
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Suspected bank robber in custody after leaving trail of stolen bills
(Local News ~ 06/16/22)
Police say a suspected bank robber was apprehended Wednesday morning after leaving a string of stolen bills behind him while fleeing the scene on foot. Poplar Bluff officers responded to the Southern Bank branch at Sunset and Westwood Boulevard after reports of a midmorning robbery...
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U.S. Rep. Jason Smith ‘will not support’ Senate gun control initiative
(Local News ~ 06/16/22)
Southeast Missouri GOP Rep. Jason Smith, who voted “no” on a gun-control bill, “Protecting Our Kids Act,” passed by the U.S. House on June 8, told the Southeast Missourian he “will not support” bipartisan Senate legislation on the issue either — should the measure arrive on the House side of Capitol Hill...
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