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Missouri Moves Cost Share Program to assist communities
(State News ~ 06/25/16)
JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Department of Transportation is seeking projects that could be funded through the new Missouri Moves Cost Share Program. This new program provides financial assistance to public and private applicants for state and local projects satisfying a transportation need. MoDOT will fund this new program with a General Revenue appropriation from the General Assembly...
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Beating the heat: Ways to avoid illnesses during outdoor sports
(Local News ~ 06/25/16)
SIKESTON -- Recent, scorching-hot weather served as a reminder to take steps to prevent heat-related illnesses, especially while playing outdoor sports this summer. "There wasn't really an acclimation period," Michael Minner said of the recent hot spell. "We were in the 70s and all of a sudden, it's 99 degrees. A lot of people got caught off guard and didn't handle it well."...
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Depot turns 100: Community celebrates its role as cultural, art center
(Local News ~ 06/25/16)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Depot's history reaches back to the community's founding. When John Sikes laid out the town, he knew railroads were a force of the future. In 1860 he donated the land along what is now Malone Avenue to serve as the depot for the coming railroad. By 1916, the Iron Mountain Railroad Company was constructing its Sikeston Depot on the land...
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Morley woman faces felony drug charge
(Local News ~ 06/25/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Morley woman faces a felony drug charge after a traffic stop in Scott County. Cheryl Gardiner, 23, is charged with the felony of possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said on Thursday a deputy conducted a vehicle stop on US Highway 61 near Sikeston. ...
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Helen McGuire
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Helen McGuire, 92, died June 24, 2016, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. For this obituary and more, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Steven Bell
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Steven Lynn Bell, 54, died June 23, 2016, at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital at Mt. Vernon. For this obituary and more, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Dorothy Overton
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
SIKESTON -- Dorothy L. Overton, 88, died June 23, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Leslie Retting
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- Leslie Rettig, 44, died June 24, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. For the complete obituary, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Tay Matthews
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
Tay Matthews CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Tayshon David "Tay" Matthews, 10, died June 22, 2016 north of Delta. For the complete obituary, see the weekend edtion of the Standard Democrat.
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Linda Patrick
(Obituary ~ 06/25/16)
SIKESTON -- Linda Patrick, 57, died June 24, 2016, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. For this obituary and more, see the weekend edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Paying a painful price for huckster's advice
(Editorial ~ 06/25/16)
The pain of others should not provoke humor. In this case, I'm sorry, but it does. Here's the background. You've probably heard of motivational guru Tony Robbins, the highly-photogenic mogul who promises to unlock your hidden potential by attending his somewhat costly seminars...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 06/25/16)
Does anyone out there have a recipe for kimchi? It is a pickled or fermented Korean cabbage recipe and I would love to have it. This is what I found on a Google search. Bon appetit. Yield: one gallon jar. Ingredients: 1 head Napa cabbage, 4 scallions, 1/2 head garlic, 1 small onion, 1/2 small nugget ginger, 1/2 cup ground dried (preferably Korean) hot pepper, 1 tablespoon rice powder, 1/4 cup anchovy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon salted shrimp, Lots of table salt, 2 slices canned pineapple. ...
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Paying a painful price for huckster's advice
(Editorial ~ 06/25/16)
The pain of others should not provoke humor. In this case, I'm sorry, but it does. Here's the background. You've probably heard of motivational guru Tony Robbins, the highly-photogenic mogul who promises to unlock your hidden potential by attending his somewhat costly seminars...
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