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Sikeston finishes fourth after SEMO Conference North Division pool play, Oran tops south
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/16)
JACKSON, Mo. -- The Sikeston volleyball team finished fourth out of five teams during the SEMO Conference tournament north division pool play Tuesday at Jackson High School. The Bulldogs (14-12) finished 2-6 through eight sets sweeping No. 5 Cape Central for its only win. Jackson earned the top seed with a perfect 8-0 record followed by Notre Dame and Poplar Bluff...
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Portageville celebrates it's 69th Soybean Festival
(Editorial ~ 10/12/16)
Portageville celebrates it's 69th Soybean Festival; Acknowledging the workload Whew!! I am glad the last couple of weeks are over with. Another soybean festival has now been put to rest. I would like to give a shout out to the Portageville Chamber of Commerce for their hard efforts in making this years festival and ll the event associated with it the success it was...
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Portageville takes second place in BCT
(High School Sports ~ 10/12/16)
MALDEN, Mo - The Malden Green Wave varsity volleyball team received offensive contributions from just about everyone in uniform with a conference tournament championship on the line on its home floor Thursday night. Six Malden players combined to tally 13 kills and five Green Wave players combined to record 10 ace serves...
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Middle School Undefeated Champs
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
The parents and the coaching staff of the Portageville School district need to be commended. They are doing something right for the Portagteville Bullpups having consecutive undefeated seasons. "What a season. I don't really know what to say about this group of boys besides the sky is the limit," said Coach Travis Scherer. ...
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Cancer free! - That's my story, sticking to it!
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
There is a song that has the lyrics, "I fought the law, and the law won!" Sandra Kay Poole of Portageville can claim, "I beat Cancer and I won! In talking with Mrs. Poole, she will tell you it has been a rough and emotional time, but with her faith the the Living Lord, who is bigger than anything in Life took her plight, her prayers and healed her of Breast Cancer...
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R-6 holds town hall meeting
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
SIKESTON -- The first of a series of town hall meetings to discuss Sikeston R-6 building needs kicked off Tuesday night in the cafeteria of Sikeston High School. Nearly 100 people turned out for the event hosted by the R-6 Board of Education and Superintendent Tom Williams. The purpose of the event, Williams said, was to hear input from the community...
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Sikeston man sentenced to 55 years for 2013 murder of his wife
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
JACKSON, Mo. -- A Sikeston man was sentenced to 55 years in prison in connection with the death of his wife. Stevie Cordale Lott, 44, was sentenced Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court, where his case was heard on a change of venue for the murder Nyketia Lott on Sept. ...
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Two killed in separate crashes over weekend
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
SiKESTON -- A Bernie woman and a Butler County man were fatally injured in separate crashes involving vehicles over the weekend in Southeast Missouri. The first crash occurred at 5 a.m. Saturday on Route W, three miles north of Catron, as the southbound vehicle driven by 33-year-old Rebeca S. Mead of Bernie ran off the road and overturned. Mead was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:20 a.m. by Stoddard County coroner Kenny Pope...
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New Madrid County 911 sees changes
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- For years New Madrid County, like counties across Missouri, has faced dwindling revenues for its 911 program. With fewer landline phones paying the tax which funds the program, each year less money is available. A partnership between New Madrid County and the city of New Madrid is bringing about some improvements for the countywide 911 program, which dispatches emergency services when called...
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Fields of Faith event planned for tonight
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes will take the football field today, and they won't be left standing on the sidelines. The high school faith-based group is inviting schools, students, religious organizations and individuals to "challenge their peers to read the Bible and follow Jesus Christ." This is Sikeston's first year of hosting Fields of Faith...
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Sikeston council OKs two emergency bills
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston City Council meeting was brief, but it was all action Tuesday. Due to time requirements, Council unanimously approved of two emergency bills to sell municipal-owned property for commercial purposes involving a two-parcel subdivision, to be known as "Sikeston Point Addition," approximately 1.68 acre tract of land. The land is the old Village Green that is surrounded by Southland Avenue, South Kingshighway and South Main Street...
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Three East Prairie teens injured in one-vehicle crash
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Three East Prairie teens were injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. on county road 532, one mile west of East Prairie, as the westbound truck operated by a 14-year-old East Prairie male ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected, ran off the left side of the road, overcorrected, overturned and came to a rest on the highway...
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Two arrested following undercover narcotics buy
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
BERNIE, Mo. - A controlled narcotics buy operation conducted by Bernie Police led to the arrest of a man suspected of selling drugs as well as a buyer. On Sunday, Bernie Police sent a confidential informant to meet Billie Ray Sanders, 44, of Bernie to purchase methamphetamine. The confidential informant took Sanders to residence in the 400 block of East Crumb Avenue where he purchased methamphetamine from Gregory Gill, 50, of Bernie, in the yard of the residence...
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Sikeston Council OKs two emergency bills
(Local News ~ 10/12/16)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston City Council meeting was brief, but it was all action Tuesday. Due to time requirements, Council unanimously approved of two emergency bills to sell municipal-owned property for commercial purposes involving a two-parcel subdivision, to be known as "Sikeston Point Addition," approximately 1.68 acre tract of land. The land is the old Village Green that is surrounded by Southland Avenue, South Kingshighway and South Main Street...
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Bob Sorrells
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
East Prairie, Mo. -- Bobby Joe "Bob" Sorrells, 86, died Oct. 11, 2016, at York Place in Bertrand. Born June 29, 1930, in Corning, Ark., son of the late Leslie Albert and Helen M. Cummins Sorrells, he was a member of Nelson Memorial United Methodist Church in East Prairie and a graduate of the Class of 1948 East Prairie High School. He was sworn into the U.S. Air Force Jan. 9, 1951, and had owned and operated Sorrells Construction and Custom Woodworking before retiring...
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Kat Davis
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Kathryn Mae "Kat" Davis, 69, died Oct. 5, 2016, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 19, 1947, in Dorena to the late Bert and Ella Mae Chick Quinn, she was a member of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Wolf Island from 2001 until 2011 then became a member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Henson. A bus driver for Charleston Head Start DAEOC for 14 years, she was also active with the Green Thumb program as a nutrient educator...
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Dorcas Spence
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Dorcas Spence, 88, died Oct. 10, 2016, at her home in Charleston. Born Jan. 11, 1928, in Charleston to the late Elijah and Louise Thomas Betts, she was an active member of the Opportunity Church of God in Christ. Survivors include: four sons and two daughters-in-law, Walter and Lue Ann Spence Jr. ...
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Aviva Bradley
(Obituary ~ 10/12/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Akiva Shanel Bradley, 3, died Oct. 7, 2016, at her home. Born Oct. 6, 2013, in Cape Girardeau to Antwan Bradley and Shanel Wilkerson of Cape Girardeau, she was one of a set of triplets. Her triplet sister, Azaria Bradley, preceded her in death...
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Bulldog pantry donations
(10/12/16)
Sikeston Department of Public Safety Special Operations Group (SWAT Team) donated over $525 worth of groceries to the Sikeston Public Schools Bulldog Pantry after they were challenged by fellow officer Brent Mullin. Mullin said he asked the officers to donate $20 each, and they went to Ruler Foods with $220 in cash. "The guys all pitched in to cover the extra $300 to make sure the shelves at the pantry were filled," Mullin added...
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Building Peace at Matthews
(10/12/16)
The Matthews Elementary School at Matthews has announced the Peace Builders for the month of September. Pictured front row are: Ethan Jerrell, Dalton Pemberton, Breanna Patrick and Kaydence DeVeau; and back row: Chloe Polk, Allie Kenedy, Jeanna Johnson and Emily Delisle. Also honored was Garrett Farrenburg...
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