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Sikeston handed fourth seed for first-ever SEMO Conference girls tournament
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/16)
The seeds and schedule has been released for the first-ever SEMO Conference girls basketball tournament. The eight-team event is scheduled for Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 at Poplar Bluff High School. Sikeston, who won its first SEMO Conference regular season title in its history last year, will be the fourth seed and will play No. 5 Kennett at 5:30 p.m., in its quarterfinal game the first night...
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Portageville Chamber of Commerce to host Christmas Open House
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
Portageville Chamber of Commerce to host Christmas Open House Scott Seal Portageville Missourian Christmas season is vastly approaching, and the opportunity to shop locally is during the Christmas Open House. The dates for the annual event have been announced by the Portageville Chamber of Commerce. It will begin Friday, Nov. 18 and run through Sunday, Nov. 20...
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Sikeston named top seed for 2016 SEMO Conference boys tournament
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/16)
Following Wednesday's seed meeting, the defending SEMO Conference Tournament champions were pegged for a repeat. The Sikeston Bulldogs were selected as this year's top seed for the nine-team boys tournament at the Sikeston Field House starting Dec. 5...
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Seeds, schedule released for 61st OIT
(High School Sports ~ 11/16/16)
The Malden Green Wave were pegged as the top seed during the upcoming 61st Annual Oran Invitational Tournament. Malden, who took third place during last year's tournament, will take on No. 8 Richland at 5 p.m., to open the tournament on Nov. 28. Last year's tournament champions, the Advance Hornets, are the second seed and will face off with seventh-seeded Chaffee at 6:30 p.m. Advance bumped the Scott County Central Braves from its seven-year title streak last season with a 90-89 win...
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Bell ringers, donations needed for Sikeston's Salvation Army
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON -- With Thanksgiving merely a week away, it's certainly time to see volunteers of the Salvation Army, standing beside those red kettles and ringing bells in an effort to help local residents in need. The community and kettle campaigns of the Sikeston Salvation Army Unit are under way and will run through the end of December...
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Bootheel Counseling Services turns 40
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON -- Clients, service partners and state and local officials wished Bootheel Counseling Services a happy birthday Tuesday. Bootheel Counseling Services and Family Medical Clinic celebrated 40 years of service to Sikeston and the surrounding area with a special program at the Miner Convention Center...
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Small project will have big impact on Blodgett community
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
BLODGETT, Mo. - It was a small project, but the mayor of Blodgett explained it would have a big impact on the community. Members of the Boy Scouts of America's Cherokee District of Southeast Missouri's Order of the Arrow tackled the project with enthusiasm. On Saturday, they loaded debris and worked together stacked rocks around a culvert...
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Miner asks for citizens' help in designing new logos for signs
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
MINER, Mo -- Miner residents may have a chance to make a little extra cash. The Miner Board of Aldermen, in their Tuesday meeting, discussed using tourism funds to revamp the city's entrance signs with added landscaping. The Board authorized the city to solicit applicants to design new logos for city entrance signage. The city will award $100 to the chosen applicant...
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Super moon
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
Tree branches are silhouetted around the supermoon at it sets Tuesday in Southeast Missouri. The phenomenon known as the supermoon occurs because the moon follows an elliptical orbit around the Earth. This week, the moon is coming closer to the Earth than at any time since January 1948...
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Bell ringers, donations needed for Sikeston's Salvation Army
(Local News ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON -- With Thanksgiving merely a week away, it's certainly time to see volunteers of the Salvation Army, standing beside those red kettles and ringing bells in an effort to help local residents in need. The community and kettle campaigns of the Sikeston Salvation Army Unit are under way and will run through the end of December...
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Democrats searching for reason behind loss
(Editorial ~ 11/16/16)
I have spent the last joyous week deleting hundreds - if not thousands - of Hillary Clinton-related emails, articles, cartoons and commentary. This years-long collection served as inspiration and ammunition to address the twisted policies of her ultimately failed effort to return to the White House...
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J.E. McMinn
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON - Margaret Hewitt, 90, died Nov. 16, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete
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Pauline Strubberg
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Pauline Margaret Strubberg, 68, died Nov. 14, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 15, 1948, in Cuba, Mo., to Benjamin Arthur and Beulah Bernice Roberts Gammons, she was a certified nurse aide at Hillview Lodge in Arnold...
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Tommy Sherrion
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Thomas "Tommy" Ray Sherrion, 41, died Nov. 6, 2016, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Oct. 4, 1975, in Doniphan, Mo., to Garry Sherrion of Ellsinore and Sheila Mitchell Hornback of Sikeston. He attended school in the New Madrid County School District...
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Judy Mooneyhan
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
Type or paste story here JudyMooneyhan SIKESTON -- Judy Diane Mooneyhan, 60, died Nov. 14, 2016, at Heritage Gardens Center in Sikeston. Born July 10, 1956, in Charleston, daughter of the late Benny Gene and Dorothy Helen McMinn, she had lived all of her life in the Southeast Missouri area...
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Margaret Hewitt
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON - Margaret Hewitt, 90, died Nov. 16, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete
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Donnie Rae Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
Donnie Rae Lawrence HARDY, Ark. -- Donnie Rae Lawrence, age 77, of Hardy, passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, in the comfort of his own home with loved ones at his side. Donnie was born on April 14, 1939, in Hoxie, Ark., to the late Rutha Blackshear and Elvis James Lawrence. He worked as a flooring installer and also served in the U.S. Navy. He enjoyed fishing and hunting, and his family referred to him as a "cowboy."...
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Margaret Hewitt
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
SIKESTON -- Margaret Hewitt, age 90, formerly of Morehouse, died Nov. 16, 2016, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born Jan. 1, 1926, in Dexter, to the late Paul DeArman and Dora McDaniel Gaines, she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Morehouse and the Eastern Star of Sikeston. She had worked at Britts Department Store in Sikeston until her retirement...
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Kelly High School students honored for first quarter work
(11/16/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Kelly High School has announced the honor roll students for the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. A Honor Roll students are: Twelfth grade Anthony Agin, Jacob Ashcraft, Cody Bailey, Bryston Beggs, Emily Bolen, Monica Bowles, Marissa Burton, Kaitlyn Fisher, Ana-Maria Flores, Meghan Foley, Madisyn Gosche, Natalie Groves, Nora Haselbusch, Samantha Hensley, Anna Hughes, Kaitlyn Johnson, Marissa Jones, Austin Kerr, Taylor Lewis, Micah McClain, Ralston Reeves, Melinda Scheffer, Maegan Walker, Jonathon Watkins, Macey Watkins, Cayden Williams, Gina Williams, Ian Williams.. ...
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Learning lessons about democracy
(11/16/16)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Although they were kindergarteners, the youngsters at Lilbourn Elementary School were just as serious as their adult counterparts about casting their ballots for president Tuesday. Marching through the blue paper streamers into the polling booth, each made the decision whether to vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, then tucked their ballots into the bright red box...
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Operation Hope
(11/16/16)
Gloria Houston, health occupation instructor, said her class is super excited to kick off their Operation Hope Mentor Program. The high school students enrolled in the health occupations class at Sikeston High School partner up with a kid recommended for the program at the Sikeston Fifth and Sixth Grade Center. ...
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Oran Elementary School: Academic efforts are recognize
(11/16/16)
ORAN, Mo. -- Oran Elementary School has announced the students who achieved status on the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. They are: Sixth grade Olivia Branson, Ryan Burke, Katilyn Burlison, Grace Davis, Natalie Fox, Nicholas Massey, Noah Mitchem,...
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Donation that fits to the T
(11/16/16)
Farm Progressive Credit Services of Sikeston donated $250 to New Madrid County Central FFA to buy its 60 members FFA T-shirts. The Screen Printing classes at New Madrid County Technical Skills Center printed the T-shirts. Presenting the check to NMCC FFA President Lauren Riggs is Heather Couch, Sikeston branch manager...
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October PAT honorees
(11/16/16)
The Sikeston R-6 Parents as Teachers Program announced its October PAT honorees recently. Pictured from left are: Jada Brown, the daughter of Jaylen Brown and Summer Ray; Dixie Sloat, the daughter of Jessica and Codey Sloat; and Garrett and Greg Kruger, the sons of Jared and Hilary Kruger...
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J.E. McMinn Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/16/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- John W. "J.E." McMinn Jr., 91, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Born Oct. 27, 1925, at Melbourne, Fla., to the late John Ethel McMinn Sr. and Cornelia Love Childers McMinn, he moved to Missouri at an early age, living in the Windyville community of Mississippi County and was a 1943 graduate of East Prairie High School. ...
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