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East Prairie native David Kirby leads former football foe to Class 1 state championship game
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
When the town of Monroe City is mentioned among East Prairie football fans it's usually followed with a big groan. They remember all too well how Monroe City dealt a huge blow to one of East Prairie's most celebrated football teams in 1994 and it's not a pleasant memory...
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Turnovers ruin Scott County Central's season opener at Riverbend
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The Scott County Central Braves were burned by their own mishaps Friday during the opening game of the 22nd Riverbend Classic at New Madrid County Central High School. The Braves coughed up 27 turnovers against Liberty Tech, Tenn., during a 72-66 loss to open their season...
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Charleston shakes off three-game Riverbend skid to Covington, Tenn., 73-55
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo -- For the last three years the Covington, Tenn., Chargers have had Charleston's number when they faced each other in the Riverbend Classic. On Friday, the Bluejays reversed that trend using 25 points from junior Mardareyon Clark to hand the Chargers a 73-55 loss to close out the opening night of the annual shootout at New Madrid County Central High School...
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Riverbend Roundup: NMCC falls, McFerren opens Kennett tenure with big win
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The West Memphis Blue Devils scored 10 more points in the third quarter and that proved to be the difference in an otherwise close game against New Madrid County Central. The Eagles fell 61-49 during the first day of the Riverbend Classic during their first game of the season...
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Last second free throws move Sikeston boys JV over Notre Dame and into tourney final
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Sikeston J.V. basketball team defeated Notre Dame 55-54 in the semifinal round of the Notre Dame Junior Varsity Invitational on Friday to advance to the championship game on Saturday. Trailing 54-53 with five seconds left, Sikeston's Clark Steward stole a Notre Dame pass and was fouled. He hit both free throws with 3.3 seconds left to win the game for the Bulldogs...
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SD ROUNDUP: Charleston wins Pre-Turkey Classic in OT over Puxico
(High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- They needed overtime and a game-high 30 points from Connor Watkins, but the Charleston Bluejays girls basketball team eventually won their own tournament. Top-seeded Charleston defeated Puxico 76-71 in overtime to win the Pre-Turkey Classic Wednesday at Charleston High School...
- Worth signs with John A. Logan (High School Sports ~ 11/25/16)
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Pedestrian killed when struck early Wednesday
(Local News ~ 11/25/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - A Mississippi County resident was struck and killed early Wednesday. Jacob T. Wilkerson, 29, of Bertrand was pronounced dead at 1:04 a.m. Wednesday by Butler County Coroner Jim Akers in an accident on Highway 60, a half mile east of Poplar Bluff. Wilkerson's death is the 68th in the Troop E area this year...
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Local merchants encourage consumers to 'shop small' Saturday
(Local News ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON -- Black Friday is the most popular shopping day of the holiday season, but Small Business Saturday might just be the most important one. According to the National Retail Federation, 47 percent of this week's estimated 137.4 million holiday shoppers are expected to shop on Saturday; of those shoppers, 24 percent say they will be doing so specifically to support Small Business Saturday -- up from 22 percent last year...
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Sikeston man earns MCAA's Distinguished Alumni Award
(Local News ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON -- To achieve success is to "tolerate the '--ing.'" That is, at least, how one southeast Missourian describes it. Three Rivers College alumnus, Larry DeWitt, received the Missouri Community College Association's Distinguished Alumni Award at the Association's 52nd Annual Convention at the Hilton Convention Center in Branson...
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A jump on Christmas shopping
(Local News ~ 11/25/16)
Laquita Walker puts merchandise in a bag for a customer Thanksgiving Day at J.C. Penney in Sikeston. Throungs of shoppers lined up to start the holiday shopping season at stores throughout the region Thursday afternoon.
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Barbara Cook
(Obituary ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON - Barbara Cook, 79, died Nov. 24, 2016, at her residence in Sikeston. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.
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David Kelley
(Obituary ~ 11/25/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - David Gordon Kelley, 74, died Nov. 23, 2016, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born May 1, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, to the late David and Audrey (Lynxwiler) Kelley, he was of the Church of Christ belief, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and had worked as an electronics technician for the Federal Aviation Administration before retiring...
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Barbara Cook
(Obituary ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON - Barbara Ann Cook, 79, died Nov. 24, 2016, at her home in Sikeston. Born Sept. 29, 1937, in Sikeston, to the late Barkley and Reba Troxell Murray, she had been employed by the International Shoe Co., Democrat Advertiser, Brown Shoe Co., Oran Hat Factory and the Garment Factory. She was a member of Miner Baptist Church...
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Jerry Lowe Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON - Jerry Lowe Jr., 43, died Nov. 23, 2016, at his residence in Sikeston. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.
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Jerry Lowe Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/25/16)
SIKESTON - Jerry Dee Lowe Jr., 43, died Nov. 23, 2016, in Sikeston. Born Aug. 30, 1973, in St. Charles, Ill., to Patsy Hill Lowe (Rettig) of Sikeston and the late Jerry Dee Lowe Sr., he was employed by True Manufacturing in Pacific, Mo. He attended Illinois Avenue General Baptist Church in Sikeston...
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