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NMCC upsets Dexter in SEMO Conference Tournament play-in game 50-36
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- New Madrid County Central's defense was stifling during it's fourth straight win. As the last seed in a field of nine at the 2016 SEMO Conference Tournament, NMCC held No. 8 Dexter to 11 field goals and handcuffed its top scorer during a 50-36 upset at the Sikeston Field House on Monday during the tournament's play-in game...
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SD ROUNDUP: Sikeston girls basketball holds off Farmington, NMCC escapes SCC
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/16)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- The Sikeston girls basketball team exploded for 25 points in the first quarter but couldn't quite shake Farmington Monday night on the road. The Bulldogs were outscored 16-9 in the fourth quarter but did enough to hold off the Knights for a 45-41 win...
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Dexter routs Kennett after poor start to SEMO Conference Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- After losing the SEMO Conference Tournament play-in game with a less than desirable effort on Monday, Dexter head basketball coach Josh Dowdy said that would change. 24 hours later, he was right. The eighth-seeded Bearcats blistered No. 7 Kennett 63-41 to advance to a consolation semifinal tonight and pick up their first win of the season at the Sikeston Field House...
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No. 4 Charleston pulls off big comeback over No. 5 Cape Central in SEMO Conference boys basketball tournament
(High School Sports ~ 12/06/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A year after making their fifth trip to the SEMO Conference Tournament finals, the Charleston Bluejays looked on the verge of a first round exit. Fifth-seeded Cape Central had the No. 4 Bluejays on the ropes late in the first half Tuesday, holding a one-time 17-point lead...
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Man sentenced to 103 years for murder of Cape woman
(Local News ~ 12/06/16)
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. - Jackson County, Illinois, Judge Ralph Bloodworth sentenced Brandon L. Banks, 31, of Cape Girardeau to 103 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the murder of Marsha Brown. Banks will receive credit for time served, which was 967 days since he was arrested in St. Louis two days after the shooting, but he will be mandated to serve a total of 97 years in prison...
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Meth, gun found while serving federal warrant
(Local News ~ 12/06/16)
STEELE, Mo. - Investigation continues after federal and local law enforcement served a search warrant. Steele Chief of Police Billy Joe Stanfield reported that on Dec. 1 his department along with agents with the Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, Caruthersville Police Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Wardell Police's K9 Unit executed a federal search warrant at a residence on Liberty Street in Steele. ...
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Dunklin County man accused of raping two Arkansas children
(Local News ~ 12/06/16)
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. - A Dunklin County man is accused of sexually assaulting two local children -- ages 8 and 11. According to Blytheville Criminal Investigations Division Commander, Capt. Scott Adams, 18-year-old Carlo Jermaine Love was arraigned on two counts of child rape Monday in Blytheville District Court...
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Mary Schuchart
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
MINER, Mo -- Mary Elizabeth Schuchart, 89, died Dec. 4, 2016, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Born on July 25, 1927, in St. Marie, Ill, daughter of the late Peter and Margaret Lobmier Rennier, she was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church for 76 years...
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Tammy Thresher
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Tammy Marie Thresher, 57, passed away on Dec. 5, 2016, at her home in East Prairie. She was born May 11, 1959, in Sikeston to the late Vernon and Judy Osteen Bledsoe. On Sept. 13, 1980, in East Prairie, she married Terry Thresher who survives of the home...
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Janet Kirby
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Janet Irene Kirby, 62, died Dec. 6, 2016, at the Willow Creek Rehab Center in Belleville, Ill. Born Feb. 13, 1954, in Charleston, to the late Everett and Hattie Vivian Stone Patrick, she was employed in the bakery department of McDonald's Food Mart...
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Martha Brown
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. - Martha Jane Brown, 61, died Dec. 2, 2016, at her home. Born May 1, 1955, to the late Charles William "Jabo" and Vivian Laverne Matthews Brown, she was employed by Good Humor in Sikeston. Survivors include: one daughter, Amber Nicole Brown-Woods of East Prairie; one brother, Charles "Tommy" Brown of East Prairie; four sisters, Patricia Vance and Joyce Branam of East Prairie, Cheryl McCutchen of Benton and Susie Taylor of Sikeston; and three grandchildren...
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Dennis Lambert
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
BENTON, Mo. - Dennis Richard Lambert, 68, of Benton, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1948, in Blodgett, to Reno and Flora Mae Hunter Lambert. He married Jane Schiwitz on Nov. 30, 1968. Dennis was a pressman for the Daily Standard, Local Laborers Union 282 for 13 years, route salesman for Pevely and Turner Dairy for 13 years and truck driver for Pilot Transportation for the last 20 years. ...
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Barbara Garrett
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Barbara Mae Garrett, 69, died Dec. 5, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 31, 1947, in Illmo, daughter of the late Eugene and Bessie Irene Stone Burton. On Feb. 11, 1966, she married Lester Lee Garrett, who survives...
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Marilyn Manning
(Obituary ~ 12/06/16)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Marilyn Manning, 68, of East Prairie, died Dec. 5, 2016, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 31, 1948, in Wyatt, to the late Walter James and Alberta Elizabeth Mayville Myers, she had been employed as a night manager for McDonald's Food Mart and attended the Church of God of Prophecy in Bertrand...
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