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Mo. Governor Greitens calls for Special session, a key to more area jobs
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said he called a special legislative session “to fight for more jobs” in Southeast Missouri. Greitens held rallies in Saturday in southeast Missouri with the first one held at the former Noranda aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Mo., where an estimated 800 people showed up. Rallies were also held in Dexter, Poplar Bluff and Sikeston, Mo...
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Mowing Season Begins on Missouri Roadsides
(State News ~ 05/24/17)
Motorists Asked to Slow Down and Pass Crews Carefully
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FSCB Scholarship Recipient
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
Adrienne Duncan is the recipient of First State Community Bank’s 2017 Scholarship. The $1,000.00 scholarship is awarded annually to a PHS graduate. Adrienne plans to attend Three Rivers Community College and major in Secondary Education and Coaching. She is the daughter of Hope Bynum and Heath Duncan. ...
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Portageville Bulldogs win Class 3 District 1 Sectional
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/17)
For the first time in the Portageville school history that the Bulldogs baseball team won their sectional ballgame. The big blue Bulldogs took an early lead to defeat Twin Rivers 6-4 on Monday. The highlight of the afternoon came on a game-ending, diving catch from left fielder Ryan Priggel, robbing Twin Rivers' Zac Hardin of a potential game-tying hit and sending Portageville on to the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win...
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SEMO War Eagles earn Second in Slam Fest
(Community Sports ~ 05/24/17)
The SEMO War Eagles 11U travel baseball team recently competed in The Academy Sports Mid-South Slam Fest in Jackson, Tennessee on Mothers Day weekend. The War Eagles went undefeated in pool play qualifying them for the championship game in the gold bracket against the Paducah Storm. ...
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Squirrel and black bass seasons open Memorial Day weekend
(Outdoors ~ 05/24/17)
Buy permits from vendors, online, or through MDC MO Hunting and MO Fishing apps.
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Season ends for Portageville baseball after dropping Class 3 quarterfinal to West County
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Just one win from securing a spot in their first-ever Class 3 final four, Portageville's historic playoff run came to an end Wednesday afternoon in the quarterfinals against West County. Portageville's once hot offense met its match against a pair of West County sophomore hurlers that held the Bulldogs to just four hits during a 15-3 mercy-rule win that propelled West County to the semifinals...
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Sikeston girls soccer has eight named to all-district team
(High School Sports ~ 05/24/17)
The Sikeston girls soccer team had eight players named to the Class 3, District 1 all-district team. Six players made the 16-member first team and two made honorable mention. Kayla Curry, Kayla Graham, Emma Jones, Larysa McClellon, Madeline Witt and Mackenzie Yant all made the first team. Annie Ensor and Lyndsey McClendon each made honorable mention...
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Sikeston High School graduates 220; seniors generate $4 million in scholarships
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
SIKESTON -- Members of the Sikeston High Schools' class of 2017 generated over $4 million in scholarships, marking the highest amount in recent history. Approximately 220 Sikeston High School and New Horizons High School graduates received diplomas Tuesday night during the 116th annual commencement at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium...
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Pierce to be featured speaker at Memorial Day Service
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
SIKESTON - A former Southeast Missourian who has taken part in combat missions as well as relief efforts around the world will be the featured speaker at Sikeston's annual Memorial Day Service on Monday Col. Jeffrey G. Pierce, the commander of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Northeast Region, based at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, will deliver the keynote address for the service, which begins at 10:30 a.m. ...
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Two companies interested in making metal watching vote closely in Jefferson City
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
By Spencer Edwards spencere@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID, Mo. - When legislators convene to decide the fate of Representative Don Rone's utility bill, Magnitude Seven Metals is one of two companies who could be making metal in New Madrid County...
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Sikeston animal shelter has contract with city terminated
(Local News ~ 05/24/17)
SIKESTON - Concern over animal safety and careless administration of the Sikeston Area Humane Society has prompted Sikeston city officials to take action. City Manager Jonathan Douglass sent a letter to Cody Mitchell of the Sikeston Humane Society on May 19 terminating the Animal Shelter Housing Agreement effective June 19 for breach of contract...
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Erasing history wont solve citys problems
(Editorial ~ 05/24/17)
Expect a population boom in New Orleans now that the city has rid itself of those hurtful Confederate statues that have long been a draw for tourists and history buffs. At least that is the expectation of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu who said the historic monuments are the cause for the out-migration of New Orleans residents...
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Robert Aldrich
(Obituary ~ 05/24/17)
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Robert Lee Aldrich passed away peacefully May 21, 2017, at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center in Fort Walton Beach. Rob was born on March 14, 1965, in Sikeston, Mo. He is survived by parents, Becky Hutchison-Prindle of Van Buren, Mo., and Ed Aldrich of Venice...
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Odessa Jones
(Obituary ~ 05/24/17)
MORLEY, Mo. - Odessa Jones, 96, died May 24, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 3, 1921, in Hartman, Ark., to the late James and Rosetta Hale Miller. On Dec. 7, 1940, in Benton, she married Ernie Jones, who preceded her in death on March 15, 2005...
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