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School begins as early as next week for some students
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
SIKESTON -- The new school year is right around the corner for area students with some classes beginning as early as next week. "The beginning of school is always an exciting time," said Sikeston R-6 Superintendent Tom Williams. "The new school year is a new beginning for all of us. It doesn't matter how many years of education you have or how long you've worked in education, it's an exciting time."...
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Businesses are warned of school calendar scam
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- A common scam has returned to the Dexter, Mo., area. There are several companies outside of Dexter that sell advertisements and tell local businesses that they are working on behalf of the school or that the advertising money, or a portion of it, is returned to the school...
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Road crews finishing up work along Ingram Road ahead of rodeo
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
SIKESTON - As rodeo week and the expected spike in traffic approaches, road crews are working to restore Ingram Road at East Malone. Excavation and the major work surrounding the lift station project is complete, according to Jeff Winders of the BMU...
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Residents warned of Publishers Clearing House scammers
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
SIKESTON - A Sikeston woman, who admits she should have known better, lost approximately $2,000 to scammers claiming to be from the Publishers Clearing House. The woman stated she received a call from a person claiming to be with the company and told she had won second prize in the annual sweepstakes. Her prizes including $750,000, a new convertible Mercedes Benz car, and a $100 monthly Walmart gift card for life...
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Kennett man accused of letting dog kill cat he dangled
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- A southeastern Missouri man is facing a felony animal-abuse count after allegedly purposely letting his dog kill a cat by tearing it in half. Dunklin County prosecutors also have charged Zachary Burns of Kennett with felony harassment...
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Back to School: School begins as early as next week for some students
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
SIKESTON -- The new school year is right around the corner for area students with some classes beginning as early as next week. "The beginning of school is always an exciting time," said Sikeston R-6 Superintendent Tom Williams. "The new school year is a new beginning for all of us. It doesn't matter how many years of education you have or how long you've worked in education, it's an exciting time."...
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Sikeston woman still behind bars for the death of Bootheel man; one has charges dropped
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
MALDEN, Mo. -- According to court documents, one of the two who were arrested in September of last year in connection with the murder of Walter Lee, may have had charges dropped. On Sept. 8, 2016, police arrested Brianna Bonaparte, of Sikeston and Larry Thornton, of Portageville, in connection to Lee's death. Lee was found with a gunshot wound in the backyard of a home on North Kimball Street in Malden...
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Dexter woman jailed on forgery, stealing charges
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- A Dexter woman is in the Stoddard County Jail, facing eight separate charges of forgery and stealing from two different individuals in the Advance area. Kathy Ann Hardin, 36, had been living in Advance, but recently returned to Dexter. She is charged with having stolen checks and credit cards and issuing several checks to herself and others for cash. Hardin is being held on a total bond of $12,500...
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Charleston voters will decide sales tax on Aug. 8 ballot
(Local News ~ 08/03/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Registered voters in the city of Charleston will decide a sales tax issue that would benefit their law enforcement when they step up to the polls during the Aug. 8 election. The sales tax question is the only issue on the ballot and the only election in Mississippi County...
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Robert Dye
(Obituary ~ 08/03/17)
LAURINBURG, N.C. - Robert Andrew Dye, 86, died July 24, 2017, at Scottish Pines. Born Nov. 27, 1930, in Sikeston, Mo., he was the son of the late Tanner Charles and Cora Matthews Dye. Graduating from Sikeston High School in 1948, he attended the School of Mines in Rolla, Mo., where he earned a bachelor's degree and was commissioned on graduation into the Navy. ...
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Laquita Sue Gloth
(Obituary ~ 08/03/17)
ROCKWALL, Texas - Laquita Sue Gloth, 67, died Aug. 1, 2017. Born Nov. 28, 1949, in Jackson, Miss., to the late James Kirk and Willie Lourene Caldwell Thacker, she was a member of First Baptist Church in Fate, Texas. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Charles Gloth; her children, Kelly Lawrence and husband, Wayne, and Rory Gloth and wife, Diana; four sisters, Nancy Ellen Serigstad, Linda Lou Darnall, Dorothy Jean Turner and Karen Gail Burton; and two brothers, Walker Wayne Thacker and John Wesley Thacker; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.. ...
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Steve McCoy
(Obituary ~ 08/03/17)
OCHLOCKNEE, Ga. - Steve A. McCoy, 67, of Ochlocknee, Ga., passed away at his home in Grady County, on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. The family and friends will have a cookout at his home on Saturday, August 5, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. to celebrate his life. Mr. McCoy was born on March 28, 1950, in Bolivar, Tenn., to the late Archie McCoy and Lela Gasser McCoy. He served his country in the United States Army...
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