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Smith selects first recipient of shutdown salary Village of Pinhook
(Local News ~ 02/12/18)
SIKESTON -- Today, Congressman Jason Smith presented the Mayor of Pinhook with a $1,000 donation to help the community rebuild after their homes were washed away in a 2011 flood. Smith met with Pinhook mayor, Debra Tarver and Kyle Schott from Catholic Charities, whose organization is helping the community rebuild, to discuss progress on the current housing project...
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Sikeston pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle
(Local News ~ 02/12/18)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle early Monday in Scott County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 5:15 a.m. on Route BB, half a mile north of Sikeston, when the northbound vehicle driven by Keith R. Chappell, 40, of Sikeston struck 51-year-old Hope A. Boes of Sikeston, who was in the road...
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James Holt
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
SIKESTON James Lester Holt, age 67, passed away on Feb. 12, 2018, at his home in Miner.
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Juanita Lynxwiler
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. Juanita June "Dicky" Lynxwiler, 78, died Feb. 11, 2018, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
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Donna Hosack
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
JACKSON, Mo. Donna Sue Lowes Hosack, 43, died Feb. 2, 2018, at St. Bernard Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark.
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Marty Menz
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
DELTA, Mo. Marty Joe Menz, 54, died Feb. 11, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center.
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Lenly Bradish
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
ANNISTON, Mo. Lenly A. Bradish, 93, died Feb. 8, 2018, at New Madrid Living Center.
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Gary Mattingly
(Obituary ~ 02/12/18)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Gary Don Mattingly, 69, died Feb. 9, 2018, at his home in Portageville.
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Reflections: Love on the RIveri
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
Here's a bit of local river history with a literary twist. As a steamboat made its way on the river the leadsman stood on the bow and sang the depth soundings to the pilot.
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Reflections: Battle Cry
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
By the time Mary Wickersham received her son's letter from the war front in France he had been killed on the battlefield. It was 1918.
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Reflections: Moved to Justice
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
New Madrid has had three courthouses--that we know of.
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Reflections: Duke the Wonder Horse
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
Duke was a five-gated pinto.
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Reflections: Pennies from Heaven
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
In 1961 in New Madrid, workmen began tearing down the old Smith home next to the Methodist Church on Mill Street to make way for a new parsonage. As they ripped away at one of the walls, money began falling out. It was strange looking money, U. S. currency, but the bills were much larger and there were Indians and buffalos depicted on a number of them.
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Reflections: Wooden It Be Nice
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
In 1944 there were three companies manufacturing wooden toys in New Madrid. Today, it is difficult to imagine the town as a manufacturing hub of anything other than aluminum at the nearby Noranda plant, but the legacy of making wooden toys in the 1940s is interesting commercial history.
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Reflections: Nun-sense
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
What we come to expect of those who hold important positions or whose professions by their very nature carry a high degree of trust by others are often measured against our experiences when young. Our teachers often frame and define those events, but not always in the way we perceive of them at the time.
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Reflections: Nazi Gold
(Column ~ 02/12/18)
Nazi gold. Seventy years after the end of WWII these words still excite the world. The recent claimed finding of the long-lost Nazi gold train demonstrates that. Turned out that claim was a hoax.
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