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New Madrid woman dies in Sunday crash
(Local News ~ 04/27/20)
PARMA, Mo. — A New Madrid County woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash late Sunday in Stoddard County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 9:10 p.m. on Missouri Highway 153, three miles north of Parma, as the northbound vehicle driven by 24-year-old Kayla D. Atchley of New Madrid ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected and then ran off the left side of the road, striking a ditch and overturning...
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Gene Ponder
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Eugene Franklin “Gene” Ponder, 90, died April 25, 2020, at his home in East Prairie. Born May 20, 1929, in Dogwood, son of the late William Eugene and Gertrude Shoults, he was a self- employed farmer and had served in the United States Air Force. He had attended Nelson Memorial...
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William Woods
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — William E. Woods passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Bill was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on June 5, 1946. He grew up in Bertrand, Mo., and graduated from Sikeston High School. On May 26, 1971, he married Bonnie Hurley Woods of Charleston, Mo. ...
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Berle Hopper
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
MORLEY, Mo. — Berle Hopper’s life came to a heartbreaking end at his home on April 20, 2020, in Morley, Missouri, and was buried in the New Morley Cemetery. Berle and his twin brother, Merle, were born in Savannah, Tennessee, on April 28, 1944, to the late William “Pugh” and Lillie Mae Hopper, but lived most of his life in Morley...
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Health officials ready new guidelines as restrictions ease
(Local News ~ 04/27/20)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is reviewing proposed new guidelines for how restaurants, schools, churches and businesses can safely reopen as states look to gradually lift their coronavirus restrictions. The draft guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been sent to Washington but still could be revised before being released to the public. The recommendations were obtained from a federal official who was not authorized to release them publicly...
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Mary Adams
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Mary June Adams, 91, died April 27, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born June 23, 1928, in Monticello, Ill., daughter of the late S.O. Wagner and Lola Dillard Wagner, she had lived a number of years in East Prairie where she was a member of the First Baptist Church. She had been employed in the packing department of the Brown Shoe Company in Charleston a number of years...
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Delores Ann James
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Delores Ann James left this world on April 22, 2020. She was born in Hayti, Missouri, on June 21, 1953, to Jesse and Hazel James. She is survived by her daughter, Tammy Kay Campbell and her son, Robert (Bobby) Wayne Palmer Jr. (Carol), and grandchildren, Dallas Paige Allen (Jarett), Benjamin Palmer Campbell and Krystal Nichole Finley; two great-granddaughters; sister, Mary Mosby; brother, Robert James (Alice); and many nieces and nephews...
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UPDATED NUMBERS: Very few new positive COVID-19 cases locally
(Local News ~ 04/27/20)
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reports 174 new positive cases of COVID-19 Monday afternoon with 14 additional deaths. So far, Missouri has had 7,171 positive cases of COVID-19 with 288 deaths. There have been over 71,000 tests conducted in the state...
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Scott County has second death related to COVID-19
(Local News ~ 04/27/20)
SIKESTON — A second person has died in Scott County in relation to the COVID-19 virus. “We are sad to report another death in Scott County. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those affected by COVID-19,” said a post on the Scott County Health Department’s Facebook page...
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Governor Parson announces first phase of “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan to begin May 4
(Local News ~ 04/27/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced the first phase of the “Show Me Strong Recovery” Plan outlining how Missouri will gradually reopen economic and social activity during his COVID-19 briefing Monday. Parson, who will end the state’s stay-at-home order Monday, May 4, said it will be a “turning of the dial, not a flip of a switch” with the first phase of the plan to extend through May 31...
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Marlene (Duncan) Karres
(Obituary ~ 04/27/20)
HERNANDO, Fla. — Doris Marlene Troutt Karres, 82, died April 21, 2020, at her home in Hernando. Born Sept. 11, 1937, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, daughter of the late Clyde Walter and Essie Leona Asbury Troutt, she spent 17 of her last years as a volunteering with hospice care...
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