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New program will help bridge gap between DPS and community
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety will apply for the Strengthening Police and Community Partnerships program in an effort to improve their relationship with the African American community. Sikeston City Council voted unanimously to back the program as a large crowd gathered at the Clinton Building in Sikeston Monday evening to discuss the relationship between DPS and the community after two women were killed and seven others injured in a shooting in Sikeston early Sunday morning.. ...
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Council passes FY21 budget
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council approved the budget for the 2021 fiscal year Monday night at a meeting held at the Clinton Building. Sikeston City Manager Jon Douglass said the budget is balanced with adjustments that can be made if needed due to less revenue because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Douglass said so far the City has not seen a negative impact from COVID...
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High speed chase leads to arrest
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Sikeston man remains in jail without bond following his arraignment on multiple charges including kidnapping and assault. Justin E. Patterson, 28, is charged with second degree kidnapping, tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, driving while license is revoked and two counts of assault as well as robbery in a separate case...
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Ware appointed the Director of Community Development
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
SIKESTON — Lorenzo Ware has been appointed the Director of Community Development for the City of Sikeston. The Community of Development Department, formerly a division of the Public Works Department, is responsible for code enforcement, building permits and inspections, animal control and PAWS animal shelter, solid waste and coordination with the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority...
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Family safely escapes from house fire in Morley
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
MORLEY, Mo. — A Morley family escaped without serious injuries from a house fire early Saturday after they were alerted by smoke detectors. Shortly after midnight Saturday, the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District was called to an address in Morley for a possible residential fire with occupants trapped inside, according to Fire Chief Jeremy Perrien said. ...
- Miner officials sworn in (Local News ~ 06/09/20)
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Barbara George
(Obituary ~ 06/09/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Barbara Jean George, 76, died June 8, 2020, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Jan. 24, 1944, in Alton, Ill., daughter of Elnora Hollis Summers of Wood River, Ill., and the late Thurman L. Summers, she had lived many years in Charleston where she had been employed with the Head Start Program from 1968 to 1986 and then with the Charleston R-1 Schools until she retired in 2008. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston...
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Otha Riley
(Obituary ~ 06/09/20)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Otha Mary “Mae” Riley, 77, died May 26, 2020. Born Aug. 15, 1942, in rural Charleston, to Eddie Riley and Minnie Bell Elam Riley-Macklin, she grew up in rural Alfalfa Center M and attended the Bird's Mill School. She was a member of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ. She worked as a secretary for the Wilson City City Hall for some years and as a cook at Grandma's Kitchen, Country Kitchen and Charleston Manor before becoming a childcare provider until her retirement...
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Kathy King
(Obituary ~ 06/09/20)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Kathy Gail King, 61, died June 7, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid. Born Dec. 14, 1958, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of the late J.P. and Virginia Johnson Holland. On June 29, 2002, she married Mark King, who survives of the home...
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Herbert Ahart
(Obituary ~ 06/09/20)
SIKESTON — Herbert Ahart, 87, died June 7, 2020, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Born May 5, 1933, in Pemiscot County, Missouri, son of the late John and Myrtle McCool Ahart, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War and in the National Guard for eight years...
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Local counties see increase in COVID-19 cases
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is reporting 179 new positive cases of COVID-19 across the state Tuesday with 21 new deaths. That brings the number of positive cases in Missouri to 14,913 with 840 deaths. The Scott County Health Department is reporting two new cases Tuesday with five more having recovered. The additional positive cases gives Scott County 124 positive cases with 28 active and 85 recovered. There have been 11 deaths...
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Comparisons drawn between Floyd’s death and Mississippi County case
(Local News ~ 06/09/20)
O’FALLON, Mo. — The Missouri NAACP and black lawmakers on Friday urged a new investigation into the death of an African American jail inmate who died in 2017 in a similar circumstance to George Floyd — with a white law enforcement officer’s knee on his neck...
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