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LOCAL HERO: Wheetley instrumental in distributing PPE to emergency personnel in southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 11/21/20)
SIKESTON — As the COVID-19 pandemic reached southeast Missouri, the area was in uncharted waters and in many cases unprepared, needing items such as masks, gloves and hand sanitizer. That is where Derick Wheetley stepped in. Wheetley, a captain with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, took over two years ago as the Region E fire/mutual aid coordinator through the state fire marshal’s office...
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Caudle, Rose purchase Ponder and Shelby Funeral Homes
(Business ~ 11/21/20)
SIKESTON — Two longtime area funeral homes have new owners. In September, John “Cody” Caudle and Carl E. Rose purchased Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston and Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, Missouri. The two took over on Sept. 25 and plan to continue to serve the community as both the Ponder and Shelby families have for decades...
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Modern Woodman make contribution
(Business ~ 11/21/20)
Modern Woodman of America Chapter 4036 with MWA representative Lee A Bowman Jr, recently held a matching funds campaign for the Delta Area of the Blind. Over $4,300 was received in contributions. Modern Woodman was able to match $2,500. Pictured from left are: Denise Reed, Jimmy Reed, Misty Houston, Patricia Gordon, Lee Bowman, Belinda Turner, Don Gordon, Darrel Vickers, Wanda Matlock, James Taul, LaWana Copeland and Josh McCasland...
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Local truck driver honored by NASTC
(Business ~ 11/21/20)
The National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC) represents over 13,000 trucking companies in the U.S. and Canada that employ over 125,000 drivers collectively. Each year the association sponsors a driver of the year program to recognize the very best drivers within their group. Among the drivers nominated for the honor is Terry R. Morgan who drives for Morgan Trucking Enterprise of Sikeston...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 11/21/20)
Hello, United States. Southeast Missouri, Miner. It’s a beautiful day. Everybody is out and about. Mr. Mayor of Miner, we have three pieces of property on Harrison alone and one on Cravens, that are eyesores. Five foot tall weeds. Nobody lives in that one house with couches and two foot of grass in the front yard. Tires. You say you want to be in charge of everything. Evidently you’re not doing your job. Your job is to help keep this town clean too, instead of up there messing around, acting like your something. That’s why you’re running everybody off. Do your job, mayor. God bless America.
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Buford Walls
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Buford L. Walls, 74, died Nov. 20, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Tuesday at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery...
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Virgie Thomure
(Obituary ~ 11/21/20)
SIKESTON — Virgie Lisa Busby Thomure, 75, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at her home in Sikeston. She was born April 7, 1945, in Kentucky, to Cecil (Pete) and Margaret Busby. She had lived in East Prairie most of her life and had worked in real estate for several years.