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Entertainment announced for annual rodeo
(Local News ~ 04/08/22)
SIKESTON — The concert lineup for the 70th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo was announced Friday as the Sikeston Jaycees aim to incorporate old traditions with new ones while celebrating this year’s milestone event. The announcement was made during the Sikeston Regional Chamber meeting at the Jaycees’ Sponsors Barn on the rodeo grounds...
- Egg hunting (Local News ~ 04/08/22)
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Karen Chapman
(Obituary ~ 04/08/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Karen Scobey Chapman, 72, died April 6, 2022, at her home in New Madrid. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at noon Saturday, April 9 at New Madrid United Methodist Church in New Madrid with the Rev. Terry Lippstreu officiating...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 04/08/22)
Don’t you get tired of all the folks who say we should have armed Ukraine before this Russian war? Biden has been in office about one year. Trump was in office four years and refused to send Ukraine arms that had been authorized and paid for by our Congress so he could blackmail them into digging up dirt on Biden who was his opponent in the election when the Ukraine was the most desperate to get these arms. He was impeached for this and saved by his gang in the Senate. Facts are always tough for some people to deal with.
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Lorene Grable
(Obituary ~ 04/08/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Lorene "Lettie" H. Grable, 91, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully on April 6, 2022. All who knew her know how much she loved life. She was always “upbeat” and thrilled to be doing things for others. She loved hosting family and friends in her home, always greeting you with a bounce in her step, a huge smile on her face, and clapping her hands with joy. Should you stop by the house, you would always find her either in a bible study, doing yard work, or cleaning...
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Geske writes daily devotional, ‘Coming Home to You’
(Local News ~ 04/08/22)
SIKESTON — While the national election of 2020 brought plenty of nastiness among those with differing political views, the discord led to a book from one Sikeston woman. Jami Geske recently released “Coming Home to You,” a book of daily prayers. The book is designed to compliment a daily devotional while also helping people learn how to pray and begin having daily conversations with God in order to bring them into a closer relationship with Him...
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Ribbon cutting held for new 18-lot Sikeston development
(Local News ~ 04/08/22)
SIKESTON — A new development in Sikeston is bringing much needed housing options to the community. A ribbon cutting was held Thursday for Saddle Ridge South, an 18-lot, single-family development located behind Fire Station No. 3 on the west side of Illinois Avenue, across from Mary Lou Montgomery Park in Sikeston...
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City of Charleston receives Missouri Humanities grant
(Local News ~ 04/08/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. – Award-winning authors ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Mark Spencer and John T. Wayne will appear at Charleston High School’s Authors in the Classroom April 21 and the City of Charleston’s Books in Bloom Charleston during the Dogwood-Azalea Festival April 22...
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Edward Graham
(Obituary ~ 04/08/22)
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. — Judge Edward C. Graham, a federal Administrative Law Judge in Long Beach, California, passed away Dec. 22, 2020, in his home in Redondo Beach after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. Edward was born May 22, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and reared in Charleston, Missouri. ...
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