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Sikeston area under heat advisory Tuesday and Wednesday
(Local News ~ 07/19/22)
The area’s relief from the extreme heat and humidity was short-lived. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Heat index values up to 105 were expected on Tuesday and from 105-110 were expected on Wednesday...
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Fabian Driver
(Obituary ~ 07/19/22)
Fabian Waldo Driver, 67, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022. He was born Jan. 14, 1955 in Caruthersville, Missouri, to the late Elmore Sr. and Lois W. Driver. Fabian graduated from Caruthersville High School and served in the U.S. Navy. He was married to Lendia (Boyd) Driver who survives of the home...
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Thelma Shipp
(Obituary ~ 07/19/22)
SIKESTON — Thelma Katherine Shipp, 92, died July 17, 2022, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. On June 25, 1930 in Blodgett, Missouri, she was born to the late Henry and Anna Whitt Miller. On Oct. 18, 1950 in Piggott Arkansas, she married Jessie Farrell Shipp who proceeded her in death on May 6, 1985...
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Edward Clark
(Obituary ~ 07/19/22)
Edward Clark, 95, died Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at this time at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Dimple Malloy
(Obituary ~ 07/19/22)
Dimple McWaters Malloy, daughter of the late William L. and Nora Colston McWaters, was born Nov. 25, 1936, in Charter Oak, Missouri and departed this life in Dexter, Missouri, on July 15, 2022, at the age of 85. Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Friday, July 22, 2022, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Graveside services will then be conducted at Old Essex Cemetery on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at 10:30 a.m...
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Man killed, two injured in freak camper accident
(Local News ~ 07/19/22)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A 70-year-old Essex man was killed Friday afternoon and two others suffered moderate and minor injuries on Stoddard County Road 525-3 east of Bloomfield, when a camper rolled back on them. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the three people were attempting to fix locked brakes on a camper being towed by a 2012 Dodge Ram at 1:40 p.m. Friday. The brakes disengaged, causing the camper to strike all three...
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Memphis man sentenced for sexual assault of young girl
(Local News ~ 07/19/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - A Tennessee man was sentenced to prison in connection with a sexual assault of a young girl. Patrick Jackson, 50, of Memphis, Tenn., was sentenced to 20 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections by New Madrid County Circuit Court Judge Ed Reeves. Jackson withdrew his not-guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of first degree statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy - deviate sexual intercourse - person less than 12 years of age...
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COVID-19 cases surging in Cape, Scott counties
(Local News ~ 07/19/22)
Cape Girardeau County was placed in the high risk category for COVID-19 Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Risk categories for the county are determined by the CDC using data from the state Department of Health and Senior Services. The upgrade to high risk means the CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public places and taking extra precautions if immunocompromised. Scott County is also in the high-risk category...
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Phillips signs with Kaskaskia
(High School Sports ~ 07/19/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Describing Marcellous Phillips as a “great fit” for Kaskaskia College’s basketball team, head coach Brian Hancock drove over two hours to personally deliver the paperwork to Phillips making him a part of the Kaskaskia Blue Devils. “We play a faster paced game,” Hancock said. “His size and athleticism fit our style of play.”...
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