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Back-to-school sales tax holiday is Friday-Sunday
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
SIKESTON — The sales tax holiday weekend kicks off Friday with certain back-to-school purchases being completely tax-free in Sikeston and other counties and cities. Missouri’s Tax-Free Weekend will start at 12:01 a.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. Back-to-School items such as clothing, school supplies, computers and other items defined by the Missouri statute are exempt from state and county sales tax during this time period...
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Hillis Charles Poe
(Obituary ~ 08/04/22)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Hillis Charles Poe, son of the late Roscoe Charles and Clara Emily Manning Poe, was born on Nov. 28, 1935, in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, and departed this life on Aug. 3, 2022, at his home in East Prairie at the age of 86. Hillis lived most of his life in East Prairie and worked for A.C. James Construction in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Ola Mae Owens
(Obituary ~ 08/04/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Ola Mae Johnson Owens, 92, resident of Charleston died on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in her home. She was born Dec. 28, 1929, in Luxora, Arkansas, to the late Benjamin and Georgia Tate Johnson. Ola Mae was a member of Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church and served on the Mother’s Board. She enjoyed attending church and listing to gospel music. We will miss hearing her say, “Oh Lord have mercy.”...
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Beth Mayfield-Tidwell
(Obituary ~ 08/04/22)
SIKESTON — Beth Mayfield-Tidwell, age 74, passed away Aug. 3, 2022, at her home in Sikeston. She was born May 11, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, daughter of the late Loomis F. Mayfield Jr. and Marcella Jean Rauth-Mayfield. She was a lifelong member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and a 1966 graduate of Sikeston High School. She was a nurturing wife, devoted mother, grandmother and sister. She enjoyed sewing and cooking and she adored her only grandson...
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Intersection replacement underway
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
Employees with Fronabarger Concreters Inc. of Oak Ridge, Missouri, work Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, to replace the intersection of South New Madrid Street and Trotter Street in SIkeston. The intersection’s closure, which began Monday, Aug. 1, will last approximately seven days, according to Brian Dial, Sikeston street superintendent. ...
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Primary voter turnout higher in Scott County than Mississippi and New Madrid
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
SIKESTON — Less than a total of 2,000 ballots each were cast in Mississippi and New Madrid counties while nearly 6,000 were cast in Scott County during Tuesday’s primary election. Scott County Nearly 24%, or 5,897, voters in Scott County cast ballots during Tuesday’s primary election. ...
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City of Sikeston awarded $500K community grant
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
SIKESTON — The City of Sikeston’s application for street improvements through the Missouri Department of Economic Development was approved by the Community Development Block Grant Program in the amount of $500,000. The news was shared during Monday’s regular Sikeston City Council meeting at City Hall and also via the city’s social media...
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Sikeston Little Theatre to perform ‘Footloose’
(Local News ~ 08/04/22)
SIKESTON — For those who are not afraid to cut loose, the new Sikeston Little Theatre production may be just for them. “Footloose,” premieres Aug. 5 at the Sikeston Little Theatre, performed by students going into the sixth grade through graduating seniors. Adults are cast in the adult roles...
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Ida Hurley
(Obituary ~ 08/04/22)
BERTRAND, Mo. — Ida Virginia McTigue Hurley, age 80, died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Ida was born Feb. 4, 1942, at Tuckerman, Arkansas, to the late Waymon Audie “W.A.” McTigue and Ollie May Helms McTigue and grew up in Mississippi County, Missouri, where she lived her entire life.
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