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Thank a pharmacist
(Column ~ 08/19/22)
The following article is dedicated to Jim Barnes who for more than 50 years has worked as a pharmacist. Let’s thank a pharmacist and pharmacy staff who labor to help all of us when we need prescriptions. Moses no doubt would have said a word that has come to mean RX in English...
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Bobby Gee
(Obituary ~ 08/19/22)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Robert William “Bobby” Gee, was born on Aug. 23, 1957, in Highland, Illinois, to the late Robert “Bob” Gee and Irene Schomaker Gee. He passed away at his home on Aug. 17, 2022, at Portageville, at the age of 64 years, 11 months 25 days...
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Morgan Casey
(Obituary ~ 08/19/22)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Bishop Morgan A. Casey, 87, died July 27, 2022, at St. Louis. Services will be conducted at 11 am. Saturday, Aug. 20 at DeLisle FuneralHome in Portageville, Missouri. Burial will be in the Portageville Cemetery.
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Peggy Dyer
(Obituary ~ 08/19/22)
Peggy Anna Dyer, 84, of Danville passed away at 7:06 a.m. on Aug. 17, 2022 in Danville, Illinois. Peggy was born on Oct. 4, 1937 the daughter of Martin Joseph and Theodosia Anna (McBride) Schaefer in Sikeston, Missouri. She married Nelson C. Dyer on Oct. 1, 1960 in Sikeston and he preceded her in death on May 14, 2012...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 08/19/22)
I just want to say that I was at Aldi’s this morning getting groceries and some nice person left $20 to pay on my groceries. I don’t know who it was but if they read Speakout tell them I asked the Lord to send them an extra blessing. Thank you.
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Scott County residents warned of phone scam
(Local News ~ 08/19/22)
BENTON, Mo. — Scott County residents should be on alert of a phone scam where the caller states they have outstanding warrants and must pay fines at a kiosk in Sikeston or via a QR code. Scott County Communications Division has received calls from citizens about phone calls from scammers saying they are with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and the citizen has warrants out for their arrest or they have missed federal jury duty and now owe money, according to a social media post made Thursday by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office in Benton.. ...
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Price of gas continues to fall
(Local News ~ 08/19/22)
The price of gas continues to decrease, however, the statewide gas price average in Missouri is still $3.52 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Missouri Weekend Gas Watch. The price is 10 cents less compared to this day last week and is 65 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year...
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Reward now being offered for information on missing Sikeston woman
(Local News ~ 08/19/22)
SIKESTON — A reward is now being offered for a Sikeston woman who has been missing since 2021. According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Shyann Morrison went missing from Sikeston in February of 2021 and friends, family and law enforcement are still searching for her, asking for information as to where she may be and what might have happened to her...
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Donald Burnett
(Obituary ~ 08/19/22)
SIKESTON — Donald Ray Burnett, 58, died Aug. 17, 2022, at his home in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston. Joe Stevens will officiate. Burial with military honors will follow at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield...
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Third person dies from injuries sustained in Wyatt house explosion
(Local News ~ 08/19/22)
WYATT, Mo. — A third person has died from injuries sustained in a Wyatt house explosion. Mississippi County Sheriff Britton Ferrell reported late Friday afternoon that at 3:30 p.m. Friday, his office was informed by the Regional One Health Burn Unit in Memphis, Tennessee, that Myranda Gale Golden, 22, succumbed to her injuries she received in the house explosion Monday in Wyatt...
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