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Jimmy Rice
(Obituary ~ 10/04/22)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Jimmy Joe Rice, age 75, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, at Mercy South Healthcare in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born March 6, 1947, in Sikeston, Missouri, to J.W. Rice Jr and Beatrice Rice. Jimmy married Janet Bratton Rice of East Prairie on Aug. 30, 1996, at the First Baptist Church of East Prairie...
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Sikeston gets grants for homeless shelter, street work
(Local News ~ 10/04/22)
SIKESTON — Sikeston was recently awarded two grants through the Missouri Department of Economic Development Community Development Block Grant Program, one for street construction and the other for DAEOC to construct a homeless shelter. The City of Sikeston was awarded a $1,991,450 CDBG grant for the construction of a new homeless shelter that will be located on Kathleen Street, between Scott and Stoddard Streets. ...
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Creator of R-6 Hall of Fame/Honor Wall, to step down from committee
(Local News ~ 10/04/22)
SIKESTON — Twenty-six years after he and a team of peers made his idea for the Sikeston R-6 Hall of Fame/Honor Wall come to fruition, Roger Sherman has decided to step down as steering committee chairman after this year. Sherman was honored with a special recognition at Friday’s Hall of Fame/Honor Wall induction ceremony during the Sikeston-Jackson football game at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium...
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Sikeston man who avoided police since Sept. 9 in custody
(Local News ~ 10/04/22)
A Sikeston man wanted since Sept. 9 who led law enforcement in a vehicle and foot pursuit before running into a corn in rural Sikeston is now in custody. William Robert Ralph, 38, of Sikeston was arrested Friday by Cape Girardeau Police in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the Scott County Sheriff’s Office said...
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Car found in Mississippi River
(Column ~ 10/04/22)
On the afternoon of Oct. 2, a couple walking their dog in the area of the New Madrid boat ramp reported finding a car in the Mississippi River just below the ramp. In addition, they found a small bone in the same area as the car. Officers responded and secured the scene then began the process of sifting through what was left of the car for other bones or items that would identify the vehicle...
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R-1 FEMA shelter construction delayed
(Local News ~ 10/04/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Concerns about safety will prompt a delay in construction of the District’s multipurpose building/emergency shelter. In his construction update with the New Madrid County R-1 School Board at their September meeting, Scott Vilas explained the FEMA building construction is delayed by several factors, but it is still moving ahead...
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Beverly Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/04/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Beverly June Jones died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. She was born May 8, 1961, in Charleston, to the late Sullivan Cassell and Ardell Walker Straughter. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Robert Lee Straughter, Sherwood Cross and Herman Straughter; two sisters, Ruth Ann Sanford and Wilma Jean Straughter; and one grandson, Lamontaye Williams Jr.
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