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Officers pursue suspect
(Column ~ 03/22/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of March 17, officers received information about possible drug activity on Main Street. Officers found the vehicle the caller described and recognized the driver, who they knew to have a revoked driver’s license. An officer tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the car fled and a pursuit began going east out of town. The driver turned and went north on Route U toward Laforge, but one mile north of New Madrid he lost control of the vehicle and ran into a ditch...
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New Madrid City Council addresses delays in electrical billings
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Postage delivery delays are creating problems for citizens and city officials. In his report to the New Madrid City Council at their March 13 meeting, City Administrator Aaron Griffin said the city has received numerous complaints from citizens that electrical bills are not delivered in a timely manner. Griffin said it is a problem in other Southeast Missouri communities as well...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/22/23)
More to the story I’m reading the Speakout on Saturday/Sunday, March 11/12 and it says “President doesn’t control the price of gasoline.” That is somewhat true, but when you shut down a pipe line that was producing gas and dropped our oil prices to make our gas prices low, it’s unbelievable to me that somebody would be so dumb to think that Biden did not cause this particular rise in gas. ...
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SEMO Electric awarded $16.6M grant to expand its fiber services
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
SIKESTON — Over $16 million has been awarded to SEMO Electric Cooperative to improve internet access in rural southeast Missouri. As part of the $261 million Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, or DED, SEMO Electric Cooperative has been given $16.6 million...
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Kiwanis Pancake Day
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
The Sikeston Kiwanis Club hosted its annual all-you-can-eat Kiwanis Pancake Day Tuesday, March 21 at the Sikeston Elks Lodge. Proceeds will go toward Kiwanis projects.
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Hecht named director of Perryville Area Career and Technology Center
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Current Thomas W. Kelly High School Principal Dan Hecht has been named the director of the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center for the 2023-2024 school year. Hecht, who has served as the principal at Kelly High School for the past 14 years, submitted his letter of resignation to the district on Feb. 15, effective at the end of the 2022-2023 school year...
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Sikeston City Council election Q&A: Caldwell, Lindsey vying for council at-large position
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
SIKESTON — Sikeston voters will choose between two candidates to fill the at-large City Council person position when they step up to the polls during the April 4 municipal election. To help voters get to know the candidates, the Standard Democrat has compiled information in a question-and-answer format with the candidates, Lori A. Caldwell and Ryan Lindsey. The at-large council person position is for a three-year term...
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Lane restriction at Kentucky end of U.S. 51 of Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge planned for Thursday
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
PADUCAH, Ky. — A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, or KYTC, plans a work zone lane restriction on U.S. 51 at the Kentucky end of the U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge on Thursday morning, March 23. This work zone lane restriction at Ballard County mile point 7.3 is to allow guardrail damaged by a recent crash at the Kentucky end of the bridge to be replaced...
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