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Portageville School District updates Food Services policy, mandates from MCE take place
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
As the new school year begins in August, parents will be reading and hearing a lot about a new food Services Policy that will take effect. The purpose of this policy is to maintain consistent meal account procedures throughout the District. Unpaid charges place a financial strain on District finances. The Food Service Department is responsible for maintaining food charge records and for notifying the District’s accounting department of outstanding balances...
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Two women killed in New Madrid County crash
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Two Jamaican women were killed and four others injured in a crash after the vehicle they were traveling in had a tire blowout Saturday in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 4:20 p.m. on northbound Interstate 55 at the 34.0 mile marker, the van driven by Mauricio Lopez, 30, of Arcadia, Fla., had a tire blowout, causing the vehicle to slide off the right side of the road and overturn, ejecting one of his passengers...
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Missouri Weekly Fuel Update and Outlook
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.03/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.24/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...
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Finish What You Start
(Column ~ 07/19/17)
Growing up in rural Missouri, I knew if I didn’t feed our animals by 6am, I was going to be in trouble. Starting the day with this chore was essential to the rest of the day on the farm going smoothly. I approach my job as your Congressman the same way I approached my jobs on the farm – if things like tending to the animals or repealing Obamacare don’t get done on time and in the right way, you can’t accomplish bigger things like putting food on grocery store shelves or restoring healthcare choice and lowering insurance costs for Americans.. ...
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Missouri Joins Five States to Launch Enforcement Blitz Against Speeding
(State News ~ 07/19/17)
6-State Regional Effort, Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine
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VFW honored for 75 years of serving veterans
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
SIKESTON - As it completes its 75th year of existence, VFW Post 3174 still honors its mission of serving veterans. The Diamond Anniversary Award Citation was presented to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3174 on June 14. "I send my sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of VFW Post 3174 for their outstanding service to the community, veterans and to the nation over the past 75 years," said Brian Duffy, national commander of the VFW...
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Scott County has Board of Equalization hearing with Ameren
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County will follow its assessor's recommendation and make no changes to the assessed value of Ameren's gas distribution system. The decision was approved by the Scott County Commission following the Board of Equalization hearing with Ameren during the Commission's regular meeting. Board of Equalizations are convened annually to rule on appeals of property valuations set by the county assessor...
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Coming soon
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
Construction is underway on the Watami Sushi and Hibachi Steakhouse II, located in the Cotton Ridge Development, adjacent to the Sikeston Cinema and Grill. The 7,800 square-foot restaurant is scheduled to open later this fall. Ainsworth Construction of Cape Girardeau is in charge of construction...
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Sikeston man sentenced to prison for fatal shooting
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - A Sikeston man is heading to prison for the shooting death of a friend. Tiarrius Gant, 19, was sentenced by Judge Fred Copeland on Tuesday to five years in the Department of Corrections on a charge of voluntary manslaughter and 15 years for unlawful use of a weapon with the sentences to run consecutively totaling 20 years. ...
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Sikeston man facing charges in stabbing
(Local News ~ 07/19/17)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man faces multiple charges after allegedly stabbing two people with a broken beer bottle Sunday. Rodney R. Young, 40, is charged with two counts of felony first-degree domestic assault causing serious physical injury; one count of felony unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of felony armed criminal action; and one count of felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk, according to online court records...
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Time for GOP leaders to show leadership
(Column ~ 07/19/17)
Back in November - though it seems a lifetime ago - the American people gave the Republican Party control of the United States Senate, House and White House.
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Nancy Estes
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
BATESVILLE, Ark. - Nancy Carolyn Hornback Fetters Estes of Batesville passed away on July 12, 2017. She was born Sept. 3, 1942, to the Rev. Bill Hornback and Beulah Martin Hornback. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant daughter, one brother, Charles E Hornback, and three sisters, Judy Wagner, Doris Frazier and Billie Jean Hart...
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Virginia Burke
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Virginia Alice Cox Burke passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on July 17, 2017, at the age of 86. She was born on Dec. 5, 1930, in Diehlstadt, Mo., to Katherine Olive Maynard and Joseph Louis Cox. She graduated from Diehlstadt High School in in 1948 before moving to Charleston. In Charleston she worked at Bell Telephone as a switchboard operator until marrying John Emmett Burke on Nov. 23, 1950...
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Sandra Kimball
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Sandra Kimball passed away July 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 54 years. Born July 10, 1963, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Mary Eva Edwards. Her husband, Michael Kimball, survives of the home...
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Lillian Godsey
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Lillian Godsey, 89, died July 19, 2017, at her home in Charleston. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston. The Rev. Gerald Penn, pastor, will officiate...
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Bruce Garner
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Russell Bruce Garner, 77, formerly of East Prairie, died July 19, 2017, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 3, 1940, in Mississippi County, to the late Charley and Zella Faire Garner, he had been employed as a manager for Sunny Hill Motor Inn of Cape Girardeau...
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Joe Anderson
(Obituary ~ 07/19/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Joe Eddie Anderson, 78, died July 13, 2017, in Charleston. Born Jan. 18, 1939, son of the late Ernest Bell and Arlee Anderson Wade, he had been employed since 2003 with the Charleston R-1 School District, where he spent most of his time in the maintenance department and as the crossing guard for the past few years. He was ordained as a deacon and trustee at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, and he served his country honorably in the United States Army...
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