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Sikeston City Council passes budget for upcoming fiscal year
(Local News ~ 06/11/19)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council passed a $15.25 million-dollar budget for the upcoming fiscal year at Monday’s City Council meeting. The budget provides a 1 percent wage increase for full-time employees and also addresses many capital improvements. ...
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Council considers changes to fireworks ban
(Local News ~ 06/11/19)
SIKESTON — Sikeston residents could be able to shoot fireworks inside the city limits as early as this year. On Monday, the Sikeston City Council discussed amending the City Code that currently contains a blanket prohibition on the sale and use of fireworks inside the city limits. Sikeston Mayor Steven Burch indicated he wouldn’t mind seeing that policy changed at Monday’s meeting...
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Juanita Henderson
(Obituary ~ 06/11/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Lois Juanita Buys Henderson, 94, died June 8, 2019. Born Aug. 31, 1924, in Pemiscot County, daughter of Tom and Beatrice Tompkins Buys, she was the 1942 valedictorian graduate of Concord High School and lived most of her life in Pemiscot and New Madrid counties, including most of her adult life in Portageville. ...
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Portageville police arrest three in various incidents during two-day span
(Local News ~ 06/11/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. —Three people were arrested in Portageville in a two-day span. On Thursday, a Portageville police officer entered an abandoned residence on 7th Street after receiving a report of the back window being busted out and someone being inside. The officer entered the residence and located Pansy Vires...
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A.C. Hileman
(Obituary ~ 06/11/19)
FLINT, Mich. — Arren C. “A.C.” Hileman, 91, formerly of Morehouse, Mo., died June 6, 2019. Born March 13, 1928, in Morehouse, son of the late Robert Lee Hileman Sr. and Lela Cavins Hileman, he had worked for General Motor Co. for 38 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army...
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James Richard (Dick) Twitty
(Obituary ~ 06/11/19)
SIKESTON — James Richard (Dick) Twitty died on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at age 89. Dick was born in Kewanee on Dec. 13, 1929, to J.D. and Goldie Twitty. His brothers and sisters, all preceding him in death, were Lynn, Virginia, John, William Mack, Kenneth, Marietta and Jeanette...
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Aaron Davis
(Obituary ~ 06/11/19)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Aaron Davis, 26, died May 30, 2019, in St. Louis Born Sept. 8, 1992, in St. Louis, son of Parnetha Buxton-Griffin and Steven Davis, he attended Roosevelt High School in St. Louis and worked in the culinary arts profession. In addition to his parents, survivors include: two sons, Dominic and Doni Davis; two daughters, Aron and Arie Davis; one sister, Lena Davis; one brother, Dominique Davis; and grandmothers, Helen Buxton and Carlena Davis...
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Sue Newton
(Obituary ~ 06/11/19)
SIKESTON — Ritta “Sue” Newton, 67, died June 10, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 16, 1952, in Matthews, she was the daughter of the late Clint and Clodean Bewley Hensley. On Dec. 9, 1993, in Benton, she married Benny Newton, who survives of the home...
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The work begins after floodwaters recede
(Local News ~ 06/11/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — As the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau crests this week more than 14 feet above flood stage, clean up and restoration companies say it’s important to address water damage quickly. Meanwhile, the Better Business Bureau is advising consumers to beware of “fly-by-night” contractors offering to help clear flood debris and repair damaged structures...
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Man on the Moon Exhibit
(Local News ~ 06/11/19)
Community members of all ages enjoyed viewing the “50th Anniversary Man on the Moon Exhibit” via the Southeast Missouri Explorer Bus which was parked Monday at the Sikeston Public Library as part of the library’s summer reading program. Activities related to the exhibit were also held inside the library. This program is sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Missouri State Library. Monday also marked one of the final stops for the explorer bus, which is retiring July 4...
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