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Young turkey hunters harvest 4,441 birds during youth weekend
(Outdoors ~ 04/18/15)
Harvest up from last year. Top Missouri counties were Franklin, Greene, and Cedar.
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Semoball finalists announced for winter sports
(High School Sports ~ 04/18/15)
DEXTER, Mo. - The Semoball Awards finalists for boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling and girls swimming were revealed Saturday at a selection show hosted by Harry Blackwell Dodge in Dexter. SEMO ESPN radio (92.9 FM, 1220 AM and 1470 AM) was on hand to make the announcement on its weekly hour-long show the Saturday Morning Express...
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Mayor makes recommendation for lawsuit monies
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
This is a follow up from last week's City Council story that mentioned the City had received monies from a class-action lawsuit, that was announced last December. "The city had been involved in a long-standing class action law suit since 2012," said Portageville Mayor, Denis McCrate. ...
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Social Media's Fastest Growing Faith-Based Social Media App
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
Share A Prayer App Now Available for Install as a Facebook Desktop App --
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"Divorce, Culture, and the Church"
(Column ~ 04/18/15)
In 1948, the famous Harvard social historian Pitirim Sorokin wrote an essay in which he sounded an alarm about the rapid disintegration of the stability of the American culture. In this essay, Sorokin pointed out that in 1910 the divorce rate in America was ten percent. ...
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Wieland Applauds Governor for Release of $3 Million in Funding for Missouri's River Ports
(State News ~ 04/18/15)
JEFFERSON CITY--Last Friday, April 3, the governor announced he was releasing $3 million in Fiscal Year 2015 funding for infrastructure improvements to Missouri's river ports. The announcement comes just days after Sen. Paul Wieland, R-Imperial, hosted a news conference calling on the governor to release the money...
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USDA Grants Help Cut Energy Costs for Farmers and Rural Businesses
(State News ~ 04/18/15)
COLUMBIA, MO -- Missouri Rural Development State Director Janie Dunning announced the availability of grant and loan funds through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP provides financial assistance to rural small businesses and agricultural producers for the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements to reduce their energy costs and consumption...
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Lilbourn native wins Kentucky Education Association award
(Business ~ 04/18/15)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Lakilia Bedeau, Director of the Tornado Alley Youth Services Center at Tilghman High Schools in Paducah, is the Kentucky Education Association's 2015 Education Support Professional of the Year. KEA President Stephanie Winkler presented the award to Bedeau on Friday, during the final day of the association's 143rd annual Delegate Assembly in Louisville...
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Parengo Coffee pitches national venture capital firms as part of new program
(Business ~ 04/18/15)
NEW ORLEANS -- Sikeston-based business Parengo Coffee participated in a special segment of the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week where it met with investors and regional entrepreneurs as part of the Delta Regional Authority's newly established program called the Delta Entrepreneurship Network. ...
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New multi-purpose facility in Miner open for baseball, softball training
(Business ~ 04/18/15)
MINER -- With Missouri springs often filled with rain and turbulent weather, it can sometimes be difficult to find a place to practice baseball. That is no longer the case in the Sikeston-area with the opening of Double Play. Double Play is a nearly 4,500-square-foot indoor facility complete with batting cages and pitching machines that is located in the old Double Nickel building at 4 North Interstate Drive in Miner. ...
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Shooting investigated
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Two men are in jail facing felony charges after exchanging gunfire in several locations from South Main to the north side of town near the YMCA. Samuel Swanson, 26, is charged with assault, armed criminal action, receiving stolen property and unlawful use of a weapon...
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On track
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
New Madrid County Central's Jamal Jackson gets his time in the 100 meter dash from timekeeper Brian James in the Sikeston Twilight Relays held Friday afternoon at Sikeston Public Schools Stadium. Read more on page 1B.
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Luau for Levi: Couple transform home for charity benefit
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Larry DeWitt describes the fundraiser planned at his Sikeston home next weekend as not only for a good cause but for a good time. DeWitt and his wife, Melanie, will open their rural Sikeston home to the public for "A Luau for Levi" from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. April 25 to raise funds for Levi's Children's Charity...
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Man jailed following assault, robbery
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man is in jail for leading an assault and strong-armed robbery. Michael Cox, 52, is charged with second degree robbery, a class B felony; second degree assault, a class C felony; a felony armed criminal action charge; a class D felony of resisting arrest; a misdemeanor assaulting a law enforcement officer charge; and a misdemeanor second degree property damage charge...
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Compost site opens for residents tackling their spring cleaning
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston residents have a nine-day window to get rid of everything from appliances to yard waste during the Annual Community Clean-Up Campaign. "It starts Friday and ends May 3," said Darren Martin, supervisor for the city's street division...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 04/18/15)
Thank God that Obama wasn't president instead of George Washington. I don't know what we would be doing, but we wouldn't be Christian, we would be Muslim. We'd still be part of the English Colonies. I have a question? Why do the felons that live around here get in the housing that's low-income, get food stamps, Welfare and medical cards and in here on a green card or illegal, when they get caught with cocaine, why don't they put them back on a big plane and drop them off in Mexico where they belong?. ...
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Leadership proves key to city's growth
(Editorial ~ 04/18/15)
Steven Burch was sworn in as Sikeston's new mayor during the reorganization of the city council this week filling the post of former Mayor Jerry Pullen. By any definition, Burch will have some big shoes to fill. Jerry Pullen provided 27 years of dedicated service as a council member and two-term mayor...
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Doris Blough
(Obituary ~ 04/18/15)
RISCO -- Doris Laverne Blough, 84, died April 15, 2015, at the Ozark River View Manor. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Bill Neal
(Obituary ~ 04/18/15)
EAST PRAIRIE -- William E. "Bill" Neal, 84, died April 17, 2015, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Howard Lee Smith
(Obituary ~ 04/18/15)
PUXICO -- Howard Lee Smith, 77, died April 15, 2015, at his home in Puxico. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Oscar Mainord
(Obituary ~ 04/18/15)
MATTHEWS -- William "Oscar" Mainord, 90, died at 10:50 a.m. April 17, 2015, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Helen Frohawk
(Obituary ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Helen Marie Frohawk, 91, died April 16, 2015, at the Clearview Nursing Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Man taken into protective custody following suicide threat; three schools are briefly locked down
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Despite forcing a brief lockdown of schools, a wandering man deemed suicidal by family was safely located by authorities Friday in Sikeston. About 2 p.m. Friday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a report of a 30-year-old male in the 800 block of East Gladys Street who was threatening suicide and armed with a handgun, according to Capt. Jim McMillen, public information officer for DPS...
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Preliminary hearing scheduled for possessing child pornography
(Local News ~ 04/18/15)
NEW MADRID - A preliminary hearing date is set for a former teacher charged with possessing of child pornography. According to Missouri Case.net, Amy R. Walker, 36, of Lilbourn will return to court at 10 a.m. June 29 for a preliminary hearing before New Madrid County Associate Judge Joshua D. Underwood...
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Board reorganizes following April's contested election
(Submitted Story ~ 04/18/15)
NEW MADRID - Newly elected New Madrid County R-1 board members took their oaths of office and went right to work. During a special meeting, April 9, the New Madrid County R-1 Board of Education accepted the certified election results from the April 7 election...
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Hearnes' egg huntin'
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/18/15)
Warren E. Hearnes Elementary's 1st Grade teachers hosted the annual Easter Egg Hunt April. Eighty-six first grade students searched the front lawn of the school, looking for as many eggs as they could find. They also hunted for one of five special goose eggs, each unlocking a prize...
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Local DAR chapter presents Good Citizen award
(Submitted Story ~ 04/18/15)
SCOTT CITY -- Carly Elizabeth Howell, daughter of Dan and Donna Howell, has been selected by the 100-year-old Kings Highway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution as the Good Citizen from Scott City High School. The Good Citizen award was established in 1934 (81 years ago) to honor outstanding high school seniors who demonstrate the qualities of dependability, which includes truthfulness, loyalty and punctuality; service, which includes cooperation, courtesy and consideration of others; leadership, which includes personality, self-control and the ability to assume responsibility; and patriotism, which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation. ...
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Ribbon cutting: Regional Brain and Spine
(Business ~ 04/18/15)
Dr. Kyle Colle cuts the ribbon Thursday afternoon for Regional Brain and Spine located at 1617 E. Malone in Sikeston, next to Bo's Bar B Q. Also present for the ribbon cutting were, from left: Jessica Statler; Patrick Hammond, P.A.; Colle; Dennis Paul, P.A.; Amy Brown and Ceretha Rucker. Not pictured are: Dr. Patrick Knight and administrator Tom Weber from Advanced Orthopedic Specialists. To contact Regional Brain and Spine, call (573) 332-7746...
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