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Sikeston home damaged in fire
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety's Fire Division responded to a house fire early Thursday, April 11. Around 8 a.m. Thursday, April 11 Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call of a structure fire in the 900 block of Pine Street, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for DPS...
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Sikeston High School graduation set for May 13
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
SIKESTON — Plans are being finalized to have Sikeston High School’s class of 2024 outdoor graduation next month. Sikeston High School Head Principal Dr. Doyle Noe briefed the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education on graduation procedures for the class of 2024 during the Tuesday, April 9 regular monthly meeting at Central Office in Sikeston...
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Sikeston R-6 Board of Education changes last day of school to May 10
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District will release a week earlier than planned for the 2023-2024 school year. The 2023-2024 school year calendar initially included built-in weather make-up hours which were not all used. As a result, Superintendent Shannon Holifield recommended to the R-6 Board of Education during its Tuesday, April 9 meeting that the last day of school for all students be amended from Thursday, May 16 to Friday, May 10. ...
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Charlotte Vincent
(Obituary ~ 04/11/24)
ESSEX, Mo. — Charlotte Faye Vincent, age 70, passed away on April 9, 2024, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on May 7, 1953, in Evadale, Arkansas, to the late William and Helen Collins Oakes. On June 30, 1977, in Benton, Missouri, she married Irwin Vincent who survives of the home in Essex...
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Sikeston R-6 school board reorganizes
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
SIKESTON — The Sikeston R-6 Board of Education reorganized during its Tuesday, April 9 regular monthly meeting at the district’s Central Office in Sikeston. Matt Tanner’s and Renee Grimes’ three-year terms on the R-6 school board expired earlier this month. Because there were only two positions available on the board, and they were the only two who filed for candidacy, an election was not needed April 2 in the district...
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Local EMS, fire, law enforcement agencies awarded grants from state
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
SIKESTON — Several local law enforcement, fire and emergency service providers are among the recipients of 70 grants totaling $5 million through the Missouri Department of Public Safety. Those in “class three” counties across the state were recipients for new equipment to help first responders better respond to emergencies and provide extra protection while doing their jobs, according to Gov. Mike Parson who announced the grants on Wednesday, April 10...
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Poplar Bluff man arrested on child porn charges
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff man faces felony charges related to child pornography following his arrest Tuesday, April 9. Joshua D. McKnight, 46, of Poplar Bluff was arrested for possession of child pornography and promoting child pornography following an investigation by the Special Victims Unit of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control...
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Prosecutor: Investigation into death of Dexter PD dog ongoing
(Local News ~ 04/11/24)
The criminal investigation into the death and alleged mistreatment of a Dexter police dog is broadening and continuing, Stoddard County Prosecutor Sawyer Smith said in a statement released late Wednesday, April 10. “Today I assure all Stoddard County Citizens this office is broadening and continuing the criminal investigation, and pursuing justice within the boundaries of legal ethics and under the language of applicable law as it does in each and every case,” Smith said...
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