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What many have been working on and several have been anticipating will begin Friday evening. The annual Community Day sponsored by the Portageville Jaycees is now a two day event starting Friday, June 29 through Saturday, June 30. New this year, the Portageville Jaycees will host a St. Louis BBQ Society Sanctioned BBQ Contest with HUGE prize money up for grabs that's sure to attract a large crowd!. You are not required to participate both days but are more than welcome to do so...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A New Madrid man is headed to prison and the county prosecutor is in hopes that sentence sends a message to other criminals. Marquon Akeem Davis, 28, was sentenced to seven years each in the Department of Corrections on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property. On a charge of unlawful use of a weapon, Davis was sentenced to four years in the DOC and for a misdemeanor charge of resisting/ interfering with an arrest, one year in jail...

During the June 4 meeting of the Portageville City Council several items were discussed but were also tabled until the mid month meeting. Several questions still needed to be answered prior to a final decision. However, one new ordinance on the North Acres Subdivision was approved...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Farmers from 15 states in the southern half of the nation will see agricultural production and processing operations in Idaho on June 24-29 as part of the National Cotton Council’s Multi-Commodity Education Program (MCEP). Launched in 2006, the program is coordinated by NCC’s Member Services, and commodity association leadership. It is supported by The Cotton Foundation with a grant from Deere & Company...

Jim Marshall CEO at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti is excited about the recent upgrades. “The initial work is being done in the Surgical Suite,” informed Marshall. “We’ve also recently opened a new diagnostic center that has a brand new, state-of-the art MRI in it. It will have a lab where we’ll be doing toxicology drug screens as well.”...