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Smith finishes Murphysboro 1-0 with late header during Sikeston's annual Gold Out
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/16)
Trey Smith headed a goal with just over six minutes to go which proved to be the difference maker during a 1-0 win against visiting Murphysboro, Ill., Tuesday at the Sikeston Sports Complex.
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Grain Marketing Commentary
(Column ~ 10/05/16)
Corn Last Friday USDA released their September 1 quarterly stocks report. This would be the ending stocks for the 2015-16 marketing year and the beginning stocks for the 2016-17 marketing year. Stocks were projected at 1.738 billion bushels slightly below the average trade guess but 22 million bushels larger than projected 2015-16 ending stocks in the September supply and demand estimate. ...
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Ross Elementary students get up close look with medical helicopter
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
When one sees a helicopter flying in and a fire truck setting close by, can make one wonder what has happened. Fortunately, last Friday, September 30, at Ross Elementary School, it was for a learning opportunity. Air Evac was scheduled to land in front of the school to allow the children the opportunity to get a first hand look of a helicopter. "I just want to give our children the opportunity to see and touch and set in a real medical helicopter," said Doug Dunn, elementary principal...
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Noranda plant bought by Swiss company
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
The Noranda plant in New Madrid, Missouri, has a new owner and a new future. What that future entails, however, is unclear. According to Missouri bankruptcy court documents, ARG International, a metals trading company based in Switzerland, submitted a $13.7 million bid for the Southeast Missouri property. ...
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Cunningham is Soybean Queen
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
The 2016 Miss Soybean Queen is Keragan Cunningham. She is the 19 year old daughter of Daren and Shauna Cunningham of Kennett. See more 2016 Soybean Festival pictures in the keepsake soybean tabloid to be published next week. -Scott Seal/MONEWS photo...
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Failed Earmark Process Reformed: $5 Million Headed to Southeast Missouri Transportation Projects
(State News ~ 10/05/16)
Failed Earmark Process Reformed: $5 Million Headed to Southeast Missouri Transportation Projects $72.6 million across Missouri now going to support local needs instead of politicians' pet projects. Claire McCaskill, who successfully banned earmarks in Congress, led bipartisan legislation to claw back unspent taxpayer dollars to bolster Highway Trust Fund infrastructure projects...
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SD ROUNDUP: NMCC, Oran pick up volleyball wins
(High School Sports ~ 10/05/16)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- New Madrid County Central improved to six games over .500 after sweeping Scott City 25-16, 25-23 on the road Tuesday in a conference tie up. The Eagles improved to 15-9-2 and 3-2 in the SEMO Conference. Scott City fell to 5-21 and 1-6 in the conference...
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4 witnesses heard in day one of jury trial
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The jury trial for a Sikeston woman accused of running over a man with her vehicle and causing his death began Tuesday in Mississippi County. Savannah Ree Davis, 29, of Sikeston is charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter, armed criminal action, kidnapping and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident in connection with the death of Sikeston man John Sharber on July 11, 2014...
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Public gives input on rail-to-trail proposals at open house
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
SIKESTON -- Before the Sikeston City Council took action at Monday's meeting, the Council hosted an open house to receive public input on rail-to-trail master plan proposals. Attendees took the opportunity to meet the St. Louis consultants from Gateway Design Studio and The i5 Group and discuss any concerns about the project...
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Deadline to register to vote in November election is Oct. 12
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
SIKESTON -- For local citizens wanting to vote this presidential election cycle on Nov. 8 -- the clock is ticking. The voter registration deadline is Oct. 12, and "it's fast-approaching," said New Madrid County Clerk Clement Cravens. Missourians can register to vote at their city and county clerk's office, online at sos.mo.gov or at any state agency...
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Bertrand man who escaped police in August is arrested
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
SIKESTON -- A Bertrand man wanted on warrants out of Scott and New Madrid counties was arrested following a vehicle stop Monday in Sikeston. Jimmy Dodds Jr., 39, is charged with felony resisting arrest by fleeing in Scott County with a bond of $15,000 and felony second degree domestic assault out of New Madrid County with bond also set at $15,000, according to online court records...
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Oran residents arrested on drug charges
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
BENTON, Mo. - An ongoing narcotics investigation led to the arrest of two Oran residents on drug-related charges. Joie Green, 46, is charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Bond is set at $25,000...
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Chaffee man jailed for allegedly stealing vehicles and trailer
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
BENTON, Mo. - A Chaffee man was arrested in connection with a series of stolen vehicles. Sherman B. Watson, 20, is charged with two counts of first degree tampering with a motor vehicle. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, his department received a report of an abandoned motor vehicle and trailer at a residence in Scott City early Monday morning. It was determined the abandoned vehicle and trailer were stolen from a rural Scott City farm, the Sheriff reported...
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Drug investigation leads to arrest of Sikeston woman
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston woman faces drug-related charges after a search warrant was executed Friday in Sikeston. At 10:30 a.m. Friday narcotic officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety served a search warrant at a residence in the 300 block of Crowe Street in Sikeston, according to DPS incident reports...
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Love Your Neighbor Day: Event brings community together to do good
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
SIKESTON - Sikeston residents can show a little love Saturday. Volunteers will join forces for Love Your Neighbor Day, a communitywide event organizers hope will not only improve the community's appearance but also introduce residents to one another...
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Jury finds Davis guilty of second degree involuntary manslaughter
(Local News ~ 10/05/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A jury on Wednesday convicted a Sikeston woman of second degree involuntary manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident after she ran over a man with her vehicle and caused his death. The verdict in the trial of Savannah Ree Davis, 29, came after a two-day trial in which jurors were told she ran over and then backed over John "Johnny" Sharber, 58, with her vehicle on July 10, 2014. ...
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Joe Scott
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Joe Nathan "Big Joe" Scott, 72, died Sept. 28, 2016, at the Charleston Manor Skilled Nursing Facility. Born Sept. 30, 1943, in Thompson Bend, to the late Robert and Pauline Rush Scott, he worked for Duenne Farms for 58 years. Survivors include: his wife, Delores Scott of Sikeston; three sons and one daughter-in-law, Gregory and Geralyn Mason of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jerry Carter of Charleston, and Tanerius Whitney of Cape Girardeau; one daughter, Jo Anna Scott of Charleston; four brothers, Robert Scott of Chicago Heights, Ill., Gary Scott of Kansas City, Mo., and Johnny Scott and Wayne Scott of Charleston; seven sisters, Earline Webb and Ola Mae Hamilton of Kansas City, Lisa Scott of Dallas, Texas, Dollye Brewer, Rose McCain and Lois Dugan of Charleston and Debra Gale of LaBelle, Fla.; and a host of grandchildren.. ...
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Clifton Farr
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
HOWARDVILLLE, Mo. -- Clifton "Chicken" or "Clip" Farr, 80, died Sept. 29, 2016, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 23, 1936, in Essex, to James William and Mary Mattie Elizabeth Randolph Farr, he was a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church of Lilbourn, where he served on the usher board and in the choir. He attended public school in Grayridge and later retired from Noranda in New Madrid in 1998...
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Art Ziegler
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- Arthur Louis "Art" Ziegler, 89, of Benton died Oct. 4, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the St.Denis Catholic Church in Benton, with parish prayers at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church with the Rev. Michael Casteel officiating...
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Larry Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
WEST PADUCAH, Ky. -- Larry Wayne Mitchell, 68, a resident of West Paducah, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Baptist Health Center in Paducah. Born July 16, 1948, at Charleston, Mo., to Gertrude Lenora Skinner Mitchell Ham, who survives of Wickliffe, and the late Vernon Cecil Mitchell, he grew up in the Mississippi and Scott counties in Missouri and moved to West Paducah in 1973 where he was a member of the Hillcrest Baptist Church. ...
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Ricky Harris
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Ricky Lee Harris, 53, died Oct. 3, 2016, at his home. Born March 13, 1963, in Sikeston, son of the late Robert Lewis and Patricia Ann Smith Harris, he had lived in the Bloomfield area before moving to Glenallen two years ago. He had worked as a locksmith and in construction with Rick Shipman Construction. He had attended the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield...
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Bob McCrate
(Obituary ~ 10/05/16)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Robert Edward "Bob" McCrate, 78, died Oct. 2, 2016. Born Dec. 31, 1937, in Cape Girardeau, to the late Joseph E. McCrate and Zelline Hobbs McCrate, he graduated from the University of Dayton in 1959 with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and worked for the Federal Aviation Administration and as farmer in Southern Illinois for several years. ...
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September Preschool Pups
(10/05/16)
The Sikeston Kindergarten Center announced the Preschool Pups of the month for September. Pictured from left are: Hunter Brown, Kyleah Jones, Wyatt Hummel, Addie Miller, Camille Turner, Cooper Bryan, Angie Mendez Lopez, Tyson Godwin, Ty Fritz and Annabeth Cribbs. Standing with the students are Principals Jenny Hobeck and Sarah Carbaugh...
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