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Caruthersville man sentenced to 4 years in prison for escape attempt
(State News ~ 07/08/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Ten minutes of freedom earned a Caruthersville man another four years in prison. Dylan Hilburn, 20, was sentenced in New Madrid County Circuit Court to four years in the custody of the Department of Corrections on a charge of escape from confinement...
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Preparations underway for 65th ANNUAL rodeo
(Local News ~ 07/08/17)
SIKESTON -- In one month the 65th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo will ride into town. And in that time, the Sikeston Jaycees will continue working to prepare for the town's largest fundraiser. "Thirty days out -- the pressure starts building," said Craig Templeton, rodeo entertainment chairman...
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New small business incubator designed to aid entrepreneurship
(Local News ~ 07/08/17)
SIKESTON - Historic Downtown Sikeston plans to launch its latest endeavor, Work City Missouri, a small business incubator designed to aid entrepreneurship in Sikeston. "Historic Downtown Sikeston is looking to the future with the Downtown Incubator program," said Colby Williams, an Historic Downtown Sikeston board member...
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If only interchanges were interchangable
(Editorial ~ 07/08/17)
The Missouri Department of Transportation unveiled detailed plans this week for a $16 million new interchange on Interstate 55 just south of Scott City.
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Wilson promoted to lieutenant with Missouri State Highway Patrol
(Business ~ 07/08/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeant Thad M. Wilson has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant and assigned as an assistant director of the Governor's Security Division, General Headquarters in Jefferson City. Wilson was appointed to the Patrol on July 1, 1995, as a member of the 70th Recruit Class. After graduating from the Patrol's Law Enforcement Academy, he was assigned to Troop E, Zone 1, Butler County...
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Hux-Johnson
(Engagement ~ 07/08/17)
Engagement 07/09/2017
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Peggy Howell
(Obituary ~ 07/08/17)
BARDWELL, Ky. - Peggy G. Walker Howell, 69, formerly of Gideon, Mo., died July 6, 2017, at her daughter's residence in Portageville, Mo. Born July 24, 1947, in Gideon, to the late Elmer and Ruth Rogers, she and her husband, Kenneth, owned and operated the Kountry Cafe in Clinton...
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Robert Williams
(Obituary ~ 07/08/17)
BERTRAND, Mo. - Robert Williams, 51, died July 7, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born July 25, 1965, in Hammond, Ind., to Gayle Williams of Bertand and LaVerne Zuck Zepp of Loganville, Ga., he was affiliated with Jehovah's Witness, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a self-employed audio-video satellite technician...
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Ethel Richards
(Obituary ~ 07/08/17)
ORAN, Mo. - Ethel Mae Richards, 87, died July 7, 2017, at the family home in Oran. Born Oct. 10, 1929, in Marshall, Ark., to the late Robert and Ada Thompson Lance, she was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Oran. On Aug. 7, 1946, she married Royce Beavers, who preceded her in death on May 21, 1994. On March 12, 2005, she married Jack Richards, who survives of the home...
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Peggy Lantz
(Obituary ~ 07/08/17)
LYNN, Ark. - Peggy L. Lantz, 58, died July 3, 2017, at her home. Born Jan. 17, 1959, in Chaffee to the late James and Lorene White Kinsey, she worked as a branch manager for the Bank of Cave City Branch of Strawberry, Ark. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Chaffee, Mo. and volunteered at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Ark...
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