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One dead, another seriously injured following shooting incident at Sikeston park
(Local News ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON — Sikeston police are investigating a shooting incident at a park that left one man dead and a woman seriously injured. On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 25, Sikeston Department of Public Safety received several reports of gunfire coming from Rotary Park located in the 300 block of Industrial Drive in Sikeston, according to Sgt. ...
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Morehouse woman found guilty of murdering her grandmother
(Local News ~ 04/25/23)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Morehouse, Missouri woman was found guilty of first degree murder for the death of her grandmother. Ashley M. Riggins, 37, was convicted of first degree murder, first degree robbery, armed criminal action, abandonment of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and two counts of abuse or neglect of child for the Aug. 3, 2020, stabbing death of 74-year-old Dottie Lutes. The case was heard without a jury before Circuit Judge Ed Reeves on April 20...
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COLOR RUN FUN
(Local News ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON — Sikeston Parks and Recreation Youth Advisory Council hosted a 5K Color Run fundraiser Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Sikeston Sports Complex. At each kilometer mark, runners were showered with different color of powder. Proceeds from the run will be used to fund a future project...
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Patricia Randall
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Patricia Cissell Randall, MSW, 67, passed away on April 13, 2023, peacefully at home in Corpus Christi. She was born on Feb. 10, 1956, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Philip V. Cissell and Bertha Geraldine Hailey (nee Lumsden). She received dual bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Social Work from Southeast Missouri State University and her master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri (Columbia). ...
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Ann Wheeler-Clark
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON — Ann Marie Wheeler-Clark, 71, resident of Sikeston, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023, while at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Beloved wife of Willie C. Clark, mother of Darryl (Mildred) Wheeler, Demetrius Wheeler and LaKiesha Clark, Ann was born Sept. 5, 1951, in Catron, Missouri, to Sam Wheeler and Alice Johnson Wheeler...
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Teresa Steward
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON —Teresa Evette Patterson Steward, 53, died Saturday, April 15, 2023. She was born Aug. 1, 1969, in St. Louis, Missouri to Gwendolyn and Isaac Patterson. Friends may call Friday, April 28, 2023, at Green Memorial Church of God in Christ in Sikeston at noon until the funeral hour of 1 p.m. with Bishop Calvin Bird officiating...
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Mike Ellis
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Joe E. “Mike” Ellis III was born July 10, 1943, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to the late Joseph E. Ellis Jr. and Loiselle Fisher Ellis, and passed away Monday, April 24, 2023. A lifelong resident of Charleston, Mike was a 1961 graduate of Charleston High School and went on to attend Washington University in St. ...
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Kathy Elliott
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON — Kathy Elliott, age 63, passed away on April 25, 2023, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born on Jan. 26, 1960, in Sikeston, to the late Harry and Virginia Lochridge Holsinger. On Aug. 17, 1984, in Sikeston, she married Doyne Elliott who survives of the home in Sikeston...
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Sikeston City Council approves stop sign placement
(Local News ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON – Sikeston City Council during its regular meeting Monday, April 24 authorized the building of a four-way stop at Cleveland and Allen Boulevard. A stop sign will be put on the northwest corner of the intersection to control southbound traffic, and another on the southeast corner to control northbound traffic...
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Glenn Pinkerton
(Obituary ~ 04/25/23)
SIKESTON – Glenn Edith Swope Pinkerton, age 72, of Sikeston died Friday, April 21, 2023, at Boone County Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, following an extended illness. Born June 10, 1950, at East Prairie, Missouri, to the late Roy McVay Swope and Anna Bell McElreath Swope Bohnert, she grew up in rural Scott County and was the salutatorian of the 1968 graduating class of Kelly High School.
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