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Tuesday wreck leaves two injured
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
An accident on County Road 637, just south of Grant Street Tuesday night left two local women with moderate injuries. According to the Highway Patrol, Virginia S. Lemar, 77, was northbound on CR 637 when she crossed the center line and struck a southbound vehicle driben by Shelley R. McClintock, 47...
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PBHS senior goes to D.C. as MTV reporter
(State News ~ 12/24/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff High School student will appear as a special corespondent for MTV News in the days to come after attending the Youth Tribal Nations Conference on Dec. 1 at the White House. Darian Sales--a senior at PBHS, who is of Choctaw decent--was one of 36 Native American teen correspondents invited to the event through the Graduate for Mas, an academic and college-readiness program sponsored by Get Schooled in partnership with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens...
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Jam tradition goes public to benefit arts
(State News ~ 12/24/14)
SIKESTON -- A holiday jam tradition is going public and for a good cause. Music for Papa Mike Smith's Holiday Cheer Jam will begin at 8 p.m. Friday at Cheers. The cost is $10 at the door with additional donations welcomed. "All musical proceeds will go to Generation Blues," said Amos Smith of Nashville, Tenn., event coordinator and a board member of the National Blues Society...
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Cairo murder case continued as Justice Dept. decides whether to seek death penalty
(State News ~ 12/24/14)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Murder suspect James Watts will have to wait a few months to find out whether federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him. Watts, 30, of Cairo, Illinois, faces federal charges of attempted armed bank robbery resulting in death and being a felon in possession of a firearm after a May 15 attack that left two women dead and a third in critical condition...
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Neelyville dethrones Dexter 72-57 at Lady Royals Classic
(High School Sports ~ 12/24/14)
BROSELEY, Mo. - Neelyville Tigers coach Becky Hale had a clear message for her team when she utilized her first timeout less than three minutes into Tuesday night's Lady Royals Classic championship game against the three-time defending champion Dexter Bearcats...
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Helping at home
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
SUBMITTED photo Members of Daisy Troop 71251 and Troop 71149 (not pictured) collected gloves, scarves, hats and socks for those in need this holiday season. The girls then donated the items to their own fellow students at Richland Schools in Essex.
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
Dexter Police Dec. 22, 2014 No arrests for the period Stoddard County Dec. 22, 2014 Earnest McCollom, 55, from Bloomfield, was arrested for probation violation. He remains in jail without bond. Michael Dill, 51, of Puxico was arrested for theft. He posted a $7,500 bond and was released...
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USDA seeks applications for broadband grants
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- USDA Rural Development Missouri State Director Janie Dunning has announced that USDA is soliciting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Community Connect Program grants. The program provides grants to establish essential broadband services in rural communities where it is currently not available...
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Local farmers part of lawsuits against Syngenta
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
By MIKE MCCOY Statesman Staff Writer Two farming operations in Stoddard County are plaintiffs in class action lawsuits filed recently by three law firms on behalf of U.S. corn farmers in Missouri and 19 other states who maintain they have suffered economic losses from genetically modified corn marketed by Switzerland-based Syngenta. The lawsuits were filed in federal court in St. Louis and Kansas City, Kan...
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A Mennonite family in the Ukraine: Abner and Marlene Stoltzfus
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
By Kristin DeJournett-Simon SEMO News SErvice December 2, 2014 marked the five-year anniversary of Abner and Marlene Stoltzfus' journey as part of a Mennonite mission in the Ukraine. The Stoltzfuses returned to the U.S. to visit family recently and agreed to share some of the details of their life in Ukraine...
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"Life is about paying it forward"
(Local News ~ 12/24/14)
Nearly $1M provided by anonymous donor for two libraries, Children's Home improvements
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