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KRCC Charity Walk set for Sept. 26 in Sikeston
(State News ~ 09/08/15)
The 42nd Kenny Rogers Children's Center Charity Walk will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The walk will begin at the First Assembly of God Recreational Complex (N. Ingram Road across from Bootheel Golf Club). Registration for the event is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The walk distance is 1.6 miles. Lunch will be served following the walk...
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'Tattoo: A Beautiful Sin': Southeast alum pens murder-mystery novel
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- "I wouldn't want someone to cut them out of me," he said. A macabre thought, to be sure, but it's the premise of the whodunit released in 2012. Sills said the book was 12 years in the making, and he wasn't thinking of publishing it when he first started writing it on a part-time basis...
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Alzheimer's support group formed locally
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
Stacy Blocker is the administrator at Central Gardens Residential Care Center in Dexter. Stephanie Boyer serves as a registered nurse at the same facility. Together, they have worked to form the only Alzheimer's support group in Stoddard County, with the first meeting to be held on Thursday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m...
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Low-interest loans offered to farmers affected by flooding
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
The Secretary of Agriculture designated 98 Missouri counties as primary agricultural disaster areas, making certain farmers and other agricultural producers in primary and contiguous counties eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA)...
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Local vets' trip...a long time coming
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
T.L. Jarrell and J.C. Arnold have a lot in common. They were both raised in the Dudley area, although J.C. grew up as a "city kid" in the community of about 200 residents while T.L. lived in the country. Both have gone through life using their initials rather than their given names...
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Kenneth L. Stroup
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Kenneth L. Stroup, 83, of Advance, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sept. 6, 2015. He was born June 16, 1932, in Ellington, Mo., the son of Woodrow and Opal Bell Fears Stroup. Kenneth and Melba D. Dunivan were united in marriage for 54 years. They were married on June 16, 1956, in Kinder. She preceded him in death on Nov. 4, 2010...
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Betty Mae Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Betty Mae Moore, daughter of the late Raymond Gaines and Virgie Lane Gaines, was born on July 17, 1946, in Dexter and died on Sept. 7, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 69. Mrs. Moore was of the General Baptist faith. She had been employed at the International Hat Company in Dexter as a machine operator for 35 years and was a resident of Dexter...
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Sandra Durham
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Sandra Durham, daughter of Kit Eby, was born May 10, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio and died on Sept. 3, 2015, in Dexter. Sande was a resident of the Dexter area for many years since retiring in the 1990's. Prior to moving to Missouri, she raised her sons in the far northwestern suburban Chicago area. ...
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Joyce Ann Mickey
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Joyce Ann Mickey, daughter of the late Cecil Ray Burch and Lucille Bilderback Burch was born on Sept. 4, 1944, in rural Essex and died on Sept. 5, 2015, at the SoutheastHEALTH Center of Stoddard County at the age of 71. Mrs. Mickey was a member of the Bernie Church of Christ. She was a resident of Bernie and a home-maker...
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After almost 50 years, local business owner is still going
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
Bob Abernathy has owned/operated his welding shop in Dexter for so long, he's not exactly sure how long he's been there. His best estimate is close to 50 years; and he doesn't plan on leaving any time soon. "That machine right there is for threading pipes," Abernathy says, pointing to one of many old-looking machines in his shop. "Years ago, if someone needed a pipe for plumbing work, they could bring it to me and we'd thread it."...
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Police Reports
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
Dexter Police Sept. 4-7, 2015 Chantelle L. White, 39, of Sikeston was arrested on Highway 25 Saturday at 12:57 a.m. She was charged with possession of a controlled substance. She was taken to the county jail where she posted a $7,500 bond and was released...
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Charles L. Kight
(Obituary ~ 09/08/15)
Charles L. Kight, son of the late Charles C. and Bertha Garrett Kight, born in Stoddard County, Mp. on Sept. 24, 1934, and died at his home in Bell City, Mo. on Sept. 5, 2015, at the age of 80. Charles had been a resident of Bell City, Mo. for many years. He had worked at Ptitsburg Glass in St. Louis and as a self employed Real Estate Broker. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, was past master and 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge in Bell City and was a member of the Advance Eagles...
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Court Records
(Local News ~ 09/08/15)
Warranty Deeds Recorded Kay Asbell Recorder Aug. 24 - 28, 2015 Edward Dean Ford, Pamela Kay Ford, Jeffery Alan Ford and Angela Kay Ford to Danny Livingston and Nelda Livingston Sec 4 Twp 27 R 11 Samuel Johnston, Lena Johnston, Samuel Johnston, Jr., and Jill Johnston to...
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Bernie baseball team moves to 10-0
(High School Sports ~ 09/08/15)
HOLCOMB, Mo. - The Bernie baseball team reached the double-digit win plateau Friday with a 7-1 road win at Holcomb. Owen Foster (2-0) secured the victory for the Mules. Foster struck out four and walked one. Gavin Brown and Wyatt Barnett both had a pair of Bernie's eight hits...
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What Do You Think?
(Column ~ 09/08/15)
Have I ever mentioned that my maternal grandparents lived in a log house? A real log house and it was haunted to boot. Good Mama had a wonderful way of telling this story guaranteed to make a little one sit up straight and take notice. Before they bought the farm, early in the 1900's, a terrible accident took place in the front yard when a runaway farm wagon hit a stump, turned over and was totally wrecked. ...
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Advance Community Library receives two grants worth almost $3,000
(Business ~ 09/08/15)
This year has proven to be a good year for grants at the Advance Community Library. The library has received not one, but two grants in 2015. "We submitted all the paperwork for the Missouri State Mini-Technology Grant before the end of last year," explains library board president Cara Mayberry. ...
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Bernie wins Round 1 with Advance in straight sets
(Outdoors ~ 09/08/15)
ADVANCE, Mo. - In his first season as a high school volleyball coach, Bernie coach Jason Long got one of his first looks at what a conference volleyball rivalry looks like in Stoddard County. The Mules defeated host Advance 25-23, 25-11 in straight sets Thursday, but Long believes the two teams are closer than what the match indicated...
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