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Senath-Hornersville girls win fourth straight, blast Campbell 66-21
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/13)
CAMPBELL, Mo. - The Senath-Hornersville Lady Lions varsity girls basketball team extended its winning-streak to four Monday night with 66-21 road win against the Campbell Lady Camels. "We really came out with a lot of good pressure and did a good job of getting in the flow of the game defensively," Senath-Hornersville coach Jamie Johnson said...
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Kennett girls outlast South Pemiscot 58-55 to win Bootheel Conference regular-season title
(High School Sports ~ 01/29/13)
KENNETT, Mo. - The battle for the regular-season varsity girls basketball Bootheel Conference title came down to the final shot Monday night. The South Pemiscot Lady Bulldogs trailed the Kennett Lady Indians 58-55 after Lara Abmeyer bounced in back-to-back free throws with 10 seconds remaining to push the margin to three...
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Nixon outlines budget, policy priorities
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon proposed billions of dollars of new spending on government-run health-care and building projects Monday and vowed to lead a ballot initiative to impose campaign contribution limits if lawmakers failed to curb the growth of political money...
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Four arrested on drug charges at Pemiscot Co.
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
PEMISCOT COUNTY, Mo. -- Four Pemiscot County residents were arrested following two unrelated drug incidents. On Jan. 25, at approximately 1 p.m., Hayti Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign. As a result of the traffic stop, Hayti Officers noticed that the occupants of the vehicle were acting in a suspicious manner. ...
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Annual farm show draws in around 3,000 buyers
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
Several agriculturalists, from across the region, gathered at the Delta Fairgrounds in Kennett on Monday, Jan. 28, for the annual Farm Auction -- an event that has come to Kennett annually since 1988. Performing the auction duties was DeWitt Auction Co. ...
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Annual farm show draws in around 3,000 buyers
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
Several agriculturalists, from across the region, gathered at the Delta Fairgrounds in Kennett on Monday, Jan. 28, for the annual Farm Auction -- an event that has come to Kennett annually since 1988. Performing the auction duties was DeWitt Auction Co. ...
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Kennett staple re-opens for business
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
Photo by Lecia Forester, staff Local patrons enjoy an early lunch at the newly re-opened Bill's Bar-B-Q, now located at 819 St. Francis Street. The business officially reopened today, Tuesday, Jan. 29, after the original location, 700 St. Francis Street, burned in late December 2012...
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Local administrator recognized as 'Distinguished Elementary Principal'
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
Kim Morgan, principal at South Elementary School, will be recognized as one of the 12 "Distinguished Elementary Principals" this year from the State of Missouri in a ceremony that will take place in March at Tan-Tar-A Resort at Lake of the Ozarks. According to Morgan, a ceremony recognizing the 12 who have been chosen will be held on March 9, and on March 11, it will be announced who will be receiving the national award of Distinguished Principal. ...
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Brooke Koenig
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Brooke Marie Koenig, 19, of Kennett, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at J Highway, west of Malden, Mo. Born Aug. 18, 1993, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., she was the daughter of Todd Eric Kean and Cynthia Nako Koenig Lowe. Survivors include her mother, Nikki Lowe and step-father, Vernon, of Kennett; her father, Todd Kean, of Bernie, Mo.; a brother, Austin Decker, of Bloomfield, Mo.; two sisters, Leslie Kean, of Bernie and Maria Lowe, of Gideon, Mo.; grandparents, Larry and Barbara Kean, of Bernie, and great-grandfather, James Kean, of Malden.. ...
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Wanda Huffines
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Wanda Jean Huffines, daughter of the late Jesse Veron Swinney and Juanita Virginia Scott Swinney, was born Dec. 11, 1947, in Kennett, and departed this life Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at the age of 65. On May 10, 1966, in Gulf Port, Miss., she married Larry Brent Huffines, who preceded her in death on Sept. 27, 2012. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, James Swinney and Joe Swinney, and one sister, Patricia Murr...
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Melvin Gentry
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Melvin Gentry, 71, of Laffyette, Ind., formerly of Senath, Mo., passed away Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Laffyette. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home of Senath.
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Carla Dye
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Carla June Dye, daughter of Lois Brock Floyd and the late Carl Ellenburg, was born Nov. 8, 1962, in Kennett, and departed this life Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at the age of 50. She is survived by her mother, Lois Floyd, of Bragg City, Mo.; one son, Derrick Dye, of Bragg City; four brothers, Gary Butler, of Bragg City, Lyndell Butler and wife Sherry, of Wardell, Mo., Allan Ellenburg and wife, Tommie, of Bernie, Mo., and Lucian Boggs, of Bragg City; one sister, Karen Lee Butler, of Bragg City; one grandchild, and other relatives and many friends.. ...
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Billy Coleman
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Billy Coleman, 76, of Hornersville, Mo., passed away Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Hornersville. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date...
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Brody and Jade Davis
(Births ~ 01/29/13)
Billy Joe Davis and Amanda Diston of Bragg City, Mo., announce the birth of their twins Brody Jaxon Davis and Jade Victoria Davis, born Jan. 15, 2013, at Kennett. Brody weighed 5 pounds and 8 ounces and was 18 inches long, and Jade weighed 5 pounds and 8 ounces and was 19 inches long...
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Boil water order lifted for Dunklin Co. Water District No. 2
(Local News ~ 01/29/13)
The boil water order for Dunklin County Water District No. 2, has been lifted. Dunklin County Water District No. 2 issued a precautionary boil water order on January 23, for customers in the following locations: From the intersection of U.S. Highway 412 and State Highway Z, all customers east on U.S. Highway 412 and south on State Highway Z...
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Norma Leona Carrel
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Norma Leona Carrel, 99, formerly of Malden, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Norma was born January 11, 1914 in Clarkton, Mo. to Dick and Flossie Poe McCoin. She was married on her seventeeth birthday, January 11, 1931 to Marion Jackson Carrel who preceeded her in death on January 26, 1999...
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Mary Ella Sims Blackiston
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Mary Ella Sims Blackiston, 92, died January 22, 2013 at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo. Mrs. Blackiston, formerly of Cape Girardeau, Mo., had been a resident of Malden Nursing and Rehab for the last four years. Born March 1, 1920, in Ouachita Parish, La., to the late John Steven and Clara Belle Kennedy Sims. ...
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Geraldine Laura Gaston
(Obituary ~ 01/29/13)
Geraldine Laura Gaston, 89, of Malden died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at Good Samaritan Home in Quincy, Ill. Born March 1, 1923, in St. Thomas, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Henry Schellman and Emma Kolb Schellman. On December 14, 1942, in Kansas City, Mo. she was united in marriage to Dr. Samuel W. Gaston, who preceded her in death November 22, 2009...
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