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Kennett Board of Education conducts July meeting (7/19/24)KENNETT, Mo. - The school board here met Tuesday and discussed a number of topics including its bank balance, setting the date for the annual Tax Rate hearing and offering personnel pay increases. All board members were in attendance. The district’s bank balance of $25,214,039.20 is greater than this time last year’s $22,548,515.51, an increase of $2,665,523.69, Dr. Richie Leeker said...
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Missouri Farm Bureau holds Meet the Candidate event (7/17/24)The Missouri Farm Bureau held a Meet the Candidate event on Monday, July 15 at the the Kennett Opera House. The program gave the public an opportunity to hear from the Dunklin County Sheriff candidates, judicial candidates for the 35th district Circuit Judge position, and the District 150 State Representative candidates...
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Increase in Dunklin County Sars2-COVID cases difficult to track (7/20/24)KENNETT, Mo. - Miserable summer colds and troublesome warm-weather allergies aside, folks in the Bootheel might wonder why they’re feverish, testy and/or generally out of sorts lately. Well, wastewater surveillance data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at Atlanta indicates the prevalence of Sars2-COVID reached “high or very high” levels in 26 states...
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Senath man charged with felony assault (7/17/24)SENATH, Mo. - A resident of the Senath South Healthcare Center Saturday reportedly removed the tank lid from his commode and beat a fellow resident in the head until the lid shattered. 35th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain charged Christian Charles Ault with felony first degree assault in connection with the incident...
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Hornersville Watermelon Festival set for Aug. 10 (7/18/24)The Hornersville Watermelon Festival (HWF) started in 1955 and continued annually for about 37 years until its demise in the mid-1980s. Throughout the years, some Hornersville citizens have resurrected it, and this year, on Saturday, August 10, the tradition will continue. ...
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Sheriff and State Rep. candidates speak at Farm Bureau Political Forum (7/20/24)Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a two part series covering the political forum. The Dunklin County Farm Bureau hosted a Meet the Candidate Forum on Monday, July 15. The event offered community members an opportunity to learn more about their local candidates...
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Sikeston Walmart greeter pens book about people he’s met on the job (7/21/24)SIKESTON — Garry Warner, a Walmart greeter from Sikeston, discovered a passion for writing in recent years, which has led to the publication of his first book, “Musings of a Walmart Greeter.” Warner said the book is currently in the final stages of editing and will be released sometime in October through Acclaim Press...
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God’s Faithful Shepherds (7/20/24)It appears that many of us are saddened by all the evil in our culture today. Some of the younger ones have been told repeatedly that satisfaction and fulfillment can come within the self, that pursuing their own dreams and doing the things they like to do will fill up that emptiness within every human heart. ...
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Losing to win: Veteran sheds 163 pounds through VA weight loss program (7/22/24)POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — In 2018, Navy Veteran Ronald Kraus weighed a self-described “miserable” 461 pounds and suffered from persistent back and knee pain so bad that, at times, he didn’t want to live. Today, he has a new lease on life, the result of losing 163 pounds through VA’s MOVE! weight-loss program...
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OAKS to hold Fundraising Initiative (7/23/24)Due to a major budget cut the OAKS Nutrition Center will be hosting a variety of fundraising events in the coming year. OAKS Administrator Christina Nixon informed, “Our budget has been cut drastically. A little over $100,000, which is a significant piece of our budget.”...
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