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SEMO's Niemczyk garners academic honor
(College Sports ~ 07/17/12)
Southeast Missouri State guard Nick Niemczyk was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor Court for his performance in the classroom. Niemczyk, who graduated from Bell City High School, also received the honor last year. He was one of nine players from Ohio Valley Conference institutions to be honored...
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Gary Alan Fortner
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Gary Alan Fortner, age 69, died on July 4, 2012. He was born on July 13, 1944, in Detroit, Mich., to Louise and Norman Fortner. He married his sweetheart, Linda Brother Fortner, who died just two days after him. He was preceded in death by his father, Norman Thomas Fortner, a sister, Sherry Lynn Fortner, and a brother, John Fortner...
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Neva Bowman
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Neva Jean Bowman, daughter of the late Roe Wood and Opal Milligan Wood, was born Feb. 4, 1932, in Flint, Mich., and died July 16, 2012, in the Malden Nursing and Rehab Center in Malden, Mo., at the age of 80. Neva was married to Edward L. Bowman in May 1950 in Piggott, Ark. She was a bank secretary and was of the General Baptist faith...
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Ray Wiseman
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Ray Wiseman, 72, of Advance, Mo., died July 4, 2012, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He was born Aug. 27, 1939, in Sturdivant, Mo., the son of Claude and Josie Hardesty Wiseman. Ray had been a mechanic all of his life. He retired from the Advance School District and was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Dexter...
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R.C. (Randel) Tucker
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
R.C. (Randel) Tucker, son of the late W.E. Tucker and Estalee Romaines Tucker, was born on May 8, 1924, in Geronimo, Okla. He died July 14, 2012, in the Cypress Point Care Center in Dexter, Mo. He worked at Elder Manufacturing Company for many years before leaving to establish his own business of custom machine hay baling. ...
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Willie Stafford
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Willie Stafford, son of the late Willard and Vada Dale Stafford, was born on Dec. 24, 1935, in Sidney, Ark., and died at the Golden Living Center in Bloom-field, Mo., on July 15, 2012, at the age of 76. He had lived in Essex and Dexter most of his life. He attended the Freewill Baptist Church in Malden and was a retired construction worker...
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Rev. Doyle Corlew
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Rev. Doyle Corlew, son of the late William Chester "Bill" and Versie Helen Kimbrell Corlew, was born on June 18, 1919, in Essex, Mo., and died at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter on July 15, 2012, at the age of 93. He had lived in Essex and Dexter all his life. He graduated from Oakland City General Baptist College and received a Masters in Education and Counsel-ing. He was a retired counselor from the Richland R-1 School District and was a General Baptist Minister for over 60 years...
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Raymond Duke, Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Raymond Duke, Jr., son of the late Raymond Sr. and Oma Meredith Duke, was born on Feb. 7, 1932, in LaForge, Mo., and died at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter on July 15, 2012, at the age of 80. Ray-mond had lived in Belleville, Ill., and New Madrid County most of life and he recently moved to Bloomfield. He was a member of the Mormon Church. He had worked and then retired from Riceland Foods in 1994...
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Delores (Dee) Hughes Krings
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Delores (Dee) Hughes Krings, 73, of Cathedral City, Calif., died on July 1, 2012, at the home of her daughter in McKin-leyville, Calif. She was lovingly cared for by her husband and daughters while courageously battling cancer. She was the daughter of the late Jesse Ray Hughes, Sr. and Dorothy Gowen Hughes Parker and was born in Bloomfield, Mo., on March 9, 1939...
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Jeff Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 07/17/12)
Jeff Lincoln of Leawood, Kansas died on July 13, 2012, at Menorah Hospital in Over-land Park, Kan. He was born on May 25, 1961, in Indianapolis, Ind. He was a resident of Dexter, Mo. from 1961 to 1982. He is survived by his wife, Susan; by two sons, Garrett and Dillon Lincoln; and three step-daughters, Kelly Akers and her husband, Jim, Lauren Shay and Shelby Shay; his parents, Don and June Lincoln; his sister, Diana Lincoln; nephew Josh Jarrell; niece Kacy Pease all of Dexter; and his in-laws, Ron and Judy Pearson, of Overland, Park, Kan.. ...
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Ameren to hold meetings on rate increase
(Local News ~ 07/17/12)
Ameren customers will have a chance to show how the company's fifth rate increase request in six years will affect them during a series of public hearings across the state, including one in Cape Girardeau next month. In February, the utility company asked the Missouri Public Service Commission to allow Ameren to increase its revenue by $375.6 million. ...
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Co. holds 420 bridge construction meeting with contractors
(Local News ~ 07/17/12)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Steve Hicks, P.E. at Smith and Company in Poplar Bluff, reviewed the construction contract for replacing the County Road 420 bridge over Drainage Ditch #12 at a pre-construction conference with the Stoddard County Commission Monday morning. ...
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Drought causes farmers' irrigation costs to rise
(Local News ~ 07/17/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Row crop farmers are spending a lot more on irrigation thanks to the drought, watering much earlier and more often than in years past. Bruce Goodrich, who farms 3,000 acres of rice, corn and soybeans near Fisk, Mo., says he's had to water rice for more than 45 days straight...
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Cause of UP train derailment in Butler Co. still unknown
(Local News ~ 07/17/12)
HILLIARD, Mo. - The cause of an early Saturday morning train derailment near Hilliard remains under investigation as crews continue working to remove the empty tankers and other debris. The Union Pacific Railroad's north-south line through Poplar Bluff, Mo., was closed for about 20 hours Saturday following a 26-car derailment, which had occurred after 1 a.m. Saturday on a section of track located near the intersection of Highway W and Highway O...
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3 dead in Monday crash
(Local News ~ 07/17/12)
A crash early Monday morning in Dexter left three individuals dead. According to Stoddard County Coroner Aaron Mathis, at approximately 2:30 a.m., a vehicle carrying three Southeast Missouri men were traveling south on Hwy. 25 when they lost control of their vehicle and went airborne. The vehicle ended up in the westbound lane of Hwy. 60...
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