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COOTER, Mo. - Friday evening students from Cooter High School gathered at Elk Chute Lodge in Gobler after months of having to postpone prom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the evening was one they all enjoyed, it sadly turned to tragedy after an accident occurred just after the students ended the event and were leaving...

Cooter senior Jake Faulkner had an academic-first thought process when he decided to attend Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. “Mississippi State is one of the Top 5 engineering schools in the nation and when I went for a tour it felt like a place I wanted to call home for few years,” Faulkner said. “It has a great student environment with lots of things to do inside and outside of classroom.”...

Each year the Semoball Awards recognizes outstanding high school athletes from around the region. That tradition continues this summer albeit in a different format because of lingering COVID-19 concerns and social distancing requirements.

The 2020 Semoball Awards will be conducted in a "virtual" fashion on Facebook Live on July 11 at 7 p.m. Here is a list of the 2019-20 Winter Sports Finalists for the 2020 Semoball Awards. 2019-20 Winter Semoball Nominees Taydrianna Barnett, Sikeston...

The Cooter Wildcats baseball program didn’t have an opportunity to claim the Class 1 state baseball title this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But earlier this week the Wildcats learned they had finished atop the standings in another category in Class 1...