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Proctor accepted into United States Coast Guard Academy

  Lauren Proctor, 2022 Hancock County High School graduate, has been recognized for superior academic achievement and leadership potential, and has accepted an appointment to attend the United States Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Connecticut. Admission to the Academy is highly competitive and fewer than 400 appointments are offered each year, out of over…

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Billy Ray Shutt

In his home, surrounded by this family, Billy Ray Shutt, 84, of Lewisport, answered his Savior’s call on Wednesday, November 23, 2021. Billy was born in Arbyrd, Missouri on January 1, 1937 to Theodore and Ocea Shutt. At age 17, he left his childhood home in Missouri to join the U.S. Navy where he began…

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