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Portageville drops game to Malden
(High School Sports ~ 02/12/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- The Fourth-seeded Portageville Bulldogs lost a semifinal to No. 1 Malden 57-50 during the Bootheel Conference Tournament Thursday at Caruthersville High School. Portageville has one more game, this Friday at Charleston, before they go into their Class 3A district 1 tournament to be held at New Madrid County Central...
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University of Missouri Rice Conference
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
Missouri rice farmers completed another very good rice crop in 2014 with 213,000 acres harvested. Many farmers plan to plant more in 2015. It's estimated that acres will increase to over 220,000 acres in MO. You can learn about the latest research on irrigation, varieties / breeding, insects, diseases, fertility, birds and marketing at the University of Missouri Rice Conference that will be held at the Eagles Lodge at Dexter, MO on Thursday February 19...
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Fall Semoball Awards finalists announced
(High School Sports ~ 02/12/15)
Football offense Omar Bailey Malden senior At 6 foot 3 and 333 pounds, Bailey helped pave the way for a Green Wave running attack that proved virtually unstoppable in reaching the Class 2 semifinals. Malden amassed 791 points on the season, averaging 56.5 points per game...
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Troop E promotions announced
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, is pleased to announce the promotion of Corporal C.D. Parrott to the rank of sergeant. Sergeant Parrott will remain in his current assignment as the Troop E public information and education officer, which serves 13 counties in Southeast Missouri...
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New House Bill addresses 911 funding
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
Legislation has been introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives that would increase funding for 911 service districts across the state by taxing all communication devices used to call 911. Administrators of local 911 services are hopeful the bill will be passed and signed by the governor by the end of the current legislative session...
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The Mystery of Suffering: It's Cause
(Column ~ 02/12/15)
After Satan through the serpent tempted Adam and Eve and they sinned God said in Genesis 3:14, "Because thou hast done this thou art cursed . . ." In that phrase "because thou hast done this" we see the basic cause of all suffering in this world. Because Satan did what he did and Eve did what she did and because Adam did what he did suffering has come into this world...
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One killed in 3-car crash
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- A Caruthersville man was killed and nine others injured in a three-vehicle wreck Wednesday in Pemiscot County. This marked the ninth fatality in the region this year. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 6:15 p.m. on Route U at Route H, five miles west of Caruthersville, as westbound motorist David W. Pennington, 32, of St. Louis attempted to overtake the westbound vehicle driven by Franklin Casteel, 24, of Cooter and struck Cooter's vehicle...
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Two arrested for narcotics distribution
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
CHARLESTON -- Two Mississippi County residents were arrested Friday evening after a search warrant served at their shared East Prairie home turned up evidence of narcotics distribution. According to a release from Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, the investigation began last week when his department received information that Michael Dale Crump and Doris Jean Stalnacker were in possession of items stolen in several recent burglaries...
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East Prairie burglary solved, one arrested
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
CHARLESTON -- A Mississippi County man is behind bars following a burglary investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. According to a release from Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, the investigation began last month when an East Prairie resident contacted the Sheriff's Department to report several firearms had been stolen from her residence...
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Pruitt reaches milestone, Chaffee claims conference over Charleston
(High School Sports ~ 02/12/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- When Chaffee senior Jordan Pruitt looks back after her days as a Lady Devil are over, the four-year starter will certainly put Wednesday night among the fondest memories of her career. Not only were the Lady Devils playing Charleston for the Scott-Mississippi Conference regular season title, but Pruitt entered the night just three points shy of 1,000 for her career...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CEASE-FIRE DEAL REACHED BETWEEN KIEV AND MOSCOW Marathon talks in Belarus end in an agreement on halting the fighting from midnight Sunday in the eastern part of Ukraine, but hostilities continue today...
- Heartfelt decorations (Local News ~ 02/12/15)
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DPS St. Patty's 5k Run signups open
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston DPS St. Patty's 5k Run for Special Olympics is now an annual event. "The first one was last year -- we raised a little over $5,000 and had just under 200 runners," said Sgt. Derick Wheetley of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety...
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SEMO announces two of four candidates in presidential search
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The names of two candidates in the presidential search at Southeast Missouri State University were announced Wednesday, with the remaining two finalists to be announced Friday. Margaret E. Madden and Paul D. Plotkowski will be on campus next week for tours, meetings, interviews and public forums...
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Paul Patterson
(Obituary ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON -- Paul E. Patterson, 85, died Feb. 11, 2015, at the Miner Nursing Center in Miner. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Shirley Shirkey
(Obituary ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON -- Shirley Irene Shirkey died Feb. 11, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Harriet Cento
(Obituary ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON -- Harriet Shrader Cento, 77, died Feb. 10, 2015, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Area mobile home destroyed by fire
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON -- A fire just before noon Wednesday destroyed a mobile home but resulted in no injuries, according to Sikeston Department of Public Safety officials. A resident of a trailer located on Barnett Street, located off of New Madrid County Highway 824 between Sikeston and Morehouse south of State Highway 60, reported the fire at about 11:51 a.m., according to DPS officials...
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Sikeston man facing felony drug charge
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man if facing a felony drug charge for meth found during a search of his home. David Sherrion, 47, of Sikeston is charged with the a class C felony drug possession charge filed Tuesday. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log in to our electronic edition...
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Kolwyck is Scott County's first female jail administrator
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- Tina Kolwyck didn't know she would be the Scott County's first female county jail administrator. She just knew she wanted the job. Kolwyck is featured in the "Corrections" section of the Winter 2015 edition of the The Missouri Sheriff, a semi-annual magazine published by the Missouri Sheriff's Association...
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SHS Music Department's Madrigal Dinner set for Feb. 21
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
SIKESTON - Sikeston residents can consort with "royalty" while helping Sikeston High School students gain musical experiences. A Madrigal Dinner, a cooperative project between the Sikeston High School Music Department and the Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at First Christian Church fellowship hall...
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 02/12/15)
Your editorial of Wednesday, Feb. 4 is just about the biggest bunch of b******t I've seen you put out. Union money and racial politics? Come on. Unions make up less than 8 percent of the workforce in this country now. Don't give me anything about union anything, because they are virtually nonexistent. ...
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Let the financial games begin
(Local News ~ 02/12/15)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Thursday's high school assembly wasn't looking to build pep for another sports contest but for a game everyone ends up playing: personal finances. Starting today and continuing through April 16, students from Sikeston High School will be managing simulated personal finances as part of the H and R Block Budget Challenge, according to Christine Spurlock, business education instructor at the Sikeston Career and Technology Center...
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