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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A day after regulators said they opposed a request by Ameren Missouri's biggest customer for a rate reduction of about $50 million a year, a panel that advocates for retail ratepayers proposed a deal that... >>

sports@standard-democrat.com DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA -- Everything seemed to click for the Charleston Fighting Squirrel Thursday afternoon in their first game of pool play at the Midwest Plains Regional Tournament. Facing... >>

Eager young readers select their books at the New Madrid Memorial Library after taking part in the New Madrid County Library's summer Reading program, "Fizz Boom Read." During Thursday's reading program, conducted by Janey... >>

BENTON -- A Scott City man is facing a felony domestic violence charge after being arrested Wednesday. Marcus Allen Bowers, 25, is been charged with second degree domestic assault, a class C felony; resisting arrest, a class... >>

scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Crossing the Mississippi River on the local ferry will cost a couple of more bucks starting next month. Mississippi County commissioners approved a rate increase for the Dorena... >>