Stories from Monday, April 13, 2009

DEXTER -- Woodrow E. Jones, 84, died April 10, 2009, at the Bertrand Retirement Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERTRAND -- James Warren died April 13, 2009, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

DUDLEY -- Thelma Temples Hagy died April 13, 2009, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

CHARLESTON -- Margaret A. Moore, 85, died April 11, 2009, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home.

SIKESTON -- Bessie Faye Matlock, 75, died April 10, 2009, at Sikeston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Seaborn "Jack" Barber, 75, died at 6:40 a.m. April 13, 2009, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with the Blanchard Funeral Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Laura Sue Dotson, 73, formerly of Mississippi County, Mo., died at 9 p.m. April 11, 2009, at the Bordeaux Long Term Care Facility in Nashville. Funeral arrangements are with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Marshall Lee "Windy" Blackman, 80, formerly of Dogwood, died on April 11, 2009, at Westridge Place in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Country Club Senior Men's Golf Association kicked off their 2009 season April 8 with a luncheon at the Country Club. New officers are Jim Largent, president; Jack Jackovic, vice president; Greg Comer, secretary and Galen Kruger, treasurer...

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SIKESTON -- An early morning burglary went bust on Sunday thanks to a concerned citizen. Just after midnight, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call in reference to broken glass outside My Sister's Closet, 417 S. Main. Officers arrived at the scene and found subjects inside that store and Midwest Music in an adjacent building...

SIKESTON -- There were several accidents, two involving all-terrain vehicles, in the region over the weekend. A Steele man was seriously injured while on an ATV on Saturday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. on private property off Highway F in Pemiscot County. Terry A. Robertson, 36, reportedly lost control of the Yamaha he was driving and was ejected...

SIKESTON -- Local law enforcement agencies will place an extra emphasis on Wednesday to motorists who don't wear their seatbelts. Sikeston Department of Public Safety will be joining Missouri Department of Highway Safety Division in their efforts on Wednesday to crack down on seatbelt violators. This "Occupant Protection Enforcement Day" is much like a one-day "Click It or Ticket" campaign...

SIKESTON - You might not think it from their names - Y Don't We Get Drunk and Q, Half Sauced Barbecue, Smelly Butts - but these people take their barbecue seriously. Twenty-seven teams, comprised of two, three, a half-dozen members, took part in Saturday's Redneck Barbecue, sponsored by the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce...

NEW MADRID - A man will be arraigned this morning for the murder of a Sikeston woman early Saturday. Brandon Antwuan Lane, 29, is scheduled for arraignment in Division II of New Madrid County Circuit Court on charges of second degree murder and armed criminal action. He is charged in the death of Nikia Latrice Williams, 28, who was found shot in the upper torso about 1 a.m. Saturday...