Stories from Tuesday, April 28, 2009

SIKESTON -- Joyce Kernell, 84, died April 27, 2009, at Westridge Place in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

CHAFFEE -- Violet L. Williams, 88, died April 26, 2009, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. 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...

BONNE TERRE -- Dorothy Mae Roberson, 83, died April 24, 2009, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the Shearin Funeral Home Chapel in Bonne Terre. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Red Devils beat the rain and the Meadow Heights Panthers Monday afternoon 6-1. FARMINGTON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs dropped the first game of a weekend getaway as they fell to the Farmington Knights by a final score of 4-2 on Friday afternoon...

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SIKESTON -- Scott County Central senior Drew Thomas has found another home for his up-tempo style of play on the basketball court. After four years of honing his skills at the home of 'run-and-gun,' Thomas is ready to take his game to the next level by signing a letter of intent to play at Mineral Area College in Park Hills...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Caruthersville man pled guilty Monday to unlawfully possessing ammunition before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. Arnold Lee Jones, 37, pled guilty to one felony count of being a previously convicted felon in possession of ammunition...

MINER -- A Rainbow Lake home was damaged in an early morning fire today. The address of the home damaged by the fire is 149 Rainbow Lake Road, according to a dispatcher at the Miner Police Department. No additional information was available as of press time...

CHARLESTON -- An inmate at the Southeast Correctional Center died over the weekend. According to a Monday news advisory from the Missouri Department of Corrections, Terry E. Parker, 58, was pronounced dead at 1:50 p.m. Sunday at the maximum-security state prison...

SIKESTON -- The First United Methodist Church is hosting an event this week conceived to showcase God's love. Living Grace, which will be open from 6:30 p.m. till 8 p.m Wednesday through Friday, is "just an idea that we came up with to try to share God's love and grace with our our church and with the community," said Elaine Posegate...

BENTON -- A routine traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a Miner man for possession of a controlled substance. According to a Monday news release from Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, Deputy Brant Pratt saw Trenton Abernathy, 30, of Miner driving in the City of Miner. Upon checking on Abernathy's driving status and confirming that his driving privilege was suspended, Pratt contacted Abernathy...

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