Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2009

DEXTER -- Pallbearers for services conducted Saturday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home for Teresa M. Crosby, 46, who died on Sept. 18, 2009, were: Thomas Forkum, Jay Forkum, Randall McCullum, Wes Westmorland, Dennis Flemming and Steve Cantrell.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Dennis C. Carnell, 77, died Sept. 27, 2009, at the Portageville Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Frances Lorene Edwards, 81, formerly of Sikeston, died Sept. 27, 2009, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Ava Geneva Hume, 88, died Sept. 26, 2009, in the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Funeral arrangements are with the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- Mary Magdalene Douglas, 94, formerly of the Dogwood community in East Prairie, Mo., died at 6:45 a.m. Sept. 27, 2009, in the Genesys Hospice in Goodrich. Funeral arrangements are with the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON - The Senior Men's Golf Association at the Sikeston Country Club held their season-ending tournament Sept. 23. The handicapped event had each golfer subtract their handicap from their gross score to produce a final net score. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Lady Bluejays swept the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs in tennis action 9-0 on Monday afternoon. FREDERICKTOWN -- The Sikeston junior varsity Bulldogs football team rolled to a 36-0 win over Fredericktown on the road Monday night...

sd_sports@yahoo.com CHAFFEE -- The Chaffee Lady Devils were firing on all cylinders Monday, as they rolled the Saxony Lutheran Lady Crusaders 15-0 in a four inning game. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs had one really good chance for at least a tie on Monday evening against a solid Farmington Knights soccer team. The one chance, a penalty kick inside the box for captain Hunter Williams. The result, a perfect guess from the Farmington keeper John Schnurbusch that held the 1-0 shutout intact...

sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- It may not have been one of their best played matches but, nonetheless, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs got their first win of the season on Monday night with a straight set win over their conference foe Charleston Lady Bluejays...

sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- Defensively, they were perfect. No errors on behalf of the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs eventually led to 1-0 win over the Scott City Lady Rams on Monday afternoon at the Sikeston Sports Complex. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com BENTON -- In the bottom of the seventh inning of Monday's contest, the Kelly Lady Hawks had their backs up against the wall to the visiting Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs, 4-0. There were two outs in the book already and the No. 6 batter was heading to the plate...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A New Madrid man was sentenced Monday on a felony meth charge. James Ricky Huff, 50, was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment on one felony count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, as well as 10 years supervised release upon release from prison...

SIKESTON -- Arrests in an early morning burglary may tie up loose ends in similar recent cases. Around 1:04 a.m. today, officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety were called to Jay's Taxi, located at 111 N. Kingshighway. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHARLESTON -- An offender at the Southeast Correctional Center died Monday. Eugene Chrisman, 52, was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m. Monday at the Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, according to a news release from the Department of Corrections...

michellef@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Parents concerned by the recent recall of some liquid Tylenol products designed for infants and children can rest a bit easier. "These batches were from 2008, so they're probably all long gone by now," said Richard Logan, pharmacist and owner of L&S Pharmacy in Charleston. "And the good thing is that, according to the manufacturer, they never really released any product that was made with the contaminated batch."...

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SIKESTON -- Two are in custody following a methamphetamine lab bust in Sikeston on Monday. Around 11:20 p.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received an anonymous tip a subject was manufacturing meth on Tanner Street. BENTON - A child endangerment investigation led to the discovery of a methamphetamine laboratory by Scott County sheriff deputies...