Stories from Monday, February 1, 2010

CHARLESTON -- James Edward Allen, 73, died at 9:38 p.m. Jan. 30, 2010, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the McMikle Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Steve Walker died Jan. 31, 2010, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

DEXTER -- Joyce M. Brents, 73, formerly of rural Essex, died Jan. 30, 2010, in the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Facility in Dexter. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Virginia Pauline Hart, 76, died Jan. 30, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Julia L. Gregory, 72, died Jan. 30, 2010, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Chaffee. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com COLUMBIA -- The Sikeston Bulldogs football team won their first district title since 1995 last year, but in order to repeat that accomplishment in 2010, the Bulldogs will have to do it with a different looking district. Sikeston remains in Class 4, District 1 as does Farmington, however, gone from the district are Poplar Bluff and West Plains. ...

SIKESTON - The Sikeston Parks and Recreation Division is accepting nominees now through Feb. 26 for the 2010 Honors Board installation For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Those who haven't received an invitation to the Sikeston First Assembly of God's Annual Wildlife Supper this year can once again get in on the fun with a ticket to Community Night. "We've been doing this since 1971, off and on," said Allen Small, a church member who has enjoyed the event since it was established as an event for men designed to build relationship between friends, neighbors and co-workers...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Sikeston's rich history of the Civil War will come alive once again during the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Sand Ridge. Set for March 6-7, the re-enactment of the battle, which is reported to be one of the first that took place near Sikeston during the Civil War, will take place on portions of the original battlefield...