Stories from Monday, March 29, 2010

NEW MADRID -- Bobby Ray Parish, 79, died March 26, 2010, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with the Richards Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Dalton Becker, 74, died March 28, 2010, at Missouri Southern Healthcare. 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...

CHAFFEE -- Donald "Don" Gibbons, 79, died March 28, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

ST. CHARLES -- Raymond Dean Boone, 71, died March 27, 2010, at his home. Funeral arrangements are with the DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Charles McCollom, 72, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at his home in Sikeston. 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...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- A Hayti man is in custody for possession of a controlled substance. Around 12:10 a.m. Friday, Caruthersville Police Officers were conducting an investigation into possible drug activities at 309 Highland Apt. 9, according to a news release...

SIKESTON - The arrest of three Sikeston teens has apparently ended a local crime spree, according to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Two juvenile males, ages 14 and 12, along with Eliot D. Bonner, 18, were taken into custody after officers responded to a report of a residential break-in on March 16...

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SIKESTON - Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers rescued a 23-year-old Sikeston man after an apparent meth lab exploded in his vehicle. Around 1 p.m. Saturday, DPS officers with the Rescue Squad were traveling on Highway 60 near AA Highway when they saw an eastbound car on County Line Road, just north of their location...