Stories from Thursday, April 8, 2010

NEW MADRID -- Gary G. Branum, 63, died April 7, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at the DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Ruth V. Ditto, 88, died April 7, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

HOWARDVILLE -- Robert Edward Young, 74, died March 31, 2010, at his home. 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...

FARRENBURG -- Angerie Hardgrave, 91, died April 6, 2010, at her home in Farrenburg surrounded by her loving family. 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...

BERNIE -- Flossie Stanley, 88, died April 7, 2010, in the Southeast Missouri Hospital at Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- Betty Blankinship Stanton, 80, died March 28, 2010, at Springfield, Mo. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

POPLAR BLUFF -- Maryann Jeanette Davis, 67, died April 5, 2010, at the Westwood Hills Health Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Funeral arrangements are with the Watkins Funeral Home of Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DIEHLSTADT -- Dallas Finley, 87, died April 7, 2010, at his home. 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...

DELTA - Two persons were injured in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday. At 9:34 p.m. on County Road 254, four miles west of Delta, Brittney N. Hutson, 20, of Chaffee was driving northbound when her vehicle ran off the roadway. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CARUTHERSVILLE - A routine traffic stop led to an arrest of a man on drug charges. At 1:50 a.m. today, Caruthersville Police stopped a vehicle due to defective equipment. While talking to the driver, according to Caruthersville City Marshal Chris Riggs, officers observed drug paraphernalia in his pocket...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- In their spare time, first graders Tyler Gilmer and Sameer Tahir can often be found adding to their 100-foot long number scrolls -- an individual math class assignment that began using just one sheet of paper...

michellef@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Although this year's Redneck BBQ will feature teams from across the nation, there will be plenty of local flavor as well. Seven teams from the Sikeston area -- including the USA Grand Champion in pork -- are among the 41 teams that signed up for this weekend's Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned-event at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds...

With the Rams holding a two-run lead and Brett Dirnberger up to bat to start the top of sixth, lightning streaked across the sky, resulting in a halt to play that would eventually give Scott City the 4-2 win.