Stories from Monday, June 28, 2010

The Charleston Babe Ruth team fell 16-6 to the host team in the championship game of the Poplar Bluff Express American Legion Tournament.

SIKESTON -- Esther Evans Taylor, 74, died June 26, 2010, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Margaret Luella Wilson, 81, died June 27, 2010, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Verlon C. Pritchett Sr., 89, died at 1:10 a.m. June 26, 2010, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Fireworks are part of many families' Fourth of July celebration, and local officials remind them to exercise caution if shooting their own displays this holiday. "It's always a fun time to be shooting fireworks and a way to celebrate the birth of our country, but you should always be safe, too," said Gavin May, manager of May Brothers Fireworks in Miner...

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