Stories from Friday, July 16, 2010

SIKESTON -- Amber Cannon, 22, died July 14, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

DAISY -- David Lawrence Rea, 47, died Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at his home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

HENDERSON, Ky. -- Roy Thomas Piper, 70, died at 10:40 a.m. July 14, 2010, at Morganfield Nursing and Rehabilitation in Morganfield. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

TORONTO -- Paul Harrison Cornwall, 74, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Dec. 10, 2009 at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Terry L. Green, 59, died July 14, 2010, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

sd_sports@yahoo.com CHARLESTON -- Opening the Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament in dominant style, the Charleston Fighting Squirrels put up 10 runs in the final two innings in route to a 14-2 win over the Kirksville Tigers. "At the beginning of the game coach Minner preached a lot about going out and being aggressive early in the count," Charleston's James Naile said. ...

sd_sports@yahoo.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- After nearly half of a decade, Sikeston Legion Post 114 has finally won a district tournament game. On Thursday night, Post 114 collected 12 hits and rode the arm of Paul Fox to a 10-6 upset win over the Poplar Bluff Express at Notre Dame Regional High School during the 2010 District 14 Tournament...

SIKESTON -- Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety are looking for suspects in a overnight incident. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition. s...

scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Solid policies and safety training can help keep Mississippi County's workers' compensation insurance premiums as low as possible. Bob Holthaus, loss prevention coordinator for the Missouri Association of Counties Self-Insured Workers' Compensation Fund, presented County Commissioners with the latest information about the county's workers' compensation insurance during Thursday's County Commission meeting...

michellef@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- In the case of a missing person, time and manpower are crucial. And Scott County residents will have the chance to take a search and rescue course next month to help provide more people on the ground in a search situation...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com NEW HAMBURG -- Good food and family fun have kept visitors to New Hamburg's annual picnic coming back for more over the past several decades. Off and on since at least the 1920s, parishioners of the Scott County town's only church, St. Lawrence, have hosted a two-day event of family activities commonly known as the New Hamburg Picnic...