Stories from Monday, August 2, 2010

SIKESTON - An armed robbery that occurred early Saturday morning is under investigation by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, a 38-year-old Sikeston woman reported being robbed at gunpoint while at the Montgomery Bank ATM, located near Malone Avenue and East Street. ...

CARUTHERSVILLE - A burglary at a Caruthersville business is under investigation. At 9 a.m. Sunday, Caruthersville Police officers were called to the Southside Package. Bobby Rushing reported to officers that sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. a large amount of various brands of cigarettes and alcohol were taken...

Lilbourn kindergarten teacher Amy McElveen was busy preparing her new classroom which is part of the classroom addition recently completed at the Lilbourn Elementary School. McElveen received some expert advice on decorating the bulletin board in her new classroom from her 5-year-old son, Sawyer, who will be starting kindergarten this fall. ...

LAFORGE -- Elizabeth Ann "Sally" Hall, 71, of LaForge, was born Nov. 9, 1928, in LaForge to the late Jack and Cleo Gilmer. She passed away July 31, 2010, at her home in LaForge. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

PUXICO -- Beulah Cookson, 98, died Aug. 1, 2010, at the Puxico Nursing Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

BERNIE -- Dana Rene' Reams, 52, died July 30, 2010, at her home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

KELSO -- In a rematch of the state title game, the Scott County Rippers and Mineral Area squared off Sunday afternoon for the Cal Ripken 9-and-under Midwest Plains Regional Championship. Coming in to the contest out of the loser's bracket, Mineral Area needed to beat the Rippers in Sunday's game to force a second game to be played today...

KELSO -- Battling back from a second round loss to Scott County in the Cal Ripken Midwest Plains Regional Tournament, Sikeston's 9-and-under team went on to win two straight contest to advance to the loser bracket finals. There run stopped there, however, as Sikeston fell to Mineral Area 11-3 Sunday afternoon leaving them with a third-place finish to end their season...