Stories from Monday, March 21, 2011

PUXICO -- Wanda Jean Trout, 78, died March 16, 2011, at Puxico Nursing and Rehab Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

PIEDMONT -- Jerry D. Seal, 74, died March 18, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Miles Leon "Satch" Fowler, 78, died March 19, 2011, at his home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

BERTRAND -- Deloris Ann Meeks Spitler, 69, died March 19, 2011, 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...

SIKESTON -- Marjorie Carter, 93, died March 20, 2011, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete.

NEW MADRID -- Adele Beussink Brands 84, died March 20, 2011, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- Teresa Catherine Eftink, 85, died March 19, 2011, at her home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

ESSEX -- Helen Bires, 69, formerly of Portageville, died March 20, 2011. Arrangements are incomplete.

ESSEX -- Esther Violet Gisi, 83, died March 19, 2011, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

LIBERTY -- Delores Crelia Bowles, 88, formerly of Bertrand, died March 17, 2011, at Liberty. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

BLOOMFIELD -- Donald Ray Scott, 62, died March 18, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com COLUMBIA -- They held the number three up as high as they could reach. For three-straight years, the Scott County Central Braves have sat atop the Class 1 scene as one of the better teams in the state. They possess three state trophies, and three fingers, to prove it...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- An Arkansas man is in jail on charges of stealing a motor vehicle over the weekend. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CARUTHERSVILLE -- Police arrested three but are still searching for four more individuals involved in an altercation Sunday in Caruthersville. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

news@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Peter Nuthak sees a brighter future for the city of Sikeston. Now he is enlisting others to make that vision a reality. Nuthak, the new outreach minister with Shady Acres Church of Christ, has found a corps of willing workers in the young people of the church...

Scores from Monday's local games.