Stories from Monday, November 7, 2011

RANDLES --Catherine J. Farris, 71, died Nov. 5, 2011, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

GIDEON -- Ella Louise Shock, 82, died Nov. 4, 2011, at Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Pauline Cummings French, 96, formerly of Portageville, died Nov. 5, 2011, at Portageville. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Mary Louise Murphy, 81, died at 6 a.m. Nov. 6, 2011, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

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WARDELL - A man is recovering today from a stab wound and his apparent assailant is in custody. On Saturday, law enforcement authorities were notified of a stabbing at a residence on County Highway 255. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BRANSON -- Scott Matthews of Sikeston received the Missouri Community College Association's Award of Distinction at the association's annual convention in Branson. The award was presented in recognition of Matthews' support of Three Rivers College and of the mission of community colleges throughout the state...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Three area communities received grants for infrastructure improvement from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Matthews, Parma and Dudley were approved to receive funds under the Community Development Block Grant program. The grants are part of $1.9 million in CDBG funding awarded through the 2011 Other Public Needs Competition...

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jillb@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON - Like all parents Ginger and Gale Wessling believe their son is special. Now they know for a fact: Landon Wessling is one in eight million. Wessling was recently called on to be a bone marrow donor. Doctors searching the world found the 33-year-old former Sikeston resident was a perfect match for a 19-year-old girl from Spain with leukemia...