Stories from Thursday, September 27, 2012

SIKESTON -- Officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety now have a suspect in the shooting that occurred Wednesday afternoon. Ricky Dewayne Davis Jr., 26, of Sikeston, is now being charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action with a bond of $50,000 cash only...

Records: East Prairie (0-5); Chaffee (1-4) Series History: Chaffee leads 43-34-3 Last Meeting: 2011, Chaffee won 42-12 Last Week: Malden 46, East Prairie 7; Scott City 27, Chaffee 12 Outlook: East Prairie continues to struggle both offensively and defensively. ...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- With Sikeston senior Kayla Fodge still at the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning on Wednesday, lightning and the threat of severe weather put an end to the Lady Bulldogs' final home game of the season. Luckily for the Lady Bulldogs a six-hit effort and an early two-run rally ensured that it would go down as a 3-0 win over visiting Saxony Lutheran...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- As the Sikeston Bulldog football program rose as an area power in 2009, the Jackson Indians fell. Arguably Southeast Missouri's premier program the previous two decades, Jackson enjoyed sustained success under former coach Carl Gross, reaching two Class 4A championship games, a 5A semifinal appearance, and nine playoff appearances in a 15-year stretch...

SIKESTON -- A Wednesday afternoon argument led to the shooting of a Sikeston man and has Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers searching for a suspect. According to DPS, around 12:30 p.m., officers received calls of shots fired in the 1400 block of West Murray Lane...

SIKESTON -- Jerry Gann died Sept. 26, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Fern Hutchison, 78, died Sept. 27, 2012, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

SIKESTON -- Billy Johnson, 85, died Sept. 24, 2012, at the Miner Nursing Centr. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Albert Moore, 83, died at 8:20 p.m. Sept. 25, 2012, at his home. He was also preceded in death by five brothers, Maderson Moore, James Moore, Virgil Moore, Anderson Moore and Alfred Moore; and two sisters, Mattie Williams and Mamie Hendrix preceded Albert in death...

SIKESTON -- Almeter Marshall, 84, died Sept. 25, 2012, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born April 8, 1928, in Earle, Ark., to the late Mioni White and Pernella Mosley, she was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Sikeston where she served on the Mothers' Board...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Florence L. Shaw, 61, died Sept. 26, 2012, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid.

SIKESTON -- Marvin Lee "Scotty" Scott, 79, died Sept. 25, 2012, at the Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born Feb. 22, 1933, in Mine La Motte, to the late Orville and Florence Matthews Scott, he was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served during the Korean War. He was a corporate and commercial pilot, taught flight lessons and was designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as a regional flight examiner...

NEW MADRID -- Daryl Dean Plymate, 76, died Spet. 26, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 23, 1936, in Columbus, Neb., to the late Donald and Genevieve Hoesing Plymate, he was a member of the Missouri National Guard and was employed as a millwright in construction before retiring. He was past Worshipful Master of the New Madrid Masonic Lodge, member of the SEMO Shriners Club, 32nd Degree Master Mason, Royal Arch and Knights Templar...

ORAN -- Benny J. Evans, 71, died Sept. 25, 2012, at his home. Born May 2, 1941, in Morley, to the late Ralph Samuel and Geraldine Fowler Evans, he was mayor of Oran from 1976 to 1978. He was a retired self-employed truck driver, owner of a furniture store in Oran and a member of Trinity Gospel Church in Sikeston...

Unbeaten Sikeston will host unbeaten Jackson on Friday night at SPS Stadium. For more on the game see Standard Democrat sports!

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- For Nona Robinson of Dexter and her 4-year-old granddaughter, Lucy Thornton, participating in the annual charity walk for the Kenny Rogers Children's Center is more about the symbolism of the walk than crossing the finish line...

BENTON -- A Kelso man is in jail after a weekend domestic disturbance. According to Lt. Jerry Bledsoe with the Scott County Sheriff's Office, Jonathan D. Holley, 29, is charged with unlawful use of a weapon and domestic assault in the second degree...