Stories from Saturday, December 8, 2012

SIKESTON -- Sikeston may not have conducted a roundup of pit bulls as reported in St. Louis, but it has no plans to repeal its breed-discriminatory ordinance yet either. City officials -- and the Standard Democrat -- received a barrage of calls and contact via electronic media following a Wednesday evening report by Chris Hayes of Fox 2 in St. Louis that Sikeston held a "pit bull round up day."...

ORAN -- With a chance to atone for one of last season's worst losses, the Oran Eagles didn't disappoint. Senior Kody Moore led the way with 27 points as the Eagles flipped the script on a 39-point loss to Scott City last year in a 88-63 rout Friday that moves Oran to 4-1 on the season...

SIKESTON -- The SEMO Conference Tournament traveling trophy is coming back home. The second-seeded Sikeston Bulldogs upset top seed Charleston on Friday night, 71-61, in front of an intense and frenzied crowd at the Sikeston Field House in the 7th Annual SEMO Conference Tournament...