Stories from Friday, February 22, 2013

sports@standard-democrat.com MALDEN -- All the pregame talk centered on New Madrid County Central and its resurgence this season. It centered on the emergence of NMCC sophomore stud Willie Jimerson and the improved supporting cast around him. But when it was all said and done, Charleston had one ace in the hole that could trump NMCC's best hand...

The Scott County Central Braves upended top-seeded Leopold Friday 64-58 for their ninth-straight district championship.

For the first time in five years, the Scott County Central Bravettes hoisted a district championship during the Class 1, District tournament at Scott County Central Friday.

sports@standard-democrat.com MALDEN -- They had the start any team would hope for. They pounced on Twin Rivers with a swarm of defensive pressure, hogged the glass and had the top seed playing their up-tempo pace. The New Madrid County Central Lady Eagles emphatically connected with the first punch...

CHAFFEE -- Norman "Mike" Pobst, 79, died Feb. 20, 2013, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Services will be conducted at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

DEXTER -- Sean Robert Crow, 34, died Feb. 20, 2013, in Advance. Born July 30, 1978, son of Bob Crow of Dexter and the late Karen Weaver Ritz, he was a heavy equipment operator and a graduate of Bernie High School. In addition to his father, survivors include: one brother, Justin Wade Crow of Greenville; four sisters, Shannon Smith and Stephanie Lynn Credille of Dexter, Amy Beth Rose of Crystal River, Fla., and Jenny Lynn Crow of Greenville; paternal grandfather, Robert Crow of Dexter; and maternal grandparents, Maxine Pope of Jonesboro, Ark., and Gaylon Weaver of Kennett.. ...

DEXTER -- Deborah J. Hatchell, 57, died Feb. 21, 2013, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- Matt Chambers, 58, formerly of Anniston, died Feb. 20, 2013, in the Belleville Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

BARDWELL, Ky. -- Mary B. Williford, 91, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Feb. 20, 2013, at the Countryside Care and Rehabilitation Center in Bardwell. Born Jan. 1, 1922, in Mississippi County, Mo., to the late Cecil and Nellie Forsythe Kidd, she had lived in Charleston most her life where she was a member of the Elm Street Baptist Church. ...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Gearldine Lindsey, 91, died Feb. 21, 2013, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.

SIKESTON -- Kathleen M. Sides, 77, died Feb. 21, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.

EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- Gerald L. Shaw Sr., 66, died Feb. 18, 2013, at Heartland Health Care in East Peoria. Born July 30, 1946, to Herbert Lee Shaw of Harrisburg and the late Ramma Dell McGee, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving from 1964-1974. He then worked for Caterpillar for 30 years before retiring in 2004...

MALDEN -- Eugenia Lee Royal, 91, died Feb. 20, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Born Aug. 29, 1921, in East Prairie, to the late Carl Eugene and Lana Daniel Adkison, she was a homemaker, a retired contract driver for SMTS and a member of the United Methodist Church in Malden...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- With icy weather deteriorating road conditions in much of southeast Missouri, many of the regions districts match-ups have been pushed back a day in the name of safety. This includes both championship games in the Class 1, District 2 tournament at Scott County Central High School. Both games will take place tonight with the girls matchup of Scott Central and Delta tipping off at 6 p.m., while on the boy's side, Scott Central will face Leopold at 7:30 p.m...

BENTON - A musician is charged with a sex crime following one of his visits to a Scott County nursing home. David H. Barberis, 55, of Cape Girardeau was arrested Thursday on a charge of deviate sexual intercourse, according to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter...

CHARLESTON - A preliminary hearing is scheduled in March for a man discovered carrying dozens of bags of marijuana at the Mississippi County Jail. On Sunday, Charleston Department of Public Safety officers brought Dalvin Deauntay Lawrence, 20, of Charleston to the Mississippi County Detention Center...

scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Contractors and engineers could use a little help from the county getting legal access to the work site. Jeremy Manning, an engineer for Smith and Company of Poplar Bluff, updated Mississippi County commissioners on current bridge projects and related information about the Off-System Bridge Replacement Program during the regular County Commission meeting Thursday...

BENTON - A Morley man is in custody on narcotics and weapons charges. Christopher S. Shipman, 39, is charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and four counts of unlawful use of a firearm. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to our electronic edition...