Stories from Saturday, May 18, 2013

sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- There's reason to celebrate New Madrid County Central's newfound district baseball championship. It was the first plaque raised by someone in an Eagle jersey in the last 19 years and they did it by thoroughly dismantling the top-seeded team in their district. ...

sports@standard-democrat.com JEFFERSON CITY -- Kelly triple jumper Dalton Huffman took second during the Class 2 state track and field championships Friday at Dwight T. Reed Stadium on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Huffman had a leap of 44-feet, 3-inches. He fell to Malden's Romello McCoy who had a state championship jump of 46-9 1/4...

sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- After securing their first district title since 2010, the Chaffee Red Devils now find themselves matched up against a old postseason foe in Valle Catholic as they get set for Monday's Class 2 sectional contest...

SIKESTON -- A blown transformer led to a bigger problem just outside of the Sikeston city limits Friday morning. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log in to our electronic edition.

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- If you get confused and think David Nabhan is predicting when the next big earthquake will happen here, it's not his fault. Faune Riggin, host and producer of Morning News Watch at KZIM and KSIM, is scheduled to do an on-air interview of Nabhan on her show at 8:40 a.m. Monday...

BENTON -- Two local men find themselves behind bars after being arrested on drug charges following a narcotic investigation in Sikeston. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, Kermit Gillespie, 37, of Wyatt was charged with the class B felony of distribution of a controlled substance, and the class A misdemeanor of unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- As word spreads the Sikeston R-6 School District is implementing an initiative that will put iPads into the hands of all high school students, some students, parents and community members may be wondering what exactly all of this means for the coming school year...

There's a new survey out of importance to Sikeston and hopefully it will help the city to consider ways to move into the future. The survey - commissioned by the city Vision Implementation Committee - touches on a number of topics that either attract people here or convince people to move elsewhere...