Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2013

BENTON -- Mark Lee Jobe, 47, of Sikeston pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and driving while intoxicated-aggravated offender charges Thursday for his role in the 2012 death of Sikeston woman Kimberly Maclin. Jobe was also sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison for one count of DWI-aggravated offender and 15 years in prison for one count of second-degree murder. These sentences are to run concurrently. He appeared before Judge David A. Dolan in the Scott County Circuit Court...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. U.S. TRACKING TELEPHONE RECORDS OF MILLIONS A top secret court order required one of the nation's largest telecommunications companies to give the National Security Agency information on all telephone calls in its system...

MOREHOUSE -- Brenda Stoffregen died June 6, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Robert Dale "Rick" Watson, 60, died June 5, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- After losing the first game of their doubleheader against visiting Paducah Junior Legion Post 31, the Sikeston American Junior Legion Auxiliary Unit 114 baseball team bounced back with a win in the second during their home opener Wednesday...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Outlet Stores is celebrating two decades of business and is inviting everyone to join the party. On Saturday, the Sikeston Outlet Stores will host activities throughout the day, including sidewalk sales by the local merchants...

scottw@standard-democrat.com MINER -- At a time in life when many would be relaxing on a couch, a Miner man is still pulling his weight -- along with another 30 tons. Featured as "Motorsports Heavy-Hitter Oz Hay" on the cover of the April 2013 edition of The Puller, a monthly publication of the National Tractor Pullers Association, Hay is pictured at the wheel of "Nitro-Holic," his 1918 Chevy truck...

scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Dispatchers at the 911 center in Charleston actually did call the sheriff first. During the May 30 Mississippi County Commission meeting, Sheriff Keith Moore told commissioners protocol had not been followed by dispatchers for a May 27 call of a man missing from his boat on Upper Big Lake where he was fishing...

I think Mrs. Emerson should have to pay the bill for this election in June. She knew she was taking another job. She can't say that she wasn't. You don't get a job that quick. She went ahead and put her name in the pot and got re-elected then she bailed out. We don't miss her. You don't get a job that quick. She had to have known. I'm glad she is gone. I don't miss her bit. I just wish she would stay off of TV, I don't even want to look at her...