Stories from Wednesday, June 12, 2013

RISCO -- The Tri-County summer baseball team exploded for 16 runs against Bloomfield Tuesday at Risco High School for a 16-2 win in five innings. Tri-County (3-0-1) scored just one run in the first inning and then put the hammer down for 10 runs in the third. Five more in the fourth put the game completely out of reach...

Jackson at Post 114, 6 p.m. Bleacher Bum Classic at Charleston Kennett v. Sikeston Legion, 5 p.m. Kelso v. Squirrels, 7:30 p.m. at Notre Dame Poplar Bluff v. Cape Jr. Legion, 5 p.m. Bulls v. Jackson, 7:30 p.m. Unit 114 at Scott City, 6 p.m. Bleacher Bum Classic...

The Sikeston Area Youth Baseball league (SAYB) and the YMCA T-Ball league were in action Tuesday night at the Sikeston Complex. Kingsway's Marianne Renard tries to tag an opposing runner during a 9-year old softball game. Left photo: Focus Bank's Blaytin Smith swings at a offering against Steward Steel Inc., during a Minor League game...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Mary Magdalene "Maggie" Wiss, 88, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., and Rogers, Ark., died June 9, 2013, at Bickford Cottage of Grand Island. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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DEXTER -- Tony Ray Leek, 63, died June 10, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE - Stella R. Simmons, 69, died June 11, 2013, at her home in East Prairie. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE - Geneva Mann, 80, died June 11, 2013, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Bids for paper and office supplies were awarded during the Sikeston R-6 Board of Education's regular monthly meeting Tuesday at Central Office. Contract Paper Group was awarded the bid for 2,179 cases of various types of copy paper and card stock for $52,198.20. The Board then approved awarding $641.95 to Standard Stationery Co. for 690 cases of 15 varying colors of construction paper...

SIKESTON -- Mayors and council members change every couple of years in Sikeston but the sudden change in the city manager office after well over a decade came as a surprise to many. City Manager Doug Friend submitted his resignation Tuesday effective at the end of that work day after almost 30 years as a city employee...

BENTON -- Sheriff's deputies in Scott County will spend more time out on patrol thanks to a state grant. Capt. Kenneth Kinder of the Scott County Sheriff's Department advised county commissioners during their regular meeting Tuesday that the Department was approved for a grant of $28,592.54 from the Missouri Department of Public Safety's 2014 Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund...

I love Florida. I love everything from the beaches, to the beaches and did I mention the beaches? But not everything on the beach loves me. While in Florida last week for some much needed R&R, my girlfriend, her daughter and I decided to walk the beach late one night...

In a small Florida courtroom this week, the trial of George Zimmerman will begin to unfold. Zimmerman is accused of killing Trayvon Martin during a confrontation over a year ago. The trial will nudge from the headlines the numerous scandals that have captured our attention in recent weeks...