Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. SEARCHING FOR SNOWDEN He didn't board a Cuba-bound flight he was registered on in Moscow and the foreign minister of Ecuador, where he sought asylum, says he doesn't know where the NSA leaker is. NSA SURVEILLANCE...

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. -- William Donald "Don" Greene Sr., passed away suddenly on June 18, 2013, at his home in Fort Washington. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Larry Dale Lambert, 73, died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Herschel Edward Creed Sr., 91, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died at 4:35 a.m. June 3, 2013, at Lourdes Hospital. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

DEXTER -- Kenneth R. Tucker, 74, died June 21, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dee Kinnison, 80, formerly of Chaffee, died June 21, 2013, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

All scores and statistics were submitted to the Standard Democrat June 18 ROOKIE LEAGUE Burns and Taylor 12, Progressive Farm Credit 10 Hits: (B) Jordan Hart, Joseph Heckemeyer, Daeton Taylor, Landon Coppage; (P) Carter Crow, Kendall Hinton, Baden Hackworth, Asher Lane...

sports@standard-democrat.com MARBLE HILL -- Following a successful weekend where they picked up three wins, the Charleston Fighting Squirrels swept Marble Hill on Monday in a doubleheader. Both games ended via the mercy-rule with the Squirrels combining for six hits in the first contest on their way to a 12-0 decision. Charleston held only a slim one-run advantage going into the top of the fourth, where they hammered out an 11-run rally to end the game early...

SIKESTON -- A dog which attacked three people in the past two weeks was killed Sunday by a Sikeston Department of Public Safety officer. On June 13, a White Japanese Akita was seized after biting two people. According to Capt. Jim McMillen, Sikeston DPS public information officer, the dog's owner and a friend were trying to play with the dog when it attacked the friend. ...

scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- The associate county commissioner for Scott County's first district is the first to support the proposed renewal of Sikeston's 1-cent sales tax. "Today is the first day you can vote for the Sikeston sales tax on an absentee ballot," County Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn said during the regular County Commission meeting Tuesday before walking down the hall to cast his ballot in the County Clerk's Office...

I sit here and watch on TV our President Obama at a conference over there trying to beg and to talk the prime minister or president of Russia to let us give Syria arms, but then he turns around and takes our arms away from us right here in the United States, our bullets and everything. ...