Stories from Saturday, July 20, 2013

SENATH -- Sikeston Legion Post 114 staved off elimination in the District 14 American Legion Tournament on Friday with a 7-6 win over Cape Girardeau Post 63 Ford and Sons. The two teams played neck-and-neck through the first three innings before Sikeston broke out for four runs in the top of the fourth to take a 7-3 lead. Jarett Sandlin and Josh Hampton each drove in a run with a single during the rally while Adam Kennard plated another run with a sac fly...

CHARLESTON -- You couldn't ask for a much better start than what the Charleston Squirrels have put together in their first two days of the Senior Babe Ruth Missouri State Tournament. Just one day after notching a mercy-rule win over Leopold the Squirrels picked up where they left off by rallying for 11 runs in the first inning on Friday en rout to an 11-1 decision over Potosi...

Sikeston catcher Ashton Drake tags out Miranda Mitchek of Southern Plains, Colo., on Friday in the 2013 Midwest Plains Regional softball tournament at the Sikeston Sports Complex. Southern Plains won the game 8-3 to eliminate Sikeston. For more photos from Friday's game, visit our web gallery at www. standard-democrat.com...

If you've driven by the location for the new Three Rivers College Sikeston campus, you've noticed some activity at long last. Dirt is currently being moved in preparation for the Aug. 15 official ground-breaking. I don't think we could overstate the importance and impact of this new Sikeston-based center for higher education...

In response to the lady that is 85 years old that was referring to these low-life people that are having babies with all these men, five and six kids by four or five different men, drawing all this Medicaid and these food stamps, any state money that they can claim. ...

ORAN -- Nancy Jo Branson, 76, died July 18, 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.


ESSEX -- LaTricia Ann Summers, 42, died July 18, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


ALTON, Ill. -- John Elbert Julian, 95, died at 2:23 a.m., July 18, 2013, at Alton Memorial Hospital. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CAPE GIRARDEAU - Donna Kitchen Barnes, 47, died July 18, 2013, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


NEW MADRID -- When Dr. Cynthia Sharp Amick joined the New Madrid County R-1 School District 32 years ago, her goal was to teach vocational home economics. She never got the chance. Instead, her career path led her from the classroom to the principal's office to central administration. On July 1, she became the first woman to serve as superintendent for the District...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Stoddard County is among 27 Missouri counties declared a major disaster by President Barack Obama as a result of severe storms which struck Missouri from May 29 to June 29. The major disaster declaration for Missouri is a result of the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and prolonged flooding that affected large portions of the state from May 29 to June 10. ...

CHARLESTON - A Mississippi County woman was arrested after attacking a man and his vehicle with a crowbar and iron pipe. Diana K. Bryars, 39, of East Prairie is charged with two class B felonies, first degree assault and first degree domestic assault, and a class C felony, for causing property damage to a motor vehicle...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston High School students will pick up more than books during their back-to-school orientations next month. They'll also receive iPads for use in the new school year. To help both the students and parents with the implementation of Project iLearn, which will put the tablet computers in the hands of all high school students for the 2013-2014 school year, mandatory orientations are scheduled for Aug. 5-9...