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Teen drowns in lake at Sikeston Complex Sunday
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
SIKESTON -- A Wappapello teen is dead after a late-night swim in Sikeston Sunday. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a call at about 8:22 p.m. of a possible drowning with officers from the fire division and Special Operations Group and two boats, according to Capt. Bill Mygatt of DPS...
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High speed chase ends in arrest; charges pending
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
SIKESTON -- A Dexter man was arrested following a high-speed chase after taking his brother's car. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a call at about 1:44 p.m. Sunday from a man who said his brother took his car from a car wash at the corner of Linn and Ingram without permission, according to DPS Capt. Bill Mygatt...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TAKES TO THE AIRWAVES The president turns to TV as he makes his case for punishing Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons. 2. WHO'S COUNTING ON A MILITARY STRIKE...
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Todd Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/09/13)
SIKESTON -- Todd Davis, 43, died Sept. 8, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Betty Choat
(Obituary ~ 09/09/13)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Betty F. Choat, 86, formerly of Mississippi County, died at 3 a.m. Sept. 8, 2013, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Marjorie McGuire
(Obituary ~ 09/09/13)
DEXTER -- Marjorie Jane McGuire, 81, died Sept. 7, 2013, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Dorothy Waldron
(Obituary ~ 09/09/13)
PORTAGE, Ind. -- Dorothy Robertson Waldron, 87, formerly of Griffith and Charleston, Mo., died Sept. 5, 2013. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Local Unilever plant gives $20K to Southeast Missouri Food Bank
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
SIKESTON --The Unilever US Foundation, in the name of its Sikeston plant, is providing a $20,000 grant to Southeast Missouri Food Bank. The local donation is part of a national commitment of $200,000 from the Unilever US Foundation to address child hunger through grants to 10 Feeding America member food banks and is part of the nationwide partnership between Unilever and Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger‐relief charity...
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Sikeston Fall Clean Up will begin Sept. 23
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
SIKESTON -- Dates for the city of Sikeston's Fall Clean Up, which gives residents an opportunity to dispose of bulky rubbish during their regular solid waste pick-ups, are set for two weeks beginning Sept. 23. Residents with Monday and Thursday trash collection will have their fall clean-up opportunities on Sept. 23 and Sept. 26. Those with Tuesday and Friday solid waste pick up will have their fall clean-up collections on Oct. 1 and Oct. 4...
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Are you ready for some football?
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
Running back Carter Green (11) takes the hand off from quarterback Ben Gilmore (7) during an Upwards football game on Saturday morning at Miner Baptist Church. Miner Baptist Church's Upwards program has 32 players and 17 cheerleaders.
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Perfect day for a ride: Poker run and cook-off competition held Saturday
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
Some 81 motorcycles and approximately 130 participants were registered Saturday to participate in Sikeston American Legion Post 116's first-ever poker run and cook-off competition. The event benefitted the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery.
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Three killed in two accidents
(Local News ~ 09/09/13)
BENTON - It was a deadly weekend on Southeast Missouri's highways. Three persons were reported killed in two separate accidents, bringing the number of fatalities in the Troop E area to 40 for the year. Jeremy N. Reeves, 35, of Benton was killed in a single-vehicle crash at 6:17 p.m. Sunday on Highway 61, three miles north of Benton...
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 09/09/13)
The Nazis murdered well over 11 million people in the implementation of their slogan, 'The public good before the private good.' The Communist Chinese murdered over 62 million people in the implementation of theirs, 'Serve the people.' And, the Soviet Communists murdered more than 60 million people in the implementation of Karl Marx's slogan, 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.' Anyone who supports (on the grounds of 'good intentions') this Obama administration which is following the exact same path of philosophy as those socialist-communist nations just mentioned; and defends all of his lies, deceit, chaos and destruction of our core principles of a republic and our nation's economy, brought down upon us by this administration is an immoral (not 'amoral') enabler of the actual (not just the proverbial) road to hell.. ...
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