Stories from Tuesday, November 5, 2013

SIKESTON -- Sikeston's new city manager has been named. A city new release at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday announced Jonathan M. Douglass has been hired for the position of city manager. Douglass was previously employed by the city of Lawrence, Kan., where he was city clerk and assistant city manager...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man wanted for burglary is now facing additional charges. Sikeston Department of Public Safety Capt. Jim McMillen, public information officer, said Gregory Lynn Clark, 37, was arrested following a vehicle pursuit Monday. At about 1:45 p.m., a detective spotted Clark driving a vehicle near the Kindergarten Center...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. N.J. MALL GUNMAN DEAD A 20-year-old man is found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound several hours after causing a lockdown when he fired shots inside the Garden State Plaza in Paramus...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- A series of bills officially adopting the latest standards for new construction were officially added to Sikeston's municipal code. Council members voted to adopt the 2012 International Building and Fire Code as recommended by staff at the Oct. 7 Council meeting...

SIKESTON -- Elmer Eugene Burns, 66, died Nov. 3, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Randy King, 52, died Nov. 4, 2013, at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

DEXTER - Kenneth W. Parris, 69, died Nov. 2, 2013. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Gary Richard Tangen, 52, died Nov. 2, 2013, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

Yes, I would just like to say that President Obama should get out of the insurance business. He is hurting a lot of people and his wife should get out of the school lunch business. She don't know anything about that. They should mind their own business and do the jobs that they are paid to do...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Presidential administration's war on coal is a war on Missouri, according to U.S. Rep. Jason Smith of the 8th District. And Sikeston is on the front line. Smith met with officials from the Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities Tuesday at BMU offices to discuss U.S Environmental Protection Agency rules which would make coal-fired power plants a thing of the past...