Stories from Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. A CEREMONY TO HONOR MANDELA Amid cold, driving rain world leaders and South Africans gather to remember "a global icon of forgiveness." 2. WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE DATA WAR...

By Scott Welton scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The nation's newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, will lead the U.S. Navy's next generation of supercarriers. And leading the invocation during the ship christening's opening ceremony Nov. 9 at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., was Sikeston native Capt. Jerome Hinson...

Staff Report news@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The storm that dumped heavy snow and ice across the region Thursday and Friday also forced several events to be postponed over the weekend. However, many of these event organizers have already rescheduled for later this week...

DEXTER -- Doyle E. Denbow, 78, died Dec. 9, 2013, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

PARMA - Joe Ellis Johnson, 70, died Dec. 6, 2013, at his home in Parma. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

EAST PRAIRIE - Mary Kathern Haley, 71, died at 8:25 a.m. Dec. 9, 2013, in the Bertrand Retirement Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BLODGETT -- Rolley Dean Riley died Dec. 9, 2013, at his home in Blodgett. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

DEXTER -- Marvin Smith, 69, died Dec. 6, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Betty R. Hesselrode, 85, died Dec. 8, 2013, in Jackson, Tenn. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

CHAFFEE -- James C. "Jim" Poinsett, 66, died Dec. 7, 2013, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

In the United States of America - a nation which has long boasted of being a Christian nation - we have our versions of baby ponds. They are not in the center of town where passersby can see them but are located in respectable doctors' offices, tax supported hospitals, abortion clinics operated by Planned Parenthood. ...