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Interactive exhibit to feature Instagram photos
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
CHARLESTON -- A new, interactive exhibit featuring Instagram photos allows anyone to be an instant artist during this year's 46th Annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival. "People think you have to be able to pick up a paint brush to be an artist, and that's not true," said Heather Collier member of Charleston Society for the Arts...
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Sikeston wears down Caruthersville in up-and-down 80-65 win
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com CARUTHERSVILLE -- The Caruthersville Tigers love the up-tempo style. And the Sikeston Bulldogs were more than willing to play along. In a fast-paced, up-and-down game, Sikeston's depth eventually wore the Tigers down in an 80-65 victory on Senior Night at Caruthersville High School on Thursday...
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Stinnett still in the running at state wrestling meet
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/14)
COLUMBIA -- Sikeston freshman Josh Stinnett won his first match during the Class 3 state wrestling meet and is the only Bulldog wrestler still vying for a state championship following the first day at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Stinnett, who wrestles in the 195-pound division, defeated McCluer's Wyatt Clark by tie-breaker in overtime 5-2. The freshman will wrestle Kearney's Brandon Adams (38-9) in the quarterfinals for the chance to move on...
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NMCC halts Braves' 10-game winning streak 66-53
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- The New Madrid County Eagles may not have been able to pull off the upset against Sikeston earlier this week, but they still found a way to end the regular season on a high note. Playing Scott County Central Thursday, the Eagles got 22 points from Willie Jimerson and led nearly start to finish, ending the Braves 10-game winning streak with a 66-53 final...
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PREP ROUNDUP: Lady Bulldogs pick up fifth straight win
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Winners of seven of their last eight, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs won their fifth game in a row Thursday against Farmington 39-32. Erica Peet led the Lady Bulldogs (13-10) with 17 points. Tyra Bonner added 10...
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Kiwanis Pancake Day
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
Caruthersville Kiwanis Club's annual Pancake Day is Saturday, February 22 from 7 a.m. to noon at Eastwood Memorial United Methodist Church, 512 Ward Ave. "All you Can Eat" pancakes and sausage will be served . Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for children under age 12...
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Sikeston Center Earns 3-Year Accreditation
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
SIKESTON -- A Southeast Missouri nonprofit organization has earned the highest level of accreditation possible by the premier accreditation body of health and human service organizations. Bootheel Counseling Services in Sikeston announced it has been accredited for a period of three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International, or CARF...
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MO Lawmakers Urged to Repeal Food Stamp Ban for Ex-Drug Offenders
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri lawmakers have the chance to join 40 other states in lifting a ban that prevents anyone with a prior felony drug conviction from ever receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as food stamps. Johnny Waller Jr. ...
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Missouri Dentists Aim to Help More Children Smile
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
February is Children's Dental Health Month
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MDC Promotes New Wildlife Supervisor for Southeast Missouri
(Outdoors ~ 02/21/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces the promotion of Matt Bowyer, of Perryville as the new Wildlife Regional Supervisor for Missouri's southeast region. According to MDC Wildlife Management Chief Joel Porath, the respect Bowyer has earned from his peers and the local community contributed to his selection for the promotion...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. UKRAINE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES EARLY ELECTIONS Yanukovych also promises to form coalition government in bid to defuse crisis, end fighting in Kiev between police and protesters...
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Carolyn Brigley
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
LILBOURN -- Carolyn Lee Brigley, 66, died Feb. 18, 2014, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. Memorial service will be conducted from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at Marston Trinity Church.
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Runaway pet emu is captured in Scott County
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
BENTON -- A runaway pet emu was captured this week in Scott County. About 10:30 a.m. Tuesday two deputies from Scott County Sheriff's Department responded to a residence along Highway Z near Vanduser and Sikeston. "We got a call of an emu in someone's yard, and that it had chased a father and children back into a house. That's why we were called out there," said Lt. Dane Stausing of Scott County Sheriff's Department...
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East Prairie man is arrested for property damage and fleeing scene
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
CHARLESTON -- An East Prairie man is facing felony charges following an investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, Dallas Lee Waldo, 30, is charged with property damage in the first degree and leaving the scene of an accident, both Class D felonies and punishable to up to four years. He faces an additional charge of driving while revoked, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in the county jail...
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Billy Ray Nolen
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
ZALMA - Graveside rites for Billy Ray Nolen, 69, formerly of Mississippi County, who died Sept. 24, 2013, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Dogwood Cemetery with Martin Lucas officiating. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition...
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Davis Littleton
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
MATTHEWS -- Davis W. Littleton, 70, died Feb. 19, 2014, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Anna Dial
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Anna Ruth Dial, 78, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Feb. 19, 2014, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Juanita Colwell
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
NEW MADRID -- Juanita Colwell, 91, died Feb. 19, 2014, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Freddie Lay Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/21/14)
EAST PRAIRIE - Freddie Lee Lay Sr., 70, died at 7:37 a.m. Feb. 20, 2014, in the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 02/21/14)
I heard on the TV that they were gonna ban cigarette rights for all smokers. The deal is, deal or no deal, if you are gonna cut cigarettes out you need to cut liquor out. We don't like liquor in this town either. You know who you are, so thank you. I just received my Thursday paper and I'm glad to see you've enlarged the printing on the crossword puzzle. ...
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Activity Center for developmentally disabled is vision made real
(Local News ~ 02/21/14)
scottw@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- Opening a facility in Mississippi County to provide services for the developmentally disabled is a vision finally becoming real. The Mississippi County Senate Bill 40 Board has been saving up since it was formed to build a facility in the county, said Boone Wagner, executive director of the Mississippi County Sheltered Workshop Board/Perry County Board for the Developmentally Disabled...
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