Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2014

sports@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- Dexter's Trevor Waldner began the state wrestling meet as the top seed in his weight class. He's continuing to make that seed hold true. After two days of competition, the senior is in position to win the 138-pound, Class 2 state championship following two wins on Friday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Bernie Mules came into Friday night's contest at Sikeston with a clear strategy. The plan was, basically, to play keep away against the Class 4, No. 4 ranked Bulldogs in an effort to try to keep the game close...

sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Despite Tuesday's letdown against Cape Central, the Charleston Bluejays still entered the final game of regular season controlling their own destiny in the SEMO Conference. A win Friday night against Poplar Bluff would guarantee Charleston at least a share of the conference crown for the third straight year with Jackson controlling the other half...

I saw a thing on the news this morning how many people were homeless in America. There shouldn't be anybody homeless in America. If the president would worry about the people in America instead of China and all them countries, there wouldn't be any homeless people over here. ...