Stories from Tuesday, May 13, 2014

sports@standard-democrat.com ST LOUIS -- Of the three they sent to the Class 3 sectional gold meet, the Sikeston Bulldogs golf team saw two advance to state after play at Quail Creek Golf Club in St. Louis. Both juniors Gabe Wheeler and Blake Below made the cut with Wheeler leading the way by shooting an 82 that left him 10 over par and tied for seventh overall in the tournament. Below shot an 86 on the day, 14 over-par, which was good for a tie for 17th overall...

sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- Jumping out to six runs in the first two innings, the Oran Eagles took down Bell City 8-3 on Monday. Back-to-back three-run rallies in the first and second frames put the Eagles on top for good with the Cubs not getting on the board until the sixth. There, they'd put up a single run only to see Oran answer with two in the home half of the inning...

Cloudy with showers likely tonight with thunderstorms also possible after 4 a.m.and a low around 55. Wednesday will have a 90 percent chance for showers with a high near 62 then becoming cloudy with a 70 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1 a.m., and a low around 47. ...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER TRIES TO MEDIATE IN UKRAINE Berlin's top diplomat arrives in Kiev to broker talks between the government and pro-Russian factions in the country's eastern regions...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The Missouri Department of Economic Development has released preliminary expenditures for "Gone Girl" filming in Cape Girardeau. The movie's total expenditures, not including payroll, equaled $2,981,228 during filming last fall. The total tax credits to be issued to 20th Century Fox for its production of the feature film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike amount to $894,368...

POPLAR BLUFF (SMNS) -- Butler County Health Department is urging residents to be vaccinated for a respiratory disorder which has shown up in the area again for the first time in four years. There have been five laboratory confirmed cases of pertussis in Butler County in the last six weeks in children between the ages of 10 and 13, said Sherri Dodson, BCHD nurse and clinic manager. Another case was confirmed in Dunklin County...

SIKESTON -- Bruce R. Chittum Jr., 69, died May 11, 2014, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at New Morley Cemetery in Morley. Ponder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...

SIKESTON -- Hugh Goode, 95, died May 9, 2014. Services were conducted today at Ponder Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronnie Ledbetter officiating. Burial followed in Memorial Park Cemetery.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Gilbert Mabrey, 92, died May 13, 2014, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

SEARCY, Ark. -- Kassey Lee Jones, 19, formerly of Puxico, Mo., died May 10, 2014, in Searcy. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with Eric Hampton officiating...

SULLIVAN -- Emma Evelene Holland, 74, died May, 10, 2014, at her home. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday with Ryan Ryals and Joseph Weaver officiating...

scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- A decision on establishing a county nuisance ordinance is not something the Scott County Commission is going to rush. Jamie Burger, Scott County's presiding commissioner, said during Tuesday's regular County Commission meeting that they received a copy of Mississippi County's nuisance ordinance Wednesday...