Stories from Monday, July 21, 2014

Loretta Buttrey, manager and designer at the Flower Patch, prepares some of the plants which will be given away as part of "Make Someone Smile" Week. Working with Teleflora, which donates the oversized yellow mugs, Flower Patch personnel added the plants and donated their time. This year, Buttrey said, they will donate the mugs to Missouri Delta Medical Center and nursing homes as well as providing them to local churches, who will deliver them to shut-ins and others in need of a smile...

Several citizens took advantage of the open house Saturday at the Sikeston Department of Public Safety headquarters, located at 201 S. Kingshighway. Visitors were able to tour the new building. Several pieces of their vehicles and equipment were on display. Some of this equipment includes its fire apparatus, patrol vehicles, SEMO Regional Bomb Team vehicles and robot, Special Operations Group team vehicle, DPS communications vehicle and more...

A new enterprise being developed by Southeast Missouri State University will help students learn some fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Called a Creative Labs and Industries Incubator, the facility will allow students to participate in class activities and projects involving startup ventures, an art gallery, a retail boutique, a letter press print shop, a 3-D studio, a gourmet coffee and juice bar, commercial photography, graphic design and interior design; and marketing, human resources and accounting services.. ...

JEFFERSON CITY- Missouri legislation set forth a plan that would allow designated teachers and administrators to carry concealed weapons on campus, after undergoing special training, to serve as school protection officers. However, on Monday, the deadline day for Gov. Jay Nixon to take action on bills passed earlier this year, Gov. Nixon submitted a written statement announcing the veto of the legislation, asserting that the move could jeopardize student safety in public schools...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1.KERRY, BAN SHUTTLE TO MIDEAST AS PALESTINIAN DEATH TOLL PASSES 500 The bloodiest day in two weeks of violence leaves 85 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers dead...

By Jonathon Dawe SEMO News Service BERNIE -- For Brandy Johnson, it is a small battle won. For her son Tres, it is a war that can't end soon enough. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed a bill on July 14, which will permit marijuana to be grown legally in the state of Missouri for the first time since cannabis prohibition began, and which will allow cannabidiol (CBD) to be extracted from those plants and provided to patients with intractable epilepsy...

By NOREEN HYSLOP SEMO News Service BLOOMFIELD -- Following three hours of testimony in a Stoddard County courtroom Thursday afternoon, Judge Joe Z. Satterfield ordered Donald Lafferty, 69, and Christopher Hicks, 34, to be bound over to Division I Circuit Court, where they are now scheduled to appear on Aug. 6, 2014, at 10:30 a.m...

By Savanna Maue SEMO News Service NEW HAMBURG -- Two turtles named Leo and Raphael were not happy to be trapped in a plastic bucket. But they weren't contained for long. It was minutes until the start of the annual turtle races at St. Lawrence's Picnic in New Hamburg and Noah and Caleb Vetter were giving their new pets a pep talk...

This is in response to the SpeakOut article in the July 7 paper about Common Core being taught in our schools. First of all, Sikeston Public Schools does not teach sex education and other such areas everyday. It is taught appropriately in a closed class. ...

CABOT - Madge Marie Gray, 89, of Cabot, went to be with her Lord on July 18, 2014. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE - Annie Bell Bain, 88, died at 10:35 p.m. July 17, 2014, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CAPE GIRARDEAU - Catherine Ritchie, 77, died July 18, 2014, at Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE - Paul Keith Stiltz, 76, died July 16, 2014, at his daughter's home near East Prairie. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


HAYTI - Georgia Ida McCormick, 92, died July 19, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau,. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


DEXTER -- Brett Allen Frazier, 51, died July 19, 2014, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


MATTHEWS - Randy Pointer, 57, died July 20, 2014, at his residence in Matthews. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


MINER - Terry Martin, 58, died July 20, 2014, at his home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CANALOU -- Mildred Lucille Vaughn, 68, died July 20, 2014, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Claude Anspach, 78, died July 19, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. A memorial service is scheduled at noon Wednesday at Advance First Church with the Rev. Brad Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

ROCKVIEW -- Eldon Lyod Chasteen, 68, died July 21, 2014, at his home. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. Wednesday at The Church of God in Chaffee. The Rev. Tom Morris will officiate and be assisted by the Rev. LaDon Hamilton...

JACKSON -- Darnell W. "Jack" Nelson, 84, died July 17, 2014, at his home. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until time of service at noon Saturday, July 26, at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau with Joseph G. Cotton Jr., pastor, officiating...

CHARLESTON - Alfred Herbert Martin, Age 94, a resident of rural Charleston, died Monday, July 21, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 24, 2014...