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Mayor of Caruthersville killed in fire
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- The mayor of Caruthersville reportedly died in a fire at his home Wednesday night. According to reports, Rick Davis, who was elected mayor in April, was at his home at 303 Eighh Street when a fire broke out between 10:30 and 11 p.m...
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Gorgeous Weekend in the Outdoors
(Sports Column ~ 07/24/14)
At least I assume it was a gorgeous weekend in the outdoors, it was a gorgeous weekend in my backyard! July/August is a tough time in the outdoors writer's circles, as most of us are consumed with family vacations and gardening, there's nothing to hunt, and it is generally too hot for most folks to fish, and for most fish to bite. I have found a few new hobbies while taking some time off from the lake, which was necessary in order to preserve my pennies for vacation!...
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Beware of hungry bears
(Outdoors ~ 07/24/14)
JEFFERSON CITY--Black bears normally are shy and elusive, but the Missouri Department of Conservation urges those few Missourians lucky enough to see bears to keep them at arm's length. Keeping bears wild not only protects people and property -- it protects bears, too...
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Contested races and issues in upcoming state primary election
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
Two weeks from Tuesday, Missouri voters will head to the polls for the August primary election, on August 5. The ballot will include both county and statewide races, as well as several proposed amendments. The winners of each party will then vie for office in the November General election. Those running include:...
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149th District campaign financials released
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
Candidates in Missouri's 149th District House of Representatives race have released their latest campaign financial reports. In his first filing yet with the Missouri Ethics Commission, Republican Don Rone's campaign has raised $37,682.99 from 90 donors, for the quarter. ...
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Missouri Weekly Gas Price Update and Outlook
(State News ~ 07/24/14)
Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.36/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.57/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...
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Drones draw interest to crop scouting and other new farm uses
(State News ~ 07/24/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Remote sensors can play a big part of farming in the future. Those sensors can be on a 10-foot pole or a satellite 250 miles out in space. The sensors of most interest at an agriculture technology fair, July 17, were on an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, that looks like a toy helicopter. Farmers and agribusiness came to see, learn and do...
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Six item express lane
(Column ~ 07/24/14)
I was in the six-item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked, "So which six items would you like to buy?"...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ARIZONA INMATE DIES 2 HOURS AFTER START OF EXECUTION The condemned man gasps and snorts as the lethal injection used adds to the scrutiny of the death penalty in the U.S...
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No one hurt in Scott County blaze
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
By Emily Priddy SEMO News Service SCOTT CITY -- No one was hurt but a rural Scott County farm family lost their home Wednesday afternoon in a fire that appeared to start as a result of a lightning strike. David Landewee said he was out working on his farm on County Road 204 near Scott City when he got a call from a neighbor telling him his house was on fire...
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Lightning strike
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
When stormy weather blew into New Madrid Wednesday, the lightning it brought with it shattered a tree in the 600 block of Main Street. (Jill Bock, Staff)
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Summer blood needed
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- There is still just no substitute for blood. "They are making headway on that, but very, very slowly," said Craig Welker, blood bank supervisor at Missouri Delta Medical Center. And so another summer means blood banks are again concerned about shortages...
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Train derails in Dexter
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
By NOREEN HYSLOP SEMO News Service DEXTER -- Fourteen southbound Union Pacific freight cars, including an LP gas tanker, derailed around 3 a.m. in Dexter. At 7 a.m., Dexter Police, the Dexter Fire Department, Stoddard County Sheriff's deputies and the Highway Patrol, were staged near the Tyson Foods plant on the east end of the city while UP crews and Dexter Fire Chief Don Seymore performed air level testing in the area of the derailment to determine if there was an immediate danger to area residents. ...
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Council seeks residents interested in governing process
(Local News ~ 07/24/14)
SIKESTON - The Sikeston City Council is looking for a few good men -- and women -- to serve on city boards and commissions. Currently the city has 17 boards and commissions that deal with practically every aspect of municipal government. Participation in this program gives appointees a working knowledge of municipal operations, and has prepared many to further their public service as a local elected official, according to a city officials...
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Aline Tompkins
(Obituary ~ 07/24/14)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Aline Cranford Tompkins, 94, died at 4:10 a.m. July 23, 2014, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 07/24/14)
Just don't understand I was reading the paper about the individual wanting to know why they didn't restore the Morehouse courthouse. They won't even pave our streets over here, much less restore something. We pay big water bills over here and everybody pays taxes. Why can't we have our streets paved over here? We've got big potholes all in them...
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