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Wanted: Governor's Christmas Tree Candidate trees must be nominated by Sept. 30.
(Community News ~ 08/16/14)
JEFFERSON CITY -- If you have a 40-foot evergreen tree that you would enjoy seeing on the lawn of the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City, the Missouri Department of Conservation would like to talk to you. Forestry Field Programs Supervisor Nick Kuhn says the Conservation Department is on its annual quest for a tree to adorn the grounds of the Governor's Mansion during the holiday season. ...
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Football preview: Portageville hoping to progress despite big losses
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- One thing Portageville head coach Jeff Bullock prided last year's squad on was their ability to continue to improve as the year went on. This was evident in their record when after winning only one of their first four games they broke off a five game winning streak late in the year to finish 6-4...
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Football preview: Consistency key for East Prairie following one-win season
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- Breaking a 19-game losing streak was a big step for East Prairie head coach Chad Jamerson last season. It lifted spirits and gave a small window of hope to a team that hadn't won a game since 2011. Though thankful for that victory, now the Eagles are focused on adding to that win column and hoping to become more consistent on the field along the way...
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Football preview: Youth fills Charleston's roster
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Though they lost many of the players that led to their resurgence the past three seasons to graduation, the atmosphere around the Charleston Bluejays is one of optimism entering 2014. That's because after watching their numbers dwindle into the high teens by the end of last season, the Bluejays have a crop of 34 players anchored by a hungry group of 18 freshman...
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Football preview: First-year Kelly Hawks ready to hit the field
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- Kelly head coach Kenneth Riedinger remembers the first game as a junior varsity team two years ago. He remembers a play that resulted in a block in the back penalty from the opposite end of the field. He also remembers the player having no idea what he had done...
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Football preview: Dryden feels at home with NMCC
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- After 17 years of coaching and a multitude of different teams and towns in between, John Dryden feels the move to New Madrid County Central was the right one. "Coming from middle Tennessee, this area is a lot closer to how I grew up as far as the type of people, the rural community, it's almost like coming home even though it's two and a half hours away," Dryden said. "For me and my family it's been one of the best decisions we've ever made."...
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Football preview: Bearcats banking on plenty of experience
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- With a full season under their belt in head coach Justin Peden's system, the Dexter Bearcats hope to put last year's growing pains behind them as they enter the 2014 campaign. "I've gotten to know the guys and they've gotten to know me," Peden said of entering his second year with the year. ...
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Football preview: Plan stays the same for Sikeston despite losses
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Despite losing 16 seniors and returning a lineup peppered with inexperience and underclassmen, Sikeston head football coach Kent Gibbs says the goals of the program remain the same. "We want to compete and be in the money for conference and district championships," Gibbs said. "And we really don't change those goals much year to year."...
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America's 'Best Main Street' has Sikeston ties
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston may be the only other city with people celebrating Collierville, Tenn., winning a national contest for charming towns. Following a competition with thousands of nominations from readers, Collierville is named America's Best Main Street in this weekend's edition of Parade Magazine...
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Ukelele club forms; Local interest grows
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
SIKESTON -- A group of area residents have banded together for their love of the ukelele. The small, four-stringed guitar of Hawaiian origin has interested so many local residents, the "Last Tuesday Ukelele Club" was created in Sikeston. The club, which meets monthly in Sikeston, makes time for attendees to listen, play -- and learn how to play...
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Football preview: Red Devils hammered by departures at skill positions
(High School Sports ~ 08/16/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- Of all the local teams hurt by departures, perhaps none were hit harder than the Chaffee Red Devils at the skill positions. They enter the upcoming season coming off a banner 2013 campaign, but also with as many questions as answers...
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Three Rivers College to Host HiSET Test in Malden
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
Three Rivers College will host the HiSET® High School Equivalence Test (which has replaced the GED test) at its Center in Malden this September. The exam will be offered at the Center at Malden on Saturday, September 20, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The registration period for this test closes on September 17...
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Texting drivers pose real threat on roads
(Editorial ~ 08/16/14)
Though I don't spend a great amount of time traveling Missouri's interstate highways, I had occasion this week to make a quick trip to Columbia and back. And what I observed on that trip amazed, frustrated and confounded me. Texting and driving is not just a problem, it's an epidemic...
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Kyle Haynes
(Obituary ~ 08/16/14)
SIKESTON -- Kyle Dawayne Haynes died at his home in Sikeston on Aug. 14, 2014, at the age of 3 months and 7 days. For the complete obituary, see the Sunday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Sheila Hunt
(Obituary ~ 08/16/14)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Sheila Kay Hunt, 58, died Aug. 15, 2014, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. For the complete obituary, see the Sunday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Luella Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 08/16/14)
CHAFFEE -- Luella Helen Glastetter, 90, died Aug. 15, 2014, at The Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. For the complete obituary, see the Sunday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Junior Baker
(Obituary ~ 08/16/14)
SCOTT CITY -- Junior Wayne Baker, 44, died Aug. 13, 2014, at his home. For the complete obituary, see the Sunday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Robert Wilson
(Obituary ~ 08/16/14)
GIDEON -- Robert Joe Wilson, 50, died Aug. 12, 2014, at St. Bernard's Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. For the complete obituary, see the Sunday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Local libraries face budget cuts
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
SIKESTON - Local libraries will have far less money from the state in the next budget year. A $6.6 million cut to library funding by Gov. Jay Nixon in an effort to balance the state budget has library administrators in Southeast Missouri as well as across the state looking at ways to balance their own budgets with less money...
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Sikeston woman faces felony forgery charges
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
CHARLESTON -- A Sikeston woman is facing felony charges following two forgery investigations by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. Ashley Jordan Wallace, 29, of Sikeston was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with two counts of forgery, a class C felony punishable upon conviction by up to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections...
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Three arrested for burglary
(Local News ~ 08/16/14)
CHARLESTON -- Three Mississippi County residents are in custody following a burglary investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. Kailyn Jill-Brooks Berberich, 19; Kyle James Bench, 20; and Alton Christopher Turner, 24, of East Prairie are each charged with burglary second degree and felony stealing, both class C felonies punishable upon conviction by up to seven years in the Department of Corrections...
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