Stories from Monday, November 3, 2014

news@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON - Two persons were injured in two separate, but possibly related shootings Saturday night. At about 10:35 p.m. Saturday, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a report of shots fired at 409 Clayton Street. According to Capt. James McMillian, DPS public information officer, the victim stated he was getting out of his car when he heard gun shots...

Seventy-three teams from throughout Southern Missouri and even Illinois took part in the Sikeston Youth Soccer League's Focus Bank Bootheel Classic Saturday and Sunday. Despite Saturday's cool temperatures, the fields at the Sikeston Sports Complex were filled with some hot plays. Above a Sikeston All-Stars player attempts to steal the ball as a Cape Girardeau Soccer All-Star drives it down the field...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. FOCUS SHIFTS TO TURNOUT IN LAST HOURS OF CAMPAIGNING The president still looms large over the midterm elections as the GOP and Democrats clash over his legacy...

Chad Beebe, of Teen Challenge of Cape Girardeau, installs new flooring in the Pregnancy Resource Center in Sikeston on Satuday.

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Property tax bills will have a whole new look for many area residents. "The receipts and statements are going to look completely different this year because I'm with a new software company," said Dewayne Nowlin, collector of revenue for New Madrid County. "It will be a full statement. They can tear off the bottom and send that in and keep the top part for their records."...

MOREHOUSE -- Lillie Coatney, 89, died Nov. 1, 2014, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

MOREHOUSE -- Bobbie Joe Barber, 74, died Nov. 1, 2014, at a friend's home in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

MATTHEWS -- William Hugh "Bill" Rogers, 70, died Oct. 31, 2014, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

NEW MADRID -- Patricia Katherine Wilson, 72, died Oct. 31, 2014, at the Golden Living Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Billy Eugene Sorrells, 88, died at 10:50 a.m. Nov. 2, 2014, in the York Place and Bertrand Rehab Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Marjorie Lee Ramsey, 73, died Nov. 2, 2014, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BLOOMFIELD - The Rev. Bob Holland, 81, died Oct. 31, 2014, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BERTRAND -- Alvin Luby Cope, 89, died Nov. 1, 2014, at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BENTON -- An Oran area man in custody for tampering with farm equipment. Glen David Adams, 55, is charged with the felony of tampering and the class A misdemeanor charge of first degree trespass. At approximately 12:20 p.m. Saturday, Scott County Deputy Danny Finley and Corporal Justin Wooten responded to 1824 County Highway 250 in reference to stealing...

In voting Tuesday, please consider that our country is rapidly being overrun by illegals, draining our financial resources while we already have an impossible debt. Also with taking control of our culture. Our free Christian nation is just a memory. ...

SIKESTON - Johnnie Draper, 70, died Nov. 2, 2014, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from noon until time of services at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Richards Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery.

DEXTER - The Rev. Lex Junior Horner, 78, died Oct. 31, 2014, at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County. Funeral services were conducted Monday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Mike Pope and Gary Kelly officiating. Burial followed in the Dexter Cemetery...

DEXTER - Pamela Sue Reazin, 58, died Nov. 1, 2014, at her residence in Dexter. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Sikeston will try to tap into federal funding to make the city more pedestrian friendly. The Sikeston City Council authorized city staff during the regular City Council meeting Monday to proceed with applying for Missouri Department of Transportation Transportation Alternative Program funding for two sidewalk-related projects...