Stories from Tuesday, December 16, 2014

sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- Oran's Allie Cummins had 17 points and 18 rebounds while leading the Lady Eagles past visiting New Madrid County Central Monday 40-37. Ashlyn McIntosh added 10 points for Oran. NMCC was led by Shanterra Waters who scored 23. Keisha Rainer added seven...

KANSAS CITY- For babies born with certain heart defects, every second and every detail can be critical, and now a new app is helping families collect and instantly send potentially life-saving information to doctors. Each year, 3,000 babies in the U.S. ...

Today will be mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 38 by 5p.m. with a west northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph then becoming mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 29. Partly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 40 while Wednesday night will be cloudy with a 60 percent chance for snow with a low around 30. ...

VAN BUREN -- Carter County authorities have identified the partially decomposed body found three weeks ago by a hunter as that of a rural Van Buren woman. Carter County Coroner Erik McSpadden said the woman has been identified as Susan Hamric, 64. Hamric lived close to the area where her body was found, McSpadden said...

BLOOMFIELD -- The largest crowd ever turned out for the 2014 Wreaths Across America program held Saturday at the State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Over 2,000 wreaths were placed by the public on every grave at the cemetery. Randy Dunn served as Master of Ceremonies, leading the crowd in a moment of silence for those who have served in the armed forces, the Prisoners of War (POWs) and the Missing in Action (MIAs). ...

BLOOMFIELD -- The Stoddard County Commission will for the first time attempt to put together a budget that includes a full-time prosecutor at a salary of $133,716, and decide whether to continue with an assistant prosecutor at a salary of $41,800. The issue was addressed in an executive session with Prosecutor Russ Oliver prior to starting preparation on a 2015 county budget...

PARMA -- Virtue Lee Hill, 83, died Dec. 11, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until time of service at noon Saturday at the Community Center in Malden. The Rev. William Henry Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 126 DIE IN ATTACK ON PAKISTANI SCHOOL The Taliban claim responsibility for storming a military-run school in the troubled region of Peshawar in one of its bloodiest operations in recent times. Most of the dead are children who were attending class...

DEXTER -- Joseph E. "Shorty" Kestner, 87, died Dec. 8, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation is from noon until time of services at 2 p.m. Monday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Ronnie Webb officiating...

ST LOUIS -- Wilma Ping, 82, died Dec. 14, 2014, at the Brookview Nursing Home in Maryland Heights. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

DEXTER -- Wylie DeJournett, 87, died Dec. 15, 2014, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Dexter with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs of Dexter officiating...

CHARLESTON - A trespassing complaint turned into a narcotics investigation leading to the arrest of two Mississippi County residents. Ronnie Dale Brawner Jr., 33, and Ashley Nicole Cobb, 30, of East Prairie are to be arraigned Wednesday in Division II of Mississippi County Circuit Court. Brawner is charged with distribution of a controlled substance near government housing and trespassing while Cobb is charged with possession of a controlled substance...