Stories from Tuesday, January 13, 2015

sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Before Monday, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs had played one game in 16 days. Like a caged animal waiting to escape, Sikeston was finally allowed to run wild and bolted past New Madrid County Central 63-26. "There's been a lot of practice days and it's almost to the point where you're tired of practice and you just need to play games," Sikeston head coach Matt Schonhoff said. ...

sports@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- With 22 points from Julia Sutterfield, the top--seeded Chaffee Lady Devils downed eighth-seeded Scott City 64-29 on Monday in the opening round of the Scott-Mississippi County Tournament. After taking a nine-point lead into the second quarter, Chaffee (10-2) out-scored the Lady Rams 21-5 in the final eight minutes of the first half to extend their lead to 25 points...

DEXTER -- Genevieve Arnold, 83, died Jan. 10, 2015, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Alice Fowler officiating...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston eighth grade basketball team improved to 10-0 on the season with a 71-35 win over Clarkton on Monday at the Sikeston Junior High School. Sikeston led 20-10 after one quarter and 37-19 at the half before putting the Reindeer away with an 18-3 run in the third quarter...

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 31 and a north northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph while tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Partly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 32 then becoming mostly cloudy on Wednesday night with a low around 22. ...

KENNETT -- Area law enforcement officials investigated a pair of house fires in Kennett over the weekend. One incident took place around 4 a.m. Sunday morning on Neal Street, claiming the life of one woman, Tessie Brown. When Kennett firefighters arrived on the scene, at 4:13 a.m., they found a mobile home 90 percent engulfed in flames. Neighbors reported that two other residents had managed to escape...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University sophomore Bobby Christman has died after wounds sustained from a gunshot just after midnight Sunday. Christman, 19, was in the passenger seat of a parked car on the 700 block of North 15th Street in St. Louis with a 17-year-old boy and a 19-year-old woman when an unknown suspect opened the rear driver's-side door, displayed a firearm, and demanded the woman's purse...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. POPE CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION IN VIOLENCE-SCARRED SRI LANKA The pontiff's message to the nation where Catholics make only 7% of the population is to pursue the truth about civil war atrocities...

SIKESTON -- Lanell F. Thompson, 80, died Jan. 12, 2015, at her home. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Lois McRill, pastor of the Bertrand Methodist Church, will officiate...

ESSEX -- Bonnie Lou Brewer, 76, died Jan. 8, 2015, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation is from 2 p.m. until time of service at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. James Malloy of Essex will officiate...