Stories from Saturday, May 2, 2015

DEXTER, Mo. - The BA Sports All-Star Extravaganza was held Saturday at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. Woodland's Garret Reynolds won the boys 3-point contest, Jackson's Rachel Crites won the girls 3-point contest, Leopold's Caitlin Petty won the hardest spike contest, Bloomfield's Chelsea Delay won the volleyball passing competition and Notre Dame's Quinn Poythress won the slam dunk contest...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Southeast Missouri State University Provost William Eddleman announced today that he will step down as the university's chief academic officer effective June 1, 2015, and return to the faculty until Jan. 1, 2016, when he plans to retire from the university...

Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.30/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has increased 8.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.54/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...

Sidwell pitched a complete game, 3-1 win over the Tigers during the opening round of the SEMO Conference Tournament at VFW Memorial Stadium.

OLATHE, Kan. -- Rita Jones, 77, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died April 29, 2015, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Ann Elizabeth Muller, 74, died April 30, 2015, at Portageville. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Many Sikeston High School seniors and juniors will already have made their first prom memory before they even arrive at Saturday's event, thanks to a recent trend. "Everybody who is taking someone to prom now will do a 'promposal' to ask them," said Sikeston High School junior Logan Hampton, 17. "Most people are kind of disappointed if they don't get asked with a promposal."...

SIKESTON -- Police are investigating the stabbing of a Sikeston man Friday afternoon. Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded at about 1:15 p.m. Friday to a residence in the 700 block of Mimosa street where a man had been stabbed in the neck, according to Capt. James McMillen, public information officer with DPS...

My daughter can't get any help, no food stamps, no housing, no job. What is she supposed to do - have a lot of kids so she can get some help? She was born here. Maybe we need to drop you off in Mexico. I have a daughter. I am 70 years old. My daughter is 46 years old and she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. ...