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Military ordnance found in Caruthersville
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- A fire in Caruthersville turned tense after a piece of suspected military ordnance was discovered. The incident began early Wednesday when the Caruthersville Fire Department responded to a house fire at 806 Franklin Ave. at 4:43 a.m, according to a news release from the Caruthersville Police Department. ...
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Roberds heads in overtime winner, Notre Dame defeats Sikeston 2-1
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/15)
Notre Dame's Wyn Roberds scored the game-winner in the second overtime to secure its fourth straight win over Sikeston Tuesday night at Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Sikeston falls in two sets to Jackson, Tiffany throws no-hitter
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com JACKSON -- The Sikeston volleyball team fell to 1-2 in conference play after losing on the road to Jackson in two sets, 25-19 and 25-9. Olivia Nash led Sikeston (6-9) with four kills, Morgan Merrill and Morgan Poindexter each added three kills while Annie Ensor had 11 assists and two aces...
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Depot program teaches Sikeston fourth graders about local history
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Depot Museum will come alive for fourth graders this week. Every fourth grade class in the Sikeston Public School District -- about 300 students and their teachers -- will visit the Depot Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday to learn about local history from the best interactive visual aids available...
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Gideon Volleyball Tournament begins Thursday
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/15)
The schedule for the 16-team Gideon volleyball tourney has been released.
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Notre Dame wins gold bracket title at Dig for Life Challenge, Portageville prepares for Gideon Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 09/16/15)
Senior Abbie McAlister nailed 13 kills to lead the Notre Dame volleyball team to a vengeful 27-25, 25-20 victory over defending tournament champion and district foe Dexter in the gold bracket championship of the St. Francis Dig for Life Challenge on Saturday at the Show Me Center...
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Area educators can put new, free books in students' hands
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
SIKESTON -- Area educators have the chance to put a free, new book in their student's hands this fall. All they have to do is register online with First Book, an international nonprofit enterprise that provides access to free new books. "We need 2,000 educators in the area to register online by Oct. 1," said THRIVE Coordinator Stacy Taylor...
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Local replacement named for bishop who didn't report abuse of child
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
KANSAS CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has appointed a locally based bishop to the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri, permanently replacing a cleric who was convicted of failing to report a suspected child abuser. The diocese announced on its website Tuesday that Bishop James V. Johnston Jr. of Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese will take over from Archbishop Joseph Naumann, who has been overseeing the diocese since Bishop Robert Finn resigned in April...
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Local prosecutor proposes change to sex-offender registry
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
BLOOMFIELD -- It was 26 years ago that 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted. And although Wetterling's body was never found, his disappearance led to the first federal law on registering sex offenders. Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver said officials at the state and county levels do a good job of maintaining the registry, but he would like to see something added to it...
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Suspect attempts to swallow meth, gets tasered at Butler County Jail
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
POPLAR BLUFF (SMNS) -- Deputies tasered a suspect at the Butler County jail on Monday after he pulled a bag of suspected methamphetamine from his rectum, attempted to swallow it and then assaulted deputies trying to save him from an overdose. In addition to the possession of a controlled substance charge that originally landed him in jail, Joshua L. Holderfield, 29, of Bloomfield, now faces charges of third-degree assault on law enforcement following the incident...
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Sikeston man jailed for assaulting law enforcement officer
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
BENTON -- A Sikeston man faces charges of assault of a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and property damage after multiple incidents Sunday in Scott County. Rickey E. Tucker, 41, is charged with three counts of the class C felony of assault on law enforcement officer, the class D felony of resisting arrest and class B misdemeanor of property damage...
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Sikeston DPS visits Head Start
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers Cliff Jackson (left) and James Allred talk to Anthony Valentine at Sikeston Head Start on Monday morning. Officers with Sikeston DPS read a book to the students and answered questions in order to help the students feel more comfortable with police officers...
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Lawmakers to meet today and attempt to overturn Nixon's vetoes
(Local News ~ 09/16/15)
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers are set to meet today to potentially overturn more than a dozen vetoes Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon made to legislation this year, including a right-to-work measure and bill that would cut unemployment benefits...
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Presidential primary choices still lacking
(Editorial ~ 09/16/15)
Had a chance over the weekend to mingle with some folk across the state and the discussion turned to the political circus known as the Presidential primary. Though the majority of those gathered were of the conservative bent, both major parties were represented with ample diehards on both sides of the aisle...
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SPEAKOUT (573) 471-6636
(Opinion ~ 09/16/15)
Is there a book on etiquette for cell phone usage in public? If not, we need one. I went to a restaurant this afternoon, a young woman maybe 25 years old, she sat next to me. She ordered a drink and her food. She hemmed and hawed and talked for 45 minutes. ...
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Anthony Carroll
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
ROCKVIEW -- Anthony L. Carroll, 58, died Sept. 5, 2015, at his home in Rockview. Visitation is from 6 p.m. until service time at 7 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee with Jim Smiley and Randal Vandeven leading the service. Burial will be at a later date...
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Deena Kindred
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
MOREHOUSE -- Deena Kindred, 59, died Sept. 13, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. For this obituary and more, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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Gary Corder Sr.
(Obituary ~ 09/16/15)
SIKESTON -- Gary Corder Sr., 64, died Sept. 16, 2015, at his home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. For this obituary and more, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat.
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SHS/SPS Foundation Students of the Month-August
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/16/15)
SIKESTON -- Erin Mae Crader and Conner Kingsley Pinson were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for August. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names a male and female senior each month. Character, leadership, service, citizenship and scholastic ability are criteria used to select one "Student of the Year" at the end of the 2015-2016 school year...
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