Stories from Thursday, October 15, 2015

Nearly four million women each year suffer from physical, sexual, emotional, and verbal abuse in the United States. The American Psychological Association's report on Violence and the Family found that an estimated 4,000,000 American women experience a serious assault by an intimate partner during an average 12-month period. It is believed that only one in ten battered women report their abuse...

Throughout most of the Missouri Bootheel, farmers are beginning to harvest their crops. Several farmers began picking cotton last Tuesday and bringing their large cotton modules, both round and oblong, to area gins. Above, a couple round cotton modules are being prepared for the ginning process at Portageville Farmers Gin on Tuesday...

Take a moment out of your busy schedule to read my Weekly Capitol Report. My office puts this newsletter together especially for my constituents so you can read what is happening in our state's capitol. If you have questions, comments, or even information you want included in the report, please contact my office!
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PORTAGEVILLE -- Jon Garrett Kellams and Daniel McCray combined for six touchdowns during Portageville's 64-6 victory over Kelly Friday during its second to last game of regular season play. Kellams, a senior, threw for 160 yards, one two-point conversion and four touchdowns on 9 of 10 passing. McCray added 94 yards on the ground. The senior running back also had two touch downs and two two-point conversions...

Thus far, the Portageville Lady Dawgs are having a repeat season of last fall. On Wednesday, the Lady Dawgs defeated Jefferson of Festus, 1-0. This was a sectional game for Class 2A. With this win, Portageville will advance to the state quarterfinals on Saturday, Oct. 17...

Our prep football glance gives vital information for our local teams entering their weekly matchups. Learn your team's opponent, go-to players and the series history between the two throughout the season.

"They're 7-1 and ranked in the state and I'm sure they're going to want to come down and get after us after last year's game. They do a really good job of getting their kids ready."

CHARLESTON -- Several Charleston residents are facing felony charges after an investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department revealed evidence of victim tampering. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, the investigation began last week when Jail Administrator Cory Hutcheson learned inmate Jadarius McCain, 19, of Charleston had tampered with the victim in his pending assault case...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston Little Theatre kicks off its four-day production Thursday of the adult comedy musical, "Nunsense Jamboree." Assistant director Sherri Jackson described the full musical as a "Branson-style show." "It's a lot of like the 'Laugh-In' show and 'Hee-Haw' and kind of Carol Burnett-type comedy," Jackson said of the production...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TO KEEP TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN BEYOND 2016 The president's decision casts aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensures he hands the conflict off to his successor...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Catapult Creative House, Southeast Missouri State University's creative arts and industries incubator, will be officially dedicated during Homecoming festivities at 1 p.m. Friday at 612 S. Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau. Former Sikeston resident Charles Stamp Jr. ...

SIKESTON - Members of the Sikeston3 committee are asking people to participate in the door-to-door canvassing, encouraging Sikeston residents to vote "yes" on Nov. 3. Participants will gather at 9 a.m. at the Clinton Building in Sikeston. The rally will feature brief keynote speeches, and fliers will be distributed explaining the need for the half-cent sales tax that people can take to a designated neighborhood to help educate voters. ...

Laughing on lumping I'm laughing while reading the speakout called "Lump this." I have always said that Michael Jensen can make you feel guilty for drawing Social Security. I am 77 years old and I retired at age 72. Thank you for letting me have my say...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Myrtle Dean Lindsey, 92, of Cairo, but she resided the last few years in Bertrand, Mo., died at 12:49 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition...

NEW MADRID -- Harry A. Perry passed away Oct. 13, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid at the age of 89. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


OCALA, Fla. - Charles Westfall, 69, passed away Sept. 22, 2015, at Ocala Regional Hospital in Ocala. Formerly of Sikeston, Mo., he had been living in Florida the past three years. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Stephen Lankheit SIKESTON - Charles Stephen Lankheit, 48, died Oct. 11, 2015, at his home in Sikeston. or the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.