Stories from Friday, November 27, 2015

Members of the North Pemiscot Cheer team are, front from left, Junior Brailynn Hunter, Junior Taylor Fields, Sophomore Cassidy Fields, Freshman Madison Fields, Freshmen Angel Miller; back are, Junior Jayda Macklin, Senior Kaylee Weeks, Sophomore Liyah Hattiex, Sophomore Tara Davis, Sophomore Heiryn Ellis, Senior Hannah Crawford, and Sophomore Mika Hattiex...

Recently, a good friend of mine and yours, Mr. Don Hawkins, came into the office and brought eight brass printing trays, or chase trays from back in the letterpress days. "The Hawkins Family, as some of you know, have their share of medical bills, more that you or I will care to have. ...

Every year, Gallup asks people how much confidence they have in various institutions. The results aren't surprising. Only 8 percent had "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress. Big business scored 21 percent. That's no better than TV news...

Former NASDAQ chairman, Bernie Madoff, ran a Ponzi-scheme swindle for nearly 20 years, and he bilked an estimated $18 billion from Wall-Street investors. When the scam finally came to light it unleashed a shockwave of outrage around the world. It was the largest and most far-reaching investment fraud ever...

This time, they know what to expect. They for sure know what Lamar is all about. It may not vault them to a shocking win later today, but it's destined to not catch the Green Wave by surprise.

(AP) -- The Super Bowl of shopping had an early start again this year, but the game isn't over yet. Early numbers aren't out yet on how many shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving, but it's expected that more than three times the number of people will venture out to shop on the day after the holiday known as Black Friday...

SIKESTON -- Timmy Massey, 53, died Nov. 26, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For this obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Gary David Moore, 56, died Nov. 24, 2015, at his home. For the complete obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- Chris McCall, 39, died Nov. 25, 2015, at Chaffee Nursing Center. For the complete obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- Mary Brown, 91, died Nov. 26, 2015, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. For this obituary and more, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Bruce Edward Penrod, 58, died Nov. 23, 2015, at his home. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

NEW MADRID -- Grace E. Harris, 97, died Nov. 26, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- Auline Virginia Lambert, 84, of Sikeston, died Nov. 24, 2015, at her home. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

DEXTER - Helen Backfisch, 95, died Nov. 24, 2015, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. For the complete obituary, see the Friday edition of the Standard Democrat.

Mike, I need you to do some investigative journalism. I hear that the new president of the University of Missouri was in fact picked immediately with no nationalized search and happened to be the person who organized the protest movement. He probably wrote their protest demands. And so now he is going to fulfill the protest demands. Is this really what happened?...

By Scott Welton scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The day after Santa comes to Sikeston, Memphis and Nashville will be showing up to jam for a good cause. Locals attending Papa Mike's Holiday Jam 2015 Dec. 26 at the Sikeston Armory will be mixing with folk who are used to being in the epicenter of the music business...