Stories from Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Eagles shot 51 percent from the floor including 4 of 10 from 3-point range. Take away a fourth quarter where they shot 4 of 12 with a solid lead in hand, and Oran neared a 60 percent clip.

Special to the Standard Democrat The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) is putting together a request for proposals for the Show-Me Bowl state championship football games, according to Jason West, media director. The request became necessary after the NFL stripped St. Louis of the Rams, throwing the future of the Edwards Jones Dome into limbo...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. UK JUDGE: TWO RUSSIANS KILLED EX-AGENT Putin probably approved a plan by the FSB security service to kill Alexander Litvinenko, a vocal critic of the Russian president, Judge Robert Owen says...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Scott County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday recovered the body of a Scott City man who disappeared Tuesday afternoon during a duck-hunting excursion. The body of Zack Johnston, 23, was found about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said Johnston was found underwater in a standing position, wearing waders, near a pavilion off Scott County Road 303. Walter did not speculate on a time or cause of death...

SIKESTON -- Filing for local school board ended Tuesday, setting races for the April 5 election. Voters in the Sikeston R-6 School District will choose two of the following candidates: John Graham, Scott Crumpecker and Rebecca Steward. Crumpecker and Steward currently hold the positions, which are three-year terms...

Today my friend and I both received a call saying they were the Internal Revenue Service and we were being sued; to contact them at 1-908-621-0018. Please do not take this call or give out any information. It is not the IRS. Should you receive such a call, hang up at once...

Ice forms around a fountain at a home at 804 N. Kingshighway in Sikeston Wednesday morning. The winter weather was predicted to continue today with possible snow turning to freezing rain this afternoon and tonight before turning back to snow early Friday morning. The snow is predicted to continue through Friday afternoon along with winds 25 to 35 miles per hour. Snowfall is expected to be 1 to 3 inches...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- A medical emergency is no time to discover the ER has moved. The location of Missouri Delta Medical Center's emergency room won't actually be changing but the way in will. Monday will be the last day those taking themselves to the Emergency Room will enter the ER by the doors under the large ambulance canopy at the rear of the hospital on the east side of the building where it has been for decades...