Stories from Friday, February 5, 2016

The New Madrid County Commission met Monday, February 1, for the annual budget hearing for 2016. The meeting was held in the office of County Clerk and Budget Officer Clement Cravens. He presented the docket and records of this Commission, information and estimates for the year 2016 as required by County Budget Law (Sections 50.525 to 50.745, RSMo.) The budget Report is as follows:...

New Lions Club forming

A local charity had never received a donation from the town's banker, so the director made a phone call. "Our records show you make $500,000 a year, yet you haven't given a penny to charity," the director began. "Wouldn't you like to help the community?" The banker replied, "Did your research show that my mother is ill, with extremely expensive medical bills?" "Um, no," mumbled the director. ...

Cynthia L. Stone of Bernie has completed 25 years working at New Madrid Power Plant for Associated Electric Cooperative, the wholesale power supplier for six regional and 51 local electric cooperatives in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Bulldogs wrestling team returned home for the first time in nearly two months and had no problem with visiting Kennett, winning 69-0 on Senior Night. "The boys wrestled really well tonight," said Sikeston head coach Chris Lowe...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston won their sixth-straight, thrashing Scott City 70-24 on the road Thursday night. The 70 points was Sikeston's biggest offensive output of the season as the Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 20-4 lead in the first quarter and held a comfortable 44-12 lead at halftime...

(New Madrid) - It's time to celebrate agriculture and all the things it provides! Missouri Farm Bureau Thank a Farmer Week, February 7-13, will be the focus of Farm Bureau members across the state to share messages about agriculture and the farmers and ranchers who produce our food...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. FIREWORKS FLY IN FIRST ONE-ON-ONE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE Hillary Clinton accuses Bernie Sanders of subjecting her to an "artful smear" regarding her Wall Street links while Sanders suggests the former secretary of state is a captive of America's political establishment...

SIKESTON -- Southeast Missouri Food Bank has received an $18,000 grant to help its Grocery Rescue Program. The Grocery Rescue Program recovers nutritious food that is close-dated, slightly ripe or too plentiful and puts the food into the hands of hungry Southeast Missourians. The rescued food comes from grocery stores and farms and would otherwise go into landfills...

I'm calling in concerning Sikeston Kindergarten. We love the fundraisers, but they are so expensive and it's back to back. We can't even purchase stuff for our kids at school because of all these expensive fundraisers. Can they do something with these fundraisers and make them a little less expensive for the people?...

PARMA, Mo. - Ivan L. 'Bullet' Pulling of Parma, son of the late Henry Ward and Doris Eveline Snow Pulling, was born in Port Dickerson, N.Y., on July 18, 1922, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston on Feb. 3, 2016, at the age of 93 years, 6 months and 16 days...

SIKESTON -- Ricky D. Henderson, 59, died Feb. 3, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 12, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, son of the late John D. and Votra J. Baker Henderson. In 1978, he married Cyndy Ward, and she preceded him in death on Feb. 5, 2005...

DELTA, Mo. - Viola L. Kinder, 90, died at 5:38 a.m. Feb. 3, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Pearl Lucille Springer, 97, died Feb. 3, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


PARMA, Mo. -- Steven Patrick Gibson, 57, was welcomed in to the kingdom of heaven on Feb. 2, 2016, from his home in Parma after a bout with cancer. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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