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PREP ROUNDUP: Charleston, Dexter, Oran girls notch wins
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/16)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Four players scored in double figures as the Charleston Bluejays girls basketball team cruised past visiting South Pemiscot 71-22 Monday in Charleston, Mo. Charleston led 28-3 after one quarter and that lead ballooned to 41 at the half...
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Sikeston sending nine wrestlers to state tournament, 12 other locals going
(High School Sports ~ 02/15/16)
sports@standard-democrat.com FARMINGTON -- There will be 21 local wrestlers competing during this weekend's MSHSAA State Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Sikeston, who finished second as a team behind Farmington, led the pack with what is believed to be a state record nine wrestlers after the Class 3, District 1 tournament in Farmington, Mo., on Saturday...
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Your local weather for Feb. 15
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
Areas of fog before 9 a.m. today otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 43 then becoming mostly cloudy tonight with a low around 31 and a calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow before 9 a.m. ...
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Poplar Bluff lawmaker seeks to limit school superintendent pay
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Rep. Steve Cookson, R-Poplar Bluff, will attempt to address the pay disparity between teachers and school superintendents through proposed legislation. House Bill 1627 would prohibit superintendents from receiving pay greater than four times the salary of an entry-level teacher. Other provisions in the bill would require schools to report salaries to the press and allow taxpayers to bring action for violations...
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Rehder holds drug-monitoring bill because of rising opposition
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Opposition has mounted against Rep. Holly Rehder's bill to establish a prescription drug monitoring program, causing the Sikeston, Missouri, lawmaker to hold the bill from a vote on the Missouri House of Representatives floor. Last year, a similar bill advanced out of the House with 107 votes before it was defeated in the Senate. This year, Rehder was expecting to lose about 20 votes -- enough to pass HB 1892, but creating a close vote...
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PB novelist uses crime to capture her readers
(Local News ~ 02/15/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - A 9mm Glock pistol and how-to books on homemade plastic explosives sat on Linda Ladd's dining room table last week, opposite a wall of framed photographs of her family. The Poplar Bluff, Mo., author has just turned in the manuscript for a new series, which will be a spin off of her Claire Morgan books. The ninth novel, Gone Black, in that series of psychological thrillers was released in January, and Ladd is now under contract for a 10th...
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Bruce Savat Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. - Bruce Savat Sr., 56, died Feb. 13, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Jerry Adams will officiate. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery...
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Sallie Matthews
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Sallie Matthews, 92, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died Feb. 13, 2016, in Little Rock. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until time of funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday at the Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. The Rev. Len Meyers will be officiating...
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Edward Kindle
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
MANSFIELD, Mo. - Edward Spencer Kindle, 76, died at 10:40 a.m. Feb. 12, 2016, in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. Services were Monday at the Fraker Funeral Home at Marshfield. Burial followed in the Newton School Cemetery at Mansfield. Obituary courtesy of Ponder Funeral Home...
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Harold Wyatt
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Harold Wyatt, 90, died Feb. 14, 2016, at the Portageville Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete at the DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.
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Bill Blankenship
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Billy Joe "Bill" Blankenship, 74 died Feb. 14, 2016, at his residence in Little Rock. Services are incomplete and will be announced by House-Gregg Funeral Homes of Walnut Ridge and Lynn.
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Charles McClain
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
ORAN, Mo. - Charles Allen McClain, 69, died Feb. 14, 2016, after a three year battle with cancer at Miner Nursing Center Visitation will be from 9:30-11:30 a.m.Wednesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will follow at Fairview Cemetery near Arbor, with the Rev. Brian Flannigan officiating...
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Amy Beckett
(Obituary ~ 02/15/16)
HIGH RIDGE, Mo. - Amy Beth Beckett, 44, died Feb. 13, 2016, at her residence in High Ridge. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until time of the memorial service at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston. For the full obituary, see Wednesday's Standard Democrat...
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