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Dexter picks up first district win in six years with upset over Perryville
(High School Sports ~ 03/01/16)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON, Mo. -- It's been six years since the Dexter basketball team won a playoff game and 55 days since Dexter lost to Perryville. The fifth-seeded Bearcats rectified both of those setbacks Monday at the Sikeston Field House with a 59-49 upset over No. 4 Perryville during the first round of the Class 4, District 1 tournament...
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Thelma Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Thelma LaRue Schneider Williams, 84, died Feb. 27, 2016, at Westwood Hills Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. Visitation is from noon until time of service at 1 p.m. Thursday at 104 W. Olive Street in East Prairie with Ray Sowell officiating...
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Your local weather forecast for March 1
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1 p.m. today, then scattered showers between 1-3 p.m. with temperature rising to near 56 by 9 a.m., then falling to around 47 during the remainder of the day then becoming partly cloudy tonight with a low around 30. ...
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Southeast plans to offer a degree in drones
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo - Southeast Missouri State University wants to become a school for drones. The university's Board of Regents has approved plans for a new bachelor of science in unmanned aircraft systems. If approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board of Education in June, school officials expect to begin offering the new major to students in the 2017 fall semester...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CLINTON, TRUMP LOOK TO PULL AWAY FROM RIVALS The leading Republican and Democratic candidates are hoping to build all but insurmountable leads on Super Tuesday...
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Chad Beard
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
CHAFFEE, Mo. - Chad Allen Beard, 31, died Feb. 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
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Lois Emerine
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
BENTON, Mo. - Lois Emerine, 85, died Feb. 29, 2016, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete with Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.
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Two arrested after drugs discovered
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - Two persons are in jail after law enforcement uncovered drugs and money while serving a search warrant. On Monday, the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department and the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force served a search warrant at 1304 State Highway 61 in Portageville. During the search, officers located a large amount of drugs and money, according to a release by the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department...
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Missing man's body found in drainage ditch
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. -- The body of a missing New Madrid County man was discovered around noon Monday. Family members searching for Terry Cunningham, 56, of Hartzell, who was last seen riding his all-terrain-vehicle in New Madrid County Friday morning, found his body just west of Clarkton, New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens said. According to Stevens, Cunningham's body was located at the bottom of a drainage ditch with the ATV overturned on top of him...
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Man sought in connection with thefts from storage units
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
MINER, Mo. - Officers have arrested one and are searching for another in connection with a theft from storage units. The Miner Police responded to a report of a break-in at Byrd's Mini Storage on Matthews Lane in Miner. As the officer arrived he was advised the suspect vehicle had left the area, however one suspect was left behind...
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Hester Pehm
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Hester Lee Hall Pehm, 86, died March 1, 2016, at the Charleston Manor. Arrangements are incomplete with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Dennis Fears
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
CLARKTON, Mo. -- Dennis Keith Fears, 60, died Feb. 29, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Bernie Cemetery...
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Sonny Mays
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Ronald James "Sonny" Mays, 71, died Feb. 29, 2016, at his home in Bloomfield. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday. Burial will follow in the Bloomfield Cemetery...
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Billie Smith
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
DELTA, Mo. -- Billie Marie Smith, 97, died Feb. 29, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Kenny Martin officiating...
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Bud Phillps
(Obituary ~ 03/01/16)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Marion W. "Bud" Phillips, 83, died Feb. 28, 2016, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Friday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Search started for economic development leader
(Local News ~ 03/01/16)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Regional Chamber and Sikeston Department of Economic Development will soon be merged under one chief executive -- once the right person is found. The merger and search for a CEO to lead regional economic development efforts was announced last week following the plan's approval by the board of directors for the Chamber and DED, according to Larry Eby, president of the Regional Chamber's Board of Directors...
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