Stories from Saturday, March 19, 2016

Jones was Sikeston's second leading scorer, sparked a defensive rally in the fourth and hit the biggest shot of his young career that sent the game into overtime.

Sikeston (28-2) plays Jefferson City Helias (20-10), who were 68-51 losers to No. 3 ranked St. Joseph Lafayette, Saturday at 12:50 p.m. in the third place game.

This is concerning a speakout, someone - probably a highly educated man - is talking about Donald Trump. He says if Donald Trump gets elected president, his wife could be posing nude in Playboy. Maybe you're not as highly educated as you think you are mister. Playboy no longer has women posing in the nude. They have clothes on. Wake up and shut up. That would be the best...

It's not often I agree with a lawmaker from St. Louis. But this time I might just change my mind. A Democratic lawmaker from the big city has introduced legislation to make St. Louis the 51st state. Yep, he wants to secede from the rest of we rural folk and form a new state...

SIKESTON -- Area residents who think they have items "The American Pickers" are looking for are in luck. Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team visit Missouri in late April and plan to film episodes of the hit series "American Pickers" throughout the state in May...

SIKESTON -- A collaborative investigation resulted in three arrests for stolen property and methamphetamine. Three search warrants were served Friday stemming from an ongoing investigation with the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department, Scott County Sheriff's Department and Sikeston Department of Public Safety, according to Capt. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's weather has a reputation for unpredictability, which gave rise to the saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change." That adage appears to be holding true this spring. The outlook from the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is for drier weather northeast of Missouri and wetter conditions to the southwest, said University of Missouri Extension climatologist Pat Guinan. ...

SIKESTON -- Police are investigating damage to a memorial located on Sikeston city property. At 8:21 a.m. Thursday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a report of damage to a memorial on city property, according to DPS incident reports. Reportedly, a memorial in honor of TyRussell Davis was burned along with part of a Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities pole at Lee Avenue and Welter Drive, where the 22-year-old Sikeston man was shot to death on June 6, 2015...

What goes up, will come down. Brandy Dallas, Deren Rogers and Katie Kempf (pictured from left) fill balloons which will be dropped at the conclusion of this weekend's Kenny Rogers Children's Center Telethon. This year's telethon will feature Telethon's Got Talent live competition beginning at 7 p.m. ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Every time an officer turned his patrol car's lights and sirens on, Police Chief Joey Higgerson worried. Not only because his officers were responding to a serious emergency but also because the streets the officer would travel to reach the scene were primarily residential. ...

BERTRAND, Mo. -- Rebecca M. Sisk, 85, died March 17, 2016, at her daughter's home in Charleston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Broce C. Doyle, 63, died March 16, 2016, at his home in Charleston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


LILBOURN, Mo. -- Hazel Swindle, 95, died March 15, 2016, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Harvey Powell, 61, died March 18, 2016, at his home in Bloomfield. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for funeral services conducted Friday at Ponder Funeral Home for Robert "Bob" Keller, 79, who died on March 15, 2016 were: Garrett Clouse, Greg Pfeffer, John Bob Wilson, Fielding LaPlant III, Mike Morgan and Doug Lambert.

The February Christ Like Character winners for "patience" were announced recently by The Christian Academy. Patience is waiting calmly in difficult times even if you don't want to. Pictured front row are: Cambrie Duncan, Jordan Mueller, Sam Self; middle row: Addison Mann, Colton Arnold, Tyler Slaten; and back row: Landon Frazier, Joseph Sauceda, Allison Riley, Mallory Jaynes. Also honored was Lily Sparks...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- East Prairie Junior High School has announced the honor students for the the third quarter of the 2015-2016 school year. They are: Peyton Adams, Slade Archie, Mark Bixler, Erica Blasingain, Emmahrie Bratton, Elisha Bright, Cole Brown, Brittany Bryars, Eric Camarillo, Alessandra Carden, Blakelee Childers, Brynn Childers, Dathan Coffer, Brianna Davila, Morgan Dixon, Jason Douglas, MaKinzey Easter, Allie Eaves, Hannah Farquhar, Cameron Gifford, Kaleigh Green, Leo Hale, Dalton Henry, Cadence Hercik, Evan Howell, Jayden Huus, Dax Jackson, Esteban Martinez, Lillian Matheney, Daniel Miranda, Lela Moore, Lucas Moore, Julianna Pearson, Hunter Powell, Kaylie Pritchett, Mason Pritchett, Adrianna Rangel, Anna Ray, Eric Revelle, Brylee Sanders, Jacob Sipp, Coy Small, Klevin Smotherman, Megan Stempkovski, Clark Thurman, Luke Triplett, Cooper Walters, Kenna Wheatley, Tyra Williams, Joshua Blake Woods.. ...

Kelly High School's chapter of Future Teachers of America attended the regional FTA meeting March 8 at Southeast Missouri State University. The students listened to several speakers, toured the campus with an inside tour of the Scully (education) building and ate lunch together. Kelly also won the presentation board display and portfolio contest at the region meeting...

Mike Comer, right, with the New Madrid Chamber of Commerce speaks with the three candidates for the New Madrid County R-1 School Board prior to a forum Thursday evening hosted by the Chamber. Pictured from left are the candidates Scott Riley, Jenny Cope and Ryan Eddy. During the forum the candidates provided information on their background and answered a range of questions about their goals and plans, if elected. Two openings on the board will be filled at the April 5 election...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston Junior High School has announced the students who achieved status on the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2015-2016 school year. They are: Jonathan Alcorn, Jackson Bell, James Braden, Desana Brown, Aaron Burch, Noah Burger, Ben Chittenden, Justin Church, Spencer Clay, Jacob Collins, Hailey Crosier, Mason Davis, Thomas Davis, James Drake, Makala Ellis, Caroline Fodge, Cannon Gaddis, Tyler Gilmer, Thomas Gilmore, Olivia Grant, Jordan Green, Emily Hairston, Cornesha Hampton, Mara Hartzog, Abigail Hensley, Chase Henson, Alexander Hicks, Armani Hodges, Lydia Hodgkiss, Angel Huang, Ashleigh Huang, Aaliya Hussain, Colton Jackson, Jordan James, Jeremiah Johnson, Tamyia Johnson, Kaleb Jordan, Jhameca Joslyn, Samantha Keller, Hunter Kennedy, Fareena Khan, Chloe Lancaster, Trinity Land, Daniel Lawrence, Jason Lin, Kamora Little, Noah Lowe, Jayda Marks, Mataline Marshall, Tomero McClenton, Audra McMillen, Paige McWhirter, Wyatt Merideth, Joseph Miles, Kelsie Miller, Jaden Moblin, Ashantia Moore, Timothy Morris, Madison Mothershead, Kaitlyn Munson, Allyson Nelson, Jaquaveon Oglesby, Daniela Ortiz, Natalie Parker, Cory Pride, Makenzie Pullen, Ti Maya Randle, Xzeria Randle, Henry Robison, Hunter Rudisill, Dakota Ryan, Merrick Ryan, Mason Sailors, Ben Schrumpf, Nolan Self, Comfort Senu, Madison Session, Madeline Sherrod, Katherine Shimon, Ciara Smith, Zyauna Smith, Julia Spurlock, Faith Staple, Tyennia Stevens, Kaylee Stinnett, Tyler Stokes, Anna Stout, Kaitlyn Sullivan, Lilly Sutton, Sameer Tahir, John Tarter, Rayna Taylor, Nicholas Tidwell, Kassidy Tinnin, Devyn Tinsley, Cameron Vazquez, Hannah Vines, Elijah Ward, Trinity Weston, Kaeden White, Russell Willeford, Kyle Williams, Mason Williams, Nehemiah Williams, Max Worth.. ...