Stories from Monday, May 16, 2016

SIKESTON -- Local law enforcement will join the statewide Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Missouri. Law Enforcement officers from around the state will run the torch to raise awareness for Special Olympics Missouri and the 2016 State Summer Games. ...

Brianna Seiler gets encouragement from her grandfather, John, while waiting for a bite during the Sikeston Youth Fishing Derby Saturday morning at the Sikeston Sports Complex Lake.

DEXTER, Mo. -- Samuel "Guy" Dicks, 83, died May 13, 2016, at Southeast Health of Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- Sharon K. Green, 66, died May 15, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For this obituary and more, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

DELTA, Mo. -- Marilyn Kaye Lankford Lesch, 69, died May 13, 2016, at her home. For the complete obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- Roberta Bell, 98, died May 14, 2016, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

To the person who asked if you wanted a thief in the White House, when Hillary Clinton left the White House as First Lady, she was so poor she couldn't afford to buy furniture so she stole furniture from the White House and took it with her. Now do you call that thievery? Do you want her for your president?.....

ORAN, Mo. -- Alice Mae Sauceda, 75, died May 15, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, where services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Rick Lovall officiating. For this obituary and more, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...