Stories from Monday, June 13, 2016

BENTON, Mo. - Wendell "Wendy" Hugh Lynch Sr., 64, died June 10, 2016, at his home. For the complete obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

BENTON, Mo. - Georgia Mae Graham, 87, died June 10, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON - Jason Burke McCollom, 42, died June 11, 2016, near Dexter. For the complete obituary and more, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

DEXTER, Mo. - Tom Sweeney, 65, died June 10, 2016, at his home in Dexter.

ESSEX, Mo. - Patricia Kidd-Johnson, 66, died June 11, 2016, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the full obituary, see the Monday edition of the Standard Democrat.

MARSTON, Mo. -- A driver was killed when his truck overturned on a Mississippi River levee road. At 8:15 a.m. Saturday on the levee road, 976 feet before the New Madrid County Port Authority access and approximately three miles south of New Madrid, Ronnie J. Nance, 67, of Monette, Ark., was driving southbound. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Nance's vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- A decline in honey bee population not only is impacting farmers, but also the price and availability of food. According to the Food and Drug Administration, commercial production of more than 90 crops relies on bee pollination. Growth of many plants such as cotton, soybeans, fruits and even garden vegetables are dependent on fertilization...

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi has inducted its second class of alumni, including a Sikeston, Mo., resident, into its School of Education Hall of Fame. Collectively, the group has more than 178 years of experience, commitment and public service to education...

Asa Kinnaman of Kinnaman's Orchard sells peaches to Brenda Hale at the Sikeston Downtown Farmers Market Saturday. The Farmers Market is open every Saturday in the Downtown American Legion Park from 7 a.m. until items are sold out.

I gave this restaurant a second chance, but it hasn't changed. This is about a franchised restaurant. I went in today, that place on a scale of 10 is a negative 10. The bar has no sanitized glasses and the men's room only has one urinal working and the other one has gray fungus in it. ...