Stories from Thursday, June 16, 2016

This free event welcomes ages seven to 17 to try their hand at frogging.

Southeast Lakes Clearwater Lake Water Surface Temp: 78º
Water Level (Range): high
Water Type: -none-
Fish Reported: all species slow.
(Reported on: 6/7/16) Council Bluff Lake Water Surface Temp: 71º
Water Level (Range): high
Water Type: clear
Fish Reported: channel catfish fair on worms and cut baits; largemouth bass are fair on dark-colored sort plastics during low light periods; all other species slow.
(Reported on: 6/7/16)...

The residents of Portageville will soon notice an increase on their City water and trash bills effective July 1, 2016. The increases were approved last Monday by the Portageville Board of Aldermen in their first of the month regular council meeting at City Hall...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Revenue has recently received complaints about a phone call scam targeting Missourians in which the caller falsely states that they are with the IRS. Nia Ray, Director of the Revenue Department, urges Missourians to guard against these scams...

We all have those moments that stick with us, maybe it was an achievement, a tragedy, overcoming a fear, or coming to a realization. I had one of those moments 36 months ago when a big number was staring me in the face. It was 285, and it was the one looking back at me from the bathroom scale. ...

A girl standing on the platform of a train station, waved down an official asking if the train started from that station? He replies, "For where? Let me see your ticket." When he looks at it he says, "No, you are at the wrong station. You see, two railroads go through this town. The station you need is the other one. You cannot get to your destination by the train you are proposing to board for the simple reason that it is not on the right track."...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Opal Womack Bondurant, 96, died June 12, 2016. For the full obituary and more, see the Thursday edition of the Standard Democrat.

MALDEN, Mo. -- Connie F. Causey, 79, died June 11, 2016, at his home. For the complete obituary and more, see the Thursday edition of the Standard Democrat.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT NIGHTCLUB SHOOTER DID IN FINAL HOURS BEFORE RAMPAGE Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts in which he raged against the "filthy ways of the west," according to a U.S. Senate committee letter...

I would like to know when the government is going to step up and keep these little old gals from having babies. They get child support. They get food stamps. They get WIC. They get all kinds of stuff and they don't even buy good food with their food stamps, they just buy junk!...

SIKESTON - The Fiscal Year 2017 budget, which goes into effect July 1, has good news for citizens and for city employees. Citizens will see improvements to their streets and parks and additional drainage ditch maintenance. City employees, who were not part of the pay hike planned for the Department of Public Safety, will soon see an increase in their salaries...

SIKESTON - In addition to approving the budget for July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, the Sikeston City Council approved several related ordinances. City Clerk Carroll Couch noted not all expenditures can be anticipated when budgeting and asked the city council Wednesday to amend the Fiscal Year 2016 budget one last time...

Despite the warm temperatures, participant s were on the court at the Bulldog Tennis Camp at the Sikeston High School Wednesday morning. Russ Dial, left, who was leading the camp, talks with a camper about the correct stance for serving a ball. The camp is designed to provide youngsters with the basic fundamentals of the game and promote tennis in Sikeston...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - A man is accused of assaulting his father. James Fowler Jr. of East Prairie is charged with second degree domestic assault after reportedly becoming angry with his father, who was retrieving his belongs from a residence where he was living. Fowler allegedly began throwing his father's things into the driveway...

Donald R. Clay was born in Portageville, MO on the 23rd of February 1933. He died on the 11th of June, 2016, in Manchester, TN. Donald was a retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer, E9, who had 23 years of military service. Donald is survived by Mary Carolyn Hutchinson Clay, his wife of 58 years; sister Delphia Clay Anderson and husband Roger from Murfreesboro, TN; their two daughters, Paige Hickernell and husband Mike of Murfreesboro, TN, and Dr. ...

Kelsey and Lofton Hayes, of New Madrid, are proud to announce the birth of their first child, a son, Drake Paul Hayes. Drake was born on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at 12:27 in the afternoon at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He weighed 3 pounds, 1 ounce, and he was 15 inches long...