Stories from Friday, January 5, 2018

There is no fresher or more intimate revelation than Scripture. God doesn't need to give us private revelation to help us in our walk with Him. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16 - 17; emphasis added). Scripture is sufficient. It offers all we need for every good work...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- When Lewis Rone walks through his soybean field, he isn't just thinking about what the crop will mean to his family farm operation. Nor does he just think about what it will mean to his fellow Missouri farmers. Rone sees soybeans and realizes the impact the plants will have on the world. He thinks beyond the bean...

SIKESTON -- As many as 46 states are reporting widespread flu activity, but experts still recommend the flu vaccine for those who have not yet received it. Only four states -- Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and New Jersey -- reported regional flu activity while Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report, according to the most recent data by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Local flu activity was reported by the District of Columbia...

Firefighters with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety work to extinguish a fire at 214 N. Handy St. Friday afternoon. The fire broke out at just after 1:30 p.m. and the cause of the fire was not known at press time.

Annie Ensor, daughter of Paul and Melissa Ensor, is the Standard Democrat's Calendar Girl for January. Ensor, winner of the 2017 Miss Sikeston contest, plans to attend the University of Alabama-Birmingham and major in dermatology.

CS Decisions magazine has awarded Rhodes with its 2017 Best Overall Engagement through Ongoing Campaigns award for creatively engaging customers using social media. 

Captain Jeffrey N. Vitale, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, recently announced the promotion of Sergeant Michele L. Coon. The promotion was effective Jan. 1. Coon is a 20-year veteran with the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

For those looking for a tasty fish dinner at an affordable price, the Bertrand Store and Cafe may be the place.

Imo's Pizza and Rhodes has proudly raised over $13,000 for local schools and organizations since March 2017. The money was generated through Imo's Pizza fundraising days and frozen pizza and baked pizza voucher sales. Participating Imo's Pizza restaurants included the Cape Girardeau, Perryville, Scott City and Sikeston franchises owned by PAJCO, Inc., also known as Rhodes Convenience Stores.

PARMA, Mo. -- Brian Mills Denson, 54, died Jan. 4, 2018, at his home in Parma. Born Sept. 3, 1963, in Dexter, son of Jim and Barbara Denson of Wappapello, he worked for the New Madrid Highway Department before retiring. On Jan. 11, 1980, in Parma, he married Amelia Cupp, who survives of the home...

SIKESTON -- Billy G. Neel, 82, died Jan. 5, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Born June 7, 1935, in Deering, Mo., to the late A.L. "Bill" and Anne (Ramey) Neel, he was a member of First Christian Church, Sikeston Lions Club, Elk's Lodge, and had been active in Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in the City of Lights and the Harvey Parks Sidewalk Project. ...

ORAN, Mo. -- Calvin John LeGrand, 79, died Jan. 5, 2018, at his daughter's home surrounded by his loving family. Born on Feb. 9, 1938, in Oran, to the late Zeno and Weldon Antonia Stike LeGrand, he was a retired dispatcher and operator for I.C.G. Railroad Co. ...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Toy Colleen Forcum, 68, died Jan. 5, 2018, at her home. Born March 23, 1949, at Scott Air Force Base in St. Louis, to the late LeRoy and Delores Warfield Delaney, she had worked as a cashier at BreakTime Convenience Store in Sikeston. She was a member of First Christian Church in East Prairie...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Vashti Arington, 98, died Jan. 4, 2018, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Born Aug. 27, 1919, in Tennessee, daughter of the late Jim and Laura Johnson Miller, she was a member of the First Church of God in East Prairie. She had been employed as a nurse's aide for the East Prairie Nursing Center...

SIKESTON -- Marvin Eskild Jensen, 91, died Thursday, Jan. 4 at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. Born Feb. 13, 1926, in Exira, Iowa, to the late Zeke and Theresa Jensen, he graduated from Sand Springs, Okla., High School in 1943 and joined the United States Marine Corps. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. -- Juvonia Reed Jr., 88, died Jan. 2, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Born Sept. 17, 1929, in Marston, Mo., to the late Juvonia and Sallie McCurry Reed, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of the Zion Rock Missionary Baptist Church in Portageville...