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Man charged for firing at state trooper
(Local News ~ 06/04/19)
SIKESTON — A Sikeston man said he made a “mistake” when he shot at a Missouri State Highway Patrolman, who had stopped to assist him Sunday evening. Larry W. Maddox, 49, of Sikeston is charged with two counts of first degree assault, special victim (law enforcement officer); four counts of armed criminal action; two counts of unlawful use of a weapon; and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Charges were filed Monday by New Madrid County Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Lawson...
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Dorothy Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
WILSON CITY, Mo. — Dorothy Jean Moore, 70, died May 30, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born March 11, 1949, in Charleston, daughter of the late Albert and Martha Hopkins Clark, she received her General Equivalency Diploma in 1968 in Charleston and had been employed at the Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand...
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D’Erick Menz
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — D’Erick Thomas Menz, 20, died May 24, 2019. Born Dec. 15, 1998, in Kansas City, son of Tyressa Menz of Cairo, Ill., and the late Joe Poole, he lived most of his life in Cairo, where he was a 2017 graduate of Cairo Junior/Senior High. He moved to Charleston, where he was employed by Butler's Machine and Welding...
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John Ulmer
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — John Ulmer, 43, died May 11, 2019, at his home. Born June 6, 1975, in Charleston, Mo., son of John Hightower and Josephine Ulmer Hightower of Charleston, he was a 1993 graduate of Charleston High School. He was employed at Steak 'n Shake...
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Joe Bob True
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Joseph Robert “Joe Bob” True, 76, died June 1, 2019, at Cotton Point Living Center in Matthews. Born Oct. 10, 1942, in Dorena, son of the late Homer and Margaret Metheny True, he was raised in Dorena and later moved to East Prairie, where he was a farmer and owned several businesses including True Trucking...
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Alice Adams
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
SIKESTON — Alice Ruth Adams, 74, died May 29, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born Jan. 5, 1945, in Kemper County, Miss., daughter of the late Walter and Clara Little Adams, she was a graduate of Gray Ridge School near Bell City. She was employed at International Shoe Co. in Sikeston and later by the Hat Factory in Oran. She was a member of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston, where she served on the Mother's Board...
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Minnie Moore
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
SIKESTON — Minnie Lee Moore, 74, died June 1, 2019, in her home. Born June 24, 1945, in Malden, daughter of the late Everie and Georgia Mae Cannon Steward, she had been employed as a licensed practical nurse at Chaffee Memorial Hospital in Chaffee. She was a member of Greers Chapel Missionary Baptist in Sikeston...
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Barbara Moses
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Barbara Moses, 76, died June 3, 2019, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid. Born Dec. 2, 1942, in New Madrid County, she was the daughter of the late David Monroe and Naomi Mae Kinsey Faries. She was married to William Moses, who survives of Catron...
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Ruth Bruce
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
SIKESTON — Ruth Mildred Bruce, 95, died June 4, 2019, at Delta South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born July 24, 1923, in Essex, daughter of the late Louie and Minnie Trotter Brasier, she had worked in physical therapy at St. Elizabeth Hospital. A resident of Sikeston the past 20 years, she had previously lived in Granite City, Ill., where she was a member of West 22nd Street Baptist Church; she had also attended Taylor Baptist Church...
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Brandy Davis
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Brandy D. Davis, 37, died May 29, 2019, at her family home. Born Jan. 4, 1982, in Monett, daughter of Billy Ray and Karen Bridges Turner, she was a homemaker. On May 12, 2001, she married Robert “Bob” Davis, who survives of the home...
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Tammy Gifford
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Tammy Lee Gifford, 48, died June 1, 2019, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Born July 28, 1970, in Chaffee, daughter of Doyle Wayne Leazenby of Jackson and Sharon Lee Coleman Probst of McClure, Ill., she was employed as a custodial supervisor for East Prairie R-2 School District...
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Charles B. Luber
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
BENTON, Ky. — Charles B. Luber, age 73, of Benton, Ky., passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019, at Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. Charles was born on Dec. 2, 1945, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to the late Lawrence B. Luber and Beaulah F. Luber. During his early years, Charles’ father and mother created an environment of education and work. ...
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2 charged in vehicle theft; gun recovered
(Local News ~ 06/04/19)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Two people are charged in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins and more arrests could be made. Blade Dvonne Daniels and Keiyon M. Smith of New Madrid are charged with stealing a firearm/ explosive weapon/ ammonium nitrate following their arrest Thursday by officers with the New Madrid Police Department...
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Morley business fire not suspicious, will continue to smolder for while
(Local News ~ 06/04/19)
MORLEY, Mo. — The fire that destroyed a Scott County business early Friday continues to smolder, but the site is still being monitored by fire personnel. Scott County Rural Fire Protection District Chief Jeremy Perrien said after the fire, he contacted the State Fire Marshal’s Office — not because it was suspicious, but because it was a commercial building and there were many bags of seeds in the building which housed the agriculture seed dealership, Cookson Seeds...
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June Calendar Girl
(Local News ~ 06/04/19)
Alyssa Nolen, daughter of Steve and Rhonda Nolen, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for June. Alyssa plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and major in nursing.
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Full-time Sikeston city employees could see small raise
(Local News ~ 06/04/19)
SIKESTON — City of Sikeston full-time employees could see a small raise in the upcoming fiscal year. In Monday’s Sikeston City Council meeting, council members heard a reading of a bill that would increase the salary of full-time employees 1%. The bill also includes the addition of 16 seasonal employees to work in the concession stands at the Sikeston Recreation Complex, changes Christmas Eve from a half-day holiday to a full-day holiday and would allow the DPS uniform allowance to increase from $650 to $850.. ...
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Mattie Young
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Mattie L. Young, 80, died May 28, 2019, at Portageville. Born May 2, 1939, in Jackson, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Dora Hill and James Blackwell. In May 1960 in Chicago, Ill., she married Neal Young, who survives of the home in Portageville...
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Geneva Morgan
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Geneva Morgan, 83, died June 4, 2019, at Charleston Manor in Charleston. Born Oct. 27, 1935, in Campbell, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Mary Dalton Peridore. On Oct. 24, 1953, in Charleston, she married Donnie Joe Morgan, who preceded her in death on April 26, 2009...
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JoAnn Schmitt
(Obituary ~ 06/04/19)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — JoAnn Schmitt, 70, formerly of Chaffee, died June 3, 2019, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Born on July 14, 1948, in Jackson, daughter of the late Woodrow and Lois Clifton, she was a retired assembly line worker for Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau and member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church in New Hamburg...
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