Stories from Friday, November 20, 2020

SIKESTON — Katie Davis of Sikeston, daughter of the late Wilbur and Bertie Knight, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri, on June 26, 1935, and passed away in Sikeston on Nov. 18, 2020, at the age of 85. Katie enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed working in her garden and mowing the lawn. She worked for many years as a cook for the Richland School District...

HAZEL GREEN, Ala. — On Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, Alma Ruth (Hubbard) Richardson of Hazel Green passed away in Moulton, Alabama, at the age of 81 following a period of declining health and a battle with COVID-19 and pneumonia. She was born June 16, 1939, near Catron, Missouri, to Ralph C. ...

SIKESTON — Patsy Ann Clark Bradley, 72, resident of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Nov. 12, 1948, in Tiptonville, Tennessee, to the late Robert and Arzalia Haley Jones. Friends may call Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Williams Funeral Chapel in Charleston, Missouri.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — James (Jim) William Hahn, 94, of Cape Girardeau, died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at The Chateau Girardeau. Jim was born in Springfield, Missouri, on Feb. 2, 1926. He was one of identical triplets with the babies collectively weighing 22 pounds. ...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Latasha Mashek, daughter of Joyce Tankersley Spane of Chaffee and the late Paul Spane, was born on July 30, 1976, in Lawton, Oklahoma, and departed this life on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 44...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston City Council approved a primary election for a city council seat and Mayor Steven Burch spoke out on the increasing COVID-19 cases during a special meeting Friday afternoon. In a meeting held over Zoom, Council unanimously approved an emergency bill for a Feb. ...

With Thanksgiving on Thursday and the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking Americans not to travel for the holiday. The CDC issued recommendations that encourage Americans to spend Thanksgiving with their household and avoid family gatherings...

Four additional people have died related to COVID-19 in Scott County. The Scott County Health Department reported the four deaths Thursday, making six that have died in the last 48 hours and 39 since the pandemic began in March. There were also 31 new positive cases reported along with 32 recoveries Thursday. Currently there are 668 active cases with 1,660 recoveries...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County residents are now allowed to operate utility terrain vehicles on county highways as long as they obtain a permit from the sheriff’s office. On Oct. 8 the Scott County Commission adopted an ordinance allowing UTVs on Scott County highways...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Filing will open Dec. 15 to fill four city offices. On April 6, 2021, Portageville voters will elect a mayor, alderman from Ward 1 and an alderman from Ward 2 for two year terms. Also they will elect the chief of police to fill a four-year term...

e sure to check out Wednesday’s edition of the Standard Democrat with lots of ads offering plenty of savings for holiday shopping after Thanksgiving.

Employees with the City of Sikeston work to install a fountain at Legion Park. The fountain fulfills a vision by lifelong Sikeston resident Bob Depro who died in 2016. The project cost about $100,000 with a portion of the money coming from a donation from Depro and the rest of the money coming coming from private donations through the fundraising efforts of the Historic Downtown Sikeston Board and the Design Committee...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Lanie George Black III, age 73, a resident of Charleston, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, at Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie, Missouri.Born Dec. 30,1946, in Cairo, Illinois, to Lanie George and Sue Belle Whitehead Black Jr., Lanie lived his life with an innate but humble calling to make the world he lived in a better place. Being raised in Charleston, a small town comprised of strong political views and true appreciation of cultural arts, he grew up as a typical small town boy in the 1950s.

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