Stories from Wednesday, July 10, 2024

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Sitting down to enjoy a good book just got a little harder for Lori Robinson. As the new director of the New Madrid County Library System, Robinson is going to be busier than ever. In June, Robinson was selected to replace longtime director Susan Newman, who had announced her retirement earlier this year...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Charleston man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2022 murder of an East Prairie, Missouri, man. DeParis Davion Townsend, 33, on May 22 was found guilty by a jury of his peers of the first degree murder of Joshua Sisk of East Prairie, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Charleston woman was injured in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday, July 9 in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 4:05 p.m. on Route NN, about four miles east of Charleston, as a southbound vehicle struck the northbound vehicle driven by Shanice C. Gipson, 25, of Charleston, causing Gipson’s vehicle to run off the right side of the road and strike a tree...

I have a question for Speakout, for the Standard Democrat itself. In days of old, we used to read the society pages, and it contained descriptions of weddings, parties that people had in their homes, etc., baby showers, wedding showers. Why aren’t we seeing any of that anymore? Is that something that aged out? I’m interested to know why we don’t read those anymore. Otherwise, I enjoy your paper. Thank you very much. Bye-bye.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The following students have been named to the spring 2024 Dean’s List at Southeast Missouri State University. Students named to the list earned at least a 3.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, completed at least 12 hours of standard graded credit, achieved no grade below a B and received no failing grades in enrolled, credit/no credit or pass/fail courses...

MISSISSIPPI STATE, Miss. —Students named to the Deans’ List at Mississippi State must have achieved a grade-point average between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —A total of 13,103 students enrolled during Spring Semester 2024 at The University of Alabama were named to the dean’s list with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the president’s list with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). These driven students are making waves across UA’s more than 70 undergraduate programs...

Freed-Hardeman University HENDERSON, Tenn. — Freed-Hardeman University has released the names of students who made the and Dean’s Lists for the semester. Students on the Dean’s List have earned a minimum 3.4 grade point average for the semester. Morgan Hankins of Benton, Missouri, was named to the Dean’s List. Hankins is earning a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing...

Southeast Missourian General Manager Lucas Presson, left, and Publisher and Rust Communications President Jon K. Rust, right, present 2023 Spirit of America Award winner Michael K. Harris Sr. of Sikeston, Missouri, with $1,000 for Open Door Fellowship Ministries in Sikeston on June 28. The 2024 Spirit of America Award honoree Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, receiveed the award Thursday, July 4 at Cape Girardeau’s Great American 4th of July Celebration at Arena Park...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Three Rivers College has released its Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. The honor is awarded to students taking 12 or more credit hours in a semester, who achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or above. Dean’s List honors are also used at graduation to help determine eligibility for honors or highest honors...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Donna Rae Carter, 73, died July 10, 2024, at her home in Charleston. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday, July 15 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where the funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Jon Archie of the Elm Street Baptist Church will officiate...