Stories from Friday, September 11, 2009

MESQUITE, Texas -- Verna Romine, 74, died Sept. 10, 2009, at The Village at Richardson. Arrangements are incomplete with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Mo.

BLOOMFIELD -- Glenda Southerland, 78, died Sept. 9, 2009, in the Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House at Mountain Home, Ark. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- Cornelia "Connie" D. Warren, 61, died Sept. 9, 2009, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Elizabeth Gail "Liz" Anderson, 67, died Sept. 9, 2009, in Charleston. She was editor and co-owner with her husband of The Enterprise-Courier in Charleston and the East Prairie Eagle newspapers. Funeral arrangements are with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston...

WAPPAPELLO -- Marilyn Taylor Williams, 55, died Sept. 9, 2009, at her home in Wappapello. Funeral arrangements are with the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Brenda DeWitt, 63, died Sept. 10, 2009, at her home in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the Ponder Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Betty Jean Blankenship, 78, died Sept. 10, 2009, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Ponder Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERTRAND -- Betty L. Fitzpatrick, 74, died Sept. 9, 2009, at the Bertrand Nursing Facility. Funeral arrangements are with the Ford & Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Lyman Frederick Dale, 101, died Sept. 9, 2009, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

ORAN -- The Oran Lady Eagles softball team kept things going on Thursday, as they downed the visiting Chaffee Lady Devils 7-3. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs rebounded nicely from their previous two-run loss to the Kelly Hawks on Thursday afternoon with a 10-0 win over the East Prairie Lady Eagles in five innings. SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs tennis team showed improvement Thursday, but still ultimately fell short to the Jackson Lady Indians, 8-1 in Sikeston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Following a 3-1 victory on Thursday night the Notre Dame Bulldogs' soccer team now controls the season series against the Sikeston Bulldogs two games to none. A timely lapse in the defense and a questionable call put the red and black Bulldogs in a 2-0 hole midway through the game where they would never recover as the private school capitalized on the momentum...

WASHINGTON -- As the Federal Emergency Management Agency declined to adjust Missouri's cost share for expenses related to the February ice storms that caused widespread damage and outages in Southern Missouri earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) said the agency doesn't understand the situation faced by residents, businesses and Southern Missouri communities...

SIKESTON -- Officials with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety are searching for a motorist who struck a pedestrian. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- For the second time in almost 20 years, an entire class from the Sikeston R-6 Schools Practical Nurse Program has passed the state board exam. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHARLESTON -- Mississippi County commissioners are buckling down on the personal use of county vehicles. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

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SIKESTON -- The leading cause of missed work days for adults under 45 is back pain. Studies show that at some point in their adult life, four in five U.S. adults report having had back pain, and approximately 4.6 million Americans will need back surgery...