Stories from Monday, December 7, 2009

SIKESTON -- Several burglaries are apparently solved with the arrest of a Sikeston man. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety announced today the arrest of Deshante Nabors, 18, following an investigation into a May armed robbery. Nabors is currently being held in the Scott County Jail with a cash only bond set at $100,000...

CHARLESTON -- Dennis Burgess, 66, died at 4:35 p.m. Dec. 5, 2009, at the Charleston Manor. Arrangements are incomplete with McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

SIKESTON - Holly Smith, 52, died at 11:56 a.m. Dec. 6, 2009, at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

CHARLESTON -- Jacob Larry "Jake" McCloskey, 57, died at 2:45 a.m. Dec. 7, 2009, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

DEXTER -- Alice V. Galloway, 88, died Dec. 5, 2009, in the Golden Living Center in Dexter. 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 -- Robert E. Taylor, age 64, entered the Kingdom of God on Dec. 6, 2009, at 2:30 a.m. at Zalma. 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...

ARBOR -- Hadley James, 76, died Dec. 5, 2009, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete with the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Lawanda F. Shands, 63, died at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 5, 2009, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are with the Shelby Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BELL CITY -- Jesse P. Scherffius, 81, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. 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...

SPRINGFIELD -- Missouri State opened the second half on a 13-6 run and never looked back in a 58-48 win over Air Force at JQH Arena on Saturday in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge Series. The Bears trailed 28-27 at the half, but stormed back to tie the game early in the second stanza on a three-pointer by Kyle Weems after the Falcons scored the first basket of the second period. ...

sd_sports@yahoo.com ST. LOUIS -- The Sikeston wrestling team took first place in the Principia Dual Tournament on Saturday. Sikeston finished with 250 points after five duals and went 5-0 to take first place, including a 58-24 win over Notre Dame. Missouri Military Academy finished second while Prinicipia was third...

CARUTHERSVILLE - A shout of "he's got a gun" prompted Caruthersville officers to take cover and unholster their weapons as they tried to stop a fight Saturday night. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.
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michellef@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- For some students, it's difficult making the transition from high school to life after high school. But a new club for middle and high school special education students at Thomas W. Kelly aims to make it a lot easier...

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BENTON - Charges of second degree assault were filed late Monday afternoon against Rod Jetton, former speaker of the Missouri Legislature. Charges stem from an incident on Nov. 15, when Jetton is accused of causing serious physical injury to a Sikeston woman by "hitting her on the head, and choking her resulting in unconsciousness and the loss of the function of a part of her body," according to a complaint filed by Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Boyd...