Stories from Monday, February 22, 2010

Led by Otto Porter's 38 points, Scott County Central won a 92-86 battle with Maplewood-Richmond Heights just a week away from district play.

PORTAGEVILLE -- Jimmy Ellis Babb, 47, died Feb. 20, 2010, at Hayti. Funeral arrangements are with the DeLisle Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Edith Gertrude Brown, 76, died at 7:44 p.m. Feb. 19, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. 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...

DEXTER -- Dorothy M. Hester, 77, died Feb. 20, 2010, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the Watkins and Sons Funeral Service. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

ORAN -- Mark Mosebach, 60, died Feb. 19, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. 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...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two Southeast Missouri communities and an ambulance district will receive federal funds to make improvements. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

MATTHEWS -- A Wyatt woman was killed in a head-on vehicle collision early Sunday in New Madrid County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 3:01 a.m. northbound motorist Marilyn L. Gillespie, 35, of Wyatt was traveling in the wrong direction on southbound Interstate 55 at the 56.8 mile marker...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The South Scott County Ambulance District is looking at preparing for more -- while operating on less. As part of the trend toward coordinating interagency cooperation, the ambulance district is working toward training with other first responders in the area, according to Brad Golden, chief of the South Scott County Ambulance District...

SIKESTON - Two men remain in custody for an armed robbery at a Sikeston fast-food restaurant. Cleveland Roberson, 17, and Traversial Scott, 17, are charged with first degree robbery and armed criminal action for the robbery Friday night at the Sonic on North Main Street...

leonnah@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- Greg Kenley and his wife, Lisa, can often be found rock crawling in their Jeep on mountain trails throughout the United States. With retirement inching closer for the Benton couple, they began searching last year for a business that would travel with their hobby...