Stories from Thursday, March 11, 2010

JACKSON -- Wanda M. Brown, 78, died March 10, 2010, at her home. Funeral arrangements are with the McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Floyd "Buddy" Lee, 78, died March 10, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. 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...

ESSEX -- Gladys Barnes, 71, died March 10, 2010, at her home in rural Essex. 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...

CORDOVA, Tenn. -- Elsa Smith, 95, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died March 9, 2010, at the Grace Healthcare of Cordova. 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...

WAPPAPELLO -- Linda Crowe, 60, died March 3, 2010, at her home in Wappapello. Funeral arrangements are with the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Donald Hatchel, 53, formerly of Charleston, died March 10, 2010, at his home in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DEXTER -- Armand Wood, 47, died March 9, 2010, at his home. 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...

MATTHEWS -- Harold Wayne "Hob" Chipman, 79, died March 8, 2010, at his home. 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...

SIKESTON -- John Wesley Nichols, 55, died March 7, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are with the Williams Funeral Home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Robert Bowman Fuchs, 61, died at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010, at his home. 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...

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DUTCHTOWN - An Advance man was killed Tuesday night after his car hit a tree and overturned. Around 7:45 p.m. a vehicle driven by Adam L. Propst, 23, was traveling westbound on Route A 4 miles west of Dutchtown when the vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said...

EAST PRAIRIE -- The Department of Natural Resources is overseeing the cleanup of a small oil spill that occurred Saturday in East Prairie. The department's emergency response line was contacted by an East Prairie resident Tuesday afternoon with concerns of an unknown substance that was spilled at the intersection of Janey Lane and South Martin Street on Saturday...

NEW MADRID - A Morehouse man is to appear in court today for seriously injuring an infant. Jesse L. Laminack, 21, is charged with first degree assault and is being held in the New Madrid County jail without bond. He is to be arraigned today in Division II of New Madrid County Circuit Court before Judge Charles Spitler...

SIKESTON -- A joint investigation between the Drug Enforcement Agency, SEMO Drug Task Force and Sikeston Department of Public Safety netted five arrests on Tuesday. In an ongoing investigation, investigators from the three agencies observed drug transactions by the five individuals, according to a news release from Sgt. Jim McMillen, public information officer at DPS...

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michellef@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- When the murder case of Angela Mischelle Lawless was pitched to CBS news correspondent Erin Moriarty for a 48 Hours documentary, the lawyer-turned-reporter was immediately interested. "I tend to focus on wrongfully convicted and wrongfully accused cases," said Moriarty in a telephone interview Wednesday. "So when I was presented this story, I jumped on it."...