Stories from Thursday, April 15, 2010

EAST PRARIE - Lisa Hinkle, 47, died at 1:55 p.m. April 14, 2010, at her home. Arrangements which are incomplete.

DEXTER -- Maxine Culbertson, 89, died April 14, 2010, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter. Arrangements are incomplete.

SIKESTON -- Pauline G. Rodgers, 90, died April 15, 2010, at Bertrand Nursing Home in Bertrand. Arrangements are pending.

DEXTER -- Andrew Freeman, 46, died April 11, 2010, near Dexter due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHARLESTON -- Dr. John T. Bird Jr., 89, formerly of Charleston, died at 2:10 a.m. Feb. 10, 2009. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON - An investigation is under way today into the burglary at a Sikeston business. At 6:29 a.m. today, Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers were called to Dave's, 133 W. Malone Avenue. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

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leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- With spring comes blooming flowers, warmer weather, green grass ... and allergies. Michele Shubert of Sikeston suffers from allergies year-round but said she definitely notices they get worse in the spring and fall...

michellef@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Every person matters. That's the message the United States Census Bureau is working to get across right now, as it urges residents to take the 10 or so minutes involved in filling out their forms. Not only do the numbers determine how billions of dollars and political power are allocated, the sooner a household returns their form, the less it costs to conduct the census...

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Thanks to a Dustin Crowden walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh, the Kelly Hawks finally got the monkey off their back.