Stories from Tuesday, September 28, 2010

PORTAGEVILLE -- Ann Rita Swilley, 75, died Sept. 27, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in New Madrid. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

DUDLEY -- James Harold Barnes, 77, died Sept. 26, 2010, at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Maurice V. Ashworth, 97, formerly of Mattoon, Ill., and Sikeston, died Sept. 27, 2010, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Joe Gates, 72, died Sept. 21, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

BLOOMFIELD -- Ethel A. Metcalf, 101, died Sept. 26, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- Clayton Wesley Proffer, 94, died Sept. 25, 2010, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Ronald A. Cartwright, 62, died Friday Sept. 24, 2010, at the Providence Memorial Hospital in Mobile. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

NEW HAMBURG -- Hermina Catherine Gosche, 94, died Sept. 26, 2010, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

sd_sports@yahoo.com FARMINGTON -- Scoring the games lone goal 20 minutes into Monday's contest, the Farmington Knights held visiting Sikeston scoreless to take the 1-0 win. Bulldog's coach Doyle Noe said the Knights, ranked No. 4 in the state, are the team to beat in the area with their physical, strong and aggressive play...

sd_sports@yahoo.com SCOTT CITY -- Sikeston's Madison Chaney didn't even get to finish warmups. Her session before their game against the Scott City Lady Rams on Monday abruptly ended, when a ball from the outfield skipped across the dirt and nailed her squarely in the nose while covering third base...

sd_sports@yahoo.com CHARLESTON -- Jumping out to early leads in both sets Monday night, the visiting Sikeston Lady Bulldogs came away with their fourth win of the season, sweeping the Charleston Lady Bluejays 25-12, 25-10. "Overall, a wins a win," Sikeston head coach Steve Beydler said. "It's a conference opponent and that always feels nice."...

sd_sports@yahoo.com SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs tennis team fell to the Charleston Lady Bluejays 7-2 on Monday afternoon. Sikeston's No. 1 doubles team of Jacarra Lampkin and Kelsey Dial downed Charleston's Madeline Burke and Taylor Duenne 8-3 for one of the Lady Bulldogs' two wins...

CARUTHERSVILLE - Two women are suspects in a robbery of a casino patron. At 1:50 a.m. today, Caruthersville police were called to the Casino Inns and Suites. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

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scottw@standard-democrat.com MINER -- The Miner Board of Aldermen tabled a decision on the purchase of liability insurance until Friday so they can have an "apples to apples" comparison between the two competing proposals. Sealed bids for liability insurance were opened during the regular monthly Miner Board of Aldermen meeting held Monday...