Stories from Monday, October 4, 2010

FESTUS -- Janet Halene Lambert, 56, formerly of Mississippi County, died at 11:25 a.m. Oct. 1, 2010, in the Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

SIKESTON -- Nellie Kay Keen Krueger, 93, died Oct. 3, 2010, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BLOOMFIELD -- James J. Davis, 86, died Oct. 1, 2010, at the Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

BERTRAND -- Thelma P. "Skippy" Laird, 90, died at 9 p.m. Oct. 1, 2010, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition...

CHAFFEE -- Floyd Charles Blue Sr., 79, of Chaffee, died Oct. 2, 2010, at the family home. For the complete obituary and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition.

sd_sports@yahoo.com CHARLESTON -- The New Madrid County Central eighth grade romped the Charleston Bluejays 44-8 on Thursday at Charleston High School. NMCC scored six rushing touchdowns by five different players. Drew Palmer scored on a 2-yard run, Vontre Jones added a 28-yard run, Willie Jimmerson had a 7-yard run while Harvey Brown scored on an 11-yard run. NMCC's TJ Clark broke off two scores for the Eagles one, a 5-yard score, and the other, a 57-yard scamper...

sd_sports@yahoo.com ORAN -- The Oran Lady Eagles matched their 10 hits against Cape Central on Saturday with 10 errors giving the Lady Tigers plenty of second chances as Oran dropped a 7-6 game at Oran High School. All of Cape Central's runs were unearned as Oran starting pitcher Morgan Todt was given no help in her seven innings of work. Todt allowed six hits and walked three as she took the hard luck loss...

SIKESTON -- Southeast Missouri State University-Sikeston will celebrate its new four-year agriculture program with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 14. The "New Beginnings in Agriculture" program is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. at Southeast's Sikeston Campus at 2401 N. Main...

news@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Facebook, that social networking site which has some 500 million active users, has added one more -- the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department. New Madrid County Sheriff Terry Stevens, bowing to the popularity of the Internet and social networking especially with the younger generation, decided to add a Facebook page for his department...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a single-vehicle accident involving a pedestrian that occurred Sunday morning. Around 10:30 a.m., officers with the police and fire division were called out to 451 N. Ingram in response to the accident...

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