Stories from Wednesday, April 24, 2013

We are now to understand we have a "new normal." If you haven't heard the term, you will. Whether it's the uncertain economy, the cultural shift to the left, the growing dependence on government or now the resurgence of terrorism at home, we have entered an age of this new normal...

Like many, I spent the last week glued to my television and smart phone watching the happenings in Boston. But as one news outlet after another made misstep after misstep, I became increasingly embarrassed to say I was a member of the media, no matter how far removed...

SIKESTON -- What looked to be an easy rout for the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs quickly turned south midway through the second half Tuesday against visiting Perryville. Putting a sour note on a hat trick performance from senior Madison Chaney, Sikeston watched the Lady Pirates score four unanswered goals in the final 27 minutes of play to down the Lady Bulldogs 4-3...

GIDEON -- The Risco Tigers moved on to the championship game of the Tri-County Conference tournament Tuesday after topping the tournament's No. 1 seed, Cooter, 6-5 in nine innings. Jordon Pavy hit the eventual game-winning home run in the top of the ninth giving his team the 6-5 edge. Caleb McCord, who began pitching in the seventh, closed out the win...

SIKESTON -- Through four innings, Tuesday afternoon's baseball game between Sikeston and Notre Dame had all the makings of a typical classic contest between the two rivals. But Notre Dame was not interested in that. With Sikeston nursing a 1-0 lead, visiting Notre Dame erupted for 10 runs in the fifth and sixth innings to dispel any notion of a potential thriller, defeating the host Bulldogs 10-1 at VFW Stadium...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Sikeston's Gabe Wheeler shook off a rough start to finish second at the SEMO Conference Golf Tournament Tuesday at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau. Wheeler, who finished with a round of 75 -- just one back of the tournament's medalist, Cape Central's Travis Simmons (74) -- battled both rough course conditions and a slow start, which consisted of a bogie on his first hole and then a double bogey on the third...

DIEHLSTADT -- Cecil Wesley Francis, 71, died April 22, 2013, at his home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition

CHARLESTON -- Tobias M. Moore, 25, died April 20, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON - Jimmy Jones, 78, died April 23, 2013, at his home near Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE -- Billy E. Marshall, 80, died April 21, 2013, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Mary Elizabeth Grimes, 95, died April 20, 2013, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Betty Jo Shell, 88, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Sterling House of Evansville in Evansville, Ind. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Harvey David Edwards, 57, formerly of East Prairie, died April 17, 2013, at his daughter's home in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


GRAY RIDGE - Juanita Rankins, 86, died April 22, 2013, at her residnce in Gray Ridge. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CHARLESTON -- Leroy Shead, 93, died April 21, 2013, at the Charleston Manor Nursing Home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


BENTON -- Scott County employees and elected officials can learn or brush up on life-saving skills at an unbeatable price, thanks to a former county employee. County commissioners Donnie Kiefer and Dennis Ziegenhorn excused themselves for a couple of hours from their regular weekly County Commission meeting Tuesday to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation training...

SIKESTON -- For starters, organizations such as the American Association of the Deaf-Blind are not for deaf people and blind people. "They are strictly for the deaf-blind, so you have to have visual impairment as well as the hearing impairment," said Abby Pfefferkorn, a Sikeston native who is deaf-blind and has lived in St. Louis for about six years. "There's about 100,000, give or take in the nation, of people who have been accounted for being deaf-blind."...

NEW HAMBURG -- Nearly 150 third graders in Scott County received some hands-on education through the annual Farm Day Tuesday at the St. Lawrence parish center in New Hamburg. This year eight Scott County schools attended either the morning or afternoon session of the event sponsored by the Scott County Women in Agriculture...

NEW HAMBURG -- For nearly 30 years, participants in Kow Pasture Klassic have enjoyed putting through a nine-hole manmade golf course using a tennis ball and club of their choice -- all in an effort to benefit both Southeast Missouri children and veterans...

SIKESTON -- The Annual Community Clean-Up Campaign will be from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. April 27 through May 5. The compost site, on Compress Road, will be open for Sikeston residents to bring any large bulky items, rubbish, yard waste, grass clippings, washers, dryers, microwaves, refrigerators, hot water heaters, commodes, tires no larger than 18 inches without rims, and household furniture to the site for disposal. ...