Stories from Tuesday, February 18, 2014

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Scott County Central Bravettes have had two defections of late. They were also without a year-long starter. Though it's tough to replace any player at this juncture, much less three, the Bravettes hung tough with a surging Kelly Lady Hawks team Monday but eventually fell 57-49...

sports@standard-democrat.com DEXTER -- After a close first half against Poplar Bluff on Monday, the Dexter Lady Bearcats used a dominant third quarter to pull away from the Lady Mules for a 70-48 win. "We worked really hard defensively," Dexter head coach Chad Allen said. "I thought we wore them down by how hard we played. We just really want to keep on concentrating on our defense and keep on trying to get our conditioning right to play hard defensively all game long."...

sports@standard-democrat.com ADVANCE -- Behind Lane Below's 24 points, Advance took down East Prairie on Monday 84-59. Advance led 23-13 after the first quarter and 47-24 at halftime. Damion Tipler led the Eagles' effort with 17 points with Seth bays and Dustin Bryars scoring 12 and 11 points respectively...

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Mostly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 57 then becoming mostly cloudy Wednesday night with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 a.m. with a low around 50 and an east southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. ...

BENTON - Kelly School District superintendent Donald J. Moore was arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol early Saturday in Scott County on a charge of driving while intoxicated, according to a highway patrol arrest report. Moore, 57, of Whitewater was arrested at 1:19 a.m. Saturday and put on a 12-hour hold at the Scott County Jail, the report states. Missouri State Highway Patrol public information officer Cpl. Clark Parrott said there is no bond with the 12-hour hold...

BLOOMFIELD -- The wheels of justice continue to turn, albeit slowly, in a series of criminal and civil cases against a Cape Girardeau businessman accused of defrauding nine people of more than $560,000 over a six-year period. At one point, Keith Monia, 53, faced 15 criminal charges and two civil actions in four counties...

ODIN, Ill. - Iraja Santos, 71, died Feb. 16, 2014, at Odin Health Care Center in Odin. Arrangements are incomplete at this time with Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo.

BENTON -- "Farm" is the featured story from 10-11 a.m. Feb. 19 at Preschool story hour for children ages 2-3 that live in the Kelly School District. Story hour is held in the elementary library. NEW MADRID -- The Partnership's Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 19 at the Family Resource Center...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. THAI PROTESTS TURN DEADLY Hundreds of riot police attempt to clear out anti-government protest sites around Bangkok, triggering clashes that leave at least three people dead and 57 injured...

SIKESTON - Harold Thomas Winkler Jr. 51, died Feb. 15, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Blanchard Funeral Chapel with Rev. Joe McCullough, pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church officiating...

SIKESTON - Benjamin Gaither Daugherty Jr., 91, died at 7 a.m. Feb. 15, 2014, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from noon today until time of services at 2 p.m. at Blanchard Funeral Chapel. His son Gaither III will officiate...

CHARLESTON - David B. Brewer, 75, died Feb. 17, 2014, at the Charleston Manor. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Charleston with the Rev. David Collum, pastor, officiating. Burial will in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery near Charleston under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home...

SIKESTON -- Robert Ray "Bob" Williams, 61, died Feb. 15, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the Evergreen Cemetery in El Paso, Ill...

DEXTER -- Marvin Leon Stewart Jr., 50, died Feb. 17, 2014, at his home. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m Thursday with Jim Cantrell of Dexter officiating...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Howard Harvey "Butch" Boyd Jr. 73, died Feb. 18, 2014, at his home. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau, where services will be at 1 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel officiating...

DEXTER -- Lorene Brown, 72, died Feb. 13, 2014, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. Memorial services will be conducted at 5 p.m. Friday at the People's Full Gospel Church in Dudley with the Rev. James Tipton of Poplar Bluff officiating.

MINER -- Residents of Miner interested in getting automated phone notification on everything from tornados to overdue water bills will just need to sign up. During their regular monthly meeting Tuesday the Miner Board of Alderman approved $1,500 for a year's subscription to the CodeRED emergency notification service...

scottw@standard-democrat.com MINER -- Miner's public works department now works for the city -- but just a little bit. The Miner Board of Alderman approved Tuesday during their regular monthly meeting paying 5 percent of public works pay from the city's general revenue fund...

scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- Scott County Emergency Management's truck is doing more than just pulling its weight. Most of the equipment on the truck -- such as the full-bed tool box and radios, including a Missouri Statewide Interoperable Network radio, and even the four-wheel drive truck itself -- has been purchased with help from various grants, said Tom Beardslee, emergency management director for the county...