Stories from Tuesday, March 25, 2014

sports@standard-democrat.com EAST PRAIRIE -- The East Prairie Eagles baseball team fought back from a nine-run deficit Monday to take down visiting Saxony Lutheran 18-14. The Eagles (2-3) found themselves behind 10-1 after the first three innings when Saxony scored nine runs in the top of the third. ...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Despite losing only three seniors to graduation last year the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs find themselves a young squad that will see plenty of underclassmen stepping into key roles during the 2014 season. Tasked with the challenge of bringing the Lady Bulldogs back above the .500 mark this season is first-year head coach Gabe Dement...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - While unemployment rates are decreasing, the economic recovery still is not trickling down to the dinner table for too many hungry Missourians. Monica Palmer, communications manager, Missouri Food Bank Association, said 2013 was a record-breaking year, with more than 100 million pounds of food distributed across the state - an increase of 23 percent from 2012. ...

PADUCAH, Ky. - The U.S. Weather Service at Paducah has issued a hazardous weather outlook that includes Southeast Missouri. Today and tonight there is a chance of scattered snow showers which may lead to minor accumulations on mainly grassy surfaces through the morning hours generally northeast of a line from Perryville, Mo., to Paduach to Hopkinsville, Ky...

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low around 24. Sunny on Wednesday with a high near 50 then becoming mostly cloudy Wednesday night with a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m. and a low around 41. Thursday will be cloudy and breezy with a 40 percent chance of showers and a high near 60 while Thursday night will be cloudy with a 70 percent chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm with a low around 50. ...

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- The Dyersburg Army Air Base will be featured in the upcoming book, "Beyond the Blue -- WWII visits rural America. Halls native Tony Troiano is inviting area residents to share their stories about the historic B-17 training base as he collects information on the DAAB and the interaction of the airmen with local residents...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The local chapter 1056 of Vietnam Veterans recently finalized plans for the annual Welcome Home Ceremony, at 11 a.m. Friday, March 28, at the Memorial Wall in front of the Black River Coliseum. The chapter is working with John J. Pershing VA Medical Center to prepare for the event. Plan to attend the anniversary ceremony, to mark the removal of combat troops from the Vietnam conflict. The actual anniversary date is May 29, 1973...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CHINA WANTS ANSWERS ON FLIGHT 370 China is demanding that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to declare that a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing everyone on board...