Stories from Monday, June 9, 2014

SIKESTON -- The Missouri Department of Transportation announced the public comment period for the list of regional and community transportation projects that will accompany the transportation measure on the August ballot. The official public comment period will begin at 12 p.m. June 13 and will close at 5 p.m. June 20...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TALIBAN BEHIND ATTACK ON PAKISTAN AIRPORT The insurgents claimed responsibility for the brazen five-hour siege of Karachi's international terminal that left 18 people dead...

Trae Ferrell of Benton and his son, Thomas Ferrell, polish his 1999 C5Z06 clone Corvette, which features a ghost flame, Saturday during the 19th Annual Oran Car Show at Tilles Memorial City Park in Oran. Trophies were awarded for three places in 52 classes. (Leonna Heuring, Staff)...

Members of Jordan's Tide perform their mix of gospel and traditional bluegrass for the free entertainment provided Friday at Malone Park in Sikeston by Historic Downtown Sikeston's merchants and Southern Bank. Music in Malone Park continues on each Friday in June...

SIKESTON -- Some may have thought winter had a negative impact on the tick population, but a Missouri conservation official says that isn't so. "It doesn't seem like the tick population took much of a hit from the extraordinarily hard and long winter," said Bruce Henry, natural history biologist for the Missouri Department of Conservation Center's Southeast Regional Office...

NEW MADRID - Swirling winds and heavy rain caused damage throughout New Madrid Saturday evening. "This was one of the worse storms I've seen since I've been here," said Agnes Harrington, who was dispatching for the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department Saturday evening as the storm blew through." It didn't last long but while it was here it was pretty bad."...

I don't know how in the world a true Christian minister can marry gay people. The Bible plainly states that marriage is between a man and woman. If they marry them, they should have their license taken away. That is ridiculous. Apparently they don't believe the Bible. ...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Nell Ponder, 86, died at 3:10 a.m. June 8, 2014, in the East Prairie Nursing Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CHAFFEE -- Sue Walker, 72, died June 7, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


PORTAGEVILLE -- Danny Boots Lane, 42, died June 5, 2014, at the Portageville Nursing Home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


MINER -- Candia Doherty, age 55, peacefully passed into eternal life on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in her home surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with cancer. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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BLOOMFIELD -- Debbie K. Cantrell, 63, died June 7, 2014, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


PORTAGEVILLE -- Mildred A. Porter, 75, died June 9, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE -- Marilyn Louise "Lou Smith" Gascoigne, 69, died at 10:15 a.m. June 8, 2014, at her home in East Prairie. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Curtis Butcher, 84, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died June 9, 2014, at the Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.