Stories from Monday, July 7, 2014

CHARLESTON - Two Mississippi County residents face murder charges and a third is jailed on drug charges, after the body of a Poplar Bluff man was found floating in rural Mississippi County. Brent Christopher Naile, 33, of East Prairie, is charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action. He is being held without bond...

Thanks to a three-year grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health, the Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium in Sikeston, Missouri, has added a new program focusing on preventive health care for mothers and children in five counties of Southeast Missouri. The Maternal Wellness Program provides in-home coaching for women ages 15 to 44 in Scott, New Madrid, Mississippi, Pemiscot and Dunklin counties...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Larry Bradford approached local mayors with an offer even he admits sounds "too good to be true." His company, Southern Solar Systems, based in Huntsville, Ala., offered to install solar panels, then lease them to cities. "They have no cash investment and no risk. We own and operate the system and lease it to them and we split the savings from the solar system 50-50 with them," Bradford said. "It's a win-win, we think."...

BENTON - A Sikeston man is in custody for a burglary that occurred Saturday night. Jimmy Garrett, 26, of 213 Ruth St., is charged with the Class C felony of second degree burglary and the Class D felony of possession of burglary tools. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, Deputy John C. ...

PADUCAH, Ky. - With the threat of storms and even the possibility of a tornado, the National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather alert for Southeast Missouri. According to forecasters at the Storm Prediction Center, the entire area is in a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight...

JASPER, Ark. -- Nellie Fern Schallert, 82, died July 5, 2014, at the North Arkansas Medical Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

NEW MADRID -- Gary L. Wagley, 70, of New Madrid, died July 5, 2014, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

DEXTER -- Flora Eberley, 75, died July 6, 2014, at her granddaughter's home in Dexter. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Pallbearers for services conducted today at the Nunnelee Funeral Chapel for Rebecca Anne "Becky" Ziegenhorn, 64, who died July 2, 2014, were: Dennis Ziegenhorn, Mike Ziegenhorn, Donald Pratt, Charlie Pratt, Harry Pratt and Randy Collins...

MINER -- John M. Latimore, 81, died July 4, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Jimmie Lynn Irvan, 61, died July 6, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BERTRAND -- Rosemary Shaw, 70, died July 5, 2014, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Edna Louise Meunier, 81, of Sikeston, died July 5, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

CHARLESTON -- An East Prairie man faces felony charges in Mississippi County after he fled a traffic stop on an all-terrain vehicle. The incident took place Tuesday night when Deputy Cory Hutcheson observed a four-wheeler traveling on County Road 525, south of East Prairie...

I just watched a lengthy online talk by a college English professor on Common Core. He backed up everything he said with newspaper articles, or excerpts from school text books or government articles. It is sickening to hear about what is being taught in our schools. ...

POPLAR BLUFF -- An elderly Cape Girardeau man was among three who drowned Independence Day on Missouri's waterways, and a pair of brothers also were injured when their jet skis collided on Current River. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at about 6:15 p.m. Friday, Gary K. Gilbert, 81, lost his balance as he was wading across Castor River, five miles south of Highway 34...

PUXICO -- Lyman Fowler, 88, died July 4, 2014, at his home. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico, where VFW services will be at 7 p.m. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Bob Bradford of Delta and Ray Placher of Puxico officiating...

SIKESTON -- Rose Berdell Atkins Lawson, 83, died July 5, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Visitation is at 11 a.m. Friday at the Richards Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. at the Portageville City Cemetery with Scott Sutton officiating...