Stories from Sunday, October 19, 2014

CHARLESTON - A Charleston man is recovering after being shot. At approximately 10 a.m. Sunday, Charleston Department of Public Safety officers received a report of shooting on Sy Williams Street near the intersection of Vine Street. At the scene officers located Jadarius McCain, 19, with a gunshot wound...

Having written a newspaper column for over 35 years now, I long ago ceased to be surprised by the comments we receive - both good a bad. But I was pleasantly surprised this week by the response from residents seeking answers to a simple question I posed last week...

SIKESTON -- Mark A. Clardy, 48, died Oct. 17, 2014, a the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

BENTON -- A domestic dispute involving an infant led to the arrest of the child's mother on drug charges. Michelle Marshall, 18, of Sikeston is charged with the felony of possession of a controlled substance. Marshall was arrested after Scott County Detective Staff Sergeant Branden Caid responded to a report of screams coming from a parked car on Missouri Street in Benton...

BENTON - A Benton couple is in custody after deputies found drug paraphernalia during a search of their home. Russell Eugene Turner, 50, and Connie Yvonne Turner, 40, are charged with the felonies of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia,...