Stories from Thursday, October 23, 2014

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- A point of contact has been established and facilities are being scouted for a military medical operation planned for Sikeston next year. Missy Marshall was designated during an organizational meeting held Tuesday at City Hall to serve as Sikeston's contact person for a Military Innovative Readiness Training Program to be held here in July 2015...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston High School students and their parents will have the opportunity to learn more about what they will face throughout high school and beyond during the second annual Plan 4 Success Night. Set to begin at 6 p.m. Monday in the high school cafeteria, parents and students in grades 9-12 will choose from various informational sessions to attend...

Chaffee at Valle Catholic Records: Chaffee 0-8; Valle Catholic 9-0 Series History: Valle Catholic leads 21-0 Last Meeting: 2011, Valle Catholic won 48-13 Last Week: Chaffee lost to Kelly 48-18; Valle Catholic defeated St. Pius X 47-9 Outlook: Chaffee is seeking history as they have never beaten Valle Catholic in 21 tries. ...

SIKESTON -- Sikeston's Maggie Shepherd became the first Lady Bulldog softball player to make the Class 3 first team all-region squad. The third baseman finished her season with a .522 batting average, four home runs, 34 RBI and an on-base percentage of .587. She also had a slugging percentage of .900...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- In their final tuneup before the postseason the Sikeston Bulldogs continued their recent hot streak picking up their fourth-straight win over visiting Saxony Lutheran Monday afternoon. Celebrating senior night, Sikeston got the go-ahead goal from senior Layton Jones midway through the first and never looked back, rolling to a 4-1 final...

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Of the Sikeston Bulldogs' five wins this year, four were in convincing fashion. But the one that wasn't was a 14-13 down-to-the-wire thriller at Farmington in Week 5. Farmington felt like it let one slip away...

SIKESTON -- "Canalou: People, Culture, Bootheel Town," a collection of stories about the author's experiences growing up and living in the Missouri Bootheel, has recently been published by the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University and will soon be delivered to area schools...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CANADA VOWS NOT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY TERROR Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the Parliament Hill shooting was a terrorist act. 2. GLIMPSES OF NORTH KOREAN LIFE CAUGHT ON RARE TRIP...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- If you haven't got around to it over the past year, Saturday will be a great time to meet Sikeston's "new" city manager. City residents are invited to attend Breakfast with the City Manager scheduled from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Oct. 25 at the Clinton Community Building...

Public Safety Officer Jacob Bell, one of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety's newest employees, tries one of Hurst's new eDRAULIC rescue tools Wednesday on a junk car donated by Satterfield's Wrecker Service. The eDRAULIC line features self-contained hydraulics and are battery operated so users are no longer "tethered" by hydraulic hoses to a power unit, according to Lt. ...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Linda Sue Martin died Oct. 22, 2014 at Pemiscot Memorial Hospital in Hayti. DeLisle Funeral Home of Portageville is in charge of arrangements which are incomplete.

SIKESTON -- Amy Lee Burns, 84, died Oct. 21, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Timmie Louis "T" Hampton, 64, died Oct. 18, 2014, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

SIKESTON -- Mary Frances Vaughan, 93, died Oct. 21, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.

jillb@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Thanks to the generosity of a local family, students across the region will know the stories of small town life in the Bootheel. The Montgomery family donated $7,500 to the Center for Regional History of Southeast Missouri State University to provide 500 copies of "Canalou: People, Culture, Bootheel Town," a collection of stories by Dan Whittle, to area high schools. ...

If you get a call from Charter Communications saying you can get a TV and unlimited long distance phone for $66.99 a month, do not believe them. You will be charged an extra sales tax, broadcast surcharge, SCC fee and franchise fee for a total of $70.96 plus you will be charged $19.99 for your phone plus you will be charged $4.99 for wiring for a total of $99.93...