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Shooting suspect in custody
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON - A Sikeston man wanted in a March 7 shooting is in custody. Tevin Golden, 20, was taken into arrested Monday afternoon by officers with the Special Operations Group of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety after a search warrant was obtained for 162 Lee. According to DPS Capt. Jim McMillen, after officers surrounded the house, Golden came out peacefully...
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Corps of Engineers invites public aboard largest diesel towboat on Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 13, 2015 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District will offer the public two opportunities to tour the largest diesel towboat operating on the Mississippi River. The tours are offered to the public at no cost. Public open houses aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI will take place:...
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Outreach, Inc. Releases Church Resources for 'Do You Believe?' Movie
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- It is more than a movie, t is a life-changing question everyone will face at some point: Do You Believe? This highly anticipated new movie from creators of the smash hit God's Not Dead inspired the formation of a movie-related Bible study and church campaign kit...
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Lady Bulldogs looking to build on successful 2014 campaign
(High School Sports ~ 03/18/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Coming off one of the more successful seasons in the program's history, the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs' soccer team has no plans on taking a step back in 2015. With the addition of a talented group of freshman and the loss of only one senior, Sikeston once again expects to be in the district title hunt as they move up to Class 3...
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Kelly soccer enters first varsity season
(High School Sports ~ 03/18/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- After two years on the junior varsity level Kelly's girls soccer program will take the plunge into varsity action this spring. The Lady Hawks' open their inaugural varsity season at home on Friday when they take on the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m...
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Caruthersville man arrested after posting online threat
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE - A Caruthersville man is in custody after posting an online threat against a public school. William S. Taylor, 55, is charged with making a terrorist threat with criminal negligence after a post he made on the website Topix.com on Feb. 23, which caused fear to members of the Caruthersville School District and several parents of children attending school in the District...
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Sikeston man is facing felony charges after weekend traffic stop
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON -- A Sikeston man is facing felony drug charges after a traffic stop Saturday. Nathaniel Thomas, 28, is charged with two class C felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest by fleeing filed by the Scott County Prosecuting Attorney's Office...
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Fifth and Sixth Grade Center: Students honored for third quarter academic work
(Submitted Story ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston Fifth and Sixth Grade Center has announced the honor roll students for the third quarter of the 2014-2015 school year. They are: Fifth grade Raghad Alkilani, Karris Allen, Kelsie Anderson, Analiese Arredondo, Haily Bard, Abby Basinger, Madison Basinger, Carson Beaird, Culin Beck, Eunique Bland, Chloe Bles, Amyari Blissett, Gavin Boardman, Molly Bogle, Christopher Bonner, Micah Branson, Tristen Brotherton, Sydney Burton, John Tyler Carlisle, Sophia Carter, Blaze Chanley, Hailee Clark, Kaela Clark, Kenlea Cochran, Ashoniti Cole, Addie Coplin, Quintin Craft, Theodore Davis, Kyle Day, Cooper Dees, Jeffery Dickson, Taylor Dover, Tanner Eaton, Lila Eckert, Kyrin Ellis, Kaleb Evans, Andrew Faire, Audra Falkenberg, Ethan Foley, Joneisha Foreman, Baylee Freeland, Ty Freeland, Briana Gaskins, Caleb Gates, Mya Gilliland, Jacqueline Ginther, Ana Gonzalez, Jonathan Green, Joseph Green, Isaac Griggs, Katherine Grubbs, Dethasha Hall, Sophie Hamra, Griffin Hancock, Jameonia Harris, Destiny Hicks, Errynn Hill, Chloe Hodge, Libertie Hodges, Heidi Hostler, Dakira Hunter, Mirza Hussain, Wesley Jackson, Mckenna Jenkins, Jakiaya Johnson, Jamarius Johnson, Laniah Johnson, Halley Kim, Lucas King, Kalee Kitchen, Jaiden Knoeppel, Collin Lape, Daniel Lape, Makayla Latham-Shabazz, Evan Lawson, Alexus Lepior, Darrion Lewis, Kiala Langi Marshall, Omar Martinez, Noah Mason, Gary McClain, Latreyveon McCray, Amber McDowell, Noah McGlothlin, John McMullan, Thomas Murray, Bradley Nash, Amaree Nelson, Ellie Noe, Mason Norman, Janyla Oglesby, Jordan Pavelka, Aniyah Pearson-Winfield, Kaylee Pipes, Carlos Posey, Haylee Raithel, Deshyia Ray, Lily Recker, Maliki Rehrer, Zachary Reynolds, Ryan Richards, Parker Richardson, Zachery Richmond, Madalyn Riley, Anthony Roberts, Zoe Robison, Madison Rudisill, Aaliyah Ruiz, Tharen Russell, Inez Sanders, Siana Sanders, Breanna Sapp, Kimbriele Sayles, Trey Scott, Nilen Sharkey, Kaylee Shelby, Alonzo Sherwood, Mason Slipis, Leilani Smith, Dakota Sneeringer, Emma Spraggs, Olivia Starnes, Bryce Sullins, Brandon Swilley, Cleo Taylor, Laci Taylor, Latahja Taylor, Leo Taylor, Reece Taylor, Sydni Taylor, Takyla Taylor, Chloe Teal, Allyson Tehee, Emma Thompson, Dylan Thornbrough, Michael Thornell, Matthew Thurman, Brian Tims, Karson Tolle, Mia Torres, Cody Tubbs, Chloe Turner, Dylon Turner, Tanisha Turner, Jacquelin Ventura, Navi Walters, Riley Watson, Mariyah Wiggins, Cortazya Wilder, Jada Williams, Mahogany Williamson, Leslie Willis, Dylan Wilson, Leopha Winfield, Charleigh Winslett, Amber Woods, Cooper Wooley, Richard Wrather, Lydia Wren.. ...
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Oran FFA Chapter receives grants for a community project
(Submitted Story ~ 03/18/15)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Director of Agriculture Richard Fordyce announced that 21 youth groups, including one from Southeast Missouri, were awarded grants from the Missouri Department of Agriculture's 2015 Building Our American Communities grant program today. Eleven local chapters of the National FFA Organization and ten Missouri 4-H clubs statewide have been awarded funds for their community service projects this year...
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New Madrid County R-1 School Board: Missed school days lengthen school year
(Submitted Story ~ 03/18/15)
NEW MADRID - Inclement weather and a stellar basketball season will make the spring break much shorter and the school year a little longer for students in the New Madrid County R-1 School District. During the March board meeting, the New Madrid County R-1 Board of Education revised the 2014-15 school calendar...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHO WINS ISRAELI ELECTION Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud Party appears to have earned 30 out of parliament's 120 seats and is in a position to be able to build a coalition government...
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Paperwork completed for 7 more bridge replacements in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
BLOOMFIELD -- The Stoddard County Commission received engineering contracts for construction of seven new bridges to replace old bridges that have poor sufficiency rating at their regular meeting Monday morning. Bill Robison, an engineer with Smith & Co. ...
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Oran may hire engineer to solve water-system problem
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
ORAN -- After a continuing issue with a holding tank at the Oran water treatment plant, city officials are looking to solve the problem once and for all. City Clerk Tom Urhahn said for some time, the holding tank at the treatment plant has had a crack in it. Because patching it hasn't fixed the problem, the city is planning for a solution...
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Water, sewer rate increases look likely for Scott City
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
SCOTT CITY -- With deadlines for a new wastewater treatment plant quickly approaching, so comes the need to pay for it. The Scott City city council looked worried going through numbers and charts at Monday night's meeting, and no one expressed encouragement in raising rates. But the council acknowledged changes needed to be made...
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Police officer, city worker team up to save trapped dog
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
EAST PRAIRIE - Officers crawled under a grain bin Monday to rescue a trapped dog. At approximately 7:15 a.m. Monday, the East Prairie Animal Control Officer, Jerry Medina, responded to the Bell Grainery, located just west of the Main Street parking lot following a report of a possible trapped canine in the grain bin...
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Weapons investigation leads to arrests
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
BENTON - Following a weapons investigation by the Scott County Sheriff's Department, a rural Benton man is in jail. Kenneth Blankenship, 50, is charged with the felony of unlawful possession of a firearm. On Sunday Staff-Sergeant Branden Caid and Sergeant Justin Wooten obtained information that Blankenship was illegally in possession of a concealable handgun...
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County road and bridge crews back to work
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
BENTON -- The Scott County Road and Bridge Department is back to rocking and rolling. "All the snow and freezing and thawing has really taken a toll on our gravel roads," Jamie Burger, presiding county commissioner, said during the Commission's regular meeting Tuesday...
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Annual women's show will be held on March 28 in Miner
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON -- It's a ladies day out to learn, laugh and lunch. The second annual Sikeston Regional Women's Show, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 28 at the Miner Convention Center, promises to build on last year's success, according to Kyla Evans, coordinator of the event and marketing manager for Sikeston Outlet Stores...
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Racing to read
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Carolyn Hollowell with the Sikeston Public Library's Racing to Read grant program reads to 3-year-old Jillian Polk as Christian Cox, 7, and Liana Sanchez, 6, work a sorting game prior to their doctor appointments at Ferguson Medical group. The Racing to Read grant is funding outreach programs in partnership with Ferguson and the Scott County Health Department/WIC office to draw new children ages 6 and under and their families to the library. ...
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Sheriff's deputies arrest five for drug distribution
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
ANNISTON -- Five Mississippi County residents will be arraigned Wednesday in Mississippi County Associate Court on drug charges after a search of their shared Anniston residence turned up evidence of narcotics distribution. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, the arrests were made after an investigation into an unrelated matter led Chief Deputy Charlie Marcum and Deputy Cory Hutcheson Thursday to an Anniston residence occupied by Jason Lee...
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Clowning around
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
Youngsters in the YMCA of Southeast Missouri's after-school program had the opportunity to meet a real clown with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Monday afternoon and get some circus-style exercise as they learned to juggle scarves and balancing a pole in their palm and on their finger. ...
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Two jailed on various charges after separate traffic stops
(Local News ~ 03/18/15)
CHARLESTON -- Two men are facing a variety of charges including drug and weapon charges following separate traffic stops by Charleston Department of Public Safety officers. The first stop was made just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Charleston DPS Director Robert Hearnes, when an officer heard gun shots near his location. While investigating, a vehicle was observed leaving the area at a high rate of speed...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/18/15)
I would like to say to the employees of the city of Miner for clearing off our roads on this last snow. You did a great job. I appreciate all the long cold hours you put in. Just wanted to let you know you are very much appreciated. This is pertaining to the article "Like it or lump it." Yes, we do work and we would like to be able to get out in Morley on the snowy days. ...
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Too many scandals and too little trust
(Editorial ~ 03/18/15)
Did the President's top adviser really leak information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hidden private e-mails to the press in an attempt to "get back" at the Clintons for past deeds against her boss? Did the President send "his" people to Israel recently - on the taxpayers' dime - to undermine this week's national elections there?...
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When it comes to aging, game on
(Column ~ 03/18/15)
I see little signs every day that I'm getting older with things like gray hairs, achy muscles and all the AARP mail. But this past weekend on a work trip to Columbia I felt older than I ever have. I should have known it didn't start well when I woke up early the morning on the day I left hacking like I smoked three packs a day for 50 years. ...
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Martha Ann Williams
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Martha Ann Bone Eby Williams, 71, died March 9, 2015, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Amy Breed
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
MARINA, Calif. -- Amy Lou Buckthorpe Breed, 58, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died March 10, 2015, in Marina. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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George Harkness
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
DEXTER -- George Henry Harkness, 84, died March 15, 2015, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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A.G. Sanders
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
NEW MADRID -- A.G. Sanders, 51, died March 10, 2015. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Audrey Ing
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
BLOMEYER -- Audrey Dean Ing, 85, died March 15, 2015 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.
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Willie Mae Brock
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
LILBOURN -- Willie Mae Brock, 81, died March 17, 2015, at the Portageville Nursing Home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Earl Box
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON - Earl Box, 79, died March 17, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Butch Cossey Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
WYATT -- Clifton H. "Butch" Cossey Sr., 84, died March 15, 2015, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Ruby Miller
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
BLOOMFIELD -- Ruby E. Miller, 96, formerly of St. Ann, died March 15, 2015, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Lois Driver
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- Lois W. Driver, 86, died March 16, 2015, at her home surrounded by family. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Letha Burleson
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
DEXTER -- Letha Laverne Walker Burleson, 93, died March 15, 2015, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Hallie Granville
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
MORLEY -- Hallie M. Granville, 82, died March 17, 2015, 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.
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Emma Clay
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Emma Florence Clay, 102, of Sikeston, died March 16, 2015, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Gary Call
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Gary Dennis Call, 75, died March 16, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Emmett Claycomb
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
DIELSTADT - Emmett Claycomb, 82, died March 18, 2015 at his residence. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Gerry Ray
(Obituary ~ 03/18/15)
SIKESTON -- Geraldine Virginia "Gerry" Ray, 86, died March 16, 2015, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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