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McDaniel to lead Portageville Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/15)
The green grass sprouting up means one thing in high school sports - baseball! The spring season for the Portageville Bulldogs baseball team began their season last Friday, March 20, at North Pemiscot. Their first home game will be March 27 against Gideon...
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Lilbourn water tower comes down
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
The remains of a downed water tower has the resemblance of a UFO shot down from the sky. The Tower of Power, as young children have named it, was cut down much like a large tree in the forest, one leg at a time, last Tuesday. The tower was located behind the Lilbourn Water Department office on Second Street. ...
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Doctor's visit
(Column ~ 03/27/15)
A guy goes into the doctor's office. He has a banana stuck in one ear, a cucumber in the other ear, and a carrot up his nose. The guy says, "Doc, I feel terrible. What's wrong with me?" The doctor says, "Well, first of all, you're not eating right."...
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"He Who Has Ears"
(Column ~ 03/27/15)
One autumn afternoon my twin sister and I were ripping up the soil in my grandmother's fallow garden. We were only five-years-old, and my sister, in her clod-crushing zeal, miscalculated the distance at which I was standing from her. I was summarily whacked on top of the head with a garden hoe...
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Sikeston allows dooming late goal in loss to Perryville
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Just when it looked like Sikeston would be taking Perryville to overtime Thursday in the opening round of the Cape Noon Optimist Tournament, a breakdown in the final minutes proved too much to overcome...
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10 teens arrested following assault
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Ten teenagers were arrested by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety following the assault of a man Wednesday evening. DPS received call at about 5:13 p.m. Wednesday reporting a disturbance involving a fight between youth and a grown man...
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YMCA putting new spin on a holiday tradition
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Hunting Easter eggs has become a tradition as children scour yards seeking the eggs filled with candy or other goodies. This year, however, the YMCA of Southeast Missouri is giving the hunt a new look. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, the YMCA will hold its first underwater Easter egg hunt in the Aquatics Center. Eggs will be scattered on the bottom of the pool as well as some floating on top of the water for those children unable to go underwater...
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Jimerson, Porter win MBCA Player of the Year awards
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/15)
New Madrid County Central senior Willie Jimerson was selected as the Class 3 basketball Player of the Year by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association on Friday as they announced its annual all-state teams. Jimerson led the Eagles with an average of 24 points and helped NMCC to a third-place finish during the Missouri Show Me Showdown in early March...
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New Madrid County Central routs Scott City behind 18 hits
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID -- Even with a starting temperature of 42 degrees that dipped into the 30's by the final pitch, Scott City couldn't cool down New Madrid County Central's white-hot bats. A rematch of last year's Class 3 sectionals meeting, the Eagles pounded out 18 hits to down the Rams 16-3 in five innings...
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PREP ROUNDUP: Sikeston soccer shuts out Poplar Bluff, Chaffee suffers first loss
(High School Sports ~ 03/27/15)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- The fifth-seeded Sikeston Lady Bulldogs soccer team defeated No. 5 Poplar Bluff 4-0 Friday during a consolation semifinal at the Noon Optimist Tournament at Cape Central High School. Larysa McClellon led Sikeston (2-2) with two goals and one assist. ...
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Seeing is believing
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
Members of the citizens advisory committee for the Sikeston Alternative Center line the hallway and listen Thursday as New Horizons students Jordan Barton (left), Heather Norris and Quinton Norris share information about the center, which houses New Horizons High School for ninth through 12th grades; Bulldog Academic Resource Center for fifth through eighth grades; and Suspension Alternative Center. ...
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One dead in apparent homicide in Cape County
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
GORDONVILLE (SMNS) -- A Cape Girardeau County woman is dead after an apparent homicide Thursday west of Gordonville. The victim is 27-year-old Melissa Luttrell, Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton said. Authorities were investigating the crime scene Thursday evening at a home near the intersection of routes F and Z...
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Jail inmate's medical bill is not Mississippi County's to forgive
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- The Mississippi County Commission has now turned down a second request for a jail debt forgiveness. The most recent request to forgive a debt owed by a former inmate of the Mississippi County Detention Center was made by Angela Phillips of Cape Girardeau County on behalf of her husband, Daniel Phillips, during the Commission's regular weekly meeting Thursday...
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Pauline Nichols
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
BELL CITY -- Sarah "Pauline" Nichols, 88, died March 26, 2015, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Dianne Jarvis
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Dianne Jarvis, 65, died March 25, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Gene McVay
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Joseph E. "Gene" McVay, 77, died March 23, 2015, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Mary Johnson
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Mary Levall Johnson, 79, died March 26, 2015, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Raymond Walker
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
DEXTER -- Raymond "Sug" Walker, 70, died March 25, 2015, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Vivan Frazier
(Obituary ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- Vivan Dale Frazier, 64, died March 26, 2015, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Contest, pancake breakfast, special tours added to this year's rodeo lineup
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
SIKESTON -- A full house gathered Thursday to hear the announcement of the Sikeston Jaycees entertainment lineup and plans for 63rd annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. While who will perform -- Cole Swindell on Aug. 5; Joe Diffie, Aug. 6; Chris Young, Aug. 7; and Aaron Lewis, Aug. 8 -- drew a lot of interest, this year, the Jaycees want to expand the excitement and the activities...
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Two arrested at Morley City Park
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
BENTON -- A Sikeston man was arrested for being a registered sex offender near a playground and possessing drugs this week in Scott County. A Morley woman was also arrested for drug possession at the same time. Steven D. McCray, 25, of Sikeston is charged with the class D felony of a sex offender/loiter/present within 500 feet of a playground; a class A misdemeanor of possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana; and a class A misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child...
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 03/27/15)
I have noticed all the signs around town that four people are vying for a position on the Sikeston school board. Before I vote, I would like to know their position on Common Core and I'm sure other people would like to know also. Heather, Matt, Jay and Chris, how do you stand on Common Core? Let us know by stating your stand in this paper so we will know how to vote. I, for one, will not vote for any one of you that will not respond...
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New system can speed recovery from spinal fractures
(Local News ~ 03/27/15)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Missouri Delta Medical Center is celebrating another first while an Arkansas woman is looking forward to going back to work Monday. A machine operator at Briggs and Stratton in Poplar Bluff, Rosemary Chambers of Corning, Ark., didn't plan to have surgery in Southeast Missouri...
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