Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2015

sports@standard-democrat.com COOTER -- Cooter scored all of its runs in the third inning leading to a 7-4 road loss for Sikeston on Tuesday. The Wildcats (7-2) poured on seven runs in the third inning which included a home run from Cole Crowder, who finished the day 3 for 3 and a triple away from the cycle...

SIKESTON -- The Notre Dame golf team finished first and had the top individual performer Tuesday during the 4-team match at Fox Haven Country Club in Sikeston. Notre Dame topped the others with a combined score of 154. Jackson took second with 164 followed by Sikeston (175) and Dexter (184)...

Partly sunny today with isolated showers before noon with a high near 60 and a northeast wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Mostly cloudy tonight with isolated showers after midnight and a low around 52. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance for scattered showers and a high near 69 while Wednesday night will be mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance for scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after midnight and a low around 57. ...

PADUCAH, Ky. - The National Weather Service out of Paducah, Kentucky, confirmed tornadic activity in Cape Girardeau County late last week. A damage survey issued Friday said there were two EF-0 tornadoes that occurred Thursday, the lowest level on the scale regarding damage potential...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- When Jerry Kinnaman asked his taxidermist, Danny Wahl, if he would mount an albino buck, Wahl agreed but didn't think he'd ever get the chance. "I sort of shrugged it off. He told me that last year, that he was going after that deer, but he didn't get it," Wahl said. "Then he did call me [to say he had harvested it] while I was on my way to work."...

KENNETT -- Candles were burning Monday morning at an impromptu memorial put together by family and friends at the sight where William Thomas Jr. was shot to death. The shooting that killed Thomas and wounded Taneka Parker occurred early Saturday in Kennett near Mason's Cafe at Commercial and North Baldwin streets...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CLINTON STARTS IOWA CAMPAIGN The big rallies can wait for now as the presidential hopeful opts for a small-town gathering with Iowans reminiscent of her Senate "listening tour."...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Bennie Lee Hosford Jr., 42, died April 11, 2015, at Portageville. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at DeLisle Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday. Burial will follow in the Portageville Cemetery. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...

PORTAGEVILLE -- Ervin Gremard, 86, died April 14, 2015, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete with DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.

BERNIE -- James Monroe "Jim" Overby, 84, died April 12, 2015, at Saxony Lutheran Village in Cape Girardeau. Visitaiton is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Bernie United Methodist Church, where services will begin at 11:30 a.m. Thursday with the Revs. Susan Marner-Sides and Ron Dunnavin officiating...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Sibyl McBride Brockwell, 93, died March 24, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Lilbourn. David Ross, pastor of First Baptist Church in Sikeston, will officiate. Private burial will be held at a later date...

SHREWSBURY -- Mary Ann Walker, 80, died Feb. 7, 2015. A memorial Mass will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Mercy Retreat and Conference Center, 2039 N. Geyer Rd in Frontenac with a reception to follow. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...