Stories from Monday, August 31, 2015

Ministry tries to connect with other bikers SIKESTON - Ministry and motorcycles work well together. Just ask those from Pure Freedom Ministries and the Azusa Streetriders. The two groups, made up of members of the Sikeston First Assembly of God and the Christian Tabernacle, spent much of Saturday on their motorcycles. ...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. POLICE SEEK 2 NEW SUSPECTS IN BANGKOK BOMBING PROBE A Thai woman and a foreign man of unknown nationality are suspected in the blast at the Erawan Shrine, which killed 20 people and injured more than 120 others...

MARBLE HILL -- A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man allegedly shot and stabbed a couple in Marble Hill, Missouri, killing the man and leaving the woman in critical condition. William Anthony Pickard, 32, is suspected of instigating the attack. The attack occurred shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, according to Bollinger County Sheriff Darin Shell...

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Poplar Bluff man continues to be held without bond after he was charged Friday with causing the death of another man over the alleged theft of prescription pills. Edward William Weaver, 23, was charged with the Class A felony of first degree murder or in the alternative the Class A felony of second-degree murder by Butler County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Paul Oesterreicher...

BLOOMFIELD -- Located on the "Lancaster Square" in the small town of Bloomfield, the Stoddard County Courthouse is a county treasure. The clock in the cupola is a "Maria Strike" clock, only one of four similar clocks in the state of Missouri. Though the original courthouse was burned during the Civil War, a portion of that building was incorporated into the current structure, when it was rebuilt in 1867-1870 and remodeled again in 1909...

JACKSON -- Edna Louise Peetz, 84, of Jackson, slipped peacefully into heaven, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She had been suffering from kidney failure. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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PUXICO -- Irene Hendrix, 92, died Aug. 29, 2015, at Puxico Nursing Center in Puxico. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Bobbie Stallings, 91, died Aug. 30, 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.


EAST PRAIRIE -- Brenda Thurman, 70, died Aug. 30, 2015, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Martha "Sue" Bogle, 76, died Aug. 30, 2015, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON - Maxine Dial, 88, died Aug. 31, 2015, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

CHARLESTON - A Mississippi County resident will be arraigned Wednesday on fraud charges. Meredith Jean Thomas, 44, of East Prairie,is scheduled to be in court at 9:30 a.m. before Associate Judge S. Rob Barker on felony charges of theft/stealing of property valued at more than $500 and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device...

I wanna know why African American criminal reports are on the front page and those that are white are not on the front page. I just want to know why that's so. It's always blacks on the front page and whites aren't and I just wanna know why. Aug. 19 is a prime example of whites not being put on the front page for criminal action. We don't have any blacks on Aug. 19, and the white one is on the inner page...

August 2015 Monthly Report Fire Department City Incidents- 1 8-18-15: Firemen responding- 16; Location- 302 Haynes Dr.; Structure Fire. Rural Incidents- 5 8-04-15: Firemen responding- 5; Location- State Hwy. YY; Vehicle Fire. 8-04-15: Firemen responding- 14; Location- Noranda Metal Services; Explosion/Fire...