Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2015

sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Dexter remained undefeated Monday after a two set win in Sikeston. Dexter (3-0) won the first set 25-10 and the second 25-16. Addie Kruse led Dexter with six kills, Krysten Garrison added five and Lexie Barnes chipped in four. Brittney Brown led with 10 digs, Barnes had seven and Bailee Williams had six...

Today will be mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. with a high near 88 and a light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning then becoming mostly clear tonight with a low around 69. Mostly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 90 while Wednesday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Thursday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 90 then becoming mostly clear Thursday night with a low around 69. Mostly sunny on Friday...

POPLAR BLUFF -- Fired Poplar Bluff, Missouri, city manager Heath Kaplan is one of three finalists for a job as administrator for Benzie County, Michigan. Kaplan and the other finalists will make presentations Tuesday before the Benzie County Board of Commissioners...

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 first-degree murder. The complaint filed with the court alleges on or about Aug. 22, Weaver caused the death of Norman K. Jones by shooting or strangling him...

ST. LOUIS -- A study that suggests a new strain of lice may be resistant to common drugstore treatments comes as children are headed back to school, and some districts have loosened their attendance policies over students with the minuscule bugs. A Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville scientist worked on a mutated lice study, which was presented this month at a national meeting of the American Chemical Society...

BLOOMFIELD -- Architect Dale Rogers presented an opinion of probable cost document for restoration of the cupola and second floor of the old courthouse in Bloomfield of $585,557. He presented the cost to the Stoddard County Commission at their regular meeting Monday...

BROOMFIELD - A Dexter man is in custody at the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department, and is being held without bond after making a terrorist threat at a local church. According to the report, John Robert Wilkinson Jr., 24, of Dexter, made a threat of blowing up the First Baptist Church in Dexter on Wednesday, Aug. 26...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. POLICE ARREST MAIN SUSPECT IN BANGKOK BOMBING Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says the man is a foreigner and was arrested in eastern Thailand near the Cambodian border...