Stories from Thursday, November 5, 2015

CHARLESTON -- Concerned citizens and groups are joining forces to thwart violence in Charleston. "Nobody in this town should fear being shot," said Charleston Department of Public Safety Chief Robert Hearnes said. "If you commit a crime with a gun, or try to tamper or intimidate a witness, you can expect an aggressive enforcement of the law and prosecution from all the law enforcement agencies in this county."...

"We're pretty excited about what we are doing," stated Malden School Superintendent Ken Cook referencing the recent advancements the District has made in technology. The Science and Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics Lab (STEAM) was officially opened Monday, October 5 at a reception and open house...

Records are made to be broken and is has taken 62 years for Don Hawkins high school passing record to be broke. Portageville senior Jon Garrett Kellams busted Hawkins' record this season with 2,095 yards. His total statistics are 149 of 258 for 57.7 percent, 2,095 yards, 31 touchdowns and seven interceptions...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that young hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 14,095 deer during Missouri's early youth portion of the 2015 deer hunting season, which ran Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Top counties for the early youth portion were Franklin with 338, Osage with 337, and Howell with 288 deer checked. Last year's harvest total for the early youth portion was 18,091...

Player of the Year - Adrianna Merritt - Malden Coach of the Year - Amber Hixson - Malden Mallary Hoggard - Portageville Alexis Swift - Holcomb Elizabeth Blume - Malden Alli Hoffman - Senath-Hornersville Kattie Davies - South Pemiscot Maggie Crossno - Senath-Hornersville...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Because cold weather and warm food go hand-in-hand, the Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will host Dutch Oven Cooking Nov. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This free beginner's course is designed to cover basic techniques for successful outdoor cooking using cast iron...

Harvest up from 2014 total of 5,680.

Low humidity and dry conditions can create environment favorable to wildfires.

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It is November now and that means that the spooks and goblins are gone. I remember as a young lad living on 220 E. Eckles in Piedmont a few Halloween nights. It was the era of the Incredible Hulk, staring Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby. The big, green muscle fighting thugs and villains, and ripping up cars and buildings in the process. ...

Galatians 5:16-18 reminds us of the control the Spirit is to have in our lives and the struggle we all face with the old sinful nature. But it also reveals the victory we should experience on a daily basis. Paul writes in Galatians 5:18, "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law." Here the Spirit is regarded as a guide to whom the believer is expected to submit. ...

Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.05/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has fallen 1.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.18/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Updates first item. 1. RUSSIA, EGYPT DISMISS BOMB THEORY AS PREMATURE The two countries brush off suggestions by Britain and the U.S. that an explosive device was likely to have brought down a Metrojet flight packed with Russian vacationers coming home from an Egyptian resort...

SIKESTON - A new Parks and Recreation director will be on board by Dec. 1. Dustin Care of Bonner Springs, Kan., has accepted the position of Sikeston Parks and Recreation director. "Dustin Care is an experienced Parks and Recreation professional and we believe that our recreation community, including the ball leagues, will be very excited to work with him," said City Manager J.D. ...

scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- There were a lot of law enforcement agencies that rushed out to purchase on-officer cameras following the controversial event in Ferguson. But the Sikeston Department of Public Safety wasn't one of them. "Our officers already had them -- not many people knew that we already had them out on the road," said Capt. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Locals watching the Tuesday morning weather report from the "Today" show may notice a familiar scene behind forecaster Al Roker. Roker will broadcast the weather live from Cape Girardeau's Riverfront Park from 6 to 6:10 a.m. Tuesday...

BENTON - A Vanduser woman found at the scene of a burglary is in jail. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter Sheriff Walter, formal charges are pending against the woman who was arrested Wednesday after deputies responded to 104 East Caroline in Morley to a report of a burglary in progress. When deputies arrived, the suspect was still inside the residence and was ordered to come out; the suspect eventually complied...

CHARLESTON -- Sally Burke Winchester, 90, died Oct. 31, 2015. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Georgia Dodge, 76, died Nov. 3, 2015, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

WATERFORD, Mich. -- The Rev. Kermit Avery Patton, 80, formerly of Chaffee, Mo., died Nov. 1, 2015, at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


MULBERRY, Fla. -- Billy Dale Foster, 68, formerly of Crainville, Ill., died Oct. 24, 2015, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Lakeland. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition

PUEBLO, Colo. -- Pauline B. Slaten Pinelle, 91, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Oct. 27, 2015, in Pueblo. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Thurman Dambach, 83, died Nov. 5, 2015, at his home in rural Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


I know this may not be taxpayer funded or maybe it is. I witnessed a BMU employee at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the UPS Store opening a personal business account. He was driving a BMU truck. Could this be why everything we pay for public utilities cost so much? Also the BMU contracts with a tree trimming business is a joke. ...

DEXTER - Doris A. Elder, 76, died Nov. 3, 2015, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 1 p.m. until time of service at 2 p.m. Friday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with the Rev. Winiferd Wren officiating. Burial will follow in the Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...

SIKESTON - Thurman Phillip Dambach, 83, died Nov. 4, 2015, at his home. A prayer service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Friday, followed by visitation from 5-8 p.m. at Ponder Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Sikeston...