Stories from Tuesday, January 5, 2016

DEXTER -- Doris Carroll, 72, died Jan. 1, 2016, at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield. Visitation is from 4 p.m. until service time at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Methodist Church in Bernie with the Rev. Susan Marner-Sides and Rev. David Fowler officiating. A graveside service will be conducted Thursday at the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Ashland, Ala...

They did it with defense and they did it by forcing turnovers -- Sikeston's recipe for success nearly every game. Miranda Harrison and Erica Peet led the Bulldogs with 14 points while Kiera Steward added 11.

Today will be sunny, with a high near 42 and an east southeast wind 3 to 8 mph then becoming mostly clear tonight with a low around 27 and a south southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Partly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 45 while Wednesday night will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. ...

DYERSBURG, Tenn. - An incident on Sunday morning left a family's pet dead and a Dyersburg man arrested on multiple charges for shooting the animal. According to a report obtained from the Dyer County Sheriff's Department, William Jackson III, 36, 2510 Welch Road, shot and killed a boxer-golden retriever mix dog belonging to Larry and Tabitha Chilcutt...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - He watched the parade of airplanes, tractors, combines and trucks filled with grain, and Perry County emergency management director Hank Voelker was never so happy to be inconvenienced. "When the airplanes started coming over the levee, that was pretty awesome," Voelker said of the Sabreliner Aviation aircraft. "I almost got choked up."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., - A Cape Girardeau man is accused of stabbing his father in back four times on New Year's Eve. What supposedly sparked the attacker's ire was his mother asking him to wear a different shirt. Cape Girardeau police went to the 2500 block of Saddlegate Court about 6:15 p.m. and saw Michael D. Croyle, 26, on his stomach with his father lying on top of him, according to a probable-cause statement from officer Brett Hellmann...

SIKESTON- Southbound I-57 in Mississippi County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located between MM 14.4 and MM 12.2. Weather permitting, work will begin Tuesday, Jan. 5 through Friday, Jan. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Parma man was arraigned Tuesday in federal court on charges involving federal crop insurance fraud, theft of government property and wire fraud. Bobby David Lowrey, 48, who owned and operated farms and related businesses in New Madrid County, including Bobby David Lowrey Farms, Bob Lowrey Farms, Lowrey and Lowrey Inc. ...

POPLAR BLUFF -- The year 2015 ended with an increase in fatalities on Missouri roads, including in Southeast Missouri. After two years of lower numbers, the fatalities in Missouri for 2015 were over 800 for the first time since 2012. As of Dec. 31, 853 lives were reported lost in 2015 Missouri traffic crashes...

DEXTER -- Martha Frances Fowler, 81, died Jan. 5, 2016, at her home in Dexter. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with the Rev. Greg McGhee officiating. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...

KENNETT -- Ruby Kathryn Walpole, 95, died Jan. 4, 2016, at St. Francis Park Assisted Living in Kennett. Visitation is from 12:30 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Thursday at the McDaniel Funeral Home in Kennett. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett. The Rev. Jeff Long will officiate...

scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- Some assistance for flood victims in Scott County will be available Friday in Cape Girardeau. "There's going to be a multi-agency recovery center to cover Cape County and Scott County people who have been affected in the flood," Tom Beardslee, Scott County's emergency management director said Tuesday...

Gary T. Kincy, age 68, of Manhattan, KS, died December 31, 2015, at his residence from natural causes. He was born April 12, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Truman C. and Nadine (Mangold) Kincy. The family resided in Portageville. Gary served in the United States Army and had two tours during the Vietnam era from 1964 to 1967 and from 1972 to 1975 as a medic...

Silvia Lorene (Atnip) Shackelford passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, December 29, 2015, just two days past her 84th birthday. She battled numerous illnesses for several months before finally finding peace and comfort in the arms of her Lord and Savior...

Marci Elizabeth Jenkins and Patrick Devan Angel, of Portageville, would like to announce the birth of their first child, a boy, Devan Micah Bradley Angel. Devan was born at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 12:30 a.m. He weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces, and was 21 inches long...