Stories from Friday, February 19, 2016

Portageville High School Volleyball teams have been recognized for the past several years as being Outstanding in the Classroom by the Missouri High School Activites Association. This year is no exception.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Jason Smith met with community leaders from around the Missouri Bootheel to brainstorm ways to stimulate area job growth Saturday -- including passing right-to-work laws in Missouri. The session, which included several state legislators, centered on how to handle the likely closing next month of Noranda Aluminum Inc.'s aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Missouri...

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today approved Gov. Jay Nixon's request to expand the federal major disaster declaration for Missouri to include assistance for local governments and nonprofit agencies in 37 counties and the City of St. Louis for the cost of responding to and recovering from the historic flooding that affected the state from Dec. 23 to Jan. 9...

The New Covenant is at its core Christ in you, the hope of glory, Jesus expressing his character through his people. The incarnation, God clothed in human flesh, is the inheritance of his people. It is Christ in you and you in Christ. With our identity firmly in Christ, we live out an authentic Christianity!

CLASS 1 New Madrid County Central 132 -- Rhiley Smith (44-7) First round: won decision over Bo Thomas (Blair Oaks) 9-6 Quarterfinals: won by pin over Alex Cupp (Marceline) 6:00 170 -- Terrez Taylor (37-8) First round: won decision over Lance Hymer (Seneca) 13-11...

sports@standard-democrat.com NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Thursday's game between Scott County Central and New Madrid County Central has traditionally been played on the backend of the schedule in hopes of drawing out good performances right before they dive in to district play...

sports@standard-democrat.com CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- The Caruthersville Tigers have had this game circled on the calendar for a while. The atmosphere was electric. The gym was packed. And the team was pumped up for visiting state-ranked Sikeston on Thursday night...

CLARKTON, Mo. -- A Scotty Allen hook shot from block with 15 seconds left lifted the Clarkton Reindeer over the visiting Holcomb Hornets 81-79 on Senior Night Thursday. "It's good to see a good team win like this where everybody that played contributed in one way or another," said Clarkton coach Jordan Bidewell. "Scotty Allen ended up answering the call when he was needed, knocking down the game winner."...

CHARLESTON -- A woman who fled arrest in Kentucky is now facing charges in Missouri. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 2 for Lillian Leshone Scott, 38, of Paducah, Ky., on the misdemeanors of resisting arrest and the felony of delivery/ possession/ concealment of a controlled substance at/within a county jail. In addition, Scott is charged with the misdemeanors of careless and imprudent driving and driving while intoxicated, according to Missouri Case.net...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Sikeston sent three of its nine state qualifiers into the quarterfinal round Thursday after the first round of the Class 3 Missouri wrestling state tournament at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Garrett Middleton (132), Josh Stinnett (182) and Mitchell Garner (220) each won their first round matches by pin...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHERE LIFE GOES ON, DESPITE SANCTIONS Few countries have endured sanctions as deep or longstanding as North Korea. There was dancing in the streets in the wake of the recent missile test, but it wasn't exactly spontaneous...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- What apparently began as a teen-age prank that turned deadly is now a murder trial. Following a preliminary hearing in Division II of New Madrid County Circuit Court Thursday afternoon, Tiarrius Gant, 17, of Sikeston was ordered bound over for trial on charges of second degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, discharge of a weapon from a motor vehicle and second degree felony murder perpetration/attempted perpetration or flight from perpetration of a felony where a person dies in connection with a shooting. ...

SIKESTON -- A Puxico woman was seriously injured at 10:55 a.m. Thursday in a two-vehicle accident three miles east of Morehouse. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that Jimmie G. Lawrence, 81, of Dexter was eastbound on Highway 60, failed to yield to oncoming traffic and struck the westbound vehicle driven by Karen A. Franklin, 61, of Puxico...

For the person wanting a cosmetologist who fixes older people's hair, I highly recommend the ladies at Touch Of Class on Kingshighway, in the mall by Kingsway Furniture. - - - This is in reply to "Need a new do." My grandmother works at Blades Family Hair Design in Sikeston, right across from the train depot. Just ask for Diane Lenderman and the number is 472-2881...

CROWDER, Mo. - Edna Jacobson, 97, died Feb. 17, 2016, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Joette Corbin Wamble, 81, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died Feb. 10, 2106, at San Antonio. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON - Irene Williams, 99, died Feb. 18, 2016, at her residence in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON - Phyllis Kelton, 72, died Feb. 18, 2016, at the Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Sarah Elizabeth Martin and Joseph Tucker Hunter were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for February. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names a male and female senior each month. Character, leadership, service, citizenship and scholastic ability are criteria used to select one "Student of the Year" at the end of the 2015-2016 school year...

*Donations will fund the purchase scottw@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- The fundraising campaign for an eye in the sky for Scott County wasn't the sheriff's idea but he agrees it is a good one. "There's a couple of local farmers, one of them Marty Priggel, who said they wanted to donate money to buy a drone," Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said...