Stories from Saturday, April 30, 2016

COLUMBIA, Mo. ˜ The Missouri FFA Association recognized Mercade Campbell of the New Madrid FFA Chapter as Area 16 Star in Agribusiness at the 88th Missouri FFA Convention. Her parents are Walter Campbell and Jamie Calbert of Canalou, Mo. Her advisor is Ellen Amos...

June 3 is target date to open the 8-screen theater SIKESTON -- Since breaking ground in late August of 2015, local residents have anticipated the opening of the new Malco Cinema in Sikeston. The wait is nearly over. Located in Cotton Ridge, a land development area in Sikeston located off Highway 60, west of Walmart near Hennings Drive and Lawrence Street, work continues on the new theater...

I noticed an internet story this week - which was also featured on a morning talk show - about a group of four young Marines posing 50 years ago for a picture on a sandy California beach just before being deployed to Vietnam. Posing with a surfboard and the earnest gazes of men heading into the unknown, the four young men were frozen in time during a much different era, during a much different war...

This concerns 3-year-old classes. I see where Charleston wants to start a 3-year-old class, better known as babysitting. The school board should realize that we the taxpayers pay people to raise their own children, not ours. Now they want to extend babysitting to 3 year olds. We need to change the way money is allotted for schools. We are tired of paying the school when we don't have school-aged children...

SIKESTON - Students of Southeast Missouri State University - Sikeston campus will step into the shoes of the less fortunate from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday. Students in education or social services will take part in the Community Action Poverty Simulation. The simulation, organized by SEMO and the Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation, is designed to foster understanding and empathy for those experiencing poverty in real life...

SIKESTON -- Two Sikeston R-6 counselors were named Counselor of the Year by the Southeast Missouri School Counselor Association. Kim Thornbrough, senior counselor at Sikeston High School, was named Secondary Counselor of the Year while Tonya Sparlin, counselor at Sikeston Fifth and Sixth Grade Center, was awarded Middle School Counselor of the Year by the Southeast Missouri School Counselors Association...

SIKESTON -- A Sikeston R-6 elementary school counselor earned recognition after her school created a video about her. Olivia Carter, counselor at Matthews Elementary School in Sikeston, received the Southeast Missouri School Counselor Association's National School Counselors Week Video Contest Award during the organization's March 9 spring meeting in Cape Girardeau...

Lindsey Self is the May Standard Democrat Calendar Girl. The daughter of Kevin and Beverly Self, Self will graduate this May from Sikeston High School. She plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and major in elementary education.

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A second arrest was made after a complaint about a stolen and forged check. Scottie Owens was charged with forgery and stealing after deputies discovered his role in the case. According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, the investigation began April 19 when a complaint was made about a stolen and forged check. ...

SIKESTON - William Howard "T" Hampton Jr., 85, died April 28, 2016, at his home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Richard "Dick" Richbourg, 85, died April 29, 2016, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Marvin M. Link, 77, died April 27, 2016, at his home near Advance. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


SIKESTON -- Marvin Griffin, 77, formerly of East Prairie, died April 28, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. - William L. "Bill" Byerly Jr., 66, died April 14, 2016. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


PARMA, Mo. - Thelma Lee Husted, 94, died April 29, 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.


WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Jerry Leon Fraley Sr., 75, died April 27, 2016, at Well Star Kennestone Regional Medical Center in Marietta. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Leasa Brown, 54, died April 27, 2016 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.


Southeast Elementary in Sikeston has named its March Base Kids. The following students were honored for their base behavior for the month of March. Pictured are front row, from left: Kyle Thuesen, Zanaya Lane, Michael White, Liam Moore and Kayden Leonard; and back row: Chase Hodges, Gavin Spencer, Keira Hill and Marqualous Scott...

City Incidents- 2 04-09-16: Firemen responding- 04; Location- 607 East 10th St; Tree Fire. 04-11-16: Firemen responding- 12; Location- Portage Village #87; Smoke Scare. Rural Incidents- 1 04-28-16: Firemen responding- 11; Location- I55 at MM 34; Vehicle Fire...