Stories from Monday, January 21, 2019

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat offices will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and reopen at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

As the last day of filing for a seat on the City Council has closed, Portageville voters will have three races from which to choose from. For the Mayor’s seat, candidates include incumbent Mayor Denis McCrate, and Floyd Simmons, formal Mayor and alderman. McCrate is seeking his third two-year term as Portageville mayor. It was 2014 when both candidates challenged each other for the Mayor's office...

Pilot/Flying J recently announced the reopening of the reconstructed Flying J Travel Center in Matthews, Missouri on Monday, January 14. Conveniently located off I-55 and Highway 80, the newly rebuilt travel center offers area residents and professional truck drivers traveling through Matthews and across state lines the ideal spot to fuel or grab made-in-house fresh food offerings, premium coffee, and everyday products for quick shopping needs...

Portageville Homecoming King Christopher Word places the tiara onto Homecoming Queen Selinah Taylor last Friday night during homecoming ceremonies. -PHS School photo

JONESBORO – The 21st annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Expo at Arkansas State University will address the latest issues and trends in soil and water conservation. This year's event will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, at First National Bank Arena, 217 Olympic Drive, on the A‑State campus. Producers from Arkansas and surrounding states are expected to attend...

Loreese passed away peacefully on Friday, December 28, 2018, in Spring, TX, at 88 years old. She was born December 14, 1930, in Braggadocio, MO to Jimmie Dee and Emmaline Lackey Curtis. She married in March 1951, to Leon Saalwaechter. She lived in Braggadocio, Portageville, Fort Sill OK,...

The following students at the Portageville Elementary School have received Honor Roll for the Second Quarter. They are: First Grade - A Honor Roll Alayna Durden Nyiah Young Hayden Conaway Harper Higgs Carson Linville Jaylen West Ethan Williams Ryley Cook...

First Grade: Bryleigh Chandler Allysa Duda Hunter Hamm Dalton Hinton Jersey Luye Destiney Lyell Olivia Macklin Oakleigh McGowan Aiden Moore A.J. Smith Brody Whitaker Second Grade: Kenshae Evans Addyson Fleming Makiya Helton Colton Moore Katelyn Sawyer...

I am honored to have been appointed by Speaker of the House, Elijah Haahr, to serve as Chair of the House Agriculture Policy Committee.  The House Agriculture Policy Committee is responsible for bills and matters relating to the protection, promotion, and encouragement of agriculture in the state of Missouri.  As chair of the committee, I will preside over committee hearings and be responsible for all legislation referred to the committee. ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a shooting that left a Charleston man dead early Monday in Sikeston. At 9:15 a.m. Monday, officers with Sikeston DPS responded to the 100 block of Adams Street in reference to a male who had been shot, according to Capt. Austin C. Henley with Sikeston DPS...

SIKESTON — Charlotte Clenney, age 82, died Jan. 18, 2019, at Bertrand Retirement Home in Bertrand. She was born Sept. 20, 1936, in Selma, Ala., to the late Dowdie Webster and Camilla Armstrong Hartzog. She was a member of Sardis Baptist Church in Abbeville, Ala., and had worked as an office manager for the Revenue Commissioner's Office in Alabama before retiring...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced that 13 public water systems in Missouri have been awarded a Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in drinking water to a level that is effective for preventing tooth decay. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Vidal Sauceda Jr., 81, formerly of Oran, died Jan. 18, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born Feb. 28, 1937, in Nixon, Texas, son of the late Vidal Sauceda Sr. and Susie Valdez Sauceda, he was a retired farmer and member of Apostolic Church of Oran. ...

ORAN, Mo. — Emma Anna Gaines, 94, died Jan. 19, 2019, at The Chateau Girardeau. Born March 3, 1924, in Portageville, daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Elfrink Eftink, she was a homemaker and member of Guardian Angel Parish in Oran and St. Ann’s PCCW...

DEXTER, Mo. — Beatrice E. DeLay, 81, died Jan. 21, 2019, at her home in Dexter. Born April 16, 1937, in Acorn Ridge, daughter of the late Louis Elmira and Betty Victoria Fletcher Summers, she had lived in Bloomfield and Dexter all her life. She had worked for the Social Security Office as a secretary, and she attended the Church of Christ in Dexter...