Stories from Monday, May 25, 2020

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat office will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. We wish everyone a safe holiday.

KENNETT, Mo. — A Kennett man was killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Dunklin County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 3:50 p.m. on US 412 at east city limits of Kennett, the crash occurred as the westbound vehicle driven by Brenda K. Harris, 23, of Portageville, Mo., ran off the road and overcorrected into the path of the eastbound vehicle driven by James Shallie, 32, of Jonesboro, Ark. Shallie’s vehicle struck Harris’ vehicle in the right side...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Margie Marie Miller, 82, formerly of East Prairie, Mo., died May 22, 2020, at her home in Topeka. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. May 30 at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie. Burial will immediately follow in East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery at East Prairie...

SIKESTON — Velma Ruthine Counts, age 88, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Clearview Nursing and Rehab in Sikeston, Missouri.  She was born in Reno, Arkansas, on July 21, 1931, to the late Dempse and Lillie King Taylor. She was employed as a secretary at the canvas factory and was a member of Communities of Christ Church...