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Storm kills three in Diehlstadt
(Local News ~ 06/05/12)
DIEHLSTADT -- Three people are dead after a mobile home on Highway 77 in Diehlstadt was damaged in Monday night's storm. Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter said late Monday night that emergency crews were assessing damage in town and that no other fatalities or injuries had yet been reported. He said he knew of several residents who were checking on their neighbors...
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King of the hill
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- Greenville native Tim Hillis is liking his new gig as one of the Charleston Squirrels starters. Hillis, along with two other Greenville baseball players, had the opportunity to play for Charleston manager Michael Minner and his very-well established senior babe ruth team and figured, 'why not?'...
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Brant leads Chaffee past Jackson 11-3
(High School Sports ~ 06/05/12)
sports@standard-democrat.com CHAFFEE -- Backed by a complete game effort from starting pitcher Jamie Brant, Chaffee's Senior Babe Ruth team put up 10 hits on Monday to beat Jackson's Senior Babe Ruth 11-3 in the first game of a scheduled double-header...
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Sikeston doesn't get extension from FEMA
(Local News ~ 06/05/12)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Sikeston will not get an extension from FEMA on the deadline to approve the new floodplain maps. Sikeston officials and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson met with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a special meeting Monday to discuss concerns about FEMA's new maps and the deadline to approve them which is today...
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Morley lifts burn ban
(Local News ~ 06/05/12)
MORLEY - The burn ban for the city of Morley is lifted. The announcement was made this morning by Fire Chief Teresa Hick.
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Freda Jean Whiteside
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Freda Jean Whiteside, 77, died June 5, 2012, at the Fountainbleau Lodge at Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston
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Alan Mickel
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Alan Duane Mickel, 80, died June 4, 2012, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete with Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie.
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Loy Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
DIEHLSTADT -- Loy Gene Miller, 70, died June 4, 2012, at Diehlstadt. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Randy Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
DIEHLSTADT -- Randy Gene Miller, 47, died June 4, 2012, at Diehlstadt. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Jasper Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
DIEHLSTADT -- Jasper Lewis Miller, 49, died June 4, 2012, at Diehlstadt. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Carla Phillips
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Carla Phillips, 62, formerly of Portageville, died June 2, 2012, in Cape Girardeau. Born March 20, 1950, in Risco, daughter of the late Carl and Adele Dempsey, she was employed at Lady Luck. On May 30, 1969, in Malden, she married James R. "Jim" Phillips who preceded her in death on Nov. 7, 1995...
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John Wellman
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
QUINCY, Ill. -- John H. Wellman, 79, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., died May 9, 2012, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. Born Jan. 10, 1933, son of the late Wilbur and Louise Schreacke Wellman, he was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church in Sikeston, served in the U.S. Army and had worked as a college professor at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., and as a self-employed certified public accountant...
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Dickie Hampton
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
SIKESTON -- Dickie Gean Hampton, 65, died May 18, 2012, at her home. Born July 8, 1946, in Catron, she was daughter of the late Leonard and Evelyn Wages. On Aug. 7, 1992, in Portageville, she married Leon Hampton who preceded her in death. Survivors include: two sons and a daughter-in-law, Chris and Kristine Draper of Marston and Clark Draper of Sikeston; two daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Dickie Deloach of Lilbourn and Tammy and Mark Madden of Finnely, Tenn.; two stepchildren, Don Allen Tinnin of Sikeston and Kim Pardon of Portageville; and 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.. ...
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Patricia White
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
SIKESTON -- Patricia Ann White, 74, died June 3, 2012, at her home. Born March 17, 1938, in Battle Creek, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Helen Vincent Stark. She married Samuel White who survives of the home. Other survivors include: one son, Robert Cloyd of Orlando, Fla.; one daughter, Robbie Cloyd of Cincinnati, Ohio; two brothers, Lee Stark of Lake Placid, Fla., and Jim Stark of Bessemer, Ala.; and four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...
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Louis Wilson
(Obituary ~ 06/05/12)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Louis Calvin Wilson, 74, died June 1, 2012. Born in Arkansas, he grew up and was schooled in Missouri, graduating in 1955 at Sikeston. He retired in 1993 after service in the U.S. Navy and a lifelong career with the McKesson-Robbins Wholesale Drug Co. ...
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Coming down
(Local News ~ 06/05/12)
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