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Three Rivers athletes named to All-Academic softball team
(College Sports ~ 07/24/12)
POPLAR BLUFF -- The softball team and several individual athletes from Three Rivers College have been named All-Academic Players by the National Junior College Athletics Association. With a cumulative 3.32, the Lady Raiders softball team has the 26th-highest overall GPA of all NJCAA softball teams in the nation. Several individual players from both the softball and lady basketball team have also received special recognition:...
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Diana Rice
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
NEW MADRID -- Diana Rice, 58, died July 23, 2012, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. Born Dec. 10, 1953, in Sikeston, she was the daughter of J.W. Rice Jr. of New Madrid and the late Beatrice Mae Wilson Rice. Survivors include: one son, Jason Shane Rice of New Madrid; one daughter, Laura Dale Leigh Adams of Morehouse; two brothers, Jimmy Joe Rice and Jonathan Rice of East Prairie; and two grandchildren, Austin Adams and Macy Adams of Morehouse...
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Mary Rister
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
CHAFFEE -- Mary Frances Rister, 81, died July 23, 2012, at The Lutheran Home. Born July 31, 1930, in Chaffee, to the late Adam and Stella Eldridge Schoen, she retired as a factory supervisor from Thorngate Ltd. in Chaffee and was also a librarian at the Chaffee Public Library. She was a member of the Chaffee General Baptist Church and a former member of the Chaffee Eastern Star Chapter No. 48...
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Jerry Davis
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
SIKESTON -- Jerry R. Davis, 65, died July 22, 2012, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born July 12, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, to the late Russell A. and Velma Dickerson Davis, he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a rural letter carrier for 33 years for the U.S. Postal Service and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston...
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Randall Crowe
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
SIKESTON -- Randall Joe Crowe, newborn son of Randall Lenn Crowe and Jessica Campbell of East Prairie, died at 10:05 a.m. July 20, 2012, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. In addition to his parents, survivors include: two brothers, Max Curtner and C.J. Curtner of East Prairie; and one sister, Maddi Campbell of East Prairie...
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Paul Sherrard Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
SIKESTON -- Paul Jackson "Jack" Sherrard Jr., 77, formerly of Morehouse, died July 19, 2012, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born Sept. 4, 1934, in Norfolk, Va., to the late Paul J. and Alma D. Morris Sherrard Sr., he had served in the U.S. Army and the National Guard. Employed by the International Shoe Company for 30 years, he later worked for 15 years in the laundry department at MDMC...
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Sylvia Gregg
(Obituary ~ 07/24/12)
PARMA -- Sylvia Jane Gregg passed away at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 10 days on July 22, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Born Nov. 12, 1921, in Hartville, daughter of the late Wm. Lewis and Roxie Lee Ward Cravens, she had lived all of her life in Parma where she and her husband had owned and operated Gregg's Grocery. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Parma and the Parma Senior Citizens Club...
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Howardville man gets 120 months on gun charge
(Local News ~ 07/24/12)
CAPE GIRARDEAU - A Howardville man will serve 10 years in federal prison for illegally possessing a gun. Curtis O. Gaskins, 31, was sentenced to 120 months on one felony count of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, click here to log on to the electronic edition. ...
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Tobacco-free zone
(Local News ~ 07/24/12)
SIKESTON -- A policy establishing tobacco-free zones at the city's youth sports venues was approved by the City Council following a recommendation from the Sikeston Park Board. Park Division employees are posting "tobacco free zone" signs at the various sports facilities where youth baseball, softball, soccer and football are played, designating the areas where tobacco use is now prohibited...
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Charges filed in deadly accident
(Local News ~ 07/24/12)
SIKESTON - A Sikeston man now faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter for a fatal motor vehicle accident. Mark Lee Jobe, 47, was charged Monday with first degree involuntary manslaughter and failure to obey a traffic control device. Jobe had a blood alcohol count of .18 percent or more, according to the charges filed by the Scott County Prosecuting Attorney's office. ...
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Hap's
(Column ~ 07/24/12)
With the arrival of the London Olympics and the recent Golden Jubilee Celebration of Queen Elizabeth we are all reminded of our British heritage and its traditions. One of these traditions became the subject of an argument and ensuing bet in Hap's Bar that once operated at the corner of Mott and Powell streets in New Madrid. The New Madrid Chamber of Commerce now occupies the portion of the building that was Hap's...
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