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Kelly construction is on schedule
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
BENTON -- Construction work on the additional elementary classrooms and kitchen facility for secondary grades in the Scott County R-4 "Kelly School" District is on schedule. "It's going smooth. Everything is going great," said job superintendent Jeremy Greenley with Sides Construction Co...
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Missouri football rankings
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/14)
Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 15-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. 2013: final record last year: CLASS 6 Rank, team, 2013 Rec., Pts. 1. Blue Springs (14), 14-0, 149 2. Lee's Summit West , 13-1, 125...
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'The Flight TV' aims to give back to community with youth event
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON -- Area youth will have the opportunity to participate in a skeet shoot this weekend while mingling -- and taking lessons from -- the hosts of a national waterfowl hunting show. In an effort to give back to the Sikeston community and surrounding areas, "The Flight TV," a national television show on DirecTV and Dish Network, will host a child-parent free skeet shoot beginning at 10 a.m. ...
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Softball preview: Portageville eyeing district title
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com PORTAGEVILLE -- As the Portageville Lady Bulldogs enter their third season of playing fall softball their goal remains the same in capturing their first district title. "We'll be young, but we'll be very talented," Portageville head coach Billy Cook said. "We were kind of middle of the road last year (age wise) that was sophomore dominant. Our goal for this fall is going to be to win districts."...
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Softball preview: Game remains the same for Lady Hawks softball team
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com BENTON -- After back-to-back runs to the Class 2 final four, expectations remain high as ever for the Kelly Lady Hawks entering the upcoming season. Returning 8 of 9 starters and supported by a healthy incoming class of freshman, the Lady Hawks will once again have their eyes set on securing the school's first state title since 2004...
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Softball preview: Oran hoping for playoff repeat with new faces
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com ORAN -- Coming off a deep postseason run that had them just an out from a Class 1 final four berth, the Oran Lady Eagles will have to have some fresh faces step up in they want similar success in 2014. Boasting a much younger squad this time around, Lady Eagles head coach Jim Eftink hopes to use his squads tough regular season schedule to have them battle-tested come playoff time...
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Old bullet holes found in Sikeston residence
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON - The stately home that sits at the corner of Gladys Street and Kingshighway is revealing some of its rowdy past. A past that could be linked to the community's founder, Joseph Sikes, some are theorizing. Christopher Harkey is living in the house and doing repairs for owners Kay and Joe Hunter...
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One arrest made after brief pursuit in Sikeston
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON - A man suspected in an earlier theft from a local business was taken into custody following a brief pursuit. At approximately 7 p.m. Monday the Sikeston Department of Public Safety was notified by employees at Wal-Mart of a man suspected in the theft of two computers on Aug. 3. At the time, store officials said the man was pushing a cart containing two additional computers...
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Softball preview: Lessons hopefully learned for Sikeston Lady Bulldogs
(High School Sports ~ 08/20/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- With just one senior on the team last year, Sikeston softball coach Eric Voorhees knew his team would experience a few growing pains. However, Voorhees has hopes that his team learned some lessons and will improve on last year's 6-16 record with eight of his nine starters returning this season...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. U.S. HAS NO GOOD OPTION TO PROTECT SECOND JOURNALIST HOSTAGE After the Islamic State beheaded reporter James Foley, the White House must decide how it will tackle the terrorist group bearing in mind it's holding another American citizen...
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Tenn. man gets life for jewelry-store robbery
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
By Emily Priddy SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Memphis, Tennessee, man was sentenced this week to life in prison for his role in a 2009 robbery at a Cape Girardeau jewelry store. Darryl House, 30, already had two prior robbery convictions when he was convicted of helping rob the Jayson Jewelers store at 97 N. Kingshighway, according to a news release Tuesday from the U.S. attorney's office...
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Bloomfield mayor resigns; cites health reasons
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
By JONATHON DAWE SEMO News Service BLOOMFIELD -- Not quite through her first term as Bloomfield Mayor, Donna Medlin announced her resignation from the office at the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday, August 11. Her resignation will not be official until the next Board of Aldermen meeting on Monday, August 25...
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Senior Citizens Day is Thursday
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
Mary McArthur of Morley talks to Scott County Commissioners and other attendees during Tuesday's regular meeting at the courthouse in Benton. The Commissioners signed a proclamation recognizing Thursday as National Senior Citizens Day in the county. ...
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How can authorities restore order?
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
FERGUSON (AP) -- They've lined the streets with police in riot gear, brought in a new black commander with an empathetic manner, imposed a curfew, lifted it and deployed the National Guard -- and still the violence erupts nightly in the town of Ferguson, Missouri...
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NWS issues heat advisory
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
PADUCAH, Ky. - A heat advisory is in effect from noon today through 7 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service in Paducah is expecting temperatures to begin to climb well into the 90s over the next several days as high pressure aloft builds north from the Gulf Coast region. These temperatures will combine with rather muggy conditions to produce afternoon heat index values from 100 to 105 or so several days in a row, forecasters said...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 08/20/14)
Hello Southeast Missourians and Americans. Well, I see where we are at it again up there in South County in Ferguson. I'm sorry the kid got shot. It was probably a white cop too. But anyway, that's immaterial. It should be handled properly. Let them investigate it. ...
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Chaos in Ferguson is disservice to victim, family, community
(Editorial ~ 08/20/14)
I was a college student in Memphis the night Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. And as you would imagine, the events of that fateful day remain vivid in my memory after all of these years. The entire community of Memphis was both shocked and saddened by the tragic event. But the sadness quickly turned to anger which turned to chaos and eventually self-destructive actions...
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Sandy Carter
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON - Sandra "Sandy" Kay Carter, 67, died Aug. 17, 2014, at her home in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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'Tee' Hawkins
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
BLODGETT -- Michael Thomas 'Tee' Hawkins, son of the late Milton Thomas Hawkins and Rubye Janet Curnell Hawkins, was born on Jan. 23, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, and departed this life on Aug. 18, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston at the age of 54...
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Genola Cope
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
ST. LOUIS -- Genola I. Hammontree Cope, 89, died Aug. 14, 2014. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Nancy Keene
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
WISNER, La. -- Nancy C. Armstrong Keene, 71, formerly of Matthews, Mo., died Aug. 12, 2014, at her home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Bobby Harper
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON -- Bobby Dwain Harper, 64, formerly of East Prairie, died at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 17, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition. ...
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Ernest Rice
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON -- Ernest Rice, 79, died Aug. 16, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Mabel Shy
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
NEW MADRID -- Mabel Louise Shy, 90, formerly of Chaffee, died Aug. 17, 2014, at The Golden Living Center in New Madrid. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Kirby Beaher
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
NEW MADRID -- Cornelius "Kirby" Beaher, 89, died Aug. 18, 2014, in New Madrid. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Connor Eiche
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON -- Connor Nickalaus Michael Eiche, infant son of Tracy Rice and Jason Eiche both of Sikeston, died at birth Aug. 15, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition. ...
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Sammy Kiplinger
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
LANCASTER, Calif. -- Sammy Douglas Kiplinger, 62, formerly of Portageville, Mo., died Aug. 12, 2014, in Lancaster. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Elsie Lyons
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
SIKESTON - Elsie Lyons, 92, died Aug. 19, 2014, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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PSC DENIES AND DISMISSES NORANDA COMPLAINT AGAINST AMEREN MISSOURI
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
JEFFERSON CITY---The Missouri Public Service Commission has determined that a complaint filed by Noranda Aluminum, Inc. and 37 other individual customers against Ameren Missouri should be denied and the case dismissed. The Commission's vote was 5-0...
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Robert "Darb" and Marie Nowell
(Anniversary ~ 08/20/14)
They met at a street carnival in 1942... 72 years later, they deserve one more ride on the merry-go-round... Happy 72nd Anniversary! August 22, 2014
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Portageville Municipal Court- July
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/20/14)
The following cases were heard July 24, 2014 in Portageville Municipal Court by Municipal Judge Christopher J. Stinnett. Fines imposed do reflect court costs: Edward B. Sitzes -- Speeding Suspended Imposition of Sentence and $34.50 Court Costs with 6 months unsupervised probation...
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Sammy Kiplinger
(Obituary ~ 08/20/14)
Sammy Douglas Kiplinger, 62, of Palmdale, CA., formerly of Portageville, died August 12, 2014 in Lancaster. He was born July 7, 1962, in Benton Harbor, MI., to the late Mitchell Garland Kiplinger and Edna Wanda Kiplinger McCulley. Sammy was a 1970 graduate of Portageville High School. He served honorably in the United States Navy, and retired from ITT Gillfilin, after a long career as an aerospace engineer...
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Violence continues in Ferguson
(Local News ~ 08/20/14)
Violence erupted in Ferguson, Mo., again Monday night, with two people shot, and at least 31 arrested, in continuing protests, following the police shooting death of unarmed, 18-year-old Michael Brown, on Aug. 9. Two alleged arson fires were also reported...one at a local business, the other, at an unoccupied residence. Despite the fact that, yesterday, Governor Jay Nixon had lifted the midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew issued on Saturday, peaceful protests descended into chaos around 11 p.m...
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