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Woman's body found in Pemiscot County flood waters
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE -- A body was found floating in flood waters in Pemiscot County on Sunday night. According to a news release from the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office, officers received call at 7 p.m. Sunday of a van stuck in a bean field and a body floating in flood waters off County Road 553, southeast of Caruthersville...
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Schoolfest 2015
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
SIKESTON - Armed with a new backpack full of supplies and the confidence that they are ready for school can make the first day of class a good day for boys and girls. Organizers of Schoolfest 2015 intend to make that first day of school even better for at least 1,000 Southeast Missouri children...
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Squirrels season comes to a close at Midwest Regional Tournament
(High School Sports ~ 07/27/15)
A third straight trip to the World Series wasn't in the cards for the Charleston Fighting Squirrels. After going undefeated in pool play Charleston fell 4-2 to Hopkins, Minn., in Monday's semifinals.
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Child shot in neck on interstate
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
CARUTHERSVILLE - An child was wounded when her family's vehicle was apparently accidentally shot while traveling on Interstate 55 Saturday. At approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday, personnel from a hospital in Blytheville, Ark., contacted the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department advising officers an 11-year-old female was being treated in their emergency room for a gunshot wound to the neck. ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA HOLDS TALKS ON SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA He's the first sitting American president to visit the East African nation. 2. WHO TARGETS KURDS IN NORTHERN SYRIAN REGION...
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State senator wants governor to allow National Guardsmen to carry weapons
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
JEFFERSON CITY -- After a mass shooting in Tennessee that resulted in the deaths of four Marines and a sailor July 16, members of the state's Republican Caucus asked Gov. Jay Nixon to sign an executive order that would allow Missouri National Guardsmen to carry weapons...
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Book helps a Bragg City native come home
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
BRAGG CITY -- A book written by a Bragg City native that he describes as "a true story of life and death on the Floodways," is gaining more attention than he ever dreamed. "Murder on the Floodways" was written by Harold G. Walker, who has spent the last several years reinvestigating the murder of Harry "Fats" Shell and the subsequent death of his killer, Donald "Hokey" Busby, that occurred in 1957...
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Posse delivers suspects after Kennett burglary
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
KENNETT -- On Thursday afternoon the Dunklin County Sheriff's Department responded to a call regarding a burglary in progress at 14379 State Highway Y south of Kennett. Upon arrival at the scene, officers talked with Debbie Tice, who stated she had noticed a suspicious vehicle parked on property that she owned. According to her son, Tori Tice, this was the same vehicle that had been scouting the neighborhood for about a week...
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Rodeo skills
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
Although the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo is still more than a week away, the competition for rodeo royalty was underway Saturday. Both the junior miss and miss candidates not only demonstrated their riding skills but also went through interviews in seeking the title...
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Natural learning at the depot
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
Mackenzie Conway, 11, of Sikeston and Jesse Bohr, 5, who is visiting from Madison, Ala., learn about Missouri's mammals from Jeanie Heartling, a volunteer with the Missouri Department of Conservation. Heartling and Phil Dodson, also a volunteer with the Department of Conservation were at the Sikeston Depot on Saturday...
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Morley man jailed on child sex charges
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
BENTON - A Morley man is in jail following accusations of inappropriately touching a 14-year-old. Terrial Tyler, 41, is charged with second degree statutory sodomy and enticement of a child. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, the alleged incident took place around the end of May when the 14-year-old victim was spending the night with a friend...
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Harold Springs
(Obituary ~ 07/27/15)
SIKESTON - Harold Hutchason Springs, 94, died July 22, 2015, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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SPEAKOUT (471-6636)
(Opinion ~ 07/27/15)
I was just watching a commercial on TV about plastic surgery. Women getting their breasts made bigger and their butts sucked out, their stomachs sucked out and their lips blowed up and all that stuff. Sometimes they have to take off work. I believe if I was a boss and they took off work for that kind of crap they could go somewhere else and get themselves a job. ...
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I-55 bridge work planned at Miner interchange
(Local News ~ 07/27/15)
SIKESTON - Southbound I-55 in Scott County will be reduced to one lane as the Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge repairs. This bridge is located at Miner Exit 67. Weather permitting, work will be performed from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday...
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Joe Heskett
(Obituary ~ 07/27/15)
ADVANCE - Joseph Harding "Joe" Heskett, 91, died July 26, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Steve Tippen of Bloomfield will officiate...
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