Ice storm chills out at top of list of stories impacting Southeast Missourians last year

A mixture of rain, snow and ice brought down power lines and left the area a frozen mess in January

There were plenty of other memorable news stories throughout the year as well, however. Based on an informal poll of the Standard Democrat's staff, coverage and local relevance, our choices for the year's top 10 new stories are:

1. Ice storm

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