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Staple talks about pressure to win at Scott County Central
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- The question directed towards Scott County Central head coach Frank Staple was if there is pressure to win at the most decorated basketball high school in Missouri. A voice from the back of the interview room at Mizzou Arena on Thursday following Scott Central's 69-63 semifinal win over Stanberry spoke loud and clear...
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Braves hold off Stanberry rally in semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- The Scott County Central Braves have made a habit of blowing teams out during playoff runs in recent years. So maybe, just maybe, there was some fingernail biting by Braves fans when Stanberry trimmed a 20-point deficit to seven with 51 seconds left in Thursday's Class 1 semifinal game at Mizzou Arena...
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Class 1 Championship: Meadville awaits SCC in title game
(High School Sports ~ 03/14/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com COLUMBIA -- Scott County Central is certainly no stranger to playoff basketball. With a state record 16 state championships, the school has more hardware than they know what to do with. The Braves will try to clog up their trophy case even more tomorrow afternoon at 12:50 when they take on Meadville in the Class 1 state championship at Mizzou Arena...
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Cape Air Show Back on after Team Commits to Participate
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Cape Girardeau will have an air show this year after all. In February, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager Bruce Loy announced the airport had canceled its annual air show after the headliner, the Canadian Snowbirds, pulled out, citing budget cuts...
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AR Lawmakers Seek Answers from Highway Officials
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
LITTLE ROCK- After an icy, snowy storm left motorists stranded for hours on Arkansas interstates, Legislators want state highway officials to explain their response, or lack of response, to the miles-long standstill. "I'm not trying to take anybody's side on this, but there's a lot of things that we need to hear," said Republican Sen. Bill Sample, chairman of the Senate's Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. SEARCH FOR MISSING PLANE TAKES ANOTHER TURN India expands its search for the missing Malaysian jetliner to seas west of the Andaman Islands amid signs that the jet may have flown on for hours after last contact...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 03/14/14)
The Crimean invasion by Russia has distracted us from the continuing destruction of our children's education. The Common Core curriculum does not adequately teach the expected reading, writing and arithmetic. Phonics, the basic process for learning reading, is discarded and that gives us poor readers. ...
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Patricia Shands
(Obituary ~ 03/14/14)
WYATT -- Patricia Ann Shands, 60, died at 9:48 a.m. March 10, 2014, at the 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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Prisoners will continue to help county with projects
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
CHARLESTON - Prisoners from the Southeast Correctional Center will continue assisting with maintenance projects in Mississippi County The Mississippi County Commissioners renewed the agreement with SCC during their Thursday meeting to allow state prisoners to take part in a work-release program. The agreement, which must be signed annually, enables the Mississippi County's Highway Department to use the prisoners to assist with projects, primarily cemetery maintenance...
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Evans testifies on his own behalf
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
By Emily Priddy SEMO News Service CAPE GIRARDEAU -- When jurors begin deliberations Friday in a murder case out of Stoddard County, Mo., they will have to decide whether to believe Glen Scott Evans' words to them or his words to police. Evans, 46, took the stand on his own behalf Thursday, offering a different timeline of events than the one he gave police in a videotaped interview four nights after the Feb. 19, 2013, shooting death of 34-year-old Sean Crow of Bernie, Mo...
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Telethon time approaches
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
Volunteers help the Kenny Rogers Children's Center prepare for the telethon which will be March 29-30 at the Sikeston Field House.
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Delbert Faire
(Obituary ~ 03/14/14)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Delbert Faire, 82, died at 12:15 a.m. March 14, 2014, at his home. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log on to the electronic edition.
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Fleeing driver fires four times at East Prairie officer
(Local News ~ 03/14/14)
EAST PRAIRIE -- A routine traffic stop resulted in a vehicle pursuit and shots being fired at a police car late Thursday in East Prairie. According to Capt. Ryan Hill of the East Prairie Police Department, an officer conducted a vehicle stop for a traffic offense about 11 p.m. on South Martin Street in East Prairie...
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