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Man flees police on foot after vehicle chase
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
MINER -- Police are searching for a man who fled on a foot following a vehicle pursuit that ended late Wednesday in Bertrand. According to a news release from Miner Police Chief Chris Griggs, about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, an officer with Miner Police Department was patrolling the neighborhood in the area of David Lane and noticed a dually truck that was pulling a box-style trailer. ...
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MDC and CFM encourage deer hunters to Share the Harvest
(Outdoors ~ 10/10/14)
Help feed hungry Missourians by sharing your harvest. Funds are available to help cover processing costs.
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Pink bale challenge made by local farmer
(Community News ~ 10/10/14)
Area cotton gins will soon be swimming in pink, as farmers and pickers hit the fields to begin harvesting this week. Farmers all over the Bootheel are purchasing the pink cotton bale wraps for their harvests, in recognition of October's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but one farm, in particular, has taken things a step further. ...
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MFA Oil Company's Growth Continues Purchase of Home Service and All Propane Completed
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
Columbia, MO -- MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned cooperative based in Columbia, MO, continues its expansion mode with the purchases of Home Service Oil Company, Home Service Propane Gas, LLC and All Propane. Based in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the Home Service acquisition covers the refined fuels and propane customers in southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas. All Propane is based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is the first propane operation for MFA Oil in the state of Tennessee...
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Through the ages
(Column ~ 10/10/14)
Through the ages, men have been trying to unlock this mystery: Why do their wives, who accept them just as they are before they get married, begin the quest to change their behavior and life-style once their vows are exchanged? Finally, the riddle is solved. ...
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Medicare Part D Open Enrollment has Started!
(Column ~ 10/10/14)
If you have a Medicare prescription drug plan, now is the time to take a close look at it and decide if you want to keep it or if you want to see if there might be a better one on the market. This year there are 31 stand alone prescription drug plans available and 58 Medicare Advantage plans available. Not all 58 Advantage plans are available in every area but each area will have several plans from which to choose...
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Mo. lawmaker pleads guilty to drunken driving
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- A southeast Missouri lawmaker says he has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and been sentenced to probation. Democratic Rep. Steve Hodges, of East Prairie, said he pleaded guilty Thursday in Cole County Circuit Court to two charges stemming from incidents earlier this year...
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Football time
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
The Sikeston seventh grade football team lost to Jackson 28-14 despite two touchdown runs from Corey Minner on Thursday evening. The Sikeston eighth graders game against Jackson was cancelled after only three minutes due to weather. The Sikeston High School football team will be in action tonight, hosting Soldan in the 2014 Homecoming game. The 2014 Homecoming Tailgate hosted by the Sikeston Public Schools will begin at 3:30 p.m...
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Portageville Lady Dawgs win first district tournament
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/14)
PUXICO, Mo. -- For the second straight day in the Class 2 District 1 softball tournament, second-seeded Portageville needed a home run from one of its freshmen to keep its postseason hopes alive. Freshman Savannah Lovins let a strike go by before belting a two-run home run over the left-field fence in the fourth inning of the championship game against top-seeded Kelly on Thursday at Puxico High School...
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Morehouse man nabbed on forgery charges
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
SCOTT COUNTY -- A Morehouse man was arrested on a felony forgery charge in Scott County. Jimmy D. Jones, 45, of Morehouse is charged with the class C felony of forgery. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, at 11:51 a.m. Deputy Danny Finley met with a victim at a Sikeston address in reference to stolen property. ...
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Burglary investigation leads to two arrests
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
CHARLESTON -- Two Wyatt men are facing felony charges after a burglary investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. Nicholas Wayne Riley, 20, is charged with a Class B felony of burglary in the first degree, punishable upon conviction of up to 15 years in the Department of Corrections; a Class C felony of two counts of theft/stealing a firearm and a Class D felony of property damage. His bond has been set at $50,000...
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Sikeston tailgate postponed due to heavy rains
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
SIKESTON -- Due to inclement weather, the Sikeston Public Schools Foundation Homecoming tailgate scheduled for today at Sikeston High School has been postponed. "We appreciate the support from our community in putting this event together," Foundation Executive Director Lauren DeWitt said in a statement. "We will keep you updated on possibly moving the tailgate to Oct. 24 if Sikeston is able to host a first-round game in Districts. Thanks for you understanding and cooperation."...
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Sikeston's Clark signs with Blue Mountain College
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Most wouldn't know it, but Jacob Clark was statistically Sikeston's best pitcher last season. Blue Mountain College took notice and recently signed the senior hurler to a letter of intent to play baseball in Mississippi...
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Tiffany shuts out Kelly for Portageville's first district title
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com PUXICO -- Class 2 softball in southeast Missouri hasn't seen much parity during the better part of the last half century. It's been owned by the Kelly Lady Hawks and not many have been able to knock them from the top rung...
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Newly graded field will cause flooding problems
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
scottw@standard-democrat.com CHARLESTON -- The railroad tracks are long gone but a drainage ditch which carried water to the drainage system by those tracks is still needed. County resident Harold McClendon met with the Mississippi County Commission during its regular weekly meeting Thursday to request help in a new drainage issue...
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Sikeston softball reaches first district final in history
(High School Sports ~ 10/10/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- What a difference a year has made for the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs. This time last year Sikeston was wrapping up a 6-16 campaign that unceremoniously ended with an 11-1 rout by Hillsboro in the opening round of Class 3, District 1 tournament...
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Racers Swimming Home Opener a Huge Success
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
Bootheel Racers Swimming had a successful weekend of competition at the Diane Sayre Rec center on Saturday, Sptember 27th and Sunday, September 28th. The competitions were significant as the city has not hosted a meet in 10 years, and it was the first opportunity for the Racers to utilize their new state-of-the-art timing system. ...
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Missourians Urged to Be Mindful of "Pinkwashing"
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
JEFFERSON CITY- From bagels to bags, pizza boxes to pajamas, 'tis the season when pink ribbon products pile up on store shelves across Missouri. But one group says if the goal is to one day eradicate breast cancer, it's important to "Think Before You Pink." Karuna Jaggar, executive director of the advocacy group Breast Cancer Action, says while many purchases do benefit breast cancer programs, marketers can put a pink ribbon on anything in the name of awareness, without actually donating any money to the cause. "The public does care about breast cancer, and they should," she says. ...
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USDA Farm Service Agency Announces Key Dates for New 2014 Farm Bill Safety Net Programs
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
WASHINGTON D.C.-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing key dates for farm owners and producers to keep in mind regarding the new 2014 Farm Bill established programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The new programs, designed to help producers better manage risk, usher in one of the most significant reforms to U.S. farm programs in decades...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CAPTURE NOBEL Malala Yousafzai, a teenage education campaigner from Pakistan, and Kailash Satyarthi, who protested against child exploitation in India, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Nina Reinbott
(Obituary ~ 10/10/14)
BERTRAND -- Nina Faye Cox Reinbott, 92, died Oct. 9, 2014, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Betty Wilson
(Obituary ~ 10/10/14)
BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Betty Jean Wilson, 65, died Oct. 2, 2014, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Heavy rain event will stay into next week
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- A heavy rain event is shaping up, according to the National Weather Service. The extended duration rain event began with most Heartland locations receiving averaged rainfall totals in the one-quarter to one-third of an inch range last night and early today. This has set the stage for the continued rain chances that will last through the weekend into early next week, the NWS reported...
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Road closures expected due to flash flooding
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
SIKESTON -- With heavy rain forecasted across the state over the next few days, the Missouri Department of Transportation cautions motorists that some state routes are expected to close due to flooding. The already saturated creeks and streams are expected to rise with flash flooding conditions across the state...
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Haywood City event helps educate public about breast cancer
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
HAYWOOD CITY -- Breast cancer impacts everyone, said Herice Loraine McClinton. Women with breast cancer are mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers, neighbors and friends. To help increase awareness and educate area residents about breast cancer, the New Morning Star Church is hosting its third annual Pink Walk-A-Thon. The event begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at the church, 621 State Highway U in Haywood City...
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 10/10/14)
What has happened to the small government in the small town and Christianity when things can be stolen from the house, and the law watches and nothing is done about it? This is to the town of East Prairie on their homecoming parade. As I am coming into town Washington Street is blocked by the police department, approximately about 3:25. ...
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Successful singers
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/10/14)
On Sept. 27 over 600 students from across southeast Missouri competed through a blind audition for spots in the All-District Honor Choir. The audition process requires each student to sing a solo for three judges and then to sight sing in another room. ...
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Student chosen for CLC
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/14)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Haley Manning of Bertrand, Mo., a graduate of Charleston High School, has been selected to join the Chancellor's Leadership Corps at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The competitive scholarship awards up to $8,000 per year, up to $32,000 for four years, if renewal requirements are met. It is awarded to entering freshmen who are Arkansas residents with at least a 3.0 cumulative high school grade point average...
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Sikeston grad earns nursing scholarship
(Submitted Story ~ 10/10/14)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Denisha Blacher has received the St. Joseph Hospital Nursing Scholarship at Baptist College of Health Sciences for the 2014-2015 academic year. Blacher, a graduate of Sikeston High School in Sikeston, Mo., is the daughter of Harry and Lessie Bonner-Blacher of Cordova...
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Flu outlook looks OK, no vaccine shortage reported
(Local News ~ 10/10/14)
scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Things can always change quickly when it come to influenza, but as things stand now: no major outbreaks of concern are reported and vaccine is plentiful. "As of today, the outlook is OK," said Barry Cook, administrator of the Scott County Health Department. "We really haven't been hearing any bad news that anything is on the rise early."...
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