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State champs
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com JEFFERSON CITY -- After the final day of the Class 3 state track meet, the Sikeston boys came away with two state championships and a fifth place finish. The 4x100 and 4x200 team of Steven Baker, Spenser Clark, Kyland Gross and Nick Nichols won both speed relay championships. ...
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SCTC instructors embracing iPad implementation
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
SIKESTON -- Instructors at Sikeston Career and Technology Center have already begun brainstorming, researching and implementing the student use of iPads in their classrooms for the 2013-2014 school year. "Students today are all so techie," said Brent Taylor, construction technology instructor at SCTC. "They Tweet. They're on Facebook. That's their language. If we can get this to a point that gets across to them, it will level every playing field. We have to bring some of the why to them."...
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Oran-Sturgeon semifinal postponed
(High School Sports ~ 05/28/13)
sports@standard-democrat.com O'FALLON -- The Oran Eagles will have to wait one more day to start their quest for a state championship. The Class 1 semifinal baseball game between Oran and Sturgeon was postponed until today at 10 a.m. at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. PRESSURE FOR PEACE IN SYRIA Top U.S. and Russian diplomats meet in Europe to try and bring Assad and Syria's fractured opposition to talks in Geneva and the EU ends its arms embargo to the rebels...
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Coming soon
(Business ~ 05/28/13)
Work continues to progress on Colton's Steak House that is located on Brunt Boulevard, just east of Break Time. The new steak house is part of a project which will also include a Holiday Inn Express. Colton's is slated to open later this year.
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Man gets 15 years for fatal shooting
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
NEW MADRID - A man will serve 15 years in prison in connection with the death of a woman. Timothy D. Richmond was sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Department of Corrections on a charge of first degree involuntary manslaughter and and eight years on a charge of armed criminal action...
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Danny Morgan
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
SIKESTON -- Danny Gene Morgan, 63, died May 27, 2013, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Lucy Ledbetter
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
SIKESTON -- Lucy M. Hodges Ledbetter, 63, died May 27, 2013, at her home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Ruth Patton
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
DEXTER - Ruth Patton, 93, died May 28, 2013, at her daughter's home in Dexter. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Marie Mays
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
BERNIE -- Marie Mays, 91, died May 26, 2013, at her home near Bernie. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Kevin Bramlett
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
VANDUSER -- James Kevin Bramlett, 50, died May 25, 2013, in rural Vanduser. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Eric Harris
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
POPLAR BLUFF -- Eric Eugene Harris, 33, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, May 24, 2013, in Butler County. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Bobby Garrett Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Billy Joe "Bobby" Garrett Jr., 62, died at 6:47 p.m. May 25, 2013, at his home. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Maxine Woods
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
SIKESTON -- Maxine Woods, 87, died May 26, 2013, at her home in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Joyce Wamble
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
DEXTER -- Joyce Margaret Wamble, 98, died May 25, 2013, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Earl Masters
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
PORTAGEVILLE -- Earl Owens Masters, 47, died May 25, 2013, at Portageville. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Rylan Merryman
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Rylan James Merryman, 2-month-old son of Jessica Merryman and Vernon Songer Jr. of East Prairie, died May 25, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition...
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Naomi Corlew
(Obituary ~ 05/28/13)
SIKESTON -- Naomi Corlew, 99, died May 26, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. For the complete Standard Democrat obituary log in to our electronic edition.
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Risco woman dies after car catches fire
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
PORTAGEVILLE - A driver was killed when her vehicle caught fire. At 4:53 p.m. Saturday, Alta A. Rader, 93, of Risco was driving westbound on Highway 162, just west of Highway 61 in Portageville when her vehicle caught fire. For the complete article and more stories from the Standard Democrat, log in to our electronic edition...
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One killed, New Madrid man injured in ATV crash
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
PERRYVILLE -- A California man was killed Sunday and a New Madrid man was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Perry County. Devin J. Scholl, 24, of Camp Pendleton, Calif., was traveling east on Perry County Road 444 west of Riverview Lane about 7:25 p.m. Sunday when the Honda Rancher ATV he was driving traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned, ejecting him and his passenger...
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Fallen veterans remembered in ceremony
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
news@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Just prior to Monday's Memorial Day Ceremony, Frances Henson, accompanied by her grandson, Steven Henson, and great-grandson, Bryce, walked the brick pathway leading up to the stone memorial in Sikeston's Veterans Park. Along the way they would read the names carved into the memorial bricks...
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Campaign under way to bring surgical system
(Local News ~ 05/28/13)
By Scott Welton scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- When Leonardo da Vinci invented and built his robot in 1495, the thought of it doing surgeries probably never occurred to him. But it is estimated Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci Surgical System did 200,000 surgeries last year...
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SPEAKOUT
(Opinion ~ 05/28/13)
Recent disclosures regarding IRS acts of intimidation have made it quite obvious the government is monitoring all electric communications in the U.S. in order to ferret out all opposition to the present administration. This includes telephone, both line and cell, internet, fax and perhaps even the U.S. ...
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