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Sikeston lets upset over Notre Dame slip away 3-2 in extra innings
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/14)
By Brent Shipman sports@standard-democrat.com CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Just a few outs from reaching the SEMO Conference Tournament championship game, the Sikeston Bulldogs suffered a heartbreaking loss to Notre Dame on Saturday. After leading most the way, Sikeston saw a tying run in the seventh inning set up a walk-off single from Notre Dame's Luke Haines in the eight to propel his team to a 3-2 win...
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Lady Bulldogs finish third at Poplar Bluff Invitational
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com POPLAR BLUFF -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs track team finished third out of eight teams Friday during the Poplar Bluff Invitational track meet at Poplar Bluff High School. Sikeston totaled 112 points while Poplar Bluff won the girls side with 166 and Jackson took second with 159. Dexter took sixth with 33.5...
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Kennett overtakes NMCC 10-4 in SEMO Conference tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/14)
SEMO News Service KENNETT -- The Kennett Indians baseball team got just what it needed Friday, and now the Tribe has a chance to win the SEMO Conference Tournament. Kennett scored in each of the first five innings and got solid pitching from Edward Wilson and Payton Burke to make it stand up in a 10-4 victory over the New Madrid County Central Eagles in the first round of the SEMO Conference Tournament at Indian Park...
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Bulldogs get big day from Black, knock out Cape Central 10-4 in SEMO Conference tournament
(High School Sports ~ 05/03/14)
sports@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- If Sikeston senior Colton Black continues to hit they way he did Friday against Caper Central, opposing teams might consider just walking him. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs' cleanup hitter went 4 for 4 with a pair of doubles and five runs batted in to help down the fifth-seeded Tigers 10-4 in the opening round of the SEMO Conference Tournament...
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Portageville Police warn of phone scam
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
PORTAGEVILLE - The Portageville Police Department has received information of a new local phone scam. The scam uses a fake local number to get individuals to answer the phone then an automated message announces the individuals have have won a vacation. The message then will ask for credit card information...
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Warrants served, three arrested
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
CHARLESTON -- Law enforcement officials arrested three people after serving two search warrants. At about 9 a.m. Friday, two search warrants were executed simultaneously within the city limits of Charleston, according to Charleston Department of Public Safety Director Robert Hearnes...
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Warrants served, three arrested
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
CHARLESTON -- Law enforcement officials arrested three people after serving two search warrants. At about 9 a.m. Friday, two search warrants were executed simultaneously within the city limits of Charleston, according to Charleston Department of Public Safety Director Robert Hearnes...
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Arrest solves recent business burglary
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday for an East Prairie man charged with burglarizing a liquor store. Matthew Derrell Bell, 41, is in the Mississippi County Detention Center on a charge of first degree burglary, a class B felony punishable upon conviction by up to 15 years in the Department of Corrections, and one count of misdemeanor property damage. He is to be arraigned at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday before Associate Judge Terry Lynn Brown...
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Task force battles regional violence
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
SIKESTON -- The Southeast Missouri Street Crimes Task Force made nine arrests and issued 22 citations during Friday's operation. The Street Crimes Task Force first went into action April 25 in Cape Girardeau where officers operating with the Task Force arrested 16 people, some on felony charges, and issued 25 citations, according to reports from the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Two killed, seven injured in crash
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
CHARLESTON -- Two Indiana residents died in an accident which resulted in injuries to seven others Friday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Richard L. Kiger, 55, of Clinton, Indiana, and Roger L. Kiger, 57, of Rockville, Indiana, were pronounced dead at 11:15 p.m. Friday by Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker at the scene of an accident on Interstate 57, seven miles north of Charleston. The deaths bring the fatality count in the Troop E area to 19 for the year...
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Solar Day combines fun, learning
(Local News ~ 05/03/14)
CHARLESTON -- For 28 years now, a Mississippi County family farm has transformed into an interactive outdoor classroom for local elementary students to enjoy for the day. Friday marked the annual event known as Solar Day. Over 200 kindergarten, third and fifth graders and teachers from Hearnes Elementary and St. Henry School in Charleston, along with presenters and volunteers, visited Corse Farms near Charleston...
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Americans should keep speaking out
(Editorial ~ 05/03/14)
What do you do when you live in a world that seems upside down? Everyone reading this column knows exactly what I mean. Scan the daily headlines - as most of us do - and you'll see and hear things that you never imagined possible. Students in Colorado, in some warped multi-culture lesson, recite the Pledge of Allegiance with the words, "One Nation, Under Allah"...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 05/03/14)
Common Core is a federal takeover of our local school system. It is against the law for our federal government to run our local schools. Parents, you will not have any say or control in your child's education. Do not let this happen on your watch. Each generation has a duty to make sure the federal government does not overreach...
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