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2016 Missouri Media football rankings: Malden, Hayti stay put, Jackson cracks top 10
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/16)
Statewide high school football rankings, as compiled by a 14-member panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parenthesis. Panel is made up of Dion Clisso, PrepsKC; Sam McDowell, The Kansas City Star; Chris Geinosky, The Liberty Tribune; Dave Kvidahl, STLHighschoolsports.com; Jim Powers, High School Sports Caravan; Larry Thornton, KSDK radio; Cameron Teague-Robinson, The Columbia Tribune; Tom Rackers, Jefferson City News-Tribune; Mike Scott, Ozone Sports; Rance Burger, The Springfield News-Leader; Cody Thorn, The St. ...
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Plethora of chances leads to Sikeston's 3-1 win over Cape Central
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/16)
"This was the first time all season we really played the ball in space. We've been real hesitant, turning the ball over and forcing it down the wings. Today, we just played the space."
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Colleen Ward
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
CHARLESTON, Miss. - Colleen Elizabeth Ward, 100, died Sept. 4, 2016, at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston, Miss. Graveside services will be Thursday at Dogwood Cemetery with the Rev. DeWayne Coleman officiating under the direction of Blanchard Funeral Chapel...
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Your local weather for Sept. 6
(Local News ~ 09/06/16)
Today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 92 then becoming mostly clear tonight with a low around 73. Mostly sunny on Wednesday with a high near 92 while Wednesday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Thursday will be partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high near 91 then becoming mostly cloudy Thursday night with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with a low around 73. ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
(Local News ~ 09/06/16)
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA MAKES HISTORIC TRIP TO LAOS The U.S. president is on a mission to heal war wounds and reinvigorate relations with a country with rising strategic importance to the U.S...
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New Madrid County invests in fighting ag crimes
(Local News ~ 09/06/16)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - The New Madrid County Alert Team and its Ag Crimes Unit are up and rolling. Literally. Since countywide volunteers revitalized the New Madrid County Alert Team earlier this year, they have formed an Ag Crimes Unit to combat the problems of theft and vandalism of farm equipment and property throughout the county. To aid in that effort, the New Madrid County Commissioners recently purchased a new pickup and equipped it to make it a fully functioning patrol unit...
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Sue Wancel
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. - Janet Sue Vinson Wancel, 72, died Sept. 4, 2016, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Essex Cemetery with the Rev. Roy Sherfield officiating. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of arrangements...
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Vernon Anderson
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
BERTRAND, Mo. - Vernon C. Anderson, 91, died Sept. 4, 2016, at York Place Rehab and Nursing Center in Bertrand. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Ponder Funeral Home, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9. The Rev. John Neeley, pastor of Tanner Street Church of God, will officiate...
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Sarah Miller
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
SIKESTON - Sarah Ysidra Miller, 69, died Sept. 3, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of memorial service at 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. For the complete obituary, see the Wednesday edition of the Standard Democrat...
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John Horner
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - John Horner, 99, died Sept. 5, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ponder Funeral Home. Pat Hogan of Shady Acres Church of Christ will officiate...
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Charlie Green Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
SIKESTON - Charlie Green Jr., prelate bishop of the Missouri Southeast Third Jurisdiction, died Sept. 1, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. The local and jurisdictional funeral will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at Cape First of Sikeston, 1317 N. Main St. Bishop Green will lie in state from 4-5 p.m. for family viewing only, then from 5-7 p.m. for public viewing until time for service. Dr. Anthony G. Green, pastor of Greater Rhema International Ministries of Atlanta, Ga., will officiate...
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Rural Sikeston man jailed on drug charges
(Local News ~ 09/06/16)
BENTON, Mo. -- A rural Sikeston man has been arrested on drug related charges. According to a release from Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, Joseph T. Johnson, 43, is charged with possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...
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Colleen Ward
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
CHARLESTON, Miss. - Colleen Elizabeth Ward, 100, died Sept. 4, 2016, at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston, Miss. Born Oct. 31, 1915, in New Madrid County, Mo., to the late Edward Louis and Carrell Wilburn (England) LaPlant, she was a member of First Church of God in Columbia and had been an assembly line worker for several years at Vitronic's in Doniphan. ...
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Sue Wancel
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
KIRKWOOD, Mo. - Janet Sue Vinson Wancel, 72, died Sept. 4, 2016, at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Born June 26, 1944, at Essex, daughter of the late W.R. and Mary Taylor Vinson, she was employed in the fashion and modeling industry in New York, Boston and St. Louis...
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Vernon Anderson
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
SIKESTON - Vernon C. Anderson, 91, died Sept. 4, 2016, at York Place Rehab and Nursing Center in Bertrand. He was born July 23, 1925, in Safe, son of the late L.B. and Charlotte Anderson. Vernon had worked at Associated Natural Gas Company in Sikeston as a bookkeeper for 35 years before retiring. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Sante Fe during World War II and he had been a member of Tanner Street Church of God since 1947...
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Sarah Miller
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
SIKESTON - Sarah Ysidra Miller, 69, died Sept. 3, 2016, at her home. Born March 13, 1947, in San Antonio, to the late Crensencio and Ysidra Garcia Guzman, she retired from Sikeston Regional Center after 23 years. On Nov. 29, 1975, she married Tom Miller, who survives...
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John Horner
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - John Horner, 99, died Sept. 5, 2016, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 11, 1916 in Cuba Landing, Tenn., to the late Robert Edward and Elizabeth Raines Horner, he was a member of Shady Acres Church of Christ. A veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II, he had been a self-employed farmer before retiring...
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Charlie Green Jr.
(Obituary ~ 09/06/16)
SIKESTON - Charlie Green Jr., prelate bishop of the Missouri Southeast Third Jurisdiction, died Sept. 1, 2016, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. Born in Jaywye, on Sept. 20, 1939, to the late Charlie and Alberta Green, he was the eldest of 13 children. ...
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