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Local college basketball players doing well on the next stage
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/17)
From time to time, we like to take a look at some of the local players who made headlines in high school and are now making strides at the next level. Here's a recap of some of our local area athletes in the Standard Democrat coverage area for the college basketball season. Greg Tucker, Jacksonville State -- Tucker finished his college career by helping the Gamecocks make history. ...
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SEMO Conference baseball tournament will resume Saturday with semifinal and title game
(High School Sports ~ 05/04/17)
The SEMO Conference baseball tournament will resume Saturday at Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau, Mo. After recent flooding caused top-seeded Poplar Bluff to miss their scheduled semifinal Monday, the Mules will take on fourth-seeded Notre Dame on Saturday at 11:30 a.m...
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Helping hand: MACC housed at Sikeston DPS fills requests to help communities in need
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
SIKESTON -- In the midst of flood recovery, relief and other assistive efforts, Sikeston Department of Public Safety is once again serving as the Multiple Agency Coordination Center for Southeast Missouri. Sikeston DPS Chief Mike Williams said MACC in Sikeston is designed for Region E, which includes 13 counties in Southeast Missouri...
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Sikeston Jaycees collect supplies to help flood victims
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
SIKESTON -- Sikeston Jaycee President John Leible knows how generous the Sikeston community can be, but the support the Jaycees received in their effort to help flood victims in Southeast Missouri even surprised him. Leible explained Sikeston Jaycee and National Guardmember Sgt. Zach Petty was contacted by a fellow Guardsman seeking donations for flood victims in Van Buren. The Jaycees readily agreed, planning to donate cases of water and trash bags...
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Sandbagging efforts intensify in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Volunteers filled sandbags in Cape Girardeau's Red Star neighborhood Wednesday as floodwaters continued to rise. Members of Southeast Missouri State University's football team and other volunteers helped fill and stack sandbags, said Stan Polivick, assistant director of public works. The State Emergency Management Agency provided the city with a machine that fills four sandbags simultaneously, Polivick said...
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Flooding poses health risks; raises environmental concerns
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries poses health risks, state and local health officials said Wednesday. It also has focused attention on the need to create more wetlands to naturally absorb floodwaters and reduce the effect on communities up and down the river, environmentalists said...
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Record crest predicted at Fisk; loss of Highway T splits the Wappapello community
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
FISK, Mo. -- The St. Francis River at Fisk is expected to crest at a record 28 feet tonight and could maintain that elevation for as much as 36 hours, according to officials. While Wappapello Lake crested Tuesday at 398.16 feet, high water continues to move downstream...
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Rivers start to drop, but flood crisis isnt over yet
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- River levels are falling after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from over. Downpours that dumped up to a foot of rain in parts of the nation's midsection last weekend led to the sudden surge of water. Flooding is blamed in at least nine deaths, and an 18-month-old Arkansas girl swept away by floodwater is missing and presumed dead. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois...
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Scott County man faces multiple sex assault charges
(Local News ~ 05/04/17)
Mark Friend, 59, is charged with two counts of felony second-degree child molestation for aggravated sexual offense of a child less than 17 year old; five counts of felony first-degree statutory sodomy; and three counts of felony statutory rape.
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Aaron Barks
(Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
JACKSON, Mo. -- Aaron Lynn Barks, 36, passed away May 3, 2017, at Corning, Ark. Born April 17, 1981, at Chicago, he was the son of Lynn David and Patricia Smith Barks. Aaron was a 2000 graduate of Woodland High School in Marble Hill. He was a member of Brush Creek Missionary Baptist Church near Zalma. He attended Connection Point Church in Jackson. He was a truck driver for Rider Do It Best. He enjoyed spending time with his children, farming, fishing and smoking meat...
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Earl Wells
(Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
SIKESTON -- Earl S. Wells, 67, died April 17, 2017, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born March 4, 1950, in Lutesville, Ky., to the late Owens Wells and Emma Wells, he was a resident of Hunter Acres Caring Center. Survivors include: his twin sons, Travis Wells and Tracy Wells; five siblings, Jane Wells, Louise, Mary Lou, Peggy and Owen Wells; a special cousin, Maggie Hale of Hardinsburg, Ky.; and his special family, Hunter Acres Caring Center staff and residents...
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Gale McBride
(Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Gale B. McBride, 87, died May 1, 2017, at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. Louis. Born April 6, 1930, in Parma, son of the late Dee Dudley and Ella Marie Barnett McBride, he grew up in Parma and had lived most of his life in Dexter. He had...
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Paul Bone
(Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. - Paul David Bone, 74, a resident of Charleston, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 17, 1942, in Mississippi County, to the late Emmett and Lucy Mae Scott Bone, he had lived in Charleston most of his life and attended Charleston Schools. ...
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Mike Holsten
(Obituary ~ 05/04/17)
SIKESTON -- Mike Holsten, 73, formerly of Paragould, Ark., died May 2, 2017, at his home. Born March 8, 1944, in Senath, son of the late J. R. and Audra Holsten, he retired from Emerson Electric in Paragould. He served in the National Guard and was a member of the Miner Baptist Church near Sikeston. He umpired and coached both softball and basketball and refereed basketball...
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SCTC welding students honored for skills at state competition
(05/04/17)
SIKESTON - The Sikeston Career and Technology Center Welding Technology Program recently competed at the Skills USA State contest at Linn State Technical College. They represented SCTC in four areas: Welding Written Technical, Technical Math, Individual Welding and Welding Fabrication...
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