Stories from Tuesday, February 13, 2024

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Sheila Nadine LaPlante, 81, died Feb. 8, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Private services will be held at a later date. Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, is assisting with arrangements.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Belinda Mae Selph Marcapura, age 66, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Memphis. Belinda was born on Sept. 1, 1957, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Charles Edward Selph and Verbal Leek Selph. Belinda attended Sikeston High School and had formerly been married to Michael Griffith...

By Gina Williams Standard Democrat SIKESTON — Sikeston Public Library’s summer reading program will return this year with an adventurous theme: “Great American Road Trip.”  From June to July, children will have the opportunity to experience adventure and the beauty of the United States. According to Sikeston Public Library’s children’s librarian Lisa Munger, the library received $8,406 this year, which is a slightly less amount than in previous years. ...

BENTON, Mo. — Thomas W. Kelly High School in rural Benton is preparing to host its first career and job fair set for March 21 in the high school gym.  According to Dana Daniel, college and career adviser at Kelly High School, the goal of the career and job fair is to show students opportunities available to them...

Kelly Hawks cheerleader Savannah Barnhouse leads participants of Kelly High School’s mini cheer clinic in a floor routine for the crowd Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, during a home game against Delta in the school’s gymnasium.

A construction worker stands on an electric slab lift while painting the exterior wall of the new business, Club Car Wash, Tuesday morning, Feb. 13, 2024, on South Main Street in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — As the weather begins to warm up and residents are outdoors more, Sikeston Department of Public Safety reminds citizens to lock their vehicles and remove any valuables. “Sikeston Department of Public Safety has had several reports of items being stolen from vehicles,” Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston DPS. “From what we have noticed is that the majority of these vehicles being broke into are unlocked and parked at a residence.”...

SIKESTON — Sikeston High School has named its second quarter honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year.