Stories from Saturday, December 20, 2014

Ricky Gene Rhodes and Amari Kay Tilley, were winners of the drawing held during Santa's visit Saturday December 13, at the Delta Community Center.

JACKSON, Mo. -- Perryville junior Connor Stark led everyone on the court in scoring for the majority of the game against Saxony and finished with a game-high 18 points on Friday night. But his final two points turned out to be the ones that mattered most for the Pirates...

Today is Saturday, Dec. 20, the 354th day of 2014. There are 11 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union as all 169 delegates to a special convention in Charleston voted in favor of separation...

At least 51 members of the Missouri Army National Guard were in Panama when U.S. troops struck Panamanian military bases early today; most are from the Bootheel; the military action is a bid to capture Gen. Manuel Noriega and break his defiant grip on power; the Missouri National Guard started rotating military police to Panama for training in October...

The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team has a chance to enter Ohio Valley Conference play with a winning record for the first time since the 2008 season. For that to happen the Redhawks (5-6) will have to secure wins in its final two non-conference games -- the first being a meeting with Division II Illinois-Springfield at 2 p.m. today at the Show Me Center...

The Redhawks were defeated 84-67 by the Razorbacks to fall to 5-6 on the season.

The Southeast Missouri State athletics department announced Saturday that it will host the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan, which features current and former St. Louis Cardinals players, broadcasters and Fredbird. The event will be Jan. 17 at the Show Me Center along with a Southeast basketball doubleheader against Tennessee Tech...

Longtime Southeast Missouri State track & field coach Joey Haines was inducted into the into the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Coaches Hall of Fame on Monday.