For more than two decades, Sikeston residents have come to appreciate a home-cooked meal for Thanksgiving. And that will continue this year as the event now is coordinated by Bo Ozment of the Sikeston ...

Last month, Morehouse City Clerk Gayle Childs, 72, unexpectedly passed away from pneumonia. Childs, who died Oct. 8, was instrumental in not only maintaining a lengthy to-do list for the town, such as ...

Two individuals facing separate felony charges in Mississippi County received the maximum sentences for their convictions. Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Claire E. Poley announced on Friday, ...

Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation, or DAEOC, will have a ceremonial ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of its resource center for the unsheltered. Set for 3:30 p.m. Nov. 25, the ...

About 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, emergency personnel responded to the 1200 block of South Main Street in Sikeston in reference to a motor-vehicle crash. A vehicle was reportedly overturned with partial ...

Charles David "CD" Springs passed away on Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on Jan. 26, 1938, to the proud, excited young parents, Charles ...

A bicyclist was struck and killed in an accident Wednesday, Nov. 13. At 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, on Highway U, one mile west of Blodgett, an eastbound vehicle driven by a 23-year-old Benton resident ...

David Rodney Oliver, 75, died Nov. 14, 2024, at his home near East Prairie. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, ...

I wanted to thank Leonna Heuring for such a wonderful article regarding my book, which was recently published, in the Standard Democrat. The book (“Mother’s Little Alibi” by Lydia Constantine) is a ...

A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was indicted Tuesday, Nov. 11 and accused of unlawfully searching women's cell phones during traffic stops to find nude pictures. David McKnight, 39, was ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 sentenced southeast Missouri man to 179 months in prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.

SEMO Christian Academy in Sikeston has named its top sellers for the school's annual fall candle fundraiser. A total of 600 candles were sold. Candle sales totaled $7,328 with $2,727.96 in expenses ...