LILBOURN, Mo. - At the Lilbourn Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7183’s fall awards banquet, they wanted to allow students to take flight with their creativity as they vied for honors in the Post’s Patriot Pen and Voice of America competitions. This year the students also had the opportunity to learn how their careers could take flight. The evening’s guest speaker was Dr. Ken Jackson, director of Aviation Operations at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Mo...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A new mural attempts to capture the many interests of a New Madrid County Central High School student, who died less than a year following her graduation. The family of Annemarie Brown attended the unveiling of the mural Nov. 16 at New Madrid County Central High School. The work was completed by NMCC students and their art teacher, Whitney Smith...

Boone Thompson hangs Christmas lights at his home on Bradley Street Saturday. With the passing of Thanksgiving, many local residents have began decorating for Christmas.

According to data cited by Delaware-based internet financial news website 24/7 Wall St. LLC, three counties in the Missouri Bootheel — Dunklin, Mississippi and New Madrid — are among the 50 most sedentary counties in America. Using information compiled by a joint report of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the top three most physically inactive U.S. counties are all in Arkansas: Prairie, Dallas and Nevada...

Joshua Koonce pled guilty Monday to the stabbing death of Jimmy Casey.  Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver said in a news release that Koonce entered the guilty plea 30 minutes before the trial was scheduled to begin and the state extended no plea bargain to the defense. Koonce plead guilty to the charges of murder and armed criminal action...

DEXTER, Mo. — A death investigation is underway in Dexter. According to Dexter Police Chief Hank Trout, the Dexter Police Department responded to 122 Condor Drive, regarding a medical assist call of cardiac arrest on Monday. Trout said when officers and emergency personnel arrived, CPR was in progress on a 49-year-old male...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Bertrand man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor. According to a news release from the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office, a multi-agency investigation between the Sheriff’s Office, Missouri Children’s Division and the Network Against Sexual Violence led to the arrest of Kenny Loflin, 72...