JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.– Gov. Mike Parson on Monday signed Senate Bill 600 to help address violent crime in Missouri. SB600 modifies and creates several provisions relating to dangerous felonies, including offenses of conspiracy, unlawful possession of firearms, criminal street gangs and vehicle hijacking...

At 11:43 p.m. Monday members of the Portageville Fire Department were dispatched to a structure fire on East Fifth Street in Portageville. Engine 1 and Ladder 1 responded. Upon arrival fire personnel found a single story home with with fire engulfing about 70 percent of the home, primarily from the rear. ...

Felony charges have been filed against 27-year-old Cedric Charles Moore Jr. of Cape Girardeau for allegedly punching a 12-year-old dancer in the head Friday night, according to information released Monday by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The alleged assailant now faces one Class B felony count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one class D felony count of second-degree assault, according to an arrest warrant filed by Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor Mark Welker and signed Monday by Judge Scott A. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the following 2020 July Fourth holiday statistics: 2020 July Fourth Holiday Traffic Statistics Troopers worked 294 traffic crashes, which included 107 injuries and all five fatalities. Troopers also made 139 DWI arrests and 126 drug arrests over the holiday weekend...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston woman is recuperating after allegedly being stabbed by another woman in the neck on the Fourth of July. At 5:58 p.m. Saturday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers and South Scott EMS were dispatched to the intersection of West Murray Lane and Clayton Avenue in reference to a subject stabbed in the neck, according to Sikeston DPS Public Information Officer Evelyn Aceves...

All Charleston R-1 School District buildings and offices will be closed through July 14 due to a potential COVID-19 exposure on June 30. According to a statement from the District, the buildings and offices are being closed on recommendation of the Mississippi County Health Department. All building offices are set to reopen July 15 and any employee who needs to enter a district building during the closure must be cleared by Charleston R-1 Superintendent Jeremy Siebert ahead of time...

By David Jenkins Standard Democrat SIKESTON — In a time of tragedy, police officers are often seen handling the situation and taking care of the business at hand. But behind the scenes it is the chaplains who are there, supporting the victims and officers...

A Texas man was killed in a one-car accident Saturday night in one of four local accidents with injuries over the July 4th weekend. According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 11:50 p.m. Saturday night, a vehicle driven by Regino Puente, 63, of Dallas, Texas, was northbound on Interstate 55 at the 33 mile marker when he ran off the roadway, lost control and overturned...