Editorial

Hello, United States. Southeast Missouri, Miner. It’s a beautiful day. Everybody is out and about. Mr. Mayor of Miner, we have three pieces of property on Harrison alone and one on Cravens, that are eyesores. Five foot tall weeds. Nobody lives in that one house with couches and two foot of grass in the front yard. Tires. You say you want to be in charge of everything. Evidently you’re not doing...

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We have a dangerous crossing on Salcedo Road and BB Highway. There have been too many wrecks, too many injuries and too many lives lost. For whatever reason, drivers don’t want to stop on BB. For those who do, remember, the cars traveling on Salcedo Road have a speed limit of 55. Don’t pull out in front of them, or cross the road thinking I can make it. Please consider installing a flashing...

Hello Southeast Missouri. Hello Miner, Missouri. I saw where Sikeston has got some of those temporary speed bumps. I think that is pretty neat. We need some of those here in Miner. Especially on Harrison and Ross. Because these stop signs might as well be in Spanish because they don’t do nothing with it. It ain’t like the permanent ones over in the subdivision over there. That was just a...

COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing in our area, and local hospital management and public health officials are deeply concerned. On one hand, there is no need to panic. There are enough hospital beds to provide services. And, in fact, anyone with health issues should not hesitate to see their medical provider for assistance, regardless of whether it is related to COVID. ...

We are trying to stop the COVID-19 and I’d like to know why it is that people is throwing their mess out in the street, in people’s yards. That’s not helping. Please throw your mess in the trash cans and that way we can help stop the virus.

The same worn out politicians who try to place all the blame on Trump for the coronavirus, also try to ridicule him for trying to fast track therapeutics and a vaccine. They are the real deplorables.

We have been citizens of Miner for going on 50 years and they have always had problems when certain people are on the board. If you want to know the truth, you need to ask citizens. Not people who resign the board. Those three people who resigned the board were not fit to become members of Miner’s board nor will they ever be. I am glad and several of my neighbors are glad they’re gone. You sound...

It’s very plain to see that the Black, Democrat politicians have taken over and ruined the big cities in Missouri and the country. Guess who is next.

Dear Editors: Years of prosperity, more than any other country in the world, all types of entertainment, beer by the buckets now being advertised (like Israel of old that lay upon beds of ivory, eating the lambs of the field and drinking wine from bowls.)...

To me a good person is someone who cares about people, good and bad. Offense and injury to a person is bad for the victim and perpetrator and bad for the heart and soul of the perpetrator. Let it roll off your back. Speak bad mouth only in an appropriate case, no rumors. Do not be an authoritarian, no change. Treat everyone as the same. Adopt for yourself the attitude a doctor would have — treat...

I think it is shameful what Missouri elected officials have done with voting rules. They have created total confusion, purposely to suppress voting. The mail in and absentee voting instructions are too complex for too many voters to understand. We are going thru COVID-19 and voters just want to be safe and they want their votes counted. Amendment 3, as is written on the official Missouri ballot,...

An idea to consider after changing the name of the street from Daddy Felker to Lincoln. I can understand why they would want to do that, but it would be nice if the university would put a stone marker on the property, explaining who Daddy Felker was and what he did for the community. And why the name had been changed. Make a little marker, not a tree, that’s gonna die and somebody is going to...

When once we were unsure if Sikeston R-6 would even be able to have the first day of school in the traditional in-person setting, to now be able to say we’ve made it through the first quarter of the 2020-2021 school year is nothing short of a miracle. However, this endeavor wasn’t something that just happened. This was truly the makings of a very determined school district and community...

Dear Editors: Brothers and sisters, (we are all brothers and sisters, formed by the same Father). We are all one family. It IS POSSIBLE to disagree and still love each other, still treat each other with kindness and respect! President Abraham Lincoln said: “A house divided against itself shall not stand.”...

After a 30 minute wait, I left. I returned on Oct. 9, went by the service desk and had them to page somebody. It only took two page calls to get someone and about a 15 minute wait. There is no push button on the table to page anyone anymore.

I noticed in the paper on the Miss Sikeston and Miss Cotton Carnival pageant, four of the runners up didn’t have their fathers listed. I wonder how bad their fathers feel about that?

In response to the president catching COVID-19, I would not wish anyone any harm or to be sick and I hope he makes a full recovery. However, I wish he could have taken this time to help stop the division the American people by saying, “See, this can happen to anyone. Please wear a mask.” But what does he say? “Don’t be afraid of this. I feel better than I have in 20 years.”

Dear Editors: Many times in the past, I have expressed my views in the paper. As the 82-year-old widow of a pastor, I do it again. … I believe fully in God’s word. That doesn’t make me popular. My vote on Election Day will mirror biblical values. I won’t be judging the personal life of presidential candidates. God will do that when they stand before Him. I will vote for the candidate whose...

The NFL and the NBA most definitely have a right to protest. It is in the Constitution. Local residents like to get on social media and tell everybody to go ahead and boycott, they don’t care. Well, I have news for you. They do care. They care because it will impact their bottom dollar and money talks. They have a right to protest and I have a right to boycott.

As I open Wednesday’s Standard Democrat, I see a Speakout worth repeating, especially in light of last night’s embarrassing presidential debate. Make America respectable again and vote for Biden.

A man walks into a gas station and as he is checking out, the man starts talking with some of the locals. One of them asks the man if he is new around here. The man says, “yes, I am from around here. I am in the fields with my cotton. I don’t own a cotton picker, but love my electric car.” ...

Just a reminder to Republican voters. It’s very important we get President Trump re-elected. Equally important is we vote for every GOP senator possible. We must have control of the senate and house or you have the same debacle you have now

Just a reminder to Republican voters. It’s very important we get President Trump re-elected. Equally important is we vote for every GOP senator possible. We must have control of the senate and house or you have the same debacle you have now.

When a child is sexually abused as a baby, this may cause mental illness problems. Problems concentrating, mood problems, obesity and bad behavior toward animals and people as a child grows older.