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SIKESTON — For the second time in a month, the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Board of Directors announced a change in this year’s entertainment lineup for the Sikeston Rodeo. According to a release from the Jaycees, Chris Lane will not be appearing as the headliner on Wednesday night. Tickets already purchased for Wednesday night’s event are still valid for the Rodeo contest and the new musical act will be announced soon...

A late Dexter resident who supported many worthy Stoddard County projects has donated more than $8.4 million to Shriners Hospitals for Children - St. Louis. Well-known Southeast Missouri businessman and philanthropist Norman Harty dedicated much time and effort to the Three Rivers Shrine Club and supporting Shriners Hospitals for Children, according to a press release from Shriners officials. Harty died in 2017...

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...

A former Scott County employee is suing Scott County and Sheriff Wes Drury for violation of Missouri’s Human Rights Act. Sandra Kay Allen, of Sikeston, filed the suit in Circuit Court on Wednesday, however as of Friday morning it had not yet been processed...

BENTON, Mo. — About 30 people gathered peacefully Thursday morning at the Scott County Courthouse to protest the conviction of Willekis Dorsey. Dorsey was convicted in the May 30, 2000, killing of Don Prude of Blytheville, Ark. Prude was shot numerous times in his car on Hickory Street in Haywood City...

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...

SIKESTON — A Howardville, Mo., woman accused of stabbing another woman in the neck has been formally charged through Scott County. Briesha Danielle Timothy, 21, of Howardville is charged with felony first degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, according to online court records. On July 6, Timothy was arraigned in Scott County Court, where she entered a plea of not guilty for the July 4 stabbing that injured another woman...

CHARLESTON, Mo. – Plaza Tire Service recently donated a building and land in Charleston to the Charleston R-I School District, which serves the northern half of Mississippi County, Mo., including the towns of Charleston, Bertrand, Anniston, Wyatt and Wilson City...

SIKESTON, Mo. — The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Board of Directors announced early Friday ACM New Male Artist of the Year nominee Cody Johnson will take the stage Aug. 7 as the entertainment to follow rodeo events. The announcement comes a week after the Jaycees announced the originally scheduled Friday night act, ZZ Top, was unable to attend this year’s event...

SIKESTON — The campaign manager of the committee to re-elect Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury has filed two complaints against his opponent’s campaign. Adam Brassfield, senior campaign manager on the Wes Drury 2020 Committee, said he filed on Tuesday a complaint against the Rick Walter for Scott County Sheriff 2020 campaign with the Missouri Ethics Commission...

BENTON, Mo. — About 30 people gathered peacefully Thursday morning at the Scott County Courthouse to protest the conviction of Willekis Dorsey. Dorsey was convicted in the May 30, 2000, killing of Don Prude of Blytheville, Ark. Prude was shot numerous times in his car on Hickory Street in Haywood City...