Stories from Thursday, April 21, 2016

SIKESTON -- A fire early Thursday in Sikeston has been ruled suspicious and is under investigation. Sikeston Department of Public Safety's Fire Division responded to the 500 block of John R. Boulevard at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in reference to a structure fire...

SIKESTON -- The Sikeston Little Theatre will bring pop music, laughs and romance to the stage beginning tonight with its first youth musical production in three years. Performances of "Cyrano de BurgerShack" by Jeremy Desmon will be at 8 p.m. today, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Little Theatre...

PEORIA, Ill. -- Marie Catherine Myers, 72, resident of Peoria, formerly of Centralia, passed away Friday April 15, 2016, with her daughter by her side. For the complete obituary, see the Thursday edition of the Standard Democrat.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- James Wilford Baker, 64, died April 19, 2016, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. For the full obituary, see the Thursday edition of the Standard Democrat.

I'm reading SpeakOut and I feel like the police might have more time in the city of Sikeston to worry about the limbs on the street and panhandlers if they didn't have to worry so much about druggies, murderers, thieves and robbers. There is some serious crime going on in the city of Sikeston, in my opinion. Some of these people need to get a larger view...