Stories from Sunday, December 31, 2017

SIKESTON -- The Standard Democrat wishes you a safe and happy new year. Our office is closed Monday and will reopen at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Happy New Year!

CLARKTON, Mo. -- A Clarkton man died after his vehicle overturned Saturday in Dunklin County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 4:30 a.m. on Missouri Highway 25, about two miles north of Clarkton, as the northbound vehicle driven by Gregory A. Reynolds, 72, of Clarkton began sliding. The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and overturned...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- James Patrick Weeks, 76, died Dec. 30, 2017, at Bertrand Nursing Center. Born July 1, 1941, in East Prairie, son of the late Dola Cantrell Benson, he was a 1959 graduate of East Prairie High School. Following graduation, he left East Prairie to work and travel, and he returned in 2011...