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Sikeston police search for suspects in tractor, trailer theft
(Local News ~ 07/04/19)
SIKESTON — Sikeston police are searching for a suspect involved in the theft of a tractor and trailer. About 1:15 p.m. June 25 a front-end load tractor was stolen from 700 S. Kingshighway in Sikeston, according to a news release from Sikeston Department of Public Safety. The tractor is described as an orange 2018 Kubota MX5200SST with an orange LA1065 loader. The tractor was sitting on a 2016 Black Heartland trailer when it was stolen overnight by subjects in a Chevrolet Z71 crew cab truck...
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Office closed Thursday and Friday
(Local News ~ 07/04/19)
SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat office will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Independence Day. The office will reopen at 7:30 a.m. Monday. We wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July.
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Mary Carr
(Obituary ~ 07/04/19)
HENDERSON, Texas — Mary Frieda Pikey Carr, 92, died June 24, 2019, in Henderson. Born June 4, 1927, in Portageville, Mo., daughter of the late Walter Harvel and Alice Corilla Pikey, she lived in the Portageville area until her late teens when she moved to Ohio and later she lived in Florida, Mississippi and Michigan before settling in Henderson. ...
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Robert Nowell
(Obituary ~ 07/04/19)
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Robert Lee Nowell, 94, died July 2, 2019, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Born July 29, 1924, in Portageville, son of the late Allie Estes Beaton Nowell and Isaac Columbus “Ike” Nowell, he worked for the highway department as a heavy equipment driver before retiring. Mr. Nowell served in the United States Army during World War II receiving several awards and commendations...
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Jane Drake
(Obituary ~ 07/04/19)
SIKESTON — Jane Anne Drake, 70, died July 4, 2019, at her home in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.
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Donald Boatwright
(Obituary ~ 07/04/19)
WARDELL, Mo. — Donald J. Boatwright, 91, died July 1, 2019, at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon. Born June 1, 1928, in Portageville, son of the late Mary Zook Boatwright and Dave Boatwright, he worked 43 years for the Little River Drainage District, serving as foreman. He served in the U.S. Army...
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