Stories from Thursday, November 26, 2020

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observation of Thanksgiving. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

SIKESTON — Two Bertrand residents were killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by Delbert R. Parsons, 78, of Bertrand, was northbound on US 61, two miles south of Sikeston at 11:18 a.m., when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck by a semi-truck driven by Dennis W. Swink, 52, of Anna, Illinois...