Stories from Tuesday, January 11, 2022

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating a shooting that occurred late Saturday night, leaving one injured. According to Sikeston DPS Chief Jim McMillen, on Saturday at approximately 11:30 p.m., DPS officers responded to a shots fired call near the 800 block of Mary and the 800 block of Wayne. While en route, officers were informed of a subject shot in the head at 630 Branum...

SIKESTON — Margaret Helen Klingel Jackson was born on Feb. 16, 1930, near Blodgett, Missouri, David Louis and Lessie Tippy Klingel. She passed away on Jan. 9, 2022, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in Sikeston, MO after a short illness at age 91...

BERTRAND, Mo. — Richard Raymond Blackburn, 86, of Bertrand died peacefully, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, with his loving wife Shirley and family by his side at the Westfield Nursing Center near Sikeston.

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. — John Stanley Duncan, age 83, of Glen Allen died on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at Stonebridge Senior Living of natural causes. He was born on Feb. 15, 1938, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to Esthel McKinley (E. M.) and Glenna (Guiling) Duncan. In 1984 Stanley married Wanda (Weakley) Anderson from Glenallen and she survives...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A New Madrid man is in custody in connection with a shooting Monday evening. At approximately 6:20 p.m. New Madrid Police were called to a residence on St. Lucy Lane in reference to a shooting. At the scene officers found a subject with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to New Madrid Police Chief Joey Higgerson...

SIKESTON — The Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee, in partnership with the State Celebration Commission of Missouri and Lincoln University Extension, will host the 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Monday in Sikeston. This year’s theme will be “Building the Dream.” The celebration will begin with a motorcade parade from Green Memorial C.O.G.I.C., 113 Clayton Ave. ...

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. — While it is the large cities like Flint, Michigan, that capture the attention of the need to upgrade the nation’s aging water infrastructure, it is the small towns that may be the most vulnerable. A law signed by President Joe Biden in December is designed to help some of the smallest and poorest communities. ...

Camryn Self is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for the month of January. Self, who is the daughter of Brian and Dana Self, plans to attend Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she plans to major in music therapy this fall.

ESSEX, Mo. — Richland Elementary in Essex has announced its second quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year. First Grade-Cameron Boyle, Maddox Cassinger, Cayden Davidson, Bentley DeVore, TyZera Hollingsworth, Beau Jackson, Kole Lykins, Hayven Marron, Alejandro Moyeda, Andrew Pettigo, Brynlee Polk, Caroline Porter, Jack Tarkington, Olan Whittington...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — East Prairie High School released its second quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year. 9th Grade Honor Roll Kinleigh Meacham, Zachary Miller, Landon Patrick, Emaleigh Ruedrich, Jaden Scorzafava, Lilly Shaw, Tripp Shoemaker, Brooklyn Achter, Macie Walters, Peyton Williams, Riley Wilson, Savannah Wilson, Ty Wallace, Connor Allred, Brianna Aters, Kyler Aters, Braylen Cade, Braden Glenn, Maryn Grissom, Landon Haney, Briley Heitman, Tyrin Holliongsworth, Elijah Huus, Brooklyn Irbu, Chloe Jackson, William Jarvis, Autumn Jones, Scarlett Kelley, Christopher Leonard, Connor Marcum, Krisytn Mayabb, Branen McCutchen. ...

Over the Sikeston R-6 holiday break, Health Occupations students visited residents at the Sikeston Convalescent Center to spread holiday cheer.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the morning of Thursday Jan. 6, the first winter storm of the season hit the area, causing dangerous travel conditions. At around 8:30 a.m. traffic backed up on Interstate 55 southbound near the south New Madrid overpass. Once that happened, a pileup occurred that stretched nearly all the way to the 52 mile marker, which is the Kewanee exit...

The Glenn Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization, recently donated the $7,500 proceeds from the 2021 Larry Glenn Memorial Golf Tournament to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Glenn Family Foundation and Larry Glenn Memorial Golf Tournament were established to honor the family patriarch, Larry Glenn...

Auntie Ann’s Pretzel Truck of Paducah, Ky., proved to be a popular place when it stopped at New Madrid on Jan. 5. A line of people waited patiently to get their fill of pretzels and other goodies from the food truck vendors. According to the company, the truck will be returning on Jan. 27 to East Prairie...