Stories from Monday, February 21, 2022

SIKESTON — The Standard Democrat office will be closed Monday in observance of Presidents’ Day and will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

NEW MADRID, Mo. -The public’s assistance is sought in identifying a subject in connection with counterfeit money being circulated in the Morehouse area. New Madrid County Sheriff Bud Cooper said any information is appreciated and will remain anonymous...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — George Richard Haws, 78, died Feb. 19, 2022. Family and friends will assemble at 10:40 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston for a procession to the IOOF Cemetery in Charleston, where graveside services will follow at 11 a.m...

SIKESTON — Glenn Mason Holmes, age 79, passed away peacefully on Feb. 15, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in the presence of his closest family. He was born Dec. 30, 1942, in Sikeston, son of the late Willis and Marie Holmes. He was an honorable, Christian, husband, father and friend...