Recent Headlines
-
Six chosen as poster children for Kenny Rogers Children's Center’s annual telethonSIKESTON — Six local children have been named the poster children for the 42nd Annual Kenny Rogers Children’s Center Telethon. Set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the Miner Convention Center, this year’s event will celebrate the Kenny Rogers Children’s Center’s 50th anniversary. The Center provides pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapy free of charge to children with special needs throughout Southeast Missouri...
-
Shots-fired incident under investigation in SikestonSIKESTON — Police are investigating a shots-fired incident that occurred early Thursday, March 23 in Sikeston. Shortly after midnight Thursday, March 23, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to the area of Wakefield and Hawthorn for a report of shots fired, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston Department of Public Safety...
-
Lane restriction at Kentucky end of U.S. 51 of Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge planned for ThursdayPADUCAH, Ky. — A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, or KYTC, plans a work zone lane restriction on U.S. 51 at the Kentucky end of the U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge on Thursday morning, March 23. This work zone lane restriction at Ballard County mile point 7.3 is to allow guardrail damaged by a recent crash at the Kentucky end of the bridge to be replaced...
-
Sikeston City Council election Q&A: Caldwell, Lindsey vying for council at-large positionSIKESTON — Sikeston voters will choose between two candidates to fill the at-large City Council person position when they step up to the polls during the April 4 municipal election. To help voters get to know the candidates, the Standard Democrat has compiled information in a question-and-answer format with the candidates, Lori A. Caldwell and Ryan Lindsey. The at-large council person position is for a three-year term...
-
Hecht named director of Perryville Area Career and Technology CenterBENTON, Mo. — Current Thomas W. Kelly High School Principal Dan Hecht has been named the director of the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center for the 2023-2024 school year. Hecht, who has served as the principal at Kelly High School for the past 14 years, submitted his letter of resignation to the district on Feb. 15, effective at the end of the 2022-2023 school year...
-
Kiwanis Pancake DayThe Sikeston Kiwanis Club hosted its annual all-you-can-eat Kiwanis Pancake Day Tuesday, March 21 at the Sikeston Elks Lodge. Proceeds will go toward Kiwanis projects.
-
SEMO Electric awarded $16.6M grant to expand its fiber servicesSIKESTON — Over $16 million has been awarded to SEMO Electric Cooperative to improve internet access in rural southeast Missouri. As part of the $261 million Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, or DED, SEMO Electric Cooperative has been given $16.6 million...
-
New Madrid City Council addresses delays in electrical billingsNEW MADRID, Mo. — Postage delivery delays are creating problems for citizens and city officials. In his report to the New Madrid City Council at their March 13 meeting, City Administrator Aaron Griffin said the city has received numerous complaints from citizens that electrical bills are not delivered in a timely manner. Griffin said it is a problem in other Southeast Missouri communities as well...
-
OvernightShowers & T-stormsHigh: 56°F
-
FridayShowers & T-stormsHigh: 65°F Low: 50°F
-
SaturdayPartly SunnyHigh: 62°F Low: 44°F
-
SundaySunnyHigh: 66°F Low: 44°F
- Sikeston comeback falls short against Kelly (3/23/23)
- Kennett Quad Golf Tournament Roundup (3/23/23)
- SIMPLY THE BEST: SEMO Conference's top prep hoopsters honored at Letter Club banquet (3/23/23)3
- SEMO FB seeking to go from 'good to great' as spring practice opens (3/22/23)
- All-SEMO Conference teams named (3/21/23)4
-
Strive to be a force of kindness in this world (3/24/23)The World Baseball Classic has been underway these last few weeks. St. Louis Cardinal Lars Nootbar is playing on Japan’s national team, and the country has embraced him. And what is there not to...
-
Officers pursue suspect (3/22/23)NEW MADRID, Mo. - On the afternoon of March 17, officers received information about possible drug activity on Main Street. Officers found the vehicle the caller described and recognized the driver,...
-
As we walk toward Easter Sunday, reflect on your life (3/17/23)From 1985-1990, the comedian Jon Lovitz was a cast member of “Saturday Night Live.” One of his most iconic characters was Tommy Flanagan, aka the “Pathological Liar.” The character Tommy Flanagan...
-
Letter: Thank you for making EPES blood drive a success (3/17/23)Dear community, Thanks to each of you that helped to make this 16th East Prairie Elementary School (Doyle) blood drive a huge success. This year 191 came out and braved the weather, and 172 units...
-
Guns seized, two arrested at fight (3/15/23)NEW MADRID, Mo. - In the early morning hours of March 12, officers were called to Blades Drive about a disturbance involving a large crowd. When the first officer pulled in at approximately 4:30 a.m....
-
Let us pray and see the new beginnings (3/10/23)It is March, and many people are looking for signs of spring. For some, it is the blooming of daffodils. For others, it is seeing robins in the yard. But I have seen early spring flowers covered in...
-
Dorothy Coffer (3/23/23)CHARLESTON, Mo. — Dorothy Louise McAfee Coffer, age 96, of Charleston died Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Born May 17, 1926, in the Texas Bend Community...
-
Ernestine Bonner (3/21/23)SIKESTON — Co-Pastor Ernestine Bonner, age 68, was born in Hollywood, Mississippi, to the late Percy Baker Sr. and Rosie Mae Baker on June 23, 1955, and she departed this life on March 19, 2023, at...
-
Carmen Robertson (3/20/23)CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Carmen Louise Robertson, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Mrs. Robertson was born July 5, 1930, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Ora T. and...
-
Jason Wilkerson (3/20/23)BLODGETT, Mo. — Jason Heath Wilkerson, 37, of Blodgett passed away on March 16, 2023, in St. Louis, Missouri. Jason was born on Nov. 7, 1985, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Mary Morefield and Timmy Wilkerson. Jason loved to go fishing anytime he could. He was always there to help the family and any of his neighbors anytime he was able. He worked various jobs feeding livestock over the years and doing whatever job that was needed...
-
Shirley Owens (3/18/23)CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Shirley Ann (Williams) Owens, age 85, died March 16, 2023, from injuries sustained in a car wreck a week prior. She was a retired schoolteacher and taught at Southeast Elementary School in Sikeston, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, Finley and Hallean (Oliver) Williams; and husband, Arthur “Archie/Art” Owens...
-
Mae Bowles (3/18/23)CHARLESTON, Mo. — Mae Marie Passley Bowles, 85, died March 18, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery near Charleston...
Latest State & Nation News
Weird News