Sikeston Department of Public Safety lifted on Monday the burn ban for the residents of Sikeston. “Citizens can resume normal burning of yard waste in compliance with city ordinance,” Sikeston DPS said via social media on Monday. DPS reminded citizens the city does have the new leaf pick-up program as well as the citywide compost site...

Ten years ago, charities around the world began promoting “Giving Tuesday” on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving – Nov. 29 this year – as a way to encourage donors to give to charities as part of their holiday preparations. Better Business Bureau® (BBB®) encourages donors to give but give wisely.  ...

SIKESTON — Police are investigating a shooting that injured a Pemiscot County man from inside a vehicle in the parking lot at Walmart Sunday in Sikeston. According to Sikeston Department of Public Safety, about 3:30 p.m., a 19-year-old Pemiscot County man was shot in the leg while inside a vehicle on the parking lot at Walmart in Sikeston. The man has since been transported to a nearby medical facility to treat his wounds, according to DPS...

Like a Hallmark Christmas movie, Sikeston will be buzzing with Christmas spirit on Friday with the lighting of the Christmas tree and annual Downtown Parade of Lights.

Following a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, one of the region’s last craft fairs of the year returns Dec. 3 in Benton. The 23rd Annual “Winter Wonderland of Treasures” will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 3 at St. Denis Parish Center in Benton. Admission is free.

From left: Ronnie Sells, Kathy Lake, Kendall Hinton and Jane Pfefferkorn with Mission Missouri set up their Christmas display in lot No. 31 for the Third Annual “Light Up Sikeston,” which is held at the Sikeston First Assembly of God property at 1221 North Ingram, across from the Sikeston Rodeo Grounds. ...

The familiar green and white population signs welcoming motorists to the state’s cities and counties will be phasing out when they reach the end of their service life, said Mark Croarkin, Southeast District engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation...

The 14th annual Dexter Christmas Reading is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday. The reading will come from the second chapter of Luke. Event organizer Greg Mathis said the Crowley Ridge Mennonite Choir will start prelude singing at 5:45 p.m. Mathis said this year there will be a little different wrinkle to the event...