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Lakyn Kaminsky, daughter of Chuck and Brandy Kaminsky, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for January. Kaminsky, winner of the 2019 Miss Sikeston, plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University and major in business.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Caruthersville, Missouri, man was sentenced to 5 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for committing Medicaid fraud. According to a release from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced today that Michael E. Robinson, 46, was sentenced for committing the felony of conspiracy to commit Medicaid fraud. Robinson was sentenced to 5 years in the Department of Corrections and ordered to repay more than $6,000 to the Medicaid program...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — It can be hard navigating high school. Sometimes students can get in over their heads. Fortunately, at New Madrid County Central High School, there is a lifeguard watching over the students - Joseph McClarty. McClarty took over the job in August and said it is a role he has already come to love...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A four-session brain fitness class, which aims to boost memory and health, will be offered next month in Charleston. University of Missouri Extension will offer a “Boost Your Brain and Memory” brain fitness class at the Mississippi County Library, 105 E. Marshall St., in Charleston beginning Feb. 18...

“This is an exciting time to be involved at the Stars and Stripes Museum,” Morgan Wilkinson observes enthusiastically. “We finally have secured enough funds that we can maintain a full-time staff, and we are able to plan a broad array of activities that will appeal to various ages and interests.”...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston R-6 Board of Education has officially approved the ballot language for the $18.6-million bond proposal that will be put before voters in April. The Board approved during its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday a resolution calling for a special bond election in the district on April 7 on the proposition whether to issue $18.6 million principal amount of general obligation bonds...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Martin Luther King Jr. celebration activities will kick off their 34th Annual Celebration Saturday at 5 p.m. at Green Memorial Church of God in Christ, located at 113 Clayton Ave. The celebration will continue on Monday with the motorcade parade lineup beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Green Memorial COGIC...

MINER, Mo. — The Soybean Crop Management Conference was held Thursday at the Miner Convention Center in Miner, Missouri. A large number of farmers attended the event that featured a program and policy update as well as sessions on soybean issues and a Farm Bill update...

PADUCAH, Ky. — The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri. According to the NWS, the river is continuing to rise in New Madrid and will crest at 37.8 feet on Sunday morning before starting a very slow fall. The flood warning will continue until Jan. 25...

SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston woman’s death has been linked to recreational drug use while another is recovering from an overdose after the two were located in a locked vehicle Sunday in Mississippi County. According to Sgt. ...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston High School sophomore is the school’s third student in four years to earn a perfect score on the ACT. Raghad Alkilani, daughter of Muhannad and Hadeel Alkilani, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36 after taking the exam in December...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - A Charleston man was sentenced to life in prison plus another 15 years for the attempted shooting of a Missouri State Highway Patrol officer. Demarcus Owens, 29, was formally sentenced by 34th Judicial Circuit Judge Edward Reeves on Tuesday. ...

SIKESTON — An early morning shooting in Sikeston on Sunday has led to the arrest of three on drug charges. According to a release from Sikeston DPS, at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, Sikeston DPS received a call of a male who was shot three times at 905 Montgomery, Apartment B. ...

MORLEY, Mo. — The Morley Police Department is investigating multiple cases of theft from residences that may be linked to other thefts in surrounding areas. According to a statement from the Morley Police Department, there have been multiple cases of theft of copper wire and other personal items from residences in Morley. One suspect was arrested Saturday night during a traffic stop and had multiple outstanding warrants...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston area was hit by strong storm system Saturday, but the area escaped with little more than just some spot flooding. Heavy rainfall, flooding, damaging winds, and gusty non-thunderstorm winds impacted the region early Saturday morning. ...

ORAN, Mo. — Two men and two women were seriously injured in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol crash reports, a vehicle driven by Steven Holman, 21, was eastbound on County Road 250, a half mile east of Oran at 1:03 a.m., when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree...

SIKESTON — Two Sikeston residents are seeking treatment for serious burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire late Saturday. At approximately 8:38 pm Saturday Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to 218 Illinois in reference to a structure fire, according to DPS Public information Officer Evelyn Aceves. ...

SIKESTON — The Sikeston Department of Public Safety is investigating an early morning shooting in Sikeston. According to a release from Sikeston DPS, at 3:10 a.m. Sunday, Sikeston DPS received a call of a male who was shot three times at 905 Montgomery, Apartment B. ...

The Sikeston Jaycees recently donated $8,000 to the Sikeston Public Schools Foundation. With this donation, the Sikeston High School Library will be able to purchase an additional zSpace Computer and two years of the supporting software.

Dexter R-XI students will now join eight other school districts — and Westwood Baptist Academy — sending students to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center. The State Board of Education approved the switch from the Sikeston R-VI Career and Technology Center on Thursday morning as part of the consent agenda...

The recent activity along the New Madrid Fault Line has warranted concern for many local residents who wonder ‘What will we do’ should (The Big One) ever strike? The New Madrid Seismic Zone, sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes in the southern and midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — A Tallapoosa man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2006 killing of Teresa Butler. Melvin Ray Hufford Jr., 42, was sentenced Friday to seven years for the Class C felony of manslaughter and three years for the Class D felony of tampering with physical evidence. ...

SIKESTON — Dressing up, dancing, and pictures are all a part of Night to Shine, a prom event for people with special needs sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. But the lasting impression from the night is all of the smiles from the kings and queens...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - For the city of New Madrid, the year ended with good news: the 2019 budget was in the black, the 2020 budget forecasts a surplus and the possibility remains for industrial expansion. As the city council readied for a new year, they made final adjustments to the 2019 budget. The budget showed total revenues of $2,234,833.88 and expenditures of $2,189,269.90 leaving a balance of $45,563.98...