Stories from Tuesday, March 27, 2018

The announcement follows findings by three medical experts that the death of Tory Sanders, who died while in protective custody in the Mississippi County Jail, was a result of a medical condition known as excited delirium

BEIRUT (AP) -- The exodus of Syrian rebels and civilians from the eastern suburbs of Damascus continued on Tuesday for t

The Fifth Annual Sikeston Regional Women's Show attracted a large crowd Saturday at the Miner Convention Center.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently submitted revisions to the Scott County Flood Plain map and Sikeston residents were able to see the changes at an open house before Monday's special Sikeston City Council meeting.

Voters in East Prairie will be electing two new school board members and an alderman for Ward II in the April 3 election.

When Leslie Bruner-Thresher was pregnant, her doctor warned her she was a candidate for gestational diabetes. The doctor emphasized the warning signs: tiredness, excessive thirst, peeing more often.

SIKESTON Tom Barnett, 61, died March 27, 2018, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark.

SIKESTON  Johnnie Lee Taylor, 63, died March 15, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

SIKESTON  Michael Douglas Partin, 55, died March 24, 2018, at his home in Sikeston.

MINER, Mo.  Joan E. McClung, age 82, passed away on March 27, 2018, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner.

SIKESTON James Williams, 63, died March 25, 2018, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.