I wanted to thank Leonna Heuring for such a wonderful article regarding my book, which was recently published, in the Standard Democrat. The book (“Mother’s Little Alibi” by Lydia Constantine) is a ...

A Sikeston man is facing charges after taking a taser from a Department of Public Safety officer while in custody. Gregory Kyle Deuster is charged with disarming a peace officer or correctional ...

SEMO Christian Academy in Sikeston has named its top sellers for the school's annual fall candle fundraiser. A total of 600 candles were sold. Candle sales totaled $7,328 with $2,727.96 in expenses ...

The largest family-owned retail seed company in the United States announced on Wednesday, Nov. 13 the groundbreaking of its new soybean processing facility in New Madrid. The state-of-the-art facility ...

Rondal M. "Ron" Riddle III, 49, died Nov. 10, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at the First Assembly of God Church in ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was indicted Tuesday, Nov. 11 and accused of unlawfully searching women’s cell phones during traffic stops to find nude pictures.

Wanda Sue Aday Williams, age 82, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at her home in Wyatt. She was born March 2, 1942, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Jonas Alvie Aday and Myrtie Thomas Aday. Wanda ...

Richard Eugene Mays, 75, died Nov. 11, 2024, at Gideon Care Center Gideon, Missouri. Visitation will begin at noon Friday, Nov. 15 at DeLisle Funeral Home Chapel in Portageville, where services will ...

Cara Filler speaks to students at New Madrid County Central High School on Friday, Nov. 8, as part of a presentation on safe driving sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Filler ...

New Madrid businesses celebrated the upcoming Christmas holidays with an open house on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9 and 10.

Verlene Sue Piscatelli, 85, died Nov. 12, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

NEW MADRID, Mo. - For many of the students taking part in the New Madrid County R-1 Technical Skills Center's annual Career Fair, it is their first look at what life could be like as a grown up. On ...