Sherry Shelby Phillips, 81, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, surrounded by family at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Sherry was born on May 23, 1943, to Cecil and Violet ...

The following students have been named to the fall 2024 President's List at Southeast Missouri State University. Abbigale Partenberry of Essex, Abby Hulshof of Benton, Abigail Deshaney of Sikeston, ...

Mia Thornsbrough and Elaina Winchester were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for December. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors ...

Each year the Koepp family transforms their small cabin for the holidays into a Christmas wonderland known as "Beckam's Christmas display." Visitors from the area will come by many nights to see the ...

For nearly 40 years we have shared the following story with readers every Christmas. The words of Francis P. Church will ring true today as they did more than 100 years ago when first written. In 1897 ...

It was a blend of a classic tale and a favorite holiday to send the message: There is no place like home for the holidays. New Madrid Elementary School students presented the play "A Christmas Wizard ...

Leon Lamb, the former boyfriend of Mischelle Lawless, has been charged with first-degree murder relating to her death, according to a news release issued by Allen Moss, the special prosecutor put in ...

Terry Robinson, son to James Robinson and the late Hazel (Hamby) Robinson, was born on Sept. 23, 1955 in Dexter, Missouri, and departed his life on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at his home in Wappapello ...

I'm writing this letter in regard to the article which appeared in the Standard Democrat last month pertaining to the tornado which damaged Sikeston in May of this year. The tornado destroyed several ...

Throughout December, students and staff at The Christian Academy in Sikeston collected 311 pairs of socks for the nursing homes. Pictured are TCA students with those socks.

Filing for candidacy for local school board positions for the April 8, 2025, election is in full swing as some races are beginning to form. Current Sikeston R-6 Board of Education members whose ...