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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SIKESTON — Children and their parents in one Sikeston neighborhood have a tradition of caroling once a year at Christmas time to raise money, and this year they earned over $1,000 for the Bulldog ...

Sikeston DPS Officer Harley Reeves said the purpose of “Shop With A Hero” is to give to the kids. “It makes sure that the kids are getting a Christmas, and it’s just a great positive thing that our ...

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 ...