Sibert Dacus
SIKESTON Sibert L. Dacus, age 100, passed away Jan. 7, 2020, at his home in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 30, 1920, in Portageville, Missouri, son of the late James Olian and Blanche Hall Dacus....
View ArticleWillard 'Bill' Reynolds
MOREHOUSE, Mo. Willard Bill Reynolds, age 78, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Morehouse. He was born Feb. 15, 1942, in Morehouse, to the late Willard H. Reynolds and Marveline (Patrick)...
View ArticleAuditor: County taxpayers bearing incarceration costs of state prisoners
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. A jail reimbursement program is costing counties millions, according to Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway. On Dec. 30, Galloway released an audit of the County...
View ArticleCharleston native appointed US Attorney for Eastern District of Missouri
A Charleston, Missouri, native has been appointed as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. Sayler A. Fleming, who grew up in Charleston, was appointed by Attorney General William P....
View ArticleAnnual Night to Shine event to be held virtually
SIKESTON Night to Shine will have a different look in 2021, but those taking part will still be able to have an unforgettable prom night experience. Night to Shine is a prom night experience,...
View ArticleJanuary Calendar Girl
Caroline Fodge is the Standard Democrats January Calendar Girl. She is the daughter of Harold and Lora Fodge and plans to attend Mississippi State University where she will major in special...
View ArticleGeraldine Thomason
CHARLESTON, Mo. Geraldine Rapert Thomason, age 92, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born Feb. 7, 1928, to the late Orvin...
View ArticleSpeakout
We have a newly elected President. Life will go on as it has for hundreds of years. Things will get better and things will get worse. Mark Twain once said: Politicians and diapers must be changed...
View ArticleLetter: Praise for Dr. Max Heeb
To the editors: After I graduated from college and got married in 1969, we moved to Sikeston and lived in a two-bedroom apartment my aunt and uncle (Malone) rented us for $35/month. I had a job...
View ArticleKeith Marshall
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. William Keith Marshall, age 69, of East Prairie, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau. Born March 21, 1951, at Cairo, Illinois, to the late Van J....
View ArticleDonna Sevic
SIKESTON Donna Morrow Sevic, age 66, a resident of Sikeston, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 20, 1954, at Red Bay, Alabama, to the late...
View ArticleDexter teen killed in accident
DEXTER, Mo. A Dexter teen was killed in a one-car accident Friday evening. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old Dexter teen was southbound on County Road 651,...
View ArticleJess Coleman Sheehy Jr.
SIKESTON Jess Coleman Sheehy Jr., 88, of Sikeston, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born Aug. 25, 1932, in Poplar Bluff,...
View ArticlePearline Ferrell
MOREHOUSE, Mo. Pearline McRoy Ferrell, age 87, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born April 23, 1933, in LaForge, Missouri, to the...
View ArticleMyrna Russell
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. Myrna Bell Russell, 81, died Jan. 7, 2021, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Tuesday at DeLisle Funeral Home...
View ArticleLocal publisher responds to Hawley publishing dilemma
When publishing giant Simon & Schuster canceled the release of Sen. Josh Hawleys new book Thursday, the news caught the attention of a book publisher in the southeast corner of his home state who...
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Mississippi County woman
CHARLESTON, Mo. Authorities are continuing to search for a Mississippi County woman who has been missing for over two weeks. On Sunday, the Mississippi County and Scott County Sheriffs offices,...
View ArticleJoyce Burrell
PADUCAH, Ky. Joyce Moore Burrell, 72, died at 4:16 p.m. Jan. 5, 2021 at Baptist Health Paducah. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pettus Rowland Funeral Home in...
View ArticleGloria Newman
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Gloria Ann Newman, 65, died Nov. 24, 2020. Born Dec. 1955, in Hughes, Arkansas, daughter of the late Daisy Mae Newman, Gloria accepted Christ at an early age at St. John M.B. Church...
View ArticleKenneth McCollum
SIKESTON Kenneth Scott McCollum, age 52, a resident of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, at SaintFrancis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was...
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