A Sikeston woman was charged Wednesday, Jan. 8, in connection with a shooting at an apartment in Cape Girardeau. Taniya Robinson is charged with unlawful use of a weapon -- shoot at/ from motor ...

A Parma man is being held without bond after being linked to a second burglary in less than a month. According to New Madrid County Sheriff Joey Higgerson, deputies from the Sheriff's Department and a ...

Sikeston native Suzy Escue is making a significant impact in Tennessee by serving her school community. Escue, who is a 1994 graduate of Sikeston High school, currently serves as a substitute teacher ...

A Charleston man serving a life sentence for a deadly shooting in Kansas City a decade ago has received a fifth life sentence. Dontae Jefferson, 37, was sentenced on Dec.10, 2024, to life in prison ...

Glenda Charlene Lomax, age 71, passed away on Jan. 5, 2025, at Southgate Living Center in Caruthersville, Missouri. She was born on July 25, 1953, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late J.B. and Helen ...

With the new year comes the unveiling of a new website by the Sikeston Standard Democrat. The site is scheduled to go live Monday, Jan. 13. We're excited for you to see the new look and improved ...

Horace Lee Eastman, 88, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 27, 1936, in Marion, Illinois, to Donald Guy and Emma Katherine LaBotte Eastman ...

John William Moore, known to most as "JW" of Charleston, Missouri, 91, died Jan. 5, 2025. Visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Funeral ...

Jeremy Don Taylor, 53, died Jan. 6, 2025, at his home near Bertrand, Missouri. Private burial will be held. McMikle Funeral Home of Charleston, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements.

The Sikeston Chamber recently held a ribbon cutting for one of its newest members, T&B Tunes. Call 573-258-1713 to book them for an event or check them out at one of their upcoming scheduled gigs: 8 p ...

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor ...

During its first meeting of the new year -- and also the first to be streamed live -- Sikeston City Council heard the first reading of a bill proposing a nuisance party ordinance. Over the last ...