Employees with Asa Asphalt of Cape Girardeau worked in the early morning chill to pave Bloomfield Road from Highway 61 to New Madrid’s water plant recently. Nearly $450,000 was spent on street ...

SIKESTON — Sikeston Middle School’s 250 fifth graders enjoyed fishing over two days this week in their city’s lake. And for some of the youth, it was their first time fishing. “This is the second year ...

SIKESTON — Mary Ann Malone, age 90, of Sikeston passed away into Jesus’ arms, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, surrounded by her loving family at the Delta South Nursing Center in Sikeston. Mary Ann was born ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — His work on behalf of New Madrid County R-1’s archery program already made Lucas Polk a superhero to the student archers. Now, he has a national award to prove it. In May, the ...

In December 1862, there were 38 Dakota warriors hung all at one time. Later they were buried in shallow graves at Mankato, Minnesota. One of the 38 hung was a chief known as Cut Nose. These were 38 ...

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. … I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay ...

Sikeston Jaycees hosted a crawfish boil and music festival Saturday, April 6 at the rodeo grounds, and on Sunday, April 7, Sikeston Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted Movie in the Park featuring "E.T ...

Anna Purves, daughter of Rebecca Steward and Rob Purves, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for April. Purves, who was the 2023 Miss Sikeston third runner-up, is a senior at Sikeston High School ...

Recently I made a quick trip to Glendive, Montana. In three days I made the long round trip. It was tiring, but I was able to see parts of this nation I had never seen before. A part of my drive took ...

SIKESTON — Early last month, 17 local Boy Scouts and advisers went on an eight-day backpacking trip through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico at Philmont Scout Ranch. The trip ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — The six students from the New Madrid County R-1’s Career and Technical Center knew they were competing against the best of the best when they entered the doors of the Georgia World ...

As summer temperatures reach triple digits, Southeast Missouri farmers are coping with a lack of rain that some are already defining as a drought. Gov. Mike Parson has already taken some steps to ...