George Eugene Earnheart Jr., 67, died Dec. 31, 2024, at his home in Charleston. There will be no visitation or funeral services. Private burial will be at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of ...

Mike Bonifield, 64, died Nov. 28, 2024. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Missouri.

GasBuddy, a PDI company, on Tuesday, Dec. 31 released its 2025 Fuel Price Outlook, forecasting a third consecutive year of lower gas and diesel prices. The outlook highlights key trends in gasoline ...

Braidy Young, daughter of Janna Shelby and the late Justin Young, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for January. Young, who is the 2024 Miss Sikeston Queen, is a senior at Sikeston High School.

SIKESTON -- The offices of the Standard Democrat will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. The staff and families ...

SIKESTON — Myra Jane Baugher-Gilliland, age 74, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on Jan. 23, 1950, to the late Loy Maxine ...

Three Rivers Endowment Trust is hosting a music bingo night fundraiser later this month to support Three Rivers College student scholarships. Michelle Reynolds, director of development for Three ...

Gina Curtis/Standard Democrat STEAM room fun Knox McCoy plays with magnetic tiles in the STEAM room while visiting the Sikeston Public Library with his grandmother Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, in Sikeston.

Local law enforcement is reminding residents beginning with the new year, drivers in the state of Missouri can be cited and fined for distracted driving. The Siddens Bening Law, also known as Missouri ...

Edward Turner Peppers, 69, died Dec. 6, 2024, at Saint. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Private services will be held. McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston is in charge of arrangements.

Everyone at the New Madrid Historical Museum hopes all of you had a fantastic Christmas and we thank all of you for lighting up the Memory Tree as brightly as it was this year. We hope it brought back ...

Once again the children of Lilbourn were treated to an early visit from Santa Claus. On Dec. 20, Santa was on hand to give presents to youngsters along with treat bags filled with candy, oranges and ...