-
Sikeston High School homecoming queen crowned
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
JaSavia Hampton was crowned Sikeston High School’s homecoming queen prior to the Sikeston vs. Poplar Bluff boys basketball game Friday, Feb. 2 at the Sikeston Field House. Homecoming queen candidates and their escorts were: Will Lape, Kelsey Couch, Jaharus Goodwin, JaNaye Moore, PJ Farmer, Cate Schrumpf, Dontrez Williams, JaSavia Hampton, Tristan Wiggins, Christiana Staple, Marcus Sanders and Julia Sanders...
-
February Calendar Girl | HAILEY CATON
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
SIKESTON — Hailey Caton, daughter of Andy and Leah Caton, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for February. Caton, who is the 2023 Miss Sikeston first runner-up, is a senior at Sikeston High School. She plans to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia where she will major in business and minor in marketing...
-
Deficit worries prompt cuts by New Madrid County commissioners
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — There were some difficult decisions to make when faced with some higher-than-anticipated costs in 2023 and inflation eating at expenditures for 2024, according to New Madrid County commissioners. Prior to signing the 2024 budget Feb. ...
-
Stanley Skelton
(Obituary ~ 02/06/24)
SIKESTON — Stanley Henry Skelton, age 73, passed away on Feb. 4, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born on July 7, 1950, in Portageville, Missouri, to the late Johnny and Imogene Fisher Skelton. On May 26, 1990, in East Prairie, Missouri, he married Helen Rice Skelton who survives of the home in Sikeston. He was a retired truck driver...
-
Larry Atwell
(Obituary ~ 02/06/24)
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Lawrence Robert “Larry” Atwell, 81, died Feb. 3, 2024. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 9 at Schrader Funeral Home in Ballwin, Missouri. Private burial will be in the Brush Creek Cemetery at Gray Summit, Missouri...
-
Ground broken for Morehouse Community Center
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
MOREHOUSE, Mo. – The citizens of Morehouse will soon have a new facility to use for city business but also to rent to host their family-friendly events. A groundbreaking ceremony for the the new Morehouse Community Center was conducted Jan. 30 at the construction site located at Carrol and Beech Streets in Morehouse...
-
Sikeston council awards print bids
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
SIKESTON — Sikeston City Council awarded two bids to lease a photocopier and a large-format printer for the city’s community development department. “Our copy machine that we currently have upstairs was given to us from downstairs so it has been at city hall for quite some time,” Barry Blevins, community development director, said during Council’s Monday, Feb. ...
-
Charleston woman deemed a ‘Champion of Missouri’
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Charleston woman Sheryl Lynette “Sherry” Branch-Maxwell recently received recognition through Sen. Eric Schmitt’s “Champions of Missouri” program for her outstanding community service. Schmitt established the new program in January and recognized 13 Missourians on the Senate floor as the first class of “Champions.”...
-
Missouri road fatalities dip slightly in 2023; first drop since 2019
(Local News ~ 02/06/24)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – According to preliminary data, 989 fatalities occurred on Missouri roadways in 2023. This is a decrease of 6% when compared to 2022, when there were 1,057 fatalities. This is the first year since 2019 that Missouri has seen a decrease in roadway fatalities. ...
Stories from Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Browse other days