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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

It was a family celebration when New Madrid County officials made a special presentation to Ronnie Adams Sr. for his service as interim sheriff of New Madrid County. Pictured front row from left are ...

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 ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Results from last spring's Missouri Assessment Program and End of Course testing for New Madrid County R-1 students show an upward trend. Superintendent Bridgett Masterson reported ...

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 ...