Kelly Mason Kellams passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on April 30, 2024. He was 84 years old. He was born to the late Wallace and Mabel Hawkins Kellams on Sept. 18, 1939. He grew up in ...

Ken Dicus and the Board of the South Scott County Ambulance District recently donated a 2009 ambulance along with two stretchers to the Sikeston Career and Technology Center. The ambulance will be ...

Gina Williams/Standard Democrat Wing wars at the Legion cook-off SIKESTON -- Terry Couch, left, and Chris Shanle of Sikeston cook for the wing war during the annual American Legion Cook-off Friday, ...

A Sikeston man was arrested Saturday, April 27, on charges of driving while his license was revoked, second-degree endangerment of a child and aggravated DWI. Marcus Williams, 47, has six prior ...

James "Rick" Phillips, son of Katherine "Granny" Bacchus Phillips of Chaffee, Missouri, and the late Sherman Vick Phillips, was born on Jan. 20, 1950 in Elgin, Illinois, and departed his life on ...

Multiple agencies are continuing their search for a man whose empty boat was found floating in the Mississippi River. At approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday, the New Madrid Police Department received a call ...

Transparency has become a buzzword for those who spend our tax dollars. Especially for those who are running for an elected position that controls how those tax dollars are spent. They promise to be a ...

Residents and employees of The Cottages of LaBonne Maison in Sikeston recently purchased women's personal care items for the residents of a local women's shelter.

Newly elected Board members were sworn in and the search began for a new superintendent during the April meeting of the New Madrid County R-1 School Board. Following the acceptance of the official ...

Motorists navigate the early morning fog Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as they traveled on South Main Street in Sikeston.

In the evening hours of April 13, the fire department was paged to a house fire on the corner of Church and Waters streets in New Madrid. A passerby called in that an unoccupied mobile home was on ...

Sikeston City Council members presented an award to Capt. Ryan Smith of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety at the start of their regular meeting Monday, April 29 at City Hall. Angie Rodgers, ...