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New Madrid Outdoor Market underway (5/8/24)Ella LaValle makes a purchase from Janie Cunningham’s stand at the New Madrid Outdoor Market on Saturday, May 4. Cunningham offered plants for sale along with baked goods. Several stands offered buyers sweet treats, hand-crafted items, barbecue and even cotton candy. The next outdoor market will be May 18. For more information about setting up a booth, interested persons can contact the New Madrid Chamber of Commerce...
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NMCC seniors honored during Decision Day (5/8/24)NEW MADRID, Mo. — It was a celebration of what is to come. On May 2, students at New Madrid County Central High School celebrated Senior Decision Day. One by one they came forward to sign a certificate as senior counselor Dallas Allen read their plans following graduation...
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Bootheel Counseling Services changes name to Bootheel Behavioral Health to better reflect the services it provides (5/7/24)By Gina Williams~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Bootheel Counseling Services, as of April 19, has officially changed its name to Bootheel Behavioral Health. According to David Terrell, executive director of Bootheel Behavioral Health, the company’s services have expanded beyond counseling in the past few years, prompting the name change...
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Hunter-Dawson’s Children’s Day (5/7/24)Matt Davis with the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site assists Davis Akins with his stick as they make candles during the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site’s Children’s Day on May 4 in New Madrid. Annie Sisk, left, had already mastered candle dipping, one of several activities featured at the site’s Children’s Day. ...
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Local student to serve as SGA leader at Missouri Valley College (5/7/24)MARSHALL, Mo. — Missouri Valley College students have selected Kloee Mills and Alexis Leeper as Student Government president and vice president for the 2024-2025 academic year. Both spent the past year working as student ambassadors in the admissions department. Mills, from Oak Grove, Missouri, is a studying biology. Leeper, from Essex, Missouri, is pre-nursing...
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Kindergarten pups for April (5/7/24)Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has announced its Kindergarten Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Collin Garner, Sincere Fletcher, Timmy Melton, Mariah Taylor, Amir Smith, Max Karr, Diego Jacobo, Jayd Lathrom and Dearius Cowley; and back row: VaShonna Albritton, Hector Rivera, Watson Green, Liadan Kessler, Brycen Brown, Zariah Herrion, Evanna Hogan, Dakoda Wolff, Hank Trankler, Amir Oliver, Noah Jones and Kynlee Taylor...
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April preschool pups (5/7/24)Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its Preschool Pups of the Month for April. Pictured are front row, from left: Joanna Meeker, Tucker Miller, Leighton Hardy and Jahmir Bird; and back row: Hope Dixon, Malachi Ball, Maverick Gonzalez, Lucas Nice, Charley Suggs and Tylynn Plaskie...
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SHS/SPS Foundation Students of the Month for May named (5/7/24)SIKESTON — Rush Ault and Colt Parker were named Sikeston High School Students of the Month for May. Sikeston Public Schools Foundation, which sponsors the monthly program, names two seniors each month for the honor during the 2023-2024 school year. Students also receive a certificate and gift card from the Foundation...
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Sikeston Jersey Mike’s raises $9,106 for Bulldog Pantry (5/7/24)SIKESTON – Jersey Mike’s locations nationwide accepted donations throughout March in honor of its “Month of Giving” and 100% of its sales on March 27, its “Day of Giving,” for more than 200 charities. The Sikeston Jersey Mike’s set out to support a local organization that touches hundreds of Sikeston students, Bulldog Pantry. ...
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Children are dying of fentanyl by the dozens in Missouri. A panel is calling for changes (5/7/24)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly released report. Forty-three youth died — 20 of them under the age of 4 — in 2022 alone from the infamously powerful drug, according to a new state report. ...
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Sikeston Middle School hosts event for incoming fifth graders (5/7/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Sikeston Middle School students will host a free scavenger hunt for incoming fifth graders as a way for them to see and visit the school before the school year begins in the fall. “On Thursday, May 9, we will welcome our incoming fifth graders for next school year with their families,” said Sikeston Middle School Principal Susan Long...
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One injured in crash in Sikeston (5/7/24)SIKESTON — Just after 1 p.m. Sunday, May 5 officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to a motor-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on East Malone Avenue near Mitchell Street in Sikeston. Officers on scene advised the subject on the motorcycle suffered injuries and was taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries, according to Sgt. Tyler Rowe, public information officer for Sikeston DPS. The motor-vehicle crash was investigated by officers on scene, he said...
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Body of missing boater found (5/5/24)Staff reportNEW MADRID, Mo. - The body of a missing fisherman was recovered Saturday, May 4, after an extensive search by authorities. New Madrid Police Chief Joey Higgerson reported that the body of Bruce Shockley of East Prairie, Mo., was recovered early Saturday from the Mississippi River in Mississippi County, Ark. An autopsy is scheduled later this week in Little Rock, Ark...
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Endangered Silver Advisory alert issued for East Prairie man (5/4/24)Standard DemocratCHARLESTON, Mo. — The Mississippi County Sherrif's Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing East Prairie, Missouri, man. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Melvin Joe Tripp, 79, was last seen at 2:15 p.m. Friday, May 3 at his home at 541 N. Lincoln St. in East Prairie...
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Award-winning artwork (5/3/24)Bella Carden points our her favorite picture to Jennifer Hall, 4-H youth development educator for New Madrid County, and her sister, Ruby, and brother, Cage Carden of New Madrid, at the New Madrid Memorial Library. The art works were submitted for the Farm Art Show hosted by the New Madrid County Extension Service. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat)
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DOWNTOWN SIKESTON RENOVATION (5/3/24)Boulder Construction LLC employees work Friday, May 3, 2024, on the renovation of the outside of the Historic Downtown Sikeston building, which is the home of the future Sikeston Rodeo Museum and Visitors Center. A completion date for the project has not been established yet, but Center officials hope to be finished by early fall...
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Poplar Bluff man sentenced to 12 years in prison after being caught selling methamphetamine (5/3/24)Standard DemocratCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday, May 2 sentenced a Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man to 10 years in prison for repeatedly selling methamphetamine and another two years for violating his supervised release from for an earlier heroin distribution case...
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Morehouse City Park Board plans ‘Splash Day’ fundraiser on May 18 (5/3/24)By Gina Williams~Standard DemocratMOREHOUSE, Mo. — Morehouse City Park is hosting Splash Day, a family-friendly water fundraiser event to kick off the summer. The local fire department will be present, setting up water slides and spraying the children with their firefighter water hose. ...
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Catron woman celebrates 100th birthday (5/3/24)Friends and family gathered April 27 at Catron to celebrate Erma Pfeffer’s 100th birthday. Born on April 25, 1924, in Gun Town, Miss., Mrs. Pfeffer has lived in rural Southeast Missouri most of her life. Joining her at her party were her son, John Pfeffer, and daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Gary Carter. Mrs. Pfeffer also has five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...
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Sikeston woman celebrates 100th birthday (5/3/24)SIKESTON — Wilma Jeanette Coffee Morlan marked her 100th birthday Friday, May 3, 2024, with a celebration in Sikeston. In honor of her 100th birthday, Sikeston Mayor Greg Turnbrow proclaimed Friday, May 3 as “Wilma Jeanette (Coffee) Morlan Day” in Sikeston...
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Schools preparing for graduations, last days (5/3/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Many seniors in Southeast Missouri are preparing to walk across the stage to receive their high school diplomas, and at the same time, school districts are preparing for the last day of the school year. Some area high school seniors have even already received their diplomas from their schools...
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MDC encourages public to leave the wildlife wild (5/3/24)CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The spring season brings blooms, sunny skies, warmer temperatures, and a variety of newborn animals. Young wildlife may look to be abandoned, but that’s rarely the case. The Missouri Department of Conservation, or MDC, reminds the public that the best place for wildlife is in the wild...
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Scott County third graders learn about agriculture (5/2/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratBENTON, Mo. — Scott County third graders received an agricultural lesson as part of the Scott County Women in Agriculture’s 19th Annual Farm Day Tuesday, April 30 at the St. Denis Parish Center in Benton. According to Donna Thompson, president of the Scott County Women in Agriculture, Farm Day is a significant learning day for the children in the county...
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School teaches ‘If you see something, say something’ - lesson being learned (5/2/24)By JONATHON DAWE Daily American RepublicPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — If you see something, say something. That is the overwhelming sentiment regarding safety issues everywhere — and most recently in the local public school system. “We always encourage the students to say something,” Poplar Bluff R-I Superintendent Dr. Aaron Cornman remarked. “That’s kind of the mantra we’ve instituted at every level, and we’re happy to see that our students will say something.”...
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Governor signs order in response to severe weather and flooding (5/2/24)JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday, May 2 signed Executive Order 24-06 activating the Missouri State Emergency Operations Plan in response to severe weather and flooding. Parts of Missouri have already sustained storm and flood damage with additional storms and rain forecast over the next several days...
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Fishing derby for kids set for May 11 (5/2/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — The annual Kids Fishing Derby is next weekend for those who are ready to cast their lines and reel in some fun at the Sikeston Complex. Set for 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at the Sikeston Complex lake, the event is open to all children ages 15 and under. There are three divisions: 5 and under, 6 to 10, and 11 to 15...
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Search continues for missing boater in New Madrid County (5/1/24)Staff report~Standard DemocratNEW MADRID, Mo. - 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 from the New Madrid Harbor Service about an empty fishing boat floating in the Mississippi River about two miles south of New Madrid. ...
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Lilbourn VFW 7183 recognizes academic, artistic excellence (5/1/24)By Jill Bock~Standard DemocratLILBOURN, Mo. — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7183 and its Auxiliary presented $23,900 in scholarships and awards to students from throughout Southeast Missouri at its spring awards banquet on April 23. Honored during the event were students in kindergarten through 12th grade who took part in the post’s Young American Creative Patriotic Artist contest; an area student entering the military upon graduation and 20 graduating high school seniors. ...
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Search gets underway to find new superintendent to lead New Madrid County R-1 (5/1/24)By Jill Bock~Standard-DemocratNEW MADRID, Mo. —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 results of the April municipal election, incumbent Mary Kay Davis and new board member Aaron Griffin were sworn into three-year terms. Kathy Daniels, who was appointed earlier to the Board and ran unopposed in April, was sworn into an unexpired term...
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South Scott Ambulance donates to SCTC (5/1/24)Leonna Heuring/Standard DemocratKen 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 used as a training vehicle for SCTC’s new EMT Program, according to Natalie Bohannon, marketing and communications specialist for Sikeston Public Schools. ...
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Wing wars at the Legion cook-off (5/1/24)Gina Williams/Standard DemocratGina 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, April 26 at Sikeston American Legion Post 114.
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Women helping women (5/1/24)Submitted PhotoResidents 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.
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Sikeston man arrested for child endangerment and an aggravated DWI (5/1/24)Southeast MissourianCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — 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 charges and four convictions of DWI and also was charged with his driver’s license being revoked three times — July 7, 2022; Jan. 26, 2023; and May 31...
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Legion Post 114 completes pavilion in memory of a Sikeston veteran (5/1/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — A new, memorial pavilion recently constructed near the Sikeston American Legion Post 114 Hall stands tall today, thanks to a generous donation by a late veteran and his family. Jim Walton, Post 114’s finance officer, said years ago, the Legion purchased the house on the lot next to its hall and cleared everything...
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Foggy Tuesday morning (5/1/24)Gina Williams/Standard DemocratMotorists navigate the early morning fog Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as they traveled on South Main Street in Sikeston.
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DPS’ Smith earns award (5/1/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — 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, executive director of the Scott County 911 Emergency Service Board, presented Smith with the 2024 Radio Technologist of the Year award. ...
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May Calendar Girl | ANABETH BAKER (4/30/24)SIKESTON — Anabeth Baker, daughter of Andrea Baker and Vest Baker, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for May. Baker, who was the 2023 Miss Sikeston fourth runner-up, is a senior at Sikeston High School. After high school, she plans to attend Mississippi State University where she will major in psychology and minor in business.
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Cracked windshield leads to Sunday shooting incident on I-55 that injured three; Sikeston man faces multiple felony charges (4/29/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratBENTON, Mo. — A Sikeston, Missouri, man faces multiple felony charges following a traffic incident that resulted in him allegedly shooting at another vehicle and injuring three of its occupants while driving on Interstate 55 Sunday, April 28 in Scott County...
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Local public school admins urge Parson to veto omnibus education bill due to funding concerns (4/26/24)By J.C. Reeves~Southeast MissourianA 150-plus page education bill that has passed through the state House of Representatives and Senate has local public school administrators urging Gov. Mike Parson to veto it. Concerns surrounding Senate Bill 727 — which evolved from a 12-page bill into the multifaceted legislation it is — include a $25 million expansion of private school tax credits, establishment of a charter school in Boone County that some administrators fear will lead to charter school expansion around the state and increased teacher salaries with no apparent mandate to increase funding for schools to cover the added costs.
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City field trip (4/26/24)Gina Williams/Standard DemocratThe Christian Academy students in kindergarten, first and second grades took a field trip on Friday, April 26 to tour Sikeston City Hall and view up close and personal the city’s fire truck and equipment.
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Families unaware as MoDOT discontinues ‘Adopt-A-Highway’ program (4/26/24)By Gina Williams~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Missouri Department of Transformation’s Adopt-A-Highway program is in the process of being discontinued and will be replaced by a new program. According to Taylor Brune, assistant communications director at MoDOT’s Central Office in Jefferson City, Missouri, the decision to make the transition was made public during the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission meeting on April 3. ...
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Jackson man accused of stealing from area youth football fund (4/26/24)Southeast MissourianThe former president and treasurer of the Jackson Area Youth Football foundation faces charges claiming he stole more than $25,000 from the organization over a two-year period. Police said Timothy E. Smith admitted to giving a loan from JAYF to a woman who had lost her job and got behind on her bills...
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Registration for Sikeston summer day camps begins (4/26/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — As summer approaches and the school year ends, Sikeston will offer a variety of summer day camps for children. Sikeston Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation’s, or DAEOC, new center, Malone Park Center for the Arts, will host a summer day camp in June. ...
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SEMO Christian students’ lesson on butterfly’s life cycle comes full circle (4/25/24)By Leonna Heuring~Standard DemocratSIKESTON — Preschool students at SEMO Christian Academy in Sikeston spent the month learning about the butterfly’s life cycle — from a tiny egg to a winged wonder. On Wednesday, April 24 the students’ lesson came full circle as they released their nine Painted Lady butterflies into nature from the playground of their school...
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Sikeston civic clubs committed to serving the community (4/25/24)By Gina Williams~Standard Democrat/Ageless LivingSIKESTON — Sikeston civic clubs, especially members ages 50 and older within them, are committed to community involvement and service and have been for many years. Boyd Green, current president and 20-year member of the Sikeston Lions Club, said the organization has accomplished much over the years, and he has thoroughly loved it. ...
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THROUGH THE EYES OF A ‘BYRD’: Well-known local photographer Daniel Byrd shares how his hobby originated (4/25/24)By Gina Williams~Standard Democrat/Ageless LivingSIKESTON — Daniel Byrd, a well-known photographer in the Sikeston community, has spent the last few years serving the community through the lens of his camera, capturing their most special moments. For the past few years, Byrd has become a familiar face at Sikeston Public Schools events, volunteering to photograph sports at Sikeston High School and other community events. ...
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Missing dog found in Sikeston — over 200 miles from home; Owner's other dog is still missing (4/25/24)SIKESTON — After being apart for three months, Bree Keeran was reunited with her dog, Roxy, in Sikeston on April 13. But that is only part of the story. On Jan. 15, near Springfield, Missouri, Keeran took Roxy and her other dog, Dante, for a walk. Both are purebred Catahoula Leopards, and each wore e-collars to keep them close to the home. However, during the walk, the dogs were let off the e-collars and Keeran said they did not get them back on and both Roxy and Dante were missing...
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Zellars recognized for service to Charleston R-1 district (4/25/24)Charleston R-1 Schools/FacebookOutgoing Charleston R-1 Board of Education member Portia Zellars was recognized during the school board’s regular meeting April 16 at Central Office for her six-plus years of service to the Charleston R-1 school board, added to her decades-long tenure as a teacher, substitute teacher, tutor and mentor. ...
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National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, but drug disposal is ‘year-round need’ (4/25/24)By J.C. Reeves Southeast MissourianWhile the United States Drug Enforcement Agency’s annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is coming up on Saturday, April 27, medicine disposal is considered a “year-round need.” According to a news release from the Pharmaceutical Product Stewardship Work Group (PPSWG), approximately one-third of Americans neglect cleaning out their medicine cabinets each year and one-fifth haven’t cleaned them out in three years despite there being more than 300 drug disposal locations in Missouri. ...
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Sun protection and skin cancer screening event set in Sikeston (4/25/24)By Gina Williams Standard DemocratSIKESTON — The YMCA of Southeast Missouri and Missouri Delta Medical Center are teaming up to provide an informational event about skin cancer and sun protection just in time before the summer tanning season begins. The skin cancer screening event is free and will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the YMCA, 511 Taylor St., in Sikeston...