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New Madrid Outdoor Market underwayElla 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 DayNEW 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...