This year, the Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival and Parade turns 80. Memory after memory has been passed down generations. And, if not for a group of veterans spearheading the event eight ...

Those with revolutionary roots may be able to join a local organization based in Sikeston. Sikeston's Kings Highway Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, has been around for ...

A 139-foot, patriotic mural comemmorating the 50th anniversary of a Mississippi County business has also become the largest, painted American flag in the state. With 2024 marking Delta Growers ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- "I would encourage each and every one of you to believe in happiness. Take the time to enjoy your life." Those were the words of advice given by Elizabeth Smart as she delivered ...

Doris Jean Baker, age 83, passed away Sept. 19, 2024, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 26, 1940, in Messler, Missouri, daughter of the late Carl Albert Daniels and Laura ...

Bobbie Ellie Whitley, 72, died Sept. 14, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Nunnelee Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Over the past several days, the Scott County R-4 "Kelly" School District and local law enforcement received several reports of social media posts about school shootings, prompting a discussion with ...

Dannie Dwight Goad, age 76, passed away on Sept. 18, 2024, at the Cedargate Healthcare in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born on Nov. 21, 1947, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Dwight and Martha ...

DIEHLSTADT, Mo. — Brinley Rain Mattison, infant daughter of Daniel Ray Mattison and Brittany Nichole Pemberton of Diehlstadt, died at birth Sept. 18, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape ...

Lori Ann Hale Ferra, 59, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, ...

The Scott County Commission on Thursday, Sept. 19 issued a burn ban to the citizens of Scott County effective immediately. "Due to high temperatures, low humidity, dry ground covering and being in a ...

University of Missouri Extension of New Madrid County is hosting an informational course in estate planning from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at the New Madrid County Extension Office, located at 330 US ...