Virgil Leon Victory, 62, died Dec. 30, 2024, at his home in Charleston. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Burial ...

Jamie Elizabeth Stewart, 62, died Jan. 1, 2025, at Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3 at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville with the Rev.

"Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In ...

George Eugene Earnheart Jr., 67, died Dec. 31, 2024, at his home in Charleston. There will be no visitation or funeral services. Private burial will be at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of ...

Mike Bonifield, 64, died Nov. 28, 2024. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Missouri.

Gilliland, age 74, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on Jan. 23, 1950, to the late Loy Maxine and Mary Adeline ...

GasBuddy, a PDI company, on Tuesday, Dec. 31 released its 2025 Fuel Price Outlook, forecasting a third consecutive year of lower gas and diesel prices. The outlook highlights key trends in gasoline ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.