Employees with Asa Asphalt of Cape Girardeau worked in the early morning chill to pave Bloomfield Road from Highway 61 to New Madrid's water plant recently. Nearly $450,000 was spent on street ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- His work on behalf of New Madrid County R-1's archery program already made Lucas Polk a superhero to the student archers. Now, he has a national award to prove it. In May, the ...

Dear Editor: In December 1862, there were 38 Dakota warriors hung all at one time. Later they were buried in shallow graves at Mankato, Minnesota. One of the 38 hung was a chief known as Cut Nose.

Jesus is the good shepherd. The good shepherd is outside the temple, having passed by a man born blind (John 9). Jesus heals the man by putting mud on his eyes and telling him to go to Siloam and wash ...

Sikeston Jaycees hosted a crawfish boil and music festival Saturday, April 6 at the rodeo grounds, and on Sunday, April 7, Sikeston Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted Movie in the Park featuring "E.T ...

Badlands do not only describe physical terrain. That word can also be used to describe the hard times we face in life. It can encompass times of poor health, economic need, unemploymentand death. We ...

SIKESTON — Early last month, 17 local Boy Scouts and advisers went on an eight-day backpacking trip through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico at Philmont Scout Ranch. The trip ...

BENTON, Mo. -- Sgt. Lee Dodd of the Scott County R-4 "Kelly" School District has received certification as a school safety specialist. Dodd attended the recent School Safety Academy hosted by Missouri ...

As summer temperatures reach triple digits, Southeast Missouri farmers are coping with a lack of rain that some are already defining as a drought. Gov. Mike Parson has already taken some steps to ...

FAYETTE, Mo. — The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Spring 2023 Dean’s List. Almost 900 students across all campuses and ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. -- Thanks to funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, three New Madrid County agencies will receive much needed equipment to improve service to citizens. The Missouri Department ...

The oldest age group, those ages 9 and 10, were not detered by tall grass as they searched a field next to the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site's annual egg hunt. (Jill Bock/Standard Democrat) Adalyn ...