The largest family-owned retail seed company in the United States announced on Wednesday, Nov. 13 the groundbreaking of its new soybean processing facility in New Madrid. The state-of-the-art facility ...

I wanted to thank Leonna Heuring for such a wonderful article regarding my book, which was recently published, in the Standard Democrat. The book (“Mother’s Little Alibi” by Lydia Constantine) is a ...

Wanda Sue Aday Williams, age 82, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at her home in Wyatt. She was born March 2, 1942, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Jonas Alvie Aday and Myrtie Thomas Aday. Wanda ...

Rondal M. "Ron" Riddle III, 49, died Nov. 10, 2024, at Mercy Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at the First Assembly of God Church in ...

Richard Eugene Mays, 75, died Nov. 11, 2024, at Gideon Care Center Gideon, Missouri. Visitation will begin at noon Friday, Nov. 15 at DeLisle Funeral Home Chapel in Portageville, where services will ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was indicted Tuesday, Nov. 11 and accused of unlawfully searching women’s cell phones during traffic stops to find nude pictures.

Cara Filler speaks to students at New Madrid County Central High School on Friday, Nov. 8, as part of a presentation on safe driving sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Filler ...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - For many of the students taking part in the New Madrid County R-1 Technical Skills Center's annual Career Fair, it is their first look at what life could be like as a grown up. On ...

New Madrid businesses celebrated the upcoming Christmas holidays with an open house on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9 and 10.

Earl D. Caid, 78, passed away peacefully the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, at his home in Cape Girardeau. Born Sept. 3, 1946, in Carnegie, Oklahoma, and baptized of the Baptist faith, he was the ...

Downtown Sikeston hosted its Holiday Open House Friday, Nov. 8. Along with shopping at the downtown merchants, attendees could visit Santa Claus and his reindeer, take a carriage ride and hear ...

A jury in Pemiscot County has found Kenneth Canday, 25, guilty of 13 felonies, including kidnappings, assaults, robbery, weapons offenses, and resisting arrest. The verdict was delivered Tuesday, ...