On Oct. 11-13, eight members of the local Boy Scouts of America Troops 4041 and 4025 earned their Professional Association of Diving Instructors, or PADI, Open-Water Scuba certifications. The troops ...

On Friday, Oct. 25 the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame will induct the 2024 Class of the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony is open to the public and will be held at 2 p.m. Friday ...

Mark your calendars for a new event that is hitting Sikeston. Project Connect will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Sikeston First United Methodist Church, located at 1307 N.

Barry Blumenberg Sr., age 80, of East Prairie passed away Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, at Aspire Senior Living Center in East Prairie. He was born Jan. 7, 1944, on the Heil Farm in Dogwood, Missouri, to the ...

David Leon Pounds was born on April 11, 1948, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to the late Rita Skelton Pounds and Jake Pounds. He passed away on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St.

Jacob Everett "Sonny" Estes, 84, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, died Oct. 21, 2024. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the McMikle Funeral Home in ...

James H. "Bud" Bone, 87, died Oct. 22, 2024, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Police are investigating a shooting that injured one Monday, Oct. 21 in Sikeston. During the late evening hours on Monday, Sikeston Department of Public Safety was alerted to a report of several gun ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of electricians is projected to grow 11 percent from 2023 to 2033, much faster than the average for all occupations. Those statistics don't come ...

New Madrid County Rotary L-RAG members, from left, Lydia Fowler, Nick White, Bridget Masterson and Aaron Griffin prepare plates for the club's first ever Pancake Breakfast on Oct. 17. The club served ...

Missouri voters will decide Nov. 5 if retirement funds for sheriffs and prosecutors should be supported with fees collected on court cases. A fee used to fund sheriffs' pensions was put in place by ...

The character of Scooby-Doo turned 55 years old this past September, but did you know the voice of the memorable character is from Poplar Bluff? Scott Innes, a 1987 graduate of Poplar Bluff High ...