The FOCUS Bank float rides through the the 80th Annual Sikeston American Legion Cotton Carnival Parade Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the intersection of Main and Malone in Sikeston. This year's parade ...

The Little League Youth Football program, New Madrid War Eagles, continues to make memories for boys -- and girls -- in third through sixth grades. This year there are 70 youngsters from New Madrid, ...

Sarah Poff, a storyteller featured Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site in New Madrid, talked about the importance of trading during the early years of settlement of the ...

It is a celebration of fall and fish. New Madrid will host its annual Fall Festival and the Twisted Cat Outdoors Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 5. The annual event features pageants, arts and craft ...

Mystics of the Mississippi," Portageville's Chamber of Commerce wants to see all hands on deck for the 77th Annual Soybean Festival Oct. 6-12. Clint Klipfel, Chamber director, explained the theme was ...

Rain couldn't dampen spirits at the inaugural "Throwed Roll Throwdown" roll-eating contest sponsored by Lambert's Cafe Friday, Sept. 27 during the 80th Annual American Legion Cotton Carnival at the ...

Mary Joyce Beaver, 91, died Sept. 27, 2024, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston.

Betty Jo Rodgers Choate, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Sept. 26, 2024, in Covington. She was born in Sikeston ...

Jaycee McMillian, senior at Park Hills Central High School and daughter of Tara and Ashley McMillian, was crowned the 2024 Miss Cotton Carnival Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, during the 80th Annual ...

Wanda Faye Pierce Franklin, 88, died Sept. 29. 2024, at the Bertrand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Bertrand, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Fred W. Graham, 78, died Sept. 27, 2024, at his home in Catron. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Sikeston, Missouri.

Barry L. Brownfield, age 57, died Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Born Jan. 10, 1967, at Sikeston, to Mary Carolyn Yeakey Brownfield who survives of Sikeston, and the late Grover ...