The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo will increase its purse by 25% for this year's 73rd annual event. Austin Curtis, general chairman of the 2025 Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, said the purse (prize ...

As the holiday season closes, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking you to donate your live Christmas tree to fish and wildlife in your area as a natural, year-round shelter.

Scott County is under a winter storm watch late Saturday through late Sunday. According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, a winter storm watch is in effect from late Saturday, Jan.

In a heartfelt ceremony early Tuesday, Dec. 31, Scott County bid farewell to longtime sheriff Wes Drury and public administrator Julia Crader "Julie" Dolan on their retirements and welcomed a new ...

Charlotte Ann Butler, 81, of Sikeston peacefully entered into the arms of her Savior on Jan. 1, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born on July 11, 1943, in Hayti, Missouri, to Alvin Foster and ...

Bobby Frank Reed Sr., age 91, passed away Dec. 31, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born June 17, 1933, in Harrisburg, Arkansas, son of the late Frank and Inez ...

A Sikeston man faces charges for illegally discharging a firearm in city limits early New Year's Day. Antowon Maurice Davis Jr., 28, is charged through Scott County with felony unlawful possession of ...

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.

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 ...

Ruth Anne Easter Ivie, 78, died Dec. 31, 2024, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Center at Mercy Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. A celebration of life is being planned for a later date. McMikle ...

"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 ...

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 ...