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 ...

SIKESTON — Myra Jane Baugher-Gilliland, age 74, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born on Jan. 23, 1950, to the late Loy Maxine ...

Mike Bonifield, 64, died Nov. 28, 2024. Arrangements are incomplete at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance, Missouri.

George Eugene Earnheart Jr., 67, died Dec. 31, 2024, at his home in Charleston. There will be no visitation or funeral services. Private burial will be at a later date. McMikle Funeral Home of ...

SIKESTON -- The offices of the Standard Democrat will be closed Wednesday, Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year's Day holiday. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. The staff and families ...

Braidy Young, daughter of Janna Shelby and the late Justin Young, is the Standard Democrat’s Calendar Girl for January. Young, who is the 2024 Miss Sikeston Queen, is a senior at Sikeston High School.