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 ...

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

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.

Raymond Laird Sr., a resident of Sikeston, passed away on Sept. 26, 2024, at the age of 77. Born on Dec. 10, 1946, Raymond spent his life in Lilbourn, Missouri, and Sikeston, where he was known for ...

Participants walk around the Complex Lake Thursday, Sept. 26 for the Suicide Prevention and Remembrance Walk. In recognition of September as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, Bootheel Behavioral ...

Fireman Bo Riddle graduated as the top sailor from Recruit Training Command, earning the Military Excellence Award, or MEA, on Sept. 19. Riddle of Sikeston, Missouri, said he enlisted for a variety of ...

After experiencing droughts in 2022 and 2023, Missourians were eager for a wet growing season. Missouri saw above-average statewide monthly precipitation from April to July, according to University of ...

Bobby Lloyd "Fancy" Reynolds was born on July 29, 1965, in Tiptonville. Tennessee, to Janet Lacey Reynolds Morgan and John Reynolds. He passed away on Sept. 20, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center ...

FARMINGTON, Mo. — James Bradley “Brad” Simpson, age 62, of Farmington, formerly of New Madrid County, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. He was born May 14, 1962, in Sikeston, Missouri, to ...

Mike and Pam Hodges have returned to be interim pastors at Tanner Street Church of God in Sikeston. On Saturday, Sept. 21, they had a reunion with youth and counselors from when they served as youth ...

For most people, carnival food is a once-or-twice-a-year treat, but for those who work the carnivals week in and week out, it's the norm. That's why when the employees with Tinsley's Amusements of ...

Youngsters enjoy a ride Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at the 80th Annual American Legion Cotton Carnival at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds. Cotton Carnival Parade begins at 10 a.m. today.