Rhonda Bickerstaff drove through the New Madrid County Health Department's flu clinic on Sept. 25 on her way to work. Administering the shot is Heather Edgar, an RN with the Health Department.The next ...

The New Madrid City Council has slated nearly $500,000 for street paving. At their Sept. 28 meeting, the Council accepted a bid from Asa Asphalt of Cape Girardeau for a series of street improvements.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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