Sikeston, Missouri · Tuesday, February 9, 2010
[Nameplate] Overcast ~ 22°F  
High: 27°F ~ Low: 21°F
Michael Jensen
Michael Jensen
Cap-and-trade bill will only boost our utility rates
If you liked your utility bill this month just wait until the feds approve new cap and trade legislation. You ain't seen nothing yet! Utility customers throughout the region are shaking their collective heads this week with the arrival of January electric bills. A combination of higher rates and a prolonged cold spell is forcing many consumers to dig deep just to pay their utility bill...
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scottw@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- The Sleep Institute at Missouri Delta Medical Center is celebrating a decade of helping people wake up feeling rested. Polysomnography, or a sleep study, is used to figure out if a...
Area's ranking improves
By Leonna Heuring
leonnah@standard-democrat.com SIKESTON -- Most Southeast Missouri counties showed progress in the overall rankings of children's health, according to the latest Kids Count report. Scott County...
City seeks bids for Skate Park equipment
SIKESTON - Skateboarders could have their own park by this summer. The Sikeston City Council has approved the purchase of the equipment for the skatepark, which will be located in the Sikeston Sports...
Resident finds dream job leading safaris
Michelle Felter
SIKESTON -- On the surface, Nathan Askew had it made in the early 2000s. He lived in Houston, Texas, where he had a stable, well-paying job. " "I only needed a house, lawnmower and 2.5 kids to have...
Africa's big game offers a challenge for local hunters
Michelle Felter
SIKESTON -- Nathan Askew said most people who complete an African safari with him summarize it as "the best hunting vacation they've ever been on." And two Sikeston residents who have explored the...
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Sikeston, Missouri:

Today
Chance Flurries
High: 27
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
Low: 21
Tomorrow
Partly Sunny
High: 32
Low: 15
Thursday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 32
Low: 19
Friday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 35
Low: 22
Saturday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 38
Low: 23
Sunday
Mostly Cloudy
High: 38
Low: 23
Presidents
Mostly Cloudy
High: 40

Warnings
Winter Storm Warning in effect until 9:00 AM for Mississippi County

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Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
1.902/07 21:157 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.302/07 20:547 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.602/07 20:457 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.602/07 06:227 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.202/06 20:521 mi NNE of Gladstone, NJ
1.202/05 05:211 mi SE of South Cleveland, TN
1.502/05 04:501 mi NE of Peapack, NJ
1.402/04 05:185 mi W of Parma, MO
3.302/04 03:4112 mi NNE of Vega, TX
1.502/03 06:186 mi NNW of Tiptonville, TN
1.502/03 04:063 mi SSW of Dell, AR
2.502/01 17:4310 mi SSE of Arcadia, OK

State news
  • Mo. man among 5 dead in Connecticut explosion
    ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Fran Walters had a bad feeling something was terribly wrong when she couldn't reach her husband after learning of Sunday's explosion at a Connecticut power plant....
  • McCaskill: Mo. politicians posturing on stimulus
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Claire McCaskill accused Missouri officials of political dishonesty Monday for bashing big spending by Washington while using federal stimulus money to help balance the state budget....
  • Mo. bill lets cities publish information online
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Lawmakers considered a bill on Monday that would give small Missouri cities the authority to publish government information only online instead of in print newspapers....
  • Defense seeks new trial in abortion shooting death
    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Attorneys for a man convicted of murdering a high-profile abortion provider have asked a judge for a new trial or their client's acquittal, arguing the judge was wrong when he failed to instruct jurors that they could consider the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter....
  • 4 people killed in St. Joseph duplex fire
    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- The bodies of two infants have been recovered from the scene of a duplex fire that also killed two other people in northwest Missouri....