1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (156+ words) Standard Democrat Summer ag lessons show Cape Girardeau, Jackson students where their food comes from Summer ag lessons in Cape Girardeau and Jackson use hands-on activities to show elementary students where food, fuel and clothing come from, as part of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (164+ words) Standard Democrat State budget vetoes create uncertainty for Missouri schools CHARLESTON - While the Charleston R-1 School District approved a balanced budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, school officials across Missouri are closely watching the impact of Gov. Mike Kehoe’s recent vetoes on…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (503+ words) CHARLESTON — The Charleston R-1 Board of Education has approved a conservative budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year as district officials prepare for the possibility of reduced state and federal funding. Superintendent Jamarcus Williams said the district is budgeting approximately $10.5 million in…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (238+ words) Two Richland High School students, Amelya Clayton and Ava Porter, are home from Washington, D.C., after serving as 2026 Missouri Electric Cooperative Youth Tour delegates. Sponsored by SEMO Electric Cooperative, Clayton and Porter joined 110 delegates from across Missouri for a weeklong program…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (728+ words) CHARLESTON — For Charleston High School graduate Lilly Johnson, studying Renaissance art in a classroom was one thing. Standing in the birthplace of the Renaissance and seeing centuries-old masterpieces firsthand was something entirely different. Johnson, who is entering her senior year…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (138+ words) Standard Democrat Local students listed among Arkansas State University's spring graduates Arkansas State University has released the list of Spring 2026 graduates, detailing degrees, honors and hometowns for students from 45 states, 19 countries and area communities. Senior lunches at OAKS Center in…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (153+ words) Standard Democrat University of Mississippi announces spring Chancellor's Honor Roll University of Mississippi names students from Scott, New Madrid, Mississippi and Stoddard counties to the Spring 2026 Chancellor's Honor Roll for GPAs of 3.75–4.00. California brothers sentenced to prison on drug charges…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (118+ words) Members of area Beta Clubs recently placed in competitions at nationals. The 2026 National Beta Club Conventions took place at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The Senior Convention was held June 16–20. The following awards were received by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (700+ words) The proposal in Texas — which would mandate literary works such as Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” alongside parables from the New Testament — has been closely followed by education observers who say it appears to be the first of its kind in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (787+ words) Southeast Missouri State University’s Board of Governors on Friday, June 19, approved a $160.6 million operating budget for Fiscal Year 2027 that leans on deep cuts, targeted investments and a planned surplus as the campus prepares for possible multimillion-dollar reductions in state funding....