Once upon a time in the 20th century, there were only a few reasons to book a motel room: to pinch pennies and move fast on a road trip, for instance, or to sleep with somebody inappropriate.

Since that beginning in 1925, motels have multiplied like bunnies ... March 6, 2025 After a few false starts, he called his place the Milestone Mo-Tel, combining motor and hotel.

SIKESTON, Mo. (WSIL) -- Police in Sikeston are investigating a shooting which resulted in a juvenile injured and three suspects sought. The Sikeston Department of Public safety said on April 9 ...

Nuss Truck & Equipment expands to Sikeston, MO, with the acquisition of Trucks, Inc., a trusted Volvo dealership for over 30 years. The new location brings world-class Volvo truck sales ...

How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri. The story of how the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright - and the subsequent failure of the first ...

In 1942, Cleo Wright was lynched by a white mob before Sikeston, Missouri's Black community. Wright's death was the first federally investigated lynching but not before 3,842 had occurred around ...

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) — The Randallstown NAACP is calling out five motels in western Baltimore County -- accusing the businesses of attracting crime and draining public safety resources.

SIKESTON, MO (WSIL) -- UPDATE: Sikeston DPS reports two suspects have been arrested following a shooting that took place at a park within the Sikeston city limits. Arrested were 18-year-old Kaleb M.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man is charged with first-degree murder and several other crimes in a ...

Extended stays at motels. Sleeping in a car ... While Bailey and her sons stayed with her mother in Sikeston, Mo., Robinson stayed in the parsonage with her pastor. This time was extremely difficult, ...

Higher test positivity rates are a sign that many infections are not reported — even if they are tested for at home. This results in a more severe undercount of cases. The number of hospitalized ...