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First responders tell us the drivers around them can cost them precious seconds, even minutes, when answering that 911 call.

SIKESTON -- A home was severely damaged after catching fire the afternoon of Wednesday, May 3 in Sikeston. According to Capt. Derick Wheetley, fire division commander for Sikeston Department of Public...

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety will buy two new pieces of equipment with grant funding.

Sikeston Department of Public Safety officers came to the rescue of a dog trapped in a hole early morning Thursday, March 2. At 6:30 a.m. Thursday, March 2, members of Sikeston DPS's Police and Fire...

Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety found themselves helping out a four-legged friend early Thursday morning who was stuck in a hole.

Firefighters with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety quickly responded to a house fire at 403 Marion Street at 11:40 a.m. on Friday according to Captain Derick Wheetley.

Sikestons City Council tackled a variety of things at their recent meetings. One is a tool to help their response to fire investigations.Sikeston Department of Public Safety recently received news

SIKESTON, MO (WSIL) – City Council members met this week in Sikeston to take actions on a number of items in their regular city council meeting.

Six members of Sikeston Department of Public Safety were honored on Saturday with a Life Saving Valor Award for actions earlier this year that saved a woman from her burning

SIKESTON -- Despite burn bans being in place throughout the region, local fire crews have battled a higher-than-usual number of vegetation blazes in the past several weeks, and they have one, clear...