Today in History
Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2011. There are 43 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Friday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2011. There are 36 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 25, 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2011. There are 35 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 26, 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan's...
View ArticleJackson Art Group celebrates a year
The Jackson Art Group celebrated its one-year anniversary this month with a veteran-themed gallery of works. Over the past year, the group has kept busy holding monthly openings from 10 a.m. to 5...
View ArticleARTifacts 11/18/11
Southeast Missouri State University emerging artists will be spotlighted at the annual Fall Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduating Seniors Exhibition Nov. 28 through Dec. 9 in the River Campus Art Gallery....
View ArticleArts and crafts
Looking for a fun way to kick off the holiday season? Consider attending one or more of this weekend's local craft shows. The 41st annual Arts and Crafts Extravaganza is scheduled for Saturday and...
View Article'Heartland Heritage 2'
Tonight the Cape River Heritage Museum will host the launch of "Heartland Heritage 2." The reception will feature readings from Southeast Missouri authors, and copies of the anthology will be...
View ArticleHonoring Red Dagger members
The most recent production by Central High School's Red Dagger club is "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring. It is the story of two charming, innocent old women that spend their time not...
View ArticleCentral Madrigal Feaste
As the Christmas season approaches, the Central High School Choral Department offers the public of Cape Girardeau the opportunity to ring in the Yuletide season with the pomp and pageantry of Merrie...
View ArticleGOP and the 1 percent
"The system is broken" is the common label describing Washington. But it isn't the system; it is one element of that system. As Congress considers issues confronting our nation, Republican Party...
View ArticleSpeak Out 11/18/11
THIS is to say a very grateful thank you to the kind gentleman at Saint Francis Medical Center who proved how kind and good people in Southeast Missouri are. During the downpour of rain one night...
View ArticleHerding humans
Editor's note: This week's column is by a young writer making her debut in the Southeast Missourian. Please welcome our newest guest columnist, Missy Kitty. By Missy Kitty The other day, one of the...
View ArticlePrayer 11/18/11
O God, may we always strive to follow your teachings and will for our lives. Amen.
View ArticleCape Girardeau County considers rewarding health care thrift
The Cape Girardeau County Commission heard a medical benefits proposal Thursday that would pay employees to compare medical procedure costs. County Clerk Kara Clark Summers outlined premiums from...
View ArticleKitten rescued from Sikeston home fire
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Wednesday morning fire destroyed a Sikeston home. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety received a call at 9:22 a.m. of a fire at 410 Prosperity St., according to Lt. Bill...
View ArticleDexter man gets 12 years on sodomy charge
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Dexter, Mo., man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting a young boy in 2008. Kyle L. Cantrell, 22, was sentenced to 12 years in prison by...
View ArticleOhio troopers find gift-wrapped marijuana in car
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- Ohio troopers making a traffic stop say they found a pot present: a gift-wrapped package containing 25 individually wrapped packets of marijuana. The driver, from Washington...
View ArticleCalif. attorney general subpoenas mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie
LOS ANGELES -- California's attorney general has subpoenaed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac looking into their lending practices in the state, a person familiar with the matter said...
View ArticleJammed lavatory door on flight sparks terror scare
NEW YORK -- A pilot accidentally locked himself in the bathroom aboard a flight to New York City and touched off a brief hijacking terror scare that underscored the fears about air travel that still...
View ArticleRussia says Syria's crisis looks like start of ‘civil war'
BEIRUT -- Syria's allies in Russia called for urgent talks Thursday between Damascus and the opposition, saying an attack by Syrian renegade troops on a government building looks like the start of a...
View Article