Jackson police and fire report 2/27/12
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Jackson Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 2/27/12
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 2/27/12
Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday:...
View Article‘The Artist' earns best-picture, lead-actor Oscars
LOS ANGELES -- "The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83...
View ArticlePeople on the move 02/27/12
Dr. Gabe E. Soto was the first physician in Missouri to qualify for limited market release of the new Safire BLU Duo-Bi-directional Irrigated Ablation Catheter, an innovative technology that treats...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs showcase their talents at 'Oneness in Blackness' expo
Betty Mosley loved to buy hats. They got so expensive, though, she started making them herself. Now, she has her own business making and selling them to others. Mosley was one of about 15 local small...
View Article‘The Pajama Game' draws crowds to River Campus
A labor dispute at a pajama factory may not sound captivating, but add an orchestra, humor and a dash of romance, and suddenly sleepwear production politics aren't so mundane. That's exactly what...
View ArticleCounty public administrator race reaches double digits
The list keeps growing for what has become the most sought after job in Cape Girardeau County government, with Sunday's announcement from nurse and local GOP leader Lisa Reitzel pushing the number of...
View Article‘Between Two Rivers' tells history of Cairo, Ill.
When Lewis and Clark arrived in what would be Cairo, Ill., in 1803, they saw a land full of contradiction. John G. Comegys, who had purchased the land, was already well aware of what could become of...
View ArticleThe Red House celebrating Cape founder Louis Lorimier
Although 2012 marks the bicentennial anniversary of Louis Lorimier's death, historians are celebrating the Cape Girardeau founder's life by taking a closer look into his local trade business that...
View ArticleStudy offers clear evidence that colonoscopy cuts colon cancer death risk
LOS ANGELES -- Millions of people have endured a colonoscopy, believing the dreaded exam may help keep them from dying of colon cancer. For the first time, a major study offers clear evidence that it...
View ArticleHighway 34 hearing set for Thursday
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss improvements to Highway 34 in Bollinger County. The hearing will be held...
View ArticleDirector of DNR's Southeast region to retire
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An engineer by trade, Gary Gaines wanted to broaden his perspective when he joined the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, an agency where he has spent more than two...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspects in weekend pharmacy burglary
An undetermined amount of prescription drugs was stolen from a Cape Girardeau pharmacy after it was broken into Saturday night. Around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, police responded to an alarm at Medicap...
View ArticleFormer caregiver pleads not guilty to manslaughter
The Patton, Mo., woman charged with manslaughter in connection to the death of a woman she was paid to take care of pleaded not guilty Monday. Sherrie Gail Coomer, 53, is charged with second-degree...
View ArticleMary Latham
FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Mary Lou Bollinger Latham, 75, of Florissant passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, at the Trauma Center of Christian Northwest Hospital in Florissant. She was born Jan....
View ArticleRylee Bollinger
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Rylee Sue Bollinger, 2, passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 9, 2009, daughter of Kelly Bollinger and Jessica...
View ArticleGene Sample
C.E. "Gene" Sample, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 12, 1926, in Sedgewickville, Mo., to William R. and Reva G. Niswonger Sample. He and...
View ArticleSgt. Joshua Born
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Sgt. Joshua A. Born, 25, of Niceville, Fla., died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, while serving our country in Afghanistan. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home. To leave...
View ArticleRoy Bollinger
Roy A. Bollinger, 96, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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