FYI 3/4/12
VFW Post 3838, 1049 N. Kingshighway, is hosting an antique and collectible show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Early birds can arrive between 8 to 9 a.m. Tickets are $3 per person. The public is...
View ArticleAdopt Godiva
Godiva is a Chocolate Point Siamese mix with blue eyes. She is a happy cat who would love all of your attention and prefer to be the only cat if possible. For more information, call Safe Harbor at...
View ArticleSchool menus March 5 to 9
MONDAY--Corn dog or turkey & cheese on bun, corn, pears, vanilla wafers. TUESDAY--Cheeseburger or ham & cheese on bun, potato tots, grapes. WEDNESDAY--Cheesy baked lasagna casserole or turkey...
View ArticleRoute OO in Cape County to be closed for pipe replacement
Route OO from County Road 382 to Route HH in Cape Girardeau County will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe beneath the roadway. The...
View ArticleIntelligence and smartness differences
This week I bought a "smart phone." It's my first. The store manager accepted my old phone -- presumably a less-than-bright version -- as a trade-in. Apparently, if a portable telephone can only be...
View ArticleGod's love drives out fear, helps us stand, fight
Fear. I'm convinced that is what's at the root of so many sins. Fear of who we are, fear of who we're not. Fear of what we don't know. Fear that we are not enough, fear that God is not enough. This...
View ArticleKraft - Schwartz
KELSO, Mo. -- Kaitlan Ruth Brynne Kraft and Gregory Charles Schwartz were married Aug. 27, 2011, at Cliff Cave Park in Oakville, Mo. Dan Thompson of Mt. Auburn Christian Church performed the...
View ArticleAwards 3/4/12
Cape Girardeau Central High School senior Brooke Baugher won Best in Show in the High School Art Exhibition at River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University for her fibers artwork. Of the 40...
View ArticleNew Madrid County man convicted of 2010 murder
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. -- A jury deliberated just more than 30 minutes before returning a guilty verdict in the stabbing death of a New Madrid, Mo., man. Robert D. Rooker, 49, was found guilty of...
View ArticleResearcher shares job creation data at Chamber of Commerce event
New employment trend data shows that small businesses are responsible for the greatest amount of local job growth, according to Dr. James Stapleton, executive director of the Center for Innovation...
View ArticleLager, candidate for lt. gov., visits Kinder's hometown
State Sen. Brad Lager blew into Cape Girardeau on Friday, delivering a speech that was cut short by tornado warnings -- but was still one he hoped would help convince voters to oust the man whose...
View ArticleMother and daughter injured in I-55 crash
A mother and daughter were injured in a rollover crash Friday morning on Interstate 55. Cape Girardeau fire chief Rick Ennis said the two were trapped inside the vehicle for about 15 minutes, but...
View ArticleBrigitte Miller
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Brigitte M. Miller, 73, of Mounds passed away at 4:54 a.m. Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Miller was born May 20, 1938, in Germany, daughter of...
View ArticleJames Jones
James Howard Jones, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 2, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 17, 1932, in St. Louis to Howard and Edith Herzinger Jones. He married...
View ArticleJohn Meyer
BENTON, Mo. -- John I. Meyer of Newton, Mass., formerly of Benton and St. Louis, passed away March 1, 2012. Mr. Meyer was former vice president of Sverdrup and Parcel, a large international...
View ArticleJohn Bradford
BARDSTOWN, Ky. -- Dr. John C. Bradford Sr., 79, affectionately known as "Gaga" by his grandchildren, died peacefully Friday, March 2, 2012, at Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, surrounded by his...
View ArticleBirths 3/4/12
Daughter to Adam Russell and Jennifer Sue Stevens of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 5:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Name, Reese Isabella Claire. Weight, 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Second daughter....
View ArticleCharles Hahn
Charles Edwin Hahn, 87, of Scott City died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at the Apartment Community Our Lady of the Snows St. Francis Center in Belleville, Ill. Arrangements are incomplete at...
View ArticleNora Kasten
Nora Elda Kasten, 90, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Altenburg, Mo., died March 2, 2012, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m....
View ArticleOut of the past 3/4/12
The flag is flying again at the Cape County Park veterans memorial; Chuck Wolters of Jackson spent about three and a half hours atop the 70-foot flagpole yesterday repairing a pulley system that...
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