Jackson police and fire reports 3/4/12
Firefighters responded to the following call Wednesday:...
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Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
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The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Cape Girardeau County The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following...
View ArticleNordenia completes construction on new Jackson facility
Now that construction is complete on Nordenia USA's new Jackson Industrial Park facility, crews are setting up equipment and gearing up to start production. "It's all built for growth," said Reinhold...
View ArticleTent blown a block in downtown Cape
People traveling along Broadway and Frederick Street in Cape Girardeau on Friday afternoon stopped to clear a large tent from the road. Strong winds carried the tent a block from Last Call, causing...
View ArticleArea calendar 3/4/12
Baseball Cape Legion tryouts: Tryouts for the Cape Girardeau American Legion baseball teams will take place April 15 at Capaha Field. There will be three teams -- Senior Legion, Junior Legion and...
View ArticleU.S. 60 in Stoddard County to be reduced for bridge work
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Work to replace the deck of the U.S. 60 bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Stoddard County is expected to begin March 26, weather permitting. The bridge is east of...
View ArticleMissouri men's basketball team bombs Texas Tech from long range
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Kim English and his Missouri teammates like to work the ball inside and establish a post presence. That plan took a backseat Saturday for the No. 7 Tigers, who hit a season-best 16...
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State roundup: Redhawks drop pair at softball tournament
News from around the world of Southeast Missouri State athletics.
View ArticleIllinois State baseball team rallies to sweep pair from Southeast Missouri State
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader against Illinois State on Saturday.
View ArticleCape Girardeau County Commission meeting canceled for Monday
The Cape Girardeau County Commission will not meet Monday "due to no agenda to address," according to an email announcement sent by the assistant to the commission Friday morning. The next meeting is...
View ArticlePrescribed fire workshop to be held Tuesday
The Missouri Department of Conservation will present a workshop on prescribed fire for landowners Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center. The workshop will be given twice, from 1 to...
View ArticleMoDOT to hold public meeting on Perry County roadwork
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. March 22 at the Perry Park Center in Perryville to discuss upcoming bridge projects on routes...
View ArticleWoman cited for DWI after I-55 collision
A woman was cited for driving while intoxicated after allegedly causing a collision on Interstate 55 on Saturday. Around noon, a woman, whose name is being withheld by police, struck a van with her...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult
WASHINGTON -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as...
View ArticleTransformations at the 'Miracle Barn:' Mississippi Valley Therapeutic...
Sitting at the top of Hope Hill in Oak Ridge is a facility affectionately named the Miracle Barn. It's here where volunteers with Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship help individuals with...
View ArticleSeabees plaque unveiled at Cape County Park Veterans Memorial
Tom Meyer has met many veterans over the years, but rarely finds a fellow Seabee. That's because the Seabees are a special unit of the Navy scattered throughout the world and, according to Meyer,...
View ArticleServices for slain soldier to be held in Cape this week
With combat missions scheduled to end next year, the war in Afghanistan was supposed to be winding down. If that happens, it will come too late for Megan Born. On Feb. 23, the Olive Branch, Ill.,...
View ArticleFloodway ditches being dug out; farmers worry work may be too late
It's crunch time. With bright green wheat sprouts already blanketing much of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, excavators sit on the banks of silted-in ditches. One scoop at a time they're digging...
View ArticleCounty hopes to equip more towns with storm sirens
Only three towns in Cape Girardeau County have sirens that signal when tornadoes have been sighted so residents can seek shelter. Commissioner Paul Koeper would like to change that. Koeper formed a...
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