Ronald Freeman
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ronald Freeman, 74, of Chaffee died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean conflict. There is no...
View ArticleVirginia Fenimore
Virginia Fenimore, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleSandra Benne
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Sandra Kay Benne, 63, of Marble Hill died Saturday, March 3, 2012. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to service time March 16 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape...
View ArticleRobert Lawrence
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Robert M. Lawrence, 77, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in a Fort Smith hospital. He was born Feb. 21, 1935, in Essex, Mo. He attended school in Advance, and...
View ArticleIla Niswonger
Ila L. Niswonger, 90, of Jackson passed away Monday, March 5, 2012, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 1, 1921, near Randles, daughter of John Thomas and Sara Jane Eddleman Winkler....
View ArticleSharlene Lewis
Sharlene Danielle Lewis, 27, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Southeast Hospital. She was born June 29, 1984, in St. Louis. Sharlene was strong, independent and full of life. She...
View ArticleLena Campbell
Lena Campbell, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1945, in Tillatoba, Miss., to the late Jake and Mary Smith Brock. She is...
View ArticleScott County Central boys basketball team thwarts Risco again
DEXTER, Mo. -- There was still 1 minute, 20 seconds left on the clock when LaMarcus Steward walked over to teammate Dominique Porter in the backcourt while their opponent shot a free throw. The...
View ArticleDelta girls basketball season ends in Class 1 sectional
Delta fell to hot-shooting Naylor 48-23 in the Class 1 girls playoff game
View Article'Mary Poppins,' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' composer dies at age 86
LONDON -- How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." The tongue-twisting term, sung by magical nanny Mary Poppins, is like much of...
View ArticleTwo women arrested for Taco Bell robberies
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Two Poplar Bluff woman were arrested for robbing two Taco Bell restaurants. Brittany M. Cannon, 20, and Stephanie N. Parkison, 26, were arrested Tuesday in Poplar Bluff for...
View ArticleSection of Route T to be finished by year's end
WAPPAPELLO LAKE, Mo. -- A permanent road to replace a damaged section of Route T at Wappapello Dam should be in place by the end of the year, according to officials. The $1.7 million project is...
View ArticleWhere there's smoke, there's community
By Dr. Barbara Kohlfeld and staff On behalf of the staff of Barbara Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, I wish to gratefully acknowledge all of the many people who assisted us after a fire...
View ArticleNixon requests disaster declaration after tornadoes, storms
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon requested a federal disaster declaration Wednesday for Missouri counties with damage from last week's tornado outbreak. Nixon's request includes declarations for...
View ArticleName of man who shot self after police chase Tuesday to remain secret while...
Cape Girardeau police said this afternoon that they wouldn't be releasing today the name of a man who shot himself after a police chase on Tuesday. According to an email from police spokesman Darin...
View ArticleWind-blown fires burn hundreds of acres in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Wind-blown fires have burned hundreds of acres in several southwestern and southeastern Missouri counties. Smaller isolated fires also were reported in Kansas. The southwest...
View ArticleDemocratic women citing Limbaugh in fundraising
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Sen. Claire McCaskill was so disturbed by Rush Limbaugh's description of a law school student as a "slut" and "prostitute" that she decided to repeat his rhetoric,...
View ArticleThree men arrested after fight in Cape Girardeau street
Three men were arrested near the intersection of Good Hope and Lorimier streets Wednesday afternoon after allegedly engaging in a fight. Around 3 p.m., Larry Beard was driving down Lorimier Street to...
View ArticleCape Girardeau, owner still disagree what to do about Wiggery building
A downtown building owner and the city of Cape Girardeau are still at odds over the future of a historic Main Street building. At a condemnation hearing in November, John Wyman, owner of the building...
View ArticleTrial date moved to May for Ware, Ill., woman accused in 4-year-old's death
JONESBORO, Ill. -- The Ware, Ill., woman who was set to stand trial next week on charges linked to the death of her boyfriend's 4-year-old son had her trial date moved to May. Sacha Brown, 29, is...
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