National finalists
The four students from local high schools previously recognized as National Merit semifinalists have advanced to the finalists level in the scholarship program. Elizabeth Kiblinger (Notre Dame...
View ArticleCape Girardeau's riverfront
My husband and I love to go down to the Mississippi River and just watch the river and the barges. This week we were downtown at the river and walked the nice walk the city has provided. There was a...
View ArticleSpeak Out 3/8/12
IN response to the so-called hypocrites and birth control comment, I don't know what Catholics you are referring to, but even though I'm not a Catholic, I know many Catholic families. And they only...
View ArticleAn unfair advantage
Maybe I'm speaking for myself when I say I don't begrudge wealthy people who have worked hard to earn what they have. However, I believe the large majority of the middle and lower financial classes...
View ArticleIndignation at only one end of spectrum
We have entered into the double-standard era of politics where righteous indignation is appropriate for one end of the political spectrum but clearly not the other. There's simply no other...
View ArticleIntervention in Syria: Opportunity and peril
In recent days, key U.S. senators, including John McCain and Joe Lieberman, have called for airstrikes against the Syrian regime, as well as direct aid to opposition groups. This would replicate the...
View Articlewhat's neXt 3/8/12
"John Carter," rated PG-13 @Cape West 14 Cine "Silent House," rated R @Cape West 14 Cine "A Thousand Words," rated PG-13 @Cape West 14 Cine SATURDAY Sunday NEXT WEEK "Mario Party 9" Wii "Silent Hill:...
View ArticleOut of the past 3/8/12
The new Activities Center at First Baptist Church was dedicated last Sunday; the center includes a multipurpose game room and snack area, gymnasium and track, racquetball court, roller-skating area,...
View ArticleJackson police and fire report 3/8/12
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 3/8/12
Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 3/8/12
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
View ArticleSummers doubles Dillon in fundraising for Cape's Ward 3 election
Cape Girardeau City Council Ward 3 candidate Trent Summers collected $1,725 in contributions, outpacing his opponent Ellen Dillon by almost double, according to finance reports filed last week....
View ArticleGladys Vaughn
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gladys C. Vaughn, 88, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Rose of Lima...
View ArticleGeorge Pruitt
CAIRO, Ill. -- George Ann Pruitt, 77, of Cairo died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the True Church of Christ...
View ArticleKiley Parr-Allison
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Kiley Parr-Allison, 33, of Chaffee, formerly of Oran, Mo., died Monday, March 5, 2012, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. Arrangements are incomplete...
View ArticleDavid Overbey
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — David G. Overbey, 45, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Service will be private. Miller Family Funeral Home is in...
View ArticleLarry Knupp Jr.
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Larry Wayne Knupp Jr., 36, of Olive Branch passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at his home. He was born Feb. 21, 1976, in Cape Girardeau, son of Larry Wayne and Teresa Parrish...
View ArticleLawrence Heise
Lawrence Calvin Heise, 90, of Oak Ridge died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the chapel of McCombs Funeral...
View ArticleVirginia Fenimore
Virginia E. Fenimore, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born March 11, 1920, in Allenville, to Fritz Frederick and Myrtle E. Withers Bohnsack....
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