Richard Dippold Sr.
Richard Fredrick Dippold Sr., 91, of Cape Girardeau left this earth Thursday, July 5, 2012, to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He died at Southeast Hospital.
View ArticleIn federal court: Cape man sentenced on firearms charges
The U.S. attorney's office released the following information Thursday for defendants who appeared before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel. sentenced Residence: Cape Girardeau Age: 33 Charges:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 7/8/12
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Cape Girardeau County The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items....
View ArticleJackson police report 7/8/12
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summons...
View ArticleProblems of city, county buildings
Police officials this year lobbied for a $7.3 million addition to address needs such as cramped quarters that require a trailer to be used to house 22 of the department's staff of 97. The...
View ArticleGubernatorial candidate Spence speaks to GOP women's club in Cape
One of Dave Spence's most formative memories took place in Jackson nearly three decades ago, when he was forced to lay off 84 people from a plant his family owned. Since then, that memory has been a...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 7/8/12
Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...
View ArticleDavid Barton talks about U.S. history, Founding Fathers, Israel
David Barton is nationally recognized as a historian, author and commentator on issues of faith and America's founding. Barton is the former co-chairman of the Republican Party of Texas and founder...
View ArticleLike Moses and Barnabas, we can be cheerleaders for other people
"Save the cheerleader, save the world." This plea, oft-repeated during the inaugural season of NBC's "Heroes," may appear a quirky, even incomprehensible, beginning to a religion column. The reader's...
View ArticleWe are God's unique creations
Sometimes I fall into the trap of comparing my life and myself to other people and their lives. Looking to others' lives to find out how mine should be is my misplaced desire to know who I am, to...
View ArticlePerryville's power source
Someone has to load balls into the pitching machine, so Jake Dobbelare recruits anyone around. His father, Shane. His little brother, Luke. His girlfriend, Macy Schnurbusch. Whoever he can find. He...
View ArticleThree hurt in Millersville collision
Three people were hurt in a collision Saturday on Highway 72 in Millersville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 2005 Hyundai Sonata driven by Joe Schaffer, 39, of Perkins, Mo., pulled...
View ArticleTemperature again hits record high in Cape on Saturday
With a high of 104 degrees recorded in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, the day's high temperature soared past the previous record of 99, set in 1964. The high temperature was recorded at 12:59 p.m....
View ArticleToo little or too much: Cape Girardeau, county evaluate buildings to address...
As a permit technician for the city of Cape Girardeau, Dianna Barnes knows what it means to need more room. Tucked away in an office in the top floor of city hall, the tables behind the 18-year city...
View ArticleChaffee, Jackson win at state Senior Babe Ruth baseball tournament
The two local teams posted victories in their opening games Saturday at the state Senior Babe Ruth baseball tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Mo. Chaffee cruised to a 14-1 win over Arch...
View ArticleMan dies in police custody in Poplar Bluff
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- State officials are investigating a Poplar Bluff man's death while in police custody. An autopsy was performed on Charles A. Riels, 40, Friday afternoon by Dr. Russell Deidiker...
View ArticleBanking association officer talks about federal regulation, local banking at...
While the Supreme Court's decision to uphold key provisions of the federal health care reform law has dominated the news lately, Craig Overfelt, senior vice president of the Missouri Bankers...
View ArticleCape Girardeau man charged in office vandalism
Cape Girardeau police arrested Friday a man accused of causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a Cape Girardeau office building. Travis Fornkohl of Cape Girardeau is accused in an act...
View ArticleProtest overruled, work resumes on Birds Point levee
Work will resume on the Birds Point levee now that a protest to a construction bid has been deemed "without merit" by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
View ArticleOut of the past 7/9/12
Renovations are underway at the Salvation Army headquarters, 701 Good Hope St.; the brick building has been tuck-pointed and a new heating and cooling system is being installed; a group of volunteers...
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