Cape Girardeau School District looking at strategies to lower drop out rate
A Cape Girardeau School District plan for reducing the number of students quitting school may include earlier identification of those most at-risk to drop out through the use of surveys. A team of...
View ArticleCapahas baseball team weathers heat, Waterloo
The temperature in Cape Girardeau finally dipped under the 100-degree mark Sunday, but that hardly brought relief at Capaha Field. "The humidity was really up," Plaza Tire Capahas manager Jess Bolen...
View ArticleSikeston Department of Public Safety readying for new headquarters
SIKESTON, Mo. -- On July 17, the Sikeston Department of Public Safety will be officially located at 201 S. Kingshighway. "We're still going to be moving, but our main operations will start to...
View ArticleFundraiser set to help with new Discovery Playhouse exhibit
A fundraiser next month will help pay for an exhibit at the Discovery Playhouse honoring a Benton, Mo., toddler who died earlier this year. The Summer Cocktail Soiree will run from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m....
View ArticleSpeak Out 7/9/12
People are complaining in Speak Out about the crossover cables on the interstate. Now that the Missouri Department of Transportation is repaving the interstate by the airport, the road surface is...
View ArticleFormer Southeast coaches excel with juco programs
John Ishee's recent hiring as the women's basketball coach at Ranger (Texas) College means that three fairly recent Southeast Missouri State basketball coaches are now leading junior college hoops...
View ArticleSteamboats in Cape
Downtown Cape Girardeau is full of history. From the various centers that bring history to life to the buildings and homes that have been renovated, there are plenty of opportunities for locals and...
View ArticleSupporting victims of abuse
Five years ago my daughter was 3, sitting in the back seat of our car when she witnessed her stepfather stabbing her mother in the head, neck and back in Cuba, Mo. Five years ago I had no idea about...
View ArticleSpeak Out 7/11/12
I wish to thank the gentleman who gave me red roses in Schnucks this past Saturday. I don't know your name. May God bless you and your wife, always. Crowe cartoons I'm really enjoying Taylor Crowe's...
View ArticleEducation will not improve until parents improve
With nary a whimper, the No Child Left Behind education reform law has all but slipped into history. The controversial 2002 law was a well-intentioned plan to monitor teaching and school...
View ArticleDivorce settlement highlights Cruise-Holmes privacy wishes
LOS ANGELES -- Only time will tell if the quick divorce settlement reached between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise lasts longer than their five-year marriage. It will need to, since the agreement will...
View ArticleGary Sides
Gary Gene Sides, 68, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 5, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, to Charles "Jr." and Eva Louise Stanley...
View ArticleClarence Turner
CAIRO, Ill. -- Clarence Norris Turner, 79, of Cairo died Thursday, July 5, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service Thursday at Massie...
View ArticleWinzell Meadows
Winzell Maurice Meadows, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 9, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Cape Bible Chapel. The funeral will be at 10...
View ArticleRoger Shell
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Roger Allen Shell, 57, of Marble Hill died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Visitation will be from 10...
View ArticleCarl Johnson
CAIRO, Ill. -- Carl Gene Johnson, 62, of Cairo died Friday, July 6, 2012, at his home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill. The funeral will be at 11 a.m....
View ArticleHarold Mansfield
ANNA, Ill. — Harold Ray Mansfield, 55, of Anna died Monday, July 9, 2012, at Union County Hospital in Anna. The funeral and burial will be private. Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna is...
View ArticleRudolph Clapp
Rudolph McCarty Clapp, 84, of Scott City died Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
View ArticleBirths 7/11/12
Daughter to Justin O. and Alicia R. Seyer of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 12:22 p.m. Friday, June 22, 2012. Name, Ashleigh Marie. Weight, 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Seyer...
View ArticleOut of the past 7/11/12
CAIRO, Ill. -- More than 200 volunteers from Cairo are busy mowing the grass, cutting weeds and undergrowth and painting at Fort Defiance State Park; they include individuals, members of civic and...
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