Births 7/12/12
Son to Ashley Nicole King and Edward Lamar Willis of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:32 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Name, Aiden Lamar. Weight, 5 pounds, 12 ounces. First child. Ms....
View ArticleJackson chamber hosts annual ag tour
For more than 30 years now, the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's Agri-Business Tour has showcased local farms and manufacturing facilities. More than 100 people took part Wednesday in the annual...
View ArticleCape Parks and Rec now managing soccer league
A mutual agreement between the Cape Area Youth Soccer Association and the city of Cape Girardeau has led to a changing of the guard for youth soccer in the community. CAYSA has been in charge of...
View ArticleCharleston repeats as state Senior Babe Ruth baseball tournament champion
Charleston used the hard road to repeat as Missouri Senior Babe Ruth state champion. The host Fighting Squirrels dropped their second tournament game but battled back to post six straight wins in the...
View ArticleCape Parks and Rec Day aims to get children involved in recreation
Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation will team with the Southeast Missourian Jr. to help get children involved and interested in recreational activity. The 11th annual Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec Day...
View ArticleFire crews battle apartment blaze in Cape Girardeau
Firefighters rescued a Cape Girardeau woman from an apartment fire that started just after noon Thursday. Another woman was taken to the hospital. The fire began in a ground floor unit in building H...
View ArticleLocals named to Missouri commission to study disaster recovery
Cape Girardeau native Lt. Gov Peter Kinder will chair a commission to study disaster response that includes Southeast Missouri lawmakers. Kinder, a Republican, was appointed by House Speaker Steven...
View ArticleCaruthersville attack on disabled man spurs anger
CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- Prosecutors charged teenage girls in the beating of a mentally disabled man, after video of the attack was posted on Facebook and provoked outrage in their southeast...
View ArticleSales tax collections up for local governments, especially Jackson
Cape Girardeau County consumers are spending more again this year, with sales tax collections showing a trend of slow but continued growth that seems to be bucking -- if only slightly -- a dismal...
View ArticleAnswers to Cape graduation rate questions expected at Monday board meeting
Cape Girardeau School Board members will receive answers Monday to questions they recently posed to administrators about the effects an academic and behavioral improvement model has on the district's...
View ArticleGrant to expand Cape-area reading program will be $107,900
The amount of grant funding the United Way of Southeast Missouri will receive to expand a volunteer-run reading improvement program in area schools this fall was announced Thursday by the Missouri...
View ArticleAhead of new dress code, Cape schools to hold clothing drive
Cape Girardeau School District officials and school staff, in preparation for a new dress code in August, are planning a clothing drive. Donations of new or slightly used dress code-appropriate...
View ArticleCandidate questionnaire: Mark Memoly
NAME: Mark Memoly AGE: 57 PLACE OF BIRTH: West Brighton, NY SPOUSE, CHILDREN'S NAMES: Danielle Lauren Memoly Brooke Michelle Memoly EDUCATION: Mizzou Advocate M.B.A. FDU B.B.A. Stetson University...
View ArticleIwo Jima vets' stories to be recorded at SEMO on Saturday
A group of Iwo Jima veterans will gather at Southeast Missouri State University this weekend to tell their stories. On Saturday six Marines will be part of a panel discussion and have their...
View ArticleMissouri ag director visits Bollinger County to discuss drought
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A disaster declaration signed this week by Gov. Jay Nixon is the first step toward helping Missouri farmer and ranchers survive this summer's drought.
View ArticleCape County's fund for indigent burials drained
How Cape Girardeau County should best handle indigent burials has been a topic of discussion among several county commissions over the years, but nothing has changed. Now the issue is back on the...
View ArticleWood - Merideth
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Kaleigh Rhea Wood and Ross Martin Merideth were married June 25, 2012, at Barcelo Bavaro Palace Deluxe in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The bride is the daughter of Rick and Marla...
View ArticleKennon - Uhls
Mona Rae Farrow and Justin Kennon of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Mara Chantel Kennon, to Joseph Robert Uhls. He is the son of Dr. Ann Behrend-Uhls and Michael Uhls of...
View ArticleRiney - Duvall
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bradley and Linda Riney of Perryville announce the engagement of their daughter, Kasey Michelle Riney, to Benn Allan Duvall. He is the son of Rick and Chris Francis and Dante and...
View ArticleCatalano - Cuba
Steve Catalano of Vancouver, Wash., announces the engagement of his daughter, Amanda Michelle Catalano, to Matthew Thomas Cuba, both of Las Cruces, N.M. He is the son of Rick and Rhonda Cuba of Cape...
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