Illinois man uninjured after train drags car 200 yards in Perry County
A train dragged a car 200 yards from a railway crossing in Perry County on Monday morning. The Burlington Northern locomotive train was traveling north near Highway 51 when the driver of a Dodge...
View ArticleArea judge studies costs of criminals in Missouri
BENTON, Mo. -- A local judge was among those tapped for ideas on saving the state money on prison costs while continuing to keep the public safe. David A. Dolan, circuit judge for the 33rd Judicial...
View Article70-year-old Malden man victim of home invasion
MALDEN, Mo. -- A 38-year-old Dunklin County man is incarcerated at the Dunklin County Justice Center facing a list of charges over a home invasion. On Dec. 19, Terry Kitrel, 70, of Malden experienced...
View Article‘Knockout King' claims Missouri victims
ST. LOUIS -- Matthew Quain still struggles to piece together what happened after a trip to the grocery store nearly turned deadly. He remembers a group of loitering young people, a dimly lit street...
View ArticleGreyhound fires driver who stranded passengers in Southeast Missouri
ST. LOUIS -- A Greyhound bus driver who abandoned her bus and its passengers last month has been fired by the parent company. KSDK-TV reported the unidentified driver was terminated for not following...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 12/27/11
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrests Assaults Thefts The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following. Arrests do...
View ArticleNigerians fear more church attacks after 39 people killed
MADALLA, Nigeria -- Women returned to clean the blood from St. Theresa Catholic Church on Monday and one man wept uncontrollably amid its debris as a Nigerian Christian association demanded...
View ArticleRoute OO pipe work delayed
The scheduled replacement of a pipe under Route OO in Cape Girardeau County has been delayed until tomorrow. Missouri Department of Transportation crews, which were to perform the work today, will...
View ArticleDeer find haven at FBI shooting range during hunting season
QUANTICO, Va. -- Call it a playground for Bambi and G-men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators. The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of the nation's best marksmen fire...
View ArticleMan accused in Cape Girardeau stabbing makes court appearance
A Jackson man charged with murdering a man outside a downtown Cape Girardeau bar earlier this month waived his formal arraignment Tuesday. Ryan Harkey, 23, will appear back before Judge Scott Thomsen...
View ArticleMan working at Cape restaurant suspected of forging immigration documents
A Cape Girardeau fast food restaurant employee a faces felony charge after police discovered he may be an illegal immigrant. After getting several complaints that Chik-Fil-A, 3333 Gordonville Road,...
View ArticleAP survey: Economy to pick up but still vulnerable
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 -- if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists. Unemployment will...
View ArticleSears Holdings to close Sears, Kmart stores
Sears Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Sears and Kmart department stores, announced this morning that it will close 100 to 120 stores after a sluggish holiday season. Sales at both chains...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Monday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2012. There are 364 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 2, 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2012. There are 359 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1942, the Japanese siege of Bataan began during World War II. (The...
View ArticleStoddard County Ambulance District transports seven for Home for the Holidays...
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The warm wood stove, the twinkling Christmas tree, the smell of home cooking coming from the kitchen: To Betty Larsen, a resident at Golden Living Center in Bloomfield, there's no...
View ArticleFurnace motor leads to fire scare at Cape Girardeau Subway
A furnace motor was the source of a smoke smell reported by employees of Subway at 701 Broadway Tuesday morning. Captain Mark Starnes of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department said six units responded to...
View ArticlePolice: Neighbor chopped up Ind. girl with hacksaw
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- A babysitter and trusted neighbor has confessed that he bludgeoned a 9-year-old Indiana girl to death with a brick then dismembered her, hiding her head, hands and feet at...
View ArticlePerry County, Scott City get new radar equipment
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perry County Sheriff's Department and Scott City Police Department are two of eight Southeast Missouri law enforcement agencies to receive a new radar unit from the Southeast...
View ArticleBody found in St. Francis River; no foul play suspected
FISK, Mo. -- There was no foul play involved in the drowning death of 58-year-old Fisk, Mo., resident Larry Boyer, according to an investigation completed Tuesday by law enforcement. Boyer's body was...
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