Dress code
The Cape Girardeau School District will embark on a new dress code this year, in hopes of creating a more learning-friendly environment in the classroom. The issue of the dress code has been hotly...
View ArticleSpeak Out 8/13/12
Takes a village No one has gotten where they are on their own. Taking a few words out of context and going off on a tangent is not something to be proud of. If the entirety of what President Obama...
View ArticlePrayer 8/13/12
Thank you, O God, for being our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Amen.
View ArticleJackson police report 8/13/12
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following item. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous * A peace disturbance was reported in the 800 block of North Farmington Road.
View ArticleOut of the past 8/13/12
Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration visit the Cape Girardeau Flight Service Station to begin the process of permanently closing the facility; the station at the municipal airport will...
View ArticleMari Matthews
Mari H. Matthews, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Southeast Hospital. Funeral arrangement are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
View ArticleJane Wiggins
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jane Wiggins, 69, of Chaffee passed away Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 13, 1942, at Glade Springs, Va., to the late John...
View ArticleJohn Wright
ORAN, Mo. -- John Wright, 96, of Oran died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Mo. He was born Dec. 29, 1915, to Mack and Ethel Henley Wright in Oran in their home. He was...
View ArticleRobert Cox
Robert N. Cox, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, at his home. He was born July 6, 1944 in Tampa, Fla. Beloved husband of Margaret A. Lewis Cox, son of Dorothy Cox and the late...
View ArticleHomer Gray
TAMMS, Ill. -- Homer "Musky" Ray Gray, 71, of Tamms passed away Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. Homer was born April 6, 1941, in Paducah, Ky., son of the late Rex Lee...
View ArticleJohn Meyer
John Philip Meyer, 87, of Cape Girardeau joined his beloved Annabelle in heaven Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. He passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. John was born...
View ArticleDexter woman arrested for alleged meth lab
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- A Dexter woman was charged Friday with allegedly attempting to manufacture methamphetamine. Rebecca L. Schaefer, 42, was arrested and charged with felony possession of precursors...
View ArticleCape County to consider issuance of $300M in bonds for P&G expansion
Cape Girardeau County commissioners will consider an ordinance Monday allowing the county to issue $300 million in bonds to help fund an expansion at Procter & Gamble's Cape Girardeau County plant...
View ArticleSirens testing Wednesday to find best area for new towers
Sirens sounding in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday are planned as part of an evaluation process that will locate the best sites, should the city decide to add to its siren and public address system....
View ArticleWaller pleads not guilty at arraignment on murder charge
Clay Waller pleaded not guilty Monday to a first-degree murder charge, as the high-profile case involving the disappearance of his wife nearly 14 months ago continues to grind its way through the...
View ArticleOutgoing Mo. House speaker leaves office early
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley announced Monday that he is stepping down several months before his final term ends, though the Republican leader is not leaving politics....
View ArticleCape County Comission approves $300 million in bonds for P&G
Aside from construction permits still needed, a $300 million expansion of Procter & Gamble facilities is a go after Monday's approval by the Cape Girardeau County Commission to issue industrial...
View ArticleCape County Collector updates tax sale list
Cape Girardeau County Collector Diane Diebold has released a list of properties that will be sold at the county's tax sale on Aug. 27. Properties listed are those for which taxes have not been paid...
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State women's soccer player Abbott on pace to break...
Hayley Abbott is Southeast Missouri State's latest soccer iron woman. Abbott, one of the Redhawks' defensive anchors, has started all 55 games during her Southeast career and is on pace to break the...
View ArticlePavement work set for Route AD
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Route AD in Stoddard County, from U.S. 60 to County Road 442, will be reduced to one lane Monday, as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. Weather...
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