U.S. 60 reduced for pavement repairs
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eastbound U.S. 60 in Stoddard County, between Route F and Highway 25, will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews seal the joints along the...
View ArticlePrayer 8/17/12
O Lord Jesus, may we show grace and forgiveness to others as you do. Amen.
View ArticleLife as we know it, without the Internet
When I was growing up on the Killough Valley farm in the Ozarks over yonder, we didn't have electricity until I was 8 years old, and we didn't have a telephone or indoor plumbing before I left home...
View ArticleSpeak Out 8/17/12
Obama and his administration declares that your business is only successful because of the government. If that were true, we would not have increasing debt and deficits due to government programs,...
View ArticleThe president prayed
Our president prayed, on camera, the Sunday after the Colorado shootings. He chose: "Scripture says that 'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more. Neither shall there...
View ArticleThe Olympics' spirit
The Olympics offers competitive theater like no other athletic event. Dreams came true right before our eyes. So many of the young athletes in the 2012 games -- some still in their teens --...
View ArticleBest Bet 08/17/12
Ryan Corn is one the area's up-and-coming acts. Corn has worked with Grammy Award-winning producers and opened for nationally known acts such as Third Day, Jars of Clay, Mercy Me and others. Hear him...
View ArticleARTifacts 8/17/12
Sara Edgerton and Paul Thompson, faculty members at Southeast Missouri State University, will present a recital of music for cello and piano titled "Song Without Words" on Aug. 26 at the River...
View ArticleCape's roller girls take on Ky. team
The hard-hitting roller girls are back at it, this time for a doublehead-arrrr. The Cape Girardeau Roller Girls will take on Vette City Roller Derby from Bowling Green, Ky., in "Skating the High...
View ArticleSecond half of Tunes at Twilight season begins
The Common Pleas Courthouse gazebo will once again host a variety of songwriters performing in a relaxed setting as Tunes at Twilight, the weekly outdoor concert series, comes back for its fall...
View ArticleMore people, more everything
As the immortal Vanilla Ice once said, "Ring the bell; school's back in." You can see Cape Girardeau filling up with scores of college students, eager to begin the semester at Southeast Missouri...
View ArticleBridge repair work reduces Highway 51
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Highway 51 on the Chester, Ill., bridge over the Mississippi River will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace...
View ArticleDorena-Hickman Ferry opens after dredging
DORENA, Mo. -- The Dorena-Hickman Ferry reopened for business Thursday morning, after completion of the dredging of the Hickman, Ky., harbor, according to a news release from the Kentucky...
View ArticleFormer Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Ishee lands job with...
Former Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach John Ishee is back in the Division I ranks. Ishee's hiring as an assistant women's basketball coach at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas,...
View ArticleMissouri Tigers football team eager to earn respect in SEC
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri coach Gary Pinkel does his best to downplay the transition. He didn't mention the SEC to his players before the first day of fall camp. Missouri is coming from a pretty...
View ArticleFranklin strong again, but Pinkel wants more from Missouri Tigers QB
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- James Franklin was 16 of 25 for 177 yards with a touchdown and an interception while working with a unit minus three starters in Missouri's second scrimmage Thursday. Coach Gary...
View ArticleJackson police report 8/17/12
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Thefts Miscellaneous...
View ArticleOut of the past 8/17/12
Cape Girardeau's oldest car dealership, Ford Groves, has announced plans to relocate to the 1500 block of North Kingshighway; the dealership has been around since 1914 and has been at Sprigg and...
View ArticleLaura Rhame
Laura Chambers Rhame, 92, of Maumelle, Ark., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, at Parkway Health Center in Little Rock, Ark. She was born July 23, 1920, in Bricksboro,...
View ArticleNoble Milam
BENTON, Mo. -- Noble Milam, 73, of Benton died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 18, 1938, in Stokes, Ark., to Robert Hugh and Mavis Irene Mayfield...
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