Ray Copman
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Ray Copman, 87, of Advance passed away Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at his home. He was born May 13, 1935, in Advance, son of Ed and Emma Magg Copman. Ray was a farmer 50 years, worked...
View ArticleTed Nenninger
HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- Theodore J. "Ted" Nenninger, 74, of Hazelwood was called home Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. Beloved husband of 54 years to Zita Bucher; dear father of Charlene (Jerry) Lippold, Marilyn...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 8/17/12
Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
View ArticleAmerican Red Cross holding blood drives
The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 2 to 7 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Venue, 80 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau; at the Elks Lodge, 921 N. Perryville Blvd. in...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 8/17/12
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
View Article3 arrested in robbery of 93-year-old Mo. man
KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- Three people are facing charges for the robbery of a 93-year-old southeast Missouri man. The Kennett Daily Dunklin Democrat (http://bit.ly/OkSYwW ) reports that the suspects...
View ArticlePoplar Bluff-area bondsman arrested on drug charges
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., Early Head Start teacher who doubles as a bail bondsman was arraigned earlier this week in Ripley County after being charged with possessing prescription pain...
View ArticleHiram, Mo., man pleads guilty to child molestation
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A former Poplar Bluff man pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting an infant left in his care for a short time in March. Lance Walter Hada, 21, of Hiram, Mo., pleaded guilty as...
View ArticleIllinois man sentenced on methamphetamine charge
ANNA, Ill. -- An Anna man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a felony count of unlawful participation in methamphetamine production, Union County State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds said in...
View ArticleCape school officials: Few issues with new dress code
A majority of students returning to classes in the Cape Girardeau School District for the first day of the 2012-2013 school year complied with new rules on clothing, district administrators said...
View ArticleStudents, staff get settled in new facilities on first day of school in Cape
Mike Moore, a Franklin Elementary fourth-grader, will miss his old school. But not too much. "I believe we are going to have even more and better fun here," Moore said Thursday, the first day of the...
View ArticleSEMO students start to fill dorms on move-in day
New arrivals began filing into Southeast Missouri State University Thursday, the university's official move-in day, and joined an anticipated record high number of students who will live on campus....
View ArticleCape group wanting referendum on deer hunting ordinance says it has 4,258...
Members of a Cape Girardeau group opposed to an ordinance that would allow deer hunting inside the city limits are confident they've gathered more than enough signatures to place the issue before...
View ArticleZalma man charged with child molestation
BENTON, Mo. -- A Bollinger County man was in custody Friday on sex-related charges, including two counts of child molestation, according to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter. Ronnie G. Lemons, 57, of...
View ArticleServing the Lord wholeheartedly
I've done everything I can think of to put off writing this column this week. I watched part of the closing ceremony of the Olympics. I ate a Popsicle (but technically that was multi-tasking -- I did...
View ArticleEx-pitcher shares testimony with Teen Challenge participants
Cardinals fans know Andy Benes as the 6-foot-6 pitcher who played for St. Louis in the mid-'90s and again from 2000 through 2002. What fans might not know is that while Benes found success on the...
View ArticleTrotter - Metheny
Charity Jayne Trotter and Jason Scott Metheny were married June 30, 2012, at Cape First Church. Allen Bashem performed the ceremony. Soloist was Clayton Hahs. The bride is the daughter of Mary Jayne...
View ArticleHarper - Shadforth
Caroline Victoria Harper and Maj. Scott Gregory Shadforth were married June 30, 2012, at Ross Bridge Town Hall in Birmingham, Ala. The Rev. Lynn Casteel-Harper and the Rev. Brian Law performed the...
View ArticleCarpenter - Zlokovich
Dean and Sharon Carpenter of Boaz, Ky., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Ann Carpenter, to Aaron Michael Zlokovich of Lexington, Ky. He is the son of Neil and Dr. Martha Zlokovich...
View ArticleGohn - 60 Years
Mr. and Mrs. David Gohn of Jackson celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance Aug. 4, 2012, at the VFW Hall. Gohn and Glenda Marie Propst were married Aug. 3, 1952, at...
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