Funeral services set for slain St. Louis-area toddler
AFFTON, Mo. (AP) -- Services are set for early next week for a 13-month-old suburban St. Louis boy who authorities say was fatally beaten by his mother. A St. Louis County judge on Thursday entered a...
View ArticleSpringfield seeks to stop New Life Evangelistic Center's homeless encampment
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The city of Springfield has filed a petition to stop a homeless advocate from housing homeless people at a property downtown. The city filed the petition Wednesday asking a judge...
View ArticleCensus: Number of people 90 or over has tripled in 3 decades
WASHINGTON -- Americans are more likely than ever to reach age 90, redefining in a way what it means to be old. People who are 90 or older have nearly tripled in number since 1980, to 1.9 million,...
View ArticleOccupy protests mark second month
NEW YORK -- Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they aren't ready to quit, despite...
View ArticleMidwest Dueling Pianos comes to Cape Saturday
As two pianists sat on the stage and played "My Girl," they convinced four grown men up to sing and dance along as part of the Midwest Dueling Pianos show earlier this year. Dueling Pianos makes its...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Thursday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2011. There are 30 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 1, 1941, Japan's Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United...
View ArticleToday in History
Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2011. There are 33 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 28, 1961, President John F. Kennedy dedicated the original permanent...
View ArticleOut of the past 11/26/11
The Southeast Missourian, in an effort to make the center line of Route K more visible at night, has arranged for reflective pavement markers to be placed along the center line of the highway,...
View ArticleARTifacts 11/25/11
An afternoon and evening of humorous storytelling dubbed "Where the River turns a Thousand Hilarious Tales!" is scheduled for Jan. 20 at the Rose Theatre on Southeast Missouri State University's main...
View ArticlePenguin suspends library e-books, citing security
NEW YORK -- One of the country's largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won't allow libraries to loan any e-books for...
View Article'Breaking Dawn' draws out the story
In "Breaking Dawn, Part 1," the swoony romantic silliness of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" franchise plays louder than ever. This movie may delight the "Twilight" fans, the ones who breathlessly...
View ArticleBest bet: Parade of Lights
The turkey is done. The shopping is over. It's time for Christmas to roll into town in the form of Old Town Cape's annual Parade of Lights. This marks the 20th year for the mobile display of holiday...
View ArticleSaving puchases for Small Business Saturday
Thousands of people braved the darkness of Black Friday this morning, but the shopping likely is not finished. Some save purchases for Cyber Monday, but others -- ahem, me, ahem -- save room for...
View ArticleGroup brings an array of flavors to this year's dance show at River Campus
Superheroes, light bulbs and love inspired the dance numbers in "Fall for Dance," the annual fall dance concert presented by the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Theatre and Dance.
View ArticleScience partnership
A strong foundation in science can affect a student's career path in a big way. Thanks to a partnership by Scott City schools and the St. Louis Science Center, more students are being challenged in...
View ArticleSpeak Out 11/25/11
I understand that the government now, in all of its infinite wisdom, wants to keep pizza in school lunches and take out potatoes. Most of my generation had plenty of potatoes and all of the...
View ArticleBuck up, Congress
"We give up." Those three words, capturing the essence of the so-called supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement on reducing the federal debt-deficit-spending spree, should have been cause for...
View ArticleEgyptian court orders release of U.S. students arrested during protest
PHILADELPHIA -- A court in Egypt has ordered the release of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo, a lawyer in Philadelphia confirmed Thursday. Derrik Sweeney, Luke Gates and...
View ArticlePlane carrying 3 men, 3 children crashes in Ariz.
PHOENIX -- A small airplane with three men and three young children onboard crashed Wednesday evening into mile-high mountains east of Phoenix while going around 200 mph, the Pinal County sheriff...
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