No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking'
NEW YORK -- A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is "fracking" -- as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used...
View ArticleSchwab won't seek re-election for public administrator
Cape Girardeau County Public Administrator Phyllis Schwab, who for more than a decade has been the court-appointed guardian to those who have been deemed unable to care for themselves, said Thursday...
View ArticleArson suspected in Sikeston car fire
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Arson is suspected in a vehicle fire that occurred late Tuesday. At 11:53 p.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety was alerted to a vehicle fire at 1317 Shelby Ave. The owner...
View ArticleAnonymous donors help Humane Society with window repair
Anonymous donors have given the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri almost $300 to help repair a window that was broken during a Wednesday morning burglary at the agency's shelter. The organization...
View ArticleStoddard County man killed in crash with train
DEXTER, Mo. -- A 43-year-old Dexter man lost his life Wednesday when his vehicle was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific train two miles west of his hometown. According to the Missouri State Highway...
View ArticleMoDOT schedules hearing to discuss Cape improvements
The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing in Cape Girardeau on Feb. 16 to discuss plans for improvements to the intersections of Kingshighway/Mount Auburn Road and Route...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Notre Dame's Bohnert hits milestone in win
All the local high school events reported Thursday to the Southeast Missourian.
View ArticleCORRECTION: Witnesses recount events surrounding fatal Cape Girardeau stabbing
Ryan Harkey threw his hands in the air and began to run away during a Dec. 9 altercation with Jerry Conrad that led to Conrad's stabbing death. Conrad followed Harkey, and Harkey struck him in the...
View ArticleSaturday shopping
A friend of mine recently told me he liked grocery shopping in New York City more than Cape Girardeau because he felt like part of a community. How could Cape Girardeau fall to New York City in terms...
View ArticleJUCO player gives verbal commitment to Southeast Missouri State women's...
It looks like the Southeast Missouri State women's basketball team will have an international flavor next season. Jessica Bygate, a New Zealand native who is a freshman a Moberly (Mo.) Area Community...
View ArticlePlaying from the heart: Band Lullwater to play at Pitter's
Whether it's hard-driving rock 'n' roll with a Southern twang, a souped-up folk number, or the feel of '90s grunge, whatever rockers Lullwater bring to Pitter's on Thursday will be from the heart....
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State women's basketball team continues road quest vs. UTM
The Redhawks pursue their first true road win Saturday against the defending women's OVC tournament champion
View ArticleMissouri hopes to learn from loss to Oklahoma State
ST. LOUIS -- Frank Haith said it best the day Missouri rose to No. 2. No one big victory or one tough loss would define the team. The coach could not have anticipated those words to be tested so soon...
View ArticleSchools the site of more emergency shelters
A growing number of emergency shelters in Missouri in recent years may mean more people scramble toward the nearest school the next time a tornado siren sounds. Since 2005, 32 facilities classified...
View ArticleJackson woman appointed to state nursing home board
Janice Unger of Jackson has been appointed to the state Board of Nursing Home Administrators. The nomination, by Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, was approved by the full Senate on Wednesday....
View ArticleI-55 Outer Road in Cape County closed for pipe replacement
Interstate 55 Outer Road in Cape Girardeau County will be closed Monday as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe beneath the roadway. This section of roadway is off of Route Y,...
View ArticleEconomy gains as businesses spend more, fire fewer people
WASHINGTON -- Businesses are growing more confident in the economy, investing in more equipment and laying off fewer workers. Government figures on manufacturing and unemployment claims released...
View ArticleIran ready to return to nuclear talks
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is ready to revive talks with the U.S. and other world powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, but suggested that Tehran's foes will have to make compromises to...
View ArticleOut of the past 1/28/12
A group of disgruntled property owners in the Illmo Special Road District say they want to dissolve the district next week in order to have better maintained, all-weather gravel roads; if voters...
View ArticleMo. bow hunters post high deer, turkey numbers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri conservation officials say this past year was a good one for archers hunting both deer and turkey. The Missouri Department of Conservation say hunters killed more...
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