Lorene Benefield
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Lorene Mayberry Benefield, 90, of Jonesboro passed away Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 22, 1921, in Jonesboro, daughter of Loren...
View ArticleMilford Klaus
Milford W. Klaus, 86, of Friedheim died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 28, 1925, in Friedheim, son of Norbert F. and Lorene Sauer Klaus....
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State women's basketball team falls to Samford
The Southeast Missouri State women's basketball lost to Samford 63-58 on Saturday.
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State men's basketball team beats Miami of Ohio
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team defeated Miami of Ohio 64-57 on Saturday.
View ArticleIce age comes to the Bollinger County Museum
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Fans of the "Ice Age" movies will recognize some of the displays now at the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History. A mammoth skull that was on display last year has returned,...
View ArticleCape to prohibit left turns at dangerous intersection
A boost in traffic along Gordonville Road -- no doubt prompted by the masses that have been flocking to the new Chick-Fil-A -- has the Cape Girardeau City Council poised to prohibit left-turns at a...
View ArticleGreek activists illegally turn on power for citizens
VERIA, Greece -- The Robin Hoods in this northern Greek town sport rubber gloves, fuses and orange stickers. Nearly two years of pay cuts, job cuts and tax increases have pummeled living standards in...
View ArticleIraq signs gas deal with Shell, Mitsubishi
BAGHDAD -- Iraq on Sunday signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. to tap natural gas in the south, one of the biggest agreements by the OPEC member...
View ArticleA violent but successful Black Friday
While Cape Girardeau remained relatively calm, there were several reports from across the country of Black Friday shopping violence this year. With stores opening earlier, many at midnight, it seems...
View ArticlePeople on the move 11/28/11
Craig Bohnsack has joined ACCION Texas Inc. as a loan officer serving the Missouri region of a new organization that will operate locally as ACCION Delta. ACCION Delta is a collaborative effort with...
View ArticleGerman police clear sit-in at nuke protest
BERLIN -- German police cleared a sit-in of thousands of protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste and temporarily detained 1,300 people Sunday, officials said. Hundreds of officers...
View ArticleChurch sounds alarm over Zimbabwe water supplies
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The Roman Catholic church says Zimbabwe's chronic water shortages should be declared a national disaster. The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace said in a statement Sunday...
View ArticleArab League places unusual economic sanction on Syria
BEIRUT -- In an unprecedented move against an Arab nation, the Arab League on Sunday approved economic sanctions on Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly suppression of an 8-month-old uprising...
View ArticleAfghan officials: Fire from Pakistan led to retaliation
ISLAMABAD -- Afghanistan officials claimed Sunday that Afghan and NATO forces were retaliating for gunfire from two Pakistani army bases when they called in airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani...
View ArticleVenison from deer hunters to stock food pantries across Missouri
ST. LOUIS -- Food pantries in Missouri can expect the arrival soon of what has become a season offering -- venison. The annual Share the Harvest program gives Missouri hunters an opportunity to...
View ArticleMedicare's drug coverage gap shrinks
WASHINGTON -- Medicare's prescription coverage gap is getting noticeably smaller and easier to manage this year for millions of older and disabled people with high drug costs. The "doughnut hole," an...
View ArticleAnalysis: Groups debate name for Missouri tax measure
JEFFERSON CITY -- Several groups are debating the wisdom of replacing Missouri's income tax with an expanded sales tax. Supporters see the proposal as a way to boost the state's economy; detractors...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 11/28/11
Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Assaults Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 11/28/11
Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: ...
View ArticleBertie Crider
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Bertie J. Crider, 81, of Poplar Bluff was born Sept. 21, 1930, in Pemiscot County, Mo., the daughter of James and Lula Guise Ward, and passed away Nov. 23, 2011, at The Manor in...
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