Model program
An education initiative that started in Cape Girardeau has proved to be a model program that communities across the country may soon adopt. The ABC Education Initiative, which started in 2006 in Cape...
View ArticleSpeak Out 2/9/12
Thank you to the nice lady who paid for my groceries at Schnucks on the afternoon of Jan. 31. I had read before in Speak Out of something like this happening, but I never once thought it would happen...
View ArticleThe case for a strong Congress
Congress is an easy target; frustration with bipartisan failure is at an all-time high, with Capitol Hill's approval ratings lower than that of an Occupy Wall Streeter at a Chamber of Commerce...
View ArticleneXt up 2/9/12
"Star Wars 3D," rated PG @ Cape West 14 Cine. "Safe House," rated R @ Cape West 14 Cine. "The Vow," rated PG-13 @ Cape West 14 Cine. "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," rated PG @ Cape West 14 Cine....
View ArticleCommunity gets together to perform 'Fiddler on the Roof'
A musical that hasn't been performed for many years by high school students in Cape Girardeau will return in March. Central High School's orchestra and Red Dagger theater club will perform "Fiddler...
View ArticleWashington state lawmakers approve gay marriage bill
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. The action...
View ArticlePakistan holds border talks
ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani army held talks with NATO and Afghan forces Wednesday in an effort to improve coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a sign of thawing relations after American...
View ArticleEU threatens harsher sanctions on Syria
BEIRUT -- The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm...
View ArticleHouse OKs line-item veto for president
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans put aside their usual antipathy toward President Barack Obama on Wednesday to give the president, and his successors, the line-item veto, a constitutionally...
View ArticleMalita Stubblefield
Malita Alvarene Stubblefield, 103, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Oct. 10, 1908, in Marion, Ill., to John S. and Rosa Lee Cockrum Provart. She and...
View ArticleOralea Mathis
Oralea P. Mathis, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born June 11, 1935, in Zalma, Mo., to William McKinley and Ora Jane Moore Prater. She and...
View ArticleVernedia Blattel
Vernedia Alvina Blattel, 93, of Scott City died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 14, 1918, at Kelso, Mo., to Franklin Riley and Anna Pauline Leible Raines. She...
View ArticleCarmel Kirkpatrick
PATTON, Mo. -- Carmel N. Kirkpatrick, 80, of Patton passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Aug. 15, 1931, in Patton, to Orville and Letta Pulliam...
View ArticleDonald Heuer
Donald C. Heuer, 81, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 23, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, to John C. and Iska Arsta Heuer. He and Violet...
View ArticleOut of the past 2/9/12
Construction is underway at the site of a new extended care facility at North Main Street and Park Drive; the 16-bed center, which will treat alcohol and drug addiction, will open by the end of April...
View ArticleMyrnita Grantham
Myrnita B. Grantham, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Southeast Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
View ArticleStudy finds MDs not always honest with patients
WASHINGTON -- Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients. More than half admitted describing someone's prognosis in a way they knew was...
View ArticleJackson police and fire reports 2/9/12
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses Jackson Firefighters responded to the following call Tuesday:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau police report 2/9/12
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...
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