Crista McDaniel
Crista Marie McDaniel, 11 weeks old, daughter of Linda Crites and Stephen McDaniel of Jackson, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by her...
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri counties meet ozone standard
Southeast Missouri has escaped restrictions on future business expansions under new ozone level attainment designations released last week. The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with...
View ArticleMonster truck show brings out roughly as many children as adults, marketing...
Fans of monster trucks, ATV four-wheeler racing and pit bike racing came out for the Monster Truck Winter Nationals & Thrill Show on Friday and Saturday at the Show Me Center. The pit bike races...
View ArticleWhitney Houston, superstar of records and films, dies at 48
LOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her voice and image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She...
View ArticleInterstate 55 in Cape County reduced for pavement repairs
Southbound Interstate 55 from two miles north of Route E to Route E in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane this week as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement...
View ArticleMississippi County ditches eligible for federal funding
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Area surveyors are likely to be busy for the rest of the month. Extra seating was brought in during the regular Mississippi County Commission meeting Thursday to accommodate...
View ArticleFeds, scientists share concerns with Missouri River spring pulse
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two federal agencies are backing an independent science panel's findings that a so-called "spring pulse" on the Missouri River isn't accomplishing its goal of encouraging the...
View ArticleNew Scott County emergency management director starts job
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County has a new emergency management director. Tom Beardslee worked his first day as the county's emergency management director Monday, according to County Clerk Rita Milam....
View ArticleJackson woman injured in Saturday accident
A Jackson woman was seriously injured in a crash on County Road 620 in Cape Girardeau County on Saturday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Melissa Lane, 25, was traveling west on the...
View ArticleGreek premier defends bailout deal, more cuts
ATHENS, Greece -- Warning of a "catastrophe" that would leave Greeks subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy, Greek leaders urged lawmakers Saturday to pass more spending...
View ArticleVoter ID at center of Missouri secretary of state election
On Nov. 7, 2000, hundreds of St. Louis voters were unable to practice that most cherished of constitutional sacraments. They were turned away from the ballot box, told their names had been placed on...
View ArticleCape woman nominated for state workforce board
Gov. Jay Nixon has nominated Roberta LeGrand of Cape Girardeau to serve on the Missouri Workforce Investment Board. LeGrand is a training coordinator for Nordenia USA and a member of the SEMO...
View ArticleGuatemala president to propose legalizing drugs
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina said Saturday he will propose legalizing drugs in Central America in an upcoming meeting with the region's leaders. Perez Molina said in a...
View ArticleIraqi dissidents form opposition party to monitor government
BAGHDAD -- A group of political dissidents created a new Iraqi opposition party Saturday, vowing to act as a check on the government as the prime minister warned that a push for regional autonomy...
View ArticleU.S. general discusses crackdown with Egyptian ruler
CAIRO -- The United States' top general discussed an Egyptian crackdown on Western-funded pro-democracy groups with the head of the country's ruling military council on Saturday, as another two...
View ArticleBirths 2/12/12
Daughter to Ryan Blake Sharrock and Christy Noel Way of Sedgewickville, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:59 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Name, Rylan Sadie-Sue. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Third...
View ArticleJackson police and fire 2/12/12
Summonses Firefighters responded to the following call Thursday:...
View ArticleCape Girardeau fire report 2/12/12
Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...
View ArticleMissouri dog breeding compromise spurs animal measures
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Several Missouri lawmakers are pushing animal welfare and farmer freedom bills that they say came out of debate over Missouri's new dog breeding regulations. Voters approved...
View ArticleTexans on wrong side of border fence grow anxious
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence...
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