Jackson woman injured in weekend car wreck faces criminal charges
A Jackson woman who suffered serious injuries in a crash on County Road 620 Saturday was arrested on suspicion of tampering and driving while intoxicated, according to the Missouri State Highway...
View ArticleArea students exhibit artwork at annual show
Artwork from 16 area schools was on display Sunday at the 34th annual High School Art Exhibition in the Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. The exhibit showcases art...
View ArticleTrinity Lutheran School
Trinity Lutheran School A Honor Roll 5th grade: Matthew Babcock, Macie Brinkopf, Maggie Grimm, Irie Hart, Luke Richmond, Taylor Roth, Etienne Soto, Austin Widner, Cassidee Wunderlich. 6th grade: Anna...
View ArticleCape Central High School
Cape Central High School First semester A Honor Roll 12th grade: Lydia Alford, Kristen Begley, Elliott Berry, Bryan Blaylock, Allison Boyland, Neilan Bradley, Whitney Bramlett, Amie Condie, Thomas...
View ArticleSnow sweeps across Missouri; 2 fatal wrecks
KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) -- A snow storm that blanketed much of western and southern Missouri overnight with 1-3 inches of snow is expected to move east across the state during the day. The storm caused...
View ArticleFruitland's future lies with Cape Girardeau County Commission
With Jackson residents voting down the annexation of a Fruitland quarry last week, Fruitland's quest to become a village lies in the hands of the Cape Girardeau County Commission. The annexation's...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested after threat to rob Cape Girardeau bank
Cape Girardeau police responded Friday to an incident at a local bank where a man allegedly threatened to rob the bank after an employee could not cash his check. Police spokesman Darin Hickey said a...
View ArticleWillie Nelson schedules spring concert in Cape Girardeau
Country legend Willie Nelson will play a spring concert at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau April 8. Tickets for the concert go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 25 at www.showmecenter.biz. Ticket prices...
View ArticleCape Boys and Girls Club closed today; night activities called off
The Cape Girardeau Boys and Girls Club will be closed today due to winter weather. The club sent out the message using the Southeast Missourian text alerts service this morning. Southeast Missouri is...
View ArticleWoman killed, teen badly hurt in Mississippi County car accident
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- A Charleston, Mo., woman was killed after being ejected from her vehicle Saturday in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 4:30 p.m., Melinda C....
View ArticleKinder gives up state vehicle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder says he is giving up his state vehicle as part of an effort to cut costs in his office. Kinder's office said Monday that it is returning the...
View ArticleMo. report suggests new mandates on business aid
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Public officials and bond professionals could face new due diligence mandates under the recommendations of a Missouri House panel that has been investigating the financial...
View ArticleStudents work to preserve, document local buildings
Several hours into a blustery, ice-cold February afternoon of tearing shingles and carrying heavy, rotted-out pieces of a decades-old porch, Chris Kinder took a short break and explained a few things...
View ArticleCounty officials back bill restricting access to photos of deceased
Two top Cape Girardeau County officials are pushing a bill that would restrict access to photographs and videos from crime scenes and autopsies that depict dead people. House Bill 1127 was read for...
View ArticleHeadquarters of not-for-profit Heart for Africa moving to Cape
It just makes sense to Jimmy Wilferth that Heart for Africa, a Christian not-for-profit organization trying to improve thousands of lives in the African country of Swaziland, will move its national...
View ArticlePoplar Bluff man sentenced to 22 years on drug charges
A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man was sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison Monday afternoon on multiple drug-related felonies, including conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. Convicted in...
View Article12 grams of heroin seized at Poplar Bluff, Mo., home
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff police recently seized what is described as the city's first "substantial quantity" of pure heroin, taking it off the streets before it could be processed for sale....
View ArticleCookbook to support funding women's education
Adelaide Parsons of Cape Girardeau sent a new cookbook to me, "Cooking with Missouri's P.E.O.s: Recipes from our Missouri State Chapters." The cookbook is a nice softcover, spiral-bound book with 231...
View ArticleLearning from history
We often hear words to the effect that those who do not learn from history must repeat it. It appears that we in the United States of America have begun the slow march to reliving what happened in...
View ArticleInsight into a secularist's mind
The director of Health and Human Services' recent announcement that this administration will give the Catholic Church an extra year to modify its beliefs and implement providing contraceptive,...
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