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Brogan Davis lowered his own Cape Gator team record in the 50-yard backstroke at the Paducah Valentine Invitational. Davis lowered his record in the boys 11-to-12 age division to 28.87 seconds. The...
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State gymnastics team drops dual meet to Iowa State
The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team posted its second-highest score of the season Monday during a loss at Iowa State. ISU, ranked 29th nationally, rolled to a 195.225-191.200 win in Ames,...
View ArticleBald Knob Cross board eyes date for lighting improvements
Alto Pass Ill. -- The Bald Knob Cross of Peace will be lit with state-of-the art LED lights, its board of directors decided during its annual meeting last week. The lights will bring the 48-year-old...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Meadow Heights girls romp past Saxony Lutheran 72-28
All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri State baseball team will play its first home game today
The Southeast baseball team makes its home debut against Harris-Stowe State
View ArticleEarly morning earthquake hits East Prairie; Cape residents feel shaking
An earthquake that measured 4.0 occurred at 3:58 a.m. five miles northwest of East Prairie on Tuesday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, the depth of...
View ArticleMan's video of 'Star Wars' guitar draws lots of web hits
SIKESTON, Mo. -- You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? It's a guitar built for light-speed Han solos. With this guitar, you should be able to play Van Halen's "Eruption" in less than 12...
View ArticleMo. Board of Education OKs No Child waiver
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Board of Education has approved the state's request for a waiver from some provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law. Members voted Tuesday to...
View ArticleBringing in Russian orchestra benefits students and community
Organizers say bringing a Russian symphony to the River Campus benefits both students and community members. The Tchaikovsky St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday...
View ArticleArtifacts 2/24/12
Classical guitarist Patrick Rafferty will present a concert of works for solo guitar at the Shuck Recital Hall on the River Campus of Southeast Missouri State University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The...
View ArticleRCP opens the season with nine actors
The River City Players will open its 2012 season with one of the largest casts in recent memory. Nine actors will breath life into the play "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean."...
View ArticleFilmmakers hurt movie with blurred lines
The military drama "Act of Valor" is a strange hybrid of authentic action and fake thrills -- and the biggest disservice the filmmakers do to their subject is blurring the line to the point where the...
View ArticleSEMO baseball
Coming off the winter months, the sights and sounds of spring are a welcomed change from winter's bluster. Locally, one of the first signs that spring is just around the corner is the start of...
View ArticleHelping the disabled
Are blue skies ahead for people with developmental disabilities in Cape Girardeau County? Will there be an alternative to the current sheltered workshop in Cape Girardeau soon? An alternative that...
View ArticleSpeak Out 2/24/12
THE low voter turnout in Missouri's presidential preference primary came at a high price -- an estimated $7 million for the election, or more than $21 for each vote cast. This at a time when Missouri...
View ArticleThis is how it all starts ...
There has been some fallout since I recounted, last week, the massive clean-out of our basement, during which over a week more than four decades of accumulated stuff was sorted and sifted and...
View ArticlePrayer 2/24/12
Lord Jesus, may we place our trust in you, leaning not on our own understanding. Amen.
View ArticleSikeston man faces rape, molestation charges
BENTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Mo., man is in custody following a sexual assault investigation involving a young girl. Jerry W. Decker, 34, is charged with 10 counts of forcible rape, 10 counts of...
View ArticleGov. Nixon nominates student rep for SEMO board of regents
Gov. Jay Nixon nominated a new student representative to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents on Thursday. Kevin Magnan, a criminal justice major from Festus, Mo., was nominated...
View ArticleCape County commissioners OK spending on shelving
The Cape Girardeau County Commission approved several items at its meeting Thursday. Commissioners approved a motion to spend up to $32,000 for shelving for the recorder of deeds office; changing...
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