Travelers from the Cape Girardeau area who want to get to St. Louis or Memphis can now wait out of the elements for Greyhound buses in an around-the-clock waiting room, thanks to the Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority's new agreement with the bus line.

Thanks to officers

Nov. 20, 2008

Travelers from the Cape Girardeau area who want to get to St. Louis or Memphis can now wait out of the elements for Greyhound buses in an around-the-clock waiting room, thanks to the Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority's new agreement with the bus line.

Thanks to officers

Good things come to those who wait, and for those of you who have waited for the return of Mike Smith and the Runaways, good things are here — or will be Saturday.

"Bailout" is the word on everyone's tongue these days. Banks, investment companies, automakers and even states are lining up to be bailed out by the federal government.

I applaud the selection of former Missouri legislator Wayne Goode to review the Missouri budget as announced last week by governor-elect Jay Nixon. I served with Goode years ago on the House Conference Appropriations Committee, which he chaired.

When the U.S. economy began to sour last year, consumers across the nation began to cut back on one major expense they could control: gasoline.

Cross-burning story

With the frazzled American economy still dominating the headlines, it's no wonder there is much attention being focused on the Christmas selling season currently underway.

As I sat in the library Friday, doing my duty as fifth-hour librarian, I rapidly scanned the Southeast Missourian in between student requests for copies from the copier, checking or rechecking books and signing Accelerated Reader book test results.

I think I finally get it — why columnist David Limbaugh and radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh have engaged so long and vehemently against Barack Obama with such off-the-wall comments (calling Obama's supporters "Stalinesque") that resemble the old spaghetti-against-the-wall method.

Voters in Greene County, Mo., made history recently. In a vote that was little noted outside southwest Missouri, that county became the first in 35 years to opt into Missouri's Nonpartisan Court Plan. This is no small matter.

Humane treatment

By Teresa Givens and Joan Haring

Two Cape Girardeau County men who are registered sex offenders face charges under a new Missouri law that requires them to refrain from Halloween activities involving children.

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Friday morning I attended a breakfast honoring new Jackson Chamber of Commerce executive director Brian Gerau, who assumed the post Nov. 1. Gerau, who is the husband of Southeast Missourian advertising executive Sara Gerau, seems to be a great fit for the job.