Local video

Associate Professor Joel Rhodes reads a passage from his new book and shares some thoughts on Louis Houck. (By Kit Doyle)

Chaffee police chief Jesse Chisum announces his resignation to the city council. (video by Aaron Eisenhauer)

Jane Randol Jackson shares some of her experiences at the Red House Interpretive Center. (By Brian Schraum)

Bob and Callie Miller get knee deep in garbage with the City of Jackson sanitation crews. (video by Aaron Eisenahuer)

Eight members of the U.S. Army's Golden Knights parachute out at night with flares at Libertyfest. (By Tristram Thomas)

Acoustic musicians gathered at Scivally Park for an open jam, including Tamara Smee, mandolin; Rhett Hendrickson, bass; Clyde Abernathy, mandolin; Edgar Abernathy, fiddle; and Tony Smee, banjo. (Video by Fred Lynch)

Our new film critic Pepe le Sock reviews the Will Smith blockbuster "Hancock."

Raw footage from the scene of a fatal crash Monday evening on Illinois Highway 146, just east of the Emerson Bridge. (By Brian Schraum)

Dr. Jim Welker discusses his background in education and his plans for the future of the Cape Girardeau School District. (Video by Aaron Eisenhauer, edited by Brian Schraum)

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Nixon discusses why he's running as he campaigns in Cape Girardeau. (By Tristram Thomas)

Kids of all ages gave ice blocking a try Saturday, June 28, 2008, at Pellegrino Park in Marble Hill. (Video by Kit Doyle)

Truevon Alford leads the praise and worship service at Greater Dimension Church of God in Christ in Cape Girardeau. (Video by Fred Lynch)

Jamie Freeman will be competing in the MR340.

Renowned violinist David Kim, of Carbondale, performed Wednesday, June 25, with the Southern Illinois Music Festival Orchestra at the River Campus. (Video by Tristram Thomas)

Scenes along the rising Mississippi River on Wednesday, June 25, from Cape Girardeau to Dutchtown. (By Brian Schraum)

Cape Girardeau County highway administrator Scott Bechtold runs through the process of chip and seal paving on County Road 273 near the Stoddard County line. (By Peg McNichol)