By Chris Harris ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/7/08
The game of washers changes with the people who play it.
By Chris Pagano
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/7/08
Debbie Riehn of Jackson took first place in the stock antique plow class category Saturday at the SEMO District Fair. She pulled the weighted sled 161.51 feet in a 1947 Farmall M tractor that belongs to her son, Butch Riehn.
Standard Democrat ~ 9/7/08
BENTON, Mo. — Scott County commissioners haven't forgotten the Sept. 11 attack on the United States, seven years ago, and they want to make sure county employees and residents have not, either.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/7/08
Rock Finch, an insurance consultant and broker, is attempting to unseat incumbent Republican Jay Purcell
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/7/08
Mistrust over secret recordings made by Cape Girardeau County 2nd District Commissioner Jay Purcell has prompted Cape Girardeau's mayor to say he will never talk to the incumbent again.
By DONNA FARLEY
~ Daily American Republic ~ 9/7/08
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Mark Twain Kindergarten Center will be crowded when it reopens Monday, as the district makes room for more than 120 additional students in the campus's main building.
By Brian Blackwell
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/7/08
While Fruitland farmer Roger Schwab believes this may be one of his best production years on record, he is concerned about the economic climate in which he grows corn and wheat on his 1,600-acre farm.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/6/08
The wait for a chance to see Cape Girardeau in the movies could be over soon.
Daily American Republic ~ 9/6/08
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — An elderly Poplar Bluff man was struck by a car on the parking lot of Steak 'n' Shake at about 5:20 a.m. Thursday.
9/6/08
Tree limb blamed for power outage Thursday
By Brian Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/6/08
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson began the final day of her annual agricultural farm tour with an appearance at the First Friday Coffee inside Cape Girardeau's Show Me Center.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/6/08
The final cash tally for Paul Koeper's victory in the District 1 race for Cape Girardeau County Commission is in.
By Lindy Bavolek ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/6/08
In addition to old favorites like karaoke and a pageant, this year's SEMO District Fair will feature new events that require audience participation.
The Daily Statesman ~ 9/6/08
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Two Stoddard County residents face drug-related charges following a midmorning raid inside Bloomfield's city limits Friday.
By Rudi Keller
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
"Killshot," the movie based on an Elmore Leonard novel that included a week of production in Cape Girardeau, will be released in theaters on Nov. 7 according to the Web site of the Harvey Weinstein Co.
9/5/08
A fallen tree limb is responsible for a Thursday evening power outage in Cape Girardeau that affected about 1,100 AmerenUE customers. Around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, a tree limb came in contact with a power line near 3210 Independence St., according to AmerenUE spokesman Michael Cleary.
9/5/08
A Jackson man was seriously injured Thursday evening as the vehicle he was driving ran off the right side of the roadway and struck an embankment and tree off County Road 335, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol crash reports Web site. The 2001 Mercedes driven by Tracy L.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
Five undocumented immigrants were arrested by a Cape Girardeau police officer who recognized one of them when he saw him driving and knew the man did not have a license, department spokesman Barry Hovis said Thursday.
Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
Special traffic arrangements will be in place in the area around Arena Park for the SEMO District Fair, according to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department.The fair begins Saturday.
By Rudi Keller
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
Cape Girardeau police are seeking help to identify a suspect or suspects who wounded three teens Wednesday evening on South Hanover Street.
By Donna Farley ~ Daily American Republic ~ 9/5/08
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The Mark Twain Kindergarten Center was empty when bells rang Thursday after an early morning fire destroyed four modular buildings that served as classrooms and special purpose rooms for more than 120 of the campus' approximately 400 students.
By Peg McNichol
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
CHAFFEE, Mo. — After 11 tests for bacteria showed no problem with Chaffee's public drinking water, Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials lifted a boil-water order Thursday.The order was issued Aug.
By Lindy Bavolek ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
After losing the use of a gymnasium, four classrooms and a teacher's lounge for a year, teachers and students are finding the "detours" caused by construction were worth it, Nell Holcomb superintendent Darryl Pannier said.
By Peg McNichol
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
An Aug. 29 state inspection as of the county elevators has resulted in an order to replace a hydraulic cylinder of the county courthouse elevator.
Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
A music benefit and silent auction will be held for Illinois blues singer "Big" Larry Williams at 6 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion hall in Jackson.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
Legislative candidate Wayne Wallingford added $8,000 of his own money to his campaign war chest in the final days of the primary campaign in Cape Girardeau, but it wasn't enough.
9/5/08
SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. — The southbound lane of Interstate 55 will be reduced to one lane with a 16-foot width restriction Tuesday and Wednesday while Missouri Department of Transportation crews repair the roadway's shoulders. The work will be performed on the Route 77 overpass near Benton, Mo.
Southeast Missourian ~ 9/5/08
Starting today Independence Street will be closed from Hanover Street to midblock between Park Avenue and West End Boulevard.
9/5/08
The open chair at the Missouri Supreme Court, vacated by Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. of Cape Girardeau when he took a post on the federal bench, was temporarily filled Thursday by another Cape Girardeau jurist, Circuit Judge Ben Lewis.
By Rudi Keller
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/4/08
By Rudi Keller
By Peg McNichol
~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/4/08
CHAFFEE, Mo. — After 11 tests for bacteria showed no problem with Chaffee’s public drinking water, Missouri Department of Natural Resources officials lifted a boil-water order Thursday.
Standard Democrat ~ 9/4/08
NEW MADRID, Mo. — Residents of New Madrid along with local, state and federal officials gathered Tuesday for the groundbreaking ceremony to extend the Mississippi River levee walkway along the New Madrid Riverfront.
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/4/08
Hurricane Gustav shut down oil production and closed refineries along the Gulf Coast but did not devastate the industry the way Hurricane Katrina did in 2005.
By Bridget DiCosmo ~ Southeast Missourian ~ 9/4/08
Police say a Cape Girardeau man robbed three people trying to buy drugs from him.
9/4/08
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The daughter of former Cuban President Fidel Castro is coming to Carbondale.
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