10 years ago: April 27, 1994

Union Electric Co. didn't have very far to look yesterday to find source of power failure that darkened homes and businesses in some parts of Cape Girardeau.

Dan Tallent, who started his education career at Central High School in 1976, teaching math and coaching, is hired as high school's new principal.

25 years ago: April 27, 1979

Two levee roads in Illinois are being traveled to allow local car traffic to bypass flooded sections of Highway 146 and gain access to Cape Girardeau bridge.

Additional $500 has been added to reward being offered for information leading to arrest and indictment of those responsible for firing two shots into Cape Girardeau police station on Wednesday, wounding an officer.

50 years ago: April 27, 1954

Last-minute filings add stimulus to county political races; entering their names in Republican race are Robert G. Brady for prosecuting attorney, Carl Mirly for county collector and Herbert Brune for treasurer.

Savage wind and slashing hail combine forces in mid-afternoon to batter Cape Girardeau from two directions in peculiar storm that seems to strike city and its immediate adjacent area, but leaves nearby communities untouched and undamaged.

75 years ago: April 27, 1929

Wallace W. Hart, 27, former student of Will Mayfield College at Marble Hill and one of most outstanding football players ever developed at that college, was killed in airplane crash yesterday at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.

Levee between Grand Tower and Aldridge, Ill., gives way in morning, threatening 7,000 acres of farmland with inundation.

-- Sharon K. Sanders