NewsJanuary 23, 2009
This afternoon on seMissourian.com
Most of the city of Sikeston was without power for some time Wednesday night when an electrical circuit at a power substation exploded. The Standard Democrat newspaper captured the amazing image of the fire that you see here.But Mark Baker caught the action on video. He submitted the video to us, and you can view it now in the video player on the homepage of our website...
Video of the Sikeston electrical fire
Most of the city of Sikeston was without power for some time Wednesday night when an electrical circuit at a power substation exploded. The Standard Democrat newspaper captured the amazing image of the fire that you see here.
But Mark Baker caught the action on video. He submitted the video to us, and you can view it now in the video player on the homepage of our website.
Brian Blackwell blogs on Killshot, Basic Fuel
We've had reports coming in for the past several days that the Basic Fuel station in Cape Girardeau has been closed. Brian Blackwell is pursuing the story, and he's asking for information on his Common Cents blog, where also has some information about the "release" of the film "Killshot."
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Tickets for Sikeston-SCC going fast
Tickets for the biggest game in Southeast Missouri high school basketball are going fast.
Lines formed this morning to get the tickets, which went on sale today. We're hearing reports that over 1,000 tickets have been sold already. We'll have more details soon on seMissourian.com.
Tonight and the weekend on seMissourian.com
Check back tonight for a story about the monster truck event at the Show Me Center.
Come back Sunday for a story on how local people are striving to make ends meet after falling on economic hardship.
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