Continuing coverage of the recovery

The ice storm continues to affect people south of Cape Girardeau, where thousands are still dealing with no electricity.

The situation is pretty bad in our neighboring states like Kentucky and Arkansas, too. In some places, it could be until mid-February when crews get power restored.

We'll be updating numbers on outages in Southeast Missouri later today, and we'll have more photos and video from the areas hit the hardest.

If you haven't seen our photo galleries and videos of the storm, check them out in our multimedia section.

Chaffee water back to normal

Thanks to the power outages caused by this week's major ice storm, the city of Chaffee lost its water service for a brief time this morning. But within a few hours the system was back on line.

Click here for details on what happened.

Valentine's Day stories

With all the ice and snow, it's easy to forget that Valentine's Day is coming up soon. There's still time to submit your best Valentine's Day story to our website for a chance at prizes worth hundreds of dollars.

Click here to go to our Valentine's Day story contest. The submission period ends Monday at midnight.

The weekend on seMissourian.com

Check back on Saturday and Sunday for updates on how utility crews are progressing in restoring power to thousands throughout Southeast Missouri. We'll also have the second in our series about people struggling with the hard economic times on Sunday, and come back Monday morning to read about a brutal robbery in Kansas City that may have Southeast Missouri ties.

As always, if you have questions or comments about seMissourian.com, contact me at msanders@semissourian.com or 388-3652.