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Cape Girardeau Public Schools officials communicated Sunday night, Sept. 15, that they were “made aware of a social media post that includes threatening language along with a list of local schools.” ...

Connection Point Church in Jackson has been listed in an Outreach magazine article among the 100 fastest-growing churches in the United States. Each year, the Lifeway Research team surveys churches, verifies the numbers, calculates the results and...

Cape Girardeau City Council members Monday, Sept. 16, approved entering into an agreement with BOLD Marketing to provide services to the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). BOLD had the lowest bid of the two responses for services for $73,200. The...

Jackson School District students returned to school Monday, Sept. 16, with an increased security presence after classes were canceled Friday, Sept. 13, because of a threat of violence that was posted on social media. ...

A new land records life cycle extension received approval at the Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting Monday, Sept. 16. Drew Blatter, the county’s recorder of deeds, told the commissioners about a three-year contract extension with recording...

A Burfordville man was arrested by Cape Girardeau Police Department officers with the assistance of Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force on a state search warrant where police found 85 grams of cocaine as well as various other drugs while searching a...

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of 2024. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional...

Robert A. Johnston, also known as BJ Johnston, will be coming to Cape Girardeau and Jackson to perform a one-man play called “The Life of John Wesley: The Man from Aldersgate”. Johnston said the production is usually 80 minutes long. He said all of...

The Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday, Sept. 16, will consider agreeing with BOLD Marketing to service the Convention and Visitors Bureau, during its meeting at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 44 N, Lorimier St. ...

Today is Monday, Sept. 16, the 260th day of 2024. There are 106 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim more than 6 million acres...

Today is Sunday, Sept. 15, the 259th day of 2024. There are 107 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,...

KENNETT, Mo. - We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. US Army Lt. Col. David Richardson never will forget. “I was at the Pentagon and I saw the plane coming in,” Richardson said. “I was on the third floor, E Ring.” Richardson, now a...

Today is Saturday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2024. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice...

Cape Girardeau police have identified a suspect in a shooting Wednesday, Sept. 11. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department says authorities identified Chono Montgomery, 40, of Mason, Tennessee, in the incident that occurred on Village drive....

The Jackson R-2 School District is not in session on Friday and Cape Central High School is on high alert after threats of violence were circulated on social media. According to the Jackson R-2 Facebook page, the district was made aware of the...

SIKESTON — Several school districts in Southeast Missouri have become the target of threats circulating social media platforms, forcing many to increase security on their campuses and, in some cases, cancel their classes and events. Sikeston Public...

I have lived all over America and have been around a handful of college towns and universities, from those I attended, the football games I covered, or those my family has been involved in. I had never seen a university president so beloved by the...

Highway 74 — from Wolverine Road to South Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau — will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews begin work to install a new camera and signals, as well as make pavement repairs....

The SEMO District Fair has announced the cancellation of Friday’s Sept. 13, hot rod truck & tractor pull event...

A juvenile was detained after being found with a stolen firearm after jumping a fence to get into the fairgrounds of the SEMO District Fair on Monday, Sept. 9.

Maxwell Gramlisch rides down the slide on a sack Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the SEMO District Fair in Cape Girardeau.

Beck Martin,10, enjoys the bungee trampolines at the SEMO District Fair on Thursday, September 12, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. More photos of the fair are in a gallery at www.semissourian.com.

A Southeast Missouri State University student was arrested by the SEMO Department of Public Safety for an alleged rape/attempted rape that occurred Aug. 18...

Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2024. There are 109 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord...

The SEMO District Fair has announced tonight’s grandstand entertainment, Elton Dan and the Rocket Band, has been canceled due to forecasted high winds and heavy rains. Since the concert was scheduled to be free, there are no refunds and no plans to...