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Cape Girardeau City Council met Monday, July 15, to receive a presentation made by MI2 operating systems proposing a public-private partnership to construct a new water plant along with other improvements...

OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Rural regions such as the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more places to give birth to them...

Understaffing, sorting issues and increased volume of packages are among several causes of the ongoing mail delivery problems in the Cape Girardeau area...

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau will host the Alpha series from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sundays from Sept. 8 to Nov. 24...

The Jackson School District is hosting its third JR2 Bus Driver University to give interested parties a chance to learn more about being a bus driver...

Today is Wednesday, July 17, the 199th day of 2024. There are 167 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California after its $17 million, year-long construction; the park drew a million...

Political division continues to increase in the United States as both sides of the political aisle point fingers at one another in the wake of the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Trump was injured after 20-year-old...

Candidates for the Cape Girardeau County coroner position met with potential voters during the Cape County Republican Women’s Club meeting Friday, July 12, at Delmonico’s Steakhouse in Jackson. Three of the six coroner candidates spoke at the...

Judge Jerel Poor denied a request to seal an answer made by Wavis Jordan regarding his ability to obtain a civil attorney, with Jordan stating, “a civil attorney won’t take my case” and requesting his answer be sealed from “news media”. Jordan was...

A Cape Girardeau man died early Sunday, July 14, after being shot in the 400 block of Broadway in Cape Girardeau, authorities said. A release from the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad says Linard Thomas, 42, arrived at a local...

Highway 91 in Stoddard and Scott counties will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews improve bridge approaches and resurface the roadway, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. This...

Today is Tuesday, July 16, the 198th day of 2024. There are 168 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico; the same...

Cape Central High School teacher Theresa Taylor doesn’t seek recognition for her work outside the students she teaches but recently received it anyway. Taylor was recently named Regional Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Department of Elementary...

A person died early Sunday, July 14, after being shot in the 400 block of Broadway in Cape Girardeau, authorities said. A release from the Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad says the subject arrived at a local hospital with a...

Two Jackson men have each been charged with several felonies in connection with an incident in which both were found with weapons deemed to be capable of lethal force. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department says police responded about 12:30...

At about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, July 11, officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the area of Highway 74 and Ellis Street for a report of a weapon violation. The victim, while on the phone with Cape Girardeau Police Department...

Today is Monday, July 15, the 197th day of 2024. There are 169 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 15, 1799, the Rosetta Stone, a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts, was found at Fort Julien in the Nile Delta during...

WASHINGTON — The man identified as the shooter in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally where one attendee was killed. Investigators were...

Today is Sunday, July 14, the 196th day of 2024. There are 170 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 14, 1789, in an event symbolizing the start of the French Revolution, citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and...

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood, was quickly pulled away by...

Former President Trump was injured while speaking to a crowd in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13. Video of the event included popping noises and Trump grimacing and grabbing at his right ear. As he was rushed off the stage, he appeared to have...

Today is Saturday, July 13, the 195th day of 2024. There are 171 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 13, 1985, the “Live Aid” benefit rock concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia, raising millions for...

Chaffee High School students attended the 44th National Beta Club Convention in Savannah, Georgia, and returned home with a national champion. Eli Nix, a junior — now rising senior — and the historian of Chaffee Beta Club, took first place at the...

PUXICO — A suspected arsonist from rural Puxico has been arrested, accused of setting multiple fires across Stoddard and Bollinger counties...

City officials took their message of the city’s deteriorating water system to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Friday morning, July 12. The message was a complicated one with many parts. The long-term solution comes with a $120 million price...