NORTHERN LIGHTS 5-10-24

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...

WASHINGTON -- The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida has dismissed the prosecution because of concerns over the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case. Lawyers for Trump...

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...

With the West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau under active redevelopment, its owners presented plans for the property to the Cape Girardeau County Industrial Development Authority Board (IDA) during a Tuesday, July 9, meeting...

Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education member Missy Phegley was recognized at the Missouri School Boards Association’s Summer Summit for receiving the organization’s advanced and master certification...

Today is Friday, July 12, the 194th day of 2024. There are 172 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 12, 1979, as an angry reaction to the popularity of disco music, the Chicago White Sox held the “Disco Demolition Night”...

The Cape Girardeau County Industrial Development Authority Board (IDA) tentatively approved the issuance of bonds to help finance the first phase of the West Park Mall redevelopment plan at its Tuesday, July 9, meeting. ...

The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce’s First Friday Coffee event Friday, July 12 will feature a presentation on the city’s water system. Casey Brunke, the City of Cape Girardeau’s director of Public Works, and Alliance Water Resources’ local...

Cape Girardeau Public Works has changed its recycling routes temporarily because of being two drivers short in its staff, and having one driver on vacation and another on military leave in its solid waste division. ...

A Cape Girardeau man is in jail on a $20,000 bond after accusations he strangled a woman who refused to give him a ride to a drug house. Cameron Eiland, 48, faces a charge of second-degree domestic assault, a Class D felony. ...

Southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County, from mile marker 99.6 to mile marker 99.2, will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform overnight guardrail repairs. ...

Today is Thursday, July 11, the 193rd day of 2024. There are 173 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 11, 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who...

Muddy River Marathon donated $28,000 to four organizations — Graceful Opportunities, Discovery Playhouse, Southeast Kids in Action and Howard Aslinger Foundation — on Tuesday, July 9 at Missouri Running Co...