Benjamin Israel
NewsSeptember 28, 1997
CONTRACT GUARANTEES EQUALITYWheelchair users in Cape Girardeau believe the subsidized taxi service they receive from Kelley Transportation is not as good as the service other people receive. Terrence Kelley who runs Kelley Transportation said the company is providing wheelchair users the best...NewsSeptember 28, 1997
HANDICAPPED RIDERS WIAT FOR TAXI SERVICEOn Aug. 30, and again on Sept. 6, Jim Jarrell decided to go to church. But he never got there. His car was in the shop getting a new motor, so at 8:30 a.m., he decided to call Kelley Transportation for a cab to make his Saturday School at 10 a.m., or the 11 a.m. se...NewsSeptember 25, 1997
CITY ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN PERRYVILLEPERRYVILLE -- Billie Mills loves Perryville and over the last year and a half she's seen houses she hadn't seen in years. That's because St. Joseph Street -- Perryville's main drag and its only through street going east and west -- has been under construction since...NewsSeptember 24, 1997
CITY ORDINANCES UNFAIR, RESIDENTS SAY AT HEARINGThe city of Cape Girardeau is unfairly enforcing its dangerous building ordinance, said two men who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to violating that ordinance. Both men said they were making efforts to fix up their unoccupied houses. The city issued summonses Sept. 8 t...NewsSeptember 23, 1997
KC FIRM PLANS APARTMENTS IN SOUTH CAPE GIRARDEAULast Thursday, a Kansas City developer bought a three-acre plot on Hackberry Street near Pacific Street. Cohen-Esrey Housing Partners LLC plans to start building 48 affordable two- and three-bedroom apartments on the site when it finishes designing them and awards ...NewsSeptember 23, 1997
CLASS OF 2000 BEGINS CITY FLAG COMPETITIONMelvin Gateley wonders why the birthplace of the Missouri state flag doesn't have a city flag. Under the auspices of the Vision 2000 Community Relations Council, the Cape Girardeau councilman called a meeting of the local class of 2000 to get the flag-making proces...NewsSeptember 22, 1997
PAVING THE WAY: CITY SEEKS BIDS TO FIX PERRYVILLE ROADSunday's Southeast Missourian newspaper included an ad that should make some people in the northwestern part of Cape Girardeau happy. The ad seeks bids for constructing a wider and straighter Perryville Road. For almost a decade, city officials have discussed impro...NewsSeptember 19, 1997
SLOVAKIANS FILMING TV SHOW HERE; CREW TO FOCUS ON GOVERNMENTCape Girardeau will be on television in Senica, Slovakia. Three television journalists from that town are spending four days here to learn about the way people participate in the running of the city. They are incorporating what they learn into a documentary...NewsSeptember 19, 1997
JUMPING MULES TO HIGHLIGHT `BEST LITTLE FAIR IN LAND'ALTENBURG -- The board governing the "Best Little Fair in the Land" has taken steps to make sure traffic is under control this year when the East Perry County Fair gets in full swing today and Saturday. The traffic jams in Altenburg for the East Perry County Fair l...NewsSeptember 18, 1997
STATE AUDIT FINDS MINOR PERRY ISSUESPERRYVILLE -- State Auditor Margaret Kelly's office made a routine audit of Perry County's government finances, finding the county to be in good financial shape. However, auditors found that county officials didn't follow all budgetary procedures required by law...Advertisement
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