NewsDecember 20, 2023
Cape City Council OKs property measures for casino hotel projectAt their meeting Monday, Dec. 18, Cape Girardeau City Council members approved the first reading of two ordinances related to an under-construction hotel at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. The easements relate to utilities at the site at 720 N. Main St. Century Casi...
NewsDecember 19, 2023
Cape Girardeau City Council moves forward with property tax increase for public safety employeesCape Girardeau City Council members moved forward Monday, Dec. 18, with putting a measure before voters to increase pay and benefits for the city's police and fire department personnel. By votes of 6-1 — with Tameka Randle casting each dissenting vote — the group r...
FeaturesDecember 8, 2023
TOP GUN: Local pilot shares stories from lifelong flying careerThe script of Tom Trotter’s life has been like a blockbuster. It starts in the blue-collar steel town of Pueblo, Colo., in the 1960s. As a boy, Trotter didn’t dream of a future at Colorado Fuel and Iron, one of the state’s largest employers. He had loftier ambition...
NewsDecember 5, 2023
Cape Girardeau officials begin process to improve Cape LaCroix trail systemCitizen feedback prompted Cape Girardeau City Council members to draft a Cape LaCroix Trail Enhancement Project plan. At the group's meeting Monday, Dec. 4, council members read for the first time an ordinance to approve a project that would widen the trail from 8...
NewsNovember 22, 2023
Cape officials to ask for property tax increase to fund police, fire salariesCape Girardeau officials are considering asking voters to approve a property tax increase to fund pay increases for police officers and firefighters. A release sent Tuesday, Nov. 21, quoted the city's mayor and three previous mayors advocating for the increase, whi...
NewsNovember 21, 2023
Cape Girardeau City Council rejects funding for sheltering homeless in winter weatherCape Girardeau City Council members declined Monday, Nov. 20, to fund a portion of a United Way-led program to provide shelter to homeless people in extreme cold weather. At a council meeting earlier this month, Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way o...Advertisement
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