Follow the red, white and blue brick road
July 9, 2009 Dear Pat, Getting to know people from foreign lands, I've sometimes told them without really knowing why that if they want to understand America and Americans, watching "The Wizard of Oz" is a good way to start. Those of us born in...
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Humane Society of Missouri says it would welcome help as it shelters about 300 dogs that were seized in raids of dogfighting operations in Missouri and Illinois. The dogs were among 350 mostly American...
By Brian Blackwell ~ Southeast Missourian
A no-kill animal shelter in Jackson is nearing completion of an expansion that will hold up to 250 displaced cats. The board members and volunteers of Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary said it's a necessity. Debbie Johnson calls...
By CAIN BURDEAU ~ The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal program to recruit more tugboat pilots may have backfired by allowing thousands of novice captains to take the helm and contributing to a 25 percent increase in the number of accidents on the...
By Rudi Keller ~ Southeast Missourian
A former federal official touting his resume as a top corruption fighter at the United Nations and in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he wants to be the next Missouri State Auditor.
By Alexander Stephens ~ Southeast Missourian
Robert Harris keeps a journal full of dreams. Some of them have already been realized. "You just have so many dreams, and you just hope that one day you can pull them off," he said. Harris, 55, is a bus driver for the Cape...
Cape Girardeau and Jackson fireworks displays
Cape Girardeau and Jackson celebrated the Fourth of July with fireworks Saturday. These pictures of the displays were emailed or submitted online by Southeast Missourian readers. To submit photos go to http://www.semissourian.com/forms/photo.
Jackson car show
Photos of the July 4 car show at Jackson City Park submitted by community photographer Karen Grayson.
Local National Guard unit brings home third place in Commander's Cup
By Matthew Wilson and Scott Moyers, Missouri National Guard Public Affairs ~ 07/09/09
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Staff Sgt. Daniel Schaab said they were gunning for first, but they'll happily settle for third, especially considering they finished near the bottom last year. The Missouri National Guard Recruit Sustainment Program's Company E, of Cape Girardeau, came in third place, showing superior Army skill and overcoming extreme heat in the Commander's Cup event. Last year, Company E came in eighth...
The End of a Long Road
Ryan Lutes ~ 07/08/09
Kaitlin Ward of Scott City applied for the Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing in 2007 expecting to be put on the two year wating list for enrollment. The school later notified her that because of her excellent application, that she would be allowed to bypass the waiting period and would be enrolled immediately after her high school graduation...
Trinity the Pit Bull Princess
Diana Palmer ~ 07/08/09
Everyone should see my Pit Bull and see how they should really respond to kids, adults, other dog or even cats. The latest media report in our area showed these poor dogs treated so very poorly and made to fight one another!
CASA Run Turnout High for Hottest Day of the Year
Amanda Wagoner ~ 07/07/09
It may have been the hottest day of the year yet, but that didn't stop devoted local runners/walkers and supporters of foster children from attending CASA's Third Annual 5&10K run/walk. A total of 79 runners/walkers participated in the event, helping to raise over $1900 to help train court appointed volunteers to advocate on behalf of over 200 children in the foster care system in Bollinger, Cape, and Perry counties...
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Cape Girardeau, Missouri:
Today
Mostly Sunny
High: 91
Tonight
Mostly Clear
Low: 67
Tomorrow
Slight Chance T-storms
High: 93
Low: 72
Saturday
Chance T-storms
High: 90
Low: 72
Sunday
Chance T-storms
High: 90
Low: 73
Monday
Chance T-storms
High: 92
Low: 72
Tuesday
Chance T-storms
High: 93
Low: 73
Wednesday
Partly Cloudy
High: 95
Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S.
from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information
(Times in Central):
| Mag. | When | Where |
| 1.6 | 07/08 01:54 | 5 mi SW of New Madrid, MO |
| 2.5 | 07/07 20:14 | 4 mi SSW of Fairfield Bay, AR |
| 2.3 | 07/06 22:59 | 5 mi NW of Tuckahoe, VA |
| 1.6 | 07/06 09:22 | 5 mi ESE of Matthews, MO |
| 2.3 | 07/06 06:33 | 62 mi NNW of Chateaugay, NY |
| 2.0 | 07/05 02:24 | 5 mi NW of Vonore, TN |
| 2.8 | 07/04 07:24 | 3 mi ESE of Peterstown, WV |
| 1.6 | 07/04 02:16 | 3 mi S of Ridgely, TN |
| 2.4 | 07/03 19:43 | 4 mi NW of East Prairie, MO |
| 2.4 | 07/03 13:06 | 6 mi SW of LaFayette, GA |
| 1.1 | 07/03 02:40 | 2 mi SW of Ridgely, TN |
| 0.9 | 07/03 00:33 | 3 mi ENE of Ridgely, TN |
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