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River Campus named after retiring university president, wife

By Katie Lamb ~ Southeast Missourian

Southeast Missouri State University staff, students and community members on Friday celebrated the official naming of the Kenneth and Jeanine Dobbins River Campus Center. "There really are no words that can capture how I... >>
No injuries reported in Pocahontas fire

Members from the Fruitland and Jackson fire departments battle a blaze that broke out in a home at 649 Jackson Road in Pocahontas on Friday night. There were no injuries. (Glenn Landberg) >> 1
8 shot to death, including gunman, in Missouri rampage

JIM SALTER ~ Associated Press

TYRONE, Mo. -- A man who authorities say may have been unhinged by the death of his ailing mother killed seven people and then took his own life in a house-to-house shooting rampage that wiped out a swath of this tiny town... >> 1
Adaptive reuse: Cape County's administrative building began as a Coke bottling plant

By Samantha Rinehart ~ Southeast Missourian

A look back on the history of the building at 1 Barton Square in Jackson reveals its many faces, from Coca-Cola bottling plant to administrative office space. For a time, until the late 1980s, the entire block featured two... >>
Police call death of Missouri auditor an 'apparent suicide'

By DAVID A. LIEB ~ Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, who had recently launched a Republican campaign for governor, fatally shot himself Thursday in what police described as an "apparent suicide," minutes after inviting... >> 27

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Tadpoles: Something's Skunky
Feb. 28, 9 am
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center

Visual Arts Co-Op Miniature Exhibit
Feb. 28, 10 am-4 pm
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri

February CO-OP Window Exhibitors are Juanita Wyman and Thomas Shaner
Feb. 28, 10 am-4 pm
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri

Exhibiting Excellence: 37th Annual High School Art Exhibition
Feb. 28, 1 pm-4 pm
Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum

The King & I
Feb. 28, 2 pm
Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall

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Column: I'm still gaga over Lady Gaga -- did you know she could sing?
My wife and I tried to watch "Birdman" a couple of days before the film won an Oscar for best picture. I say we "tried to watch" because we only lasted about 45 minutes into the movie before we said to each other, "I've had enough." "Birdman" is...

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Ride of the Week: 2010 Camaro SS
Make and model: 2010 Camaro SS Owner(s): Wayne & Mika Held Owner's hometown: Chaffee 2010 was the return of the Camaro. I ordered mine on the first day that you could in 2008. It was built on my birthday in 2009 and delivered about a week later...

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