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Organizers want big turnout for July 4 event at Arena Park
(07/03/09)The future of the Joint Veterans Council's Independence Day celebration will be decided by the people of Cape Girardeau, organizer Rodger Brown said as he surveyed sparsely filled Arena Park grandstands prior Friday evening's truck and tractor pull event...
Bollinger County joins in search for local man
(07/03/09) DEXTER, Mo. -- A command center has been established in Bollinger County in a continuing effort to locate a missing Dexter man, 43-year-old Robert Peters. 
Cowboy Church flies flags for July 4
(07/03/09)Every morning this week, just after sunrise, volunteers have put up 300 U.S. flags around the Cape County Cowboy Church in Oak Ridge. The church is flying the flags at its location off Interstate 55 in honor of the Fourth of July. They were first displayed Saturday evening. Since then volunteers have gone to the church to put up the flags at 6 a.m. each morning, and others have gone to take them down at 7:30 p.m. each evening. The flags will be on display until Sunday afternoon...
Nixon signs bills to help veterans
(07/03/09) Missouri's war dead will be honored with highway markers and have their unclaimed cremated remains taken into the care of veterans groups under two new laws signed Thursday by Gov. Jay Nixon. And living career military retirees will begin getting a tax break next year that will, within a few years, make their pensions exempt from state income tax...
July 4 Tea Party to be held at Arena Building
(07/03/09) Southeast Missourian Conservatives hoping to build on the strength of the April 15 tax protest will hold a July 4 Tea Party from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday on the steps of the Arena Building in Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. The event, announced on the social networking site Facebook, will again be an event aimed at protesting high government spending and what the organizers view as unconstitutional actions to prop up private businesses...
Nixon revisits bond proposal to fund university projects
(07/03/09) Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said higher education is not a limiting factor for the statewide bond initiative he has revisited in recent weeks. "We certainly shouldn't limit something of this type, that would need to go in front of voters," Nixon said Thursday in Cape Girardeau...
Cape Girardeau, Jackson Independence Day events
(07/03/09) Saturday is Independence Day, and celebrations are scheduled in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Below is a list of community celebrations. For more area Independence Day events go to http://semoevents.com. July 4th celebration The Jackson celebration includes a car show from 9 a.m. ... 
Harry Rediger wins Southeast Missourian's Spirit of America Award
(07/03/09)When Harry Rediger was a boy growing up in a small Nebraska town, he spent a lot of time in his father's hardware shop. There's no doubt he learned all about tools and how to build things. When Rediger became a young man, he decided against going into the hardware business. ...
Authorities discover missing dog from raided Bootheel property
(07/02/09) HAYTI HEIGHTS, Mo. -- A seventh pit bull dog linked to a search warrant at Hayti Heights on Monday was recently recovered, after it disappeared from the property prior to the warrant's execution. "When we went on the property the first day, there was a tan female pit bull that was not present during the warrant," said Erma Page, manager of the Caruthersville Humane Society (CHS). ... 
AAA: Fewer people expected to travel for July Fourth weekend
(07/02/09)Despite lower gas prices this year, fewer Missourians are expected to travel during the July Fourth holiday weekend.
Cape Girardeau County seeking $172,000 grant to prevent homelessness
(07/02/09) Cape Girardeau County will apply for almost $172,000 to combat homelessness, part of $12 million set aside statewide from the stimulus bill approved by Congress in February. The money, which can be used to help pay rent, apartment deposits and utility bills, is something the county can't pass up, Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones said Wednesday. ... 
Cape police's newest canine starts work next week
(07/02/09)Cape Girardeau's newest police department hire will patrol the streets in about a week when Reno, a 16-month-old German shepherd, replaces Bolo as the canine partner of officer Roy Rahn. Bolo finished a seven-year career with the police department in May when, on his final day of service, he assisted in the capture of a man accused of forcible sodomy and second-degree robbery. Since then, Bolo has resided with Rahn and his family, where he will remain, Rahn said...
Jackson's comprehensive plan includes options for improving traffic flow on U.S. 61
(07/02/09) The draft of the Jackson comprehensive city plan includes three proposals for solving traffic-flow problems in the S-bend of U.S. 61 in uptown Jackson. About 25 people attended a community workshop Tuesday evening at Jackson City Hall to provide input on the city's comprehensive plan update. The update will establish a 10-year vision for Jackson...
Search continues for missing Dexter man
(07/02/09) DEXTER, Mo. -- A Dexter man has been missing since Sunday at 4:30 p.m. from a campground in Wayne County. Search and rescue workers were scouring the Hidden Valley Campground area Tuesday afternoon in an effort to find Robert Peters, 43.
Sikeston signs agreement with minority community leaders
(07/02/09) SIKESTON, Mo. -- An agreement between the city's government and representatives of the city's black community will improve communications and community relations, according to city officials.
Old Orchard Road ribbon cutting planned for today
(07/02/09) Jackson city officials will be joined by business leaders and representatives of the Missouri Department of Transportation at 9 a.m. today to cut the ribbon for the South Old Orchard Road Improvement Project.
Nixon gives Mo. veterans tax break, free parking
(07/02/09) Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break. Nixon signed several bills on veterans' issues Thursday during a ceremony at a veterans' home in Cape Girardeau.
Key Senate Democrats trim cost of health care bill
(07/02/09) WASHINGTON -- Determined to advance President Barack Obama's health care agenda, key Senate Democrats are calling for a government-run insurance option to compete with private plans, as well as a $750-per-worker annual fee on larger companies that do not offer coverage to employees...
Labor Department figures show 487,000 jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent
(07/02/09) WASHINGTON -- Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. The Labor Department report, released today, showed that even as the recession flashes signs of easing, companies likely will want to keep a lid on costs and be wary of hiring until they feel certain the economy is on a solid ground... 
As deficit grows, California prepares to issue IOUs
(07/02/09)SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's controller will start paying many of the state's bills with IOUs as soon as Thursday after lawmakers failed to close the state's worsening budget deficit, adding a new measure of indignity to a state sinking deeper into dysfunction...
Midwest economy shows improvement, index says
(07/02/09) OMAHA, Neb. -- A survey of business leaders in nine states suggests the region's economy is continuing to show signs of improvement. The Mid-America Business Conditions index released Wednesday rose to its highest level since September, to 49.3 in June from 46.6 in May...
Man sentenced to two life sentences for role in New Madrid drug murder
(07/01/09) ST. LOUIS -- Michael D. Meador was sentenced late Monday to 20 years in prison and two life sentences on drug and weapons charges involving a 2006 murder. According to testimony presented at the trial of Meador, in early 2006, Meador, Dennis Dinwiddie and Sergio Burgos Gonzales were involved in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Southeast Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. ...
Bertrand teen injured in Tuesday evening crash
(07/01/09) MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, Mo. - An 18-year-old Bertrand female was injured during a crash on Route B two miles south of Highway 157 Tuesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at around 5:37 p.m. a 1997 Chevrolet driven by Ollie R. Stoner had come to a stop on Route B and was trying to make a left turn. A 2001 Chrysler driven by Misti L. Beroush, 30, of Sikeston, Mo., then struck the Chevrolet in the rear... |
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