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Elvis is dead. Or rather, Elvis the alligator is dead. Officials believe an alligator reported lost in the Wappapello Lake area about eight months ago was killed Friday, May 26, after being spotted by visitors to the Lost Creek area. The Missouri Department of Conservation released a statement Wednesday, May 31, confirming the alligator was shot over the holiday weekend...

A Jackson woman has died as the result of a motor vehicle crash Thursday, May 25, in Cape Girardeau. Janice Unger, 81, died at a hospital following a wreck at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard, according to a news release by the Cape Girardeau Police Department...

The thunder rumbled. The wind whooshed. Then a loud pop and a crack. They thought it was a tornado. The Old Pioneer Market owners Ashley Foster and her mother, Bobbi Jo Cathcart, were in the store when the storm rushed through. It was March 3. They quickly assessed the damage. They scurried outside and turned around toward the store. Debris. Roof damage. They went back inside. Water was streaming in. The store was in trouble...

A meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at Centenary United Methodist Church to take next steps in keeping with an April "amicable separation" memorandum of understanding for the historic congregation at 300 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau, near the Southeast Missouri State University campus...

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday, June 2, showed there were 339,000 jobs created in May, easily topping the consensus Wall Street estimate of 195,000. The figure represents the 14th consecutive month that job creation came in above what Wall Street economists had expected and is the largest monthly increase since January...

Amanda and Matt Huber have opened HubCo, a two-story, 8,400-square-foot business offering coworking spaces at 1427 Thomas Drive in Cape Girardeau. Amanda has been a Realtor with Edge Realty for 10 years. Husband Matt is territory manager with Liberty Utilities...

Kohl's department store chain saw its common stock fall more than 5% on May 30 following social media backlash for the company's sale of LGBTQ+ merchandise at certain outlets for June's Pride month observances. Stock in the Wisconsin-based retailer is on pace for its lowest price since Sept. 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Fatty Patty Burger Barn, taking over the site of the closed Zaxby's restaurant at 407 Cape West Crossing, near South Mount Auburn and Bloomfield roads in Cape Girardeau, plans a soft opening Thursday, May 25, according to its general manager...

Representatives of the West Park Mall ownership group lobbied before Cape Girardeau TIF Commission in an effort to redevelop the aging property. At the commission's meeting Friday, June 2, John Hansen, managing director of Integra Realty Resources Corporate and Public Finance Group, serving as financial adviser to the mall ownership group, told commissioners River City Centre LLC is proposing a tax increment financing (TIF), reimbursement and fee waiver package for the 65-acre project...

Canedy Sign, 4857 Nash Road in Scott City, has been purchased by Washington, Missouri-based Ziglin Signs. Ziglin Signs was acquired by the Hoffmann Family of Companies in September 2022, According to a news release, HF Companies has invested more than $150 million in the Augusta, Missouri, and Washington, Missouri, region through acquisition of businesses, property and vineyards...

Kohl's department store chain saw its common stock fall more than 5% on May 30 following social media backlash for the company's sale of LGBTQ+ merchandise at certain outlets for June's Pride month observances. Stock in the Wisconsin-based retailer is on pace for its lowest price since Sept. 29, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Money matters dominated Cape Girardeau City Council's meeting Monday, June 5. Council members read for the first time an ordinance to approve the coming fiscal year budget, which would take effect Saturday, July 1. Municipal finance director Lisa Mills said the budget includes a pay raise of 3% for all city workers and changes to some fees. ...

Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith said the debt ceiling agreement reached by White House and congressional negotiators over Memorial Day weekend is "not perfect", but represents "steps in the right direction". Smith told Fox News anchor John Roberts on Tuesday, May 30, the deal "puts spending caps in place and puts in work requirements addressing the nation's labor shortage. Plus, it rescinds unobligated COVID dollars of almost $29 billion."...

Representatives of the West Park Mall ownership group lobbied before Cape Girardeau TIF Commission in an effort to redevelop the aging property. At the commission's meeting Friday, June 2, John Hansen, managing director of Integra Realty Resources Corporate and Public Finance Group, serving as financial adviser to the mall ownership group, told commissioners River City Centre LLC is proposing a tax increment financing (TIF), reimbursement and fee waiver package for the 65-acre project...

Elvis is dead. Or rather, Elvis the alligator is dead. Officials believe an alligator reported lost in the Wappapello Lake area about eight months ago was killed Friday, May 26, after being spotted by visitors to the Lost Creek area. The Missouri Department of Conservation released a statement Wednesday, May 31, confirming the alligator was shot over the holiday weekend...

WASHINGTON — Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent...

The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education is asking for community feedback as it prepares to create a new Community Engagement Plan for the 2023-24 school year. The board will host two in-person listening sessions from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, June 12. The sessions will take place in the board room of the district's administrative offices at 301 N. Clark Ave. in Cape Girardeau...