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Testimony concludes in Heather Ellis trial
(11/20/09)KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- Testimony in the trial of a black school teacher charged with assaulting police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace at a Missouri store concluded Friday with the defendant telling the jury that white police officers had attacked and abused her. 
Police: No new leads in Capaha Bank robbery case
(11/20/09)The Cape Girardeau Police Department had no new leads pointing to a suspect in Thursday's robbery of Capaha Bank at Broadway and Kingshighway, department spokesman Sgt. Jason Selzer said Friday. Investigators were processing evidence Friday "but nothing has given us a pinpoint on anybody," Selzer said. ... 
Sikeston police seek 'person of interest' for information on Wednesday robbery
(11/20/09)SIKESTON, Mo. - Sikeston Public Safety investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a person at the scene of a Wednesday robbery. A photo from a surveillance video at Check into Cash was taken of what officials are describing as "a person of interest."... 
Capaha Bank in Cape Girardeau robbed, police seek suspect
(11/20/09)A man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and a bandanna masking his face robbed a Cape Girardeau bank Thursday morning.
Walmart workers testify in Ellis trial in Kennett
(11/20/09) KENNETT, Mo. -- Prosecution witnesses took the stand Thursday in the trial of Heather Ellis, a 24-year-old Louisiana schoolteacher accused of assaulting police officers at the Kennett Walmart nearly three years ago. Among those to testify was assistant manager Kay McDaniel, who said Ellis called her a stupid, uneducated Walmart employee...
Hung jury leads to mistrial in Doniphan beating death case
(11/20/09) WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- A Howell County judge declared a mistrial Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of a Doniphan, Mo., man accused in the beating death of his neighbor. 
Jury selected, opening statements made, witnesses questioned in Heather Ellis trial
(11/19/09)KENNETT, Mo. -- The jury was selected and the prosecution and defense gave opening arguments in the trial against Heather Ellis Wednesday. Ellis is charged with assaulting police, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace in a case that has garnered national media attention. Ellis' supporters have alleged the charges are racially motivated... 
Police seek suspect in Sikeston armed robbery
(11/19/09)SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston police are seeking a suspect in a reported armed robbery that happened early Wednesday afternoon at Check Into Cash, 1305 S. Main St. An employee of the store said a man came in around 1:20 p.m. and pulled out a black handgun, demanding cash, according to a news release from the Sikeston Department of Public Safety. ...
Bodies found in burned Cairo house identified; cause of death was gunshot wounds
(11/19/09) CAIRO, Ill. -- The two women found dead in a Cairo home after a fire died from gunshot wounds, the Illinois State Police announced. The victims were identified by the Alexander County, Ill., State's Attorney's office as Beatrice Barber, 29, of Cairo, and Eva Hill, 27, of Charleston, Mo., a news release from the state police reported...
Poplar Bluff man found guilty in vehicle assault
(11/19/09) A Cape Girardeau County jury convicted a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man Tuesday of an assault in which he was accused of striking another man with his vehicle and then apparently spinning its tires on top of him. The jury deliberated about one and one-half hours before finding Jerry Oliver Stewart, 46, of the 900 block of Vine Street, guilty of the Class A felony of first-degree assault, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the Class D felony of leaving the scene of an accident... 
Ellis trial begins today in Kennett
(11/18/09)KENNETT, Mo. (AP) -- Jury selection began today in the trial of a 24-year-old accused of cutting in a store checkout line and not listening to police who tried to remove her from the property.
Southeast Missouri teenager charged with rape of 89-year-old woman
(11/18/09) DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Doniphan teenager is to make his first court appearance today after being charged with raping an 89-year-old woman.
Nine-year sentence imposed in Sikeston mortgage fraud case
(11/18/09) Andrew Berg took a day away from work at a Kansas City dermatology clinic Tuesday to watch his former father-in-law, Robert Wrolstad, being sentenced to nine years in federal prison for a massive mortgage fraud scheme.
Cape County woman pleads guilty to fraud
(11/18/09) A Cape Girardeau County woman pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to four felony counts of credit card fraud, two felony counts of mail fraud, two felony counts of wire fraud and one felony count of bank fraud in connection with an identity theft incident that happened in 2007. ...
Patton, Mo., man charged with rape, molestation of 14-year-old after DNA test results come back
(11/17/09) MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Patton, Mo., man faces statutory rape and child molestation charges in a case where authorities admit they kept the wrong man in jail for eight months based on false testimony from the victim. James E. Primer, 41, was charged Monday by Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Gray. DNA testing identified Primer as the father of a child born June 20 to a girl who was 13 at the time she became pregnant, according to a sworn statement filed with the charges... |
Cape Girardeau Fire Department's 100th anniversary
 The old Fire Station No. 1 was once again the place for local firefighters to meet for the 100th anniversary of the Cape Girardau Fire Department.
Burned Homes
 What has happened to some of the properties that burned in the past several years? Some have been dozed, some are idle, and some are being rebuilt. |
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