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Jackson man charged with assault after 12-hour standoff with police
(03/21/10)
An overnight standoff with police has led to the arrest of a Jackson man. Around 7 p.m. Thursday Cape Girardeau sheriff's deputies received a call that a man was threatening suicide at his home off Route Y in Jackson, a news release from sheriff's department spokesman Lt. ...
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Sikeston man's murder trial set to start this summer
(03/19/10) A Sikeston, Mo., man will go to trial this summer for first-degree murder, KZIM KSIM radio reported. New Madrid County Circuit Judge Fred Copeland was to preside over the jury trial for 47-year-old Robert Eldridge in Caruthersville this week. But that has now been pushed back to begin July 22... 
Confessed serial killer Krajcir moved to Kentucky
(03/19/10)Cape Girardeau County's only convicted serial killer, Timothy Krajcir, was moved from the Stateville, Ill., Correctional Center Wednesday to Paducah, Ky., where he's charged with kidnapping, resulting in a death, and first-degree burglary.
Missouri House, Senate approve bill banning use, sale of synthetic marijuana
(03/19/10) Missouri is on track to become the second state in the country to ban the use and sale of K2 -- a legal smokable herb meant to imitate the effects of marijuana -- after the Missouri House of Representatives passed its version of the bill Wednesday. The Missouri Senate also gave approval to its own bill Thursday by a vote of 33-0.
Man killed in Butler County shooting
(03/19/10) POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- One man is dead and another in jail for allegedly shooting him during an alcohol-related verbal dispute Wednesday night at a rural Butler County home. 
Judge eases bond conditions for lawyer charged with assault
(03/18/10)Before a gallery of Missouri Bar members and the family of Scott Reynolds, a Cape Girardeau lawyer charged with allegedly assaulting his fiancee, visiting Circuit Court Judge Robert Wilkins ruled Wednesday to modify Reynolds' conditions of bond.
In federal court: Cape man pleads guilty to meth charge
(03/18/10) The following information was released Tuesday by the federal prosecutor's office for defendants appearing in federal court before U.S. District Judge Carol E. Jackson. PLEADED GUILTY...
Cape police searching for person who took money from Sonic restaurant
(03/18/10) Cape Girardeau police officers are still looking for a suspect who broke into the Sonic fast-food restaurant at 1764 N. Kingshighway on Monday and stole several hundred dollars in cash.
Sikeston police, drug task force arrest several in drug sweep
(03/17/10) SIKESTON, Mo. - Several people are in custody following two sting operations by the Sikeston Department of Public Safety and the SEMO Drug Task Force. The undercover operations to arrest people purchasing methamphetamine precursors such as pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in manufacturing meth, began in February, according to a news release from Sikeston DPS... 
Former arts council employee charged with credit fraud
(03/17/10)A one-time employee of a local not-for-profit arts organization has been charged with stealing from her former employer.
Preliminary hearing set for jailer charged with sex with inmate
(03/17/10) A man charged with having a sexual encounter with a Scott County Jail inmate will have a preliminary hearing next month Ron Baker, 41, of Sikeston, Mo., will appear April 15 for a preliminary hearing.
Bollinger County man pleads guilty to statutory rape
(03/17/10) A Zalma, Mo., man has pleaded guilty to statutory rape. Jaramiah Hood, 30, pleaded guilty March 3 before Judge Stephen Sharp in Stoddard County Circuit Court to one felony count of second-degree statutory rape. His trial was set to begin this week. 
Georgia man pleads guilty to two November bank robberies
(03/17/10)A Georgia man who committed recent bank robberies has pleaded guilty to the crime. 18-year-old Keiran Pippins of Forest Park, Georgia, appeared before Judge Carol Jackson in Saint Louis Tuesday and pled guilty to two felony counts of bank robbery by force. ... 
Change of judge granted in lawyer's assault case
(03/16/10)A Cape Girardeau lawyer charged with first- and second-degree domestic violence for allegedly pointing an unloaded handgun at his fiancee's head has a new judge, KZIM KSIM radio reported. Scott Reynolds, 47, is being held in the Cape Girardeau County Jail on a $200,000 cash-only bond. ... 
New judge assigned to Jetton assault case
(03/16/10)Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton's assault case will proceed with a new judge. Jetton is charged with second-degree assault stemming from a woman's claim that he hit her in the face several times and choked her during a sexual encounter. The 42-year-old Republican was named in a complaint filed in Scott County Circuit Court. ... |
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. |
