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Close to 100 community members came together Thursday, May 9, to honor the sacrifices of local law enforcement officers over the last 150 years...

Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary broke ground on a new facility that will give rescue animals and their rescuers more space...

The City of Cape Girardeau could face a police excessive force jury trial after the city and a plaintiff couldn’t agree on settlement terms during mediation in April...

The Cape Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau is set to unveil its renovated facility with a grand reopening event Saturday, May 11...

HIWAY RODDERS Car Club will be holding its 31st annual Mayfest Car and Truck Show on Saturday, May 11...

Steven Brown, 32, of Cape Girardeau is being held in Cape Girardeau County jail in lieu of a $250,000 bond while he faces three counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy on a child less than 12 years old; one count of second-degree child...

A victim told police she was strangled to unconsciousness multiple times and punched by a Cape Girardeau man, who also broke the victim’s glasses into pieces...

Jackson police are searching for an armed robbery suspect, a release said Thursday, May 9...

Today is Friday, May 10, the 131st day of 2024. There are 235 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 10, 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day,...

Tough Mudder is a hardcore obstacle course designed to test participants’ all-around strength, stamina and mental grit, and runners must be at least 14 years old. Mildred Wilson has no problem meeting the criteria. Wilson, 85, was a spry 80 when she...

A lease agreement between the City of Cape Girardeau and not-for-profit organization Partners for Good Hope for a police substation at 629 Good Hope St. was approved by the City Council on Monday, May 6. According to the council’s agenda report, the...

Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility Thursday, May 9. The event will be at 10 a.m. at the organization’s location, 185 Cree Lane in Jackson. Plans call for the facility to be complete by January. Safe...

A Cape Girardeau man faces felony charges after police say he used a gun to shatter a victim’s driver’s-side car window. Adam Childers, 37, faces charges of second-degree property damage and unlawful use of a weapon (exhibiting), which is considered...

Kylena Fleming, 37, of Cape Girardeau is being held on a $150,000 cash-only bond after police say she fired two bullets toward a victim and then tried to evade officers. Fleming was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, a Class B felony. ...

Today is Thursday, May 9, the 130th day of 2024. There are 236 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first Black president. On this...

It has been almost three weeks since Taylor Swift released her newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department”, on April 19. According to www.billboard.com, the album was streamed over 1.76 billion times worldwide in its first week, breaking the...

The Public Works Department and Alliance Water Resources outlined years worth of improvements needed for the city’s water treatment plant and distribution system to the City Council on Monday, May 6...

The Jackson Board of Aldermen annexed and rezoned a parcel of land containing the future site of Trussworks Jackson LLC during its Monday, May 6, meeting...

Oak Ridge’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter received national honors at the 96th annual Missouri State FFA Convention...

A fire started by an electrical issue destroyed a Scott City home and has displaced a family of five...

A late-night traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a convicted thief and the seizure of stolen goods from a storage unit as well as methamphetamine, police say...

Route C in Scott County — between Highway 91 and Route H near Morley — will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as construction crews make pavement repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the...

Today is Wednesday, May 8, the 129th day of 2024. There are 237 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 8, 1996, South Africa took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights...

Election equipment companies will showcase the security and operations of their latest machines during hourlong public demonstrations. ...

Cape Girardeau City Council members approved a high-density lime system from Chemco Systems L.P. for Cape Rock Water Treatment Plant No. 1 on Monday, May 6, in the “first step” in improvements for the facility and the city’s entire water system. The...