Prayer 10/1/10

A limited number of COVID-19 vaccines are available until 5 p.m. today to anyone age 16 or older through the Bollinger County Health Department. The notice was shared with local media Wednesday afternoon by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health...

This story is updated. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center (PHC) Board of Trustees, which issued a face covering mandate July 13 and amended it three months later, citing improved COVID statistics, might drop the masking standard from...

Calling it "a win for the state," Gov. Mike Parson joined with Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox and representatives of SoutheastHEALTH and Universal Health Services to cut the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday at the new Southeast Behavioral Hospital. "This is...

Westbound U.S. 60 in Scott, New Madrid and Stoddard counties will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews make repairs to the guardrails. The following lane closures will be in place on U.S. 60:...

Two bills are working their way through the Missouri General Assembly broadening access to charter schools and vouchers, among other items. The Cape Girardeau School Board was told the legislation is "most concerning" in an extensive multimedia...

Fox Run Riding Academy suffered major losses after a fire ripped through the stables Thursday, killing 10 horses and causing approximately $500,000 in damage. But the academy wasn't alone in suffering losses. Of the 10 horses that died, eight were...

Notre Dame Regional High School senior Claire Southard has been named a finalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Notre Dame principal Tim R. Garner announced the honor and will present Southard with a Certificate of Merit from the...

Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded the Military Friendly Top 10 Schools and Gold designation. Southeast's rank, up from Silver designation in 2020-2021, recognizes the university's commitment to increase and continuously improve...

Winter weather forced health officials in the region to postpone COVID-19 vaccination events last week, but vaccinations are restarting this week. ...

Food delivery and ride service carGO announced it will cease operations Sunday. A post on the company’s website stated the company will close at 6 p.m. Restaurants and drivers will be paid for all transactions that are completed, the post...

In recognition of Black History Month, the Southeast Missourian remembers Lincoln University, a historically black college/university (HBCU), started in 1866 in Missouri’s state capital, Jefferson City. “Lincoln University is a great symbol, in my...

Sarah Cato, a 2006 Kelly High School graduate, will become head of schools and high school principal of St. Vincent dePaul in Perryville, Missouri, on July 1. Cato succeeds Jennifer Streiler, who has served as St. Vincent’s interim leader since...

SEMPO, the Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization, has released a draft of its 2021-2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for public comment. The document is a long-range, multimodal transportation plan designed to serve as a guide for...

Tractor Supply Co. has agreed to purchase Moberly, Missouri-based Orscheln Farm and Home. Orscheln operates 167 stores in 11 states. Purchase price is $297 million. Barry Orscheln, chief executive officer and chairman of Orscheln, said the family...

The proposed new electricity transmission line connecting Cape Girardeau and Perry counties is on track to begin service by the end of 2023, county commissioners were told Monday. Cape Girardeau County commissioners heard a presentation by Ameren...

Nancy K. Johnson is a family nurse practitioner who has lived in the Jackson area for nearly 39 years, living now just outside of Gordonville. An adjunct faculty member at Southeast Missouri State University, she works with beginning nursing...

olunteers distribute items out of the Truck to Table Mobile Food Pantry to community members of Butler Country on Saturday at the Bread Shed in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. ...

KENNETT, Mo. — One person died and four others were wounded in an overnight shooting at an American Legion club in Kennett, police said Sunday. KAIT-TV reported officers found the five victims at the American Legion building following the report of...

A boil-water order in Cairo, Illinois, issued Thursday was extended until further notice Friday by Illinois American Water. The water system is undergoing what Illinois American Water described as "around the clock" repairs to fix distribution leaks...

A Southeast Missouri legislator filed legislation Friday in the Missouri House of Representatives to honor conservative talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh. The Cape Girardeau native died Wednesday morning at the age of 70 after complications of...

No injuries were reported in a fire Friday night at Flesh Hound Tattoo Studio in Cape Girardeau. According to battalion chief Norman Baker, at approximately 7:38 p.m. the Cape Girardeau Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of...

When she was growing up as a child in Charlotte, North Carolina, Lynne Skaryak, MD, recognized two things quite clearly. "I always thought I'd be a surgeon one day," she recalls with a smile. "And I was always around horses and told myself I would...

Although the region has been snow covered lately, temperatures have been sub-freezing and winter will be with us for another month, the Jackson Parks and Recreation Department wants people to start thinking about spring cleaning. The park department...

Downtown Cape Girardeau is the site chosen for a residential transitional housing program for homeless pregnant women, according to Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri. The organization is basing the $4 million facility off...

Earlier this week, Winter Storm Uri dropped more than half a foot of snow on Southeast Missouri, the highest snow accumulation of the winter season. While it created some havoc such as hazardous road conditions, canceled school and closed...