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Although it remains several feet above flood stage, the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau was low enough Monday morning to allow the reopening of the Broadway floodgate. Although the Broadway gate is open, the floodgate at the foot of Themis...

Cape Girardeau's Liquor License Review Board has upheld the city manager's decision to deny a city liquor license for a south-side banquet hall that has been the scene of several shootings. The three-member board, citing public safety concerns,...

The inaugural Walk Jackson program has been declared a success by Jackson public works director Kent Peetz, although he wonders why so few of the special rocks he hid throughout the town have been turned in for prizes. The program, which kicked off...

A new Missouri law, which will push back the start of classes in August beginning next year, has local school districts looking at how to adjust their schedules to the new calendar. Schools currently can start as early as 10 days before the first...

ORAN, Mo. — Clothed in late-1800s fashion and acting as tour guide within a tractor-drawn covered wagon during the Oran Sesquicentennial Celebration on Saturday, Dawn Robert Slinkard said the town’s population has changed only somewhat over the last...

The annual Homecomers celebration will draw thousands of people to the streets of uptown Jackson every night from Tuesday through Saturday this week. But during daytime hours, when uptown businesses will be open, Homecomers — and the 100 block of...

Approval of minutes n Minutes for July 18 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Treasurer Roger Hudson will present purchase order for approval -- Penzel Construction application No. 10...

Traveling is a little easier for flood-weary residents of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, now that a section of Route 146 has reopened. Joe Aden, mayor of the village, said the Illinois Department of Transportation reopened “just one lane” of the...

Fifty years ago this weekend, humankind first walked on the moon. An estimated 650 million people watched in suspense as NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong descended onto the lunar surface July 20, 1969. People from the area shared their memories of...

A Cape Girardeau banquet hall has been denied a city liquor license after police cited several incidents of violence in the vicinity of the south-side business and said the hall should be held to a different standard than bars and other...

The Cape Riverfront Market is adjusting its hours Saturday because of anticipated high temperatures and a heat advisory issued for the area. The Saturday morning market, sponsored by Old Town Cape at 35 S. Spanish St., will open at 7:45 a.m. today...

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County’s circuit clerk resigned Thursday to accept a job with the federal courts. Christy M. Hency confirmed Aug. 2 will be her last day as the Scott County circuit clerk. Hency said she has accepted a position with the Federal...

The Town and Country FCE Club met on July 11 for the club's family picnic with family members as guests. Karen Murphy, Brenda Pender and Lois Seabaugh were in charge of arrangements. The club furnished fried chicken and members brought side dishes....

The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has voted to support an upcoming quarter-cent capital improvement sales tax (CIST) ballot issue on Aug. 6. The chamber board's vote to support the tax measure took place July 12 but was...

As floodwaters begin to recede in southern Illinois, the price tag for fighting the flood and repairing damage to roads and other public infrastructure in Alexander County is projected to total more than $5.49 million. That's the latest estimate...

A 1993 graduate of Jackson High School has returned to serve as an associate superintendent in the Jackson R-2 School District, and one of his first jobs will be to distribute hundreds of iPads and laptop computers to some of the district's youngest...

The store at 1007 South Sprigg has operated under a variety of names, but for many South Cape Girardeau residents, only one name comes to mind -- Ratliff's Grocery. For the first time in over 75 years, the property now stands empty. As demolition of...

Fifty years ago this Saturday, man landed on the moon, and the country is celebrating the milestone. Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin of Jackson said she still sees the mission as "quite an accomplishment." People understood the physics to travel...

If there was one thing everyone at the Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization (SEMPO) meeting Wednesday could agree on, it was you can't please everybody. "But we're looking for a solution everyone can live with," said Missouri Department of...

Cape Girardeau's proposed indoor aquatic center needs to include a 50-meter competition pool and a separate recreational pool, as well as a diving well, an advisory committee concluded Wednesday. Committee members at the meeting, held at the Cape...

Former Cape Girardeau City Council member John Voss will run for a state House seat, setting up a Republican primary battle next year with state Sen. Wayne Wallingford. Voss announced his candidacy Tuesday in an emailed news release. Voss said his...

On any given night, the Rev. Renita Green says there are a dozen or so homeless men living on the streets in Cape Girardeau. “When I say ‘on the street,’ I mean sometimes they tent, sometimes they sleep in bathrooms, some wedge themselves into...

Homegrown multi-day music festival Fawkesfest19 is joining forces with American rock band The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in support of the Honorable Young Men Club and Safe House for Women on Aug. 30 and 31 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Justin Aden,...

After spending the morning at vacation Bible school, Nicholas Elfrink, center, leaps into the pool while swimming with John Paul Barinque, right, and Declan Vowels, left, as an afternoon rain shower begins to fall Tuesday in Cape Girardeau.