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Lisa Reitzel, who had served the county for the past 11 years, was also well known for serving on numerous community boards and singing the national anthem at local events. ...

The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center's new app launched Monday, April 15, for Android and iOS devices. ...

The Cape Girardeau City Council swore in new members and approved various appointments to multiple advisory boards Monday, April 15. New council members David Cantrell, Ward 4, and Rhett Pierce, Ward 5, took the oath of office at the meeting....

Anna J. Dobyns, 40, is in the custody at the Cape Girardeau County jail in lieu of a $40,000 bond on charges of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. ...

ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis judge Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest. Luther Hall was badly injured in the 2017 attack during one of several protests that...

Today is Tuesday, April 16, the 107th day of 2024. There are 259 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a...

As Cape Girardeau Regional Airport’s construction projects move along, airport manager Katrina Amos and the Airport Advisory Board may start to look at possible funding options for a new air traffic control tower. Amos said the next big project on...

CHARLESTON — The late James L. "Jim" Byrd III loved his hometown of Charleston. He also loved trains. Now his family has combined those two loves to continue to grow Byrd’s legacy. With funds from Byrd’s estate, a new walking path was recently...

There were no reported injuries in two house fires this past weekend in Cape Girardeau. ...

Today is Monday, April 15, the 106th day of 2024. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after...

Today is Sunday, April 14, the 105th day of 2024. There are 261 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our...

Today is Saturday, April 13, the 104th day of 2024. There are 262 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for best actor or best actress with his...

Nearly two hours into a Capitol Hill hearing focused on rural health, Rep. Brad Wenstrup emphatically told the committee’s five witnesses: “Hang with us.” Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of covid-era...

Two college students from Southeast Missouri were recently named to the Mizzou '39 list. Grace Blanton of Sikeston and Sam Varnon of Cape Girardeau were selected by the Mizzou Alumni Association and Alumni Association Student Board for this...

Notre Dame Regional High School announced Monday, April 8, that it will be transitioning to a president/principal model Monday, July 1. Current principal Tim Garner will assume the role of president, while assistant principal Paul Unterreiner will...

More than two months after the Missouri Attorney General's Office filed court action to remove Cape Girardeau County Coroner Wavis Jordan from office, the local officeholder has still not found an attorney to help him fight to keep his job. Wavis...

A Bollinger County man has been charged for at least the fourth time for not registering as a sex offender. Bradley G. Wyss, of Marble Hill faces 10 to 30 years in prison after a Bollinger County Sheriff's deputy observed him in recent days driving...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Former Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda L. Oesch has been appointed to serve as an associate judge for the 33rd Judicial Circuit. On Friday, April 12, Gov. Mike Parson announced judicial appointments to the 21st, 22nd,...

Alexander County, Illinois, deputies and Cape Girardeau police officers worked to arrest three men in connection to a home-invasion burglary that took place Wednesday, April 10...

Airport manager Katrina Amos informed the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board that Taxiway D will be out to bid next week and gave an overview of the solar eclipse’s impact on the airport at the Thursday, April 11, meeting...

The renovated reference laboratory at Mercy Hospital Southeast is the first in the country to use a new form of automation, officials said Thursday, April 11...

A former Dexter K-9 officer was charged last week with alleged felony animal abuse and neglect, which investigators say resulted in the death of the department’s active drug dog Apollo and the serious illness of another retired drug dog Knox...

“(Not-for-profit organizations) depend on volunteers. We have very limited budgets, and none of us could do our work without the devoted volunteers,” explained Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri...

A Cape Girardeau man is accused of stealing $890 worth of items from a woman’s car, including a diaper bag, diapers and a breast pump. When officers found him later, they found him with drugs, documents show...