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The Jackson R-2 School District thanks Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau Area Foundation for the donation of $500 for the support of supplying girls restrooms at Jackson High School with feminine hygiene items needed. The items are located in comfort carts that contain extra items for students such as deodorant and other needed supplies. ...

Student Santas helps children and their families for Christmas. To date they have helped over 30,000 children in Missouri and surrounding states. Student Santas provides toys, clothes, bedding, and food to those who are struggling. Families can send a letter and include child’s age, gender, items they want/need, as well as a bit about circumstances surrounding the family. There must be a working phone number and address on the letter. Please mail letters to:...

Have you sometimes wished you could spend a holiday sober? Call Alcoholics Anonymous 573-332-8339 or visit our local website www.district7aa.org

Catholic Principal's Day was celebrated at Guardian Angel School on Thursday, November 18, as well in all the Catholic schools in the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese.  It was a special day for Mrs. Katrina Kluesner, Guardian Angel principal.  Fr. ...

On Wednesday, 17 November 2021, local recruiters with the Missouri Army National Guard invited school officials from the surrounding area to take a flight on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The flight was organized by the area's Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, MSG P. Cullen, as a way to show appreciation for the schools' role in supporting high school and college-aged students pursue their dream of serving in the National Guard. The schools play a vital role in the enlistment process...

The Patriot Pen writing contest is held by the VFW each fall. The 7th & 8th grade students of Guardian Angel School in Oran are asked to write an essay on a certain subject by the Morley VFW. The subject of the composition this year was "How Can I Be a Good American". ...

Good Morning, Wanted to let you know that our local Servpro franchise is sponsoring the December 4 SEMO Redhawks basketball game in appreciation of local first responders. This event is intended to be the first annual “First Responder Game” sponsored by Servpro. ...

Braeden Hays age 14 from Sedgewickville, MO, freshman at Meadow Heights High School, attended Game 4 of the MLB World Series in Atlanta, GA. He participated in Pitch, Hit, Run sponsored by MLB and was the St. Louis Cardinal champion. His scores were compared with all the other major league ballclubs competitors and the top 3 competitors moved on the finals which was held during the World Series during game 4. ...

The first annual Blue Jean Ball was held November 6 at Front Porch in Scott City, sponsored by Kim's Kids Committee. $10,000 was raised and a check was presented to Scott City School at the November 17 school board meeting. Kim's Kids is a non-profit organization created in memory of Mr. ...

Greetings -- I'm attaching a news release we posted today announcing Ean Buffington being named Air Force ROTC All American 2021. I'm pasting in the link to the release, which includes a link to a profile we published earlier this month. My name is Patrick Collins. ...

On October 21, 2021 at the Jackson Civic Center the John Guild Chapter NSDAR honored Good Citizens from local high schools in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties. Students honored were Ashley Gruenke from Meadow Heights High School, Ty Seabaugh from Saxony High School, Chloe Goodwin from Woodland High School and Lydia Pobst of Jackson High School. ...

The River Heritage Quilt Guild hosted its Quilts of Valor Ceremony on November 8, 2021 at Lacroix United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Nine veterans were honored at the ceremony and one was honored at her home. The quilts were made by guild members, family or friends. ...

My daughter took these photos from Cape County Park on Veteran's Day. Thanks to all who served our country and continue to do so!

The Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable Foundation is dedicating $250,000 to the needs of senior centers across central and southern Missouri through its 2022 regional grantmaking program. The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is accepting applications for the Coover Regional Senior Center Support Grant Program for building improvements, maintenance, equipment and other expenses that ensure senior centers are operating in their best conditions...

Jessie Ritter returns to her hometown for an evening of original music. The performance will be on Tuesday, December 21st from 7-9pm at The Library in downtown Cape Girardeau. $10 suggested donation. Growing up in Southeast Missouri, Jessie developed a love of country music from an early age. ...

Jennifer Icaza-Gast, founder of Student Santas, accepts a check from Cheryl Farrow, Director of Operations of McDonald’s. Student Santas has helped 30,000 children and their families who would otherwise have very little for Christmas.

November 5 brought another exciting afternoon of house games for Guardian Angel students. The children participated in 3 sets of games with a Fall twist. The goblet gobble had 5 students of each group transferring a ping pong ball by holding it between the chin and the neck. Each student had to move a ball from one end of the table to the other end and drop it in a cup...

1st Class Travel, your local travel experts for domestic and international travel arrangements, is proud to announce we have achieved a gratifying milestone: 25 years of making dreams come true in the travel industry. We are thankful to our incomparable team of Expert Travel Consultants, and our wonderful customers who have supported 1st Class Travel throughout the last 25 years...

You should write as I may be too emotional. While I voted for and even encouraged the deer harvest in the city it did bother me when I saw the magnificent white buck killed a couple years ago supposedly "outside" city limits. I saw it with a poorly aimed arrow in its foreleg in the large lot of Good Shepherd Lutheran/Kiwanis Park shortly before someone claimed it was killed in a legal "harvest." This is the largest doe I've seen and it's often the strange ghost moving at twilight in the area...

On this Veteran’s Day, Dana Taylor LCSW with Veterans Home Care (VHC) has an important message for aging veterans and their families. In addition to free meals and discounts, those who have served at least one day during wartime may be eligible for a little-known VA benefit potentially worth thousands to help cover medical and custodial care costs...

On Monday, October 25, United Way of Southeast Missouri (UWSEMO) received a generous donation of diapers from Proctor and Gamble to help struggling families in Southeast Missouri. United Way will distribute the diapers as an incentive for those who attend and participate in their upcoming Community Conversations...

Purina leaders gathered in southeast Missouri to celebrate the completion of a $250 million expansion at the company’s Bloomfield, Missouri, cat litter factory. The project adds two new buildings to the 1.1 million-square-foot campus in southeast Missouri and expands capacity and production capabilities for Purina’s high-performing Tidy Cats litter products, the number one cat litter brand in the United States based on sales. ...

The Guardian Angel Home & School held their Halloween Carnival on Friday, October 29. It is an annual event, but was not held in 2020 because of COVID. This year's event was well attended by many families in the school gym. There were skeletons, super heroes, princesses and numerous other costumed children, as well as a few adults in costume. ...

Super great to have the grandkids here at Cape for Halloween 🎃

For release immediately, with photo November 1, 2021 VOLKERDING RECEIVES LIFE APPLICATIONS LEADER AWARD Ken Volkerding of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was Life Application Leader in the Missouri East Region in October...

For release immediately, with photo November 1, 2021 DARBY RECEIVES LIFE LEADER AWARD Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was Life Leader in the Missouri East Region for the month of October. Darby joined Modern Woodmen in November 2010. Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, IL. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance, annuity, and security products to over 744,000 members nationwide...

Jimmy Gockel of Cape Girardeau has announced that his painting, Dali, was recently on display with PAKS Gallery International at the Carrousel du Louvre Art Fair Paris October 22-24, 2021. The Modern Art Masters Art Fair in Paris is one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in the world with people from 50 different countries attending. ...

25 OCT 2021 Members of the Marine Corps League attended the Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troop 210 at the Elks Lodge in Jackson. The Marines were on hand to present a Good Citizenship Award to Boy Scout Evan Holm. Evan has earned the coveted rank of Eagle Scout. ...