Today's Headlines

News

Local

• Veterans Memorial Drive project wraps up, street open to traffic 2
• More details emerge in Perryville police-misconduct case
• Several accusers come forward, saying Naylor educator touched them inappropriately
• Cape homicide victim identified
• Cape LaCroix Trail widening project kicks it up 3

State & Regional

• Appeals court: Missouri must pay legal fees in abortion case
• Governor reverses cuts to foster-care families
• Springfield, Mo., businesses raided for alleged human trafficking
• CDC tests thousands of ticks at Meramec State Park

National & International

• Publicly assailed by Trump, Sessions says he's staying on
• Mueller likely to probe Trump finances
• Cancer isn't silencing McCain in career's latest chapter
• Venezuela strike erupts into sporadic violence
• They escaped Islamic State's bastion but remain terrified
• Menstruation is an obstacle to education for many African girls
• Report: Lifestyle changes might guard against dementia
• Feds lift ban on laptops in airplane cabins
• China clamping down on use of VPNs to evade 'Great Firewall'
• CIA director: Moscow loves to 'stick it to America'
• GOP leaders plan Tuesday health vote
• 6 cars stolen in same night in Conn. town
• 'Juice' will be loose: O.J. Simpson granted parole in robbery
• Today in History

Sports

High School

• Cape resident, Dalhousie director Dombrowski named Missouri Golf Association president

Professional

• St. Louis avoids arbitration, signs Colton Parayko
• Reyes hit in 9th lifts Mets over Cards 3-2

Features

• Janie Brown and the Chestnut Mountain Gang to host CD release party in August
• Artifacts 7/21/17
• Best bet: Jackson Community Picnic on Saturday at KC Hall
• #SemoSelfie 7/21/17
• Ryan Seacrest back as host of 'Idol' when it returns on ABC

Opinion

Editorial

• Congratulations to historians Eddleman, Nickell

Columns

• Reflection: How we choose our destiny, and why 1

Speak Out & Letters

• Speak Out 7/21/17
• Alternative to insurance

Records

Obituaries

• Travis Davie
• Steve Gerard
• Myrtle Gulley
• Kerri Jones
• Dallas Lands
• Margie Leine
• Grant Murray
• Gladys Thompson

Police/Fire Reports

• Cape Girardeau police report 7/21/17
• Jackson police report 7/21/17

Miscellaneous

• Births 7/21/17
• Out of the past: July 21