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The St. Vincent Indians secured a win against the Perryville Pirates Friday night with a final score of 21-7 at Perryville High School.

Veterans and motorcyclists from across Missouri rode together Friday and Saturday to the Vietnam veterans wall at Missouri's National Veterans Memorial in Perryville, Missouri for the second annual Missouri Veteran Wall Run 2020. The run is held every year on the weekend of National POW/MIA...

Photos from the Missouri Heartland Little Britches Rodeo on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at Flickerwood Arena in Jackson.

Perryville beat Malden 35-30 in Perryville Friday.

The two rival teams faced off Friday night with a final score of Jackson 63-0.

Notre Dame got past Saxony Lutheran 2-1 in boy's soccer action Tuesday at Notre Dame.

Cape Central swept Sikeston in three sets in volleyball action Wednesday at Cape Central.

Redhawk supporters took to the Cape Girardeau Country Club golf course to take part in the 37th Annual Kohlfeld Distributing Charlie Brune Classic golf tournament on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The money raised from the event supports scholarships for Southeast Missouri State University...

The New Madrid County Central football team was determined to run the football after a disappointing 41-27 loss to East Prairie last week.A week after gaining only 5 yards on 18 carries, the Eagles dominated Dexter up front, produced 345 yards of rushing on 40 carries and rallied for a 40-20 SEMO...

Cape Central fell at Hillsboro 47-20 in football action Friday.

As the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders forced local businesses to temporarily close and residents to adjust to life indoors, the atmosphere around downtown Cape Girardeau drastically changed. This series of photos, captured from mid-March to early May, shows the desolate...

Notre Dame got past previously unbeaten Jackson 1-0 Thursday in softball action at Jackson City Park.

The St. Vincent football team continued its preparation for Friday's season-opening game at Valle Catholic with a practice at the school in Perryville.

Southeast Missouri State University students gathered outside and wore face coverings for a stage combat class at the River Campus in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The class is taught by Associate Professor Bart Williams. In his seventh year of teaching the class, it is held outside...

More than 300 horses and riders from more than five states travelled to Cape Girardeau County to participate in Cindy's Labor Day Blast barrel racing competition at Flickerwood Arena in Jackson. The four-day event included PeeWee, youth and adult divisions; and more than $4,000 in prize money was...

Cape Central topped St. Charles 42-14 in football action Friday at Cape Central.

Jackson got past Hillsboro Friday in football action 55-14 at The Pit in jackson.

The Southeast Missouri State football team took part in a social justice education seminar Wednesday at the Show Me Center with local law enforcement officials.

Jackson prevailed over Notre Dame and Ste. Genevieve in a 3-way girl's golf match Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson.

Those who have lost loved ones from overdose or are in recovery from it, and others who support the International Overdose Awareness Day Honor Walk gathered for the event on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, at Liberty Corner in Capaha Park. The event began with a few speakers before the group began walking...

Scott City opened its 2020 football season by holding off a hard-charging Dexter squad 18-15 in Scott City.

The 6th annual Cape West Rotary Duck Regatta was held Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau.

Alex and Dustin Powell help their children Amelia, 7; Isabella, 6, and Elijah, 4, prepare for their first day of school at the newly-launched Lynnwood Christian Academy on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Cape Girardeau.

The Chaffee football squad opened its 2020 season with a resounding 46-8 win over Crystal City Friday in Chaffee.

Jackson opened the 2020 football season with a dominating win at Fort Zumwalt West in O'Fallon.

The Jackson Indians soccer team practiced under a blazing sun Tuesday in Jackson in preparation for their season-opener Friday against Saxony Lutheran at 7 p.m. at Jackson.

The Cape Central football squad has a quarterback battle brewing in training camp between sophomores Morgan Diamond and Noah Sterling.

After emptying its halls in March due to the coronavirus, students returned to classrooms for the first time Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, as the Cape Girardeau Public School system begins its academic year with modified protocols to protect against COVID-19. This year, the school district provided...

New students and new transfer students begin moving onto campus as move-in week continues Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. The university developed a drive-through check-in process in the Show Me Center parking lot where students received their...

The Cape Girardeau Capahas faced the Belleville Rockies in the Mon Clair League Playoffs Saturday at Capaha Field.

The Perryville High School Cross Country boy's and girl's squads have begun training for the upcoming 2020 season. The runners gathered on the TG Missouri Trail Wednesday for a training session.

Jackson High School kicked off its 2020 football season with a 6 a.m. practice Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, at The Pit in Jackson.

More than 50 people participated in an all-day Standing Together Against National Discrimination (STAND) protest event co-hosted by Midwest Council for Civil Rights and Missouri Social Activism on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. The event featured multiple speakers and teaching sessions,...

Cape First Church hosted its annual Family Day on Friday at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Free food was served and several service vendors were on hand for the free event.

"Bring It On! The Musical" premiered Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The performance made adjustments to include face shields for cast and crews, audience sizes were reduced to allow appropriate room for social distancing and, for the...

Photos from the Poplar Bluff Park Department Little League Tournament championship on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2020, at McLane Park.

St. Louis native Nelly performs Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo.

Located about 30 minutes from Cape Girardeau, the Maintz Wildlife Preserve annually plants sunflowers to feed birds and other wildlife in the area. This year the Missouri Department of Conservation has planted eight fields of sunflowers in Maintz near the intersection of County Roads 471 and 472....

The Perryville High School football squad wrapped up its summer camp workouts Friday in Perryville.

For more than two hours, the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center board of trustees heard public dissent and support regarding the county's mandatory mask mandate during a meeting Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

The Charleston Fighting Squirrels 19-under squad beat the Jackson Tribe 8-3 Saturday in the Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston.

CHARLESTON — The Jackson Tribe 18-under baseball squad beat Festus 11-1 Wednesday in the opening round of the Senior Babe Ruth State Tournament at Hillhouse Park in Charleston.

Following the emergency face mask order issued by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center which went into effect on Monday, almost all Cape Farmers Market customers and vendors abided by the local health guidelines and wore masks while shopping Thursday, July 16, 2020, at the open-air market...

A ceremony was held in front of the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, July 9, 2020, to honor seven officers involved in the July 2018 arrest of James O’Dell Johnson in Poplar Bluff. U.S. Attorney Jeffrey B. Jensen presented recognitions to SEMO Drug Task Force...

Notre Dame Regional High School hosted a tennis events Tuesday, July 7, 2020, featuring tournament-style, single-elimination brackets in both singles and doubles.

A handful of bystanders and pedestrians stopped to watch a crew of construction workers as they erected a wooden box around a Confederate States of America monument in Ivers Square on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. Members of Cape Girardeau City Council voted 6-1 in favor of a motion for...

The combined squad of Notre Dame and New Madrid battled a group of players from Jackson and Dexter during the SEMO Conference Baseball Showcase Monday at Capaha Field.

The combined squads of New Madrid and Notre Dame battled a squad of Sikeston and Cape Central players in the SEMO Conference Baseball Showcase at Capaha Field Monday.

The City of Jackson celebrates Independence Day on Saturday, July 4, 2020, with a Shades of Soul concert at the Jackson Municipal Band Shell followed by a fireworks show.

On July 4 weekend, 741 flags were displayed in Cape County Park North. Twenty-three flags were added to these during the Avenue of Flags annual ceremony, which dedicated the flags to local veterans of foreign wars.