Area briefs 3/16/04

Route V reduced to one lane for construction

Route V in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane of traffic through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily while workers replace a drainage pipe beneath the road, Missouri Department of Transportation officials said. The lane closure is from the intersection of Highway 177 and Route V to the intersection of routes V and Y, highway officials said.

Talent to hold meeting today at senior center

U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., will hold a town hall meeting with elderly residents in the Cape Girardeau area today to discuss the new Medicare prescription drug law. The meeting is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center, 921 N. Clark St. It is open to the public.

-- From staff reports