Judge dismisses River Campus suit

A circuit judge on Friday dismissed a second lawsuit filed by Cape Girardeau businessman Jim Drury against the River Campus arts school project.

Drury filed the lawsuit to block city funding for the project after the city council extended a deadline for the university to show it had sufficient university and state funding in place to proceed with the project.

The judge sided with the city in ruling that the extension didn't violate the state's tax limiting Hancock Amendment.

See Saturday's edition of the Southeast Missourian for the full story.