This afternoon on seMissourian.com

Obama says Blagojevich should resign

Yesterday people across the country were talking about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest on bribery charges. Of course, the news hit close to home for President-elect Barack Obama, whose Senate seat Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell.

Today Obama joined a growing chorus of people calling for Blagojevich to resign before he even goes to court on the charges. Click here for more on the story.

Boil water orders and helium balloons in Jackson

Some serious news and some weird news out of Jackson today.

A water main break has led authorities to issue a precautionary boil water order for the Annwood Estates subdivision in Jackson through Friday morning. And just a bit before that water main busted, a helium balloon took out power to about 30 customers in the city when it hit a transformer.

Crowell seeks to put soldiers' names on interstate signs

State Sen. Jason Crowell wants to honor the area's war dead from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan by putting their names in some of the most prominent places possible — on interstate exit signs along I-55.

Crowell introduced a bill last week in the Missouri Senate that would create Heroes Way. Click here for more of the story.

Southeast AD candidate drops from the race

One of three finalists in the search for a new Southeast Missouri State University athletic director pulled his name out of the search today. Timothy Hall, currently the athletic director at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, announced he's withdrawing from the field today, a day before he was scheduled to come to the university for a public forum.

Look for more on this story later on Toby Carrig's blog on semoball.com.

Thursday on seMissourian.com

Check seMissourian.com on Thursday for more on these stories and a look at the challenges faced by disabled people in getting public and private assistance and a look at increasing enrollment at community colleges.