Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor Morley Swingle announced today that he's filed charges against a Jackson mother who was driving a minivan in a fatal crash that killed her daughter on Feb. 2.Swingle charged Victoria Dacus with several misdemeanors, including speeding and not having her 7-year-old daughter Haley buckled up at the time of the crash. Haley was killed in the accident.Click here for more on this story and a link to the original story from the accident.
A school bus driver for the Kelly school district in Scott County was placed on leave Friday following an "altercation" on a school bus. Details are very sketchy about the incident right now, but we're pursuing more information from the Scott County Sheriff's Department and the school district.Click here to see what we have so far, and check back later for more on this story.
Gov. Jay Nixon was in Cape Girardeau today talking about his new health care plan to benefit families living in poverty.Political reporter Rudi Keller is working on a story about Nixon's visit to Cross Trails Medical Center, and we'll have that story soon on seMissourian.com.
Check back later today for more on the stories previewed above and a story from tonight's third public form on Cape Central's school facilities plan.Come back Tuesday morning for more on those stories and a look at a Dexter man who makes wagons for a living, plus more news and commentary.
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