Week of Sept. 25 - Oct. 1

Oct. 1, 1993

Southeast Missourian adds a Saturday edition

The Southeast Missourian will truly become a "daily" newspaper tomorrow. Addition of a Saturday publication makes the Southeast Missourian a seven-day-a-week newspaper.

By instituting a Saturday edition, the Southeast Missourian hopes to provide readers a more timely offering of news, sports and advertising.

"From a news perspective, not having a Saturday edition has often been a frustration," said Ken Newton, Southeast Missourian editor. "News happens regardless of the day of the week and by publishing six days were were inevitably behind at times."

For instance, news events that occur on Friday will no longer have to wait for the Sunday edition to be reported. Deaths that occur...

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Sept. 26, 1997

Boyd to divest of Cape properties

By B. Ray Owen

Southeast Missourian

After a four-year flirtation with gambling in Cape Girardeau, Boyd Gaming Corp. has taken steps that almost assure the company won't establish a riverboat gambling operation here.

Boyd is selling the properties it acquired over the past three years in downtown Cape Girardeau.

A total of 10 parcels will be offered for salae, said Ivan L. Irvin of Century 21 Key Realty, which will handle the sales. Irvin handled most of the purchases for the Las Vegas-based gambling company over the past few years.

Boyd and the city of Cape Girardeau last year signed a contract to allow Boyd to establish a riverboat gambling operation along the Mississippi River in downtown Cape Girardeau. The $52 million project called for a riverboat, docking facilities, parking garages and restaurants.

But the five-year contract could expire before the Missouri Gaming Commission opts to consider another casino site for Southeast Missouri...

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Oct. 1, 1998

Jackson has more students than Cape

By Tamara Zellers Buck

Southeast Missourian

For the first time, Jackson School District enrollment exceeds that of the Cape Girardeau School District.

All Missouri schools are required to submit enrollment figures to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on the last Wednesday in September and in January. The figures are used to calculcate funding received from a number of state programs.

Jackson schools posted enrollment of 4,349 students after taking a count on Tuesday.

Cape Girardeau schools had an official enrollment of 4,227 students Wednesday...