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Missourians have a little more than five months left to get their Real ID cards if they wish to fly on a federally-regulated domestic flight without a passport or enter federal facilities and nuclear plants beginning May 3, 2023. Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau, director of the state Department of Revenue, told the Southeast Missourian in September of the importance of getting the upgraded identification...

The physical appearance of the newest roundabout planned for the city of Jackson — to be constructed at the intersection of North High Street (U.S. 61) and East Deerwood Drive near the Civic Center — consumed a portion of the Monday, Nov. 21, Board of Aldermen study session...

Bills for 2022 personal property taxes in Cape Girardeau County are up -- in some cases, way up -- thanks to supply chain problems, microchip shortages and high inflation. The office of County Collector Barbara Gholson sent out more than 35,000 statements earlier this month and people have noticed the change...

ROLLA, Mo. — Creighton Miles has wanted to earn a master’s degree in explosives engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology since age 12. He was just a few credit hours from achieving his goal last December when he stayed home from work in Kansas City one day with a migraine that led to emergency surgery and put his graduation plans on hold...

The familiar green and white population signs welcoming motorists to the state's cities and counties will be phasing out when they reach the end of their service life, said Mark Croarkin, Southeast District engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation...

Camping World has built a 33,000-square-foot facility on a 12-acre parcel off Nash Road near Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. According to the company's website, the local store — a supplier of recreational vehicle parts and supplies — was to have opened in July, but a spot check last week showed interior work is still being done on the building...

Cape Girardeau City Council members voted unanimously at their meeting Monday, Nov. 21, to approve a contractor for Central Municipal Pool renovations. The $6 million project has been awarded to Penzel Construction Co., a frequent contracting partner with the city. The Jackson-based company was among five contractors that submitted bids for the project...

During a Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education meeting Monday, Nov. 21, members authorized superintendent Neil Glass to negotiate a contract with Brockmiller Construction to build an indoor training and locker room facility at Central High School...

Republicans will have to decide in 2024 if they want a victim as their nominee, or someone else. The contest between Donald Trump and the rest of the field will have a number of themes depending on his adversaries -- past v. future, populism v. traditional conservatism, unconventional v. conventional, and definitely, no matter what, victim v. someone who rejects the label...

Bills for 2022 personal property taxes in Cape Girardeau County are up -- in some cases, way up -- thanks to supply chain problems, microchip shortages and high inflation. The office of County Collector Barbara Gholson sent out more than 35,000 statements earlier this month and people have noticed the change...

The familiar green and white population signs welcoming motorists to the state's cities and counties will be phasing out when they reach the end of their service life, said Mark Croarkin, Southeast District engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation...

Kevin McCarthy may now have the hardest job in Washington. Assuming that he becomes speaker of the House, which will require the near-unanimous support of his caucus and isn't necessarily a forgone conclusion, he's signing up for the most miserable experience of any congressional leader since John Boehner barely controlled a Republican House majority in the Obama years...

During a Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education meeting Monday, Nov. 21, members authorized superintendent Neil Glass to negotiate a contract with Brockmiller Construction to build an indoor training and locker room facility at Central High School...

President Joe Biden, whose plan for far-reaching student loan forgiveness is tied up in the courts, is extending the pause on repayments from Dec. 31, 2022, to as late as June 30, 2023, in a video message posted on Twitter on Tuesday, Nov. 22...

ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old woman is asking a federal court to allow her to watch her father's death by injection, despite a Missouri law barring anyone younger than 21 from witnessing an execution. Kevin Johnson faces execution Tuesday, Nov. 29, for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer William McEntee in 2005. Johnson's lawyers have appeals pending that seek to spare his life...