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CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. DWI n Driving while intoxicated was reported on South Kingshighway. Thefts n Shoplifting, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting/interfering with an arrest were reported on South Kingshighway...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 17 n Medical assists were made at 6:45 a.m. on Themis Street; 8:19 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 12:24 p.m. on Masters Drive; 2:49 p.m. on Linden Street. n At 12:30 p.m., lift assist was made on Gordonville Road...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Thefts n Shoplifting, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting/interfering with an arrest were reported on South Kingshighway. Miscellaneous n Shots fired and unlawful use of a weapon were reported on North Sprigg Street...

"Education is still the best spaceship to your dreams," says Dr. Charles I. Rankin, keynote speaker at the 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast; the event is the first in a series of local events commemorating the King holiday; planning committee co-chairman Debra Mitchell-Braxton says approximately 500 Southeast Missouri State University personnel and others attended the breakfast...

Ford Groves Motor Co. at Jackson is operating out of a new $350,000, 5,000-square-foot facility at 825 Highway 61 East; the building has a two-car showroom, two bays in the back, six salesmen's offices and two manager's offices; Ford Groves Motor of Cape Girardeau first opened a Jackson branch in 1986...

Fire destroyed a Cape Girardeau house yesterday, leaving a family of four without a place to live; firefighters and police responded to a call of a fire started by a furnace at about 1:30 p.m. at 418 S. Hanover; nearly 20 firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour in Friday's frigid weather; the fire destroyed the house and all the contents of Natria Taylor, who lived in the rental property with her three children...

PATTON, Mo. -- Lena Geraldine Cook, 95, of Patton passed away Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at her home. She was born March 20, 1926, and was the loving daughter of Carl and Tera Lincoln Smith. Gene H. Cook and Geraldine Smith Cook were united in marriage on April 29, 1950, in Arkansas, and he passed away June 29, 1986...

Steven Randolph Luttrell Sr., 61, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home with the Rev. Aaron Boyd officiating...

CAIRO, Ill. -- David M. Parks, 63, of Cairo died suddenly at 7:39 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. Cremation rites will be accorded following the visitation...

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- John J. Scholl, a longtime resident of Camarillo and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was 56. A celebration of life will be held at a later date...

McCLURE, Ill. -- Debra "Debbie" Seals, 63, of McClure died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Frank Burgess officiating. Burial will be at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure...