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CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A Stoddard County warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 25 n Medical assists were made at 8:44 p.m. on South Hanover Street and 9:47 p.m. on South West End Boulevard. n At 5:10 a.m., hazardous condition on Dunklin Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A Stoddard County warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street. Thefts...

Trying to accommodate parents of Gordonville and Millersville, a proposal presented to the Jackson Board of Education Tuesday night designated South Elementary as a "town school" populated with children mainly from the Primary Annex and West Lane and Orchard elementary schools; if the proposal is approved, the boundaries of the outlying schools, including North Elementary School, will remain virtually untouched; in addition, Gordonville will remain a first-through-fourth-grade center, while fourth-grade classes at Millersville will be replaced with a kindergarten class.. ...

Improvements to the city's sewer, water and stormwater systems make up more than half of Cape Girardeau's proposed $80.5 million capital improvements program; the City Council is reviewing a draft of the program, a five-year plan outlining proposed capital expenditures for fiscal 1998 through 2003; the latest program allocates $45.39 million for sewer, water, stormwater and solid-waste projects; most of the funding -- $39.1 million -- comes from revenue bonds approved by voters and issued by the city.. ...

Cape Girardeau and Jackson city officials last night stressed the need for cooperation as the two cities began working on agreements over new highways, annexation and other joint issues; the Jackson Board of Aldermen and Cape Girardeau City Council held their first-ever joint meeting to act on shared issues; the spirit of cooperation was strong, and officials from both cities said working together will benefit both cities...

Vera Kathleen "Kay" Beck, 94, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. She was born in Steele, Missouri, Jan. 5, 1929, to John Issac and Ola Couch Cunningham. She married Fredrick Beck and lived in Richmond, Indiana, for 43 years. She was employed by Earlham College for 27 years...

Thelma Mae Brown, 86, of Jackson entered her rest Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. She was born March 3, 1936. She was a lifelong believer in Jesus, an advocate for the rights and needs of the disabled, a person who loved and was loved by her family, a maker and a traveler...

Nancy Jane Kennedy was given life by her creator and was born March 2, 1935, in East Prairie, Missouri, to Earl Kennedy and Bertha Zook. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, Nancy went to be with the Lord, and her husband, Charles Moore; sister, Jean Russell, and family, who were waiting with open arms to welcome her into heaven...

Jim "Jimmy Paul" Pate, 80, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Jan. 31, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at noon Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jack Hargraves as officiant. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Kabrea LaShay Tarr, 45, graduated into the loving arms of Jesus Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, after a 26-year battle with multiple sclerosis. Her ability to have a positive spirit and joyful presence in spite of a very difficult life and situation was an inspiration to all who knew her...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donald Rex Williams, son of the late Ralph and Maybelle Anderson Williams Lane, was born March 19, 1934, in Chaffee and departed his life Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88 years. He was raised by his late grandparents, Alfred and Mary Ann Anderson. On July 31, 1953, he was united in marriage to Marie Covington in Chaffee. She survives of the home in Chaffee...