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On Thursday, June 14th, Field #3 in the Jackson City Park was dedicated to Lilly Berry. Her uniform will be found on the outfield fence on field #3 along with new benches at the field in memory of her. Lilly Berry passed away on June 7, 2017 after an extended stay in the Pediatric ICU at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office, announced that Premier Physical Therapy of Cape Girardeau was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary support of its employees serving in the National Guard and Reserves...

CAPE GIRARDEAU--- Burrito-Ville, a locally owned and operated restaurant, will hold its #GiveBacktoCape fundraiser on June 27 from 5-9 p.m. to help fund the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s Wellness and Fitness Room. Burrito-Ville will donate 10 percent of all sales from 5-9 p.m., including t-shirts, gift certificates, food, and beverages...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 18, 2018 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7615 Editors: Below is a list of students who requested that your paper receive notification that they have been named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Each listing includes the student’s name, hometown and honors...

Boy Scout Crew 4005, of Cape Girardeau spent the week of June 10th at Boy Scout High Adventure Swift Base located between Fredericktown and Farmington, MO. Swift Base activities include a high and low ropes course, sailing, rifle and pistol shooting, mountain boarding, archery, paddle boarding, horseback riding, water skiing, tubing, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking to name a few. ...

Taken as the storm came through this afternoon. It was as dark as night in the middle of the afternoon. Street lights on in the middle of the day. Makes for a dramatic photo.

Excelsior Chapter, Order of DeMolay attended Missouri DeMolay Conclave over Memorial Day Weekend. The Chapter won numerous athletic and ritual awards and was named the 2018 Chapter of the Year.

SPRINGFIELD, MO. – This spring 71 percent of students at Leopold High School took a pledge to be Safe and Sober. Safe and Sober, a nonprofit organization, rewarded Leopold High School and its students this month for their participation in the program by giving the school a check for $500...

This school year 85 percent of students at Chaffee Jr/Sr High School took a pledge to be Safe and Sober. Safe and Sober, a nonprofit organization, rewarded Chaffee Jr/Sr High School and its students this month for their outstanding participation in the program by giving the school a check for $500...

Sunday, May 27, 2018 Centenary UMC presented $10 gift certificates to all members of the Cape Police Department, Cape Fire Department and the Cape Ambulance Service. A total of 265—$10 gift certificates were given as Centenary’s way of thanking the men and women of these three groups who daily sacrifice their lives for the betterment of our community...

DURHAM, NC — Sadie Middleton, daughter of Brent and Kerrie Middleton, is a 7th-grade student from Jackson Middle School in Jackson, MO, and is among the students being honored by the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) for their exceptional scores on the ACT or SAT. She was recognized at the Grand Recognition Ceremony, held on May 21 at Duke University’s Cameron Indoor Stadium...

Harper’s first birthday, she is a big Cardinal fan.

It was a usual Thursday night. We had just put our two grandchildren to bed, I was getting ready for work and Mike was looking at game cam pictures when it began to storm. Our Basset Hound, Mandy began panting and pacing the floor which is nothing unusual for her because she's terrified of storms. ...

Ramblewood Garden Club awarded the May Yard of the Month for their work toward overall community beauty to Dr. Rickey and Margaret Lents on Kenneth Drive. Shown above are Nadine Davis, Butterfly Garden Club Chairman, Margaret Lents, member of the Four Seasons Garden Club and Nancy Bahn, Club Yard of the Month Chairman.

I saw a commercial for Oreos the other day and thought of my dad. Oreos and milk triggers in me a response completely unrelated to food; it evokes a feeling of and longing for simplicity and security, just like "Daddy's lap." I was reminded of that lap when one of my sons and I were making preparations for his first trip to band camp. ...

Cape Girardeau Police Department proudly hosted the Law Enforcement Torch run to benefit special Olympics Tuesday, May 22nd with guest Gabe Metzger (Officer Ty Metzger). This is a picture of the group bringing the torch to the finish line.

Zoellner Construction’s Annual Appreciation Luncheon and Shooting Competition on May 4 raised $2,662 for Cape Area Habitat for Humanity. Steve and Gail Zoellner presented the check to Dr. Jeff Long, president of Cape Area Habitat’s board of directors...

The “Plein Air Painting Workshop” is a three-day event occurring May 23-25. Teaching artist Marty Coulter will discuss his color palette and painting techniques. With his guidance, participants will learn how to apply his techniques in their own painting practices while on location near Southeast’s River Campus in downtown Cape Girardeau...

SEMO River Campus held a 3 day art workshop/class that sent students to Capaha Park to paint the scenery.

On May 22, a group of employees from Purina’s Bloomfield manufacturing facility celebrated the company’s annual PetCare Pride Day, which is dedicated to helping people and pets in the communities where Purina has a presence. The event was celebrated at Purina locations across the U.S. In Bloomfield, Purina employees delivered blankets and dog houses that they made for local pet rescue organizations...

News Release Date: May 24, 2018 The Community Counseling Center Foundation raised $10,000 to earn a $5,000 match from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks for an endowment fund to provide comprehensive behavioral health and prevention services in its five-county region...

8 students from Rebecca's Piano Studio received Gold Cup trophies from the National Federation of Music Clubs Jr. Music Festival, held at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, in February. All students have received consecutive "superior" ratings for their piano performances in the Festival. Performances consist of two memorized piano solos, performed for a judge, who determines the ratings...

These Jackson East Elementary School students had perfect attendance for the 2017-2018 school year. First row: Ryan Thorne, Madison Loy, Zander Smith, Madison Puckett, Katy Wondel. Second row: Drew Thompson, Emily Ireland, Mason Loy, Nolan Bartels, Grant Sparks, Breanna Brugger, Summer Woeltje...

Cape Girardeau - Burrito-Ville held a #GiveBacktoCape fundraiser on May 9, donating a percentage of all sales to The Boy Scouts of America for their Friends of Campaign. The Boy Scouts of America, Friends of Scouting Campaign is an opportunity for scouting families, community supporters and alumni to contribute to the council. ...

Molly Kinder, of Cape Girardeau, will serve as a missionary at Respire Haiti School in Gressier, Haiti. She will be a special services education teacher for a school of 500 plus students helping meet the needs of students with disabilities. Molly is a 2013 graduate of Cape Central High. ...

Hope for One More received a $1,650 donation from The Rushing Family Trust on May 14, 2018. Hope for One More is a non-profit children’s home in Jackson providing emergency shelter for foster children in Cape Girardeau and surrounding counties. The home provides transitional housing where children can be brought when they are taken into protective custody. ...

Kenny Haas, of Cape, had three of his grandchildren graduate from SEMO recently.

USApple Announces Final 2018 ‘Apples4Ed’ Winner East Elementary in Jackson, Mo. Wins $5K Grant for Mobile Kitchen Classroom Falls Church, Va. (May 14, 2018)—The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) today presented the final award in its 2018 ‘Apples4Ed’ grant program to Jackson, Mo., school East Elementary. The school received $5,000 to help purchase a ‘Charlie Cart’ mobile kitchen classroom for its students...

Guardian Angel School in Oran graduated 6 eighth grade girls at the 6 pm Mass at Guardian Angel Church on Saturday, May 12. This followed a banquet to honor them and that was hosted by the 7th grade class and their parents. During the banquet, awards for the top person in each subject, honor roll and perfect attendance were handed out by Principal Katrina Kluesner. ...

Jason Heisserer will present at the National Small Schools Conference this summer. This year he will also have presented at the Private Schools with Public Purpose Conference and the ISACS Annual Conference. He is a 1996 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and holds a Doctor of Education Degree from Maryville University. Jason resides in St. Louis where he is the head of Crossroads College Preparatory School. He is the son of Darlene Heuring of Cape Girardeau...