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Leaves are a good subject for photos. Light during different times of the day can result in exciting colors. The following photos of leaves came from the same tree that fell during a storm two months ago in Cape.

Our granddaughter Ellen, her husband Randy, and sons Lucas, Travis, Jackson, and Wesley from Waukesah, WI. visited downtown Cape and Mississippi River. The day ended with a visit to The Sugar Chic creamery for ice cream, which I understand comes from the state of WI...

The Knights Of Columbus council 6420 in Scott City hosted the 7th annual KC BBQ COOKOFF on July 27th &28th. Below are the Winners of each category and the sponsor of each category. Their was music Friday night sponsored by Columbia Construction The Seafood completion was sponsored by Wehmeyer Printing and won by Brew Q BBBQ...

The Thebes Courthouse was chosen as a featured attraction for the Illinois Bicentennial Doors Open Event on August 18th & 19th!!! Each weekend focuses on a different area of the state. We will be open on Saturday 18th from 9am-4pm & Sunday 19th from 11am-2pm. Please help get the word out by sharing this information!...

In a neighborhood of beautifully landscaped lawns, Mike snd Bonnie Smith's yard is a stand-out receiving Ramblewood Garden Club's August Yard of the Month. This beautifully landscaped yard features potted oleander, three year old poinsettias, hydrangea, spruce, other varieties of evergreens, and a lush green carpet of a lawn. ...

The Scott County R-IV School District welcomes the new staff members for the 2018-2019 school year.

Cape Girardeau--Burrito-Ville #GiveBacktoCape program donated $500 to the Urban School Project. The donated funds will be used by Robert Harris, an active community member, to buy school supplies for kids in need. Robert Harris has worked with Burrito-Ville in the past with our #GiveBacktoCape program for fundraisers with the local parks and recreation departments. ...

With the graduation of our former teen rep, semo prom mothers announces co-teen representatives, rylie Corcoran, and Jordan Jones. Rylie is at Jackson jr high and Jordyn is at the high school. Both girls are members of First Presbyterian church of Jackson and they will be busy helping with the August 24/25 open house for girls needing Homecoming dresses...

Having the chance to enjoy even their first anniversary is a big moment for any family business, but this year is far from the first, and truly one for the books in the Sweitzer family. Coming up on their 100th year of maintaining a family-run produce farm not only brings a cause for celebration, but a time for pause and reflection over the last century. ...

It’s this time of year when the Surprise Lilies start bursting out all over the region. Hope you take the time to enjoy them. They smell good too.

The Cape Girardeau Public Library would like to thank all of the children and teens who participated in the 2018 Summer Reading Program. Bike donations were generously donated by the Friends of the Library Foundation, UCT Council 534, VFW Post 3838, and VFW Post 3838 Auxiliary...

The Brain Injury & Stroke Resource Group of Cape Girardeau along with Yvonne Brown and The Crafty Lab would like to thank the following sponsors for helping make the July 27th Paint Nite Event Fundraiser a huge success. Twenty-four individuals came together for a Paint Nite fundraising event to bennefit the Brain Injury & Stroke Resource Group with expenditures for various activities they hold throughout the year. ...

I love to wood carve and I would like to submit my praying man and see what the your viewer think of it.

Nationally Recognized Historic Structure to Undergo Preservation Efforts Wilderness, MO: HistoriCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to preserving America’s historic structures, in collaboration with Mark Twain National Forest, will restore Surprise School from August 12 – August 31, 2018. ...

PADUCAH, Ky. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) congratulates three new Missouri graduates of the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy who now have the tools to support DRA’s efforts to create jobs, build communities, and improve lives across southeastern Missouri and the Delta region...

Sikeston, Mo July 20, 2018- The General Manager and a Design Team presenter of the area Great Clips salons, recently awarded a $500 scholarship to Sydney Davis, a student at J. Larae' Cosmetology school. Sydney Davis of Gosnell, Arkansas and thousands of other cosmetology students across North America applied for the 2018 Great Scholarship. ...

This is the biggest watermelon grown from my grandpas garden. It weighed 32lbs.

The 2018 Southeast Missouri State University Art Academy Workshop will be having two exhibit opening receptions on Friday, Aug. 3 from 5- 8 p.m. The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri located at 16 North Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri ( Phone: 573-334-9233 | www.capearts.org) will be featuring artworks from the following Art Academy workshops:...

Coming Friday August 10 and Saturday August 11. Three shows. 1st is $13 and the 2nd is on at 7pm show will be performed 3 days only at the Perryville Center on Perryville Mo. This is a show you will treasure for the rest of your lives. Watch as Simba refunds hiaelf as he becomes the "one Tue King) Expirienxe the story, the pain, the hope, the power, the friendship expirence one time only The Lion King Jr...

Patience produces photos. I have been photographing the storm fallen tree at the corner of Dunklin and Caruthers in Cape for the last four weeks. Parts of the tree have have become more visible. The brown curly leaves are getting smaller. The small green tree that the...

A Dad's love is so special... so my husband, Mike Seabaugh, whom I met in one of these Mustangs, 45 years ago, made sure each of his three children had a mustang to carry on the tradition. What a dad... what a gift to his children!!! And for me... a gift that his children are so special to him. I cannot describe how this makes me feel as his wife, mother of his children. Just wanted to share because there are still good people to be found in the world... and Mike is one of them.!!! Thank you...

SEMO Iris Society Sale and Auction August 5, 2018 The SEMO Iris Society will sponsor an iris sale and auction, open to the public, on Sunday, August 5, beginning at noon at the University of Missouri Extension Center, 684 Jackson Trail, Jackson MO. Gardeners will find iris in all colors of the rainbow available for $1.00 each! Club members will provide a variety of iris rhizomes for sale on the ‘dollar table’. ...

Cash Rodgers, age 7, enjoying a night downtown on the Riverfront If needed: Son of Adam Rodgers, and Deidre Rodgers. Addl info if needed: After visiting Sugar Chic Creamery, he had to play King of the Mighty Mississippi!

5 Generations

“Libraries Rock”, at least Chaffee Public Library did this summer. The summer reading program kicked off with a skating party May19th at the Willow Grove Skating Rink compliments of Mrs. Roberta Grojean and her staff. 106 children were enrolled with an average attendance of 95 weekly. Classes ran from June 5th through July 12, 2018 meeting on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2018 Contact: Jill Rickard Phone: (573) 332-8293 Email: lwvsemo@gmail.com League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau Returns from National Convention League Affirms Commitment to Voting Rights in Midterm Election Year Cape Girardeau, MO – The League of Women Voters of Southeast Missouri was represented by Jill...

Congratulations to Judge Stephen and Marsha Limbaugh, who have been awarded the July Yard of the Month by the Ramblewood Garden Club for their beautifully landscaped yard and their patriotism. The Limbaughs erected a flag pole where an American flag now flies over downtown Cape Girardeau from a vantage point overlooking the Mississippi River of the old Fort A site. Shown above with Steve and Marsha are garden club members Anne Foust, Nadine Davis and Nancy Bahn...