Today's Headlines

News

Local

• Film on Mississippi County sharecropper protest to have free screening 2
• Former SEMO DPS officer charged with child molestation 8
• Fire units battle Tuesday morning fire for four hours 3
• Safe House of Southeast Missouri serves record number of requests
• Another Cape Girardeau native picked as state's broadband chief
• Cape Girardeau business owner on Show Me Recovery recommendations
• Scott City Council approves bid for drainage improvements

State & Regional

• Missouri House rejects bid to bolster GOP congressional map
• Freed Missouri inmate sues over medical care in prison

National & International

• US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
• Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
• AT&T, Verizon pause some new 5G service after airlines raise alarm
• Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel
• Judge signs plan, resolves Puerto Rico bankruptcy battle
• Study nixes Mars life in meteorite found in Antarctica
• Today in History

Sports

High School

• 'It might be ugly,' but Scott City wins fifth straight in dramatic fashion 1

Features

Opinion

Editorial

• A popular bluegrass festival returns to Fruitland

Columns

• Youngkin is right on masks
• Finding gratitude in the little gifts of online learning 1

Records

Obituaries

• Henry Sessoms Sr.
• Johnny Brandel
• Thomas Fadler Jr.
• Alice Harvell
• Dr. David Johnson
• Tina Kaufman
• Jerry Pirtle Sr.
• Lawrence Seyer

Police/Fire Reports

• Area Police report 1/19/22
• Cape Girardeau Fire report 1/18/22

Miscellaneous

• Out of the past: Jan. 19