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NewsApril 1, 2009
National Weather Service trains spotters in JacksonUntil Tuesday night, Linda Doerge of Patton, Mo., was sure she'd experienced a tornado while living in Cape Girardeau during the 1980s. After attending a National Weather Service class on spotting hazardous weather, she knows how to tell the difference between torn...
NewsApril 1, 2009
Five candidates file for seat on hospital board in Perry CountyPERRYVILLE, Mo. — Five people have filed to run for one open position on the Perry County Memorial Hospital board. Incumbent Beth Guth has filed to retain her seat for her third five-year term. She works for the Bank of Missouri as a human resources director....
NewsMarch 31, 2009
Attorney general: No criminal charges to be filed against Jay Purcell for secretly recording meetingA three-sentence letter from the Missouri Attorney General office says there will be no criminal charges filed against Jay Purcell for secretly taping a closed Cape Girardeau County meeting last year. "This office declines to file any criminal charges in the m...NewsMarch 31, 2009
Weather spotter training in Jackson todayThe blue sky peeking through clouds on Tuesday afternoon relieved Greg Meffert. Last time the National Weather Service meteorologist scheduled a spotter training class in Cape Girardeau, he had to cancel."We had the high wind that blew the semis off the inters...
otherMarch 31, 2009
Spring can be hard on asthma sufferers, but the condition can be managedBilly Thatcher remembers running up the basement stairs as a child only to stop, breathless, halfway up. Carrie Copeland remembers being hospitalized about 20 times before she was 16. Both have asthma, and both have overcome the disease. Copeland, a nurse who speci...
NewsMarch 31, 2009
Missouri Army National Guard armory in Cape Girardeau getting $1.5 million makeoverLike many renovations, a kitchen update blossomed into an overall facelift. In the case of the Missouri Army National Guard armory at 2626 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau, the work being done includes new paving for parking spaces, doubling the size of the kitch...NewsMarch 30, 2009
Pair of burglary suspects nabbed in Cape, but police say major offenders still at largeThe report of a burglary in progress in the 700 block of West Rodney Street on Sunday afternoon drew a fast response from Cape Girardeau police and the attention of neighbors. "We did catch two burglars, but these two burglars are juveniles," said Sgt. Rick Schmidt...NewsMarch 29, 2009
Presiding commissioner writes lawmakers, urging 'no' vote on House Sunshine billGerald Jones, Cape Girardeau County's presiding commissioner, says a bill aimed at strengthening Missouri's Open Meetings and Records Act would "impose undue hardships on county commissioners across the state." He sent a letter to nearly 20 lawmakers, urging them t...NewsMarch 27, 2009
Jackson girl with cerebral palsy featured in St. Louis health panel todayElle McCadams is only 6, but today she will be teaching some adults a few things about cerebral palsy. McCadams will join several other young children who have cerebral palsy in a panel discussion moderated by U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson at the Eric P. Newman Educatio...NewsMarch 27, 2009
Compromise possible on Cape Girardeau County paving plansThe Cape Girardeau County Commission spent part of Thursday morning discussing a sticky subject -- whether to continue using the asphalt alternative, chip-and-seal paving, on county roads, or wait another year. The commissioners deferred the decision to next week a...Advertisement
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