Joe Gamm
NewsAugust 8, 2012
Walter wins Scott County sheriff primary, will serve another termIn Scott County, incumbent Sheriff Rick Walter swept away his competition in Tuesday's primary. Walter defeated his Democratic challenger in unofficial results with 2,047 votes while Paul Johnson, the Morley, Mo., police chief, received 526 votes. The Scott County ...
NewsAugust 8, 2012
MoDOT discusses interchange options for Scott CityAgricultural traffic might snarl plans for an Interstate 55 interchange in Scott City. The Missouri Department of Transportation held an open-house community briefing Tuesday to discuss construction of an interchange south of Scott City, part of the agency's three-...
NewsAugust 7, 2012
One hospitalized after fiery crash in JacksonOne person was hospitalized with burns after a pickup struck multiple vehicles in downtown Jackson early Monday afternoon. The unidentified driver of a red pickup was southbound on U.S. 61 about 12:45 p.m., when his vehicle struck the back of a Hyundai sport utilit...
NewsAugust 6, 2012
Senate candidate Brunner speaks about career politicians in CapeVoters who said they were were anxious about the future turned out Sunday afternoon to hear a pitch for their votes from U.S. Senate candidate John Brunner. About 25 people gathered under a pavilion at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau and listened, then posed questions...
NewsAugust 3, 2012
Jury finds second defendant in Cape County shooting case guiltyThe jury in a two-day trial for Seth Summers, the Cape Girardeau man accused of being an accomplice to first-degree assault in the August 2011 shooting near Neelys Landing, found a recorded conversation between Summers and his father to be damning evidence.
NewsAugust 2, 2012
3 men arrested in June home-invasion burglaryCape Girardeau County authorities have arrested three men in connection with a June 21 home-invasion burglary. Jacob B. Colyott, 18, Aaron M. Denson, 21, and William A. Artadi, 20, all of Jackson are charged with first-degree burglary in an incident that took place...
NewsAugust 2, 2012
Second trial begins in Neelys Landing shooting caseAs the two-day trial began Wednesday for a Cape Girardeau man accused of first-degree assault in the August 2011 shooting near Neelys Landing, his attorney painted a picture of investigators who rushed to judgment in the case and were intent on pinning a crime on h...
NewsAugust 1, 2012
Woman pulled from Mississippi River at Thebes on SaturdayAn unidentified Cape Girardeau woman survived after she jumped from the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge Saturday morning, then washed down the Mississippi River 9 miles to Thebes, Ill., where workers on a commercial boat plucked her from the water, emergency responder...
NewsJuly 31, 2012
Cape Girardeau man sentenced to 50 years for shootingA Cape Girardeau man was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for his role in a 2011 Cape Girardeau County shooting. Judge William Syler sentenced Jimmy Ray Bell, 29, to two 25-year prison sentences, to be served consecutively, for convictions on first-degree ...
NewsJuly 30, 2012
Meeting on interchange proposal in Scott City coming upConstruction resumed last week on the Ramsey Creek Corridor, as highway officials prepared to hold a briefing on a proposed interchange south of Scott City. The open-house community briefing will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 7 at the city hall, 215 Chester Ave., t...Advertisement
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