Mark Blanton
BusinessAugust 18, 2014
Farmland prices expected to cool off in 2014, 2015With a decrease in agriculture commodity prices, experts say farmland prices in Missouri and nationwide are expected to stabilize and decrease in the near future, although they have risen recently. "I do think we're starting to see crop land values soften up a bit,...
NewsAugust 8, 2014
Elderly woman injured when car hits her in McDonald's parking lotOne person was injured in a Friday morning motor vehicle accident at the McDonald's restaurant at 1925 Broadway St. in Cape Girardeau, according to police. An elderly woman was struck when a driver reversed out of the McDonald's parking lot, a Cape Girardeau Police...
NewsAugust 1, 2014
Pair of stately queens glides into river port ThursdayTwo riverboats stopped to live music and fanfare from spectators Thursday as they pulled into Cape Girardeau. The Queen of the Mississippi riverboat, which can carry about 150 passengers, pulled in to Cape Girardeau on Thursday morning and left about noon. The boat...
NewsJuly 29, 2014
Fire consumes shed, truck in ChaffeeCHAFFEE, Mo. -- An afternoon fire in Chaffee burned down a shed, totaled a truck and damaged an electrical pole, but left a home on the same property intact. No one was injured in the blaze at 111 W. Parker Ave. Chaffee Fire Department chief Sam Glency said a perso...
NewsJuly 27, 2014
Fire in Cape Girardeau County destroys barn, shopA barn and shop building were destroyed by fire in Cape Girardeau County Friday, according to a fire department official. No one was injured. Fire departments responded to 373 Cape Girardeau County Road 319 at about 8:30 a.m., Randy Morris, chief of the Gordonville...NewsJuly 25, 2014
Scott City man charged with domestic assaultA Scott City man is in custody after allegedly resisting arrest and being Tasered. Marcus Allen Bowers, 25, was charged with second-degree domestic assault, resisting or interfering with arrest and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia, according to a news release fro...
NewsJuly 24, 2014
Farmers brace for high corn yields, lower pricesDespite expecting a 10 percent increase in corn yields this growing season, Dan Jennings said decreased corn prices and other factors are cutting into profits. "It's going to be really tough to make money this year," he said. Jennings farms about 5,300 acres -- 1,8...
NewsJuly 22, 2014
Morley bank robbery suspect pleads guiltyA suspect in the May 20 robbery of the First Commercial Bank in Morley, Missouri, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court. Alexander T. Trotter, 31, of St. Louis pleaded guilty to a federal bank robbery charge at the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse...NewsJuly 20, 2014
Sikeston man jailed for burglary, other chargesA Sikeston, Missouri, man is in custody on burglary, tampering and drug charges after he was allegedly forced his way into a home and was confronted by its owner. Kaiden E. Lambert of Sikeston, 20, has been charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree tampering...
NewsJuly 17, 2014
Morley bank robbery suspect appears in federal courtA suspect in the May 20 robbery of the First Commercial Bank in Morley appeared in federal court in Cape Girardeau Wednesday. Pamela M. Lathon of St. Louis, alongside Andrea Smith, her attorney, waived her right to file pre-trial motions in her case before U.S. Mag...Advertisement
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