M.d. Kittle
NewsJuly 18, 2011
Educators, prosecutors say Cape school attendance law has workedOne parent spent time in jail, another is serving probation. Most will pay a fine. The judgments against Cape Girardeau parents of truant children have been relatively few. But educators and prosecutors say the Cape Girardeau School District's tougher attendance po...
NewsJuly 17, 2011
Central High School reaches 100 yearsIt's a small ring, fit for a young woman on the brink of her adult life. It's duller now, time taking some of its shine. A century will do that. To some, it's just a class ring. To Barbara Gorski, it's a treasure. The ring belonged to her mother, Ethel Marie Master...NewsJuly 17, 2011
Cape school board to revisit conflict-of-interest policyNepotism. Self-dealing. Financial disclosures. These are all matters the Cape Girardeau School Board will take up Monday night in a standard policy governing how board members must financially conduct themselves. The policy, set to be readopted, deals with conflict...NewsJuly 14, 2011
Cape Partnership for Higher Education pleased with first year; second will have more coursesExcept for a few glitches, the Cape Girardeau Partnership for Higher Education has earned an A in its first year, according to the major players at the helm of the institution. And the partnership -- a "community college-like" initiative between Mineral Area Colleg...NewsJuly 13, 2011
Perry County School Board to mull bids on library project, repair workPERRYVILLE, Mo. -- It's goodbye mobile classroom, hello new library for students at one Perry County school. Work has stalled on the renovation of the sixth-grade pod lower level, a former shop classroom, which will soon become the Perryville Middle School library....NewsJuly 11, 2011
SEMO tries mix of online, classroom instruction to widen offeringsThe college classroom model for the future is being showcased now at Southeast Missouri State University. Southeast, working in collaboration with many of Missouri's 13 comprehensive universities, is expanding a pilot program of online and face-to-face instruction....
NewsJuly 10, 2011
Cape doctor says he's not leading survivalist group and has been harassed by believers in 'Planet X'Dr. Byron Glenn of Cape Girardeau says he wants nothing to do with the people he sees as online crackpots trumpeting a "conspiracy wrapped in an enigma." He's not alone. The folks at NASA have fruitlessly tried to debunk what they say are wild conspiracies involvin...NewsJuly 10, 2011
Area Red Cross has had busy yearFor Gail and Peter Tinsley, the flood of 2011 was personal. The Poplar Bluff, Mo., couple spent a frenzied week in late April helping more than 300 of their friends and fellow community members displaced when the Black River surged over its levee and deluged much o...
NewsJuly 10, 2011
Police in Washington state investigating former Cape woman's fatal shootingKriston Anne Peterman-Dunya's life revolved around books and her 7-year-old son. The former Cape Girardeau resident penned four novels with her father and worked for 15 years at bookseller Barnes & Noble. On Saturday, Peterman-Dunya's mother and brother were headed...Advertisement
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