Benton News

A Charleston, Mo., man will return to court Dec. 15 on an assault charge following an altercation that left another man seriously injured.

A Climax Springs teenager could face charges after a single vehicle accident Sunday night in Benton County.A A A A Nineteen-year-old Victoria Roderick was driving her 1995 Pontiac north on Missouri seven one mile south of Route DD at about 7:25.A Roderick attempted to avoid a deer in the road, swerved off the right side of the road and hit a tree.

Police are looking for a man who shot at a Benton County deputy and injured a K-9. The man began shooting at the deputy about 9:30 p.m. Sunday as the officer had completed a traffic stop on Commercial Street.

Scott County residents will soon have an opportunity to recycle their electronics locally.

Perry Bollinger, pictured left, and Ed Evans of the Scott County Highway Department attach a new sign for County Road 505 at its intersection with Highway 77 near Benton.

Wendy Jo Dirden and Brent Alan Graviett were married Oct. 3, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau.

17, 1984 Four helicopters from Scott Air Force Base near Belleville, Ill., thunder into Cape Girardeau carrying about 30 members of a U.S. Army Reserve medical unit, which will soon be headquartered here; two of the helicopters touch down on top of the parking garage at Southeast Missouri Hospital and the other two land at Saint Francis Medical ...

Stacey Lynn Seyer and Derek Michael Welter exchanged wedding vows May 9, 2009, at St.

Son to Jon Michael and Jennifer Katelyn Heuring of New Hamburg, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:42 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

Daughter to Christopher Daniel and Kelly Jo Leible of Frohna, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:42 p.m. Friday, Oct.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Brianna Buchanan, a second grader at Kelly Elementary School in Benton, is happy about the newly installed wooden benches that sit in the corner of her school library.

Son to Andrew J. and Erin M. Hente of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:22 a.m. Monday, Oct.

As the country sees some positive growth in manufacturing and construction, local contractors are getting their business from existing businesses.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Horrell of Chaffee recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends.

Eleventh-hour shoppers may have to work a little harder this year to find that ideal pumpkin to turn into a jack-o'-lantern. An informal telephone survey of local food stores and produce vendors found that availability of carving pumpkins was spotty in the Cape Girardeau area.

Motor vehicle accidents on Monday in three Southeast Missouri counties sent four people to the hospital.

The Scott County Sheriff's Department arrested a Benton couple Friday on suspicion they were carrying marijuana in a car with a child present.

Two Sikeston men were in the Scott County Jail Friday morning after leading Scott County deputies on a chase.

Son to Ryan Keith and Julie Rhiannon Davie of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.