Chaffee News

A bomb threat Wednesday evening against the Rhodes 101 in Chaffee, Mo., proved to be a prank, Chaffee Police Chief Jim Chambers said in a news release issued today.

Due to proration, school budgets have been cut by 7.5% this school year. Teachers are bearing the brunt of the impact.

2, 1984 With varying degrees of damage to businesses and temporary traffic problems, west Cape Girardeau spent most of yesterday treading water after receiving a record rainfall; several businesses along Kingshighway from Bloomfield Road to just north of Independence Street, and a section of Kingshighway near Route W received water damage when ...

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

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

The Missouri State Highway Patrol was busy responding to multiple crashes in Southeast Missouri counties involving a motorcycle, a bridge collision and one car's attempt to overtake another Sunday.

Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of stories with an introduction from Nancy Jernigan at the United Way highlighting volunteers and agencies who are active in or funded by the United Way of Southeast Missouri.

23, 1984 Monsignor John J. Leibrecht, who has been serving Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Florissant, Mo., has been named bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese; Leibrecht, 54, replaces Bishop Bernard F. Law, who was named archbishop of Boston in March.

Two Chaffee, Mo., men were arrested Wednesday night on a list of drug-related charges, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department.

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a burglary that happened at Larry's Quick Mart in Chaffee on Oct.

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14, 1984 The Rev. Roy Jones has begun his work at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau as minister of education and outreach; Jones, who completed his theological training at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., has 20 years of experience in pastoral leadership.

The Chaffee Lumber Co., owned by the Pfefferkorn family for more than 70 years, will close its doors some time in November, says owner Paul Pfefferkorn.

The Rev. Wayne W. Schwiesow serves as pastor of Zion and St. Paul Lutheran churches in Gordonville and Chaffee, Mo.

Author Eugene Munger Jr. never said "I've always wanted to write a book." In fact, his new book, "Momma, Don't Ya Want Me to Learn Nothin? Reflections on a Young Man's Life," came about by accident.

Wayne Koenig was just 18 years old when he started working as a delivery driver and sweeper in 1967 at the Auto Tire and Parts storefront in Perryville, Mo.

Russell "Sam" Peterman, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at his home.

A rollover accident on Interstate 55 involving two vehicles Thursday afternoon left four people injured and the southbound lanes blocked for about 45 minutes.

Dorothy Marie Jansen, 87, of Oran died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

I had a dream last week about the new automated trash collection system that the City of Cape Girardeau has been promoting.