Charleston News

Authorities say two women found dead in a burning house in the far southern Illinois town of Cairo had been fatally shot.

The "Missouri 1821-1971 Sesquicentennial Cookbook, Updated and Republished for a New Generation of Missourians" by former Missouri first lady Betty Cooper Hearnes is now available and hot off the presses.

Deidre Cassel is already making plans to continue her education at ASU. She's been looking into getting financial aid and moving into Indian Village.

Rich in history, Charleston boasts many antebellum and Victorian homes, including the Moore House, an 1899 home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

12, 1984 George O. Robinson, commander of Disabled American Veterans, Department of Missouri, speaks at the annual Veterans Day ceremonies; the program is held in the city hall gymnasium, following the Veterans Day parade.

Betty Hearnes signs a copy of her new book, "Missouri Sesquicentennial History & Cookbook," Tuesday at Susie's Bake Shoppe in Sikeston.

Mississippi County and the city of Charleston have teamed up on a $110,000 incentive package for a business to expand within the county.

Art work from Raymond and Ann Ritter of Cape Girardeau and sparkling wine tastings.

Leonna Heuring, Staff Licensed practical nurse Victoria Cade, family support worker for Mississippi County Health Department's Tiny Touch program, goes over literature with new mother, Brittany Helms of East Prairie.

Howard Douglas "Doug" Griggs, 82, formerly of Mississippi County, Mo., died Oct.

Betty Cooper Hearnes doesn't typically hold back. "I'm not really a great cook, to tell you the truth," Hearnes said as we sat in the Charleston museum honoring her husband and Missouri's 46th Governor, Warren Eastman Hearnes.

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

10, 1984 The fate of the Southeast Missouri State University education laboratory schools will rest on the recommendation of a special task force made up of several state and local education representatives, university president Dr.

The Jackson School District will offer flu shots for staff, students and parents during two clinics next week.

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.

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

Co-owner James F. Coley, left, and groundskeeper Mick Jordan smooth topsoil before placing sod at the Aartful Rose Gallery and Banquet Hall, which opens this week on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau.

Daughter to Melissa Renee Allen and Damon Cartzell McCluney of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:01 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

Ray Franklin Godwin, 89, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at Eldercare of Marble Hill.

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