Mississippi County News

Two people died in separate accidents Monday in Southeast Missouri. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 9:55 am.

A Tennessee man is dead after colliding with a Mack dump truck yesterday just before 10am.

Despite bearing two inches of ice atop their branches in January, the trees in Mike Leible's peach orchard have bounced back, and the peach harvest will begin any day now.

Police started investigating the sexual assaults when the girl reported the incidents to her mother.

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

Four teenagers were injured in three separate accidents Friday in Scott, Mississippi and Stoddard counties.

Despite a law making it harder to buy ingredients to make methamphetamine, lab busts are on the rise in Missouri.

A company trying to locate uranium in southeast Missouri is delaying additional tests because of financing problems.

Flooding from the Mississippi River is causing headaches for some motorists in southeast Missouri.

Better communication should prevent future conflicts between Wyatt's chief official and the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department.

A crop dusting plane crashed in Mississippi County Friday morning. The small plane crashed about a mile outside of Charleston.

The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. May 19 at the Osage Community Centre, 1625 N. Kingshighway, to discuss the project to upgrade and widen Route W. The $2.2 million project, financed by federal stimulus funds, will include resurfacing, shoulder improvements, centerline and edge rumble strips, ...

Two people were rescued early this morning after their vehicle became trapped in the Mississippi River.

Mississippi County commissioners will wait to hear from landowners before considering what can be done to drain farmland around Bertrand.

Youngsters looking for jobs and employers looking for help in Mississippi County for should sign up now for a stimulus-funded job program.

Charleston outfielder Chase McClendon had what many would call an off day on the diamond at the Mississippi County Wood Bat Tournament on Friday night.

We hope you enjoyed the sun this weekend - because there is rain on the forecast for the week ahead.

Administration for Mississippi County's rural water district will move to the county hangar.

Residents upset by a rash of recent dog poisonings said the problem has been going on for years, and that the perpetrator needs to be caught before it happens again.

Police say a dog killer goes on the prowl, randomly poisoning people's pets. More than a dozen dogs were found poisoned Wednesday morning in Mississippi County.