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New Scott County roads to bear names of Missouri governors
New streets in Scott County will honor Missouri's gubernatorial history. During Tuesday's County Commission meeting, Joel Evans, county emergency management director and county developer, presented his idea for naming new streets in the unincorporated parts of the county as part of his activity summary for the month of June.
Wednesday | Southeast Missourian
Stimulus program pays for student internships
Mylia DeBerry, 16, of Cape Girardeau, helps to organize the Southeast Missouri Food Bank office Thursday.
Reports: Fireworks sales up, violations down in Cape Girardeau
This July 4 weekend capped off a strong season for fireworks sales, though police reported fewer violations than they normally see over the holiday.
Cape Girardeau County seeking $172,000 grant to prevent homelessness
Cape Girardeau County will apply for almost $172,000 to combat homelessness, part of $12 million set aside statewide from the stimulus bill approved by Congress in February.
Area peach orchards expect good crop despite winter ice storm
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.
A vehicle collision leads to a fire in Scott County
A two vehicle head-on collision slowed traffic, caused a fire, and sent four Scott County residents to the hospital.
Sikeston threw quite a party Neal E. Boyd, Kenny Rogers
The following entry was written between midnight and 1 a.m. Thursday morning after returning home from the Neal E. Boyd/Kenny Rogers concert in Sikeston .
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.
Sikeston utility employee helps police catch alleged purse snatcher
The actions of a Sikeston Board of Municipal Utilities employee led to the quick arrest of a robbery suspect Friday afternoon.
Scott County commissioners inquire about large bill for housing of prisoners
Scott County has experienced big jail populations this year -- which means it has to pay to house the overflow in other facilities.
Some unexpected repairs and a larger-than-average paving machine combined to back up traffic on the river bridge yesterday afternoon; traffic on the Illinois side was backed up as far as Route 3 as people tried to make their way to Riverfest; on the Missouri side, traffic was snarled as far back as Sprigg Street.
A country preacher, educator, marks 90 years
Noreen Hyslop photo - Rev. Doyle Corlew has spent a lifetime in front of a classroom and behind a pulpit.
The same month that a St. Louis law firm won an actual-innocence motion in a Missouri court exonerating Joshua C. Kezer of a Benton, Mo., homicide, another lawyer at the firm began examining another Scott County murder case.
Six departments respond to house fire near Kelso
Firefighters apply water to the fire between the collapsed living room and the garage of a home on County Highway 213 near Kelso, Mo.
Turner waives extradition in 2008 Cape Girardeau murder case
Fugitive murder suspect Tambra Turner waived extradition today during an appearance before a Chicago judge.
Scott County Police arrest a Benton man for kidnapping and resisting arrest.
Sheriff Rick Walter says he and his girlfriend got into an argument, then Counts forced her into a vehicle at knifepoint.
Fight with girlfriend leads to multiple charges
A southeast Missouri man faces several charges after allegedly holding his girlfriend at knifepoint and fleeing from police.
Two dead in Perry County after apparent murder/suicide, sheriff says
A Scott City man shot his estranged wife Monday evening outside her rural Perry County home, Sheriff Gary Schaaf said.
Many emergency vehicles participate in the Alexis Cummins funeral procession going from Sikeston to Oran Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
Emergency personnel, Oran community still struggling to cope with accident that killed two teens
A week after a wreck killed two Oran teens and left four others injured, emergency personnel and the community are still struggling to cope with the loss.