Regional News

SIKESTON, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Food Bank has received a $63,700 grant from the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust to support its Veterans Healthy Food Program, which provides monthly boxes of nutritious food to veterans.   The program serves veterans across Southeast Missouri through distribution sites supported by VA partners in Poplar Bluff […]

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Access and affordability are major barriers to dental care. In response, Delta Dental of Missouri—a nonprofit organization and the state’s leading dental benefits provider—has released its 2026 Dental Care Resource Guide. This online directory, available at www.deltadentalmo.com/resourceguide, provides information about low-cost and free options for those who cannot afford dental services.  

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Join the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) to clean up Cape LaCroix Creek during the annual Friends of the Park Day April 18 from 9-11 a.m. in Cape Girardeau.   As a part of the City of Cape Girardeau’s Annual Friends of the Parks

law. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri State University has become the 16th university nationwide to join the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) University program, a partnership that will expand access to affordable, flexible higher education for law enforcement officers, corrections professionals and other public safety employees across the country. The FOP University program collaborates

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Spring is a time of renewal – to smell blooming flowers, breathe fresh air, listen to birdsong, and watch the landscape leaf out. In the Missouri Bootheel, that seasonal change reveals a collection of unique and uncommon tree species, some tracing back to the region’s historic bottomland forests and swamps. Found nowhere