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SEMO Food Bank’s summer Meals for Kids campaign surpasses goal

Sikeston, MO (Aug. 5, 2026) – Thanks to the generosity of individuals, businesses and communitypartners across Southeast Missouri, Southeast Missouri Food Bank’s Summer Meals for KidsCampaign exceeded its goal, raising more than $80,000 to help provide more than 320,000 meals forchildren and families during the summer months.By the end of the campaign, community support had […]

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Fredericktown Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 18-year-old woman

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. — The Fredericktown Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 18-year-old woman. Police said Alyssa M. Cooper, of Fredericktown, has been missing since Saturday, Aug. 1. According to the department, Cooper was last seen on foot shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday in the area of Lincoln Drive and

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MFA OIL raises $100,000 to help fight hunger in Missouri

Sikeston, MO (July 31, 2026) – MFA Oil Company raised $100,000 for Feeding Missouri in June, helping support hunger-relief efforts for families across the state. Feeding Missouri is a coalition of Missouri’s six regional Feeding America food banks. Through a statewide network of more than 1,200 community and faith-based organizations, it delivers hunger relief to

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Missouri man sentenced to prison for threatening Social Security Administration employees

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A man who threatened employees of the Social Security Administration twice in 2025 was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison.   After his release from prison, Timothy Wells Stevens, 57, will be on supervised release for two years.   On Oct. 1, 2025, Stevens was told in a phone

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SIBA Skilled Trades Summer Camp introduces high school students to construction careers through hands-on training

O’FALLON, IL – More than 20 high school students spent the week of July 20-24, 2026, exploring rewarding careers in the construction trades during the Southern Illinois Builders Association (SIBA) Skilled Trades Summer Camp. The immersive, five-day program gave students the opportunity to visit union apprenticeship training centers and experience the work of skilled trades

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Black bears are here and MDC is holding virtual program to learn all about them on July 31

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Black bears have returned to the Missouri landscape, especially in the southern parts of the state.  But sightings have become a regular occurrence even in the St. Louis region.   The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering a chance to learn all about these charismatic creatures through an online event.  Missouri Black Bears is

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Southeast Missouri man admits trying to arrange wife’s murder

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A Dexter, Missouri man on Monday admitted trying to arrange for the murder of his estranged wife. Matthew R. Alsup, 52, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to a murder-for-hire charge. He admitted traveling to Mississippi on two occasions in early August of 2025 to try to recruit a former

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