Regional News

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau is proud to announce a generous donation of $1,000 to the SEMO Suicide Prevention Illuminating Hope Glow Walk, scheduled for Saturday, September 28, 2024. The event will take place from 6-8:30 p.m. at Jackson City Park Shelter 4.   Amber Berry, President and Co-Founder of SEMO

PARK HILLS – The Mineral Area College Board of Trustees will meet Thursday for a work session, executive session and open session.   The meetings will begin at 10 a.m. in the VanHerck Board Room at Mineral Area College.   The tentative agenda:   MAC AGENDA

SIKESTON-The Missouri Department of Transportation is sponsoring its 21st annual bridge building competition for high school juniors and seniors in the Southeast District’s 25-county region. The competition challenges students to design and construct the most efficient model bridge using limited materials−balsa wood, thread and glue. Schools must register by Sept. 11 to compete in the

SIKESTON, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Food Bank will host a Hunger Action resource fair and mobile food pantry at its headquarters in Sikeston on Monday, Sept. 9, as part of its Hunger Action Month activities.   “We know many of the neighbors who turn to us for food assistance are in need of other resources,”

SIKESTON – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for the Southeast District during its regular meeting on Sept. 5. Contracts included pavement repairs on several routes.   Contracts included the following:   A $468,000 contract was awarded to Pace Construction Company for asphalt repairs on Route K from east of Interstate 55 to

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of Wesley P. Marler, 69, of Bonne Terre, MO. Marler was arrested on August 30, 2024, in connection to the 1989 death of Jimmie Wade Martin, of Bonne Terre, MO. The investigation which led to Marler’s arrest was

CAPE GIRARDEAU – Four people, including one felon, have admitted involvement in the illegal sale of firearms, including guns that were later found at crime scenes.   Terry Lee Allen, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of unlicensed firearms dealing.   On Nov. 19, 2021, Bureau of