CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO — Thanksgiving and the day before are the top two days in this country for the chance of a cooking fire to happen in someone’s home. Cooking causes an average of 158,400 home fires per year, which is 44 percent of all home fires in the United States. The American Red Cross of Southeast Missouri […]
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 2025 Saint Elizabeth Food Drive, resulting in the donation of 160 boxes filled with food and personal hygiene items for Saint Francis colleagues, families and community members in need. Boxes were delivered to families throughout the region, as
CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a former police officer to five years in prison for possessing machine guns. Ira Brown, 56, admitted that on Oct. 23, 2020, Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers found a fully automatic AR-15 rifle and an auto sear that converts an AR-15 into
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By Respect MO Voters ST. LOUIS — Voters in all 115 Missouri counties have signed the Respect Missouri Voters amendment since the campaign launched September 10. Volunteers have collected 100,000 of the 300,000 signature goal. Respect MO Voters is a volunteer-led campaign to pass a ballot initiative for a state constitutional amendment that will
CAPE GIRARDEAU – A former Cape Girardeau city councilman on Monday admitted buying methamphetamine with the intent to sell and use it. Rhettney B. Pierce, 55, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. He admitted buying four ounces of meth
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CAPE GIRARDEAU – Two Missouri men were sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on Friday for operating a long-running Ponzi scheme that cost at least 99 victims $5.7 million. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. sentenced James “Jim” Johnson, 78, to 188 months in prison and Darrell Niswonger, 69, to 150
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CAPE GIRARDEAU –The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control (DDCC) announces criminal charges against 34-year-old Keenan E. Peoples of Hayti, Mo., 38-year-old Donald F. Peoples Jr. of Caruthersville, Mo., and 19-year-old Blake R. Patrick of East Prairie, Mo. The Pemiscot County charges were filed after the three men were directly connected
CAPE GIRARDEAU – United Way of Southeast Missouri (UWSEMO) will launch the region’s only Childcare Resource Center with a ribbon cutting at 3 p.m. on November 19th at 16 N. Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau. UWSEMO invites the community to tour the Childcare Resource Center and learn how UWSEMO addresses barriers to success.
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JACKSON – The Shield Maidens of Missouri, Stacy Shore and Lisa Pannett, will speak at the November 18 meeting of the Guardians of Liberty in Southeast Missouri. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. (Latecomers welcome) at Delmonico’s Steakhouse, 2951 Old Orchard Road, Jackson. The meeting is free and open to the public.
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SIKESTON, Mo. – Scouts across Southeast Missouri will soon hit the streets to help fight hunger during the annual Scouting for Food drive benefiting Southeast Missouri Food Bank and its network of partner pantries. On Saturday, Nov. 15, Scouts will distribute collection bags to homes throughout the region. They’ll return Saturday, Nov. 22, to
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