Regional News

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri’s Department of Athletics is once again teaming up to Sack Hunger this 2024 football season.  SEMO is partnering with Southeast Missouri Food Bank, Coalter Insurance Group, First Midwest Bank, Coast to Coast Signs, Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and Midwest Sterilization to provide meals to families facing hunger in the southeast Missouri […]

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who both stole and failed to deliver customers’ mail was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison.   U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp also ordered Robert Gafford, 34, to pay a $5,000 fine.   Gafford of Jackson, Missouri, was convicted by a jury in U.S.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO — The American Red Cross offers this checklist you can follow to help make sure your student is safe as they go back to the classroom.   If your student is younger or going to school for the first time, teach them: Their phone number, address, how to get in touch with their

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to someone who later suffered a fatal overdose to 10 years in prison.   Dylan C. McMikle provided several lines of powdered fentanyl that the 25-year-old victim snorted early on the morning of Dec. 16, 2022. The victim left

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Learn about the whole world of delicious wild mushrooms at Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center from 7 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 30! Learn about the whole world of delicious wild mushrooms (including Dryad’s Saddle, seen here) at MDC Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center from 7 to

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Join the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for a free-to-attend youth squirrel hunting clinic Sept. 13, followed by an in-person mentored hunt Sept. 14 at Apple Creek Conservation Area (CA) in Cape Girardeau County.     Participants will learn about squirrel identification, habits and habitats, regulations, safety, hunting strategies, equipment, and game

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A 40-year-old southeast Missouri man has admitted receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.   Justin Wade Welker of Sedgewickville pleaded guilty in U.S District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of receipt of child pornography. He admitted receiving and viewing child sex abuse material, including pictures and videos, on his phone.

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday sentenced a 43-year-old Charleston, Mo. man who sold methamphetamine to a confidential informant to 10 years in prison.   Adrian L. Lewis pleaded guilty in May to one count of distribution of methamphetamine. He admitted selling two ounces of meth to a confidential informant

ST. LOUIS, MO – Spectrum News today announced the launch of Spectrum News St. Louis, bringing its award-winning local journalism to the Spectrum TV lineup. Now available to St. Louis-area Spectrum TV customers on channel 1, the introduction of a new linear network follows the previous launch as a digital-only local news platform in 2022.