Regional News

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a Cape Girardeau man who sold pounds of methamphetamine to confidential informants to 12 years in prison.   Dewayne K. Clark, 57, pleaded guilty in May to two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to […]

SIKESTON, Mo. – September is Hunger Action Month and Feeding America is encouraging one million actions across the country to end hunger. During the month-long campaign, Southeast Missouri Food Bank will be raising awareness and inspiring action in its 16-county service area. Every action counts, whether it’s donating, advocating, volunteering or spreading the word online.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – You may have noticed a yellow boat-shaped buoy with reflective tape, lights, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) emblem near the mouth of the Headwater Diversion Channel south of Cape Girardeau – but please don’t touch!   “This buoy, which is one of several deployed in the Mississippi River basin by

ST. LOUIS –The 44th Annual Builders Home & Remodeling Show, presented by James Hardie Building Products, returns to St. Charles Convention Center September 20-22. The Show, produced by the Home Builders Association of St. Louis, gives area residents the opportunity to see more than 150 companies in 300 booths on both levels of the Convention

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has authorized an Emergency Fish Salvage Order for North County Park Lake in Cape Girardeau County Park. The order is in effect now through Sept. 30, 2024.   The Emergency Fish Salvage Order will enable anglers to remove as many fish as possible to minimize

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who fatally shot someone in Butler County, Missouri to protect a heroin conspiracy to 20 years in prison.   James Odell Johnson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and one count

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to a federal informant to 12 years in federal prison.   Rodney G. Harris, 45, of Jackson, Missouri, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and admitted that he sold fentanyl to

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