Regional News

SIKESTON – Three high schools in the River Region are among 43 in Southeast Missouri receiving grant funding from the Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety for project prom and graduation events. Ste. Genevieve High School, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic High School and Perryville High School were selected to receive $200 for student lock-in events. […]

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The Guardians of Liberty in Southeast Missouri present Alex Newman Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 6 pm at the Rock of Cape Church, 4250 Route K, Cape Girardeau, MO     Alex Newman is an award-winning international journalist, educator, author, and consultant who seeks to glorify God in everything he does.   Newman

SIKESTON, MO – Southeast Missouri Food Bank reported this week that it distributed 14.16 million pounds of food, providing 12.88 million meals, to neighbors facing hunger in 2024.  “Food insecurity increased, nationwide and locally, last year,” said Joey Keys, chief executive officer of Southeast Missouri Food Bank. “We’re thankful that with support of our donors

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Earthquake experts from across the region will gather in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, for the seventh annual Earthquake Summit. Located in southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau is in the heart of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ).   With more than 500 professionals expected to attend, the event

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO — Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9 and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks forward to make sure the devices are working. “Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half as you only have

CAPE GIRARDEAU – The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control announces the arrest of a 21-year-old Cape Girardeau, Mo. woman in connection with the death of a one-year old child. Alyssa N. Wehmeyer,  was formally charged March 4, 2025, with one count of Abuse Or Neglect Of A Child – Resulting

POTOSI, MO., — On Saturday, March 15, the Heartland Trail Trash volunteer group will hold a cleanup event to remove illegal trash from across a wide area of Mark Twain National Forest’s Potosi-Fredericktown Ragner District, and they can use your help! Last year, with over 60 volunteers, they were able to collect tons of illegal trash

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a man from Poplar Bluff, Missouri who tried to sell methamphetamine shortly after his release from prison to 12 more years in prison.   Lonnie C. Hamilton, 40, pleaded guilty in December to one felony count of possession with intent to distribute