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Man sentenced to 37 months for burglarizing Missouri ranger station and stealing National Park Service truck

CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Monday sentenced a man who broke into a Shannon County, Missouri ranger station in 2021 and stole a National Park Service pickup to 37 months in prison, which will run consecutive to a probation violation in a state gun case.   Marvin R. “Mark” Remster, […]

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Southeast Missouri Food Bank served nearly 12.8 million meals in 2022

SIKESTON, MO – Southeast Missouri Food Bank served nearly 12.8 million meals to neighbors facing hunger in 2022, as inflation caused more people to seek food assistance, some for the first time. “Inflation was a real challenge for many people last year,” said Joey Keys, chief executive officer of SEMO Food Bank. “Seniors on fixed

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Speaker calls for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gardner to resign

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – House Speaker Dean Plocher issued the following statement calling for the immediate resignation of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner:   “The recent events concerning Janae Edmondson illustrate the risk people from my community, this state and those traveling to St. Louis from anywhere in the country face. Today I call

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Group will hear program on Tower Rock this evening

FARMINGTON –Bill Eddleman presents “History of Tower Rock”  Wednesday, February 22,  at 7:00 p.m. at the meeting of the St. Francois County Genealogical Society at the Farmington Fire Station, Farmington, Mo. Tower Rock has been in the news recently because it has been accessible as the level of the Mississippi River dropped. Learn about the

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I-55 in Cape Girardeau Co. to be reduced nightly for pavement repairs

SIKESTON—North and Southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement repair.     This section of roadway is located from mile marker 95 to mile marker 97 near Cape Girardeau, Missouri.    Weather permitting, work will be underway from Monday, March 6 through Friday,

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