The Scott County Commission may propose a capital improvement sales tax to fund a new county jail, courthouse repairs and road and bridge improvements; Presiding Commissioner Martin Priggel says the ...

Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area Monday, ...

The mission statement for the City of Cape Girardeau states that Cape will “actively promote a safe, innovative climate through city services that enhances the quality of life for its citizens and our ...

Vivian Fern Sanders Green was born Aug. 15, 1938, at Zion, the daughter of Elbert Bert and Glenda Ellen Wilson Sanders, and passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at the age of 85 years.

Charitable organizations and the communities they serve enjoy a unique relationship. Successful charities have a tremendous impact on their communities, and this success is primarily due to the ...

Donald Trump on Monday urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for "innocent life," ambiguously revisiting an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year's presidential ...

Douglas Brent Stanhope, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 7, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 3, 1963, in Paris, Illinois, to Richard and Karen Stanhope. Doug and Jeana ...

The U.N. Security Council on Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored ...

City of Cape Girardeau forms committee to review policies, try to lessen gun violence The City of Cape Girardeau is assembling a Gun Violence Task Force that will determine what can be done to ...

Charlotte Hooper, 72, of Scott City died Monday, June 10, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge ...

I was born in 1985 and spent my summers watching the Capahas play baseball at Capaha Field. You didn't pay to get into the games. You just drove up to the field, parked and hoped your car windshield ...

Mary Louise Talley, 85, of Jackson met her Lord and Savior on Fri 7, 2024. She passed away peacefully, surround-ed by her family, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 25, 1939, in ...