News Staff Two Cape Girardeau homes were damaged after fire spread from a shed.Crews were called Wednesday afternoon to a house fire at 431 South Louisiana Avenue.Firefighters report they found a shed on fire between two homes and the flames had spread to both of the homes. Firefighters said they battled the fire on the inside and … Read more
According to the Cape Girardeau Police Department, officers were called to S. Plaza Way at around 7 p.m. on Monday for an armed robbery report.Officers spoke with three employees outside the store, who said the suspect, later identified as 54-year-old Wilbur Lively III, came into the business and kept asking one of them for help … Read more
An inmate at Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston died at the facility last Tuesday. According to the Mo. Department of Corrections, 44-year-old Camaron Earley passed away.Earley was serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree assault and a consecutive 10-year sentence for armed criminal action, both out of Bollinger County. He was incarcerated more than two and … Read more
A pedestrian was hit and killed while crossing a road in Butler County on Tuesday night. Emergency crews were called shortly before 6 p.m. to a crash involving a pedestrian at MO 53, about a mile south of Poplar Bluff.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, an SUV hit a man identified as a 67-year-old … Read more
According to the Cape Girardeau Police Department, officers were called to S. Plaza Way at around 7 p.m. on Monday for an armed robbery report.Officers spoke with three employees outside the store, who said the suspect, later identified as 54-year-old Wilbur Lively III, came into the business and kept asking one of them for help … Read more
An inmate at Southeast Correctional Center in Charleston died at the facility last Tuesday. According to the Mo. Department of Corrections, 44-year-old Camaron Earley passed away.Earley was serving a 30-year sentence for first-degree assault and a consecutive 10-year sentence for armed criminal action, both out of Bollinger County. He was incarcerated more than two and … Read more
Cape Girardeau police arrested a man Monday, 30 year old Connor Oetzel for allegedly unlawfully using a firearm while intoxicated.According to a Cape Girardeau Police Department news release, police officers responded to a report of shots fired at the 1300 block of Amblewood Drive. Officers allegedly found Oetzel behind a residence.He’s being held in the … Read more
Several families in the Show Me State lost loved ones in deadly crashes over the Christmas holiday.According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 10 people died in traffic crashes between 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, and 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, December 28. Statistics show 258 – crashes 94 – injuries 10 – fatalities and … Read more
A Cape Girardeau woman 29 year old Tomeika Patterson is facing charges in connection with a shooting on Saturday afternoon. Patterson is now charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, resisting/interfering with an arrest and possession of a controlled substance.According to Cape Girardeau Police, officers were called around 4:13 p.m to a … Read more
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to a fire in an apartment building at 2822 Whitener. Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a second-floor apartment and all the residents were already out of the building.The fire was quickly brought under control and confined to the apartment where it started within approximately five minutes of … Read more