News Staff The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education approved the tax and tuition rates for the 2024-25 school year during its recent regularly scheduled meeting.The district is keeping the property tax rate at $4.1567 per $100 of assessed valuation as it has for several years. During the meeting, chief financial officer Lindsey Dudek said the … Read more
A summit held Tuesday at John A. Logan College is working to end food insecurity. Statistics from Feeding America show food insecurity affects approximately 13,000 children across southern Illinois. Jennifer Paulson of the non-profit Food Works is working to change that by supplying food and teaching sustainable farming methods such as workshops for farmers, farmers … Read more
A father Zackery Murphy has been charged in connection with the death of a 3-month-old child in New Madrid County. His bond was set at $50,000.
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a Cape Girardeau man 57 year old Dewayne Clark who sold pounds of methamphetamine to confidential informants to 12 years in prison. In the plea, Clark admitted selling two pounds of meth and 20 fentanyl pills on March 23, 2023, to confidential informants working for … Read more
Watch out for the cone zone as the contractor works to complete your road improvements on Lexington Avenue in Cape Girardeaau. The road closure of Lexington between Sprigg and Big Bend/177 is expected to be lifted and the road opened to traffic by tomorrow morning. Then lane closures and detours will affect your drive with … Read more
A Scott City man, Jason Vermillion is dead after police say he tried to burglarize a home and the homeowner shot him. A press release says the homeowner called 911 and reported someone had kicked in his back door and that he had shot the man.When police arrived, the homeowner took them to the man, … Read more
A former Scott County teacher 39 year old Lindsey Limbaugh accused of having sexual contact with a student in Cape Girardeau County during a field trip in May 2023 appeared in court on Monday. According to online court records, Limbaugh waived her formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty. Her bond was reduced to $5,000 on … Read more
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to a canoe that hit a buoy and dumped the two passengers in the Mississippi River on Friday. Good news Cape Girardeau Fire Department battalion Chief/fire marshal Drew St. John said after responding with rescue boats and having people staged along the river to spot the passengers and one … Read more
A passionate horticulturist and 79 year old Paul Schnare who affected many lives in Southeast Missouri died last Tuesday. Schnare, along with his wife, Marilyn, owned and operated Sunny Hill Garden and Florist in Cape Girardeau from 1992 to 2022. Affectionately known as “Dr. Grow” – the pseudonym he used for his weekly gardening column … Read more
On Friday a Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a gray and white Chevrolet van heading northbound on Old Orchard Rd in Cape Girardeau, MO. The driver, Quanishia Brooks, was found to have an outstanding no-bond felony warrant from Scott County, Missouri. Brooks was wanted on thirteen counts of 1st-degree assault related to a … Read more