Governor-Elect Mike Kehoe has announced the appointment of Patricia E. (Trish) Vincent as Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR). Vincent will assume the role of DOR Director effective January 13th followed by Missouri Senate confirmation.I’m proud to have Trish on our Cabinet team as we work to make our state agencies even more … Read more
Funeral arrangements for 89 year old Gary Rust, founder of Rust Communications including KZIM are being handled by Ford and Sons Funeral Home. There will be no visitation or public funeral, which is Gary’s wish. Gary’s wife Wendy wants to encourage donations to the Community Journalism and Civic Engagement Fund, in Cape Girardeau which supports … Read more
With the wintry blast The Salvation Army Warming Center at 701 Good Hope in Cape Girardeau is open, plus, the training room at the Fredericktown Police Department is open for anyone needing to warm up, charge their devices or use the restrooms. Food donated from Walmart and Calvary Church is also available.The First Baptist Church … Read more
First Alert Action Day is in effect today due to the threat of impactful snow, sleet and freezing rain. According to a news release from Ameren Missouri, crews are active in the region restoring power where.
In the first case since Blair’s Law, firing a gun with criminal negligence in a municipality at the start of New Year’s Day officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the 100-Block of S. Park Ave. for shots fired. Officers arrived on the scene and observed 35 year old Stephen Magee of Cape … Read more
The Cape Girardeau Police Department is proud to announce that its officers worked 135 Driving While Impaired (DWI) cases in 2024; the most since 2017 when the department handled 150 cases. This means 35% of these cases were the result of vehicle crashes marking the lowest percentage since 2018 (32%). According to a news release … Read more
Leaders with the Missouri Department of Conservation are watching a recent surge of sick and dead birds found across the state. A spokesman for the Missouri Department of Conservation tells news outlets they are working to determine the cause of sick and dead waterfowl across the state but suspect the highly infectious bird flu is … Read more
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has the highway statistics for the New Year’s holiday:no one died, however 21 were injured in 44 traffic collisions and there were 50 cases of stopping drivers for DUI violations.
Trucks are revving up as the Missouri Department of Transportation and Cape Girardeau’s Public Works Department is closely monitoring this weekend’s forecast.“We are getting our equipment ready, putting plows and sandbags in the trucks, and getting them ready for the weather,” said MoDOT District Maintenance Engineer Amy Bryant.Bryant said the district has what it needs … Read more
John Hunter Jungers, 38, of Illinois was arrested for allegedly stealing two vehicles in Cape Girardeau. The arrest followed GPS tracking and witness reports linking him to the thefts.