A former postal worker Joseph S. Wilkins, 56, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau admitting to stealing approximately 10 to 12 gift cards from customers’ mail between December 2023 and April 2024. Wilkins even spent the value of the cards totaling 500-dollars.
A series of small earthquakes wasrecorded in southeast Mo. on Monday morning ranging from 2.0 to 2.7 by the U.S. Geological Survey. No one was hurt and there weren’t any damage reports.
According to SEMO Department of Public Safety Paul Bixler age 55 of East Prairie was arrested Tuesday by SEMO Department of Public Safety Officers on charges of- Enticement of A Child who Bixler thought was a minor on the SEMO campus he’d been messaging. Turns out he met a student who was posing as a … Read more
Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the 600-Block of S. Spring for a report of an armed robbery the end of October. The victim told officers a dark color Chrysler 300 pulled up to him while he was walking, pointed a gun at him and took his backpack containing 200-dollars in cash. … Read more
Two sections of Route N in Cape Girardeau County will be closed for the next several days as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace culverts under the roadway, according to a MoDOT news release. Route N between County Roads 252 and 257 near Delta will be closed from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. In … Read more
The Red Cross will host a training event in Cape Girardeau for those interested in volunteering for disaster response. To become a disaster action team member you will need to attend the event on Saturday, December 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Red Cross chapter office on 20 South Mount Auburn Road.The … Read more
All City of Cape Girardeau water customers you can continue drinking and using your water normally. The precautionary boil water advisory from Dec. 9 has been lifted. Test results show that City of Cape Girardeau water is clean and safe.“We are very glad that the crews got the water main repaired quickly,” said Mayor Stacy … Read more
Transportation is available to the Scott City warming center for those in Cape Girardeau who may need a lift. According to Senior Pastor Bob Lenz with the Restoration Community Church, someone is offering transportation from the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army parking lot to the church’s warming center in Scott City.Organizers say the Salvation Army’s warming … Read more
Missouri Governor-Elect Mike Kehoe announced the appointment of Mark S. James as Director of the Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS). James will assume the role of DPS Director effective January 13, 2025, and await Missouri Senate confirmation.“Mark James brings decades of valuable law enforcement and leadership experience to this role, and we’re going to … Read more
Now that the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force has arrested Johnny Morrow of Fisk for selling meth after finding the substance at his home a U.S. District Judge has sentenced Morrow to 152 months in prison. Morrow, now 54 and from Steele, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in June to … Read more