A new campaign is underway in Missouri to reduce smoking and vaping at work and in public spaces. Ken Kumanomido (KOO-mah-no-MEE-doh), campaign manager for Show Me Smokefree, says current state law does not provide enough protection from second-hand smoke: [mo9Smokefree1] :16 “The current law, which was written in 2006, still allows for smoking sections indoors, … Read more
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control has arrested 30 year old Dillon J. Miller of Farmington, MO. Miller was arrested on a variety of charges connected to possession and promoting child pornography, following an investigation by the Special Victims Unit of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and … Read more
A hospitalized patient in Missouri was infected with bird flu despite having had no known contact with dairy cows or other animals associated with an ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday. According to an article by the Southeast Missourian this is the 14th person in the U.S. sickened with bird flu since March, when the … Read more
The Missouri Department of Transportation is sponsoring its 21st annual bridge building competition for high school juniors and seniors in the Southeast District’s 25-county region that includes Cape Girardeau. The competition challenges students to design and construct the most efficient model bridge using limited materials?balsa wood, thread and glue.Schools must register by Sept. 11 to … Read more
State of Missouri Budget Director Dan Haug has announced that net general revenue collections for August 2024 declined 9.3 percent compared to those for August 2023, from $1.04 billion last year to $942.7 million this year.
Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas has disclosed the Board of Governors decided not to renew his contract with the school. But, so far there’s no reason being given. In an interview with the Arrow Vargas announced that his contract with SEMO will expire Monday, June 30, and he will not return for the … Read more
A federal judge in Georgia has blocked the Biden Administration’s latest attempt to forgive student loan debt. Missouri and six other states have been arguing that President Biden and the federal Department of Education are seeking to use a federal statute to mass cancel “hundreds of billions of dollars” in student loan debt and to … Read more
Prepare for the cone zone. Route 72 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane as contractor crews perform concrete repairs.? This section of roadway is located from County Road 345 to County Road 328 near Jackson, Missouri. Weather permitting, work will take place Wednesday, Sept. 18 through Friday, Nov. 1 from 6 … Read more
A Cape Girardeau woman 27 year old Jaylon Strong was arrested for throwing bricks at a vehicle in a parking lot near a Save-A-Lot on Labor Day. A police report also says Strong was yelling racial slurs and making verbal threats. Strong was booked into the Cape Girardeau County Jail on Tuesday and is being … Read more
Want to be the next American Idol? Officials with “American Idol” say there will be open call auditions Friday, Sept. 6, for people in Missouri wanting to sing in front of a judge via Zoom.This is the fifth year for “Idol Across America”, the live virtual nationwide search for the next superstar that features audition … Read more