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
Enrollment at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has risen for the second year in a row for the first time since 2000. And the freshman class increased for the fifth consecutive year.According to a press release overall enrollment for fall 2024 grew 3.8% to 11,790, or 431 more students than last year.
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has ordered the U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Camden and Miller counties and at all police stations across Missouri today to honor Osage Beach Police Department Officer Phylicia Carson. On August 31, Officer Carson was responding to assist another officer in a vehicle … Read more
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Cape Girardeau will offer several opportunities for Veterans to obtain drive-thru no-cost flu shots at its 7 facilities this month and next. For all the details of when and where call 573-686-4151.