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.
The number of kindergarten students in Missouri who are not vaccinated continues to grow. KMOX Health Editor Fred Bodimer reports: [mo9VaxDropping] :49 “The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says roughly 9% of all public school kindergarteners in the state did not get the MMR shot to protect against measles, mumps and rubella or … Read more
Lt. Scott Kim, a dedicated member of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, has decided to retire after quite a few years of outstanding service to the community. Kim, who has been with Sikeston DPS for 16-1/2 years, beginning as a regular officer in 2008, and was promoted to sergeant eight years ago and lieutenant … Read more
Local law enforceement had their hands full over the New Year’s holiday keeping you safe. Some of the highlights, A woman Cree Chantae Selvy has been arrested in connection to reports of shots fired in Cape Girardeau over the weekend and charged with endangering the welfare of a child; at Current River Bowling someone unsuccessfully … Read more
A Jackson man 37-year-old Joel Hahs faces charges after he allegedly punched a Mo. State Trooper in the throat on Highway 61 near Shawnee Blvd.According to court documents, Hahs appeared to be intoxicated, and the trooper asked him to get out of his car.Investigators say he refused. Hahs is accused of punching the trooper in … Read more
Cape Girardeau County’s controversial coroner ends his term in office today, but the legal effort to remove him from that position continues.Wavis Jordan is set to appear in court Thursday for a trial setting in his civil case.Jordan has spent the last ten months barred by court order from serving as coroner, and lost his … Read more
Christmas is in the rearview mirror, and as the calendar turns to 2025, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will again be enforcing the roads for the two-day New Year’s holiday period. Anthony Morabith reports… [mo2newyearWRAP] :44 SOQ
With the New Year comes new laws. Nearly half a million Missourians will be getting a raise. The minimum wage is set to increase to $13.75 an hour. That’s $1.45 increase from the current minimum wage of $12.30. In 2026, it will then increase to $15.00 an hour.