Cape Girardeau News

Maj. Emerson York Barker was 24 years old in 1944 and had just finished a tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force over Guadalcanal when he was given a choice: Go home or train fighter pilots to lead battleships into Tokyo Bay.

An Arkansas judge has ordered a new trial over who can claim the $1 million prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket that a customer found discarded at a convenience store.

No one can argue that talk show host Rush Limbaugh isn't famous. And because he was born in Cape Girardeau, he's clearly a Missourian.

According to Trooper J. A. Lacey of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Ethan O'Conner, 22, of Cape Girardeau was eastbound when his 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck ran off the road and overturned.

Sir Isaac Newton's third law of physics also applies to politics and medicine. The axiom states: "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Lawmakers have considered action to require a doctor's prescription to obtain cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine, an ingredient needed to make methamphetamines - a dangerous, deadly and ... (more)

The Southeast Missourian reports that Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton issued the ruling Tuesday in the deaths of 23-year-old Richard Carrube of Mesa, Ariz., and 31-year-old Joshua Adams of Youngtown, Ariz.

At 5:38 p.m. on May 22, 2011, sirens screamed through downtown Joplin, Mo., just minutes ahead of the country's deadliest tornado in 50 years.

President Barack Obama says the graduating seniors of a Missouri town devastated by deadly tornadoes are a "source of inspiration" to him and the nation.

A southeast Missouri man whose wife disappeared a year ago has an upcoming court appearance on first-degree murder charges in his wife's death.

By Jim Low - Anglers generally are as disinterested in the opening dates for hunting seasons as hunters are in fishing-season dates, but the fourth Saturday in May is a red-letter day for both groups.

THIS WEEK: Friday, May 18th 2012 @ 7:30 pm END OF KANSAS AS WE KNOW IT?: "Sending the state to hell in a hand basketan impending bloodbatha nuclear explosion that will leave no part of the state immune from the radioactivity of the blasta ending Kansas as we know it." Some of the phrases thrown around in the last week to describe the actions of ... (more)

RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka visited Christ-church in December, where he met local emergency workers who responded to the earthquake in 2011.A R otary clubs around the globe have many things in common, including a commitment to service.

Police are investigating a murder/suicide in Cape Girardeau. Officers were called to 1129 Landgraf Drive at 3:07 A.M. on Friday in reference to shots fired.

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says the post office mail processing facility in Springfield will not cose down.

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. - Two Missouri schools have named 14 Pulaski County residents to their spring dean's lists.

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This week's Business Buzz stopped in at the NutriFormance performance center in Le Chateau Village in Frontenac .

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Rush Limbaugh, the controversialA conservative commentator, was enshrined into the Hall of Famous Missourians this week, sparking controversy across the state and country on whether Limbaugh should be worth of such an honor.

Limbaugh, a native of Cape Girardeau, was at the Missouri Capitol on Monday for a scheduled 1 p.m. ceremony inducting him into the hall of fame.