Cape Girardeau News

Roy Jones, left, gets a demonstration of a solar panel from James Chapman along with the Rev.

Friends and family surround Anita Meinz, center, during a reception Tuesday for her retirement from the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau, where she has worked since its inception.

Saturday is Independence Day, and celebrations are scheduled in Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break.Nixon signed several bills on veterans' issues Thursday during a ceremony at a veterans' home in Cape Girardeau.One measure phases in a deduction of military pensions from state income taxes.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will sign SCR2, which officially makes October 3rd Science Day of each year in Missouri on Thursday at the Missouri Veteran's Home in Cape Girardeau.

After last week's Facilities Steering Committee meeting, Cape Girardeau Schools are on their way to renovating and possibly even rebuilding Franklin Elementary.

Two Missouri universities are hoping plans for a new medical school program will provide trained professionals to relieve the physician shortage in the southern half of the state.

Tracy Lee is an unsung hero that we don't often see, who spends most of his time at a place many of us have never visited, the KFVS12 transmitter site located on a remote and isolated hill 8.5 miles north of Cape Girardeau near Oriole, Missouri.

Three workers' compensation law judges appointed by former Republican governor Matt Blunt sued Wednesday to prevent their dismissal by Democratic Gov.

A 23-year-old man faces charges and possible deportation for allegedly threatening to blow up the police station and a federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau.

Representatives from state and federal agencies came to Cape Girardeau on Monday to share tips on grant writing and economic development.

Another illegal alien wanted by Cape Girardeau Police has been taken into custody.

From dawn July 4 to sundown July 5, the Rev. Larry Rice and supporters will occupy Indian Park at the intersection of William and Lorimier streets to demonstrate the need for homeless services in Cape Girardeau.

A Cape Girardeau school administrator publicly announced his candidacy for county auditor Saturday.

Eight people have been charged with possession of false Social Security cards they used to work at a Cape Girardeau restaurant.

In a little more than 75 days from now, over 120 world class bicyclists from 22 countries will ride through Cape Girardeau as part of the 2009 Tour of Missouri race.

Missouri's timber industry has been hit hard by the recession with demand down by as much as 30 percent, an industry spokesman said.

The heat wave gripping Southeast Missouri buckled the pavement across both northbound lanes of U.S. 61 near Cape County Park North, snarling traffic during one of the busiest times on the road between Jackson and Cape Girardeau.

A Cape Girardeau woman who was reported missing over the weekend has been found.

A twin-engine Beechcraft C90 was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport in Cape Girardeau after one of its engines failed.