Cape Girardeau News

The leader of the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Saturday decisively committed his followers to an all-out battle in Syria to salvage the rule of President Bashar Assad, saying that Hezbollah was fighting abroad to "immunize" Lebanon from an Israeli invasion he said would surely follow if Syrian rebels prevailed.

I always knew there was something strange about Ford because he never explained what he was charged with in any of his Catholic Answer Magazine articles.

Seven people were injured in a massive train collision in eastern Missouri early Saturday morning that took down a highway overpass, CBS affiliate KFVS-TV in Cape Girardeau, Mo., reports.

Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in southeastern Missouri on Saturday, injuring seven people, igniting a fire and triggering the collapse of an overpass under which they were traveling, a county sheriff's dispatcher said.

Jonesboro-- What would you do if death met you at the door tomorrow? If the next phone call you get is to inform you that your husband, your son or daughter is dying.

An Arkansas man who admitted driving into a group of joggers in southeast Missouri has been given a 12-year prison term.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. a Republican congressional candidate Jason Smith missed three-fifths of the Missouri House's votes before the final day of this year's legislative session, while his Democratic opponent, Steve Hodges, missed about one-fifth of the ...

According to Clifton, 20-year-old Alex Hodges was taken from the scene to a hospital where he later died.

The couple reunited at the Cape Girardeau airport, when John Gilman got off his flight from St.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. a Federal funding has been approved to restore nearly 81 miles of flood-damaged drainage channels in southeastern Missouri, but the project is on hold for a bat habitat survey.

If you needed to be shocked and went to a Cape Girardeau hospital, it would cost $33,000 to $52,000. "I got a comparison with memorial hospital here in Carbondale, I had to get a hernia repair," Kearbey said.

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Hunter Sparks led the Wichita State University golf team his sixth consecutive Missouri Valley Conference Championship.

Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder announced Wednesday, May 8 the 35 winners of the Lieutenant Governor's Senior Service Award, including Doug Austin of Cape Girardeau.

Missouri prosecutors advising police on undercover investigations or overseeing such stings now have greater legal protection that their conduct won't violate ethical rules.

If you want to make over your body from the inside out, dieticians and doctors agree you might want to start with your pantry.

The Missouri Senate advanced legislation Monday that would require a doctor to be physically present when a drug causing an abortion is administered.

The Mississippi River is expected to crest near Cape Girardeau later this week and many small communities in Southeast Missouri are getting ready.

The cameras capture license plate numbers at high speeds so officers can immediately find out if a vehicle is stolen or is connected to a crime.

A Missouri woman is $100,000 richer after buying a winning Missouri Lottery ticket from a Mehlville shop.

Heavy rain since late last week is causing the river to spike again. The National Weather Service is projecting a crest of 41.5 feet Wednesday in Cape Girardeau.