Charleston News

The oldest daughter of the late Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes has died in a car crash.

Lynn Hearnes, daughter of the late Gov. Warren Hearnes, was killed in a single car accident today in Scott County.

A 20-year-old Charleston man, who police say was shot multiple times, spent the weekend in the hospital.

A couple of young local entrepreneurs is hoping their gamble on a new Internet business leads to something huge.

Address: 1996 W. Elm St., Ozark Phone: 581-6512 Web site: www.boomland.com Owners: Terry and Judie Pittman, Reeves Boomland Inc.

Missouri Delta Medical Center will build a $1.4 million medical clinic in Charleston.

Cherlene Mixon cleans the kitchen counter of her Charleston, MO, home. She previously suffered from iron deficiency anemia, which left her exhausted after trying to complete even the simplest household chore.

A Charleston man is behind bars charged with assault after an altercation this weekend with another patron at a local bar! 21-year-old Quentin Branam remains in Scott County Jail on a 50-thousand-dollar bond after he was picked up early Saturday on 1st-degree assault.

Authorities say two women found dead in a burning house in the far southern Illinois town of Cairo had been fatally shot.

The "Missouri 1821-1971 Sesquicentennial Cookbook, Updated and Republished for a New Generation of Missourians" by former Missouri first lady Betty Cooper Hearnes is now available and hot off the presses.

Deidre Cassel is already making plans to continue her education at ASU. She's been looking into getting financial aid and moving into Indian Village.

Rich in history, Charleston boasts many antebellum and Victorian homes, including the Moore House, an 1899 home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

12, 1984 George O. Robinson, commander of Disabled American Veterans, Department of Missouri, speaks at the annual Veterans Day ceremonies; the program is held in the city hall gymnasium, following the Veterans Day parade.

Betty Hearnes signs a copy of her new book, "Missouri Sesquicentennial History & Cookbook," Tuesday at Susie's Bake Shoppe in Sikeston.

Mississippi County and the city of Charleston have teamed up on a $110,000 incentive package for a business to expand within the county.

Art work from Raymond and Ann Ritter of Cape Girardeau and sparkling wine tastings.

Leonna Heuring, Staff Licensed practical nurse Victoria Cade, family support worker for Mississippi County Health Department's Tiny Touch program, goes over literature with new mother, Brittany Helms of East Prairie.

Howard Douglas "Doug" Griggs, 82, formerly of Mississippi County, Mo., died Oct.

Betty Cooper Hearnes doesn't typically hold back. "I'm not really a great cook, to tell you the truth," Hearnes said as we sat in the Charleston museum honoring her husband and Missouri's 46th Governor, Warren Eastman Hearnes.

Motor vehicle accidents on Monday in three Southeast Missouri counties sent four people to the hospital.