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The state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence Tuesday of a southeast Missouri man because his attorney failed to question the character of a murder victim who had child pornography on his computer.

Better irrigation management could provide a big boost to yields on fields with center-pivot irrigation, said a University of Missouri Extension irrigation specialist.

The focus will be the use of Global Positioning System technology to control machinery and store information.

Studies at the University of Missouri Delta Research Center are increasing hope for an untraditional production method: rice under center pivot.

'It looks like we may be in a severe state regarding quality soybean seed to plant in 2010.

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Victor Eugene Downing died Friday, October 16, 2009, at Greenwood Village, Colo., at the age of 93.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Son to Keith Allen and Dr. Kristi Baker of Greenfield, Ind., Community Hospital North, Sunday, Aug.

Since he farms on weekends, Jake Fisher, superintendent of the Delta Research Station in Portageville, Mo., has good insight into issues growers face.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Photo courtesy Saint Francis Medical Center With robotic surgery there is no need to open the chest to get access to the heart; instead, small incisions are placed between the ribs and surgical instruments are inserted into these "ports," giving the surgeon direct access to the heart.

New national exposure on a brutal double murder has southeast Missouri investigators headed back to South Carolina.

Asian soybean rust was found in fields in the Missouri counties of New Madrid, Pemiscot and Dunklin Sept.

America will be asked once again for its help in solving a Southeast Missouri cold case.

Safety, safety, safety, is the mantra of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers every day of the year, and especially during National Farm Safety and Health Week .

The family of a southeast Missouri farmer who died after being trapped in a grain bin is asking farmers to remember safety precautions while working.

Scott Seal, SEMO News Service photo Amy Beth Dowdy, whose father, David Dowdy, lost his life in a grain bin accident last month in rural Dexter, shares a moment with Sen.

Legislators and guests celebrate 50 years of service to agriculture When Field Day is here, it brings out the best of the University of Missouri-Delta Research Center, located on Hwy.

The Cape Girardeau Police released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.