New Madrid County News

The search continues for an Indiana murder suspect last seen at a truck stop in New Madrid County.

According to New Madrid County Sheriff, Terry Stevens, a black 1988 Corvette belonged to a murder suspect was found in New Madrid County.

A Cape area Naval recruiter will have his case heard in a nearby county after he allegedly had a sexual encounter with a high school student.

14, 1984 An electrical short in an overhead kitchen light switch touches off a fire in Jackson which causes extensive interior damage to the home of Robert Lanford, 860 Donna Dr.; no one is injured in the fire, which breaks out shortly after midnight.

Although this is the first year Scott County taxes are abated, residents should still look for and open the statement from the county collector.

Governor Jay Nixon was on hand Thursday to dedicate a new warehouse that will, according to Nixon, provide an economic boost to agriculture, transportation and other industries in Southeast Missouri.

Two New Madrid County residents will serve on state boards following their appointments by Gov.

A recently amended law makes it illegal for Missourians to keep an energetic -- yet harmless -- snake mostly found in sand prairies in Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties.

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

Mike McCoy photo The cut in bridge repair funding leaves some Stoddard County bridges that are in disrepair without any hope for replacement in the near future.

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety and the SEMO Drug Task Force arrested two New Madrid County residents for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine.

Many Missouri farmers are seeing bumper crop yields this year but area cotton farmers would be happy just to be able to get their crops out of the field.

Beginning Thursday, the H1N1 nasal FluMist will be available to some Southeast Missouri residents.

A former New Madrid County official is charged with three counts of stealing from those under her care.

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

He now owns a small business and this week announced his candidacy to run as a republican for the 161st district State Representative seat, currently held by democrat Steve Hodges.

It has been more than a decade since Sherri Ann Scherer and her 12-year-old daughter, Megan Elizabeth, were found dead at their home in rural southeast Missouri.

It seems like Almost Yesterday that a student from Risco, Missouri won second place in the 2009 National History Day Competition at the University of Maryland.

A man convicted of hate crime charges for vandalizing the Islamic Center in Cape Girardeau in June was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday.

A man convicted of hate crime charges for vandalizing the Islamic Center in Cape Girardeau in June was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday.