The Missouri Legislature could delay a minimum wage increase approved by voters in 2018. A state House committee is considering a bill that would allow the gradual raise to reach 12-dollars an hour by 2026 instead of by 2023. During a committee hearing, Representative Danny Busick of northern Missouri’s Newtown says the voter-approved increase does […]
TODAY’S GENIUS AWARD GOES TO…… A Lincolnshire woman in her 30s has been fined by police for driving through three counties to get a McDonald’s meal with her sister in Scarborough. North Yorkshire Police in England fined the woman after the non-essential 100-mile trip to get a burger. This comes after the […]
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says local election authorities have received more than 723,000 mail-in and absentee ballots so far for the general election. Ashcroft expects Missouri’s voter turnout to be about 70 percent. Voters can cast an absentee ballot in-person at their local election authority until November 2 at 5 p.m. The polls […]
VStar Entertainment Group announces today PAW Patrol Live! “The Great Pirate Adventure” performances scheduled for November 17 & 18, 2020 (originally scheduled for March 24 & 25, 2020) at The Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, MO have been rescheduled to May 18 & 19, 2021. This announcement comes following postponement and/or cancellations of numerous […]
COVID-19 OPERATIONAL DIRECTIVES CIRCUIT COURT OF CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, CAPE GIRARDEAU MUNICIPAL DIVISION: PHASE TWO, effective October 21, 2020. On October 2, 2020, this Court ordered the functions of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Division of the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County increased to Phase One operations as set out in the Supreme Court’s Operational Directive […]
Yesterday was a historic day for the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the state. St. Louis businessman Fred Kummer and his wife June have donated $300 million to the southern Missouri university he graduated from in 1955 – the largest single gift in the history of Missouri higher education. Chancellor Mo Dehghani says […]
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the 6th Annual St. Jude Disc Golf Klassic! It was our most successful tournament yet and with your help we raised $3,116 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital! A special thanks to our hole sponsors: SEMO Disc GolfShawn BareiterChris BlankenshipChris Snider – Do It For DomDisc […]
The Missouri Democratic Party launched it’s Rural Town Hall Series on September 2nd, a chain of events designed to highlight the Democratic candidates in each rural congressional district. The program is concluding tonight at 7 pm featuring candidates in the 8th district covering 30 counties in Southeast Missouri. This will be virtual and audience members will have […]