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Out of the Past: JEFFERSON CITY – In a final show of bravado, Claude McGee, 38, flicks the dust off the ex*****on chair ...
01/05/2026

Out of the Past: JEFFERSON CITY – In a final show of bravado, Claude McGee, 38, flicks the dust off the ex*****on chair with a handkerchief and then goes to his death in the Missouri gas chamber early in the morning.

From 1-cent stamp rushes and annexation fights to a prison ex*****on and Prohibition roadhouse probe, see what made headlines around Cape Girardeau on Jan. 5.

Out of the Past: R.L. Dearmont of St. Louis is reappointed and E.K. Striegel of Kennett is appointed as members of the B...
01/05/2026

Out of the Past: R.L. Dearmont of St. Louis is reappointed and E.K. Striegel of Kennett is appointed as members of the Board of Regents of the State College by Gov. Forrest Smith; Striegel will succeed Judge I.R. Kelso.

From cement giants eyeing Ste. Genevieve to a jailbreak and a car in the Mississippi, look back at Jan. 4 headlines spanning 1926 to 2001.

Out of the Past: In an unprecedented rush, volunteers are virtually swamping military recruiting offices in Cape Girarde...
01/05/2026

Out of the Past: In an unprecedented rush, volunteers are virtually swamping military recruiting offices in Cape Girardeau.

Power-sharing in Missouri’s Senate, terror-conscious courthouse plans, annexation fights and wartime enlistment surges: Jan. 3 moments from Southeast Missouri history.

Southeast Missouri Roots & Branches: Wounded in a brutal Revolutionary War battle, Thomas English survived to help settl...
01/05/2026

Southeast Missouri Roots & Branches: Wounded in a brutal Revolutionary War battle, Thomas English survived to help settle Southeast Missouri and launch a vast local family – here's his story.

Wounded in a brutal Revolutionary War battle, Thomas English survived to help settle Southeast Missouri and launch a vast local family – here's his story.

Captured on Film: Step into 1927 Cape Girardeau, when an ice storm turned streets into danger zones, shattered tree-line...
01/05/2026

Captured on Film: Step into 1927 Cape Girardeau, when an ice storm turned streets into danger zones, shattered tree-lined boulevards and left the city silent under glass.

Step into 1927 Cape Girardeau, when an ice storm turned streets into danger zones, shattered tree-lined boulevards and left the city silent under glass.

From the Morgue: Veteran mailman Paul W. Anderson recalls nearly four decades delivering mail in Cape Girardeau, reflect...
01/05/2026

From the Morgue: Veteran mailman Paul W. Anderson recalls nearly four decades delivering mail in Cape Girardeau, reflecting on 13-cent stamps, changing times and the daily life of postal workers in 1976.

Veteran mailman Paul W. Anderson recalls nearly four decades delivering mail in Cape Girardeau, reflecting on 13-cent stamps, changing times and the daily life of postal workers in 1976.

Out of the Past: Mary Burton, executive director of the American Red Cross Southeast Missouri Regional Chapter in Cape G...
01/02/2026

Out of the Past: Mary Burton, executive director of the American Red Cross Southeast Missouri Regional Chapter in Cape Girardeau, has been given the Spirit of Excellence for Management Award by the American Red Cross Missouri State Service Council.

From pothole-riddled streets to a fatal senatorial crash and Cape's first legal cocktails, a look back at Jan. 2 in Southeast Missouri history.

Out of the Past: While most Girardeans enjoy the New Year holiday, workers begin razing the Rust & Martin Upholstery str...
01/02/2026

Out of the Past: While most Girardeans enjoy the New Year holiday, workers begin razing the Rust & Martin Upholstery structure, which was gutted by fire a week ago.

Ice storms, New Year’s babies, downtown fires and a salesman’s “ancient city” hoax: a Jan. 1 look back at a century of Cape Girardeau headlines.

Out of the Past: Cape Central Airways, fixed-base operator at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport and oldest firm of it...
12/31/2025

Out of the Past: Cape Central Airways, fixed-base operator at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport and oldest firm of its kind between St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee, changes hands .

Bomb threats, river bridge dreams and a tech-savvy church: a Dec. 31 look back at Cape Girardeau history from 1925 to 2000.

Out of the Past: The Frisco Railway looms as a possible purchaser of at least one or two sections of the Cape Girardeau ...
12/30/2025

Out of the Past: The Frisco Railway looms as a possible purchaser of at least one or two sections of the Cape Girardeau Northern Railway.

From a masked bank heist and fiery car dealership blast to bald eagles on the frozen Mississippi and river flood fights, revisit dramatic Dec. 30 moments in Southeast Missouri history.

Out of the Past: Montgomery Ward Inc. in Chicago, the department store chain that helped pioneer American retailing, has...
12/29/2025

Out of the Past: Montgomery Ward Inc. in Chicago, the department store chain that helped pioneer American retailing, has announced it is shutting down after more than 125 years in business.

From Montgomery Ward’s demise to pay hikes, annexation fights and a raccoon in a house fire, Dec. 29 has packed a century of drama into Cape Girardeau’s history.

Out of the Past: Eight long-time friends from Portageville, three of them former students at State College, enlist in th...
12/29/2025

Out of the Past: Eight long-time friends from Portageville, three of them former students at State College, enlist in the Air Force at the Army and Air Force Recruiting Station at Cape Girardeau.

Runaway barges on an icy Mississippi, a new Sonic, a Marine twice wounded in Korea and a 1925 barbecue feud highlight Dec. 28 in Cape Girardeau history.

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