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Out of the Past: Tenth District Rep. Bill D. Burlison, D-Cape Girardeau, paid no property taxes on personally owned vehi...
09/25/2025

Out of the Past: Tenth District Rep. Bill D. Burlison, D-Cape Girardeau, paid no property taxes on personally owned vehicles that he licensed in Missouri each of the four years from 1970 through 1973, a Missourian investigation shows.

Missouri’s 2000 governor candidates clash in a heated debate, a local school district makes a fifth bid for a bond issue, and historic headlines recall tax troubles, port authority setbacks and harvest woes.

Out of the Past: Kathleen Gillard, dean of women at the Cape Girardeau Teachers College, has laid down some new rules fo...
09/24/2025

Out of the Past: Kathleen Gillard, dean of women at the Cape Girardeau Teachers College, has laid down some new rules for co-eds this year.

From church anniversaries to university inaugurations, a look back at key Cape Girardeau events from Sept. 24 in years past, including sidewalk safety efforts and a record-setting United Way campaign.

Out of the Past: The Sergeant Floyd, a Bicentennial towboat owned by the Army Corps of Engineers, was officially welcome...
09/23/2025

Out of the Past: The Sergeant Floyd, a Bicentennial towboat owned by the Army Corps of Engineers, was officially welcomed to Cape Girardeau yesterday afternoon.

A look back at key moments from Cape Girardeau’s history, including political debates, school projects, local celebrations and early 20th-century fairs, as chronicled in the Out of the Past column.

Out of the Past: The first courthouse bomb threat Thursday was frightening, but the second the same morning was just ann...
09/22/2025

Out of the Past: The first courthouse bomb threat Thursday was frightening, but the second the same morning was just annoying; shortly after 8 a.m., a man called the circuit clerk’s office saying a bomb was in the County Courthouse at Jackson and would explode at 9:30 a.m.

Dick Cheney’s 2000 campaign stop in Cape Girardeau drew crowds, protesters, and a giant rat, while the city also faced courthouse bomb threats, arson attempts and a stolen fruit truck over the decades.

Out of the Past: Twenty-two Cape Girardeau youths were cited for peace disturbance and one Fornfelt youth was arrested o...
09/22/2025

Out of the Past: Twenty-two Cape Girardeau youths were cited for peace disturbance and one Fornfelt youth was arrested on a similar charge at Fornfelt last night during a ruckus stemming from a high school football game.

A collapsed retaining wall, new church leaders, a genealogy course and a football game ruckus are among the events recalled from Cape Girardeau’s past in this historical roundup.

Out of the Past: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow, who resigned last week as special assistant to the reti...
09/22/2025

Out of the Past: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow, who resigned last week as special assistant to the retiring Secretary of Defense L.A. Johnson, is appointed deputy director of Selective Service.

Black former Central High students discuss racial challenges in Cape Girardeau schools, Glenn House prepares for holidays, and local businesses open or expand in this look back at Sept. 20.

Captured on Film: Arthur Job showcases a record-yielding corn hybrid at the SEMO District Fair, with his Cape Girardeau ...
09/22/2025

Captured on Film: Arthur Job showcases a record-yielding corn hybrid at the SEMO District Fair, with his Cape Girardeau farm expected to harvest nearly 150 bushels per acre from a 15-acre field in 1957.

Arthur Job showcases a record-yielding corn hybrid at the SEMO District Fair, with his Cape Girardeau farm expected to harvest nearly 150 bushels per acre from a 15-acre field in 1957.

From the Morgue: Cape band’s journey from county fairs to the front lines of World War I.
09/22/2025

From the Morgue: Cape band’s journey from county fairs to the front lines of World War I.

A Cape Girardeau band that began at county fairs grew into a celebrated community group, eventually serving on the front lines in World War I before returning home as local heroes.

Local History: Samuel Randol and his sons faced divided loyalties and serious charges during the Civil War, leading to i...
09/22/2025

Local History: Samuel Randol and his sons faced divided loyalties and serious charges during the Civil War, leading to imprisonment, escape and a contentious local reputation in Southeast Missouri.

Samuel Randol and his sons faced divided loyalties and serious charges during the Civil War, leading to imprisonment, escape and a contentious local reputation in Southeast Missouri.

Out of the Past: A total of 2,648 boys and girls are enrolled in the public schools in Cape Girardeau, reports superinte...
09/19/2025

Out of the Past: A total of 2,648 boys and girls are enrolled in the public schools in Cape Girardeau, reports superintendent J.A. Whiteford.

A flu vaccine shortage delays clinics in Cape Girardeau, county voters debate planning and zoning, and local schools seek bond issues to ease overcrowding — highlights from Sept. 19 throughout the decades.

Out of the Past: The stately elms and maples removed along William Street during the process of widening the road from S...
09/18/2025

Out of the Past: The stately elms and maples removed along William Street during the process of widening the road from Sprigg Street to Kingshighway are gone forever, a victim of progress it appears.

A revived soap box derby draws crowds, a PGA pro eyes a new golf course and political, labor and community milestones mark Cape Girardeau’s history in this look back at Sept. 18 through the decades.

Out of the Past: State park officials and the Army Corps of Engineers have held a series of meetings concerning the silt...
09/17/2025

Out of the Past: State park officials and the Army Corps of Engineers have held a series of meetings concerning the siltation problem at John L. Wescoat Marina at Trail of Tears Park; so far, however, no definite conclusions have been reached.

Dick Cheney plans a public rally in Cape Girardeau, Illmo tackles newspaper litter and SEMO District Fair sets attendance record – catch highlights from Southeast Missouri’s history on Sept. 17.

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