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Out of the Past: Freshmen who wait too long to enroll at Southeast Missouri State University this year may not get in.
06/05/2026

Out of the Past: Freshmen who wait too long to enroll at Southeast Missouri State University this year may not get in.

June 5 “Out of the Past” recalls SEMO’s first freshman enrollment cap, a museum grant, firefighter wage disputes, unchanged 1951 city taxes and Cape Girardeau’s...

Out of the Past: Fire, following a terrific explosion that wrecks the interior of the Joe Lando shoe store and shoe repa...
06/04/2026

Out of the Past: Fire, following a terrific explosion that wrecks the interior of the Joe Lando shoe store and shoe repair shop at 623 Good Hope St., guts the establishment at 2 a.m.

From Army drills in a former grocery to a teen killed by lightning and a Good Hope Street blast, see how June 4 unfolded in Southeast Missouri across the decade...

Out of the Past: A group of 35 enlisted men and two officers, members of the Naval Reserve Training Division at the muni...
06/03/2026

Out of the Past: A group of 35 enlisted men and two officers, members of the Naval Reserve Training Division at the municipal airport, departed in a special coach on the Frisco passenger train at Cape Girardeau yesterday, en route to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

From energy talks and charity rides to salary studies, school changes and a barn fire, this column revisits Cape Girardeau-area news from June 3 in 2001, 1976, ...

Out of the Past: The John L. Wescoat Marina at Trail of Tears State Park, long plagued by heavy siltation problems, may ...
06/02/2026

Out of the Past: The John L. Wescoat Marina at Trail of Tears State Park, long plagued by heavy siltation problems, may be rid of its Mississippi River mud if a plan devised by the Army Corps of Engineers pans out.

From massive concrete pours for the Bill Emerson Bridge to rural fire protection and silt-choked marinas, local headlines from 1926-2001 show Cape Girardeau’s c...

Out of the Past: What many Cape Girardeau residents describe as the worst storm to hit here since the 1949 tornado swept...
06/01/2026

Out of the Past: What many Cape Girardeau residents describe as the worst storm to hit here since the 1949 tornado swept almost unannounced through the area late Sunday night.

From a Missouri hate-crimes ruling to Korean War combat reports and 1920s road plans, here’s a look back at June 1 in Southeast Missouri history.

Out of the Past: Anton Haas, 79, who as a contractor erected a number of important buildings in Cape Girardeau in the pa...
06/01/2026

Out of the Past: Anton Haas, 79, who as a contractor erected a number of important buildings in Cape Girardeau in the past half century, dies of the infinities of age.

From trains seeking new life to summer school, war memorials, a builder's legacy and much-needed rain, see what made headlines on past May 31s in Southeast Miss...

Local History: How a respected Cape Girardeau judge and civic leader drowned in 1918 while inspecting flood damage with ...
06/01/2026

Local History: How a respected Cape Girardeau judge and civic leader drowned in 1918 while inspecting flood damage with a friend, shocking the community he helped shape.

How a respected Cape Girardeau judge and civic leader drowned in 1918 while inspecting flood damage with a friend, shocking the community he helped shape.

Out of the Past: A road, which is to be made passable to traffic, will be constructed to Old McKendree Chapel, seven mil...
06/01/2026

Out of the Past: A road, which is to be made passable to traffic, will be constructed to Old McKendree Chapel, seven miles northwest of Cape Girardeau.

Traffic changes, water-system grants and Memorial Day traditions from 1926 to 2001 surface in this look back at Cape Girardeau and Southern Illinois history.

From the Morgue: In 1951, four Cherokee leaders retraced the Trail of Tears, stopping in Cape Girardeau to present a pea...
06/01/2026

From the Morgue: In 1951, four Cherokee leaders retraced the Trail of Tears, stopping in Cape Girardeau to present a peace pipe and smoke a ceremonial pipe at “Princess” Otahki’s grave.

In 1951, four Cherokee leaders retraced the Trail of Tears, stopping in Cape Girardeau to present a peace pipe and smoke a ceremonial pipe at “Princess” Otahki’...

Captured on Film: A 1968 photo marks Superior Electric's move from its Chamber-funded Cape Girardeau factory, home since...
06/01/2026

Captured on Film: A 1968 photo marks Superior Electric's move from its Chamber-funded Cape Girardeau factory, home since 1938 to production of stoves, irons, toasters and other small appliances.

A 1968 photo marks Superior Electric's move from its Chamber-funded Cape Girardeau factory, home since 1938 to production of stoves, irons, toasters and other s...

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