WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Cape Girardeau, MO Missourians in the counties of Barry, Butler, Carter, Howell, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard and Texas who were impacted by the severe weather and flooding from May 19 27 have until Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, to apply with FEMA for assistance to support their disaster recovery. In addition to the registration deadline, both Disast  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 13, 2024, entitled "Notice of Inventory Completion: Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, Jackson, MO." SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation betwee  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Sept. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2024: U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Friday sentenced a man responsible for one fatal and one non-fatal shooting in Hayti, Missouri in 2023 to 25 years in prison. Eugene Winters, 44, of Hayti, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in November to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Winters admitte  more