CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Southern Illinois University football team pulled off a 14-11 upset of FBS school Northern Illinois on Saturday. The Salukis won despite getting outgained by 141 yards and possessing the ball for 12 fewer minutes than NIU. The Salukis sealed the game on their third interception of the contest with 33 seconds left. The 24th…
Temperatures are going to be cooler than average through the weekend and into next week. Aside from a little patchy fog in the morning, it’s going to be quiet through the weekend. Precipitation chances do come back Tuesday and Wednesday next week. A cooler than average day expected to start the weekend with highs 4 or 5 degrees below average….
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – “Crafty but crushable.” This is how Many Good Things Brewing Co-Owner Andrew Stewart would describe SEMO Red, a new beer created from a collaboration between the brewery and Southeast Missouri State. “It’s got enough bite but not so much that it’s hard,” he said. “It’s still easy.” It took Stewart and his business partner Ray…
MISSOURI (KBSI) – The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is partnering with Safe Communities of Cape Girardeau to host a car seat safety event. Most parents, grandparents, or other family members have never been shown the correct way of installing a car seat. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), almost 46% of car seats and booster seats are used incorrectly. Child Passenger…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Chamber hosted First Friday Coffee on Friday, September 8. The event was held at the Century Casino Event Center. Leadership Cape presented a session about Team Project. The team recognized the need to provide a Safe Exchange Zone for residents of Cape Girardeau and surrounding areas. Many times people meet to exchange goods…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport hosted the final day of its Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Training on Friday. The team simulates a real-world aircraft accident during a full-scale exercise. While the types of accident featured in the training dont’ happen often, emergency response team have to be ready just in case. “Of course you hope nothing…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization held a special outdoor farm-to-table dinner Thursday night. A large table lined the middle of the street at High and Adams streets. The “farm-to-table” dinner featured food grown by local farmers which was then prepared by local chefs and restaurants. The Uptown Jackson revitalization organization called it a celebration of all the…
BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – A man faces charges of failing to register as a sex offender in Bollinger County. Melvin Jones, a registered sex offender who lives in Bollinger County, faces two counts of Class E felony of failure to register as a sex offender. On Wednesday, August 30, an investigator with the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Office discovered sex…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – The time is now to adopt your rubber ducky for the PaDucky Derby. The annual rubber duck race is October 21 at 3 p.m. at Montgomery Lake within Bob Noble Park Pond in Paducah. This year the grand prize is $2,500. The goal is to adopt 20,000 ducks. A duck is $5, but you can get…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Local firefighters are conducting annual training at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The training consists of an aircraft rescue and firefighting live fire simulator that is owned and contracted by University of Missouri. “This is a requirement that we have to do every year to be able to cover those flights,” said Battalion Chief Norman…
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (KBSI) – The Department of Economic Development awarded more than $11 million in block grant funds to 22 communities around Missouri. Scott City was one of the towns chosen to receive a grant. Dustin Whitworth is the Scott City, City administrator. He says the grant will be used to improve water flow, put culverts in ditches, storm…
SIKESTON. Mo. (KBSI) – Three local organizations collaborate to form a character-building club for the youth. Spread Hope Now, Youth Empowerment 573, and YMCA of Southeast Missouri are the founders of Club Hope. “We got together and started talking about what we could do if the three of us just joined together and did something huge,” said Mari Ann Moyers,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A home opener in a newly renovated stadium, and a conference and rivalry game on top of that: this is everything SEMO quarterback Paxton DeLaurent could ask for. “This is everything you could ask for as a player,” he said. “Home openers are always exciting, but to get to open up Houck, you know, this…
Temperatures are going to be a little cooler than average for the next several days with highs in the lower 80s all the way through next week. We’ll have to wait until next week for our next rain chance, too. After starting off right around normal for temperatures and a little patchy fog, we’ll warm up with plenty of sunshine….
VIENNA, Ill. (KBSI) – Vienna High School invited surrounding high schools in the area to attend their college and career expo. “So here at Vienna we really believe that the college and career planning begin when students enter their freshman year,” said Leslie Bradley, director of Student Career Services. She says she appreciates how the expo helps her students create…
Tanya M. Robinson (Source: Williamson County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – A woman faces several charges after police say she was found hiding in an attic in Williamson County. Tanya M. Robinson was arrested on an outstanding arrest warrant for failure to appear – driving without a license. She also faces charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia…
Showers and storms will be possible the first part of Wednesday, but after that, we’re likely done with rain chances for a while. Temperatures, while hot on Wednesday, will be cooling off through the rest of the week, into the weekend, and even into next week. After some early morning storms, we’ll dry out and warm up on Wednesday. The…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI)- The public works department that maintains Capaha Park is having issues controlling the amount of algae in the pond. “What we are going to be doing now is probably manually removing it,” said Kaed Horrell, Parks Division Manager for the City of Cape Girardeau. Horrell says his crew has been working hard to control the algae with…
Tuesday will be another mostly cloudy day, with storm activity starting in the morning and continuing into the early evening hours. The storms linger east of the Mississippi before weakening as they move. The thunderstorms will be hit or miss with some areas staying dry throughout the day. Stormcast is forecasting scattered storms arriving in the morning hours on…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A vehicle has crashed into Andy’s Frozen Custard on Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau on Monday. The vehicle crashed into the south side of the building. No injuries have been reported. Officer Bobby Newton with the Cape Girardeau Police Department says they are investigating to determine the cause of the crash. Andy’s will be closed until…
ULLIN, Ill. (KBSI) – The Southern 7 Health Department will be going mobile in the Southern 7 region for flu season. The health department will conduct mobile flu shot units in various rural areas. No appointment is required, the health department asks that you bring insurance cards and wear non-restrictive clothing. Southern 7 Health Department (S7HD) will hold several community…
PADUCAH, Kent. (KBSI) – “He is 13 feet long, 16 years old and weighs around 70 pounds,” said Andy Thornton, co-owner of Pandora’s Exotic Reptiles. He says his Burmese Python Alf, who was with him at Sunday’s Exotic Pet Expo at the Paducah Convention Center, is quite docile and friendly. “You can put him in front of a whole…
Labor Day will be another warm day with the possibility for showers mainly in SE Missouri. The pop up storms will start in the afternoon and continue into the evening. There will still be dry time for any outdoor activities in the morning and early afternoon. Highs are forecast to reach the lower 90s and upper 80s. Not…
The average high this time of year is in the middle 80s and we’re going to be a little above that for the entire holiday weekend and into next week. Precipitation holds off until the middle of next week. The Labor Day Weekend is looking very warm with highs a few degrees above average. The humidity will be pretty high,…