Bo Browning, Charles Browning, Christina Byrn (Source: McCracken County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – Three people face drug charges after they were arrested at a McCracken County home Monday night. Bo Browning, 38, of Sheehan Bridge Road faces charges of public intoxication, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Charles Browning, 39, of Sheehan Bridge Road faces charges…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – City of Cape Girardeau leaders broke ground for a new airport terminal on Tuesday. Airport Board Chairman Richard Note spoke about the long history of aviation. The existing airport terminal has served patrons since 1956. Note says the current terminal is outdated and does not meet expectations of the airport’s current stakeholders. Now that funding…
MARBLE HILL, Mo. (KBSI) – Three of the five people lost in last week’s deadly tornado in Bollinger County were laid to rest Monday. Family members and friends said their final goodbyes to 16-year-old Destinee Koenig, 57-year-old Susan Sullivan and 37-year-old Jimmy Skaggs. A visitation was held with the funeral following after at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. …
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The city of Cape Girardeau announced that the Public Works department will soon have a new Director. Public Works Director Stan Polivick will be retiring July 1st and his successor will be Casey Brunke. In a release from the city of Cape Girardeau, City Manager Dr. Kenneth Haskin says, “both Stan and Casey have been…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – This week marks National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. It’s a time celebrate those who answer our calls for help. It comes around every second week of April and provides the opportunity to celebrate these hard workers. Allen Stensland works for the Cape Girardeau Police Department as a telcommunicatior. Stensland says telecommunicators are like first link…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI)- Last year Cape Girardeau County was hit with an influx of syphilis cases, now in 2023 HIV has made it’s way through… and the growing number of positive cases, is on the rise. “People are being sexually irresponsible.” Stacy Skidmore, a Registered Nurse with the Cape County Public Health Department says at least ten cases of…
Sunshine and dry skies will continue Tuesday through Thursday. Morning temperatures will drop into the 40s before quickly warming up into the mid to upper 70s throughout the day. Tuesday morning will be a little cooler with temperatures dropping into the mid to upper 40s and lower 50s. Even with calm wind speeds throughout the morning having a light…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI) – With Glenallen still reeling from an EF2 tornado, one church still held its Easter Sunday. Heritage Apostolic Church was heavily damaged. “Everybody’s going to be really tired so we are going to have it at 1 p.m. One service at 1,” said Pastor Ivan Dowd. Pastor Dowd says the church has been used to help residents…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Natural disasters often bring out the good in people, with strangers coming together to help those in need. Better Business Regional Director Whitney Quick, says to beware of “storm chasers”. People looking to take advantage of a horrible situation. “Unethical contractors may actually create damage to get work,” said Quick. Quick says that not all…
ALTO PASS, Ill. (KBSI) – Kudzai Musumhi, who led Sunday’s Easter Sunrise Service at Bald Knob Cross, said the cross’s location is one of its hallmarks. “Southern Illinois is just beautiful,” he said. “It’s just a beautiful area, and where the cross is located, absolutely fantastic, and so seeing the sunrise coming up, it’s absolutely incredible.” Musumhi attended Southern Illinois…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Southeast Missouri State University will be hosting the Emmett Till Project. It’s an event that will feature Superintendent Wheel Parker Jr and a showing of the Emmett Till Documentary. Parker is the cousin of Emmett Till and one of the last living witnesses of Till’s kidnapping. Southeast Missouri State University Associate Professor Dana…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – A parade, the Easter bunny, an Easter egg hunt, and add on top of that beautiful weather, and that’s a recipe for fun at Prairie Living assisted living facility in Carbondale. Prairie Living CEO Gary Hill was the Easter bunny’s chauffeur during the parade. “He was pretty rowdy back there, but he took the ride pretty…
GRASSY, Mo. (KBSI) – A higher-end EF-2 tornado first touched down in Grassy, Missouri, early Wednesday morning. “God spared our lives,” Jerry Trentham said. Trentham lost everything he had worked for to the tornado: a business he dedicates working at six of seven days a week. He has lived in either Grassy or Glenallen for his whole life and decided…
A very quiet and mild forecast is ahead of us. 60s for the weekend, then 70s next week. We’re not expecting any precipitation through the end of next week. Saturday will be a little above average for highs. There will be a few clouds in the morning, then more sun in the afternoon. By Saturday evening, we’ll likely see mostly…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI) – Sara Sutter has been living in a hotel with her family since Wednesday’s tornado damaged their Glenallen home. “We have no power. With no power, we have no water because everybody out here is on a well,” she said. Sutter had left for work about 20 minutes early to beat the storm while her husband Kian…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI)- Wednesday morning Glenallen fire fighters woke to the sounds of sirens and calls for help, only to find one of their fire stations was destroyed and along with it, several firetrucks. Calvin Troxell, Marble Hill County Coroner says, “All this has went on and believe it or not, even though I’m the Fire Chief I have not…
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man on April 6 who deputies say led them on a chase on March 27. Deputies with the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office saw Austin T. Burton, 26, who is confirmed to have a federal warrant driving a vehicle southbound on US Highway 61 in Fruitland around…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI)- “That was my dad’s truck, he passed away, and I want to try and save it, but I don’t think there’s gunna be no way…” John Stanfill is a veteran and survivor of the Glenallen EF2 tornado that shred its way through homes and businesses. And caused trees to fall over Stanfill’s most prized possession…His late father’s…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI) – Sgt. Clark Parrott with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in all his years as a public information officer and dealing with largescale events like the Glenallen tornado, the response to this storm was one of the smoothest operations he has been a part of. “Everybody checked their egos at the door, left them on the…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI)- “We got here this morning probably about nine o’clock, nine thirty, bout nine thirty, nine fifteen.” Volunteers from local and national areas started driving into the Glenallen area early Thursday morning. Christy Lynn, with Hope International says, “We’re just here to serve the people, give em’ Jesus and give em’ love, and whatever we can do, hot…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI) – One Ohio man with a chainsaw has come to help tornado survivors in Glenallen. Tom Senft has traveled many miles to help residents recover from the devastation of an EF2 tornado. “I was in West Kentucky last year and three different places and I’ve just been doing this since 1971.” While in Glenallen, Senft drove through…
GLENALLEN, Mo. (KBSI)- A Glenallen business owner had to drain out almost 6,500 gallons of propane due to a leak in the tank from his business’s propane tank. This kind of loss is not easy for Rich Miller, who had to sit and watch as his fuel, and money, burned right in front of him. Miller says, “The damage to…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A couple face additional charges after police say two more of their children tested positive for drugs. All four children in the home were removed from the home by Social Services representatives. Paducah police arrested for Chrishell Burns, 27, and Jakyron Burnside, 27, both of Paducah. Burns faces charges of three counts of second-degree criminal abuse…
tornado relief donations (Source: Jessica Blum/KBSI)BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – Many organizations are coming together to provide aid to those impacted by the deadly tornado that hit Bollinger County on April 5. The East Missouri Action Agency is collecting funds for those hit by the tornado. If you are a property owner affected by the tornado and need assistance in…