PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Mercy and Perry County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees finalized a lease agreement for Mercy to operate and manage the county-owned Perry County memorial hospital with the approval of the Perry County Commission. “One of the biggest things that we’re most excited about is, Mercy’s investment into our healthcare delivery system.” Says CEO and President, Chris…
Above is the video forecast for Friday. Here you can find timing of the storms and the greatest threats for the day. Above is a video showing the possible progression of the storm Friday afternoon and evening. Storms are likely Friday afternoon and into the evening hours. Tornadoes, damaging wind, and hail will be possible as storms move through. The…
Storms are likely Friday late afternoon and into the evening hours. Tornadoes, damaging wind, and hail will be possible as storms move through. The time to start planning is now. Know where your safe place is should severe storms move into your area. There is a large area (above) that has the potential for severe weather Friday. For our area,…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – A 17 year old from Marion, Illinois is charged as an adult after multiple December shootings in Carbondale. Brennan Gibbs, 17, of Marion is charged with multiple counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful possession of a firearm. Jackson County State’s Attorney, Joseph A. Cervantez, says the charges are for multiple shootings that…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – In just over a week, the Jefferson Community Center in Cape Girardeau will celebrate its grand opening. The groundbreaking for the Jefferson Pool Project was held in August of 2021. After almost two years of construction, Cape Girardeau Public Schools Superintendent Neil Glass explains what having the new center means for the south side of…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Authorities say they were notified of a threat at Perry County Middle School on Wednesday evening. Several students reported a fellow student telling them not to come to school on Thursday because they were bringing a bomb to campus. School officials were quickly notified and the student was identified and brought to the police station for…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – The city of Carbondale will soon get a newly elected mayor after the April 4 election. The former mayor stepped down last year. Now Interim Mayor Carolin Harvey looks to get elected while the opposing candidate Harold Visser, is running for his first city government position. Both Harvey and Visser agree that their top issue would…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – Paducah police are searching for a two people after they brought their two-year-old daughter to the emergency room, lethargic, in and out of consciousness and having trouble breathing, and the police say child tested positive for cocaine. Chrishell Burns, 27, of Jarrett Street in Paducah is charged in a warrant with second-degree criminal abuse and two…
Thursday’s temperatures start off cooler in the 30s then quickly warm up into the 60s and 70s. Mostly sunny skies throughout the day, then a few clouds followed by a storm system arrive in the late evening hours on Thursday. Excessive rainfall and possible thunderstorms are expected throughout Friday. A brief cool down on Saturday, temperatures will be in the…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A passenger vehicle and a Cape Girardeau fire truck crashed Wednesday morning. It happened at the intersection of Independence and Sprigg. No one was injured in the crash, according to Cape Girardeau Police Department Ptlm. Bobby Newton. Newton says the vehicle hit the fire truck as the truck was turning into the fire station. Categories:…
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. (KBSI) – Fire crews responded to a house fire at the 0-100 block of Apache Circle. After putting out the fire in the one-story home, crews discovered a body identified as 66-year-old Katherine Kelley. During the fire, the rear of the home suffered most damage with clouds of black smoke filling the air. The McClure-East Cape…
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – Graves County sheriff’s deputies found the owner of some goats and a dog found running loose just south of Mayfield. The sheriff’s office responded to a call of goats loose in the area of Old Dukedom Road and Dodson Road, just south of Mayfield on Monday, March 27. There was also a Great Pyrenees traveling…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – With the tragedy of the school shooting in Tennessee, families are confident one local school is keeping students safe. According to Education Week, there have been 13 school shooting in 2023 that resulted in death or injuries. Grandparent Linda Crader says even with the abundance of school shootings, she feels safe dropping her granddaughter…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) is opening a new satellite office with the goal of expanding access to services for Southeast Missouri. The new satellite office will be in New Madrid, Missouri. A move that Development Director Alix Gasser says is to help cut the time for people looking for…
Temperatures drop into the lower 30s Wednesday morning with light wind and clear skies, frost is likely to occur in the AM hours. Wednesday afternoon warms up into the 60s, clear skies continue into Thursday. Between late Thursday evening and early morning Friday a storm system makes its way into our viewing area. Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms are expected…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Weather fluctuation and airborne pollen during the spring season could trigger allergies not only in humans but in pets. Seasonal allergies affect about 10-20% of all pets, making them vulnerable to sickness during weather changes. “Normally the difference between dogs and cats and humans, is dogs and cats will get itchy whereas humans will get…
CARTERVILLE, Ill. (KBSI) – The John A. Logan Vols’’ men’s basketball team is riding a wave and don’t appear to be coming down any time soon, as they defeated Northwest Florida State College, 73-30, Saturday to winthe Division I National Junior College Athletic Association men’s championship. This marks their first title in school history. “It has been wild. It was…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KBSI) – Today, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an anti-hazing bill into law, in memory of a University of Kentucky student who died following a hazing incident. The law, “Lofton’s Law,” makes hazing that leads to death, a felony. It comes after 18-year-old Lofton Hazelwood was found unresponsive at the Farmhouse Fraternity. Investigations pointed to hazing and the…
BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – In southeast Missouri, a woman drowned after trying to drive through a flooded road in Bollinger County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Debbie Barks was driving an SUV on Route H, two miles north of Zama, on Saturday evening. That’s when she came across a flooded section of the road and tried to…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The City of Cape Girardeau is a part of the Certified Local Government (CLG) and has been since 1991. The CLG has a goal to promote preserving initiatives between federal partners and state and local governments. “They’re not guaranteed to last forever, and we’ve seen over the years several historic buildings and structures that have…
PRINCETON, Ky. (KBSI) – A Princeton man faces a murder charge after a woman died in Princeton. On Sunday, March 26, the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department requested KSP Post 2 to conduct a death investigation at 2848 Dripping Springs Road in Princeton. Eric Wright, 43, of Princeton called 911 to report an unresponsive female. Rachel Tucker, 27, of Princeton died,…
Tuesday and Wednesday are dry but temperatures stay cool. Partly cloudy skies expected on Tuesday, but Wednesday the skies clear up with a chance for some sun. For the next two days, temperatures drop into the 30s overnight, before warming up into the 50s during the day. Our current break in precipitation comes to a pause as another chance for…
SIKESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – The Southeast Missouri Food Bank was awarded a $10,000 grant from Red Nose Day USA to help feed children in southeast Missouri. The Red Nose Day funds will allow the food bank to hold 10 food pantries called “A Better Childhood (ABC) Mobile Food Pantries” this year in communities with higher rates of childhood hunger. In…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Missouri State Representative John Voss hasn’t been able to donate blood in more than 30 years, but now he can, and his first donation just happened to come in his hometown of Cape Girardeau. “I was just happy that I was able to give again,” Voss said. After living in England at the height of…