POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KBSI) – Three Poplar Bluff police officers have been placed on administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday, February 7. Officers of the Poplar Bluff Police Department were dispatched to the 700 block of North 11th Street around 8:09 a.m. regarding a male walking in the area with blood on him. Officers found the male walking…
(Source: Hayti Police Department/Facebook)HAYTI, Mo. (KBSI) – The Hayti Police Department asks for the public’s help in identifying a person who dined and dashed at a restaurant in town. The person did not pay for his food at Los Portales in Hayti on February 6 about 6 p.m. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Hayti Police Department…
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – The McCracken County Sheriff’s Office welcomed a new member to the force. K9 partner Vegas joins the ranks. Corporal Lamb received Vegas in January and recently returned from training. Vegas is a 21-month-old Belgian Malinois with incredible drive, according to the sheriff’s office. Vegas is ready to hit the streets to serve McCracken County. Categories:…
(KBSI) – The Missouri Department of Transportation invites Missouri students in grades K-8 to participate in the 2023 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter-Free” trash-can-decorating contest. MoDOT encourages student to help fight litter in Missouri – and to have creative and educational fun – by participating in the trash-can-decorating contest. It is part of MoDOT’s annual “No MOre Trash!” statewide…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A new car wash is coming to Cape Girardeau. Club Car Wash recently purchased the former Sunny Hill Gardens and Florist property at 206 North Kingshighway in Cape. The business was in operation for 30 years before closing its doors last spring. The 1.6 acre lot will be the second Club Car Wash location in…
VIENNA Ill. (KBSI) – A young man from Illinois received more than $100,000 in scholarship funds to attend Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Cambell Douglas, also known as ‘Soup,’ by his classmates, is a senior at Vienna High School who has worked tirelessly his entire school career to achieve straight A’s. But Monday’s event was a complete surprise to Douglas and his…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – In Missouri, eastbound Bus. 60 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as crews perform drainage work. This section of roadway is located from Route AD to Harris Drive in Dexter, Mo. Work began today and will continue from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. through Wednesday, Feb. 8. Categories: News…
We are going to see temperatures well above for the next several days. Highs will be in the middle and upper 50s through Thursday! Then, we cool off as we get into Friday and the weekend. Precipitation chances are good for Tuesday and especially into Wednesday. Over an inch of rain will be possible. Rain is going to be on…
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KBSI) – Tyler Hansbrough has joined a master class of sports figures from the Show-Me State, becoming the Poplar Bluff school system’s fourth inductee into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Before he was named the NCAA’s consensus National Player of the Year and selected as a first-round draft pick in the NBA, Hansbrough led Mules Basketball…
SIKESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – The Sikeston Department of Public Safety asks for anyone with information about a missing woman to come forward with info two years after she went missing. Shyann Morrison was last seen in Sikeston in February of 2021. In August of 2021, the Friends of Shyann Morrison offered up a $5,000 reward to anyone who can provide…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The MERS Goodwill Excel Center celebrated the opening of its newest adult high school in Cape Girardeau on Friday, February 3. The Excel Center® is an accredited tuition-free high school. This is the sixth school of its kind in the state. It allows adults to earn their high school diploma via day and evening classes. The…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Parents are looking for reassurance after terroristic threats were made against Perryville High School in January. A special school board meeting Thursday night answered questions as to how the situation was handled. “Finding out that they were not searched, they were not questioned, these kids were not talked to, it’s very concerning cause with a threat…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – NSSC Volleyball Club Assistant Director Kacie Ritter said even just 15 years ago, boys volleyball in the Cape Girardeau area was an afterthought. “Whenever I played volleyball back in 2007 when I was a senior, boys volleyball was not even anything around here,” she said. “You knew of boys volleyball in St. Louis, but down…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo (KBSI) – A game or quiz on Facebook could be fun to pass the time, and the questions you give answers to might not seem important or big. But Whitney Quick, with the Better Business Bureau, says these answers are important. “Are putting out some questions or some answers actually for the same things that we’re…
MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – The Southern Illinois Boat and Fishing Show is more than what the name may suggest. Visit SI Executive Director Ashlee Spiller said the boat and fishing show helps fulfill one of Visit SI’s missions. “Putting back into the community is something that we strive for each and every day, giving back to the two charities that…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Show Me Care Bags hosted the first of its three annual craft and vendor fairs on Saturday. More than a dozen vendors welcomed people to the Osage Centre to raise money for the foundation that provides care bags to patients who are receiving cancer treatment. Jennifer Preston with Show Me Care Bags described what makes…
Highs on Saturday were only in the upper 30s in and around Cape Girardeau. The good news: we warm up from here into the foreseeable future. Temperatures overnight will not vary much as we will be mostly cloudy into Sunday. Both Saturday and Sunday night the full moon will be visible. Peak brightness will happen around 12:28 p.m. Sunday afternoon,…
The weekend is going to warm up with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. We’ll try for the middle 50s by Monday! No precipitation is expected. On Saturday, we start the warm up. We’ll start the day chilly, but we’ll get back into the 40s by the afternoon. It’ll be a little breezy, as well. The next few days are…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Bill Cole, owner of Edge Realty in Cape Girardeau, almost can’t believe the current state of the real estate market. “This is perhaps the weirdest market I’ve seen since we opened up in 2003,” he said. “It almost doesn’t make sense. It really doesn’t.” Mortage rates have doubled in the last year, going from around…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Gun Violence Survivor Week is February 1-7. According to Mom Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, nearly 60% of adults or someone they know or care about have experience gun violence in their lifetime. Leslie Washington, a survivor of gun violence, say it is not about taking guns away from anyone. “I don’t care how…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – At the SEMO basketball games Thursday night, Redhawks Athletics did their part to support Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation. A portion of the ticket sales for the games will go back to the Cape Parks and Rec Foundation to fund their various programs. Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs Nate Saverino explained why…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Perryville High School experienced a terroristic threat a couple weeks ago, leading officials to have to put the school on lockdown and evacuate the school. Later that same week another threat came in, forcing the school to call off classes completely. Over that weekend school officials and law enforcement worked together to get the suspect into…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (KBSI) – Kentucky State Police, Post 1 has identified the suspect accused of heavy equipment theft. James E. Slaughter, 19, Blytheville, Ark. is wanted for charges of theft by unlawful taking $10,000 < $1,000,000, destruction of VIN number, criminal mischief 1st degree, and criminal possession of a forged instrument 2nd degree. Slaughter is described as a black male…
A chilly end of the week, but we warm up through the weekend. No precipitation is expected! We start the day off several degrees below average and because of that, we will stay well below average for the afternoon high. We’ll try for the lower 30s in the afternoon with a north breeze at 5 to 15 mph. All of…