CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Tiffany Mead started as a volunteer at Tiger Lilies four years ago. Now she is the program director for this organization whose mission is to help fifth and sixth grade girls become well-rounded human beings. Mead explained what her involvement in this program has meant to her. “It’s changed me,” she said. “It’s allowed me…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – A suspect connected with the threats last week to Perry County School District 32 is in custody. Perryvile Police Chief Direk L. Hunt announced at a press conference Sunday afternoon in Perryville that a juvenile admitted to making both phone calls this week. The juvenile has been turned over to juvenile authorities. It will be up…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – This weekend at the Cape Girardeau Sportsplex, more than 100 youth volleyball teams are competing in the Sportsplex Blast Martin Luther King Extravaganza. NSSC Volleyball Club runs the tournament, and the club’s assistant director Kacie Ritter, said tournaments like these help her family share their passion for volleyball. “We love it. Volleyball’s been in our…
Saturday and Sunday are going to be quiet and at or above average for highs. We’ll be into the middle 50s for Monday, but there’s also a really good chance for rain. We are looking at a lot of sunshine on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be near normal on Saturday, then 5 or 6 degrees above average on Sunday….
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) -The Federal Reserve’s goal is to get the core inflation rate down to 2 percent. And while the Consumer Price Index for the month of December indicates that the 12-month core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy, is still high at 5.7 percent, Southeast Missouri State professor David Yaskewich said this latest data set is…
Bryce Jordan Johnson (Source: Scott County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – The Scott County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man wanted for first degree assault. Bryce Jordan Johnson is wanted for an assault that happened outside Benton, Mo. on January 11 that sent a person to the hospital, according to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. He was in…
Dean O’Reilly (Source: Graves County Sheriffs Office/Facebook)GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – A man wanted by the the Graves County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Friday. Dean O’Reilly was arrested on KY 408 West near KY 440, according to the Graves County Sheriff’s Office. O’Reilly ran from a burglary, according to the sheriff’s office. Categories: News
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Cape Girardeau police ask the public for information after investigating a call of shots fired around noon on Friday. Officers responded to the 600 block of North Street at 12:01 p.m. They found multiple shell casings in the area. No reports of injuries and no property damage has been reported. Witnesses told police they saw…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – Reported crime has dropped or remained steady in the City of Paducah for the fifth year in a row. The last year Paducah saw overall numbers rise in the various categories of crime, which range from murder and robbery to simple assault and vandalism, was 2017. Paducah has continued to drop below the historic 16 percent decrease…
Temperatures are going to be a little up and down heading into the weekend, with the cooler air hanging out first. 30s on Friday, then 40s on Saturday, then 50s on Sunday! Friday starts off with temperatures in the middle and upper 20s. We don’t warm up much, either. Highs will be in the middle and upper 30s with a…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – According to Sgt. Clark Parrott, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E public information officer, 1,035 people died in traffic crashes on Missouri roadways in 2022. And while this number is alarming, what is just as concerning to Parrott is the proportion of those people who were not wearing their seatbelt. “Seventy percent of our fatalities…
Above is the image from the time a tornado was causing damage early Thursday morning, January 12, 2023. An EF-1 tornado touched down near Monkeys Eyebrow in Kentucky at 2:03am and was on the ground for 6.7 miles before lifting up a half mile southeast of Hillerman, IL. The tornado was 200 yards wide and had estimated peak wind gusts…
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (KBSI) – The city of Scott City has issued a precautionary boil water order for all of old Illmo and Parkview. A water main broke on the east end of the city, according to the City of Scott City. Crews are working to repair it. Categories: News
METROPOLIS, Ill. (KBSI) – A man from Benton, Kentucky was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to traveling to Illinois to engage in sexual activity with a minor in May 2020. Justin A. Wadsworth, 37, pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of a minor and attempted commercial sex trafficking of a child, according to the Southern District of…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Cape Girardeau Police Department Public Information Officer Bobby Newton wants the officers in the department to be seen by the community as much as possible. “What I try to instill in a lot of the officers coming up is get out there, get to know the community, let them see you, let them know that…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Semo Alliance for Disability Independence (SADI) announced some big news that they’ve been sitting on for more than a month, as they were one of the recipients of Chick-Fil-A’s True Inspiration awards. “When they presented the check they told us, and everybody was crying and cheering, and the consumers were there, and we just had…
FRUITLAND, Mo. (KBSI) – In southeast Missouri, the Fruitland Area Fire Protection District took advantage of the warmer temperatures Wednesday to do some training. The training including pump and drafting operations. This allows them to practice accessing alternative water sources in rural response areas. “That’s where our fire water comes from,” said Fruitland Fire Protection District Fire Chief Rob Francis….
Police Lights (Source: Pexels/Cottonbro)CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – Five people face charges after a series of drive-by-shootings over the past several weeks in Marion, Herrin and Carbondale. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office located a vehicle of interest on January 8 which had ties to various criminal activities, according to the Carbondale Police Department, according to the sheriff’s office. The vehicle and…
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ill. (KBSI) – A Mt. Vernon man faces first degree attempted murder and other charges after a failed escape attempt at the Jefferson County Courthouse in October of 2021. Frederick O. Goss, 56, of Mt. Vernon, Ill. faces one count of attempted first degree murder (Class X felony), one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class X…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A mysterious sailboat has been dormant on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau for weeks. Located just across the Missouri Dry Doc, the white sailboat with blue stripes is anchored in shallow water. The boat is currently missing key components such as the mast and engine. FOX 23 News reached out…
Trever Tucker (Source: Caldwell County Jail)DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (KBSI) – Two women were injured with a knife and one man was arrested in Caldwell County, Ky. Kentucky State Police Post 2 received a call from the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department asking to assist deputies with a domestic dispute at 101 H Haile Road in Dawson Springs about 10:03 p.m. on…
PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Students and staff at Perryville High School and Perry County Middle School are back in school after they were evacuated Wednesday morning for a police search after police received a threat to the school. The Perryville Police Department received a phone call from a male subject claiming to be a student at Perryville High School on…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Last week we reported on a 15-year-old being rescued from human trafficking in McCracken County, Ky. From there we did some investigating to find out how to stay aware of human trafficking. I spoke with the Missouri State Highway Patrol which says the threat of human trafficking is big even in smaller areas. “So, this…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KBSI) – Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” Tuesday evening which bans the sale and distribution of assault weapons throughout the state. HB 5471 also bans the sale of high-capacity magazines and switches in Illinois and requires existing owners of semi-automatic riffles to register their weapons within 300 days. The bill is effective immediately….