The weekend is going to be a half and half kind of weekend. Rain is expected the first half of Saturday with scattered showers lingering into the afternoon hours. After that, we dry out Sunday into Monday with temperatures in the upper 40s and lower 50s. If you have marathon plans Saturday morning, you’re going to get wet! Rain showers…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (KBSI) – A year after an EF4 tornado ripped through Mayfield, Kentucky, the city is slowly rebuilding. As for when things will return to how they were, Mayor Kathy O’Nan took things a step further. “I don’t think that will, as far as what you see, I don’t think that will ever happen because we’re going to be better,”…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI)- Thursday afternoon, United Way of Southeast Missouri led a transportation coalition meeting to discuss data and research provided from the survey given out last month in the Cape Girardeau community. The discussion led into the concerns community members had on the city’s bus routes and sidewalks. Elizabeth Shelton, the Director for United Way of Southeast Missouri…
JACKSON Mo. (KBSI)- The Jackson Civic Center was packed full Thursday with business leaders of the community for the Women’s Impact Network meeting. Graze Keen, Owner of Blackbird by Peachy Keen says, “So we love events like this just so we can network and meet people because we’re people people, but we love it because we’re community over competition. We…
Temperatures are going to be well above average on Friday, but it won’t last long. We’ll drop back down to around normal on Saturday with a chance for some more rain. We dry out on Sunday and Monday with highs remaining around 50 degrees. For Friday, we’ll be about 10 to 12 degrees above average for the high, which is…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – In the state of Missouri, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has dipped below $3 for the first time in 317 days. “This certainly is coming at a very good time,” AAA Public Affairs Specialist Don Redman said. A very good time because we are approaching the Christmas and New Year’s holidays,…
We are going to have some rain showers lingering through the morning hours Thursday, then it’ll dry out for the rest of the day. It will remain dry through the day on Friday, but another chance for rain comes our way on Saturday. We then get another break on Sunday before another thunderstorm chance moves in Monday and Tuesday. The…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Gibson Center for Behavioral Change Chief Operating Officer Ryan Essex said the idea of a mobile mental health unit had been thrown around for a while. “Certainly, it’s really exciting to have an opportunity like this to bring something that we at the Gibson Center for Behavioral Change have thought about for a long time…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Brain drain is a problem many cities and small towns face. In short, it, too, is a growing epidemic, placing the onus on the localized industries. The growing trend has made its way to southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Every student, and every person we have in our region is important to our workforce and…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A Mayfield woman faces charges after a “shots fired” incident in downtown Paducah early Sunday morning. Keyja R. Hammonds, 26, of Mayfield, turned herself in and faces charges of first-degree wanton endangerment and receiving stolen property ($10,000 or more). The Paducah Police Department were notified at 4:50 p.m. Sunday that the incident had occurred at 2:30…
school desks in a classroom (Source: Pexels/Pixabay)DONIPHAN, Mo. (KBSI) – The Doniphan R-1 School District is closed December 7-10 due to sickness. Alternative Methods Instruction assignments have been provided to student for the three days the school is closed. Students are to turn in the assignments when they return to school on Monday, Dec. 12. The district plans to sanitize…
Scattered showers and storms are going to be possible for the next couple of days before we see partly cloudy skies on Friday. Temperatures will be very mild through the rest of the week with highs around 10 degrees above average. For Wednesday, temperatures will be well above average all day. The average low is around 30 and we’ll be…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Missouri Department of Transportation public meeting was at Gordonville Elementary to share their study findings and to discuss the future improvements to Route 25 and Route K. Tim Pickett, MODOT project manager, says that after the study they decided on a roundabout. “What we found out was that you know the roundabout would…
Dr. Aaron Cornman, superintendent of the East Prairie School District, will succeed Dr. Scott Dill as the next superintendent of Poplar Bluff Schools beginning on July 1. (Source: Poplar Bluff R I School District)POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KBSI) – It’s all about the students for the incoming superintendent of the Poplar Bluff R-I School District. Dr. Aaron Cornman is the current…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Southeast Missouri State University is partnering with area high schools with goals to help raise the number of Missourians who have college degrees from 47% to 60%. Southeast created a new college bound event for high school sophomores that brings prospective students for a campus visit. Current Southeast students called mentor ambassadors meet with high school…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Girardeau City Council voted to approve a building contract for a new airport terminal. KCI Construction was one of three companies who bid on the project, with a bid of just more than $12 million. The new terminal will be built next to the current terminal just north of the control tower. “This is…
Precipitation chances are high the next several days, especially the further south you go. There will be a chance for rain on and off Tuesday and Wednesday, then a good chance for showers and storms on Thursday. Temperatures will be well above average for a while, too. We should be in the upper 40s, we’ll be in the middle…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A national shortage of amoxicillin has led to families looking for other alternatives to fight various illnesses at the most inopportune time: winter! Kesley Cissell, a pharmacist at John’s Pharmacy, says the shortage can be from companies being short-staffed. “I am not totally sure but from hearing certain things, just being short-staffed, people cannot…
FRUITLAND, MO (KBSI)- Carbon monoxide, also known as CO, is called the “Invisible Killer” because of it’s a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas that leads it to easily become undetected in homes or buildings … until it’s too late! Every year, at least 430 people die in the U.S. from accidental CO poisoning. Deputy Chief Tim Bleichroth of the Fruitland Fire…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – An e-mail that circulated Friday evening has made waves throughout the Jackson educational community. That memo to students’ families stated the following: Satisfy any negative account balance of $50 or more or the student will be offered an “alternative meal” – a peanut butter sandwich and a bottle of water. District officials, though, say there are…
Joshua A Proffer (Source: Bollinger County Sheriff’s Office)BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – A man has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for a 2021 murder in Bollinger County. Joshua A. Proffer was convicted of second degree murder by a Cape Girardeau County jury on November 10. He was convicted in the death of Joshua Taylor…
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The fire happened in the 200 block of North Park in Cape Girardeau.CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Two firefighters have minor injuries after fighting a fire at a home at 241 North Park in Cape Girardeau early Sunday morning. Cape Girardeau Fire Department units were dispatched for a report of smoke coming from a home in the 200 block of…