SCOTT CITY, Mo. (KBSI) – The city of Scott City has implemented the CodeRED system, a high-speed emergency notification service. This comes after an “extensive and thorough evaluation and review of mass emergency alerting systems,” according to the city of Scott City. CodeRED is provided by On Solve which is based in Ormond Beach, Florida. The Code RED system will…
VIENNA, Ill. (KBSI) – Vienna High School started an aviation pipeline program. This is in partnership with the Southern Illinois University School of Aviation. The program is under the direction of instructor Wade Stewart. The partnership allows Vienna students to take courses that have been aligned with the SIU program. AVT112, which is aircraft electricity, and AVT111, which is materials…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Cape Girardeau City Council had a lot to talk about tonight when it came to Bill 22-148 and what to do with unappropriated general funds for the fiscal year, which ends June 30, 2023. The bill includes plans to distribute funds to various departments to make improvements. Parks and Recreation Director Doug Gannon requested…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – The Board of Aldermen meeting took place Monday evening, examining a variety of topics including the Savers Farm Sidewalk discussion from the previous meeting. The Savers Farm subdivision is currently in phase 8 and 9. As development has been in process, the city has previously asked for sidewalks, which the developers decided to move forward with…
Temperatures are going to be very warm on Tuesday and Wednesday with record high temperatures likely. For Cape Girardeau, the record highs the next couple of days are 94 degrees. We’ll be in the upper 90s! Thursday is the first day of fall and it’s going to feel like it. Temperatures will drop like a rock and stay closer to…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – The vision for Paducah’s city block project is to improve a block of the city’s downtown. Weyland Ventures, a partner with the city of Paducah, attended the city commissioner’s meeting on Sept. 13, where Moriah Gratz, the CEO of Weyland Ventures, gave an update for the project saying, “Being true to what’s already there, and helping…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Green Bear Project launched a new high school prevention program for 9th through 12th graders in area high schools for the 2022-2023 school year. The Green Bear Project was created in 2001 by Leasa Stone with a mission to educate the community about child abuse. Over the past 20 years, Green Bear has educated thousands…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The 44th annual Manifolds on Main Street Car Show hosted by River City Rodders was in downtown Cape Girardeau with cars both old and new outside for the community and car lovers to see. River City Rodders President Rick Horrell says that the car show had about 300 cars and was one of their…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – When the SEMO women’s soccer team took the field for their game Sunday versus SIUE, they did so with just 10 players. The missing left back position was once occupied by Meg Herndon, who passed away 11 days after being hit by a truck while crossing an intersection on her scooter in 2012. The left…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The second annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration was a chance for all of the community to come out and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month which is from September 15th to October 15th. One city Director Taylor Smith says that once she and her husband returned to Cape Girardeau two years ago, they saw a need to celebrate…
The next 7 days are looking very dry and very warm. We’ll be in the upper 80s and lower 90s for the weekend with mainly sunny skies. The heat gets cranked up even more for the first half of the week. The record highs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are all 94 degrees. Those are all in jeopardy. If you…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Missouri farmers and poultry producers are encouraged to increase their biosecurity procedures as the Avian Influenza virus was confirmed throughout the Midwest. Highly pathogenic avian influenza “H5N1” is known to be deadly for domesticated chickens and turkeys. Avian influenza has been confirmed in both commercial and backyard poultry flocks in Midwestern states this month. The…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – According to the Missouri Monthly Jobs Report released by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.5 percent is the lowest it has been since the data series began in 1976. Derieck Hodges, found and owner of Anchor Pointe Wealth Management in Jackson, says these employment figures suggest…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Progress is being made on the construction of a new terminal at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. In 2019 the decision to develop a master plan for a new terminal at the airport was made. Then, a study was conducted. This consisted of a list of needs for facilities. Then, it was decided a new…
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – The flotilla that transported and placed a 700 ft. truss on the New U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland has moved away from the construction site. Two of the four jacking towers have been removed. The departure of the flotilla now allows commercial towboat traffic and pleasure boat traffic to resume on the lower…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – New developments are underway for the city of Cape Girardeau. The Penny Drainage Project includes adding to new infrastructure for storm water management. The project will replace the existing storm water pipe with a box culvert. Doing this means having to shut down Broadway Street. The project starts September 19 and is expected to last…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – Amtrak announced Tuesday they are suspending a few of the long-distance routes starting Tuesday, Sept. 13. Officials say a possible railroad strike is what interrupted the long-distance route. Amtrak canceled a number of its long-distance trains this week as a potential strike loomed amid ongoing freight rail – rail labor contract negotiations. Amtrak says it is…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, in the United States one out of eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America. Cape Girardeau Urology Associates Doctor of Osteopathy James Outman says prostate cancer with a healthy lifestyle can reduce the overall risk….
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Paxton DeLaurent and Ryan Flournoy connected from the moment they stepped foot on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. “As soon as me and Ryan got here, there’s been a great connection,” DeLaurent said. “The second Saturday I was here… we’re on the field on a cold winter day, working those moves we worked in…
A very quiet weather pattern has set up and it’s going to stick around for a while. We might see a little fog early Thursday morning, but other than that, we are expecting a mix of sun and clouds through the middle of next week. Precipitation chances will be very small. Temperatures are going to be well above average, too….
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – There is new progress on efforts to upgrade Paducah’s struggling 911 system. “It’s just a process of deciding what’s the ultimate that we can have, and can we afford that,” said Craig Clymer, McCracken County Judge Executive. “How do we pay for it? How are we going to govern it?” The 911 dispatch transmitters in McCracken…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – Members of the Jackson Board of Education discussed several topics in their monthly meeting on Tuesday, but one statistic about homelessness was surprising. Tuesday night’s meeting was filled with citizens and school board officials as they discussed several topics. The board met for a number of approvals which included budget amendments, lawn mower extension contracts, and…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The SEMO District Fair has been around for 167 years. That’s a whole lot of tradition and memories for families as well as vendors. Todd Koch with the Trinity Lutheran Men’s Club says he worked the fair as a kid and now his kids are as well. “For my dad and uncles, I…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – There was a group meeting at the Cape Girardeau Public Library for people who have Parkinson’s Disease. The goal of the group is to share information and treatments to make life easier for individuals with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s support group facilitator Desma Reno says the purpose of the groups is to help each other. …