CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The UNITE Arrive Alive tour made a stop at Southeast Missouri State University, with the goal of teaching students how to arrive to their destinations safely. “Call your parents,” said Casey Troyer, Tour Manager for the UNITE Arrive Alive Tour. “They’re not going to be mad. They want you to come home alive. And it’s…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The two head football coaches who will be on the sidelines in Saturday’s War for the Wheel game have more in common than being coaches for rival schools. Southern Illinois Head Coach Nick Hill was a quarterback for the Salukis in the 2000s when Southeast Missouri State University’s Tom Matukewicz was an assistant under Jerry…
The rest of the week is looking very quiet. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be around Thursday and Friday with temperatures very close to normal. A light breeze will be out of the northeast at 5 to 15 mph. As we head into the weekend, we cool off due to added cloud cover and the chance for showers…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – For the first time ever, One City is offering work-life classes in Sikeston, Missouri with the goal of helping more people enter the workforce. Over the last 4 years, One City has held 15 work-life sessions for members of the community looking to improve their jobs skills. According to One City Work Life Coordinator Christina…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Poppa Mojo’s owner Ron Taylor is on a mission to help feed those who are homeless and hungry in Cape Girardeau. His goal was inspired by his wife, Barb Taylor, who created a charity named “Feed Cape” while she battled ovarian cancer. “And when she would meet these people in riverfront, they were just like…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Final approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation was announced Tuesday for Contour Airlines to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) from the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport to Nashville International Airport. Flights are scheduled to begin October 18. Contour will provide Cape Girardeau with 12 round trips per week using a 30-passenger Embraer ERJ – 135…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – The City of Jackson and Board of Aldermen conducted a public meeting on Tuesday, September 6. The meeting consisted of several discussion items, but some topics were unable to be discussed as several board members were absent. One item was new proposed road signs around Uptown Jackson which will help people know where to go. “So,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Southeast Missouri State University broke ground on a Houck Multiuse Complex . Southeast Missouri State University is celebrating the groundbreaking of the first phase of the new Houck Stadium. “We are certainly as excited about this as anybody,” said Brady Barke, SEMO’s athletic director, as he welcomed everyone attending the event. This comes after the…
Temperatures for the next several days will be at or below average, which is around 84 degrees for the high. Overnight lows will be pretty close to normal, too. Precipitation chances are going to be very small. We do see a better chance for rain coming our way over the weekend and into early next week. Until then, we’ll see…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – Project Human X, a community art center in Carbondale, has collaborated with Southern Illinois University on a rather unique project. Marquez Scoggin of Project Human X said the canvas, which features nearly 300 small humans painted in a circle around the Southern Illinois University logo, symbolizes what Project Human X, and art in general, are about. …
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – This week, people in the Paducah, Kentucky area, will want to be prepared for numerous flashing lights and first responder vehicles as multiple local agencies train for a potential future emergency. The drill will take place Wednesday at the Ohio River boat launch, which will be shut down for most of the day. The drills will…
WAPPAPELLO, Mo. (KBSI) – A photo memorial of Missouri’s fallen soldiers is on display inside the Emerson Memorial visitor center located at Wappapello lake. It’s open to the community and provides a place to remember friends and loved ones from Missouri who died for our country. This is the third year that coordinator Mary Bader has brought this display…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Fort D is hosting the Fall Muster event to help demonstrate how soldiers lived during civil war times, Fort D volunteer Scott House says this weekend is a look into the day-to-day of soldiers who weren’t actively fighting. “Portraying basically some of the everyday kind of life in the civil war in Cape Girardeau,” said House. …
BENTON, Mo. (KBSI) – The annual Benton Neighbor-Day was a 3-day event that concluded this afternoon with a parade that brought out the joy of the community. Benton Neighbor-Day participant Robert Garces came out for his 10th year and he says it gets better every year. “Gets better every year and I mean people here are awesome I mean we gather…
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KBSI) – This week, the FDA gave to green light to updated COVID-19 boosters. On Friday, the Jackson County Health Department began administering an updated, or bivalent, COVID-19 booster that is designed to protect against multiple variants, including omicron. Administrator Bart Hagston said this booster could very well be the future of COVID vaccines. “That’s likely what will…
Showers and thunderstorms are going to be possible for the next several days. It is looking like the best chance for rain will be Saturday, then on and off chances Sunday and into much of next week. Temperatures over the next week will be at or just below average, mainly because of the extra cloud cover. For Saturday, showers and…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Beginning September 10, Arena Park will host the 167th SEMO District Fair, but for the first time, fairgoers will have to pass through metal detectors before entering the fairgrounds. Cape Girardeau Police Department Public Information Officer Cpl. Ryan Droege said that while the goal of the fair is to have fun, the top priority is…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – After a two-year hiatus, United Way of Southeast Missouri hosted its annual Kickoff Luncheon at the Cape Girardeau VFW on Thursday. The luncheon begins United Way’s 2022 campaign. Instead of a fundraiser, the event was organized as an informational session. The organization introduced its network of funded partners for the next four years. Volunteers, donors…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A Paducah native spoke at the Power in Partnership breakfast the Paducah Chamber of Commerce held on Thursday. Commander Billie J. Matlock Farrell is the 77th person to command the U.S.S. Constitution and one of the first women. “Ole Ironsides” is the nickname for the 224-year-old warship. “Today was so exciting to get to have someone…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – There is a new reason to paint in Cape Girardeau. To help Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship (MVTH), painters can donate $1 for each triangle they want to paint to help create a board. Local artists Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey created the design and are more than excited to help out. “I think it’s great…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo (KBSI) – In the woods, down a winding creek in southern Missouri you will find a prickly, flowering stem with pointed leaves on it. Careful not to touch it or you might regret it. “It’s just a plant that’s misunderstood,” said Jamie Koehler, the Missouri Department of Conservation Assistant Manager. Stinging Nettle is a common plant with…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – For the past eight years the Jackson Knights of Columbus opened up their parking lots and property to vendors for the Highway 61 Yard Sale. They say they want to help to make the event safer for people trying to sell items and shop. Knights of Columbus member Tee Trankler says they wanted to make the…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Paxton DeLaurent is less than 72 hours away from his first game as a Division 1 quarterback for the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks and it will come against a Big 12 opponent, the Iowa State Cyclones. DeLaurent recalled the moment when it really hit him that his dream was about to come true. “It…
Some patchy fog will be possible the next few mornings, then mostly to partly cloudy skies. This will last through the end of the week, then a few chances for storms come our way. It won’t wash out the entire weekend, but I’d have an umbrella handy, just in case one of those storms pop up! The temperatures will be…