CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The public library celebrates its 100-year anniversary on June 15, 2022. The library was established in the early 1900s. The building first started as a women’s club. Andrew Carnegie, an American Industrialist, helped fund the public library which led to the construction of the first library in 1922. Since 1922, the public library…
UNION COUNTY, Ill. (KBSI) – Three people died and two were injured in a crash Thursday morning in Union County. Marie A. Meunier, 32, of Cape Girardeau Mo. was driving a 2013 blue Fiat sedan. Pavan Swarna, 23, of Carbondale, Ill. was driving a 2017 Toyota sedan. The preliminary investigative details indicate Meunier’s vehicle was traveling southbound on Illinois Route…
BALLARD COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – The U.S. 51 Ohio River “Cairo” Bridge has reopened to traffic. The bridge was temporarily closed for about four hours due to a semi rollover crash at the Kentucky end of the bridge. The crash site has been cleared. All lanes are open at this time. The Wickliffe-Cairo Bridge carries U.S. 51, U.S. 60, and…
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – An Arkansas man faces a child molestation charge in Cape Girardeau County. Zackary T. Gourley, 20, faces a class B felony of child molestation in the second degree. Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an address in Cape Girardeau County about alleged molestation involving a juvenile victim from out of state, visiting family…
ANNA, Ill. (KBSI) – Over the next few months, Southern Seven Health Department is visiting rural areas in southern Illinois to help bring basic care with their Wellness on Wheels health screening event. Shawnna Rhine, community outreach coordinator, says the van allows them to go into the rural areas where people otherwise have to travel miles to seek health care. …
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Friends of the Parks Day & The Great Cape Clean Up is Saturday, April 23 in Cape Girardeau. The goal is to help clean up and beautify Cape Girardeau. This day requires many volunteers to plant flower beds, mulch playgrounds, paint playground equipment and much more around Cape Girardeau. The event starts and ends at…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Blanchard and Clippard Elementary Schools received a new communication board from Center for Speech and Hearing Clinic at Southeast Missouri State University Wednesday morning. The boards will help the students with special needs to communicate with teachers. The children with hearing and speech needs will be able to simply point to the board of what…
CALLOWAY COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – Calloway County Sheriff Nicky Knight requests the public’s assistance locating a fugitive who is wanted in connection with a March 17 vehicle chase. Ronnie Sharp, 47, has a warrant for his arrest for 1st degree fleeing or evading police, three counts of 1st degree wanton endangerment, 3rd degree criminal mischief and various other traffic related…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Every organization needs a hand no matter how big or small. This week is National Volunteer Week, a time to celebrate those willing to share their time and help others more. Joe Zydlo, regional communications manager, from the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas, says volunteers are the lifeline for the Red Cross. “It’s…
ALTO PASS, Ill. (KBSI) – As the sun crept its way over the mountaintops Sunday morning, some 2,000 people made the ascent to Bald Knob Cross for its 86th Annual Easter Sunrise Service. “What makes the service so special is that everybody comes together,” said Casey Pollard, pastor at the Shawnee Worship Center. “It doesn’t matter what religion, what cultural background…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Logan Blomquist, a track and field athlete at Southeast Missouri State University, hit new records this past weekend. Blomquist competed for the Redbird Challenge at Illinois State. He took first in hammer throw and achieved a new record for Southeast. The previous record was 67 meters. Blomquist scored 71.68 meters during the challenge. He has…
VIENNA, Ill. (KBSI) – A teacher shortage can be felt across the but a southern Illinois program has a response to the problem. In an effort to build an educator pipeline in southern Illinois, the program Southern Illinois Future Teacher Coalition also known as (SIFTC) was created. Brooke May and Hannah Middelton, career path grant coordinators, are expanding…
PERRY COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – One person faces charges and another is wanted in the case of several burglaries in southeast Missouri. Joseph Shelley was arrested, according to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are still looking for Justin Bishop who is accused of being an accomplice. The pair are allegedly responsible for five reported burglaries in the Highway T,…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KBSI) – Was that a gunshot? The Cape Girardeau Police Department will now be the first to know. Cape Girardeau police are applying the new technology to detect when and where a gunshot will be detected in the area. Cape Girardeau is implementing ShotSpotter technology to help combat the problem of gun violence. Small audio sensors will…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KBSI) – The City of Cape Girardeau is looking for new applicants and is willing to pay a little extra to hire them. Over a three year period a $6,000 certification will be paid to the workers hired at the fire station, police department and public works department. Kenneth Haskin, manager for the City of Cape Girardeau,…
SIKESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – A picture can paint a thousand words. For Alyssa Pulliam, a senior at Bernie High School, that picture brought her some hardware. Her painting of actor Heath Ledger won Pulliam Best in Show at the 46th Annual Regional High School Art Show at the Sikeston Depot Museum and Cultural Center on Friday. “I definitely feel really…
Marble Hill Egg HuntMARBLE HILL, Mo. (KBSI) – The second annual Mayor’s Easter Egg Hunt took place in Pellegrino Park Sunday in Marble Hill. The Easter egg hunt was created to bring the community during COVID- 19. Mayor Wiginton said it is a way for families to enjoy Easter egg hunting in a safe environment. Mayor Wiginton and his…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KBSI) – Would you be persuaded to go for a walk rather than jogging? A pair of young adults believe so. To relieve stress and those winter blues, Spring is the perfect time to get out and get some sunshine, and maybe a little nature. A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry reports relatively small doses of…
PERRYVILLE, MO (KBSI)- Reading, writing, arithmetic, Perryville High School teaches all of that and more. Teachers are fully prepared to teach students the importance of building life skills. The public school offers a long list of different classes and it is a state requirement that students complete a financial class. Daniel Brooks teaches the personal finance class. “I think it comes…
JACKSON, Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office asks anyone with memorabilia from the sheriff’s office to share it with them so they can allow the public to see it. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office says they are looking for things like photos of patrol cars, the old sheriff’s office building and deputies and sheriff’s from…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (KBSI) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) visited Community Financial Services Bank in Mayfield, Ky. on Thursday to discuss the Fiscal Year 2022 Government Funding bill. The bill will significantly reduce the strain on Kentucky communities recovering from recent natural disasters, including the December 2021 tornado outbreak. As part of the bill, communities will only be…
(KBSI) – We have confirmation from the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY that Hickman, Graves, and Marshall counties in western Kentucky did see tornadoes the afternoon of April 13, 2022. There was damage to outbuildings and trees from the Hickman county tornado. Billboards were damaged/destroyed, roof damage to metal barns, wooden power poles leaning, a flipped carport and tree damage…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The Cape Farmer’s Market hosted the first market for the 2022 season. More than 30 venders opened the start of the market. The booths consist of locally grown foods and locally raised animals. Venders will sell their food items, clothing products and toys. The market will also feature foods from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds….
MARION, Ill. (KBSI) – The suspect in a March 1 bank robbery in Marion was shot by police officers in Fontana, California during a bank robbery on April 7. Travis S. Tarrants, 45, was suspected in the robbery at People’s National Bank in Marion on March 1. The then unidentified suspect left the area in a tan Chevrolet Colorado pickup…