Development is a measure of a city's health and progress in many ways, and Cape Girardeau has no shortage of current and ongoing construction projects. These projects are bringing vital services to ...

Fried chicken wings remind Leni Santoro of childhood and the three years her family spent living in a barn in upstate New York. She says the house they planned to live in burned down six months after ...

Growth and prosperity in a downtown area does not happen without commitment, vision and perseverance. This includes the commitment of business owners to choose downtown, the vision from leaders and ...

For it is from your dear womb from which I came Your dear sweet love became the best breath of life Through your courage I could be somebody now I would be a known. If your love for me had gone away ...

Believe it or not, there was a time not so long ago when there was no such thing as a disposable diaper. In those days, parents relied on safety pins and cotton cloth to contain the dirty doings of ...

You've probably seen the meme showing a beaming parent standing in front of an open garage filled to the brim with stuff, exclaiming to his or her obviously-dismayed offspring, "Just think -- someday ...

I don't remember where I first saw one, 15 years ago or more. No reason to recall; some impressions have to add up before they draw interest. By the hundredth or so, I wondered what the scrawly decals ...

It was a very glorious and blessed day at Guardian Angel Church as six second graders of Guardian Angel Parish made their First Holy Communion at the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 14. They were ...

The City of Cape's fiscal year begins every July, and our administration is very busy preparing the FY25 budget for city council approval. This process will be before the public numerous times in June ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer algorithms that can create realistic text, images and videos from scratch. There are plenty of fun and practical reasons for people to use AI ...

Maurice Miller, 85, of Scott City killed a turkey during hunting season. It weighed 25 pounds, had an 11-inch beard, and the spurs measured 1 1/4 inches.

I was awake early the other morning and was kind of turning and tossing in bed. Restless! BB, our indoor cat, decided that I needed some company, so she left the foot of the bed, where she normally ...