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Researchers find older is happier (04/22/08)
From left, Irene Lewis, Lorene Burger, Babe Crider and Lavern Allmon followed Lutheran Home wellness coordinator Gail Knaup on Monday in a Forever Fit class in the Assisted Living section in Cape Girardeau. (KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com)
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Group trying to raise money to repair Bald Knob Cross (04/22/08)
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Commissioners debate city planning proposal (04/22/08)
Construction continued on the Walden Park apartment complex Tuesday, Jan. 22, just north of Cape Girardeau city limits on Highway W. Cape Girardeau is considering an ordinance that would regulate some building just outside the city limits. (KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com )
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Scott City students find pen pals in Iraq (03/17/08)
Scott City students in Leanne Grant's class had a special visit from National Guardsman Master Sgt. Brian Graves of Lebanon, Mo., before he returned to Iraq. He was pictured with Garrett Schaefer, a ninth-grader who wrote to Graves nine times during the first semester of Grant's communication arts class. (Submitted photo)
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Cape native hopes to win over 'Bachelor' (03/17/08)
Cape Girardeau native Amanda Peterman will appear on "The Bachelor."
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Businessman James Drury, 78, dies (03/17/08)
James Drury
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Winter storm warning remains in effect; few problems reported (03/04/08)
Freezing drizzle fell onto icy grass below the River Campus in Cape Girardeau Tuesday afternoon. (Fred Lynch)
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Jackson appeals for park cleanup help (03/04/08)
Jackson City Park's trees paid a heavy toll during the early February ice storm. Now the city's parks department is asking people to help with the cleanup. (Kit Doyle)
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Schools benefit as tax revenue increases and enrollment doesn't (03/04/08)
Greg Wares, with Sports Unlimited Inc. of Stillwater, Okla., vacuumed dust at the new Nell Holcomb gymnasium Monday. The more than 11,000-square-foot facility includes a stage and music room upstairs as well as two classrooms and an art room downstairs. Increased tax revenue was used to help fund the project. (Kit Doyle)
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Police seize nearly 34 pounds of pot (03/04/08)
Scott City police seized nearly 34 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop early Monday morning on Main Street. (Fred Lynch)
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When retailers file for bankruptcy, gift cards can become worthless (03/04/08)
Jon Tapper held a pair of unredeemable gift cards from bankrupt retailer The Sharper Image on Monday at his office in Boston. (JOSH REYNOLDS ~ Associated Press)
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When retailers file for bankruptcy, gift cards can become worthless (03/04/08)
Jon Tapper held a pair of unredeemable gift cards from bankrupt retailer The Sharper Image on Monday at his office in Boston. (JOSH REYNOLDS ~ Associated Press)
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Oil prices hit yet another record, socking everyone (03/04/08)
Truck driver Mike Monnin filled his tank with diesel fuel Monday at a cost of $3.959 per gallon at a truck stop off the New York State Thruway near Buffalo in Pembroke, N.Y.. The weaker dollar that has propelled oil and other commodities prices higher sent light, sweet crude for April delivery past $103.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That's the level many analysts consider to be the true record high for oil, after its $38 barrel price from 1980 is translated into 2008 dollars. (DAVID DUPREY ~ Associated Press)
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Woman accused of stealing missing woman's ID to get into college pleads not guilty (03/04/08)
Esther Reed, in an orange jumpsuit, and another prisoner were escorted by U.S. Marshals Monday from the Federal Courthouse in Greenville, S.C. (George Gardner ~ The Greenville News)
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Texas teen, boyfriend spent a month planning fatal attack, records say (03/04/08)
The family dog kept vigil on the burned-out house Sunday in Alba, Texas, where Penny Caffey, 37, and sons Mathew, 13, and Tyler, 8, were killed early Saturday morning. Angry that her parents demanded she break up with her boyfriend, a teenage girl helped kill her mother and two brothers during a grisly weekend ambush on the family's rural, wooded home, authorities said. The lone survivor was Terry Caffey, the father. (HERB NYGREN JR. ~ Tyler Morning Telegraph)
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Pregnancy: Docs won't say, 'You're fat' (03/04/08)
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Southeast women begin quest for third straight OVC tourney title (03/04/08)
Southeast's Tarina Nixon goes up for a shot against Eastern Illinois' Megan Edwards during the first half on Thursday, February 14, 2008. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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Southeast women begin quest for third straight OVC tourney title (03/04/08)
Southeast point guard Tarina Nixon put up a shot in a game against Eastern Illinois last month. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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Southeast women begin quest for third straight OVC tourney title (03/04/08)
John Ishee cut down the net after Southeast Missouri State defeated Murray State in last year's Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship game in Nashville, Tenn. (Associated Press file)
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Bell City looks for its fifth straight sectional win over SCC (03/04/08)
AARON EISENHAUER aeisenhauer@semissourian.com (Bell City's Marty Dames protected a rebound as he was guarded by Scott County Central's Randy Timmons during the championship game of the Oran tournament earlier this season. Bell City won the November meeting 75-72.)
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Newcomers Cummings, Wheeler make early impact with Redhawks (03/04/08)
Southeast Missouri State outfielder Tyrell Cummings celebrated with his teammates after his three-run homer during the first inning Sunday against Northern Colorado at Capaha Field. Cummings, a junior college transfer from Oklahoma, leads the Redhawks with three home runs and 11 RBIs. (Fred Lynch)
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Nationals top Redbirds 3-2 (03/04/08)
Cardinals shortstop Aaron Miles tagged out the Nationals' Felipe Lopez at second base on a steal attempt during Monday's spring training game in Viera, Fla. (PHELAN M. EBENHACK ~ Associated Press)
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A month later, deaths from Ill. strip-mall shooting remain unsolved (03/03/08)
In this composite sketch released by the Tinley Park Police Department in Tinley Park, Ill., is the suspect in the murders of five victims at the Lane Bryant Clothing Store on Feb. 2, 2008, in Tinley Park. The suspect is described as a black man, between 5 feet 9 and 6 feet tall and between 200 to 230 pounds with thick braided hair and a receding hairline. Anyone with information is asked to call the Tinley Park Police Tip Hotline at 708-444-5394. (AP Photo/Tinley Park Police Department)
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Car title lenders under the radar of predatory lending debate (03/03/08)
Ronnie Buchanan, left, owner of Bryan Buchanan Auto Auction, flags a bidder during a auction of repossessed cars at the auction in Montvale, Va., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The auction runs through about 100 car title loan repossessions each month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Robots: A technology roadmap calls for 1 million robots in Japan by 2025 (03/03/08)
A robotic traffic controller directed cars away from road construction workers April 17 in Tokyo. More than 40 percent of the global total of robots work in Japan's factories. (David Guttenfelder ~ Associated Press)
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Appeals court upholds Navy sonar ban, other restrictions off Southern California (03/03/08)
This image made available by the U.S. Navy shows the the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup, right, guiding the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a straits transit exercise, Jan. 26, 2008 off the Southern California coast. The Navy must abide by limits on its sonar training off the Southern California coast because the exercises could harm dozens of species of whales and dolphins, a federal appeals court ruled Friday Feb. 29, 2008. The lawsuit cites a May 2003 case in which orcas behaved erratically and porpoises were found dead in northern Puget Sound following exercises by the USS Shoup. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, IS1 Wayne Hamrick)
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'Catastrophic icing' possible, weather service says (03/03/08)
The flag outside the American Legion Hall in Jackson was covered in a sheet of ice on Feb. 13. Another ice storm will hit the area starting tonight, forecasts predict. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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34 pounds of pot seized in Scott City (03/03/08)
Scott City police seized nearly 34 pounds of marijuana including a 16-pound brick of the drug during a traffic stop early Monday morning on Main Street. (Fred Lynch)
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Local car dealers say more people turning to fuel-efficient models (03/03/08)
Christina Elias looks at the sticker on a BMW on Friday at Cape Girardeau Honda with Emily Fidler as they searched for a fuel-efficient car for Tammy Elias. (Aaron Eisenhauer)
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Local car dealers say more people turning to fuel-efficient models (03/03/08)
Tammy Elias peeked inside a car Friday at Cape Girardeau Honda as she searched for a more fuel-efficient car. "We already have one SUV," she said. "We don't need two."
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