Shelters and warming centers remain open
(02/15/08)
The Red Cross Shelter at Immaculate Conception School in Jackson remains open. After all but one family left the Red Cross site at Osage Community Centre in Cape Girardeau on Thursday, the agency consolidated and moved the family to the other shelter...
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Winter storm of February 2008
Three towns on boil-water advisory
(02/15/08) The towns of Randles in Cape Girardeau County, Perkins in Scott County and Painton in Stoddard County are under a boil-water advisory until 5 p.m. Saturday. Tap water intended for drinking, food preparation, making ice and brushing teeth should be boiled for at least three minutes...
Volunteer workers kept busy in Bollinger County
(02/15/08) MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The 25 volunteers with Marble Hill Fire and Rescue have been 18-hour days since Monday's ice storm hit Southeast Missouri. "That doesn't count calls that come in when they're on the way home," said Tom Bennie at the Marble Hill Fire and Rescue Command Center set up at city hall. Volunteers often have been detoured from their drives home to assist residents in need, he said...
Hundreds still need power in Jackson; Kirkwood sends help
(02/15/08) An estimated 500 Jackson residents still do not have power. That's down from a peak of 6,250 who lost service after this week's ice storm. City manager Jim Roach is visiting the hardest hit areas this afternoon to assess damage, said Mayor Barbara Lohr...
3,400 without power in Bollinger County
(02/15/08) MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Much of Bollinger County remained ice-covered and dark Thursday, as 3,400 people still did not have power as of just before 6 p.m. According to Black River Electric dispatch manager Keith Meyers, it was difficult to predict when power would be restored... 
Making the rounds: National Guard soldiers, sheriff's deputies check on residents without power
(02/15/08)The noise from the military blazer made conversation difficult, so the sheriff's deputy and sergeant rode mostly in silence. Sgt. 1st Class Tevis Noles' brow furrowed as he concentrated on navigating the icy roads, occasionally fishtailing as he dodged fallen branches. Deputy Justin Glastetter scanned the horizon, looking for people without power who needed help...
Friday closings, cancellations
(02/15/08) Delta R5 schools closed Friday. Immaculate Conception School in Jackson closed Friday, Monday.
Only 11 Cape AmerenUE customers still without electricity
(02/15/08) AmerenUE almost accomplished its goal of having all of its local electric utility customers back online by the end of Thursday. As of 7:10 a.m. today, only 11 meters were still without power in the 63701 ZIP code, out of 16,805 customers, according to the company's outage tracking software on its Web site, ameren.com...
Strong winds could down more trees, power lines
(02/14/08)
As roads crews worked to get a grip on damage done to trees and power lines by the ice storm that ravaged the region Monday, high winds expected to move in today may cause further wreckage, according to the National Weather Service. In Bollinger County, the Department of Conservation sent crews to help with clearing gravel roads so emergency vehicles could get through, a situation report from the State Emergency Management Agency said... |