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Labor from endangered Tamms prison helping with courthouse work in Thebes

By Joe Gamm ~ Southeast Missourian

THEBES, Ill. -- It was unusually hot early in May when eight orange-clad men labored in the late-morning sun on the hillside below the historic Thebes Courthouse. The men, minimum-security inmates from the Tamms Correctional... >>

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Koster urges Supreme Court to set execution dates

By Scott Moyers ~ Southeast Missourian

Russell Bucklew has sat on death row for 15 years awaiting his sentence for what local law enforcement officials describe as one of the worst Cape Girardeau County crimes of the past few decades. Now, if Missouri Attorney... >> 3

See also: Penalty of Death (03/19/11)

See also: Bucklew trial: Prosecution and defense closing arguments in the penalty phase of trial (03/22/11)
Bollinger County Museum of Natural History hosts Civil War exhibit

By LINDA REDEFFER ~ The Banner Press

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The contents of a Civil War soldier's rucksack fit on half a table Saturday at the Bollinger County Museum of Natural History. "They traveled a lot lighter than people may think," said Michael Comer of... >>
U.S. expands once again - digitally, this time

By TED ANTHONY ~ The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where... >>
Two Arizona men dead after apparent murder-suicide in Cape Girardeau

By Erin Ragan ~ Southeast Missourian

Numerous residents of Cape Girardeau's Landgraf Drive awoke early Friday morning to the sound of gunshots when an apparent murder-suicide left two men dead. Several units from the Cape Girardeau Police Department responded... >> 25

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From the beginning you are asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" That's a long-term goal. Most people don't know the answer, and you must reach many short-term goals before the ultimate one is attained anyway. How important are...

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The Western Swing Music Society of the Southwest's eighth annual Western Swing Music Showcase Saturday, May 19, at VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau.

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