Michale Johnson

Man accused of holding gun to woman’s head at Cape Girardeau apartment

26-year-old Stephanie Passley and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Mateo Luna are each charged with four counts of abuse or neglect of a child. 

A Cape Girardeau man is accused of pistol-whipping a woman over the weekend.

A shooting in Charleston, Mo. sent one man to the hospital and landed another behind bars.

A Sikeston man faces multiple charges after investigators say videos of women using the bathroom and child pornography were found on his phone.

A Southeast Missouri State University instructor is in jail after an altercation over the weekend.

Some workers at a Heartland veterans affairs clinic were among the more than 1,000 people recently terminated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A southern Illinois judge has ruled parts of the state’s FOID Card Act are unconstitutional. 

A new business and the owners of a building in Downtown Cape Girardeau want to be removed from a federal lawsuit challenging the approval of a drive-thru window.

A Cape Girardeau man faces a felony charge after he allegedly stole metal panels from a construction site.

Man facing misdemeanor charge for allegedly killing mountain lion in Iron County

A lawsuit against a Heartland school district claims a misunderstanding led to a lengthy suspension of a 7th grader.

A new trial date has been set for the man accused of killing a teenage girl in the parking lot of the CVS in Cape Girardeau.

A staff member at Pinckneyville Correctional Center received two doses of Narcan after having what “appeared to be a seizure,” according to documents obtained by Heartland News.

The parents of a 3-month-old baby who died in New Madrid County in August are now charged with murder.

Federal Emergency officials are preparing to leave Sikeston, but their work to help tornado victims will continue.

A Jackson man is behind bars following a drive-by-shooting investigation in Cape Girardeau County.

A Heartland sheriff says what happened in his jail last week is unacceptable, and he wants everyone to know it.

An emaciated dog is now in the care of the Caruthersville Humane Society after police were called to investigate the dog’s condition.

A Sikeston man faces more than a dozen felony charges after a shooting on Interstate 55 in Scott County.