Rick Fahr

Drury Development will present a plan to redevelop Cape Girardeau’s former Sears Grand site at the Feb. 17 City Council session, which also includes airport, utility and street items.

Carlos Vargas, a former NASA scientist and president of Southeast Missouri State University, wins the 2025 Spirit of America Award, exemplifying the power of hard work and opportunity.

A Cape Girardeau-based group is raising $4 million through a hybrid not-for-profit and venture capital fund to boost tech startups in Southern Missouri, aiming to create higher-paying jobs and foster regional innovation.

For her decades of service as an elected and appointed official at the local, district and state level, as well as voluminous volunteer efforts, Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau received the Southeast Missourian’s Spirit of America Award on Thursday, July 4...

The top news stories in Southeast Missouri included both progress and tragedy in 2023. Here is a review of some of the top stories covered by the Southeast Missourian, in no particular order. One of Southeast Missouri's biggest news stories of 2023 may be a big story for years to come...

Twelve newly minted U.S. citizens and one man honored for decades of community and military service were among the hundreds who gathered Tuesday, July 4, for Cape Girardeau's Great American 4th of July event. Men and women from around the world -- Philippines, Cuba, India and elsewhere -- took their Oath of Allegiance, led by U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr...

It’s a sharp jacket. Somehow, it’s disappeared. Probably my youngest sister, Kim, borrowed it for some reason back in the day -- maybe Halloween for one of her bunch -- and didn’t return it. Must admit, I haven’t looked for it in decades. No real reason to. It sure wouldn’t fit today...

Competitor will become partner as SoutheastHEALTH president and chief executive officer Ken Bateman announced Monday, Jan. 30, the organization will merge with the Mercy system. According to a release, SoutheastHEALTH has signed a letter of intent with St. Louis-based Mercy, and officials expect the merger to be complete in the fall...

An appellate court ruling handed down Tuesday, Nov. 8, will apparently end a long-running lawsuit involving Jackson School District and a Farmington, Missouri, electrical contractor. A three-judge panel of the Eastern District of Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in the district’s favor in a lawsuit,…

Like a diesel engine mechanic troubleshooting a problem, entities providing industrial training and education in Southeast Missouri are employing a number of tools to ensure potential employees have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful for themselves and their employers...