http://www.yourstreet.com/news/cape-girardeau-mo YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. | A southeast Missouri naval recruiter faces statutory rape charges for allegedly having sex with a high school student who was a potential recruit. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720598/navy-recruiter-in-missouri-faces-statutory-rape-charge Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:34:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Plans are moving forward for new community college programs in Cape Girardeau. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6660031/new-community-college-possible-in-cape-girardeau Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:05:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's basketball teams have been hit with several penalties for NCAA violations. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6544647/college-basketballncaa-announces-sanctions-against-southeast-missouri Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:00:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- The Southeast Missouri State men's and women's basketball teams have been hit with several penalties for NCAA violations. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6544635/college-basketballncaa-announces-sanctions-against-southeast-missouri Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:00:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Sponsorships for the Tour of Missouri are down even as Gov. Jay Nixon is allowing $1.5 million in state funds to be spent on the September bicycle race. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6353165/tour-of-missouri-draws-fewer-sponsors,-paper-reports Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. | Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6260189/nixon-signs-bills-that-help-missouri-veterans Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:03:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon was heading to a Veterans' Home in Cape Girardeau today to sign legislation on veterans issues. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6257237/nixon-to-sign-veterans-legislation-today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:35:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A 23-year-old man faces charges and possible deportation for allegedly threatening to blow up the police station and a federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6237333/man-charged-for-threatening-missouri-buildings Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:32:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s timber industry has been hit hard by the recession with demand down by as much as 30 percent, an industry spokesman said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6223531/missouri-s-timber-industry-hurt-by-recession Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:12:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — “Faulkner and Twain,” a collection of scholarly essays about two of America’s greatest writers, has been published for the Center for Faulkner Studies by Southeast Missouri State University Press. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6196096/mo-university-publishes-faulkner-twain-essays Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:13:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — The trial for a former sheriff's deputy accused of committing a 30-year-old homicide in Cape Girardeau has been moved to New Madrid County. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6077949/trial-for-nixa-man-in-1979-killing-moved-to-new-madrid-county Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:27:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — The Rev. Larry Rice says he will file a lawsuit over the government's decision denying his request to turn on old federal building in Cape Girardeau into a homeless shelter. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6060513/lawsuit-planned-over-federal-building-in-cape-girardeau,-rice-says Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:43:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man faces hate crime charges after an Islamic center in the southeast Missouri town was vandalized. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6030465/missouri-man-charged-with-vandalizing-islamic-center Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:00:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — When Rock and Judy Wilferth set out to restore the family cemetery on their farm in 2000, they were faced with plot of cracked, crumbling and misplaced grave markers. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5955596/se-missouri-couple-restoring-family-cemetery Fri, 22 May 2009 09:02:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill says a former federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau is too too big and in the wrong spot to become a homeless shelter. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5926368/mccaskill-says-courthouse-too-big-for-shelter Tue, 19 May 2009 08:17:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill says a former federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau is too too big and in the wrong spot to become a homeless shelter. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5925083/courthouse-too-big-for-homeless-shelter,-mccaskill-says Tue, 19 May 2009 05:37:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Things are buzzing at Franklin Elementary School in Cape Girardeau — literally. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5758977/bees-buzzing-mo-grade-school Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:52:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon says he supports legislation that would require many insurance companies to provide coverage for children’s autism treatment. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5758970/mo-governor-supports-autism-insurance-legislation Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:52:08 -0700 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — An island sitting in the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau could soon be the latest addition to the Missouri Department of Conservation’s landholdings. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5758972/state-looks-to-buy-mississippi-river-island Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:52:08 -0700 At early afternoon, a surface low pressure area was centered over Cape Girardeau, Mo., with a warm front extending east across central Kentucky and a cold front extending south from the low down along the Mississippi River. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5696910/isolated-severe-storms-possible-today Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:43:08 -0700