Alyssa Lunsford

"(Not-for-profit organizations) depend on volunteers. We have very limited budgets, and none of us could do our work without the devoted volunteers," explained Elizabeth Shelton, executive director of United Way of Southeast Missouri...

Scout Hall will be holding a chamber concert with Julian Schwarz on Saturday, April 20, as he brings his mastery of the cello to Scout Hall...

Scout Hall will be holding its second annual Putt Putt Pub Crawl on Thursday, May 23. This event will start at 5 p.m...

Sara Edgerton, professor of cello and string bass and artistic director and conductor of the Southeast Missouri Symphony Orchestra at Southeast Missouri State University, is set to retire after 33 years...

Elizabeth Franks has been an animal lover and a writer for many years. This is what led her to write and self-publish her second children's book "Kitty in the Woods"...

Individuals looking to learn more about volunteer opportunities "got on the bus" with Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority Wednesday, April 24, to visit organizations seeking helping hands...

Scout Hall is testing out its new outdoor venue Friday, May 3, with Backyard Happy Hour(s). The happy hours will begin at 4 p.m. when gates open. ...

The 2024 Muddy River Marathon will return Saturday, May 4, on a course that winds and bends through the streets of Cape Girardeau, beginning and ending at Century Casino Cape Girardeau, 777 Main St. There will be more than 400 runners competing this year. ...

It has been almost three weeks since Taylor Swift released her newest album, "The Tortured Poets Department", on April 15. According to www.billboard, the album was streamed over 1.76 billion times worldwide in its first week, breaking the global streaming record. Swift is huge worldwide as everyone knows, but how is Missouri stacking up?...

Tough Mudder is a hardcore obstacle course designed to test participants' all-around strength, stamina and mental grit, and runners must be at least 14 years old. Mildred Wilson has no problem meeting the criteria. Wilson, 85, was a spry 80 when she competed in her first Tough Mudder five years ago. ...