Sharon Sanders

Wounded officer's comeback, a 70-pound beaver catch and prize-winning horses: "Out of the Past" revisits Cape Girardeau moments from 1926, 1951, 1976 and 2001.

In 1976, Cape Girardeau hosted its first Eastern Regional Special Olympics, bringing more than 1,000 young athletes to Houck Stadium for volunteer-run competitions where effort defined victory.

In 1976, Cape Girardeau hosted its first Eastern Regional Special Olympics, bringing more than 1,000 young athletes to Houck Stadium for volunteer-run competiti...

In 1951, four Cherokee leaders retraced the Trail of Tears, stopping in Cape Girardeau to present a peace pipe and smoke a ceremonial pipe at “Princess” Otahki's grave.

From Army drills in a former grocery to a teen killed by lightning and a Good Hope Street blast, see how June 4 unfolded in Southeast Missouri across the decade...

Archive photo revisits June 1939 wheat harvest on Sam Neece’s farm near Chaffee, part of Southeast Missouri’s 100,000-acre crop yielding 20 bushels per acre.

A late-1800s brick home on Lorimier Street was dismantled in 1951 so The Missourian could expand; this look back recounts its demolition and the people who once...

On June 17 in Southeast Missouri: church expansion, library site rejection, sewer tax cut, teen burned by hot fudge, Scouts head to camp, and a Senate hopeful backs the Volstead dry law.

In 1976, Loretta Lynn helped open Cape Girardeau's 5H Ranch, greeting fans who waited hours in the heat and accepting an unusual fee for her visit: a baby buffalo.

From fireworks stands and a quick church build to swine flu shots, record bridge tolls and a Guard band concert, here's what made news in Cape Girardeau on past June 23s.