Sharon Sanders

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.

How the Southeast Missourian's 1976 Bicentennial Edition and John L. Blue's feature traced Cape Girardeau's growth from Lorimier's settlement to a modern, expanding city.

How the Southeast Missourian’s 1976 Bicentennial Edition and John L. Blue’s feature traced Cape Girardeau’s growth from Lorimier’s settlement to a modern, expan...

June 28 in Southeast Missouri: a possible midyear university fee hike, prison funding shifts, rain-stalled wheat harvests, a river bridge span dropped, and a lu...

From revived Mississippi River fireworks to a 1761 church bell and packed 1951 stock car races, see how Cape Girardeau marked past July 4ths — and mourned a fal...

From river floods and washed-out parades to a helicopter crash, bootleg distillery raid and Cape’s third Black school administrator, July 5 is packed with local...

From the Southeast Missourian archives, a history of how German and German-speaking Swiss immigrants shaped Cape Girardeau’s names, churches, schools, businesse...