Stories from Thursday, August 4, 2022

Adults and kids can have a hands-on experience with dinosaur bones when visiting Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau. Discovery Playhouse executive director Michael Toeniskoetter recently returned from a trip in Jordan, Montana, where he located dinosaur bones. There are currently a number of fossils and bones on display that adults and kids can help clean and piece together at the museum located at 502 Broadway...

People in Perryville and across Missouri will get the chance to honor those who died in Vietnam at the Missouri Vietnam Wall Run on Sept. 16 and 17. The run will culminate in a parade and ceremony at Missouri's National Veterans Memorial, an exact replica of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, D.C...

Three new administrative staff have come aboard the Poplar Bluff R-I district ahead of the new school year: Assistant High School Principal Jason Dowd, Assistant Director of Special Education Jamie Busch and Transportation Director Jon McKinney. Dowd...

Ozark Border Electric Cooperative officials are expecting a simple day Friday at the 84th Annual Membership Meeting, which will be held at the cooperative’s headquarters. The annual meeting will begin with drive-thru registration and voting from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. and will conclude with the business meeting at 2:30 p.m...

Jean Wiseman passed away on Aug. 3, 2022, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 27, 1932, to Asa Ray and Alma Brown in Lebanon Missouri. Jean graduated from Lebanon High School in 1950. Jean was married to Alex Wiseman on March 25, 1960, at Temple Israel in St. ...

Republican leaders got their wish with the defeat of former Gov. Eric Greitens in the U.S. Senate primary. Now, they face another complication: A well-funded, right-leaning political newcomer who could splinter some of the Republican and independent vote in November...