Stories from Sunday, September 18, 2022

When Shipyard Music Festival returns Sept. 23 and 24, it will feature music to suit all tastes. The two-day festival will again be held on the grounds of Century Casino Cape Girardeau. ...

Nearly two decades old, the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge will undergo repair during the first week of October but the 3,955-foot span will continue to be open to traffic. Missouri Department of Transportation announced this week that westbound lanes of the cable-stayed bridge will be reduced to a single lane with a 16-foot width restriction for four days: from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 3 through 6, weather permitting...

Aspiring guitarists, fiddlers and banjo pickers should find everything they need to become great musicians at Downtown Music. The business, which is owned and operated by local bluegrass musician Bob Lewis, opened Thursday, Sept. 1 at 107A Washington Street...

The “good old days” are just around the corner, that is, the corner of 200 Franklin Street in Doniphan. That’s the location of the Pioneer Heritage Homestead, which will be the site of the fourth annual Heritage Days celebration in Doniphan, Sept. 23-24...

Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization announced Thursday the annual Uptown Jackson Oktoberfest celebration — featuring food, seasonal craft beers and shopping — will be held the first weekend of October: from 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 7 and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 8...

Saturday morning the Stoddard County Fair Grounds were busy with activity as FFA and 4H students cleaned and prepared stalls in the livestock barn. They prepared Exhibit Barn B for smaller livestock, small caged animals and food entries to be exhibited. The 95th Stoddard County Fair is now just days away...

With the 2022 St. Louis Cardinals closing in on a National League Central title and a return to the playoffs, a retired Southeast Missouri State University English professor will speak Thursday in his home state of Mississippi about baseball. Robert W. Hamblin, a member of SEMO's faculty for half a century, will speak on his self-published novel "When You Can Throw From Deep Short."...

On Sunday, Sept. 18, Current River Baptist Church, located on Highway 142 East and County Road 4, will celebrate its 39th anniversary. Morning service will start at 10:30 a.m. with a special musical concert featuring singer and songwriter Mark Gray...

Highway U in southeastern Butler County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. This section of roadway is located between County Road 668 and the Butler County line. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Sept. 19 through Wednesday, Sept. 21...