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Cape Girardeau, MO

The western-loving community gathered in Cape Girardeau at the Osage Center for the Cowboy and Camping Outdoor Show. Pride in the Park is making it’s way back to Cape Girardeau. Capaha Park will be filled with dozens of vendors and also live music. Historic Pride flag in Cape Girardeau.

Blessing of the Jeeps

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The western-loving community gathered in Cape Girardeau at the Osage Center for the Cowboy and Camping Outdoor Show. Many vendors were present at the event, alongside Yellowstone actor, Forrie J. Smith. The co-owner of Comically Incline and Cape Events, Danny Stewart, was at the event....

Cowboys and Camping in Cape Girardeau

Gallatin County, IL

Equality, IL

EQUALITY, Ill. (KFVS) - The Village of Equality, Ill. in Gallatin County will be hosting “SPARK”, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution for a month long exhibit. From June 17-July 22, the free exhibit will be held at the Ohio River Visitors Center and will feature Equality’s...

Traveling SPARK exhibit to be in Gallatin County

Florida State

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - June is Pride Month. That means across the nation, celebrations are taking place and people are remembering the history of the LGBTQ+. A way of celebration is captured through a flag originally sewn in Keywest, Florida making its way to Cape Girardeau. This is through...

Florida pride flag comes to Cape Girardeau

Missouri State

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Pride in the Park is making it’s way back to Cape Girardeau on Sunday, June 4. Capaha Park will be filled with dozens of vendors and also live music. Organizers say it focuses on highlighting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. JT Masters helps put...

Pride in the Park returning to Cape Girardeau

Alto Pass, IL

ALTO PASS, Ill. (KFVS) - Many people gathered out at Bald Knob Cross in Alto Pass, Ill. for the annual Blessing of the Jeeps event. There were over hundreds of people and Jeeps present, alongside food, refreshments and clothing. Kurt Richeson, Administrator for Jeep and Shawnee, said this event has...

Blessing of the Jeeps at Bald Knob Cross

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Summer school students at Jefferson Elementary had some special visitors on Friday, June 2. Four mermaids came to visit them at the Jefferson Community Center Pool to get them ready to watch The Little Mermaid next week. The theme for the week was mermaids, and...

Mermaids visit summer school students at Jefferson Elementary

Jackson, MO

JACKSON, Mo. (KFVS) - The Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team is officially State bound. Fans held a send-off for the team outside Saxony Lutheran High School on Thursday as the Crusaders hit the road for the Class 1 Final Four. Saxony Lutheran will play Villa Duchesne at 10 a.m. at...

Saxony Lutheran girls soccer departs for State Semifinals

Ozark, MO

OZARK, Mo. (KFVS) - In their first Final Four appearance in school history, Jackson trailed 9-2 entering the 7th inning. Down to their last three outs, the Indians mounted a furious comeback scoring six runs to pull within one. Cooper Rhodes, Caden Bogenpohl and Landon Watkins all drove in runs...

Jackson baseball comeback attempt comes up just short against Francis Howell in the Class 6 State Semifinals

You might see more orange this weekend and it's all for a good cause. "Wear Orange Weekend" is an effort to raise national awareness of gun violence. Boat crash leaves 1 dead in Murphysboro, Ill. Updated: 15 hours ago. |. A Desoto man is dead following a boating accident on...

Historic Pride flag in Cape Girardeau

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Shipyard Music Festival announced its 2023 music lineup. You can click here for ticket information. Children 10 and under get in free with a ticketed adult. The festival will be on the Grounds at Century Casino.

Shipyard Music Festival announces lineup

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Members of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce were able to sign the top part of the new casino hotel before it was put into place Friday morning, June 2. There will be almost 70 rooms in the six-story building. “This is going to be...

Cape Girardeau chamber members sign beam for new casino hotel

Murphysboro, IL

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS) - A Desoto man is dead following a boating accident that occurred on Wednesday in Kinkaid Lake. On May 31, around 7:07 p.m., the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a boating accident on Kinkaid Lake near the spillway in rural Murphysboro, Ill. The accident involved an 18-foot aluminum Jon boat.

One man dead after boating accident on Kinkaid Lake

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The carnival is in town. Crescent City Amusements set up its carnival at West Park Mall for June 2-4. Friday - 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday - 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday - 1 p.m. to 5...

Carnival in the parking lot of West Park Mall

You might see more orange this weekend and it's all for a good cause. "Wear Orange Weekend" is an effort to raise national awareness of gun violence. Local healthcare leaders call it a gamechanger. It's a new, simple way to screen for cancer. Ameren donates $15K to Woodland Fire Protection...

Boat crash leaves 1 dead in Murphysboro, Ill.

Paducah, KY

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - A man was injured in a crash involving a truck and a train on Friday morning, June 2. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to the 2600 block of Krebs Station Road around 7:11 a.m. for a report of a train that hit a truck at the railroad crossing, just west of Husband Road.

Paducah man injured in crash involving train, truck

Crittenden Co. police need your help locating this man involving a stolen vehicle. Officers calls Jay Walker a person of interest involving the theft. Summer school students at Jefferson Elementary school had some special visitors today. Sikeston Hot Air Balloon Festival. Updated: 5 hours ago. |. Hot air balloons will...

One suspect in custody following police chase in Cape Girardeau

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) - A woman is accused of leaving a puppy in a car overnight. Chloe Throgmorton, 19, of Paducah, was arrested on charges of second-degree cruelty to animals, public intoxication, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy...

Paducah woman accused of leaving puppy in car overnight without food, water

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - One person was arrested after a short chase in Cape Girardeau on Friday afternoon, June 2. According to Patrolman Bobby Newton with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, officers received an alert for a stolen vehicle around 8 a.m. from the 300 block of N. Sprigg Street. The reporting officer entered the vehicle into the “FLOCK” camera system.

1 person in custody, 3 wanted after short chase in Cape Girardeau

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Longtime southern Illinois sports historian Fred Huff dies at 94

(KFVS) - Longtime Southern Illinois University Carbondale sports information director Fred Huff died Saturday, March 18. According to obituary information, he was 94 years old. He...

Longtime southern Illinois sports historian Fred Huff dies at 94

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