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Carbondale, IL

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Cape Girardeau, MO

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

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

Murphysboro, IL

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.

Wappapello, MO

WAYNE COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed that an alligator spotted at Wappapello Lake was killed. They say the animal was seen over Memorial Day weekend and was killed by “an area resource user.”. According to the department, alligators are not native wildlife to Missouri...

MDC: Alligator spotted at Wappapello Lake killed

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

A piece of hospital history officially returns to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau today. An unusual theft out of Marshall County, Kentucky. This bronze statue of an Elk used to have antlers on it, but as you can see, they are now gone. Carden Circus at Arena Park...

Child dead after crash in Franklin County, Ill.

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

All of this recent heat is having an impact on the Show-Me State. Gov. Mike Parson signed Executive Order 23-05 declaring a drought alert in Missouri. St. Francis hospital unveiled their Grotto Statue. The Grotto is the original that once stood at St. Francis when it was located on Good Hope Street.

Carbondale Dairy Queen lights up sign for one last time

Paducah, KY

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

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

Kentucky State

Murray, KY

MURRAY, Ky. (KFVS) - The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business at Murray State University is partnering up with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The partnership would be to advance invasive carp removal efforts in Kentucky waterways. The partnership is aimed at fostering development of entrepreneurship for...

Murray State University to form partnership to advance invasive carp removal

Mccracken County, KY

East Prairie, MO

MELBER, Ky. (KFVS) - Kentucky State Police announce that a man wanted in McCracken County has been located and taken into custody. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, a large law enforcement group from multiple agencies was searching for the man in the Melber area of southern McCracken County.

East Prairie man wanted in McCracken County taken into custody

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

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

Marion, IL

MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - Baseball returned to Marion on Wednesday night, May 31. The Thrillville Thrillbillies opened their inaugural season in the Prospect League at Mtn Dew Park. Fans can expect a lot excitement this year. Leaders with the ThrillbIllies say the baseball team isn’t the only ones looking to...

Thrillville Thrillbillies begin inaugural season at Mtn Dew Park

Springfield, MO

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Nearly eight decades ago, a Missouri man joined the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as it soared into Germany to attack a factory. The plane crashed. Four men died and disappeared. Here’s the story of the man who remembered the missing men overseas until he saw a mission accomplished.

Missouri family gets answers after 8 decades of questions regarding a World War II soldier

New York City, NY

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Two men were arrested on multiple charges after police say they refused to pull over and then ran from officers. Kamarion Dorsey, 26, of Elmira, New York, was charged with a class E felony resisting a lawful stop. Eric Dorsey, 42, of Champaign, Ill., was...

2 men accused of refusing to pull over for traffic stop, running from Cape Girardeau police

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

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A piece of hospital history officially returns to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, May 31. Staff members and supporters gathered in the Saint Francis Garden for the unveiling of this newly refurbished grotto. The Catholic Shrine once stood at the original...

Grotto at Saint Francis Medical Center refurbished

Ozark, MO

Jackson, 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

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Wienermobile coming to southern Ill. this weekend; driver, Carbondale native

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - A woman from Carbondale, Illinois is a “Hotdogger”--a driver of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile--and she is headed to southern Illinois this weekend....

Wienermobile coming to southern Ill. this weekend; driver, Carbondale native

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