17th Annual Southern Illinois Alternative Gift Fair features nonprofits looking to sell, bring awareness

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Cape Chamber is accepting nominations for the 2023 Small Business of the Year. The contributions of small business to the Cape Girardeau Area will be recognized at the Cape Chamber’s Annual Dinner on Friday, March 31, 2023. Criteria for Award:. 51% locally owned.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – At the SEMO basketball games Thursday night, Redhawks Athletics did their part to support Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation. A portion of the ticket sales for the games will go back to the Cape Parks and Rec Foundation to fund their various programs. Senior...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Bill Cole, owner of Edge Realty in Cape Girardeau, almost can’t believe the current state of the real estate market. “This is perhaps the weirdest market I’ve seen since we opened up in 2003,” he said. “It almost doesn’t make sense. It really doesn’t.”

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Medical marijuana dispensaries opened their doors to recreational sales in the southeast Missouri area. Not all dispensaries have received the go ahead just yet, but for green light dispensary in Cape Girardeau, the lines are out the door. Sarah Gunther-Jackson is the General Manager...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – The Paducah Police Department honored more than 30 officers and civilian employees, and nine Paducah citizens Thursday, February 2 for their outstanding acts of duty and service to the community in 2022. Officer Pedro Loredo Jr. was named the department’s Employee of the Year for...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – The public education system in the Show-Me State is in dire straits and in need of legislature overhaul. Public educators in the state are paid one of the lowest average starting salaries in the nation: $33,234. While the current salary is a concern, so...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KBSI) – Perryville High School experienced a terroristic threat a couple weeks ago, leading officials to have to put the school on lockdown and evacuate the school. Later that same week another threat came in, forcing the school to call off classes completely. Over that weekend school...

Highs on Saturday were only in the upper 30s in and around Cape Girardeau. The good news: we warm up from here into the foreseeable future. Temperatures overnight will not vary much as we will be mostly cloudy into Sunday. Both Saturday and Sunday night the full moon will be...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – One person was arrested after officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department and the SEMO Drug Task Force executed two unrelated search warrants on February 2. Officers responded to the 300 block of N. Fountain around 7:45 p.m. to execute a search warrant on...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – The City of Carbondale Police Department requests the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult. Tenager L. Taylor, 48, of Carbondale was last seen January 26 in the 400 block of West Jackson Street in Carbondale. Taylor is described as 5 feet tall, weighing...

CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – A juvenile faces several charges after Carbondale police officers investigated a report of a stolen vehicle. Officers responded to the 1200 block of East Main regarding a report of a stolen vehicle on Feb. 2 at 7:44 p.m. Officers learned unknown suspects stole a vehicle...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A man wanted in connection with an altercation on Tuesday afternoon that involved a gunshot being fired turned himself in to police Thursday night. Tariq T. Griffin, 20, of West Paducah turned himself in at the Paducah Police Department just after 8 p.m. on Thursday.