Stories from Wednesday, February 28, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February...

Donald Trump did not secure the border when he was President. He built 34 miles of new fence on a 2,000-mile, unsecured border using unapproved military funding. The border was not and has never been secure by Trump when he was President. This is just another Trump lie. Trump, recently, did, tell the GOP to stop a $118-billion border bill, which they did, which would have made the border more secure and safer.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Twenty-five members of the New Madrid County R-1 Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America attended the District 16 Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference on Feb. 7 at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - In the late evening hours of Feb. 24, the New Madrid Fire Department was paged to a two-vehicle traffic crash on Highway 61 just north of the New Madrid city limits. The crash occurred when a vehicle that was slowing to make a turn into Evergreen Cemetery was struck in the rear by the car behind it. Four juveniles in the car were injured with one of the children who had serious injuries and was flown to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Entries are now being sought for the 2024 New Madrid County Youth Farm Animal Art Show. Artwork by New Madrid County public, private and home-schooled students in kindergarten through 12th grade must depict a farm animal or farm scene. Entries must be completed and turned in by March 28 to the New Madrid County Extension Office, 330 U.S. Highway 61 in New Madrid...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — An East Prairie, Missouri, man faces felony kidnapping and assault charges in Scott County. Willis Clarence Weaver of East Prairie is charged with one count each of felony second degree kidnapping and third degree assault, according to online court records...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A man from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, on Tuesday, Feb. 27 admitted setting fires that burned 220 acres of U.S. Forest Service and private land in 2022 and agreed to repay $66,000. Adam D. Gambling, 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one felony count of setting fires on public land, according to the U.S. ...