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Southeast Missouri State University marked a milestone for regional health education as supporters, students, faculty, and community leaders gathered to celebrate the Roy Blunt Health Professions Hall. The ceremony highlighted how a modern, well-equipped facility will strengthen hands-on training, deepen community partnerships, and help meet growing local workforce needs in the healthcare field.

SEMO is partnering with the Missouri State Highway Patrol to build a Troop E crime lab near campus, expanding forensic services and creating new opportunities for students.

Cape Girardeau’s April 7 ballot will decide the mayor, Ward 1 council seat, school board, a no-tax-increase bond, a senior property-tax freeze and a new 911 funding fee.

A new crime lab on the Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau aims to expand forensic services, increase the speed of evidence testing, and boost training across more than a dozen Southeast Missouri counties. The future site will be near 1221 Broadway Street, located next to the SEMO Athletics offices, with some space used in the same building.

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While each individual news story has invoked its own stress upon the nation, what has left Americans feeling exhausted and powerless is the accumulation of events, and constancy of reporting.

On Mon. Oct. 25, the Missouri Department of Conservation announced that Unit 31 at Otter Slough in Stoddard County would not be included in the waterfowl hunting program this fall. This is due to the discovery of an invasive species of plant called Alligatorweed.

The SEMO Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association, Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Speech and Hearing and other campus organizations will once again be a part of the 'Trunk or Treat' Halloween Sensory-Friendly Event. The event is for children who might feel overwhelmed in busy or noisy environments such as Halloween trick or treating.

The City of Cape Girardeau has announced specific dates and locations for the region's fall deer hunting season. The City of Cape Girardeau has announced specific dates and locations for the region's fall deer hunting season. The City of Cape decided on managed deer hunting designations to support healthy wildlife population control and prevent starvation, as well as reducing the spread of diseases.

Southeast students from the Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance presented their skills in a multitude of dance styles at the annual…