by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Health / Medicine, History, News
A national radio host who was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians has died, after a battle with lung cancer. Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh was 70. Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year by former President Donald Trump....
by Alisa Nelson | Feb 17, 2021 | News, Politics / Govt
Southeast Missouri native and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has died. Limbaugh, of Cape Girardeau, had been battling lung cancer. According to Limbaugh’s website, he began his broadcasting career at a radio station in Cape Girardeau and eventually...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 27, 2020 | News, Politics / Govt
America’s first female county clerk has been inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. A bronze bust of Annie White Baxter of southwest Missouri’s Carthage joins 47 others in the esteemed hall already showcasing journalist Walter Cronkite, radio host Rush...
by admin | Aug 25, 2020 | Crime / Courts, History, News
The first female elected to public office in Missouri in 1890 will be inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians Wednesday morning in Jefferson City. House Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, notes Annie White Baxter, who grew up in southwest Missouri’s...
by Mike Lear | May 14, 2014 | News
The bust of Mel Hancock is unveiled as he is inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians. Visit Missourinet.com later today for the full story.