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 | Feb 13, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
An extension of bipartisan legislation involving fentanyl has been signed into law by President Trump. Supporters say the legislation will decrease the number of opioid-related deaths. Longtime Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley had been calling on Congress to...