Good morning, Cape Girardeau.

The East Perry Fair is underway in Altenburg with free admission + parking and carnival rides on both days.

Friday featured a parade at 1:30 p.m. with contests, and today offers livestock shows, pedal tractor pulls, and live music.

Notre Dame Regional High School hosted 70 Dominican Sisters from Nashville during its Activity Week dinner on Wednesday.

The sisters stopped at the school while traveling to a beatification Mass in St. Louis and enjoyed a kettle beef meal popular locally.

Cape Girardeau leaders are pausing the Restaurant Tax Committee to review tourism data and tax revenues — Mayor Robbie Guard said the city will hire a consultant and meet with restaurant owners and residents over the next 18 months before any proposal is considered.

Crews have shifted work to the eastbound lanes of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge to install new bearings, paint, and repair concrete until winter — traffic now flows on the westbound lanes while full operations resume during the season and construction restarts in spring 2027.

A Cape Girardeau treatment center said calls from people quitting kratom are rising and described withdrawals as tougher than opioid symptoms.

State officials are pushing to ban concentrated kratom products (like 7-OH) to help keep the community safe.