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A Missouri man will spend seven years in prison after pleading guilty to punching a 12-year-old street performer in the head in an attack that was captured on Facebook Live and has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Cedric Charles Moore Jr., 27, of Cape Girardeau, was charged with second-degree assault and sentenced to the maximum seven years. Police said in a Facebook post that the July 3, 2020 night attack in the city’s downtown was “completely unprovoked.” Video footage, captured by Fingerprint Urban Dance Studio instructor Micheal “Crank” Curry, shows a dark-colored sport utility vehicle coming to a...

"In 1989 I took Rush Limbaugh's radio show off the air in St. Louis..." Jeff Long had his first "encounter" with Rush way back in the early days of his syndicated radio show. But there was more to come. Jeff would end up working in Rush's home town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He would meet Rush in person but there's more. And at the link below what Paul Harvey used to call on the radio "the rest of the story"... So many memories of Rush that for me include memories of the music that Rush loved. He would play songs...

Police in Missouri have arrested and charged the man accused of sucker-punching a 12-year-old boy who was out street dancing last Friday. Cedric Charles Moore, 27, turned himself in to law enforcement on Wednesday and has been charged with second-degree felony assault and first-degree felony child endangerment, according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Police were able to quickly identify Moore and issue a warrant for his arrest due to video footage of the assault captured on Facebook Live, which now has nearly 1 million views, according to CNN. The footage clearly shows a man, whom police identified to be...

'Extreme force in the back of the head in a violent and completely unprovoked attack' . . . The assault took place Friday night in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the suspect, whom police have identified as 27-year-old Cedric Charles Moore Jr., exited an SUV from the passenger side, sneaked up behind the child and used his fist to bludgeon the boy who never saw the punch coming.

A man accused of setting a fire that destroyed an Islamic center in southeast Missouri has been charged with a federal hate crime, the U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis said Tuesday. A federal grand jury indicted 42-year-old Nicholas J. Proffitt in the April fire that destroyed the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center, the office said in a statement. Proffitt is charged with damaging religious property because of the property’s religious character, using fire to commit a federal felony, and damaging a building used in interstate commerce through use of fire. […] A Muslim advocacy group, which had called for a...

Fans of Rush Limbaugh, who announced Monday he has advanced lung cancer, may recall a gripping story the talk radio king once shared from his childhood that would inspire him to raise some $50 million to fight the very disease now stalking him. Limbaugh, who held annual “cure-a-thons” for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on his widely heard radio program from 1990-2016, told listeners four years ago how he became driven to help fund cancer research. While a young boy, Limbaugh explained, he heard his father, also named Rush, talking in the family’s Cape Girardeau, Mo., kitchen with a cousin...

RUSH: Folks, you have to hear this. Our old buddy Jim Rutenberg. Now, you’ve heard me mention Rutenberg. When I first heard of Jim Rutenberg, he was a media columnist at the New York Times. And he was one of the few reporters at the New York Times which reported on me, Rush H. Limbaugh III, and this program not just fairly, but accurately and honestly. That is so unusual that we always note it when it happens in the Drive-By Media. And Rutenberg has always been, when I have made it into stories that he has written, I’ve always...

RUSH: Thank you all! CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: Thank you all very much. CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: What an honor! CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: What an honor. This is so exciting. I have been watching Trump rallies from the very first one. And to be part of one, folks, I’ll tell you, it is the night of a lifetime. You all are so great. It is electric in here, folks. You people at home, this is unreal! CROWD: (wild cheering and applause) (chanting) U! S! A! RUSH: You know what? I am so hoping that in a...

RUSH: Oh, man, my friends, I am so excited to be here today. I’m so excited to be here each and every day, but really, really excited to be here this week. It’s gonna be big. It’s not known what’s going to happen. We’re gonna go through some of the audio sound bites today of people who’ve been doing the polls all up to now. The day before the election, they are covering themselves by saying, “We don’t really know.” So what did all these polls mean last week, then? And what did they mean last month? And what did...

Two “foreign speaking” men set off alarms after they entered the local Walmart store in Lebanon, Missouri and purchased 60 cellphones. The purchase was made around 4 AM last Saturday morning. Police were called but released the men saying they didn’t have a legal reason to detain them.

Word is out that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will headline a Republican rally Thursday morning in Cape Girardeau, causing a rush on tickets in Cape Girardeau that backed up traffic at a busy intersection this afternoon. Over 200 people were counted outside the Republican party's Cape Girardeau headquarters at 601 N. Kingshighway a short time ago. The rush on tickets is causing some traffic congestion at Kingshighway's intersection with Broadway. Doors will open at 6:30 a.m. for the event featuring the GOP's vice presidential nominee, with the program starting at 8:30 a.m. "Governor Palin will discuss John McCain's plans to...

At the end of a ceremony that mixed personal remembrance of Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. and allusions to the difficulties of constructing the building named in his honor, family members and dignitaries cut the ribbon at Cape Girardeau's new federal courthouse. The building is a fitting tribute to Limbaugh, said his son, retired U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. His expressed hope is that his father's devotion to the law will inspire the attorneys who practice there. "He lived it, he breathed it," Limbaugh Sr. said. "He loved it and it was his virtual life." As he spoke of...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. A little bit of Hollywood is coming to Cape Girardeau. Producers of "Killshot" have confirmed that Diane Lane and other stars and crew will be in town later this year or in early 2006 to shoot scenes for the movie. Based on the 1989 novel by Elmore Leonard, "Killshot" will tell the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau while on the run from a pair of hitmen. Scenes for the film will be shot in late December or early January, said Jerry Jones, executive director of the Missouri Film Commission. "Cape Girardeau...

<p>Unseasonably warm weather is causing some unladylike behavior in southeast Missouri.</p> <p>Millions of ladybugs have invaded the area.</p> <p>By mid-afternoon Sunday, masses of the orange insects were landing on buildings, cars and skin.</p> <p>"We've got too many," said Cape Girardeau County resident Schirley Huey, doing yard work with her husband when they first noticed the pesky insects flying about. A few even bit.</p>

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Rush Limbaugh's hometown boasts a splashy mural of its famous native son along a Mississippi River flood wall. But before he gained celebrity and riches on the airwaves, "Rusty" Limbaugh pitched Little League baseball and Blake Esicar played first base, a lineup immortalized in a black and white snapshot Esicar proudly displayed Saturday in his family's meat market. "Rusty could throw quite a curve ball," Esicar said, then shook his head. "I just know he's dealing with quite a curve ball now, and we're just praying for him," he said. Limbaugh, who often reminisces warmly about...

Limbaugh garners hopeful support inside hometown From staff and wire reports Rush Limbaugh's hometown of Cape Girardeau boasts a splashy mural along a Mississippi River floodwall of its famous native son. Before he gained celebrity and riches on the airwaves, "Rusty" Limbaugh pitched Little League baseball and Blake Esicar played first base, a lineup immortalized in a black and white snapshot Esicar proudly displayed Saturday in his family's meat market. "Rusty could throw quite a curve ball," Esicar said, then shook his head. "I just know he's dealing with quite a curve ball now, and we're just praying for him."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Rush Limbaugh's hometown boasts a splashy mural of its famous native son along a Mississippi River flood wall. But before he gained celebrity and riches on the airwaves, "Rusty" Limbaugh pitched Little League baseball and Blake Esicar played first base, a lineup immortalized in a black and white snapshot Esicar proudly displayed Saturday in his family's meat market. "Rusty could throw quite a curve ball," Esicar said, then shook his head. "I just know he's dealing with quite a curve ball now, and we're just praying for him," he said. Limbaugh, who often reminisces warmly about...

I have never requested to Freep a poll, but this particular one is really irritating to me. It is in the online local newspaper here in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A couple of organizations have been formed in this area to protest the War on Iraq. Several weeks ago, they demonstrated publically. As a response, the newspaper is running this poll. And it is running very heavily in favor of the protestors. Help get our numbers up, please?