2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (165+ words) JEFFERSON CITY — A new Missouri law allowing the Missouri Department of Transportation to raise rural highway speed limits to 75 mph takes effect Aug. 28, but no speed-limit changes will occur until the agency completes its review of eligible locations. MoDOT said…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (397+ words) No act of Congress mandated the color, with its slight orange tint. Rather, a 1939 conference of transportation officials from all U.S. states (then 48) chose the shade for its visibility as one of the first safety standards. At their peak in the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) Road work: MoDOT seal coating Route N between Cape, Bollinger counties seMissourian Road work: MoDOT seal coating Route N between Cape, Bollinger counties MoDOT crews are seal coating Route N between Highway 25 and Highway 51 through Friday, with intermittent lane reductions…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (753+ words) Where the Road Leads: From Bollinger County to Missouri Baptist Hospital seMissourian Where the Road Leads: From Bollinger County to Missouri Baptist Hospital Bollinger County physician William H. Mayfield helped found Missouri Baptist Hospital and expanded medical care through hospitals, tuberculosis…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) seMissourian Saint Francis Medical Center welcomes four babies: Fenix Grey Peterson, Jaisley Rae-Danielle Murray, Emerson Marie Greenfield and Cora Blaire Culpepper. Son to Alex Haden and Danyel Nicol Peterson of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2026. Name, Fenix…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (289+ words) Daughter to Lyncoln Jeffrey and Shanice Merlene Huff of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:59 a.m. Thursday, June 4, 2026. Name, Nyomi Shalynn. Weight, 8 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Shanice is an instructor at Southeast Missouri State University. Lyncoln works in furniture installment. Daughter…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (243+ words) seMissourian Road Work: US 61 in Jackson to narrow for sidewalk repairs; sidewalk work scheduled in Perryville along US 61 Road work to narrow U.S. 61 in Jackson and Perryville Aug. 17 to 21 for sidewalk repairs; 12-foot width restriction daily 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., drivers urged to use…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (527+ words) “It’s kind of scary at first, but when I just got used to it, it’s really cool and chilling. I really liked the music and how you can adjust the temperature,” Chloe Huu from Ann Arbor, Michigan, said after taking…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) An ongoing Missouri Department of Transportation project on Interstate 55 from Fruitland to Scott City in Cape Girardeau County rerouted oversize-overweight traffic through the city of Jackson, causing damage to city roundabouts, including a roundabout completed in mid-May. Multiple factors were…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) Global rates of road injuries and deaths each fell more than 30% between 1990 and 2023, according to the study published in Lancet Public Health, which noted the progress varied from country to country. Pedestrian and vehicle occupant deaths rose over that time…...