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Cape County Archives Center creates index for enslaved relatives Cape County Archives Director shows us the index she created for enslaved people (Source: BreannaHarris/kfvs) By Breanna Harris | April 2, 2021 at 10:47 PM CDT - Updated April 2 at 10:47 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Earlier this week, Cape County Archives Director Marybeth Niedierkorn put together an index of enslaved people in Southeast Missouri. “The narratives mentioned in here have a lot of information about people who were enslaved by the county.” Niedierkorn said the index was created to make it easier to cro...

The Cape Girardeau County Health Department is connecting the community by reaching out to folks who may not have access to the latest technology.

Jobs becoming more available due to decrease in COVID-19 Job Fairs come to Cape Girardeau By Mike Mohundro | March 10, 2021 at 6:06 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 6:52 AM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Job Fairs and job openings are popping up more lately in the past couple of months. You don’t have to search long to find a job open up online or see a job fair scheduled in southeast Missouri. Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri President June O’Dell says there are over 500 jobs listed in their database just within a 40 mile radius of Cape Girardeau. She said the time ...

Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout in southeast Missouri Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout in southeast Missouri By Isabelle Hanson | March 3, 2021 at 6:11 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 8:37 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Health departments across Missouri received the state’s first batch of 50,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It’s just the start of the state’s rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The Heartland News team called every county’s health department in the southeast region of Missouri. After hearing back from every county’s health department except ...

Heartland prepares for weekend snowfall Heartland prepares for weekend snowfall By Noelle Williams | February 5, 2021 at 8:41 PM CST - Updated February 5 at 10:13 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Ahead the snowfall this weekend, Heartland transportation departments are taking necessary precautions, so you can travel the roads without worry. “We’ve been out today in some of the areas that it looks like there is snow coming in,” said Tammy Hefner, the Southeast District Maintenance Engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). She said to expect roads to be slippery ...