CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will host a longbow making session from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.

The class will teach people how to craft their own hickory longbows using only hand tools and patience.  The cost for materials is $60 and registration is required by Sept. 29.

Call (573) 290-5218 to register.

The class is for ages 15 and up.  Class will be Thursday from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., continue on Friday from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., and finish on Saturday from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.

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CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - Missouri prosecutors call a law, expanded in 2009, "fantastic" now that the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime lab reports that law has helped solved 4,396 cases.

"These are cases that would not have been solved otherwise," said Cape County prosecuting attorney, Morley Swingle.

The law was first passed in 1991 and applied only to collecting the DNA of violent and sexual offenders. In 1996 it was modified to include felons in prison and on parole or probation.

In 2004, it was expanded to include defendants convicted of felonies or misdemeanor sexual offenses.

In 2009, lawmakers expanded Missouri's DNA tracking law to require anyone arrested for a felony or misdemeanor sex offense to be put into the state's CODIS system. That system links DNA collected from crime scenes with criminals on file. It's a change that's impacted several cases in Cape Girardeau County.

(KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Transportation announced they were recognized Tuesday by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association for their work to save lives on Missouri highways.

MoDOT received the Peter K.