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Jacque Waller case gets national attention

It's a story that has touched the Heartland, and now her story is now reaching a national audience.

Jacque Waller disappeared more than six weeks ago, and her family hopes the national spotlight will spark new leads.  Her blue Honda Pilot was left abandoned on June 1 at the 104.8 mile marker off interstate 55 northbound near the Fruitland exit.

Investigators hope someone traveling through the area noticed something. 

"We hope someone saw something out there, possibly someone on vacation who drove 55," said Jackson Police Chief James Humphreys.

But is national attention a good thing?  A man who knows all to well is Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter.

"48 Hours Mystery" aired a story about the Mischelle Lawless murder. Lawless was 19 when she was killed in Scott County in 1992. Walter keeps a picture of her on his desk to remind him to never give up on the case.

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Police looking for shooting suspects

Police looking for shooting suspects

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Police are looking for one or more suspects who shot a man at a Cape Girardeau park.

Investigators say it happened at Delaware Park, near Lexington and Old Sprigg streets.

Police were called to the scene around 1 a.m. Thursday.

According to Officer Darin Hickey, the victim met up with someone who followed him there.

Once at the park, the victim met up with several others who robbed, assaulted and shot him.

Hickey says the injuries don't appear to be life-threatening.

Police say they are looking for suspects.

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MoDOT: Approved construction program cut in half

MoDOT: Approved construction program cut in half

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, a new state five-year highway construction program was approved Wednesday, but the program is only half the size of recent years.

The new program is about $600 million a year rather than the average of $1.2 billion and MoDOT says Missourians will be seeing very few new projects during the next few years.

"We've known this grim situation was coming," said Kevin Keith, Missouri Department of Transportation director, "We have fallen off a cliff."

Keith said the sharp decline in funds means the investment that supported Missouri jobs, improved roads and bridges and increased safety is in jeopardy.

Jacque Waller's personal property found

A stack of Jacque Waller's business cards could turn out to be a key piece of evidence for investigators.

Investigators and several others said a woman spotted the cards on the ground in front of a row of mailboxes earlier this week.  "They walked out to the mailbox, happened to look down and see it there," said Wilma Kallbrier, who lives on Lindsey Lane, right off Highway 177 near Proctor & Gamble.

"They (the business cards) were in a standard business card packet or holder that would be carried in someone's brief case or purse," said Cape Girardeau County Lt. David James. 

Kallbrier said she's been to those mailboxes countless times since June 1, the last time anyone saw Jacque Waller.  "It had to have been (placed there) recent," said Kallbrier. 

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Free skin cancer screenings at Wellness Connection

Free skin cancer screenings at Wellness Connection

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Southeast Wellness Connection will host a free skin cancer screenings on Thursday, July 14.

The screenings will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wellness Connection in West Park Mall.

Mourad Nessim, M.D. of Southeast Internal Medicine and Cheree Wheeler-Duke, M.D., M.S. of Southeast Primary Care will be giving visual inspections at the screening.

No blood work will be done and the screening should take about 15 minutes, which includes completing paperwork and the actual inspection.

Appointments will be required. To schedule a screening, call the Wellness Connection at 573-332-1587.

The American Cancer Society recommends a skin cancer-related check up be a part of any periodic health examination for men and women starting at the age of 20.

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Ameren: Hot weather led to Cape Girardeau outage

Ameren Missouri says hot weather led to Tuesday's power outage in Cape Girardeau.

Spokesperson Jean Mason says the heat melted a portion of a wire along the 700 block of Mount Auburn late in the afternoon, causing it to break.

Mason says things like this are pretty common, and can happen year-round.

Mason says an electrical overload also contributed to the break, with so many people running their air conditioners at once, and at full-blast.

Around 1,600 people had no power for several hours Tuesday in the heat.

Work crews had everything up and running again in a few hours.

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AMP elects officials, appoints eight new members

AMP elects officials, appoints eight new members

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - The Tri-State Advertising and Marketing Professionals has elected officials for the 2011-2012 fiscal year and appointed eight new members to their Board of Directors.

The officers and board members will be responsible for coordinating monthly networking and educational programs, social events, seminars and the annual ADDY Awards.

The Board of Directors elected their 2011-2012 officers at the annual retreat on July 11.