Category: KFVS
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Cape Girardeau Police recall saving unborn baby one year later
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) – Original Post 1 year ago we broke the news of a tragic crash on Highway 55. A woman 8 months pregnant had to be rushed to the hospital. She did not survive – but her baby did. Reporter Sherae Honeycutt sits down with the men who saved the child’s life.…
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Recycled bottle caps turned into benches in downtown Ste. Genevieve, MO
STE. GENEVIEVE, MO (KFVS) – Original Post In Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, two groups are working together to make something new out of something most of us throw away. The Public Health Department and the Rotary Club are collecting plastic soda bottle caps that can’t be recycled. Once they get thousands of pounds of them together,…
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Risco, MO referee stresses importance of AED machines after heart attack
RISCO, MO (KFVS) – Original Post A sudden heart attack. It could happen at any time. But if it happens to you, will the equipment needed to save your life be available? Earlier this year a referee at a Risco, MO basketball game collapsed. Thanks to fast acting members of the community, and a portable…
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Memorial Day ceremony honors fallen soldiers in Bloomfield, MO
BLOOMFIELD, MO (KFVS) – Original Post Across the Heartland on this Memorial Day, many honored those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. An annual ceremony was held in Bloomfield at the Missouri Veteran Cemetery on Monday, May 29. The event was filled with music, stories, and prayer. A table was also set for those…
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Boy remembers grandfather at Bloomfield Memorial Day ceremony each year
BLOOMFIELD, MO (KFVS) – Original Post Each year in Bloomfield hundreds come to pay their respects to who are no longer with us on Memorial Day. One of them is a boy from Jackson, Missouri. For 11-year-old Cayden Myers one veteran stands out above the rest. His grandfather, Albert Jordan. “He was a nice, caring, giving…
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Wappapello Lake open in time for the summer rush
LAKE WAPPAPELLO, MO (KFVS) – Original Post After dealing with record flooding, Wappapello Lake is getting ready for the summer rush. The Redman Creek Recreation Area and Boat Ramp are open, as of Tuesday, May 23, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. But some, like Andrew E. Jefferson Sr., Ranger for the Army Corps of Engineers, wonder…
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Cooter, MO girl makes it to the second round of the National Spelling Bee
COOTER, MO (KFVS) – Original Post A sixth grade student from Pemiscot County spelled her way all the way to Washington, D.C. She competed in the National Spelling Bee Championship that started on May 29. Emily King made it to the second round. She was knocked out when asked to spell the French word ‘toile.’…
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Van Buren, MO family displaced by flood, impending tourism
VAN BUREN, MO (KFVS) – Original Post With more than 100 homes in Van Buren, Missouri destroyed in the spring flood, it put many families in hotels. But now, with Memorial Day on the way, some are having to make room for tourists. Rachel Huff has a place to call home for the first time…
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Hutcheson supporters speak out, show support
CHARLESTON, MO (KFVS) – Original Post Mississippi County Sheriff Cory Hutcheson is facing 18 federal charges, and next month – he faces the possibility of going to jail until he goes to trial. However, if you go to that community, there are may who still support him . Above all, they say, they want him…
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Doniphan PD: Riverfront Park closed due to unsafe E.coli levels
DONIPHAN, MO (KFVS) – Original Post The Doniphan Police Department reports Riverfront Park is closed due to unsafe E.coli levels. The police department posted on Facebook that after the recent flooding, soil samples were taken from the park that show the E.coli count may not be safe. The park is closed until further notice. It’s a pretty…
Sherae Honeycutt 