Stories from Saturday, January 7, 2017

Today in History Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2017. There are 358 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1942, Japanese forces began besieging American and Filipino troops in Bataan during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)...

The Cape Girardeau City Council hustled through a 10-minute meeting last night, where it approved a study of the city's public transportation needs and the purchase of property to expand Shawnee Park; the council also approved a motion to proceed with final engineering plans for the extension of Sprigg Street north from Bertling to Melody Lane...