Cape Girardeau County is surveying residents on disaster preparedness and pet evacuation plans to enhance local emergency ...

Today in History for Nov. 24: On this date: In 1639, astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks first observed the transit of Venus across the Sun. In 1642, Dutch mariner Abel Tasman discovered Tasmania, a ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was at a depth of 52 km (32 miles), USGS added.