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  • 1 week ago | kfvs12.com | Carly O'Keefe

    CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - In the history of KFVS, more than 1,000 people have dedicated years, if not decades, of their lives keeping the call letters on the air. However, it all started with one man. A Cape Girardeau battery salesman named Oscar Hirsch first broadcast on KFVS Radio on June 22, 1925, from his home on Cape Girardeau’s Frederick Street. One century later, the call letters are still entertaining and informing the region that Hirsch dedicated much of his life to serving.

  • 2 months ago | kfvs12.com | Carly O'Keefe

    ILLINOIS (KFVS) - There has been an alarming increase in the number of Illinois State Police troopers injured or killed on Illinois’ roads, and troopers want drivers to do their part to stop it. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial fund reports 52 police officers in the U.S. were killed by firearms in 2024.

  • May 13, 2024 | kfvs12.com | Carly O'Keefe

    POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS) - Yellowed police reports and fading crime scene photos cover Poplar Bluff Detective Lt. Josh Stewart’s desk. This is as he works to apply modern investigative techniques to one of the city’s oldest cold cases. “One of our biggest challenges is going to be time - the time that has passed,” said Det. Lt. Josh Stewart.

  • Feb 20, 2024 | kfvs12.com | Olivia Tock |Carly O'Keefe

    ALEXANDER COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A burn ban has been issued for parts of Alexander County, Illinois following multiple brush fires in the area this week. Horseshoe Lake Fire District Chief Josh McKee is putting a burn ban in place due to dry conditions and rash of brush fires. He said Horseshoe Lake Firefighters have responded to two brush fires in two days. The most recent was during the evening hours on Tuesday, February 20, which burned 50 to 60 acres.

  • Feb 12, 2024 | kfvs12.com | Carly O'Keefe

    TAMMS, Ill. (KFVS) - It began with a fire, a missing person, and a body found two states away. Now, more than four years later, the question remains: who killed Larry McNelly? It’s a question that’s haunted folks in Alexander County since it happened in 2019. “I can’t imagine the people who were involved in this having any peace whatsoever having done something like this to my brother,” said McNelly’s sister, Debbie Goins.

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Carly O'Keefe KFVS
Carly O'Keefe KFVS @CarlyO12
23 Nov 22

ICYMI: Tough Like Teddy https://t.co/sn6SS3tzZB

Carly O'Keefe KFVS
Carly O'Keefe KFVS @CarlyO12
22 Nov 22

Tonight at 10 on @kfvsnews: Tough Like Teddy - a story of courage, community, and comebacks. https://t.co/7YO8gkP5UU

Carly O'Keefe KFVS
Carly O'Keefe KFVS @CarlyO12
21 Sep 22

ICYMI: A great story about local folks working to revitalize an historic building in a small town to boost business and just maybe create something new… https://t.co/1bh5mf8kXh https://t.co/G4EBRNV1fc