Application to use old federal building in Cape Girardeau as homeless shelter

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | 10:50 a.m. CDT; updated 4:35 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 5, 2009

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Now that the U.S. Department of Justice has rejected a request to use a former southeast Missouri federal building as a county courthouse, an advocate for the needy wants to use it as a homeless shelter.

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