BOONVILLE – April Trigg, a waitress at Main Street Diner in Boonville, said the restaurant is struggling to keep the doors open. “It’s already noon and we’ve only had five people,” Trigg said. Gov.

Many people have questions about the effect of a casino on Cape Girardeau, but after many years of operation, gaming facilities in other small Missouri towns are seen as community partners, according ...

BOONVILLE, Mo. -- Missouri's newest casino hosted an average of almost 5,300 gamblers a day during its first week in operation. Debut day for Isle of Capri's casino drew nearly as many gamblers, 8,194 ...

COLUMBIA — Boonville Mayor Julie Thacher was alerted to the sale of the Isle of Capri Casinos to Eldorado Resorts Inc. during a phone call an hour after the deal was announced. Thacher said she wasn't ...

BOONVILLE — The slot machines roared back to life Monday and playing cards were again dealt on the felt as the Isle of Capri casino in Boonville reopened after closing for more than two months. The ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. JEFFERSON CITY - Charges have been dropped against two lawmakers and a lobbyist involved in a false ID case at a Boonville, Mo., ...

Like a lot of small towns, Boonville hasn’t had an easy time of it recently. It has been racked by factory closures and layoffs, gutting hundreds of jobs in the Missouri River town of 8,000. Its local ...