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Son to Bobby Joel Staggs and Destiny Nicole Babers of Burfordville, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:27 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Name, Luke Joel. Weight, 6 pounds, 1 ounce. Second son. Babers is the daughter of Dorothy Babers and Sean Babers of Cape Girardeau. Staggs is the son of Terri May of Jackson and Bobby Staggs II of Paragould, Arkansas. He works at County Line Auto Body...

Son to David II and Taylor VanGennip of Advance, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 9:09 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Name, Bryce James. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Second son. Mrs. VanGennip is the daughter of Troy Smith and Paula Smith of Delta. She is a registered nurse with the Delta School District and Landmark Hospital. VanGennip is the son of the late David and Darlene VanGennip and Tammy VanGennip of Advance, Missouri. He is employed at Counters Etc. and also farms...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of stealing at West End Boulevard and William Street. n Mary A. Hayward, 39, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of trespassing in the 3000 block of Mimosa Drive...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 2:47 a.m. on Longview Drive, 12:46 p.m. on Silver Campine Lane, 4:43 p.m. on South Kingshighway and 7:54 p.m. on Bloomfield Road...

The Southeast Missouri State University administration, backed by the school's fundraising foundation, has embarked on a campaign to help win passage of a $250-million, statewide bond issue for capital improvements; the board of directors of the foundation has approved spending $20,000 in private funds for an informational campaign backing the bond issue...

A proposed hiking and biking trail along Bloomfield Road annexation property could cost the City of Cape Girardeau $25,000 annually in maintenance, if approval is granted by the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department; property owners requesting the annexation have proposed the trail, which would extend from Siemers Drive to Benton Hill Road; the city is applying for grant funding through the highway department for the project...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources surprised the city of Jackson with a ruling that could cost its citizens millions; the DNR has notified Jackson Utilities and Public Works that it is reducing the biochemical oxygenated -- the amount of bacteria, good or bad -- demand level in the effluent leaving the Jackson wastewater treatment plant from 30 parts per million to 10 ppm; at that level, Jackson's plant could be obsolete in five years...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Gary Lee Brewer, 75, of Marble Hill died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at his home. Born on Aug. 7, 1943, in New Windsor, Illinois, he was the son of Laurence and Marian Robbins Brewer. He grew up on the family dairy farm in Viola, Illinois. After graduating from Illinois State University, he taught Latin and German at Palatine (Illinois) High School for one year...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kelly R. Pruett, 96, of Perryville died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 3, 1922, in Waverly, Tennessee, to Louis H. and Emma E. Hedge Pruett. He and Georgia Louise Mathis were married Sept. 4, 1948. She preceded him in death Aug. 2, 2014...

Aaron Wilson Sr. Aaron J. Wilson Sr., 68, of Burfordville died Friday, June 21, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with Masonic services prior to the funeral, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brian Kindle officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...