Stories from Saturday, September 2, 2006

Southeast Missouri State University will limit tuition increases under a plan approved Friday by the board of regents. Southeast will guarantee that tuition for in-state undergraduates won't rise for the next four years by more than $400 annually for a typical academic year load of 30 credit hours. The new plan will take effect with the start of the fall 2007 semester...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Columbine was the wake-up call. Following the 1999 massacre in the Colorado town where two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before taking their own lives in a two-hour period, tactics of local law enforcement officials have changed...

For over a year city leaders in Sikeston have been fighting against Union Pacific Railroad's proposal to increase traffic through their town. Within that year they were joined in opposition by county leaders, leaders in other Scott County towns and scores of concerned county residents...

Single professionals with demanding jobs and no time for lawn care. New families with no interest in a mortgage. Aging empty nesters who want to spend their twilight years traveling the world but don't want to worry about drippy faucets. These are just a few examples of a growing number of folks who want to live in apartments...

ST. LOUIS -- Rookie Anthony Reyes will get the first shot at filling Mark Mulder's spot in the St. Louis Cardinals' rotation, starting Sunday against the Pirates. Reyes, 4-6 with a 4.73 ERA, was optioned to Class AAA Memphis in mid-August after a pair of difficult starts. He didn't allow a run in 13 innings in two starts in the minor leagues, winning both of them, and was named the Pacific Coast League pitcher of the week...

ST. LOUIS -- Chris Carpenter disposed of the Pittsburgh Pirates so quickly, even he stole an occasional glance at the clock. Carpenter threw a three-hitter to beat the Pirates for the fourth time this season, and the St. Louis Cardinals also got a homer from Preston Wilson in a 3-1 victory Friday night. The game lasted only one hour and 54 minutes, the Cardinals' shortest in more than four seasons...

WASHINGTON -- A hiring revival pulled the nation's unemployment rate down to 4.7 percent in August and flashed a Labor Day weekend message that the slowing economy isn't in danger of fizzling out. The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, was a bit brighter than expected and eased some fears that the economy -- weighed down by a housing slump -- might tip into recession...

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The Grateful Dead were famous for allowing fans to tape their concerts. Those tapes generally were shared with anyone who wanted one. That was just one of many ways the Dead were unique. Most other artists and their record companies guarded their work zealously...

NEW YORK -- From the Day-Glo spandex tights to the hot pink vertical bars on his shirt to the white bandanna wrapped atop his head, James Blake paid tribute to Andre Agassi at the U.S. Open on Friday. Blake donned the sort of garish ensemble Mr. Image Is Everything dared to wear more than a decade ago and, fortunately for Blake, his game looked better than his garb in a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia in the second round...

ST. LOUIS -- Former Pro-Bowl running back Stephen Davis has agreed to terms with the St. Louis Rams, the team announced Friday. Davis worked out for the Rams two weeks ago just days after spending time with the Philadelphia Eagles. Washington also reportedly showed interest in the back who was drafted by the Redskins in 1996 out of Auburn...

Tiger Woods bent over and grabbed his knees, thinking his 3-wood that clipped the top branch of an oak tree had trickled down from the green and into a hazard. Once he realized it was in a bunker, it changed his outlook and put him in a spot that is becoming routine...

SAITAMA, Japan -- Fed up with its recent failures, the United States assembled a new program with new plan. The end result was all too familiar. Greece used a sizzling stretch of shooting across the middle two quarters to turn a 12-point deficit into a 14-point lead, and beat the Americans 101-95 Friday in the semifinals of the world championships...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Matt Blunt's administration and Attorney General Jay Nixon criticized each other Friday over a lack of cooperation on legal matters, particularly on a law that would have cut adoption subsidies to some families. A federal judge blocked the 2005 law, which would have eliminated monthly payments to the adoptive families of about 2,000 former foster children. ...

MINERAL, Ill. -- The glory days are long gone for hundreds of small Illinois school districts lost to consolidation over the past 50 years, but stories and pictures about bygone high schools in the state, including many local former schools, have found a home online...

The Southeast Missouri State volleyball team began play in the Arkansas Invitational Friday with a three-game loss to Sacramento State in Fayetteville, Ark. Southeast was swept 31-29, 30-25, 30-16 despite senior setter Jamie Baumstark's second triple-double in less than a week...

To the editor: The Franklin Elementary School PTA is concerned to hear allegations made in the newspaper. The entire PTA board would like to stress that it welcomes any and all parents who seek to be more involved in the education of their children and partnering with the schools. ...

Taking our rights; Thanks for help; Hurricane blame; Dressing for church; Storm swindles; High standards; Working on roads; School bus safety; Behind the doors; Rainy August

Robert Roy Yancey, 87, of Jackson died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 20, 1918, at Pocahontas, son of Robert Theodore and Jesse Maud McLard Yancey. He and Mabel Overbeck were married Dec. 5, 1942, in Gulfport, Miss...

BELL CITY -- Juanita Perry, 83, of Bell City died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 19, 1923, at Bell City, daughter of Harper and Lillie Clark Gilles. She and Henry Perry were married Sept. 23, 1940, in Cape Girardeau...

Joseph Wolsey, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Richard Feagan, 68, of Marthasville, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006, at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. He was born Dec. 25, 1937, in Glenallen, son of Orville and Katherine Huskey Feagan. He and Anna Faye Jensen were married July 18, 1959, in Riverside, Calif...

Schlosser; Merz; Hemingway; Hahn; Gammons; Geiser; Kester; Way; Stults

25 years ago: Sept. 2, 1981 Air Illinois announces it will resume three St. Louis round trips from the Cape Girardeau market this month; the Carbondale, Ill.-based commuter airline had cut one trip last month, because of service curtailment as a result of the air traffic controllers strike...

Tony Samuel still doesn't quite know what to expect from his initial Southeast Missouri State football team, although he has a much better handle than he did early last month. But the Redhawks' first-year head coach will begin to find out plenty more tonight when the Redhawks open the season with a 6 p.m. kickoff against Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tenn...

Jackson and Notre Dame will play for the championship today in the Notre Dame Soccerfest after semifinal victories on Friday. While Notre Dame (3-0) cruised to a 7-0 victory over Poplar Bluff, Jackson (2-0) slipped past Marion 2-1 in overtime. Cape, which fell into the losers bracket after an opening round loss to Marion, suffered a 5-0 loss to St. Pius , which scored all five of the game's goals in a 6-minute span of the second half...

Cape Girardeau Central High School football coach Lawrence Brookins realizes some folks might think he's a little crazy. But Brookins expressed plenty of optimism Friday night -- even though he had just seen his Tigers suffer a season-opening loss for the third consecutive year...

LEOPOLD, Mo. -- In this small Missouri town, church and community often intermingle. It's been that way for 150 years, say residents, and it's still that way today. Beginning at 9 a.m. today, St. John's Parish in Leopold will celebrate its 150th anniversary with a parade and other activities...

Lutheran Chorale begins second season in October; Tuesday; Wednesday; Friday

"I have no life. All I have is work," many complain. Labor Day, the first Monday in September, was a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. People celebrate with rest and enjoyable activities. But there's more to work than making a living and achievement...

After the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, distraught U.S. Muslim leaders feared the next casualty would be their religion. Islam teaches peace, they told anyone who would listen in news conferences, at interfaith services and, most famously, standing in a mosque with President Bush...

WARE, Mo. -- More than three years in the making, Chaffee High School's first football victory came with confidence and poise. "I promised it to everybody," said Chaffee senior quarterback Michael Lee, who was not bashful about being quoted before the season...

ANNA, Ill. -- A rollover semi-trailer accident in Illinois prompted some lane closures early Friday. The truck rolled over on northbound Interstate 57 south of the Anna exit after midnight. For most of the morning, the northbound passing lane was closed, the Illinois State Police said. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's election board acknowledged Friday that it has verified more than 300 valid petition signatures initially rejected for a proposed tobacco tax initiative -- new evidence that could affect whether the measure appears on the Nov. 7 ballot...

An accused bank burglar only fled as far as the drive-through teller windows before Cape Girardeau police arrested him Friday morning. Kyle W. Madden, 17, of 535 Asher St., was charged with felony stealing, burglary and property damage. He is suspected of breaking through the front glass door of Commerce Bank, 1880 Cape La Croix Road, early Friday morning, police spokesman Jason Selzer said...

LOS ANGELES -- An interceptor missile destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean on Friday in a key test of the nation's missile defense system, U.S. military officials said. It was the most realistic test of the systems that would be used against an attack, said Missile Defense Agency spokesman Rick Lehner...

Jackson started 10 new players on defense in its season opener Friday at home against Francis Howell Central, and the numbers they yielded in the first half were also big. Defending a short field, the Jackson defense gave up 21 points and 176 yards on the ground by halftime...