State routes in Perry, Scott counties reopen as floodwaters recede
(07/07/10)
Route A in Perry County and Route E in Scott County have reopened after they were recently closed due to Mississippi River flooding, according to a MoDOT news release. The section of Route A that was closed was from County Road 460 to County Road 444 in Perry County. Route E in Scott County had been closed from Route N to Water Street in Commerce...
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Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Cape Girardeau native dies during hiking trip in Mongolia
(07/07/10)
A 2003 Central High School graduate who was in the midst of an eight-week "externship" with the legal adviser to the president of Mongolia died on a hiking trip in one of the country's national parks, according to his father, Randy McLain of Cape Girardeau.
Jackson aldermen OK new trails, discuss community center
(07/07/10)
The construction of a new recreational trail was approved by the Jackson Board of Aldermen on Tuesday. The new construction will connect a trail on the north side of East Lane to a trail on Orchard Drive and will intersect a trail close to West Lane Elementary School on Oak Street. The contract for construction of the new trail went to Lappe Cement and Finishing of Perryville, Mo. The construction should start in late July and last about two months... 
Developers signing up to buy land for casino in 2 areas of Cape
(07/07/10)
Developers hoping to win Cape Girardeau's endorsement to build a casino are busy making deals for properties along North Main Street and immediately south of Highway 74 near the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. Along North Main Street, it's no secret that David Knight, owner of Ole Hickory Pits, and Jim Riley, owner of Red Letter Communications, are signing up enough ground for a major development. ... 
Spokesman: Enough signatures gathered to force Cape Girardeau casino vote
(07/07/10)
The group petitioning to force a vote on casino gambling in Cape Girardeau will deliver more than 3,000 signatures to city hall today, enough to put the question on the Nov. 2 ballot, a leader of the drive said Tuesday. 
Local tea party meeting Tuesday draws audience of more than 150
(07/07/10)
More than 150 people attended Tuesday night's Cape Girardeau County Tea Party organizational event at the Osage Community Centre. Jeannie Hinck, committee board member for the group, said the objective of the tea party is restoring power to the American people, but each individual group can have varying ideas about how to achieve that goal...
Southeast names new student transition director
(07/07/10)
There will be a new face to greet students coming to Southeast Missouri State University this fall. Dr. Theresa Haug-Belvin was recently named director of student transitions, according to a university news release. She replaces Dr. Leon Book, who retired from Southeast in May... 
Oran business creates battlefield for area paintball enthusiasts
(07/07/10)
ORAN, Mo. -- Large, fresh craters dot the landscape. Trees, blown in half, lay haphazardly across the ground. The shell of a tractor-trailer cab and overturned vehicles surround a compound that contains several rooms separated by narrow halls, a fuel dump and a command center. Smoke fills the air, and commands from an advancing infantry ring through the woods. It's a war zone, and it's in Oran...
Voter registration deadline for Missouri primary is today
(07/07/10)
The deadline is today for anyone who wants to register to vote in time to participate in the Aug. 3 primary elections. The deadline is for people who have never registered, have recently moved to Missouri or have moved to a new county, said Joey Keys, elections director for Cape Girardeau County. 
June one of warmest on record across Missouri; Southeast Missouri unusually dry
(07/07/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- June 2010 was the warmest June in decades, according to a University of Missouri climatologist. 
Lt. Gov. Kinder to file lawsuit challenging health care law in Cape Girardeau
(07/07/10)
After raising funds and researching the federal legislation, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will file a lawsuit challenging the new health care law in Cape Girardeau today. Kinder, other plaintiffs and his attorney, Washington D.C.-based Thor Hearne, will make a presentation at 9:15 a.m. on the front steps of the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. U.S. Courthouse.
New autism center holds grand opening today
(07/07/10)
There will be a grand opening for Southeast Missouri State University's new Autism Center for Diagnosis and Treatment today. Gov. Jay Nixon, state Sen. Jason Crowell, Southeast president Dr. Ken Dobbins and other university officials are slated to speak at the 11 a.m. event...
Cape Girardeau Chamber board endorses renewal of TTF-4 sales tax measure
(07/07/10)
The Cape Girardeau sales tax measure known as TTF-4 was endorsed Tuesday by the board of directors of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. In an unanimous vote announced in a news release, the board asked voters to support the Aug. 3 proposal to extend the half-cent sales tax that pays for major road building and maintenance projects. ...
Part of Route MM down to one lane
(07/07/10)
Route MM in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs from Highway 34 to the end of state maintenance. The work will take place daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on today and Thursday...
Police find meth lab after arresting man suspected of attacking girlfriend
(07/07/10)
Police say an argument between a Jackson man and Cape Girardeau woman turned violent Sunday when the man beat and choked his longtime girlfriend and attempted to force sexual intercourse on the woman. Travis J. Moore, 37, was charged this week with domestic and sexual assault, forcible sodomy, attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, unlawful use of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest in connection with the incident that occurred at 103 N. Henderson Ave.
Suspect in Cairo shooting charged with murder Tuesday
(07/07/10)
CAIRO, Ill. -- A Cairo man arrested Friday in connection to the shooting death of 19-year-old Jeserick Pilgram was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. Melvin Hadley, 28, is accused of shooting Pilgram, of Mounds, Ill., just before 2 a.m. Thursday outside Mary J's Lounge in Cairo...
Cape City Council OKs permit for music, film venue
(07/07/10)
The Cape Girardeau City Council approved Tuesday a first reading of an ordinance granting a special-use permit to two Fredericktown, Mo., residents moving to the city who want to create a music and film venue at 260 N. Middle St. Tim and Kerry Smith, present at the meeting at city hall, plan to call the business The Parlor and offer coffee, beer and wine. Kerry Smith said they'd like to offer live music inside the establishment once per week and show movies other nights...
Cape County board for disabled could hire 8 case workers
(07/07/10)
The Cape County Board for Developmentally Disabled learned Tuesday that it is eligible to hire up to eight case managers that would be partially subsidized by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Cape Girardeau City Council action 7/6/10
(07/07/10)
Action items Public hearings Consent agenda New ordinances... 
Missing 4-year-old Missouri girl found alive
(07/07/10)
FENTON, Mo. (AP) -- A 4-year-old girl who had been missing for more than 24 hours was reunited with her family after she was found wandering around a car wash more than 70 miles from her home, authorities said. Alisa Maier was found late Tuesday in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton after police received a call about a child alone at the car wash, FBI spokeswoman Rebecca Wu said. She had been missing since 8 p.m. Monday, when she was snatched from her front yard in Louisiana, Mo...
Gov. Nixon signs bill on synthetic marijuana; ban takes effect Aug. 28
(07/07/10)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- It's known as fake pot or synthetic marijuana. Soon, it will be just as illegal in Missouri as the real thing. Gov. Jay Nixon appeared Tuesday at the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department to sign a bill criminalizing the product known as K2. The law, effective Aug. 28, makes K2 a controlled substance, with possession punishable by jail or fine...
Thomas, Young earn first-team all-state
(07/07/10)
The Area high school baseball players were honored by the Missouri Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
Methenys, Largents win scramble
(07/07/10)
The team of Tom Metheny, Bev Metheny, Jim Largent and Carol Largent shot a 62 to win a four-person, two-couples scramble Monday at Dalhousie Golf Club. The team of Gary Squires, Deanna Estes, Dickie Nutt and Ann Dombrowski finished two shots back. The closest-to-the-pin winners were Carol Largent (No. 8), Dick Swartz (No. 11) and Squires (No. 13)... 
Cards blow six-run lead in ninth
(07/07/10)
DENVER -- Seth Smith's three-run homer off Ryan Franklin with two outs in the ninth capped a nine-run rally as the Colorado Rockies stunned the St. Louis Cardinals 12-9 on Tuesday night. It was the largest ninth-inning comeback in Rockies history. The previous best was four runs... 
Blues sign goaltender Halak to four-year contract
(07/07/10)
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Blues have signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a four-year contract. Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not disclosed. The 25-year-old Halak was acquired from Montreal on June 17 in a surprising trade after his stunning performance in the playoffs. He was 26-13-5 for the Canadiens last season, ranked fourth in the NHL with a .940 save percentage and ninth in goals against average (2.40)...
Penny has setback in bullpen session
(07/07/10)
DENVER -- Cardinals right-hander Brad Penny was sent back to St. Louis after experiencing tightness in his injured right arm during a bullpen session Tuesday. Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said Penny experienced tightness in his triceps and lat muscle when he got on the mound to throw a simulated game. Penny was sent to St. Louis to be examined... 
A Harte Appetite: Dinner is in the can
(07/07/10)
It's the bane of alley cats, de rigueur decoration for newlyweds' cars, and the primary device behind many children's first telephone. But, according to The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, it's also the greatest influence ever on the food habits of the civilized world. It's the tin can, and this year marks its 200th anniversary...
Recipe Swap: Sharing recipes from readers
(07/07/10)
Every now and then I need to clean up some loose ends with mail and recipes that readers have passed along to me. There is no particular theme to today's column, which I like to do occasionally to mix things up. It is fun to see what people send in and where they come from. If you have a favorite recipe you would be willing to share, send it in so other readers can try it as well...
Rapper Nelly to perform first hip-hop concert in Branson
(07/07/10)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Branson will expand its musical offerings when hip-hop artist and rapper Nelly performs at an open-air concert on Aug. 21. The concert will be part of the reopening of the Grand Palace, which has been closed for renovations. Nelly, a native of St. Louis, will perform in the music venue's rear parking lot because of continuing construction inside the building... 
Dorothy Traut
(07/07/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dorothy Ann Traut, 75, of Perryville died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Mo. She was born in Granite City, Ill., on Oct. 23, 1934, daughter of Martin J. and Toleta Brown Schmidt. She and John J. Traut were married June 26, 1954. He preceded her in death May 16, 1999...
Erik Marshall
(07/07/10)
Erik Michael Marshall, 31, of Jackson died Saturday, July 3, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Fruitland Community Church, with the Rev. Mike Parry officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Fruitland. Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
Bessie Owen
(07/07/10)
Bessie Owen, 94, of Scott City died Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.
Tommy Seabaugh
(07/07/10)
Tommy Seabaugh, 83, of Jackson died Monday, July 5, 2010, at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. Darrell E. Faire Sr. officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery, with full military honors... 
Pauline Lincoln
(07/07/10)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Pauline Shrum Lincoln, 88, of Marble Hill died Monday, July 5, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 24, 1922, at Caruth, Mo., daughter of Charles J. and Elsie S. Shrum Rhodes. She married Omer Lincoln Dec. 13, 1941. He passed away Sept. 28, 1978... 
Jo Spitzmiller
(07/07/10)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Betty Jo Spitzmiller, 81, of Sikeston died Sunday, July 4, 2010, at her residence, following an extended illness. She was born Nov. 20, 1928, in Advance, Mo., to the late Thomas I. and Clarissa E. Zimmerman Cox. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Thomas J. Cox...
Stanley Friese
(07/07/10)
Stanley Lynn Friese, 52, of Jackson died Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, to Luther "Bud" and Nancy Alene Wilson Friese. He and Karen S. Hausman-Cougill were married Nov. 5, 1988...
Josephine Hunt
(07/07/10)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Josephine A. Hunt, 94, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of Perryville, died Monday, July 5, 2010, at her home. She was born Sept. 30, 1915, in Perry County, Mo., daughter of William and Amelia Wingerter Buerck. She and William V. Hunt were married Sept. 3, 1938. He preceded her in death March 6, 2010... 
Jeannette Boehme
(07/07/10)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Jeannette Vogel Boehme, 99, passed away Friday, July 2, 2010, at home in Broomfield, Colo. She was the wife of the late Eugene Boehme of Altenburg. Born in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., in 1911, she devoted her life to her family and a long teaching career...
Births 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
Daughter to John William and Kristin Michelle Tucker of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:21 p.m. Monday, June 28, 2010. Name, Stella Ann. Weight, 6 pounds. Third daughter. Mrs. Tucker is the former Kristin Wills, daughter of Jim and Yvonne Wills of Cape Girardeau. She is a nurse at Saint Francis. Tucker is the son of Jack Tucker and Ginger Skelton of Orlando, Fla. He is employed by Rendrag Properties...
Cape Girardeau fire report 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday:...
Cape Girardeau police report 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
Jackson police/fire report 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Firefighters responded to the following calls Sunday:...
Out of the past 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
Cape Girardeau's newly organized Summertime Theatre for youth is rehearsing the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," which will debut July 11 at First Christian Church. Workers have begun tearing down the old Landgraf Lumber Co. building in the 1400 block of Independence Street; the site will be used for a future expansion of the Thorngate Ltd. manufacturing facility...
Border violence threat keeps escalating
(07/07/10)
Last week I addressed the apparent disconnect between the current administration in Washington, D.C., and the issue of illegal immigration. Either this administration knows something we don't know, or it turns a blind eye to illegal immigration for other motives...
Rob Callahan
(07/07/10)
Rob Callahan of Poplar Bluff has a mission: take as many World War II veterans from Southeast Missouri and nearby states to Washington, D.C., as possible -- and as often as donations allow. Callahan has taken seven groups of 30 veterans each to see the World War II Memorial and other sites in the nation's capital. Each trip costs $25,000. The next trip is scheduled for October. Callahan gets help from his wife Donna and from Tucker Davis, a vice president of the bank where Callahan works...
The pathway to citizenship
(07/07/10)
While America is a nation of immigrants, those who come here seeking opportunity and freedom must pursue a legal pathway to citizenship. Now this issue has the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court has agreed to hear an important immigration case out of Arizona -- a state that just passed a new immigration law designed to protect its borders...
Speak Out 7/7/10
(07/07/10)
SOMEONE called Nobel Prize-winning economist and journalist Paul Krugman a "bonehead" because Krugman promotes the Keynesian economic view that during a recession the government needs to spend money to stimulate the economy because consumers can't afford to. I started to respond by saying the Speak Out critic knows nothing about this indisputable insight. Then I changed my mind and decided that the Speak Out caller knows nothing about economics, period...
Boil Water Order for Gordonville MO
(07/07/10)
A boil water order is in effect for Gordonville water users from Hwy 25 and Route Z West due to a water main being cut. Repairs are under way and then the boil water order will be in effect until further notice. You may call the District Water office at 243-9767 and a recording will inform you of the expiration of the boil water order... 
Marlins-11/12 yr old Cape Youth Baseball Champs
(07/07/10)
The Marlins of the 11-12 year old division of the 2010 Cape Youth Baseball League recently placed first in the regular season and won the tournament championship. The players in the picture are as follows: Back Row: Coach Steve Dirnberger, Sam Dohogne, Michael Rosenquist, Kobe Beasley, Noah Dillingham, Stephen Sugarbaker, Coach Scott Arnzen...
First Friday Coffee to Feature Ballot Issue
(07/07/10)
The First Friday Coffee sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will actually be on the second Friday of the month due to the Fourth of July holiday. Scheduled from 7-9 a.m. July 9 in the ShowMe Center, the program topic is the Transportation Trust Fund 4 issue to be on the ballot August 3rd. The speakers will be Mayor Harry Rediger and City Manager Scott Meyer... 
Locals compete in America's largest July 4th 10k
(07/07/10)
Eugene, OR - Two southeast Missouri teens finished in the top 8 percent of runners at America's largest 4th of July 10k race. The 37th annual Aquafina Butte to Butte 10K (6.2 mile road race) featured nearly 2,600 runners from 31 states and the district of Columbia... 
1140th trains on bridge building at Macon site
(07/07/10)
MACON, Mo. -- A bridge-building exercise performed by the 1140th Engineer Battalion involved a Chinook helicopter, dozens of pieces of military equipment, several boats and more than a few heavy artillery simulations. But when the two-hour battalion-wide training exercise was over, the 1140th had constructed two bridges that were strong enough to drive a convoy of military vehicles and equipment across... 
ZALMA JR. BETA PLACES AT NATIONALS
(07/07/10)
The Zalma Junior Beta Livinging Literature Team placed 5th out of 24 entries at the Junior Beta National Convention. Students chose a scene from "Little House On the Prarie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In a 10x12 area, Students used props and costumes to create the scene and then posed as "wax" figures in the scene... |
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