Stories from Saturday, October 23, 2010

A Perryville woman has been placed on five years' probation for misappropriating funds from residents of the Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Facility in Perryville, according to a news release from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster. Connie Jean Beckerman was also ordered to pay $14,612.21 in restitution to the facility and $5,000 in investigative costs to the MO HealthNet Prosecution Revolving Fund to reimburse costs from the investigation and prosecution of her case...

Well, my husband and I relocated from Florida to Missouri eary this year when we opened our restaurant and bar. With Halloween and Christmas being our two favorite holidays, we have decked out the restaurant with a lot of spooky characters, with Moss hanging from the rafters and plenty of spiders and other crawley creatures. ...

An injured 2-year-old white tail buck that had earlier jumped through an apartment window and later collided with a vehicle is killed by Cape Girardeau police after it is cornered in a stairwell by St. Mary's School annex in the 200 block of South Sprigg Street...

Robert Henry Heimburger Sr., 88, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010. He was born in St. Louis on March 26, 1922. Heimburger was preceded in death by his parents, George Frederick and Ottillie Kaiser Heimburger; brothers Leonard (Marge) and George (Virginia); and sister Minnette (Ray) Williams...

Virginia L. Schwab, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 3, 1921, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Frederick and Louise Roth Schaefer. She and Norman J. Schwab were married Nov. 17, 1945...

Lee Ann Hansen was born in Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 10, 1955, to Walter and Barbara Crocker. She died peacefully at her Waseca, Minn., home Aug. 6, 2010, of cancer at age 55. Lee Ann was a former Cape Girardeau resident, member of Trinity Lutheran Church and owner of Hansen's Collectibles...