Stories from November 2010

ST. LOUIS -- Sam Bradford is learning quickly, and these St. Louis Rams are far from the same team that won only one game last season. The rookie quarterback threw two touchdown passes Sunday, the defense forced four turnovers and St. Louis reached the season's midway point at 4-4 and in contention in the NFC West after beating the Carolina Panthers 20-10...

A Cairo, Ill., man received moderate injuries in a Cape Girardeau County accident Sunday at 1:50 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 2007 Ford driven by David L. Brown, 41, struck a deer on Route W, one mile north of Cape Girardeau...

Route FF in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction today and Tuesday, while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. The section of road is located from the Interstate 55 overpass to County Road 436...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Another fire broke out in Cairo late Sunday. The fire happened at 408 Martin Luther King Ave., the third fire to fall under investigation by Illinois State Fire Marshal Charles Caldwell in nine days. The Cairo Fire Department was called out to the residence around 10 p.m. John Meyer, the department's chief, said upon arrival there was heavy smoke coming from the basement windows...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt was flying around Missouri on Monday while Democrat Robin Carnahan concentrated on St. Louis in their final push before the election. Blunt was hopping from airport to airport -- including a stop at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport -- in a 10-stop trip that started in Columbia and was to end in Cassville in southwest Missouri. Carnahan had several events planned Monday in the St. Louis area...

If Halloween is all about the sweets, children in Cape Girardeau had a monstrous number of options Sunday to stock up. Venues throughout the city, including West Park Mall, Discovery Playhouse and numerous churches, turned the holiday into an elaborate event meant to bring families together and keep them safe...

Joel Neikirk realizes that the electronic sign along Route K that tries to persuade customers to pop in at Popeye's, and others like them, shouldn't be like watching a YouTube video. "We're not looking to distract drivers," said Neikirk, vice president of operations for MidAmerica Hotels, which manages the Popeye's and both Burger Kings in Cape Girardeau. "I agree with the concept of having guidelines. We just wanted to make sure it didn't go too far the other way and make them ineffective."...

Eleven of 18 banks in the Cape Girardeau area saw local deposits shrink during the last year as people paid down their debts. Deposits within the Cape Girardeau/Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area dropped $34.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to a market share data report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Banks in that area -- defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Alexander counties -- showed total deposits of $1.7 billion...

Players from Cape Youth Tackle Football pose for a photo priot to walking in the 2010 SEMO Homecoming parade! They helped celebrate CYTF's 30th year of youth football in Cape Girardeau!

Halloween night, Kade Sullivan, 10 year old son of Lindi & Jason Rains and Billy Sullivan all of Chaffee, took down his first deer. He was hunting with his Papaw (Brent Prindle) in Loundes at their family cabin, when he got this button buck!

The Cape Youth Tackle Football Junior League Dolphins capped a perfect season with a convincing 38-0 victory over the Broncos on Sunday in the CYTF Title Game at Houck Stadium! Congratulations to the Dolphins on a great season!

Congratulations to Alpha Chi Omega and Pi Kappa Alpha on their first place float in the Southeast Missouri State University 2010 Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 30.

The Senior League Falcons capped a perfect season by finishing 6-0 by winning the Cape Youth Tackle Football (CYTF) Senior League Title 30-0 at Houck Stadium on Sunday. Congratulations to the Falcons players, coaches, and parents!

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Soldiers of the Missouri National Guard's Detachment 1, C Company, 1st Battalion, 1/138th Infantry Regiment in Perryville will take part in military exercises the next two weeks with Japanese Defense Forces. Perryville Guardsmen will join the rest of their battalion, the 1/138th Infantry Regiment headquartered in Kansas City and with units in St. ...

Dr. Spriggs's editorial asserting that current law is stronger than those provisions that would be required by Proposition B is just plain wrong and Dr. Sprigg knows what she is saying is incorrect. Proposition B does not replace the current law. It only adds to the current law and it does dramatically improve standards of care...

John Crone from Benton Mo. bagged this nice spike buck on a family members farm in Zalma Mo. Johns deer had 6 inch spikes and field dressed out at 88lbs. John hunted along side his mother Kelly Breedlove, this was a first time hunt with the two of them and needless to say momma is proud as Punch!...

A new brochure honoring twelve distinguished Cape Public Schools alumni is being distributed throughout the community. Faces of Success was produced by a 10-person steering committee composed of community members and district personnel. The publication profiles alumni who have brought pride to the school district through community service, professional growth, character, achievement and other factors...

Most people could answer the question of where they will sleep tonight with ease: home. But for 3.5 million homeless Americans, the answer is far from certain. One of the local efforts to relieve the epidemic of homelessness began fifteen years ago when Cape Girardeau resident Therese Pierce read a magazine article about a volunteer group that makes sleeping bags to protect homeless people from the effects of frigid temperatures...

Area anglers will have the opportunity to fish for rainbow trout starting Monday as part of the Missouri Department of Conservation's winter rainbow trout fishing program at Jackson's Rotary Lake. From now until Feb. 1, all fishing is on a catch-and-release basis. After February, anglers may harvest up to four fish...

McDonalds on Williams Street recently teamed up with The Boys and Girls Club in hosting fund raising night, 25% of all sales raised between 4-8pm were donated to The Boys and Girls Club to help provide healthy snacks for students that take part in their after schools program. ...

This is a costume my mother in law made for my husband back in the 80's. My son saw it and couldn't wait to wear it again for Halloween

This took me 3 hours to carve, FUN!!

A brave October bumblebee on the Mexican Sage plant

Our little dog Jack is my constant garden buddy!

Cape Central Marching Tigers performance at the Edward Jones Dome

The local Marine Corps League, CPL Mason O Yarbrough Det #1081, is hosting it's first annual "Miles for Smiles 5K" fundraiser for the Toys for Tots program. Proceeds from the 5K run/non-competitive walk go to the Toys for Tots program that is run by the Detachment. ...

If you've ever wondered what's on the other side of that hill -- that hill deep in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, inaccessible to most vehicles -- Ron Keller can tell you. ...

The holiday season is just around the corner, and you're probably already decorating, hosting dinner parties and reserving a spot for Fido or Fluffy at the pet kennel. Holidays may be fun for you, but it's likely a stressful time for your furry friends...

Dave Hardesty continues a day-by-day account of his Mississippi River kayaking trip, an adventure shared with his friend Danny Rees.

Southeast Missouri State University recognized its 2010 Distinguished Service Award and Faculty and Alumni Merit Award recipients this weekend during the university's homecoming festivities. Distinguished Service Award recipients include: Whitey Herzog, Baseball Hall of Famer and former St. ...

O God, may we be strong through the grace that you have given us. Amen.

The board of directors of the National Federation of Pachyderm Clubs has chosen Holly M. Lintner as its executive director. Lintner will be responsible for planning, coordinating and directing the activities of the National Federation of the Grand Order of Pachyderm Clubs, including program coordination, training and supervision of staff, motivation of volunteers, monitoring of income and expenditures, maintenance of offices, club services and the promotion of the Pachyderm organization. ...

It's been going around for months now that Dino's Pizza, 1034 Broadway, would reopen, but owner Kostas "Gus" Demopoulos says he will definitely be open by Nov. 15. He is seeking a liquor license at tonight's Cape Girardeau City Council meeting and the interior of the building has been extensively renovated. ...

Higher education is starting to be seen as an elitist institution that comes with a lot of debt and little reward. Give education a chance. Whether you are a high school junior, a single parent or a retiree, there are programs and courses for you. Whether you are looking to take one computer class, get a certification or complete your doctorate, take that first step. ...

Growing up in Cape Girardeau near Southeast Missouri Hospital, I had a neighbor who kept chickens. There were always rats and mice running around the chickens, and the smell sometimes got very bad. Please don't allow this in the city again. A recent speak out comment claiming NPR fired their only African American voice, Juan Williams, was incorrect. There are several African American program hosts and contributors working for NPR...

Leola Irene Richardson, 76, of Oriole passed away Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at the home of her son in Oriole. She was born May 26, 1934, in Oriole, daughter of Omer Lee and Louise Jane Kinnard Abernathy. She and Monroe R. Richardson were married Aug. 14, 1950. He preceded her in death Dec. 15, 2003...

Thomas J. Wolsey, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 9, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Joseph Nelson and Helen Fay Cora Wolsey. Thomas graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School and attended Vashon Technical School in St. Louis. He was employed by First Student as a bus driver, retiring April 10. He was also a member of the Cherokee Nation...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Tiffany Dawn Dannenmueller, 31, of Chaffee died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 5, 1979, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Dale and Tina Wiggins Dannenmueller. Tiffany graduated from Delta High School and Southeast Missouri State University, where she was on the dean's list. ...

Theresa Marie Hodges, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1958, in San Diego to Frank and Arleen Marie Larimore Moore. Theresa and William Hodges were married Dec. 27, 1979, at Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Hodges was employed with Southeast Hospice. She was a member of Cape Bible Chapel...

Dr. Charles McGinty, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carolyn S. Kiefer, 51, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. until the time of service on Tuesday at Miller Family Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Burial is private...

More than 500 delegates are in Cape Girardeau for the three-day Missouri State Convention of Beta Sigma Phi; among keynote speakers will be Jack Ross, son of the founder of Beta Sigma Phi. PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cash-flow problems throughout October have reduced the operating budget of the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission to unprecedented low levels; about $40,000 remains from an initial $419,000 amount appropriated for the agency's operating expenses in fiscal year 1985-1986, which began July 1.. ...

POLICE The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Theft Assault Property damage Burglaries Miscellaneous FIRE Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday: ...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Saturday: ...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...

NEW YORK -- Theodore C. Sorensen, the aide to President John F. Kennedy whose turns of phrase helped idealize the brief administration, died Sunday. He was 82. He died from complications of a stroke, said his widow, Gillian Sorensen. Some of Kennedy's most memorable speeches resulted from such close collaborations with Sorensen that scholars debated who wrote what. ...

This might surprise some people, but I'll make the argument that Southeast Missouri State's latest football victory ranks among the biggest wins in program history. What, you say, beating a nondescript albeit solid team like Tennessee-Martin 24-17 on Saturday rates that type of status?...

Telvin Wilkerson said he gave Southeast a verbal commitment to play basketball

Southeast Missouri State senior linebacker Joshua Jackson is having an impressive season after finishing strong last year. Now Jackson has received his first career Ohio Valley Conference defensive player of the week award, the league announced Sunday...

The Tigers fell in the polls and no longer have the inside track to the Big 12 North title

The Jackson Board of Aldermen will tabulate bids for an additional electric transmission line during today's study session. Jackson Mayor Barbara Lohr said the line is needed because the city's current transmission line becomes overloaded, especially during extreme weather conditions...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Joseph Menley, 90, of Chaffee died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.

WASHINGTON -- The mail bomb plot stretching from Yemen to Chicago may have been aimed at blowing up planes in flight and was only narrowly averted, officials said Sunday, acknowledging that one device almost slipped through Britain and another seized in Dubai was unwittingly flown on two passenger jets...

Carol Dippold has worked one-on-one with seniors at Cape Girardeau's Lutheran Family and Children's Services office for over 20 years. Last month, she took that experience to Capitol Hill, as she and others representing the elder care work force met with legislators to speak about the needs of older adults. Dippold was invited to the conference by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, with which LFCS is affiliated, and she was one of only four in Missouri to attend...

What's your biggest fear? If you're like most Americans -- 61 percent, according to a 2010 study by Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America -- you're more afraid of outliving your assets than you are of dying. ...

Now that the pumpkins are put away, volunteers with the Jaycees and Southeast Missourian Toybox Program are focusing on making Christmas merrier for families in need. Applications from families will be accepted from today through Nov. 23 in person at The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope St...

National Public Radio's veteran broadcaster Carl Kasell recently lent his famous voice to local NPR affiliate KRCU's fall fundraising campaign. Since retiring from NPR's "Morning Edition," Kassel now travels the country as NPR's reaving ambassador and serves as judge and scorekeeper for the weekly news quiz show "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me." During his more than 60 years in radio, he's seen many changes but says radio will continue to be a valuable medium...

Saxony Lutheran ended a scoreless duel with four goals in shootout

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The fate of the Democratic Congress was put before voters Tuesday in midterm elections that drew Americans to balloting stations starting before dawn, some clamoring for change, others digging in their heels against resurgent Republicans. Expectations took hold in both camps that the political order was in for a makeover in these anxious times...

Election officials in Cape Girardeau County, just like others around the state, haven't been able to access the state's online voter registration database. Laura Egerdal, spokeswoman for the secretary of state's office, says poll workers reported Tuesday that they are having problems

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California voters decided Tuesday whether to make their state the first to legalize recreational marijuana, drawing worldwide attention atop the 160 ballot measures in 37 states that also included divisive proposals to slash taxes and ban abortion...

Precincts in Cape Girardeau were reporting heavy voter turnout Tuesday morning, some suggesting voter activity is comparable to 2008's presidential campaign, due in large part to strong interest in the city's controversial casino issue and the hotly contested U.S. House race between Jo Ann Emerson and Tommy Sowers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- For 24 years, Republican Kit Bond has occupied a Missouri seat in the U.S. Senate. Now it will be filled by someone new, yet familiar. Republican U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt and Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan are competing atop Missouri's ballot Tuesday to succeed Bond. Both are known names in Missouri politics...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Some parts of Missouri are reporting higher than expected voter turnout. Dave Reinhart, with the Clay County Board of Elections, says turnout by mid-afternoon Tuesday in the county near Kansas City was about 50 percent, better than the 40 percent he expected. St. Charles officials in eastern Missouri say they are predicting a voter turnout of 65 to 70 percent...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans gained a Senate seat in Indiana and powered to leads in 10 House districts currently held by Democrats in midterm elections Tuesday night, early fruits of a drive to break the Democrats' grip on power in Congress.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln has become the first Senate Democratic incumbent to fall in Tuesday's election. The two-term Democrat was defeated by Rep. John Boozman. Lincoln's loss was another boost to Republicans who were already cheering the victories of two tea party candidates, Rand Paul in Kentucky and Marco Rubio in Florida...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans picked up Senate seats in Indiana and Arkansas and toppled House incumbents in three states in midterm elections Tuesday night, early fruits of a drive to break the Democrats' grip on power in Congress. Tea party favorites Rand Paul in Kentucky and Marco Rubio in Florida coasted to easy Senate victories, overcoming months of withering Democratic attacks on their conservative views, but Christine O'Donnell was trounced in Delaware...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Republican Rep. Roy Blunt is being promoted to the U.S. Senate. Blunt has defeated Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to claim the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Kit Bond. Blunt is a former member of House Republican leadership who has represented southwest Missouri's 7th Congressional District since 1997...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will retain her seat in Congress for an eighth term, holding off a challenge from Democratic newcomer Tommy Sowers. Emerson, who is 61 and from Cape Girardeau, was first elected in 1996 following the death from cancer of her husband, Bill Emerson, who had served Missouri's 8th District for 16 years...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Political newcomer Billy Long has won election to the southwest Missouri House seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Roy Blunt. Long, a Republican, defeated Democrat Scott Eckersley in Tuesday's election for the 7th District. Blunt did not seek re-election because he ran for -- and won -- the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Republican Kit Bond's retirement...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri voters have approved a constitutional amendment that bans a real estate tax. The measure approved Tuesday prohibits the real estate transfer tax that is levied when homes, land and other property is sold. The transfer tax is charged like sales taxes based on the price of the property...

With all 15 precincts in, the Cape Girardeau casino issue has passed with a resounding "yes." Now it's up to the Missouri Gaming Commission to determine whether a casino will come to Cape Girardeau...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have claimed a prominent liberal incumbent, toppling three-term Democratic Sen. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin. Feingold was the second Democrat incumbent senator to fall, after Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Republicans also have taken away two other Democratic seats, in Indiana and North Dakota, where the incumbent lawmakers were retiring...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican challenger Tom Schweich was leading Democratic Missouri Auditor Susan Montee with about two-thirds of the votes tallied. Schweich is a former State Department official and first-time candidate for elected office. Montee was first elected in 2006 and is an accountant and lawyer...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Problems with the ballot counter coupled with an unusually large voter turnout kept candidates in Bollinger County on pins and needles waiting for results Tuesday night. With four precincts counted and 10 waiting at 9 p.m., County Clerk Diane Holzum announced to the people waiting in the hallway that, "this is going to take a long time."...

Employees in the Cape Girardeau School District would pay more in health insurance costs under a proposed plan to buy down a nearly 20 percent spike in premiums.

Minimum standards for the construction of streets, sewers, water mains and other utilities and infrastructure for new subdivisions in Cape Girardeau County would first require the creation of a county planning commission. And that, according to a joint Cape Girardeau-Jackson advisory committee, would require a vote of the people...

Our grandson Trenton shows his skills as a Ninja on Halloween night. I hope he didn't scare anyone out there!

Margaret M. Barks submitted this photo of an albino hummingbird visiting the feeder in West Cape Girardeau in October.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Join the Missouri Department of Conservation in celebrating the passion and respect Missourians have for the great outdoors at Huntin' Camp this Friday. The event is from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center and is designed to help new and experienced hunters improve their skills. This is an event to include family and friends to help pass on the importance of conservation and preservation of Southeast Missouri's best natural resources...

Hayti, MO -- Mr. A. C. Logan recently celebrated making the final mortgage payment on his Habitat home located at 406 S. Sixth Street in Hayti, MO. With the help of Dale Humphries, President of the Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity-Cape Area, Inc., and Becky Fluchel, Cape Area Habitat's Office Manager, Mr. Logan tore up the mortgage documents signifying complete retirement of all debt remaining on his home...

Molly Phegley, from Wendi Orenstein's 3rd grade class at Nell Holcomb School, grew this hefty cabbage through the "3rd Grade Cabbage Program" sponsored by Bonnie Plants out of Union Springs, Alabama. Each spring Bonnie Plants sends seedlings for the students to grow. In the fall students harvest their cabbage and enter their hefty harvest in a contest to win $1000 scholarship. Good Luck Molly!...

Darcey is a 5 month old lab mix. She is a very sweet little girl and quite laid back. She is also very good with children. Darcey has been vaccinated and de-wormed and is ready to meet you. If you would like to meet Darcey, stop by the Humane Society at 2536 Boutin Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. If you have questions you may call 573-334-5837, or may see Darcey and other great pets at www.semopets.org...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Illinois state fire marshal Charles Caldwell has been a busy man. Monday afternoon, Caldwell was deep into investigating a fire that broke out at 408 Martin Luther King Ave. in Cairo late Sunday. The investigation was his third in Cairo in nine days...

The Rite Group launched another new web site, www.redclaydems.org, which promotes the Red Clay Democrats Political Action Committee of Atlanta, GA. This Political Action Committee energizes and organizes active participation in Georgia's Democratic future, and remains open to anyone sharing this mission. ...

On November 19th 2010 Catch a live webcast of Rock City Angels, River City Tanlines, and Drivin Rain LIVE at The Muse In Nashville Tennessee. The concert will be broadcast worldwide from UStream and The Muse. The concert is a CD release party for FNA RECORDS. ...

Ex-SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell's band HERMAN ZE GERMAN have joined the roster of Los Angeles based Bigg Time Entertainment. Biggtime Entertainment is the US booking agency for KIX, SLAUGHTER, GREAT WHITE, SWEET, KEEL, NELSON, XYZ, STEPHEN PEARCY (of RATT), LEATHERWOLF, BANG TANGO, JETBOY, BLACK N BLUE, JANI LANE (ex-WARRANT), TIFFANY, HOLLYWOOD ALLSTARZ, and many others...

Statue Of Liberty in New York harbor. I hope everyone voted today.

This photo was taken at sunset at St. Joe Beach, Florida last month.

Poison lead singer and international rock of love Bret Michaels made a unexpected quick stop at The Cape Wal-Mart on Nov 1st 2010.

Heading west across Kentucky Lake into Aurora Ky

Wesley Blattel shows off his first deer. The doe was shot on a Cape county farm, saturday October 30th, during the Missouri youth season.The deer came right in to the grunt and bleat calls he and his dad used.

The Marine Corps League is about to launch its Toys for Tots campaign in its local service area this year. The toy drive will kick off Thursday and Friday at Toys 'R' Us in Cape Girardeau in hopes of collecting more than 12,000 toys. Marine Corps League members will greet customers and collect toy donations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

NEW YORK -- Athletes of all ages who are suspected of suffering a concussion should be evaluated by a specialist before they return to sports, a major doctors group said Monday in the latest sign of concern over potential lasting damage from head injuries...

Cape Girardeau County commissioners said they are ready to move forward on the city of Cape Girardeau's request for instituting a peripheral zoning area in the two miles surrounding the city.

Voters will go to the polls today to determine their elected representation at several levels of government. One issue that our elected officials must deal with -- both at the state and federal level -- is education. While Southeast Missouri schools do an excellent job in educating the area's students, school districts have been forced to make difficult decisions on gifted programs...

With your help, the Cape River Heritage Museum continues to be a lively place. In the past few months we've celebrated the 90th anniversary of women's right to vote, held receptions for local authors and welcomed more than 200 visitors on a single day during the Fourth of July...

WHEN you give tax breaks to the rich, they, in turn, hire more people and open more businesses. As a result, more people are paying taxes and the federal revenue increases. The other option is to keep raising taxes on everyone. The result is for the poor to pay more and the rich go overseas, therefore forcing the poor to pay more in taxes. The class hatred in this country is insane...

By Ed Feulner We use a variety of yardsticks to judge whether our country is on the right track. Is inflation up? Has unemployment dropped? What's the stock market doing today? Here's another one: Are Americans, who have long prided themselves on their freedom and self-reliance, becoming more dependent on government, or less?...

O Lord, may we be compassionate and kind towards others. Amen.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Arizona's immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state's governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she's seeking her first full term...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia -- Deafening explosions of hot gas rattled evacuees miles from an Indonesian volcano Monday, the latest eruption in a deadly week. The country reported increased rumblings at 21 other active volcanoes, raising questions about what's causing the uptick along some of the world's most volatile fault lines...

WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida's top bombmaker raised his game, officials believe, by following his miss on a crowded U.S.-bound passenger jet last Christmas with four times more explosives packed into bombs hidden on flights from Yemen. The two bombs contained 300 and 400 grams of the industrial explosive PETN, according to a German security official, who briefed reporters Monday in Berlin on condition of anonymity in line with department guidelines...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Book of Life closed for Joseph Menley, 90, of Chaffee Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 14, 1920, in Zadock, Mo., to Henry and Nicy Menley. Menley was a retired cement mason and spent 30 years working for various contractors in Southeast Missouri building roads, bridges, and buildings in the area. He was proud to receive his gold 30-year pin upon retirement...

Dr. William H. Stewart, 81, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 10, 1929, in Mounds, son of John F. and Ada Wesenberg Stewart. He was married to Peggy Stewart, who preceded him in death in 2005...

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. -- Leon McMannis, 74, of Murphysboro passed away Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with Rick Sutton officiating. Burial will be in Murdale Gardens of Memory...

BENTON, Mo. -- Kaylie Renee Lufcy-Nunnery of Benton died shortly after birth Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis. She was the daughter of Shane Nunnery of Jackson and Marie Lufcy of Benton. Survivors include her parents; maternal grandparents, Terry Lufcy of Benton and Vanessa Peterson of Scott City; paternal grandparents, Kenneth Nunnery of Park Hills, Mo., and Tammy McDermott of Jackson; maternal great-grandparents, Gena Peterson of Scott City, Anna Lynch of Benton, and Freeman Lufcy of Perryville; paternal great-grandparents, Marcia Franks of Cape Girardeau and Tom Steinbrenner of Jackson; an uncle, Austin Peterson; an aunt, Brittney Ipock; other aunts and cousins.. ...

Wanda Holland, 88, of Advance, Mo., passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 16, 1922, at Bell City, Mo., daughter of Green and Lucy Simmons Lee. She and David Holland were married Jan. 27, 1940, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Aug. 26, 2001...

VANDUSER, Mo. -- Olivia Engram, 89, of Vanduser died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at the home of a daughter in Sikeston, Mo. She was born July 31, 1921, in Double Springs, Ala., to Francis Marion and Docia Olive Jackson McDonald. She was a member of the Church of Christ at Vanduser, a Girl Scout leader, active in Vanduser PTA, and extension club...

Dr. Charles Patterson "Charlie" McGinty Sr., 85, passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in Cape Girardeau, with his beloved wife, Martha Lou, and their five children at his bedside. He is survived by his wife; children, Becky Mocherman (Rodger), Charles "Chuck" McGinty Jr. (Laura), Jane Courter, Dr. Frank McGinty (Bipi), and Margaret Yates (Ted); 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren...

Myrtle Ellen Vogel, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church in Jackson. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...

Andrew E. Elizalde, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Glen Bohnsack, 83, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bollinger County Memorial Park Pavilion, with Paul Robins and Ted Spencer officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery...

Southeast Missouri State University has the third largest enrollment among public universities in Missouri based on figures that determine full-term enrollment; Southeast's "full-time equivalency" of 8,037 ranks the school behind the University of Missouri-Columbia at 21,153 and Southwest Missouri State University at 12,010...

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Route FF from the Interstate 55 overpass to County Road 436 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction today while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform drainage repairs. Weather permitting, work will be performed from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 1-888-275-6636...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Democratic state senator from Kansas City is resigning her seat in the Missouri Legislature at the end of this year. Eighty-one-year-old Sen. Yvonne Wilson says she's retiring to spend more time at home and believes it's time to step aside and let a younger person serve. She submitted her resignation letter to Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday...

ST. LOUIS -- A century-old riverboat that's been a fixture along St. Louis' Mississippi River banks couldn't survive as an aging casino in the region's fast-growing gambling market. Now the vessel's sellers are wagering they can find someone willing to give the behemoth a go as something else...

LOS ANGELES -- More tries aren't necessarily better when it comes to in vitro fertilization. New research found that about 1 in 3 women had a baby the first time they tried a test tube embryo, and that improved to nearly 1 in 2 with a second try...

Highway 25 between Highway 77 and Route P in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane today while Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area...

SAN'A, Yemen -- A leading al-Qaida militant in Yemen who surrendered to Saudi Arabia provided information that helped thwart the mail bomb plot, Yemeni security officials said Monday. The officials said Jabir al-Fayfi, a Saudi militant who had joined al-Qaida in Yemen but handed himself over in late September, told Saudi officials about the plan. ...

Daughter to Bryan Scott and Tyra Dianne Johnson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:39 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. Name, Alexandra Dianne. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Johnson is the former Tyra Reppert, daughter of Jerry and Dianne Reppert of Anna, Ill. She is employed by Reppert's Office Supplies. Johnson is the son of Mackie and Naomi Johnson of Thayer, Mo. He is employed by U.S. Food Service...

POLICE The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest Theft FIRE Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: ...

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrests Summonses Thefts Property damage Miscellaneous Southeast Missouri State University...

The Jackson Board of Aldermen approved a central business district street closure request from the American Legion for Homecomers 2011, establishing next year's festival in the uptown district from July 26 to July 30. While temporary street closures are common approvals for the board, Mayor Barbara Lohr said that one is significant because it dispels rumors the event is being moved to the city park...

CAMPBELL, Mo. -- The Campbell man allegedly shot in the stomach by his father was charged Thursday with assaulting his father with a knife. Ricky Lee McCurter Jr., 28, of the 800 block of Morgan Street was charged with the Class B felony of first-degree assault and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action by Dunklin County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jonce B. Chidister...

Shannon Brennan walked into Notre Dame and started on the varsity volleyball team as a freshman. The standout senior is trying to lead the Bulldogs to a Class 3 state championship three years later. "Overall she's a great player," Notre Dame coach Tara Stroup said. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- It was that the ball was going to get through a maze of players and into the net when Central senior Myles Edwards let loose on a free kick from far outside the box. But it did. And it was a tone-setter for the rest of the night...

BENTON, Mo. -- Drug charges were filed against two Bell City, Mo., men Monday, after a weekend search of their vehicle and residence turned up key components in manufacturing methamphetamine, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's Department...

southeast gets a verbal commitment from another highly regarded prep player

St. Louis will take time to heal before resuming play Nov. 14 against the 49ers

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri conservation officials are warning motorists to be alert for deer running across roadways. That becomes more common in November because it's breeding season for white-tailed deer, which makes them more active. The Department of Conservation said the first three weeks of November are the peak time for breeding. The deer are most likely to be on roads at dawn, dusk and evening...

Alma Schrader Elementary School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Payton Alexander, Erica Beard, Lauren Beasley, Miracle Bird, Jeffrey Bittle, Cameron Borders, Elise Caldwell, Desirea Carver, Sydney Casey, Anna Clippard, Emma Crisman, Alyssa Davis, Hyrum Dickson, Addison Essner, Madison Fouts, Grace Goeckeler, Graham Greenhill, Molly Hastings, Darian Huffman, Stephen Jones, Zach Kelley, Haylee Kilburn, Luke Laramore, Phoebe Law, McKenna Lee, Anna Mattison, Jordan Maxton, Abigail Reazer, Kaitlin Ritter, X'Adriana Scott, Ellie Senn, Hayden Smee, Morgan Stafford, Carter Sterling, Kristen Tarno, Kentaro Tenaka, Hannah Thomas.. ...

Blanchard Elementary School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Christian Bollinger, Roman Ketcherside, Olivia Lambert, Clayton Seabaugh, Jaelyn Simmons. B Honor Roll 4th grade: David Brown, Olivis Courtway-Riebeling, Ashton Derrow, Victoria Dodd, Matthew Diamond, Alivia Dyke, Na'Coby Edwards, Beta Epps, Triston Lineberry, Jordan Long, Zemiah Mackins, Claryssa Martin, Aurora May, Makeda Miles, J'Myn Nabors, Shukria Patterson, Trinity Pavon-Roman, Kamdyn Rhodes, T.J. ...

A Honor Roll 7th grade: Zach Beel, Brittany Garland, John Gray, Emily Seiler, Garrett Thele, Lexi Vandeven. 8th grade: Ashlyn Bucher, Austin Bucher, Maria Calvert, Bailee Cope, Zach Elfrink, Caitlyn Landewee, Leah Landewee, Lindsay Thiele. 9th grade: Nathan Cope, Sydney Eeftink, Casey Graham, Kacie Hampton, Dillan Vandeven...

WASHINGTON -- A takeover of the House in sight, Republicans brimmed with confidence while Democrats braced for losses on the eve of recession-era elections for control of Congress and dozens of statehouses. "The American people are in charge," declared GOP leader John Boehner, vowing to shrink the size and cost of government if his party wins power today...

The Southeast Missouri State football team now can call itself a top-10 squad. Southeast moved up to No. 9 and 10 in the two major Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA, polls released Monday. The Redhawks are ninth in The Sports Network media poll and 10th in the coaches poll after being rated 11th by both organizations last week...

Kelly Elementary School 3rd grade: Matthew Agin, Hayden Bollinger, Noah Bridges, Bri'anna Buchanon, Victoria Collom, Karissa Denning, Haley Dodd, Allison Ferrell, Colton Glastetter, Molly Hanners, Riley Holdiness, Kelly Ivy, Trent Kelsey, Carolina Lara, Mason Laymon, Mason Martini, Addie Nichols, Jacob Ott, Colton Sanders, Sabrina Williams, Rileigh Chatman, Rylee Crumley, Kelsi Genereau,

Polls are open statewide today from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Information about voting precincts, polling locations and other election-related topics is available at the county clerk's office or by calling the following numbers. Cape Girardeau County: 243-3547...

Cape Central Junior High School A Honor Roll 7th grade: Brooke Anderson, Jessica Anderson, Hannah Barker, Benjamin Bittner, Sarah Boerboom, Hanna Borders, Hannah Braswell, Sydney Deneke, Reed Dickson, Anna Garner, Steven Hendricks, Timothy Huey, Garrett Jackson, Lauren Kimberly, Hannah Knight, Kaitlyn Lukefahr, Hattie Madsen, Bailey Manley, Jayden Marra, Peyton Mink, Clayton Monia, Shelby Powers, Jennifer Ramsey, Linzee Rosen, Izabella Sander, Megan Saylor, Corey Serrano, Bailey Sheehan, Megan Sheeley, Samartha Shrestha, Alexander Smith, Megan Smith, Thomas Sparkman, Matthew Stearns, Belinda Strack, Stephen Sugarbaker, Moriah Terry, Lauren Uhls, Adrienne Underwood, Casey Vaughn, Gabriella Vieira, Anne Wilferth, Rachel Williams, Sophia Wilson, Shane Wright.. ...

Scott City High School High Honor Roll 9th grade: Hailey Clayton, Megan Foster, Nathan Kieffer, Aimee Lathum, Matthew Schroeter. 10th grade: Nicholas Bollinger, Ryan Brock, Julie Holder, Elaina Irvin, Brooke McCulley, Alexis Spriggs, Brianna Sykes. 11th grade: Lance Bollinger, Adam Bowers, Morgan Brendel, Jenna Cummins, Taylor Glueck, Travis Goodin, Andrea Gray, Kathryn Hogan, Lindsay Kern, Brittany Kiefer, Lauren Pratt, Landon Robert, Tyler Schwettman, Brandon Shemonia, Mikah Simpson...

Scott City Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Noah Braun, Joseph Brown, Emma Bryant, Zeth Burkholder, Gavin Crider, Carlie Estes, Mason Koeberl, Zoe Lee, Alexys Littlepage, Landon O'Brien, Tony Seabaugh, Spencer Stratman, Porcelain Wells, Ashley Wilthong...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Californians heeded warnings of legal chaos and other dangers and rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have made their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The spirited campaign over Proposition 19 pitted the state's political and law enforcement establishment against determined activists seeking to end the prohibition of pot...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Slightly fewer than half of Missouri's registered voters cast ballots in this year's general election. Figures from the secretary of state's office show more than 1.9 million people voted Tuesday -- a turnout of nearly 47 percent...

GRANT CITY, Mo. (AP) - Voters in a northwest Missouri county elected a man who died in October to serve as presiding commissioner. Kevin Austin won the election Tuesday with 345 votes. Austin died Oct. 17 from a blood clot in his lungs. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Austin, a Democrat, won the primary election and was to be the only candidate on Tuesday's ballot. ...

The Southeast Missouri Hospital healthcare system has a new brand name in an effort to better reflect the services offered and the people it serves. SoutheastHEALTH will be the new brand name, which President and CEO Debbie Linnes said better reflects the network of providers, services and facilities that make up its regional health care system.

Most voters in the 8th Congressional District weren't ready for "new blood" after all. Republican incumbent Jo Ann Emerson resoundingly won her ninth re-election bid to the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, besting Democratic challenger Tommy Sowers whose rally cry of sending "new blood" to Washington, D.C., fell largely on deaf ears...

Tracker and Rowdy hanging out at the Homecoming game on Saturday.

The River Monsters posted a 6-4 victory in the championship game of the Justin Osborne All American Wifflefest to claim the tournament title over the Thundercats. The River Monsters completed the tournament with a perfect (4-0) record and can now proudly wear golden wiffleballs around their necks... ...

In 2005, Bernice Medlock "started not knowing her children, and that's something that just hurts your heart," her daughter Rose Medlock said. "I can remember going to the grocery store with her, and she would say, 'I need bread and milk and bananas.'...

Jase & Mari Fuemmeler with their cousins, Camryn & Carter Kuntze.

Our first Halloween with Big Brother and new Little Sister.

Voters in Jackson soundly passed a proposed quarter-cent sales tax to fund operations at a proposed second fire station, as well as the city's current one. The tax, which will take effect in April, passed 3,073 votes to 1,788 votes. Jackson's new tax rate will be 6.750 percent, which is lower than the rate of nearby cities...

Cape Girardeau voters finally put their cards on the table Tuesday, heavily supporting a proposal that, if selected by state gaming officials later this month, could bring a $125 million casino near downtown. The measure approving gambling in the city passed easily with 61 percent of the vote, which Mayor Harry Rediger described as a "landslide." He said the margin of victory sends a strong endorsement to the Missouri Gaming Commission...

Ramsey shot this deer opening day youth season. On her great grandpa's farm at lowndes. She is 8 years old.She cant wait till next year.

With holiday pie season upon us, it's easy to be intimidated into outsourcing your crusts. Face it, buying a boxed, refrigerated or frozen crust is easier and faster. Too bad it doesn't taste better. Because if you want a truly wonderful pie crust, something truly worthy of the trouble you will go to when making the filling, the only way to go is to make your own. And with our quick introduction to pie crust technique and styles, it will be much easier than you think...

Local voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 3, aimed at preventing new real estate transfer taxes and widely supported by real estate agents. With 89 percent approval, or 23,748 votes, Cape Girardeau County voters supported the amendment. The ballot garnered 2,927 no votes. As of press time, with 66 percent of Missouri's precincts reporting, Amendment 3 was well ahead with 84 percent of the vote statewide...

Problems with the ballot counter coupled with an unusually large voter turnout kept candidates in Bollinger County on pins and needles waiting for results. With four precincts counted and 10 waiting at 9 p.m., County Clerk Diane Holzum announced to the people waiting in the hallway that, "this is going to take a long time."...

Incumbents in two of Stoddard County's contested races were defeated in Tuesday's election by their Republican opponents. Longtime Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Briney Welborn only received 38 percent of the vote, while Russell Oliver, new to the county political scene, received more than 6,000 of the residents' votes...

The Republican incumbents in Perry County's two contested races both won the county's approval in Tuesday's midterm election. Carl "Topper" Leuckel Jr. was re-elected by voters to his second term as Perry County Presiding Commissioner, beating out his opponent Stanley Grantham by more than 3,600 votes...

Shall the City of Jackson, Missouri impose a sales tax of one-quarter of one percent for the purpose of providing revenues for the operation of the fire department, including personnel costs associated with the additional fire station?...

Republicans nearly swept to victory in Southeast Missouri state representative races Tuesday night, defeating competitors handily in what turned out to be a grand old night for the Grand Old Party statewide and nationally. The story was different in the 161st District, where incumbent Democrat Steve Hodges beat Republican challenger Ron McCormick, by a 55 percent to 46 percent margin, reversing the voting numbers in a last-minute push...

More than half of the registered voters in Cape Girardeau County went to the polls Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the county clerk's office. Of the 51,504 registered voters in the county, 53 percent of them, or 27,505, cast their ballot in the midterm election. The figure was just 5 percentage points below County Clerk Kara Clark Summers' original prediction...

Republican Clint Tracy was elected Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner, defeating Democrat Pat Wissman 19,497 votes to 6,908 votes. Tracy will replace presiding commissioner Gerald Jones who is retiring after holding office since 1994. During the campaign Tracy said he wanted to keep the county on the path it's been traveling on...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- When it comes to defense, it's good to enlist the help of someone like Chaffee senior Jason Cicardi. Cicardi has demonstrated he possesses the tools of a top-notch cornerback in his two years of high school football. He's fast, smart, intuitive and gets results...

NEW YORK -- Demi Lovato, one of Disney's biggest names, checked herself into a treatment center to deal with "emotional and physical issues," her representatives said in a statement Monday night. The statement did not specify the 18-year-old's problems, but said Lovato checked herself into a facility to address the concerns...

BAGHDAD -- Rapid-fire bombings and mortar strikes killed 62 people and wounded 180 across Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhoods Tuesday night, calling into question the ability of Iraqi security forces to protect the capital. The blasts came just two days after gunmen in Baghdad held a Christian congregation hostage in a siege that ended with 58 people dead...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitians have yet another problem. A hurricane may hit this week, adding to the woes of a nation where cholera is spreading in the countryside and thousands upon thousands of earthquake survivors are still living in flimsy shelters...

I don't know about you, but now that the election is over I will not miss all of the political candidate advertisements on radio and television. It seems that for the past few weeks that is about all of the advertisements that have been running. Voting is such a privilege, and it is a shame that our political candidates cannot build themselves up with what they can do, but resort to tearing down the other candidate. ...

SIKESTON -- New regulations for pawnshops were approved by the Sikeston City Council during its regular monthly meeting Monday. City Manager Doug Friend said the ordinance regulating pawnshops was recommended by consultants during their review of city code...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...

The Notre Dame softball team's season recently ended at the final four tournament in Springfield, Mo. However, the team learned a life lesson this year in addition to improving its softball skills. Senior Courtney Reinagel defied odds this season as the one-handed softball player not only played on the Notre Dame softball team, she earned a starting position in right field...

Elections for the next 20 years are going to be among the most crucial in human history. Why? Because many complex factors are currently interacting to bring about severe decline -- possibly collapse -- of civilization as we've recently known it. In the U.S., Congressional polarization and gridlock continue to render the nation impotent in addressing many worsening conditions...

THE person who owns the building on the corner of Sprigg Street and Broadway wants to fix it with taxpayer money to a total of $400,000. I don't want my tax dollars going to fix someone else's old building. If he wants to fix it up, let him furnish the money...

Melvin W. "Bud" Law, 85, of Scott City died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 28, 1925, in Gideon, Mo., to Harvey and Alice Householder Law. He and Dorothy Jean Stinnett were married May 31, 1951, in Piggott, Ark...

Myrtle Ellen Vogel, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She had resided at Monticello House in Jackson since January. She was born April 5, 1933, in Union County, Ill., to Hiram P. and Dorothy R. Turner Butterfield. She and Clarence "Tony" Vogel were married July 24, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. He passed away April 22, 2010...

Betty Lou Koch, 82, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1928, in Jackson, to Charles Henry and Doris Cecil Blake Peel. Betty and Kenneth Koch were married Jan. 2, 1948. He died Dec. 23, 1983...

Andrew E. "El-Z" Elizalde, 51, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born April 21, 1959, in Saginaw, Mich., to Johnny V. and Josephine Barsenas Elizalde. He and Kelly Long were married Feb. 12, 1983, in Mountain Home, Idaho...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Elmer John Van De Ven, 95, of Marble Hill died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center. Graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. today at St. John's Cemetery in Leopold, Mo. Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill is in charge of arrangements...

Son to Benji Kyle and Jaime Michelle Holweg of Marble Hill, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:28 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010. Name, Masyn Kyle. Weight, 7 pounds, 14 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Holweg is the former Jaime Anderson, daughter of Bob and Sarah Anderson of Marble Hill. She is a receptionist at Cross Trails Medical Center. Holweg is the son of Norman and Brenda Holweg of Marble Hill. He is self-employed with Holweg Excavating...

A new minister and associate minister have been appointed to serve Centenary United Methodist Church; the Rev. Neil L. Stein, previously pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Webster Groves, Mo., is the new senior pastor at Centenary, and the Rev. James A. Sanderson is the new associate minister...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...

Lord Jesus, I will trust in your unfailing love for ever and ever. Amen.

The Bobcats have played in two of the last three Class 1 championship games

The Indians won 4-1 and will play for the Class 3 District 1 soccer title Thursday

The Tigers possibly can set up a second showdown with Sikeston

Southeast Missouri State sophomores Hayley Abbott and Courtney Luehmann have been named to the ESPN Academic All-District soccer second team. They are the soccer program's first multiple all-district honorees and the program's first all-district selections since 2007...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Tuesday captured from Democrats governorships in at least seven states, including some prime presidential battlegrounds, and hoped for even more statehouse gains. The same tide sweeping Republicans into office in Congress was leaving its mark on governors' mansions as well, especially in the nation's industrial heartland...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans marched toward House control Tuesday night in midterm elections shadowed by recession, locking up enough Democratic seats to install a conservative majority certain to challenge President Barack Obama at virtually every turn. Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, his voice breaking with emotion, declared to fellow Republicans, "I'll never let you down."...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Republican Rep. Roy Blunt won a promotion to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Robin Carnahan with a campaign that tapped into voter frustrations with President Barack Obama. Blunt's victory assured a continued Republican hold on the seat being vacated by Sen. Kit Bond, who is retiring after 24 years in the chamber...

The millions of Americans voting in midterm elections Tuesday were not always sure what they wanted, or even whom. But many knew they were unhappy -- uneasy about the economy, frustrated with the direction of the country and dissatisfied with politics...

Salting as a deliberate act. Sounds a bit intense. And for Mark Bitterman, it is. It's a call to action, a plan to banish bland food. "Think about salting as a deliberate act," says Bitterman, author of "Salted" (Ten Speed Press, 2010), a 312-page devotional to salt. "This isn't about being a fancy chef. It's about how to make every single food you eat in your daily life come alive."...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton is out after more than 30 years in Congress, losing his Missouri seat to Republican challenger Vicky Hartzler. The 78-year-old Skelton first won election to Congress in 1976, rising to chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He's built a reputation as a military expert and social conservative in a district that normally tilts toward Republicans...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A national wave of Republican sentiment flooded Missouri on Election Day, sweeping many incumbent Democrats out of office with it. The GOP retained control of the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Kit Bond when Congressman Roy Blunt beat Secretary of State Robin Carnahan by more than a quarter million votes...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California voters decided Tuesday whether to make their state the first to legalize recreational marijuana, drawing worldwide attention atop the 160 ballot measures in 37 states that also included divisive proposals to slash taxes and ban abortion...

Route B in Perry County will be reduced to one lane at its intersection with Interstate 55 while contractor crews make pavement repairs. Weather permitting, the work will begin today and continue through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The work zone will be marked with signs. Drivers are urged to use caution in the area. For additional information, contact the Missouri Department of Transportation's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

MIAMI -- A federal judge has denied Argentina's extradition request for a former military officer accused of taking part in a 1972 massacre of leftist guerrillas in his homeland. The decision released Tuesday means, for now, that Roberto Bravo will not be returned to Argentina to face 16 murder charges arising from the killings at a military base near the southern Argentine city of Trelew...

LANDER, Wyo. -- The wreckage of a small plane carrying four members of a Minneapolis family has been found in a rugged Wyoming mountain range a week after it disappeared, and searchers said there were no survivors. A search team found the plane late Monday at an elevation of about 11,000 feet on a steep mountainside in the Wind River range, the Fremont County Sheriff's Department said...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The final launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed again, this time because of an electrical problem. NASA decided early Tuesday evening to bump the liftoff until at least Thursday. The decision came less than 24 hours before the scheduled launch today...

DETROIT -- If investors pay what General Motors hopes to get for its stock in a planned IPO, they'll have to buy the logic that the company's stock-market value should be similar to its closest competitor, Ford Motor Co. But Ford is making far more money these days and its U.S. market share is rising while GM's is falling and its new management team has little auto industry experience...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's homeownership rate remained at its lowest in more than a decade, hampered by a rise in foreclosures and weak demand for housing. The percentage of households that owned their homes was unchanged at 66.9 percent in the July-September quarter, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. That's the same as the April-June quarter...

Route E between county road 218 and 354 in Perry County will be closed while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert pipe under the road. Weather permitting, the road will close at 7 a.m. Thursday and will reopen at 3 p.m. Friday. The work zone will be marked with signs. For additional information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

BILOXI, Miss. -- BP PLC is once again reporting profits even with an estimated $40 billion price tag for the response to its blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico. In this waterfront city, where many lost their livelihoods to the summer of oil, a mixture of relief and melancholy greeted the news Tuesday. A financially healthy BP means jobs and compensation, but residents still reeling from the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history are waiting for some good news of their own...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri has identified five low-demand degree programs that it might eliminate. A report obtained by The Columbia Tribune says the university told the Missouri Department of Education last week that no students are pursuing specialist degrees in two programs -- career and technical education and special education. Those programs could close immediately...

NEW YORK -- Major stock indexes rose Tuesday as investors awaited the results of Congressional elections, putting the Dow Jones industrial average near its highest point of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 60 points. The Dow has now traded above its 2010 closing high of 11,205 four times over the past two weeks but failed to close above that level each time...

WASHINGTON -- Even after a suspected test run in September, last week's attempted mail bombings from Yemen were a shot in the dark for al-Qaida, which could not have known exactly where its packages were when they were set to explode, U.S. officials said Tuesday...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia -- Indonesia's most dangerous volcano showed no sign of tiring Tuesday, belching clouds of black smoke as fiery lava lit up its cauldron. Scientists warned that the slow but deadly eruption could continue for weeks, like a "marathon, not a sprint."...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Some parts of Missouri reported higher than expected voter turnout, but officials said it was too early late Tuesday to project a total. Dave Reinhart of the Clay County Board of Elections said turnout by mid-afternoon Tuesday was about 50 percent, better than the 40 percent he expected. St. Charles officials in eastern Missouri were predicting turnout of 65 to 70 percent...

Republican Scott R. Clark unseated Democratic incumbent Janet Robert for Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds. Robert has been in the office since 1977. Clark received 15,671 votes to Robert's 10,602 votes. Clark, a relative newcomer to Cape Girardeau County politics, said he was ecstatic, yet humbled with his victory. This will be 25-year-old Clark's first elected office...

Immaculate Conception School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Ian Bartholomew, Laura Bertrand, Mindy Diebold, Megan Engelen, Benton Keran, Colten Seyer, Livia Wunderlich. 5th grade: Kate Appleman, Shelby Bauwens, Brooke Blankenship, Allison Bray, Hannah Brugger, Claire Essner, Ethan Gatzemeyer, Matthew Gibbs, Harper Guilliams, Megan Jansen...

Oak Ridge Elementary School 4th grade: Caroline Abner, Connor Bock, Logun Garris, Austin Gilliland, Dalton Griffith, Breanna Hughes, Drew Kranawetter, Cole Schemel, Taylor Seyer, Brent Seyer. 5th grade: Brianna Amschler, Jordan Barker, Alex DeRousse, Kaitlyn Carter, Tristin Fodge, Brianna Harrison, Alexis Johnson, Jordan Layton, Amanda Meyer, Travis Sides, Cody Strop, Zackery Whitener...

When Notre Dame senior James Dively prepared to drive a long free kick toward the goal during the second half of Tuesday's Class 2 District 1 soccer championship game, he didn't dream that his boot would drive a nail in the coffin of the Sikeston Bulldogs...

By Michael Long I don't follow sports and I don't get the fascination. Never have. To me it's just physically privileged young men following arbitrary rules to the cheers of arbitrary-rule aficionados. What if the football field were covered in cellophane and the ball were shaped like a chili bowl? It might as well be. One set of sports rules is just as good as another, as far as my interest goes...

DE SOTO, Mo. -- David Huffman's defensive play helped turn the momentum in Central's favor in Wednesday's offensive shootout. Huffman scooped up a muffed snap on a punt attempt and returned it 8 yards for a score early in the second quarter. The Tigers rode the momentum from that play to a rousing 61-28 victory over De Soto in their Class 4 regional playoff game Wednesday. It was Central's first playoff win since 2002...

Two of the world's most popular mice, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, visited Discovery Playhouse in Cape Girardeau Wednesday to promote Friday's Disney LIVE Mickey's Rockin' Road Show at the Show Me Center. The pair gave hugs, high fives and posed for photos with the more than 130 fans that greeted them at the museum...

After nearly every one of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's seven re-election victories, her Democratic opponents have blamed their defeat on limited campaign war chests that couldn't keep up with what one former opponent called "the 8th District Emerson money machine."...

Back in town for one night only, "Late Nite Catechism" is making its return to Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus on Friday. The performance was last brought to Southeast during the River Campus' inaugural season. "Late Nite Catechism" takes a humorous look at Catholicism. The audience's perspective is one of an evening catechism student, whether as someone converting to the Catholic religion or those who work and can't make regular daytime catechism classes...

My 11 yr old son, Austin, shot his 1st deer during Youth Rifle Season. He was at his Grandpa's farm when he shot this button buck! He was very proud of his 1st deer!!!

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO -- The chances for deer darting in front of fast-moving vehicles increases in November, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, so drivers should be extra alert to avoid accidents. This is the "rut" or breeding season for white-tailed deer, which makes them more active than usual and causes them to be near or cross highways more often, said Rob Sulkowski, a southeast Missouri Conservation Agent...

As her plane flew over Haiti, Robin McCollough was astounded by the number of blue tarps, temporary homes in the tent cities of a country in ruin. When she stepped off the plane at the Port-au-Prince International Airport, the Cape Girardeau woman said, she was struck by the Haitian heat and the overpowering stench of sewage and decay...

"The picture above is from the Senior Class of the Cape Central Marching Tigers.This group of seniors have been a part of a very successful Competition Band program.In the 4 years they have been involved in the band they helped achieve 1st place in 27 of their 31 competitions. ...

If Cape Girardeau officials and Isle of Capri executives wanted Tuesday's election victory to send a strong endorsement to the state, Missouri Gaming Commission chairman Jim Mathewson says they should consider it sent.

Tickets are now on sale for the Heartland Pops 2010 Christmas Show which will be held at the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus on Friday, Dec. 17 at 7:00P.M. Kathy Sweeney from Channel 12 will be the guest narrator for "The Christmas Story". ...

Kevin A. Vaught, MD, a neurosurgeon with the Brain and NeuroSpine Clinic of Missouri, LLC, and his wife, Christy, made it their joint New Year's resolution to lose weight. But they didn't want some crazy diet that would put their health at risk. In January, they enrolled in the Starting Point program at Southeast HealthPoint Fitness, a weight loss program that promotes nutrition and healthy lifestyle changes rather than traditional dieting...

A barn near the entrance of Trail of Tears

This photo, with its contrast in colors, presented itself in the Bishop's garden outside the National Cathedral in Wahington, D. C.

The National Cathredal in Washington, D.C. Its worth the visit for travelers to the Washigton area.

Blake Trickey, age 13 kills a 4 pointer during youth deer season on October 31, 2010. He was acompanied by Jon Craiglow.

When asked what my son wanted to be for Halloween he said a "Pirate with a pirate ship!" My husband then converted his wagon into a pirate ship which Mom and Dad pushed him around in for the evening. We got lots of attention!

Halloween costume designed by Sara Bradshaw and Courtney Graff

They've had their ups and downs, but the seniors on Cape Girardeau Central High School's cheerleading team say they've enjoyed the ride. As they wind down their time on the squad, the trio from an award-winning squad takes a look back and all the good times they've had together. Meet Jessica Hagerty, Alicia Kennon and Elizabeth Johnson-Carter...

When Taylor Palmer steps on stage these days she slips into another generation. How does an energetic high school junior play the part of a reserved, arguably eccentric woman in her mid-60s? "I use my grandma as an example," Palmer said. "It is a challenge, but it's fun to play with your voice and [think about] how you think she would talk."...

What's happening this weekend

LONDON -- Part of Glasgow Airport in Scotland was evacuated after a suspicious package was found there, a spokesman said Wednesday. The package was found in the security area where passengers are searched before they board a plane, said the spokesman, who spoke on anonymity in line with company policy...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia -- Searing gas and molten lava poured from Indonesia's deadly volcano in an explosion three times as powerful as last week's devastating blast, chasing people from villages and emergency shelters along its slopes. After more than a week of continual eruptions, and warnings that pressure inside Mount Merapi may still be building, the province warned Wednesday it was running out of money to help more than 70,000 people forced from their homes...

LOS ANGELES -- What makes a good baby picture? On ZooBorns.com, the babies have to be wild. Maybe obscure. Possibly endangered. Mostly, they have to be cute. "Cute always comes first," said Chris Eastland, an artist and photographer from Brooklyn, N.Y., who joined forces with Andrew Bleiman of Chicago to create ZooBorns.com two years ago...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve will sink $600 billion into government bonds in a bold plan that it hopes will drive interest rates even lower than they already are and start the chain reaction that finally creates jobs and invigorates the economy...

HICKMAN, Ky. -- The Dorena-Hickman Ferry will transition to winter operating hours starting Sunday with the shift back to standard time. The ferry will continue operating seven days a week, but will reduce its hours. During the winter months, the ferry will operate with the first run leaving the Kentucky landing at 7 a.m. ...

What will happen when you blow a stream of air between two balloons suspended from the ceiling? Will they move apart or together? STEP 2: Suspend the balloons from the ceiling. STEP 3: Blow a stream of air between the balloons. The stream of air flowing between the balloons creates less pushing power or less pressure between the balloons. With more pushing power on the sides, the balloons stay together. You can discover more hands-on experiments by going to www.hookedonscience.org...

Effective Saturday, the Jackson recycling center will reduce Saturday hours to 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The change will remain in effect until March 26, when the center will resume normal hours. Weekday operation hours remain unchanged. In observance of Veterans Day, there will be no trash collection Nov. 11. For customers who normally have Thursday pickup, collection will occur Nov. 12...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Republicans won the two contested elections in Bollinger County, replacing a Democrat circuit clerk and holding on to the presiding commissioner seat. Newcomer Travis Elfrink defeated challenger and former presiding commissioner Kenny Trentham by 64 percent. Elfrink received 2,646 votes to Trentham's 1,446. Elfrink will replace Wayne Johnson, who chose not to seek re-election...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he and fellow Democrats absorbed election losses so severe he called them a shellacking...

Marjorie Elizabeth Kight Taylor Henderson, 92, was born Feb. 19, 1918, near Advance, Mo., seventh of eight children of John L. "Kid" and Elizabeth A. Hitt Kight. She departed this life Oct. 20, 2010, in West Plains, Mo. She and H. Jared Taylor were married in 1945 in Cape Girardeau. ...

Laurene A. Loeffler, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church...

Buss Paar, 81, of Gilbertsville, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at the home of a daughter in Nashville, Tenn. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. John Farone officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...

Linus Leo Glastetter, 79, of Scott City died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements.

Harvey M. Brase, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Clara J. Boggs, 86, of Perryville died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing Home and Rehabilitation. Graveside service will be held at 2:45 p.m. today at Home Cemetery, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating. Young and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

ANNA, Ill. -- Kermett W. Ayers, 81, of Anna died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at his home. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Casper Cemetery near Anna, with military honors by Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 of Anna and Illinois National Guard Honor Team in Marion...

Missouri Pacific Railroad is planning to remove all the tracks from an abandoned line which runs through Cape Girardeau now that negotiations have fallen through between the railroad and Resin Exchange over the purchase of a portion of the branch line...

POLICE The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Assaults Miscellaneous FIRE Firefighters responded to the following calls Monday: Firefighters responded to the following call Tuesday: ...

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summons Assaults Thefts Property damage...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday: ...

SCHOLARSHIPS The following students received scholarships to attend Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo.: The following students received scholarships to attend the University of Missouri: n Jerica Moore of Cape Girardeau received the Elyzabeth Schell Scholarship...

BENTON -- Following the national trend, the majority of Scott County voters favored Republican candidates during Tuesday's election. Nearly 43 percent of Scott County's 26,841 registered voters turned out to the polls Tuesday. "I wish turnout would have been higher, but that's better than some elections we've had," Scott County Clerk Rita Milam said after election results were tallied Tuesday night...

THAYER, Mo. -- Chaffee's first trip to the state football playoffs in 27 years ended with a thud. But the Red Devils, featuring just six seniors, believe they laid solid groundwork for future success despite Wednesday's 47-19 Class 1 regional loss to host Thayer...

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team tied for second in the Ohio Valley Conference regular season, but the Redhawks led the league Wednesday by having three players named first-team all-conference. Southeast Missouri sophomore defender Hayley Abbott, sophomore midfielder Courtney Luehmann and senior forward Ashley Runion were all selected to the 11-player first team...

The running back carried 23 times in Sunday's game

Notre Dame players vie for the opportunities to put away a point

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- No. 14 Missouri has rebounded from being on the wrong end of a record-breaking performance before. Not that long ago, either. The Tigers' defense is looking for a bounceback effort this week at Texas Tech after getting stung in their first loss of the season. Roy Helu rushed for a school-record 307 yards Saturday...

Son to Terry Franklin and Amie Jayne Hees of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:53 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Name, Jacob David. Weight, 4 pounds. First child. Mrs. Hees is the former Amie Hutchcraft, daughter of Jay and Kim Hutchcraft of Benton, Ill. She is a teacher. Hees is the son of Janice Burris of Cape Girardeau and Bill Hees of Eldon, Mo. He is serving with the U.S. Army...

Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach John Ishee is looking forward to seeing his team in game action for the first time even though it won't count on the Redhawks' record. The Redhawks play their first of two exhibition contests today when Missouri Baptist visits the Show Me Center for a 7 p.m. tipoff...

LOS ANGELES -- It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot for recreation. Then came the ads, newspaper editorials and politicians, warning of a world where stoned drivers would crash school buses, nurses would show up at work high and employers would be helpless to fire drug-addled workers...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Highway 34 at its intersection with Route B intersection in Wayne County will be reduced to one lane today while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace the tether wires on traffic signals. Weather permitting, work will be done from 9 a.m. to noon. The work zone will be marked with signs. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

Animal lovers will come together Saturday for a furry, four-legged version of Woodstock called Petstock. Many animals will be on display, some available for adoption, at Petstock from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the 4-H building at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks indexes reached new highs, a day after the Federal Reserve announced a $600 billion plan to boost the economy. All three stocks indexes closed at their highest level of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 219 points, or 2 percent, to close at 11,434. ...

The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly First Friday Coffee at 7 a.m. Friday at The Show Me Center. Cynthia Kraemer will give a presentation on SCOPE, Science and Citizens Organized for Purpose and Exploration. First Friday Coffee sponsors are CPU and Charter Business...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Jackson junior Ryan Schlick loved the result but didn't think much of the look of his shot in the waning seconds of Thursday's first half. Schlick swung his leg around to knock a low shot toward the Northwest goal, and the ball bounced up and over Lions goalie Caleb Day for the game's first goal...

Volunteers are giving back to the community one bowl at a time with the fifth annual Empty Bowls Project banquets. Linda Bohnsack, co-chairwoman of the banquets, said the Cape Girardeau chapter of the nationwide Empty Bowls Project charity is committed to feeding hungry individuals in Southeast Missouri. This year, proceeds from the banquets and a silent auction that ends today will be given to the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army for community meals...

A conference this weekend at Cape LaCroix Church is aimed at strengthening marriages. Gary Smalley, a nationally known counselor, speaker and author, will present the Love and Laughter Marriage Getaway along with pastor Ted Cunningham. "The Cape area is a rich area for family and we felt like strengthening marriages is our first responsibility," said Marc Harris of Men at the Cross, which helped organize the event...

A disagreement at a board meeting Wednesday night has resulted in resignations and some reinstatements among the officers of the Gordonville Fire Protection District.

A Marble Hill, Mo., man is in custody of the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department, after Jackson police arrested him on suspicion he was in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Cape Girardeau city leaders will explain the need for peripheral zoning to residents and the Cape Girardeau County Commission at a public hearing Nov. 30. Because of the interest in the topic, commissioners set the hearing for 7 p.m. at the Osage Community Centre to accommodate the anticipated crowd.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Fall's dry weather created ideal harvest conditions for farmers but combined with the warmer-than-average temperatures, it wreaked havoc on the corn crop. "Dry weather is always nice during harvest. Cotton, rice, soybean and corn harvests were done in record time this year," said Anthony Ohmes, agronomy specialist for the University of Missouri Extension's Mississippi County office in Charleston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- November is Saluting Veterans Month for Pack 112 Bear Den of Jackson, Mo., and to learn more about what Soldiers are doing overseas, the Cub Scouts talked to a Missouri National Guardsman currently deployed to Afghanistan. Using Skype technology at the Cape Girardeau armory, the boys, age's eight to ten, talked to Lt. Col. North Charles, who is currently deployed with the Agri-business Development Team IV...

A collage of inspiration from the Jackson Volleyball Team's Pink Out.

Pvt Devan Moore graduated on Nov 4th in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. This is Pvt Moore with his sister Rachel Moore.

The Southeast Missourian's website, semissourian.com, received a major upgrade Thursday. The site's facelift, months in the making, is aimed at improving navigation and the overall experience for users. The front page of the site will now have sections for business, features and sports...

I took a picture of this five legged spider in my sons yard.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The fish tank at the U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia Environmental Research Center looked like it held a swirling black cloud. A school of juvenile Asian carp was clustered together and rapidly rotating from the outside of the school to the inside...

The "Duncan House", residence of the founder of Animas Forks silver mine, now a beautiful ghost town.

While turnover traditionally has been high in janitorial work, recruiting and keeping custodians in the Cape Girardeau School District is becoming a bigger challenge, a district official said. A starting wage of $8.35 an hour and at least three years without a raise aren't helping matters, said Neil Glass, the Cape Girardeau School District's director of administrative services...

Members of the Cape Girardeau Marine Corps League collected toys November 4 and 5 at Toys R Us. November 4 was the official nationwide campaign kickoff. A huge "thank you" to everyone who donated money or a toy to this wonderful organization!

The Unseen Ghost Brigade, a traveling theater troupe, will give a free performance at the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn at 3 p.m. Saturday. The group is traveling down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans on a homemade raft, performing a series of ecologically-based, historical ghost stories titled: "Death on the Mississippi" and the "Adventures of the Unseen Ghost Brigade."...

Any band can practice and play a Kiss cover. It takes dedication to play a tribute. When KISSiT, a tribute band playing in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, plays songs like "Detroit Rock City" and "God of Thunder," band members play more than the music. They play the part. The band needs six to eight hours before a show to set up the stage, apply makeup and arrange their outfits...

A special enhanced enterprise zone would provide property tax breaks of at least 50 percent to certain new or expanding business in Cape Girardeau County, although some at a special meeting Thursday would like to see that figure closer to 100 percent.

Cape Girardeau firefighters responded to 2719 Stephen Drive Thursday afternoon after a neighbor reported heavy black smoke.

What happens when the community theater group has a shortage of males to fill the roles? They improvise when the right women steps up for the part. In the River City Players' upcoming production, "The Crazy Time," Andrea Shovan plays a male character who doublecrosses the lead character and takes over his business...

NEW YORK -- Taylor Swift fans have spoken -- more than a million times. The country-pop superstar sold more than 1 million copies of her new album "Speak Now" to debut at the top of the Billboard album chart this week. Billboard.com said Wednesday that it's the biggest debut since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" five years ago...

FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTIONS Mozaic Pottery, paintings, photography, glass works and more from the collage of artists that make up Mozaic Art Studio. Open until 9 p.m. 5 N. Main St. Black Door Gallery Josh Reeves' abstract paintings, which follow in the footsteps of pop artists like Jackson Pollock. Reception from 5 to 9 p.m...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- For nearly 10 months, more than 1 million people in Haiti's earthquake camps have been walking a precarious line: Trying to get out and find good homes without losing their tents and the possessions they still have. Now a potential hurricane threatens to upend that careful balance. ...

MUMBAI, India -- A Delta flight that landed at Mumbai on Thursday night was searched after suspicious cargo was reported on board. All the passengers got off safely but the airport was on high alert. "The security agencies are checking the cargo," said airport spokesman Manish Kalghatgi...

PARIS -- American and British officials moved quickly Thursday to downplay the French foreign minister's comment that one of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off. The issue of timing is central to the investigation because it could indicate whether terrorists hoped to blow up the planes over U.S. airspace or whether they simply wanted to take down the planes regardless of their location...

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Forensic investigators searched for more hidden graves Thursday near where they had already found 18 badly decomposed cadavers that are suspected to belong to Mexican tourists who had set out for Acapulco. Guarded by soldiers and marines, the investigators used long metal poles to probe the ground in a coconut palm grove in the community of Tuncingo, just east of Acapulco. An anonymous tip led police to the bodies of two men there Wednesday...

GUSTAVIA, St. Barts -- Eugenie Blanchard, a nun who was considered the world's oldest person, died in the French Caribbean island of St. Barts on Thursday. She was 114. Blanchard, who friends called "Sweets" because of her kindness, died at Bruyn Hospital, where she had lived in the geriatric ward since 1980, said hospital director Pierre Nuty...

TOKYO -- It's a dream job for slackers. Domino's Pizza Japan, Inc. is offering a 2.5 million yen, or $31,000, part-time job in December. The popular American pizza outlet said Thursday it will hire one person for the one-hour job, which requires neither experience nor education, only that applicants must be older than 18...

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia -- A deadly surge of blistering gases cascaded down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano, torching houses in one mountainside village and nearly doubling the number of people killed in just over a week to 79. Thirty-five bodies were brought to a morgue at a nearby hospital, which was struggling to cope with victims. More than 65 people were injured, many of them critically...

WASHINGTON -- A major study shows giving heavy smokers special CT scans can detect lung cancer early enough to modestly lower their risk of death -- the first clear evidence that a screening test may help fight the nation's top cancer killer...

WASHINGTON -- Victorious at the polls, congressional Republicans asserted their newfound political strength Thursday, vowing to seek a quick $100 billion in federal spending cuts and force repeated votes on repeal of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrest do not imply guilt. Arrests...

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Betty Gail Sample, 64, of Sedgewickville passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at her home. She was born Dec. 13, 1945, at Sikeston, Mo. She and David Lee Sample were married March 1, 2010. Sample was a retired supervisor with AT&T and a member of First Baptist Church of Millersville...

Buss Paar, 81, of Gilbertsville, Ky., formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at his daughter's home in Nashville, Tenn. He was born June 29, 1929, in Jackson, to Frederich F. and Florence Browning Paar. He and Dorothy Seabaugh were married Oct. 5, 1957, in Jackson. She preceded him in death earlier this year...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Betty M. Lucas, 87, of Wasola, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, at her home. She was born April 5, 1923, in Blytheville, Ark., daughter of Kenneth and Anna Belle Pike Halstead. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. today at Morgan Memorial Park in Advance. The Rev. Fred Ritter will officiate...

Laurene A. Loeffler, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Nov. 20, 1925, in Columbus, Ohio, to Joseph and Mary Sauer Eisel. She and John Loeffler were married 65 years ago in Columbus. They lived there more than 50 years, moving to Cape Girardeau 26 years ago. ...

Linus Leo Glastetter, 79, of Scott City died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 16, 1931, in Chaffee, Mo., son of George John and Coletta Anna Schmitt Glastetter. He and Thearl Lee Hill Moore were married Aug. 31, 1968, in Benton, Mo...

Iris S. Cord, 88, of Fruitland passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 6, 1922, in Greenville, Mo., daughter of James R. and Vesta P. Howard Guess. Iris attended elementary and high school in Piedmont, Mo., where she graduated in 1942. She and Robert A. Cord were married July 6, 1946, in St. Louis...

Harvey M. Brase, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Gordonville, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born Feb. 13, 1917, in Gordonville, son of Albert and Tillie Hoffman Brase. He and Luella Deneke were married Nov. 21, 1944...

Aaron Moore, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at Southeast Hospital. Private visitation will be Saturday at Greater Dimension Ministries. Massie Funeral Home in Mounds, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

BRAZEAU, Mo. -- Enos F. Hughey, 75, of Brazeau died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation in Perryville, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to service time Saturday at Young and Sons East Perry Chapel in Altenburg, Mo...

ANNA, Ill. — Cody Bible, 29, of Anna died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in Anna. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Anna, with cremation to follow.

Daughter to Reba Kathryn Anderson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 1:01 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. Name, Abigail Kailynn. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Ms. Anderson is the daughter of Sharon K. Anderson of Cape Girardeau. She is a student at Southeast Missouri State University...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department's only aerial truck, which was out of service for a week last month, is again out of service, this time for at least two weeks; two hydraulic cylinders that operate the ladder need repairs. Purchase of Cape County Memorial Park by Walter Joe and Iris Ford from the Ted Strom family has been completed; the new owners, who also own Ford and Sons Funeral Home and Monument Co., assumed operation of the 32-acre burial park Friday...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission said Thursday that it had selected chief engineer Kevin Keith to lead the state Department of Transportation. Keith has been the transportation agency's interim director since this spring and has spent more than 25 years working for the department. ...

WASHINGTON -- Global stock markets rallied Thursday, embracing a move by the Federal Reserve to try to rejuvenate the U.S. economy by buying $600 billion in Treasury bonds. The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest point in more than two years, and stocks surged from Tokyo to London...

The competition is heating up for several Southeast Missouri teams. The Cape Girardeau Central High School football team beat De Soto on Wednesday for its first playoff win since 2002. Central, now at 10-1, has had a remarkable regular season and is moving on to rematch its only defeat against undefeated Sikeston, there, at 7 p.m. Monday...

According to the lead article in the Southeast Missourian on Oct. 29, the president of the Southeast Missouri State University student government, Katie Herring, has an economic problem. The article said, "On one side, there's the financial burden of her fellow students. On the other, the long-term interests of her university. "...

I have a dream. I dream that one day we will stand together -- Republican and Democrat, conservative and independent, tea party and all the rest -- to uphold the aims on which this nation was founded. I have a dream. I dream that the two dominant political parties -- Republicans and Democrats -- will find ways to work together on issue where there is agreement. Government spending would be the best place to start...

ST. LOUIS -- Private security guards did not touch any ballots or interfere with voting at the St. Louis City Board of Elections headquarters, a Republican election commissioner said Thursday. Commissioner Carol Wilson said all three commissioners opposed the Democratic chairman's decision to hire the private firm on Election Day because the company had worked for Democrat Russ Carnahan's campaign. But she said the two guards who worked at the location did not affect the electoral process...

O God, we cast our cares on you, for you alone will sustain us. Amen.

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Bloomfield High School students reported to school Wednesday morning but were not initially allowed to report to their regular classes. Instead, the high schoolers were directed to the gymnasium where they spent the morning hours and school administration and Bloomfield police assessed damage done to the high school overnight...

The Notre Dame volleyball team will compete in the Class 3 final four today

Southeast Missouri State senior Dustin Davis has received the Ohio Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Award for 2009-10. Davis, a track and cross country runner for the Redhawks, was on Thursday among six athletes bestowed the highest individual honor that can be earned by OVC student-athletes...

Southeast will play the first of two exhibition games against Ouachita Baptist

Southeast lost 81-76 to hot-shooting Missouri Baptist, an NAIA school

The former Jackson linebacker has upgraded his game as a sophomore

Southeast takes an eight-game winning streak into its nonconference game

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Albert Pujols hopes to negotiate a contract extension for beyond 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis exercised a $16 million option for 2011 on Oct. 6 for the three-time NL MVP. "I hope that before the season begins I get an extension," the 30-year-old Pujols said during a news conference Thursday...

ST. LOUIS -- Joe Thornton paid a high price for what he believed was a clean check. So did the San Jose Sharks, who have trouble mustering offense these days even with their scoring leader on the ice. David Perron recovered from Thornton's elbow to the head with a goal that helped the St. Louis Blues win their sixth in a row at home to start the season in a 2-0 victory on Thursday night...

A few galleries in town would like to give you a lift. Just in time for the chilly weather, the ARound Town group of art galleries has restarted a shuttle service to take us around on First Friday. We no longer have to bother with finding parking or choose whether to drive to galleries that are farther afield or stay downtown...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- James E. Coleson, 75, of Mounds died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.

Route W between County Road 614 and Morning Star Lane in Cape Girardeau County will be closed Wednesday while Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. Weather permitting, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

Route Z between Main Avenue and County Road 709 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane next week while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform routine bridge maintenance. Weather permitting, the work will take place Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The work zone will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use caution while traveling near the area. For more information, contact MoDOT's Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- As if Haitians living in tents and under scraps of plastic don't have enough to grapple with as a tropical storm bears down and cholera spreads, the U.S. Congress has put up another obstacle to delivering the $1.15 billion in reconstruction money it promised back in March...

Become part of the show when "Late Nite Catechism" returns to the River Campus. Audiences loved the show so much during the first River Campus season in 2007, that Southeast Missouri State University brought it back. The show uses the audience as the class and an actress as the Sister teaching, rewarding and disciplining them. ...

Arts and entertainment briefs

Cape Girardeau County has been awarded a grant to fund harbor dredging at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority for 2010. According to a news release issued Thursday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the county received a Community Development Block Grant grant totaling $425,000 to cover the project...

St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 5th grade: Carson Barnes 6th grade: Noah Franke, Emily Hallman, Dawson Klinkhardt, Alyssa Ogle, Katelyn Strange. 7th grade: Emelia Baer, Jack Bagley, Chloe Kasten, Elizabeth Kiefner, Grace Mirly. 8th grade: Mollie Cunningham...

Johnson, the standout of the Cubs' volleyball team, turned in a dominating performance against Leopold in the state sectional round on Saturday.

Kelly High School A Honor Roll 9th Grade: Mikayla Jackson, Kyler Laymon, Jade Rampley, Devon Romine, Kamren Smith, Ryan Smith, Trey Walker 10th Grade: Hailey Alley, Taylor Anderson, Jeannie Campbell, Nathaniel Chandler, Rachel Drews, Brent Forck, Michaela Gean, Matthew Glaus, Aaron Grainer, Destinee Hendershott, Katie Koonce, Zachary McCormick, Adisynne Neumeyer, Matthew Proctor, Malori Scheffer, Jessica Schmidt, Scott Stonecipher, Amy Tew, Jessica Worth...

The Scott City boys cross country program is a perfect two for two. The program only has been in existence for two seasons and the Rams have qualified for the Class 2 state meet as a team both years. Scott City advanced to the state meet last season, finishing second in districts on a sixth man tie-breaker. This year the Rams took second outright...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Southeast Missouri Sen. Rob Mayer emerged the victor Thursday in a Republican leadership shake-up that revealed divisions in the chamber's largest GOP majority since at least the Civil War era.

With 50 days until Christmas, local retailers are ready for holiday shoppers. "I think everybody is still cautious but hopeful," said Cape Girardeau J.C. Penney store manager Sarah Grigaitis. The National Retail Federation recently forecast a 2.3 percent increase in holiday retail sales this year. But companies are still paying close attention to unemployment rates and consumer confidence...

Notre Dame won two events and finished second with 437 points at the Show-Me Conference swim meet Thursday at Central Municipal Pool. The Bulldogs finished first in the 200 medley relay, breaking the meet record, and the 200 freestyle relay. Notre Dame, which finished 24 points behind conference champion John Burroughs, also collected five second-place finishes. Jackson (268) placed fourth, followed by Central (229) and Saxony Lutheran (38)...

Here's a picture from Busch stadium with Scott Rolen watching a fastball go over the middle of the plate. Cardinals beat the Cubs that day, but Rolen didn't get a hit at that at-bat.

Azaleas still blooming on November 1st.

On Saturday November 6, 2010 churches throughout Southeast Missouri came together at a Prayer Breakfast held at First Baptist Church of Millersville to pray for Operation Christmas Child. National Collection week for shoe box gifts begins on Monday November 15 and will run through Monday November 22. To find your local drop off location go to http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/Drop_Off_Locations/ and inter your zip code...

City Councilman Donald R. Strohmeyer is the first candidate to file for mayor of Cape Girardeau; his filing is followed by Southeast Missouri State University senior Ken Richardson and Wetterau warehouse manager B. Hugh Smith, both of whom file for a seat on the City Council...

FARRAR, Mo. -- Mildred M. Miesner, 88, of Farrar died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville, Mo. She was born July 8, 1922, at Frohna, Mo., daughter of Otto and Magdalena Mueller Burroughs. She and Theodore Miesner were married Oct. 19, 1952. He preceded her in death July 20, 2010...

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- James E. Coleson, 75, of East Prairie, formerly of Mounds, Ill., died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 28, 1935, in Mounds, to Lloyd Edgar and Ruby Bell Harp Coleson. He married Barbara S. Henderson...

June Piper, 82, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 29, 1928, in Kentucky Bend, Ky., to the late Ira Dalton and Alma Grooms Laster Sr. She lived in Mississippi County before moving to Cape Girardeau in 1965. ...

The Arena Building in Cape Girardeau played host to a trio of tribute bands Saturday night. All hailing from San Antonio, the bands were Vic Vaga, a tribute to Rod Stewart, Dirty Deeds, a tribute to AC/DC, and KISSiT, a tribute to Kiss. When the doors opened at 6 p.m., there was already a line of fans ready to hear a variety of favorites. By the time Vic Vaga took the stage, the floor seats were nearly filled...

Members of the Unseen Ghost Brigade are sharing their talents and an environmental message as they travel down the Mississippi River. Wearing handmade costumes in front of a patchwork quilt backdrop, they used music and humor as they acted out stories loosely based on historical river characters, including Mark Twain. About 100 people came Saturday afternoon to watch the free performance on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn...

A large audence gathered at the Show Me Center on Friday evening for 'Mickey's Rockin Road Show.' In all, 3,302 tickets were sold for the Disney Live event. "Disney keeps everyone a kid at heart," area resident Charla Watson said. "Seeing the sparkle in the children's eyes is what makes this show worth it."...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Good Samaritans still exist. And their efforts are still appreciated. The Missouri State Highway Patrol presented Randy R. Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau with a certificate of appreciation Thursday recognizing his efforts to aid a driver in distress. The certificate was presented by George Ridens, captain of Troop E...

Overlook Southwest Baptist before the big Ohio Valley Conference showdown? Not a chance. Southeast Missouri State cleared yet another hurdle during this historic season, posting their ninth straight win by disposing of the Division II Bearcats 40-14 in front of an announced Senior Day crowd of 5,513 at Houck Stadium...

It has not come without pain, and there promises to be more hurt ahead, but Southeast Missouri State University has identified nearly half of the cuts in its drive to slice $20 million out of the university's operating budget over the next five years...

Georgia Gene of KISS IT performs during the Kiss, AC/DC and Rod Stewart Tribute Concert held at the Arena Building on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Cape Girardeau. The bands were brought to Cape Girardeau by Paul Farwig with Midwest Productions of St. Louis, MO...

Houck Stadium and SEMO campus from the air on a perfect November day, with splashes of color from fall leaves, the green football field and red uniforms. Go to http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/fall-day-at-houck-stadium/ to compare today's scene with a similar aerial taken around 1966...

The audience attending Friday evening's performance of "Late Night Catechism" learned quickly the first rule of Sister's catechism class. Be on time. With the ushers at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus serving as accomplices, those entering the theater after the start time were directed to the stage to explain to Sister and the audience of 714 just why they were late. ...

Southeast Missouri State tailback Henry Harris is putting together a remarkable season. It got even better Saturday as he celebrated Senior Day by breaking three school records and tying two more during the Redhawks' ninth straight win, 40-14 over Division II Southwest Baptist...

Richard Bess doesn't live in Cape Girardeau, but he's close. From his yard, situated along Benton Hill Road less than a mile from the city's limits, Bess can see Saint Francis Medical Center. He can spot West Park Mall and several of the restaurants along Route K. If he squints, he can even see the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge towering in the distance...

Alice Katrina May and William Creighton Chamberlain were married Aug. 23, 2010, in New York City. The bride is the daughter of David G. and Katrina May of Darien, Conn. The groom is the son of Janet L. Chamberlain of Cape Girardeau, and the late William J. Chamberlain...

ORAN, Mo. -- Raymond and Cathy LeGrand and Sammy Shy, all of Oran, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tammy Lee Shy, to Clifton Orville Merritt, both of Cape Girardeau. He is the son of Janice Merritt of Dagsboro, Del., and the late Demmy Merritt...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Angela Womack and James McRoy of Chaffee and John Womack of St. Louis announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Danielle Womack, to Eugene Alan Ray Musgrave. He is the son of Aleshia and Anthony Musgrave of Chaffee and Trella Kelly of Malden, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Perry Rice III of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Jo "Betsy" Rice, to Matthew John Quintero, both of Columbia, Mo. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Quintero of Quincy, Ill. Rice is a 1999 graduate of Chaffee High School. ...

KELSO, Mo. -- Calvin G. and Evelyn Diebold of Kelso celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise dinner Aug. 7, 2010, at Kelso City Hall. The event was hosted by their children. The couple was married Aug. 13, 1960, at St. Ambrose Church in Chaffee, Mo., by Monsignor William Stanton...

Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Westrich of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows at a Mass Oct. 23, 2010, at St. Mary Cathedral. A dinner and reception followed at the Knights of Columbus Hall, hosted by their children...

Mr. and Mrs. James Weatherly of Cape Girardeau will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with lunch Nov. 13, 2010, at Chaumette Winery in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Hosts will be their children and spouses. Weatherly and Joann Kennedy were married Nov. 9, 1950, at Campbell, Mo., by the Rev. Esco Malin...

MONDAY--Corn dog or turkey & cheese on bun, corn, pears, vanilla wafers. TUESDAY--Cheeseburger or ham & cheese on bun, fries, grapes. WEDNESDAY--Spaghetti or turkey & cheese on bun, vegetable blend with cheese, french bread, pineapple...

Editor's note: This is the eighth in a series of articles from the Dexter Daily Statesman focusing on special needs of special children. By SCOTT KRUSE and NOREEN HYSLOP Dexter Daily Statesman In many ways it was a typical September St. Louis Cardinals home game. The Padres were in town, and Busch Stadium had that special feeling only found in the early fall. But very few in the stadium knew just how special this night was for two families in attendance...

There are thousands of kinds of ferns throughout the world, and some of them are difficult to identify. The broad beech fern is native to and common in forests of much of the eastern U.S. It is easy to identify. I found this one growing in a Scott County woods among fallen leaves. A much larger Christmas fern was growing nearby...

One day a year, Americans take a moment to pause from their busy schedules and offer thanks and gratitude to the individuals who fought to defend the nation's freedom. Larry Koehler, member of the American Legion Post 158 Honor Guard in Jackson, said he believes showing appreciation is a necessary and small gesture Americans should always remember, not only on Nov. 11, but every day...

A new brochure honoring distinguished Cape Girardeau Public Schools alumni is being distributed throughout the community. "Faces of Success" was produced by a 10-person steering committee composed of community members and district personnel. The publication profiles alumni who have brought pride to the school district through community service, professional growth, character, achievement and other factors...

Mary Null not only runs Lighthouse Outreach Ministry, she created it. With her ministries she reaches out to the abused and homeless in Southeast Missouri. Though Null created the program, she says she was not alone. "It was started by God through me," she said. Null travels around the country preaching at shelters and Living Word of Faith Fellowship churches and "just wherever I get a chance." She and some helpers with Lighthouse give food and clothing to those who need it...

Jackson resident Kyle R. Miller graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Miller completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. He is the son of Steven Miller of Jackson...

Former Oran, Mo., resident Aaron M. Baker recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Baker completed an intensive eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. ...

We drove up one hill and then down another as we indulged in another road trip. I treat myself to lots of sightseeing on these excursions while my husband mans the steering wheel. The scenery was awesome, and I discovered a sliver of reality that I had never evaluated before. Regardless of how a unit appears, it first began as a part of a whole entity...

Former Cape Girardeau resident Maj. Jon T. Robinson has recently been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Robinson is stationed at the Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb., where he works as the chief force tracker operations for U.S. strategic command and as joint functional component command for Global Strike. He is married to Cary Ellen Nall and is the father of sons, Ian and Isaac. He is the son of Nancy Nussbaum Robinson of Cape Girardeau...

Recently the McDonald's on Williams Street in Cape Girardeau teamed up with The Boys and Girls Club in Cape Girardeau for a fundraising night in which 25 percent of all sales between 4 and 8 p.m. were donated to the club. The Boys and Girls Club will use the proceeds to provide healthy snacks for students who take part in its after-school programs. ...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will offer a yoga class for participants beginning from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Osage Community Centre. The class will be in the aerobics room. Prices are $3.50 per day or $36 for a 12-session punch card. ...

In honor of breast cancer awareness month the Delta News-Citizen placed a pink newsrack outside its offices. The donated all the proceeds from the rack to ICARE, which stands for Individual Cancer Assistance Relief?Effort. ICARE is a program that provides direct assistance to local cancer patients with financial needs, and "fills a gap left open by other cancer support organizations," according to a program brochure. ...

In my church we have, appropriate to the Halloween season, been examining the issue of fear through the lens of 2 Timothy. We have been cross-examining the Scriptures as they speak to fear, loneliness, failing and death. Jesus clearly understood the controlling grasp that fear can have...

Mister is a 1-year-old tabby cat who loves nothing more than to be petted and rubbed. He is laid-back and great with children. For more information, contact the Humane Society at 334-5837. ...

Iris is a sweet, young tortoiseshell cat who is about 1 year old. She would be a wonderful addition to any home. Iris has been spayed and is up-to-date on shots. For more information, contact Safe Harbor at 243-9823. ...

Pet name: Mena, left, and one of her puppies Owner: Karen S. Belcher Favorite activity: Relaxing outside. ...

Southeast Missourians are generous people and not only with their time and money. Several times a year there are stories about local individuals -- many times children -- who cut their hair and donate it to Locks of Love, a not-for-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss...

John T. Seesing, my friend. I had many luncheons and discussed many issues with J.T. He was a great thinker, a philosopher and listener. His first rule of flying was, "If you think the weather is too bad to fly, it is." If you thought your fuel was too low, he said, "It is." Never fail to "pre-flight" check your plane... and your life. "When in doubt, check it out," was his motto...

I frequent the Jackson Hardees to check with my "advisers" about issues of varied importance. The subject of politics sometimes comes up. I remarked one day that I would rather have the people running for office explain the issues confronting us, explain where they stand and say what they would do, in detail, to rectify the situations facing our country instead of mudslinging and running down their opponents. ...

Now that the election is over, we must find a way to cut spending and stop going deeper into debt. We need our representatives to make a plan for a balanced budget and then spend less than the government receives in taxes. Many thanks to those who supported the recent 24 hour swim relay fundraiser by the Gator Swim Team. ...

O Lord, I will sing praises to you, for you have been good to me. Amen.

ZALMA, Mo. -- Tony Hunt, 82, of Zalma passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at his daughter's residence in Glenallen, Mo. He was born March 1, 1928, at Biehle, Mo., son of August J. and Alice McCormick. He and Betty C. Choate were married Sept. 24, 1949, and she passed away in November 1981...

Juanita M. McNeely, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 10, 1925, at Chaffee, Mo., to Clarence and Pauline Menz Heard. She and Franklin T. McNeely were married Jan. 21, 1942, at Cape Girardeau. He passed away Nov. 18, 2007...

Charles Tom Howard, 65, of Nashville, Tenn., died Nov. 1, 2010. He was a graduate of Sikeston High School in Sikeston, Mo.; received his mechanical craftsman certification from Draughon's Junior College in Nashville, Tenn; completed CAD Drafting I and II at Nashville Tech; attained the highest rank available in the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout; served his country in the armed forces as an Army Reservist from 1966 to 1970; recognized as a rifle sharpshooter and was released with an honorable discharge. ...

Gladys E. Jaco, 100, passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. She was born Jan. 18, 1910, at Burfordville, daughter of William and Mattie Francis Criddle Estes. She and Pearl Jaco were married July 5, 1930, in Perryville, Mo. He passed away July 3, 1996...

McCLURE, Ill. — James L. "Jimbo" Prater, 60, of McClure died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at his home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Charles E. Musgrave, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Michael Hayden, 56, of Millersville died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at his home. Visitation will from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Cape County Cowboy Church north of Jackson. A service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...

Daughter to Jacob Fielding Higgins and Billie Jo Montgomery-Higgins of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:48 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Name, Layla Jewel Dee. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. Third daughter. Mrs. Montgomery-Higgins is the daughter of Donna Montgomery and Dennis Gamblin of Portageville, Mo. She is employed at National Asset Recovery Services. Higgins is the son of Cherie Whitten of Matthews, Mo. He is employed at Celebrations...

Downtown Cape Girardeau's Rivertown Center, a minimall at 5 N. Main St., which has been closed for several years, will reopen this weekend under the new ownership of Delores Luton. The Veterans of Foreign Wars post here, currently named for Cape Girardeau's first World War II casualty, Lloyd Dale Clippard, will be renamed to honor veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts as well; the name will change to the Clippard-Wilson-Taylor Post, honoring Richard G. ...

The Jackson Police Department reported the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts Miscellaneous FIRE Firefighters responded to the following calls Wednesday: Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests Summonses Assaults Thefts Burglary Property damage Miscellaneous Cape Girardeau County...

Cape Girardeau Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:...

HOUSTON -- One recent day at Dr. Natalie Carroll's OB-GYN practice, inside a low-income apartment complex tucked between a gas station and a freeway, 12 pregnant black women come for consultations. Some bring their children or their mothers. Only one brings a husband...

NEW YORK -- The world will soon be hearing a lot from former president George W. Bush. After relative silence since leaving office in 2009, Bush will be on the air throughout next week and beyond in promotion of his memoir, "Decision Points," which comes out Tuesday. ...

ROME -- Michael Seifert, a former Nazi SS prison guard known as "the beast of Bolzano" for his cruelty, died Saturday in an Italian hospital at age 86, officials said. The Ukrainian-born Seifert was serving a life sentence at the Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison in southern Italy. He died in the nearby Caserta hospital, according to officials at the hospital and at the prison...

SWIEBODZIN, Poland -- A gigantic statue of Jesus that Poles claim is the world's largest rose above a small town Saturday, as the dream of a local priest finally came to pass. The white statue with outstretched arms and golden crown rising above the western Polish plains in Swiebodzin provides competition to Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- As the fall season brings cool weather and the first freeze, most of us have little to do in the garden other than raking leaves and cleaning up the gardening tools for winter storage. But for Brian Rosenthal of St. Joseph, it means digging up his 14-, 16- and 17-foot banana plants, wrapping them up with a plastic sheet and dragging them to the basement...

WASHINGTON -- Western officials are crediting a Saudi intelligence tip they received in early October, nearly three weeks before terrorists in Yemen managed to smuggle mail bombs onto airplanes, with heading off what could have been a series of catastrophic explosions aboard jetliners...

BENTON, Mo. -- Two Scott County towns have applied for more than half a million dollars in grant funding through the Missouri Department of Transportation, aimed to improve their sidewalks. During Thursday's Scott County Commission meeting, County Developer Joel Evans reported that submissions on behalf of Benton and Chaffee are complete...

GRAYRIDGE, Mo. -- A planned Stoddard County agriculture facility is among 10 operations in the state to be awarded project funding to assist them in converting their agriculture commodities and by-products into more valuable end products. Stoddard County Oilseed Crushing in Grayridge has been awarded $159,500 for a business plan, financials, facility design and prospectus development and distribution for a biodiesel crush facility...

Jill Clayburgh, the sophisticated Hollywood and Broadway actress known for portrayals of empowered women in a career spanning five decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated role of a divorcee exploring life after marriage in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman," has died. She was 66...

The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge in Cape Girardeau will be reduced to one lane while Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform routine bridge maintenance. Weather permitting, work will be performed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. MoDOT will also reduce Route E in Bollinger County to one lane while crews perform pavement repairs...

MUMBAI, India -- Searching for help half a world away, President Barack Obama on Saturday embraced India as the next job-creating giant for hurting Americans, not a cheap-labor rival that outsources opportunity from the United States. Fresh off a political trouncing at home, Obama was determined to show tangible, economic results on his long Asia trip. ...

The Town & Country FCE Club held their international dinner on Nigeria on Oct. 14 at the home of Sue Jones. Linda Thompson, Mary Klaproth and Jones were on the planning committee. Jones made program books for the attendees, which included some history, maps, and recipes of Nigeria...

Carson Miles shot a 107 on Saturday to lead the boys 10- and 11-year olds division at the Plantation Junior golf tournament at Dalhousie Golf Club. Advance's Spence Lorch sits sixth in the boys 12- and 13-year olds division after shooting a 153. Cape Girardeau's Gunnar Knudtson shot an 82 to sit in sixth place in the boys 16- to 19-year olds division, while Corey Connell of Cape Girardeau carded an 83, good enough for seventh in the division...

All the news from the weekend in the world of Southeast Missouri State athletics

It was the Leon Powell show at the Show Me Center on Saturday night. None of Powell's statistics will count, but Southeast Missouri State basketball fans hope what the junior forward did is a sign of things to come. Powell, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, poured in 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Redhawks opened their two-game exhibition schedule by beating Ouachita Baptist 80-71...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- On the back of the purple Notre Dame cross country team shirts is a simple message, written in white. "We > Me." It's a mantra the team has embraced and one that seemed appropriate at Saturday's Class 3 state cross country meet at Oak Hill Golf Center...

Dickerson and Parry both earned all-state recognition

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Scott City junior Brandon Shemonia came up just a little short for the second year in a row. Shemonia took second place in the Class 2 state cross country meet Saturday at Oak Hill Golf Center, finishing with a time of 16 minutes, 17.40 seconds, 10 seconds behind first-place finisher senior Drew Keefer from Kansas City St. Pius...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kate Edwards shouted from her middle position, shouted for the ball and the set she wanted with her team holding a slim lead in the third and deciding game of the Class 3 third-place game. She got it -- a quick, short set just above the net -- and she killed it, just as she often did for Notre Dame in the match...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Notre Dame volleyball team's second consecutive trip to the Class 3 final four didn't get off to a winning start Friday, but it was an optimistic one. The Bulldogs hung with O'Hara, which eventually won a fourth consecutive state title Saturday, before dropping the first game of pool play 25-19...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When Notre Dame setter Ashley Humphrey found out that she and her teammates would be facing Logan-Rogersville for a second consecutive year in the Class 3 third-place match, she knew what she wanted to leave Kansas City and the final four with...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One year after the Oak Ridge boys team captured second place in Class 1, the Oak Ridge girls enjoyed a strong showing Saturday. Freshman McKenzie Elam finished fourth with a time of 21 minutes, 12.86 seconds, and sophomore Carlie Bolen captured ninth place (21:48.38). The pair helped power Oak Ridge to a sixth-place team finish...

Cynthia Kramer of St. Louis credits a clinical trial with saving her life and inspiring her to raise awareness of the importance of science and technology innovations. Kramer, who founded SCOPE, Science and Citizens Organized for Purpose and Exploration, spoke to business leaders at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee at the Show Me Center...

Daylight saving time ended at 2 a.m. today. If you haven't already, turn your clocks back one hour. Daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The dates were established by Congress in 2005. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use daylight saving time. Indiana adopted its use beginning in 2006...

Central senior Keilon Moore can't wait for the opportunity to prove Week 9 was an aberration. The Tigers' leading rusher only managed 3 yards on six attempts the last time Central faced Sikeston. "I think it means something to my team that I get out there and prove that I can run the ball and do what they need me to do," Moore said...

The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for all of Southeast Missouri today due to high fire danger. The warning is in effect until 6 p.m. Low humidity and winds between 10 and 20 miles per hour have created an elevated risk of fire across the region, the weather service said in its warning. The warning means that outdoor burning is discouraged...

The Central Junior High School Stage Choir will present "Showstoppers Tonight!," a dinner showcase featuring the 150-member stage choir and spotlighting "Starz on the Rise." The musical theater troupe presented "Sing, America, Sing!", a musical variety show this past summer...

Are you a landowner who feels hunters are trespassing on your land in order to find their kills? Or are you a hunter who tries to go out of your way to stay off private land when hunting? Southeast Missourian reporter Erin Hevern would like to talk to you for an upcoming story. Contact Erin at ehevern@semissourian.com or 388-3635...

A magnitude-2.8 temblor struck near Cape Girardeau at 7:11 p.m. Sunday. According to the U.S. Geological Survey's website, the epicenter of the temblor was 15 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau and was at a depth of 8.8 miles. The website received reports from people as far away as St. Louis and Memphis, Tenn., feeling the tremor

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perry County School District has quantifiable proof that character counts. Its Character Education Program, based on the idea that good character builds a foundation for all success, has a distinguished reputation. More important, administrators say, is the difference the initiative is making in academic performance and in the mindset of students...

Anyone who works with Brad Dillow, a battalion chief with the Cape Girardeau Fire Department, knows the man thrives on staying busy and on new experiences. Dillow, a native of Anna, Ill., has served with the Cape Girardeau department for 15 years but is also a full-time firefighter with the Jackson department. ...

The results of a countywide senior assessment survey issued by the United Way and the Community Caring Council show that many senior citizens in Cape Girardeau County are leading active, independent lives. John McGowan, director of community impact for the United Way of Southeast Missouri, said that not only were most of the seniors surveyed still living on their own but that they were away from home almost every day...

Kohl's Department Store in Cape Girardeau recently donated $20,090 to the Kohl's Youth Diabetes Care Network, a service of Southeast Diabetes Center. At the check presentation, from left, are Southeast endocrinologist Wu Wen, MD, PhD; registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Mary Etta Dunaway, RD, LD, CDE; Mary Burton-Hitt, executive director of the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation; Kohl's store manager David Bortner; Kohl's sales associate Margaret Fields; and registered nurse and certified diabetes educator Janet Stewart, MSA, BSN, RNC, CDE. ...

This cat belongs to my mom (Anna Hudson) and sister (Bonnie Hudson). Hampton loves to sit in the window and peek out from between the curtains. I call him the Curtain Cat!

This cat belongs to my neighbor Terry and Sharon Pingel. She is a very pretty cat. When you ask this cat where her treats are she goes to the cabinet door and puts her paw on it to let you know they are in there. Cute!

This cat belongs to my neighbor, Ruth Jordan. She has such beautiful blue eyes and is very friendly when she gets to know you.

2nd photo taken right after 2.8 on Sunday 11-7-2010

Photo taken shortly after 2.8 on Sunday

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Soldiers from the Missouri National Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion took to the firing ranges during the battalion's most recent monthly drill. Six units participated in the qualifications: the 1140th Forward Support Company and the 1140th Headquarters Company in Cape Girardeau, the 880th Engineer Team in Perryville, the 220th Engineer Company in Festus, the 1138th Engineer Sapper Company in Farmington and Fredericktown, and the 1438th Multi-Role Bridge Company in Macon and Kirksville.. ...

Photo by Elaine Rohde Photography

Registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Anita Smith (right), RD, LD, CDE, of the Southeast Diabetes Center discusses nutrition with Sharon Welker of Cape Girardeau and her granddaughter, Ryleigh Welker. The Welkers and other shoppers participated in the Amazing Race at Kohl's on Saturday, Nov. ...

A new local project is shedding light on the hidden talents of some remarkable individuals. These talents will be showcased during a December presentation of "A Christmas Carol," performed by 47 developmentally disabled adults. The performers are part of Project Stage Light, a new program created to provide cultural arts opportunities for children and adults with special needs. ...

Some members of Notre Dame High School's drama groups, Backstage Blue and Thespian Honor Society deliver 3300 pounds of food to Sr. Lucille at the Catholic Social Ministry Food Pantry. Food was contributed by Notre Dame students on October 28. Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat(TOTS) is a national food drive hosted by the International Thespian Society...

The cast of Notre Dame's The Curious Savage, first dress rehearsal. Photo by Dan Williams

I took this photo at the Amidon Nature Area, also known as "Pink Rocks". The sunlight reflecting on the surface of the stream looked like molten gold rippling over the rocks.

Operation Christmas Child ~ National Collection Week The Genesis 54' trailer arrived today at St. Andrew! We're ready to hang the banner, and open the Relay Center doors on Monday, November 15th at 10:00 a.m. Please help us fill the donated trailer with shoe box gifts for children living in desperate situations around the world!...

Girl Scouts having fun after working on a badge using maps and compasses on the trails at Cape County Park.

The risk of wildfire is currently high in Southeast Missouri, according to Missouri Department of Conservation foresters.According to Joe Garvey, forestry supervisor for the department's Southeast Region, fire dangers are up due to dry weather throughout October, low humidity and a plentiful fire fuel supply such as drying grasses, leaves and storm debris that remains in wooded areas throughout southern Missouri. Garvey urged residents and campers to refrain from burning leaves and trash outdoors and to report any suspicious activity that might be connected with arson fires...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Cynthia Bowman of Ellsinore, Mo., to the position of Butler County circuit clerk. Bowman was elected as circuit clerk Nov. 2 for a term that begins in January. She will step in immediately to fill the remainder of the term of Emily Parks, who resigned to become director of development at Three Rivers Community College...

Although a number of Missouri cities have committed to curbing methamphetamine use and production this year, the state is still likely to lead the nation again for the most lab seizures. It would be Missouri's 10th straight year to record the highest number of meth labs. Statistics collected from law enforcement agencies in the state through September show Missouri has more than 1,400 methamphetamine lab seizures already recorded, up 8 percent from the same period in 2009...

Cape Girardeau lost two great men recently in Leo Kohlfeld and J.T. Seesing. Leo Kohlfeld was the founder of Kohlfeld Distributing in Jackson. After working his way up in the William B. Schott Distributing company, Kohlfeld bought the distributor. One of his business accomplishments was building the popularity of the Stag beer brand in Southeast Missouri. ...

You, O Lord, are a shield around me, the one who lifts my head high. Amen.

BAGHDAD -- The walls were still splattered with blood and pieces of flesh as Iraqi Christians celebrated Mass on Sunday in the church that just a week before had been the scene of a horrific bloodbath in which dozens died. Parishioners holding candles and wearing black gathered in Baghdad's Our Lady of Salvation church, which had been stripped bare of pews and still bore bullet holes along its walls, while overhead the chandeliers and ceilings were stained with blood...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's secretive military-ruled government gave no sign Monday of when results from the country's first election in two decades would be released, though it's almost certain power will remain in the hands of the junta and its political proxies...

DANNENBERG, Germany -- Activists rappelled down from a high bridge, broke through police lines and chained themselves to German train tracks Sunday, trying to halt a shipment of nuclear waste as they protested Chancellor Angela Merkel's plans to keep using nuclear energy...

JERUSALEM -- A string of Israeli governments has helped cement the Jewish presence in Arab areas of Jerusalem by selling or leasing property to settler groups at bargain prices, court documents released Sunday show. The establishment of these Jewish enclaves appears meant to make partition of Jerusalem along ethnic lines -- generally seen as a key aspect of any future peace deal -- exceedingly difficult...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Like children before Christmas, Missouri business groups are compiling their wish lists following an election that gave Republicans their largest legislative majorities in about a century. Incoming Republican leaders have made businesses the top priority for the legislative session that begins Jan. 5...

Michael L. Hayden, 56, passed away Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at his home in Millersville. He was born Oct. 21, 1954, in Perryville, Mo., to the late Aloysius "Wish" and Lucille Hoffman Hayden. He and Lori Girman were married May 14, 1982. Mike worked with the McDowell family 20 years as a sales manager at both McDowell Ford in Perryville and McDowell South in Jackson. He was a member of the Cape County Cowboy Church...

Morris Lee Carwile, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, in Jackson. He was born Aug. 28, 1950, in Los Angeles, the son of Cecil and Louise Banning Carwile. Morris was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971...

McCLURE, Ill. -- James L. "Jimbo" Prater, 60, of McClure, died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 at his home. He was born Sept. 20, 1950, in Gale, Ill., to Herbert and Ollie Elizabeth Busby Prater. He and Kathryn Deanne Groves were married July of 1969 in Jackson. She preceded him in death Aug. 25, 1990...

Elmer Emerson Palsgrove Jr., 93, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery...

Esther Macke, 100, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Pocahontas, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas...

ANNA, Ill. -- Lois V. Brasel, 74, of Anna died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born June 18, 1936, in Saratoga, Ill., the daughter of Louie and Gladys Haire Smith. She married Ray Brasel on Jan. 1, 1954 at the Bethel Baptist Church in Cobden, Ill...

Charles E. Musgraves, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating...

Russell Carl "Butch" Eldridge Jr., of DesArc, Mo., formerly of Glenallen, Mo., died Nov. 4, 2010, at Ironton, Mo. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with burial to follow at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Bobbie Jean Pearce, 84, of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 at the Monticello House in Jackson. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Gary Wayne Howdeshell, 68, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. Services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel with the Rev. Brett Randall officiating...

The Cape Girardeau City Council has turned down a request by Saint Francis Medical Center officials for a variance to the plumbing code that would have allowed the hospital to construct its planned outpatient service building over an existing clay sewer pipe...

Locals who've launched -- that is, started their own successful business -- and Brenda Warner, wife of former NFL star Kurt Warner, will be highlights of the Southeast Missouri State University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 15 to 20. A series of business-focused presentations will be given each day during the week on a variety of topics, including agriculture entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in the arts...

The upcoming holiday season is a time of joy and giving for many people, but its an extremely busy time of the year for the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, executive director Karen Green said. Her job is both a personal challenge and a God-given privilege, she said...

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrests Summonses Thefts Burglary Miscellaneous...

NEW YORK -- Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust have until the end of today to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately pay them as much as $815 million...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republicans don't just control much of the electoral map. In some cases, they now have the power to redraw it. Overwhelming victories in statehouses and governors' races across the country last week have placed the GOP in command of redrawing both congressional and legislative districts to conform with census results. ...

WASHINGTON -- Resurgent Republicans rallied Sunday behind an agenda based on opposition to the Obama White House and federal spending, laying the groundwork for gridlock until their 2012 goal: a new president, a "better Senate" and ridding the country of that health care law...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates is encouraging Congress to act before year's end to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. It's a position shared by his boss, the president. But his new Marine commandant thinks otherwise and the Senate has not yet taken action, setting up yet another hurdle for gay activists who see their window quickly closing. ...

Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following information. Arrests do not imply guilt. Assault Theft Miscellaneous...

The Southeast Missouri State football team and its fans finally can focus their full attention on Jacksonville State. And you can bet the Redhawks will have JSU's full attention, especially after what happened Saturday. The Gamecocks no doubt will be stinging from their upset loss at Eastern Kentucky that denied them a chance at an outright Ohio Valley Conference championship...

The senior leads the team in interceptions, returns punts and kickoffs, and provides a breather for the starting running backs

The Redhawks basketball team looks to tighten its defense against Bethel

St. Louis blanked the Rangers 2-0 behind the goaltending of Ty Conklin

People on the move

NEW YORK -- Layaway, once the province of the poor, has gone mainstream. At the Mall of America in Minnesota, shoppers dart in for just one or two things. In New York, socialites do the unthinkable: They wear the same ball gown twice. During the Great Recession, people made drastic changes in how they spent their money. They stopped treating credit cards as cash. They learned to save and learned to wait...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Larry D. White, of Olive Branch died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Delta Junior & Senior High School A Honor Roll 7th grade: Erin Bond, Jamie Hodge, Levi Kirkpatrick, Justin Lawson, Katie Nance, Lydia Reitzel, Kaitlyn Shallow, Austin White. 8th grade: Caleb Amelunke, Ciara Coomer, Taylor Cotton, Jesse Criddle, Danielle Helderman, Shantel Hendrix, Daniel Hester, Courtney Keys, Meagan Parker, Amy Russell...

Oran Junior & Senior High 12th grade: Abbey Anderson, Brittany Blankenship, Zac Chasteen, Levi Dennis, Bethany Essner, Haley Glastetter, Joseph Green, Cheyanne King, Reece Mangels, Kathleen Mansker, Nathan Michelsen, Jon Morrow, Jennifer Rasnic, Preston Scherer, Shelbie Seyer, Roxanne Walter, Halle Woodfin, Anthony Yates, Amanda Young...

It's late Friday afternoon, and Charlie Kruse is ready to be home. The president of the Missouri Farm Bureau has been in Washington, D.C., for several days for business meetings. If he had flown from D.C. into St. Louis, he'd still be stuck in rush-hour traffic, facing a 130-mile drive to his Dexter home...