Stories from Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Benton office of Beacon Health Center will open Wednesday, November 9, 2011 offering primary health care services to area residents. The clinic will be staffed by nurse practitioners, Kathy Blevins, Paul Mackey, and Debbie DeLaCruz. Office hours are 8:30a - 5:00pm Monday thru Friday by appointment or walk in. For more information or to schedule an appointment call 573/545-3565 or 573/332-1900. The clinic accepts Medicare, Medicaid, insurance and self pay...

The Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Missouri Society of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars is offering a $1000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person and or persons that vandalized the Confederate Monument on the lawn of the Courthouse in Cape Girardeau on or about October 11th...

Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2011. There are 56 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday local time. Clocks move back one hour. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 5, 1911, aviator Calbraith P. Rodgers arrived in Pasadena, Calif., completing the first transcontinental airplane trip in 49 days...

The name of an Air Force pilot from Cape Girardeau, whose plane was shot down over Vietnam and who was declared dead eight years later, will be added to the name of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps squadron at Southeast Missouri State University; on Veterans Day, Lt. Col. Robert Gregory's name will be added to the Arnold Roth Squadron of the Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold Air Society of ROTC...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Daisy Dean Guest, 76, of Cairo died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Monday at Christ Temple Church of God in Christ. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. J.L. Posey officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds, Ill...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Margaret Louise Chase, 97, of Chaffee died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee is in charge of arrangements...