-
U.S. consumers lose confidence as fiscal cliff nears
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumers peering over the "fiscal cliff" don't like what they see. Fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week sent consumer confidence tumbling in December to its lowest level since August...
-
Jackson youth dies from UTV wreck injuries
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
Parker King, a 10-year-old Jackson boy who was ejected from an utility vehicle Friday, died from his injuries Wednesday afternoon at a St. Louis hospital, authorities confirmed Thursday. Parker was hospitalized at St. Louis Children's Hospital, according to Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton. ...
-
Mississippi River drops, threatening barge traffic
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
ST. LOUIS -- The Mississippi River level is dropping again, and barge industry trade groups warned Thursday that river commerce essentially could come to a halt as early as next week in an area south of St. Louis. Mike Petersen of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said ice on the northern Mississippi River is reducing the flow more than expected at the middle part of the river that already is at a low-water point unseen in decades, the result of months of drought....
-
Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end "fiscal cliff" were still in disarray as lawmakers returned to the Capitol to confront the tax-and-spend crisis. A tone-setting quotation was Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's assertion that the House under Republican Speaker John Boehner had been "operating with a dictatorship."...
-
Christmas Tournament: Chaffee advances in consolation bracket with win over Meadow Heights
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Chaffee rolled past Meadow Heights 67-30 to advance to the consolation semifinals.
-
Christmas Tournament: Woodland comes from behind to eliminate Kelly
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
The Cardinals broke a 10-year Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament winless drought with a 55-45 victory over Kelly.
-
Christmas Tournament: Seyer's nine 3-pointers lead Oak Ridge past Bell City
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Senior Hunter Seyer scored 29 points in the Blue Jays 77-37 win.
-
Christmas Morning
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/28/12)
Trenton serenades the family on his new guitar.
-
All Wrapped Up
(Submitted Story ~ 12/28/12)
At Southeast Hospital, the best Christmas gifts are decked out in bright red flannel, white "fur" trimmed stockings. They are the December newborns in the Hospital's Obstetrics unit. Southeast has been sending home December birthday babies with a special Christmas stocking for more than 30 years. ...
-
Federal judge allows KKK to leaflet in eastern Mo.
(State News ~ 12/28/12)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Ku Klux Klan group has won a preliminary injunction allowing it to pass out literature in the streets in an eastern Missouri city A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Traditionalist American Knights of the KKK were likely to prevail in their challenge to a Desloge (duh LOHZH) ordinance banning people from soliciting in the streets. The Klan claimed the ordinance violated its First Amendment right to free speech...
-
Christmas Tournament: Scott City rolls in consolation bracket win over Delta
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Scott City used its height advantage inside to coast to a 65-33 victory over Delta on Friday in a consolation quarterfinal of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.
-
Christmas Tournament: Notre Dame withstands Leopold's rally to make semifinals
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Even with a 12-point lead late in the third period, Notre Dame coach Kevin Roberts never quite felt comfortable. And with good reason. Leopold had one heck of a rally left in it. The Wildcats twice took one-point leads in the final period, but the Bulldogs withstood the rally and hung on for a hard-fought 63-58 victory in a Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament championship quarterfinal at the Show Me Center...
-
Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under way
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders took a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly prevent sweeping spending cuts as well...
-
snow<3
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/28/12)
I took this photo outside of my house in Scott City and loved the way the snow became the center focus with the tree in the background as a nice touch.
-
Grandson on new ATV in first snowfall
(Submitted Photo ~ 12/28/12)
Our grandson,Tristan Leggett, wanted to try his new ATV in the snow.
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
Today is Friday, Dec. 28, the 363rd day of 2012. There are three days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 28, 1912, San Francisco's Municipal Railway began operations with Mayor James Rolph Jr. at the controls of Streetcar No. 1 as 50,000 spectators looked on...
-
Putin to sign anti-U.S. adoptions bill
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign a bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, while the Kremlin's children's rights advocate recommended extending the ban to the rest of the world. The bill is part of the country's increasingly confrontational stance with the West and has angered some Russians who argue it victimizes children to make a political point...
-
Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
RAANANA, Israel -- The charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ahead of Jan. 22 elections. If the trend continues, the high-tech millionaire and former commando could emerge as a powerful voice opposing Palestinian statehood...
-
China clamps down on Internet
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
BEIJING -- China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses. The measures suggest Xi Jinping, and others who took power in November, share their predecessors' anxiety about the Internet's potential to spread opposition to one-party rule and their insistence on controlling information despite promises of more economic reforms...
-
U.S. jobless aid applications fall to 5-year low
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON -- The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 in the week ended Dec. 22. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to a nearly five-year low of 356,750...
-
A generous community
(Editorial ~ 12/28/12)
It is traditional to make charitable gifts near the end of the year, especially in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and before the Dec. 31 deadline for tax purposes. There is something about the spirit of the religious overtones of the season. And maybe the tax man spurs some of the generous giving...
-
Random act of kindness
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/28/12)
When is the last time we took a moment to do a random act of kindness for another person? These acts don't have to cost us money or time even. Sometimes looking up from our busy day and offering up a smile to a random stranger can mean the world and change their whole day...
-
Looks like a storm is coming ... or maybe not
(Column ~ 12/28/12)
Weather forecasting has come a long way since my childhood on Killough Valley in the Ozarks over yonder. I guess. Forecasting is a lot fancier these days, what with computer models and dazzling electronic displays of radar showing a tornado heading for your house...
-
Wreck leaves Chaffee teen seriously hurt
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
A 14-year-old Chaffee, Mo., boy was listed in serious condition at a Cape Girardeau hospital Thursday after the car he was riding in ran off the road and into a ditch, police said. Ronnie H. Woods, an eighth-grader at Chaffee Junior High School, was taken to Saint Francis Medical Center after the 11:15 a.m. wreck on Highway 77, about four miles south of Chaffee, according to a preliminary report by the Missouri State Highway Patrol...
-
Egypt's opposition leaders under investigation
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
CAIRO -- Egypt's chief prosecutor ordered an investigation Thursday into allegations that opposition leaders committed treason by inciting supporters to overthrow Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The probe by a Morsi-appointed prosecutor was launched a day after the president called for a dialogue with the opposition to heal rifts opened in the bitter fight over an Islamist-drafted constitution just approved in a referendum. ...
-
Mandela close to medical care at home
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
JOHANNESBURG -- Doctors treating former South African leader Nelson Mandela believe he should remain in Johannesburg for now to be close to medical facilities that can provide care to the 94-year-old, the government said Thursday. Mandela left a hospital Wednesday evening after nearly three weeks of treatment there, and was brought to his home in the Johannesburg neighborhood of Houghton. ...
-
Pony back with Austrian circus after Christmas kidnap
(International News ~ 12/28/12)
VIENNA -- A tiny pony is back at its Austrian circus home more than a week after apparently being kidnapped by a woman who wanted to give her sick daughter a Christmas surprise. Fridolin the pony, who is only about 2 feet tall, went missing from the Vienna Christmas Circus early last week. He was found near a Vienna bus stop Wednesday...
-
Obama invites congressional leaders to seek 'cliff' compromise
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House today in search of a compromise to avoid a year-end "fiscal cliff" of across-the-board tax increases and deep spending cuts. The development capped a day of urgency in which Obama returned early from a Hawaiian vacation while lawmakers snarled across a partisan divide over responsibility for gridlock on key pocketbook issues. ...
-
Storm leaves behind deaths, outages
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
CONCORD, N.H. -- A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on Thursday, trapping airliners in snow or mud and frustrating travelers still trying to return home after Christmas...
-
College student's turtle project takes dark twist
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls of some humans. Weaver put a realistic rubber turtle in the middle of a lane on a busy road near campus. He then got out of the way and watched over the next hour as seven drivers swerved and deliberately ran over the animal. Several more apparently tried to hit it but missed...
-
Chief of staff: Former president George H.W. Bush getting excellent treatment
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
HOUSTON -- Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized for more than a month, is getting excellent medical treatment and would advise people to "put the harps back in the closet," his longtime Houston chief of staff said Thursday evening...
-
Stores look to week after Christmas for sales
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
Bargain-hungry Americans will need to go on a post-Christmas spending binge to salvage this holiday shopping season. Despite the huge discounts and other incentives that stores offered leading up to Christmas, U.S. holiday sales so far this year have been the weakest since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession...
-
Perryville woman arrested on drug-distribution charges
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
PERRYVILLE, Mo., -- A 24-year-old Perryville woman has been arrested on charges of selling 10 Valium pills to a police informant in June while caring for two children, including one in a stroller. Joanna N. Cummings was arrested Monday on an outstanding warrant for felony drug distribution, according to a news release from the Perry County Sheriff's Department. ...
-
Marble Hill man accused in sexual assault of teen
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- He sometimes would bring her presents after sexually assaulting her, the 14-year-old girl later told police. She specifically mentioned two blankets and a pair of pajama pants. One time, the girl said, he threatened to hurt her father if she told anyone about what happened -- in the barn, just before her sister's birthday party, and the night he crept into her bedroom...
-
A year for enduring POP CULTURE ICONS to shine
(Entertainment ~ 12/28/12)
NEW YORK -- Marilyn Monroe. The Rolling Stones. And Bond -- James Bond. What do they have in common? Sure, one's long gone, and one's fictional. But each marked a golden anniversary in 2012. And after a half-century in our pop-culture consciousness, they each displayed a surprisingly enduring appeal...
-
Out of the past 12/28/12
(Out of the Past ~ 12/28/12)
Cape Girardeau County Clerk Rodney Miller says a federal judge's ruling last week challenging the legality of the punch-card-voting system won't have an immediate impact on the county; Miller believes the appeals ruling will be overturned. The National Weather Service predicts the Mississippi River here will crest Wednesday night about one and one-half feet below the 32-foot flood stage; the river here has risen more than 10 feet during the past 11 days as a result of extensive rain in central and southern Missouri.. ...
-
Prayer 12-28
(Prayer ~ 12/28/12)
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that by grace we are saved through faith in you. Amen.
-
Speak Out 12/28/12
(Speak Out ~ 12/28/12)
With what happened in Michigan, it is now crystal clear that the price we are paying for "free" trade and globalization is a return to cheap labor and the end of the possibility that working men and women may, through diligence and the sweat of their brow, be upwardly mobile and remain in or make it into the middle class. In fact, the opposite will occur, with once-middle-class workers being reduced to little more than wage slaves...
-
Cape Girardeau fire report 12/28/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/28/12)
Firefighters responded to the following calls Tuesday:...
-
Cape Girardeau police report 12/28/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/28/12)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests...
-
Irma Ward
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
Irma J. Ward, 89, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at her home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 23, 1923, in Piggott, Ark., to Ernest and Maudie Langley Greene. She and Robert Ward were married in Arkansas in 1947. Robert preceded her in death in 2001...
-
Billy Thurlkill
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
Billy Ray Thurlkill, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. He was born Feb. 26, 1941, in Gilmer, Texas, son of the late William and Virginia Thurlkill. He and Sally Ann Randol were married Oct. 23, 1970, in Cape Girardeau. Billy was a side boom operator on pipelines, including the Great Alaskan pipeline, and in Saudi Arabia. He worked for RB Potashnick Construction Co. and freelanced across the country...
-
Bertha Seyer
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
On Dec. 27, 2012, Bertha G. Seyer, 75, of Oak Ridge was called home by our heavenly father. She was born March 11, 1937, in Uniontown, Mo., to John and Bridget Erzfeld Meyer. She and Andrew J. "Junior" Seyer were married July 2, 1960, at St. Joseph Catholic Church at Apple Creek, Mo...
-
Parker King
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
Parker J. King gained his angel wings Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Parker, 10, of Jackson sustained injuries in a UTV accident Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, and was a patient at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born July 10, 2002, in Cape Girardeau to James C. and Robin Reisenbichler King. He was baptized Aug. 11, 2002, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson and was a lifelong student of St. Paul Lutheran School...
-
Kimberly King
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
Kimberly "Kim" King, 53, of Jackson, formerly of Delta, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Mo. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...
-
Penelope Hicks
(Obituary ~ 12/28/12)
ANNA, Ill. -- Penelope J. "Penny" Hicks, 65, of Anna died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at the Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service Saturday at the Rendleman and Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro, Ill...
-
ARTifacts 12/28/12
(Entertainment ~ 12/28/12)
The Southeast Missouri Arts Council, 32 N. Main St., has announced the 2012 candidates for the annual Otto F. Dingeldein and Friend of the Arts awards. Nominees for the Dingeldein Award are Jeanie Eddleman, Don Greenwood and Dr. John Shelton. The award, established in 1975, honors individuals whose artistic achievements have had a considerable affect on the cultural enrichment of the Cape Girardeau community. ...
-
Redhawks roll into OVC play
(College Sports ~ 12/28/12)
The Southeast Missouri State men's basketball team has done plenty to please fourth-year coach Dickey Nutt so far this season. Southeast, at 8-6, has clinched its first nonconference winning record since the 2003-04 season and also has its most nonconference victories since the 2000-01 squad went 10-4 in nonleague play...
-
Jackson police report 12/28/12
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/28/12)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous * A peace disturbance was reported in the 600 block of Randy Drive.
-
Jackson's last hurrah?
(Professional Sports ~ 12/28/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Running back Steven Jackson will have the option to explore free agency after the season, raising the question of whether Sunday's finale at Seattle will be his final game in a St. Louis Rams uniform. Jackson intimated Thursday that he might retire at the end of this season. Though he laughed as he said it, the 29-year-old running back didn't retreat from the idea when asked how serious he was about the possibility...
-
Christmas Tournament: Jackson turns back Kelly
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Kelly's hopes of a potential upset hinged on the Hawks playing to near perfection and Jackson being off its game. Just the opposite happened, which made for a massive blowout to open Thursday's evening session on the first day of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament...
-
Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament notebook
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Scott County Central coach Frank Staple has tried to ease Otto Porter's little brother into varsity basketball. Jeffery Porter recently began playing with the varsity on a regular basis, and the 5-foot-10 freshman made his Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament debut Thursday...
-
Christmas Tournament: Advance rallies to beat Chaffee
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Advance's Ethan Barr scored 21 of his game-high 29 points in the second half to lead the Hornet past Chaffee 66-45.
-
Christmas Tournament: Oran makes big early lead stand up in win over Scott City
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
The seedings pointed to a tight game while the recent meeting suggested a decisive victory. Recent meeting won out. Eighth-seeded Oran posted its second win by double figures over ninth-seeded Scott City in less than three weeks, 68-56 in Thursday's final opening-round game of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament...
-
Christmas Tournament: Leopold thwarts Oak Ridge's upset bid
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
The fired-up Wildcats remained undefeated by defeating Oak Ridge 69-34.
-
Best Bet: Thomas Nast Christmas Celebration
(Entertainment ~ 12/28/12)
The Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill, Mo., is hosting a Thomas Nast Christmas celebration, noon to 4:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday. Nast is credited with creating the popular image of Santa Claus. Nast's illustrations, hand-carved ornaments and more will be on display through Jan. 6. In case of snow, the museum may be closed, so call ahead to check, 573-238-1174. The cost is $2 for adults and $1 for 18 and younger...
-
'Rescue Me' singer Fontella Bass dies
(Entertainment ~ 12/28/12)
ST. LOUIS -- Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago, her daughter, Neuka Mitchell, said. Bass also had suffered a series of strokes in the past seven years...
-
Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday...
-
Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78
(National News ~ 12/28/12)
WASHINGTON -- Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces from Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies during the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78...
-
Some local spots to ring in 2013 on a high note
(Entertainment ~ 12/28/12)
Sure, New Year's Eve is on a Monday this year. But the good news is most of us won't have to work on Tuesday, so hangovers and/or lack of sleep shouldn't reduce workforce production too much. So, for you revelers who want to stay close to home, here is a listing of local New Year's Eve parties as submitted to our SemoEvents calendar...
-
High school roundup: Perryville girls fall in tournament opener
(High School Sports ~ 12/28/12)
Viburnum rallied for a 66-49 victory Thursday over Perryville in the Lady Raiders Christmas Tournament in Bonne Terre, Mo. VIBURNUM (66) -- Hannah Adams 21, Morgan Martin 6, Avery Gibbs 2, Ashlynn Boyer 10, Sophia Morton 7, Katie Halbert 10, Lindsey Pratt 2, Emily Parker 8. FG: 26, FT: 12-25, F: 16. (3-pointers: Morton 2. Fouled out: None)...
-
Jefferson building demolition begins today
(Local News ~ 12/28/12)
Cape Girardeau's oldest school building soon won't be standing anymore. A demolition permit was issued Thursday for the old Jefferson Elementary School. The two-story brick and stone building has occupied the corner of Jefferson and Ellis streets since 1904. At one time it served as a segue for black students to begin attending the same schools as white students in Cape Girardeau...
-
Mo. Republicans to tackle workers' compensation, again
(State News ~ 12/28/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Gunter sued his former employer, claiming its negligence subjected him to asbestos particles that eventually led to his illness. ...
Stories from Friday, December 28, 2012
Browse other days