Stories from Monday, May 20, 2013

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma's state medical examiner's office says a second person was killed by a tornado that leveled a central Oklahoma mobile home park. Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott on Monday identified the two people who are confirmed to have been killed during Sunday's storms as 79-year-old Glen Irish and 76-year-old Billy Hutchinson. Both men were from Shawnee...

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

ST. LOUIS -- Kyle Lohse was the St. Louis Cardinals' ace last season. Maybe they know too much about him. David Freese had an RBI in a four-run fourth inning to go with big plays at third base, and the Cardinals beat their former teammate for the third straight time with a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday...

LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department respond the scene of a mobile home fire Sunday evening at the Spring Court Mobile Home Park. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Success. That desirable word can have different meanings to different people. Sometimes, success is in the effort. But ultimately, success often is judged by results. When the Missouri Legislature adjourned its annual session this past week, the Republican majority claimed it was a successful effort -- even "historic" and "monumental" -- based on the measures they considered and approved. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Numerous Missouri lawmakers wanted to seek voter approval to boost funding for Missouri's transportation system and pay for improvements at colleges and state facilities. Neither measure made it that far. State lawmakers wrapped up their annual session Friday without passing a proposed 1-cent sales tax for transportation or a state bonding package. Both would have required voter approval had they cleared the Legislature...

BENTON, Mo. -- Two local men are behind bars after being arrested on drug charges after a narcotic investigation in Sikeston, Mo. According to Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter, Kermit Gillespie, 37, of Wyatt, Mo., and Lorenzo Robinson, 36, of Sikeston were charged with felony distribution of a controlled substance and misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia...

DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A man and a woman died in an all-terrain vehicle crash near Doniphan. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the victims as driver Gregory J. Ormsby and his passenger, Stacey L. Ormsby. Both were 42 years old and from Doniphan. They died at separate hospitals after the ATV ran off a road early Sunday on U.S. 160, 15 miles west of Doniphan...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The FBI arrested a First Midwest Bank employee Friday on suspicion of embezzling nearly $400,000 from the institution. Bank teller supervisor Leslie Ann Eastwood Kirby, 38, of Poplar Bluff turned herself in to authorities at approximately 8:30 a.m. at the Poplar Bluff Police Department...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- Two years after Morehouse Elementary closed, the former school building will once again open its doors to serve local children. This time, instead of a public elementary school, the building will serve as a children's residential care facility...

Three Rivers College will open an outreach site at Scott City High School, expanding a relationship between the high school and college. Enrollment began with a registration event last week. Scott City public schools have a long-standing relationship with the community college through dual enrollment credit courses for high school students. ...

The Cape Girardeau City Council will hold two public hearings today regarding new Community Development Block Grant applications. One project would help fund an innovative industry lab on Broadway; the other is intended to build public infrastructure to "assist a new company in locating to the city."...

An Arkansas man faces a charge of felony possession of a controlled substance inside a jail facility after a corrections officer found marijuana in his wallet, the Scott County Sheriff's Department reported. Arron McCrary, 24, of Truman, Ark., was being transferred Friday to the Scott County Jail from a correctional facility in Arkansas when a corrections officer found the marijuana during an inventory of McCrary's property, said Capt. Kenneth Kinder of the Scott County Sheriff's Department...

A large sinkhole that caused the closure of the southbound lane in the 2300 block of South Sprigg Street earlier this month still could be growing. "We're checking it every day," said Tim Gramling, director of the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department. "We're seeing cracks appearing in the pavement. If the cracks get closer to the centerline, we'll have to shut down that part of the road to traffic."...

email: mpfieldservices@yahoo.com or preservemo10@yahoo.com May14,2013 Missouri's 2013 Most Endangered Historic Places to be Announced 2013 List to Be Announced at the Henry Miller House in Bloomfield, Stoddard County Missouri Preservation will announce its list of the State's Most Endangered Historic Places for 2013 at a press conference to be held at the Henry Miller House, 106 Cape Road in Bloomfield, Missouri 63825. ...

The annual Pleasant Hill Day Celebration will be held Sunday, May 26th. Guest Speaker will be Lewis Bock. Trudy Lee will provide special music for the Worship Service at 11:00 am. Board president Joe Mathews will provide the status of current maintenance projects...

The intoxicated prisoner was concealing something under her blouse. The sheriff suspected it might be a gun. He called his wife in to help supervise as deputies searched to see what the woman was hiding. "The lady pulled it out, and it was a baby rabbit," said Laverne Schwab of Jackson, who lived at the Cape Girardeau County Jail for nearly two and a half years in the late 1940s, when her dad, Herman Sewing, served as sheriff...

Kelly's own Alan Lowe signs with Webster University in Webster Groves Missouri. Alan"s season was going amazing till sectional week when a injury occurred. Not making it to state in the 1600 but continuing in the 3200m relay was a dream for Alan. When asked what he liked bout Webster University he replied " it honestly feels like home, everyone's really nice to me and the teachers and coaches are awesome, I'm really excited bout academically and athletically achievements that are to come from there ". ...

The Perry County chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa (ADK) recently donated $365 to the Parents As Teachers Program at Perry County School District 32. They presented the check, which will be used to purchase books, on May 16. Those attending included (from left) PAT educators Mary Schremp Bonnie Welker, ADK members Debbie Cobb, Tammie Lukefahr and Kathy Scholl, and PAT educators June Moore, Shelly Prevallet, Cori Grantham and Karen Buchheit. ...

An historic sign welcoming visitors to Perryville's City Park recently had a facelift, thanks to students at Perryville Area Career and Technology Center. The 1950s-era sign was recently dedicated at the park entrance on State Street at its intersection with Robb Street. For the last 60 years, the green and white sign was located along Highway 61 near East Ste. Maries St...

Aleshia Reiss and Kyle Thieret are good sports! The two Perryville High School athletes were recently honored by the Missouri State High School Activities Association for displaying good sportsmanship. Reiss is the daughter of Warren Reiss and Angie Reiss, and Thieret is the son of Brad and Dorris Thieret...

The MCTM Regional Math Contest was held at Mineral Area College on April 6, with 13 area schools competing. Students in Grades 4-6 from Perry County Middle School attended the event. They include: 4th grade: Amari Moore, Will Pfaff, Dylan Hawkins, Sam Bachmann...

New Book Release: The Parents' and Educators' Manual of Teenage "Rebirth" Chicago, IL -- In his new instructional handbook, "The Parents' and Educators' Manual of Teenage 'Rebirth': How to Prepare Teens for Victorious Transitions into Adolescence and Beyond" (published by IUniverse), author Bruce G. Bentley helps parents and educators better prepare and guide teens through the three stages of adolescence...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Powerball ticket worth an estimated $590.5 million wasn't sold in Missouri. But two Missouri Powerball players were so close to picking all the winning numbers that that their tickets are worth $1 million each. The Missouri Lottery said one of the tickets was sold at Hartland Pit Stop in Doniphan, and the second was sold at Sam's Liquor & Convenience in St. Louis...

STEELE, Mo. -- Steele police and the Missouri State Fire Marshall are investigating a Thursday fire as arson. According to Steele police chief Joe Stanfield, at approximately 2:25 a.m., Steele fire and police departments were dispatched to a structure fire at 502 Wright Street...

Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France...

First-year Southeast Missouri State baseball coach Steve Bieser probably isn't enamored with the Redhawks' overall and Ohio Valley Conference records, which suffered during a late-season tailspin. But Bieser deserves praise along with his staff -- and last but not least their players -- for guiding the Redhawks to the program's OVC-record 19th straight conference tournament berth...

The Southeast track and field members ultimately have their sights on the national meet

Two Jackson High School graduates who have excelled in track and field at the University of Missouri will try to reach the NCAA outdoor championships this week. Sophomore Jill Rushin and senior Jacob Bullinger both qualified for the NCAA West Regional that will be held Thursday through Saturday on the University of Texas campus in Austin...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals will promote rookie lefty Tyler Lyons from the minors to make his major league debut in place of injured Jaime Garcia on Wednesday. Down two starters for the time being, they've also plugged Mitchell Boggs back into the bullpen mix...

A second expansion of the Cape Girardeau enterprise zone to include the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport and the Greater Cape Girardeau Industrial Park on Nash Road has been approved by the Missouri Department of Economic Development...

Son to Seth Zachary and Whitney Danielle Bollinger of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:54 p.m. Sunday, May 12, 2013. Name, Quinten David. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bollinger is the former Whitney Parres, daughter of Tom and Debora Parres of Jackson. She is a first-grade teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School. Bollinger is the son of Dave and Deb Bollinger of Jackson. He is a senior construction inspector with MoDOT...

June 25 will be an unusually festive Tuesday in Cape Girardeau when more than 100 vintage cars will roll through the city, a stop along the "Great Race" route, which spans from St. Paul, Minn., to Mobile, Ala. Thousands are expected to be in town for the race that day...

In the latest issue of Sports Illustrated, NBA player Jason Collins announced that he is gay [homosexual]. This is significant because Collins is the first athlete from the four major American sports to do so. Statements released by the NBA, the White House and former president Bill Clinton praised Collins for his "leadership in this important issue." All three statements encouraged the public to be supportive of Collins and his lifestyle as such support would "demonstrate the evolution of public education for this lifestyle.". ...

Kevin Patrick Wengert, 53, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel, with the Rev. David Hulshof officiating. Entombment will be in Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...

Michael B. Seib, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at his home. He was born Aug. 12, 1949, to Norman Bernard and Shirley Ann Lunsford Seib. He and Twyla Lydens were married Sept. 28, 1975, in Cape Girardeau. They divorced in 1998. Seib received a bachelor of science degree in social studies education in 1971, and a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice in 1983, both from Southeast Missouri State University...

LOS ANGELES -- "Star Trek Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million...

Norma J. Phalen, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, May 19, 2013. She was born Aug. 6, 1930, in Peoria, Ill., daughter of James N. Jansen and Marie T. Jansen. Norma grew up in Pekin, Ill., and St. Petersburg, Fla. She attended Sweetbrier College in Lynchburg, Va., and Bradley University in Peoria, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Norma and Robert J. Phalen, Jr. were married Nov. 1, 1952, in Pekin...

Harvey "Hop" Jackson, 90, of Scott City died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Chaffee Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Grays Point, Mo., to William and Dora Mae Henderson Jackson. Survivors include two brothers, Orley (Betty) Jackson and Billy Gene Jackson, both of Scott City; four sisters, Ruby Tackett of Zalma, Mo., Mary Lindner of Kalamazoo, Mich., Hazel Jackson of Chicago and Eula Jackson of Michigan; and many nieces and nephews. ...

1 Barton Square, Jackson 9 a.m. today Open session Pertinent address: 1 Barton Square, Jackson, MO...

We're spoiled here. We have a beautiful town where people help each other and care. We have opportunities here. The cost to live here is low. I can overlook the city not paying for fireworks. I like the idea of the people who say the citizens can all pitch in. That's the good thing about this town. People here pitch in and help each other. I bet if you gave the people here a chance, they'd help pay for the fireworks. I'm grateful to live in a generous town...

The Huber family calls Hubrew Beer, "Beer the way it should be." They have a variety of beverages available in area stores and restaurants. Matt Huber, CEO and business manager of the John A. Huber Brewing Company, shared his thoughts about business and family...

Firefighters responded to the following calls Thursday:...

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

The Bank of Missouri announced its second annual "Jumpstart Your Business Contest," aimed at local people interested in starting a new business or expanding their existing business. The bank will give $1,000 to one winner in each of three regions: Cape Girardeau-Scott City, Jackson and Perryville-Marble Hill-Patton. ...

NEW YORK -- It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, McDonald's and Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties...

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Mirjana Filipovic still is haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Now, unlikely heroes may be coming to the rescue to prevent similar tragedies: sugar-craving honeybees. Croatian researchers are training them to find unexploded mines littering their country and the rest of the Balkans...

WASHINGTON -- Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement's leaders certainly think so. They say the IRS acknowledgment it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny -- a claim that tea party activists had made for years -- is helping pump new energy into the coalition. ...

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had."...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday. Malloy used dire terms to describe traffic troubles in an area that even in normal times is a pain for motorists. The forecast for rain will make driving a bit more treacherous...

DAMASCUS, Va. -- Authorities believe the driver who plowed into hikers marching in a Virginia parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday. Officials did not have a formal confirmation or specifics on the condition, but based on accounts of authorities and witnesses, they are confident the issue was medical, said Pokey Harris, Washington County's director of emergency management. ...

SHAWNEE, Okla. -- One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota...

Lord God, our Great Physician, may those with health struggles feel your touch. Amen.

Notre Dame senior Justin Landewee signed to play baseball at John Wood Community College in Quincy, Ill. Landewee, who is 9-1 on the mound for the Bulldogs this season, recently was voted the SEMO Conference co-player of the year. Jackson senior Laban Petzoldt signed to play baseball with Lincoln Junior College in Lincoln, Ill. Petzoldt was first-team all-SEMO Conference and first-team Class 5 District 1 this season as an infielder...