-
Scott County deputies make a flurry of arrests
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
Scott County Sheriff's Office deputies spent a lot of time putting handcuffs on people at one Morley, Missouri, home last week. Deputies on Monday arrested David D. Kelley, 41, after a search at his home at 358 Ault in Morley, on drug charges, and Leslie A. ...
-
Scott City man is in custody after high-speed chase
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
BENTON, Mo. -- A Scott City man is facing an array of charges after a chase that reached speeds of 105 miles per hour. Matthew Angel Lowe, 38, is charged with the felonies of driving while revoked/suspended; resisting arrest by fleeing and creating a substantial risk of serious injury or death to any person; and misdemeanor charges of operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway when the roadway was of sufficient width, exceeding the posted speed limit by 25 mph or more and failure to stop for a stop sign.. ...
-
Routine call leads to brief manhunt
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Police discovered a strange situation after answering a 911 call about an elderly woman in Dexter last week. "The lady had home health services, and the nurse that arrived made the call," said Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner, because the patient appeared to be overmedicated. "Dispatch was informed that the upstairs bedroom was occupied, but no one else was supposed to be living there."...
-
Foot chase through Burger King leads to arrest
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
KENNETT, Mo. -- Police arrested a 34-year-old Steele, Missouri, man Thursday morning on suspected drug charges after a foot chase through a Burger King restaurant. About 9 a.m., officers noticed an erratically driven vehicle heading east on U.S. 412. When officers began following the car and attempted to stop it for a traffic violation, the driver sped away and pulled into the restaurant's parking lot...
-
Charleston man injured in shooting
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Police are investigating the second shooting within a week in Charleston. About 8:30 p.m. Thursday, the Charleston Department of Public Safety received several calls of gunshots in the 200 block of North Elm Street. Responding officers found the victim, 23-year-old DeMarcus Owens of Charleston, in the 200 block of North Heggie Street with an apparent gunshot wound...
-
St. Vincent spikers advance to state semis
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/14)
CLARKTON, Mo. -- Playing in close games with its season on the line has become second nature for the St. Vincent volleyball team. The Indians survived a wild three-set match against Leopold on Tuesday in the district championship. St. Vincent dropped the first set but came back to win the next two in dramatic fashion against the Wildcats...
-
Suspect detained for Poplar Bluff man's killing
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- What began as a report of a stolen car from a Poplar Bluff dealership Thursday led authorities to apprehending a man suspected in the earlier shooting death of a local man found in the Black River. Arrested was Curtis L. Walker, 29, of Bell City, Missouri, in connection with the suspected shooting death of Salvador Ruiz Ramirez, 48, of Poplar Bluff. ...
-
Former Perryville woman continues run on reality TV's 'Bar Rescue'
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
A Perryville, Missouri, native is part of the reality TV show "Bar Rescue," airing on Spike TV. Lisamarie Joyce, a master bar trainer and bartender for TGI Fridays in Carlsbad, California, and the San Diego area, met host Jon Taffer at a conference, and the rest is history...
-
Volunteers make 'ugly quilts' to warm the homeless
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
Therese Pierce died six years ago, but her pet project is alive and well, as evidenced by the army of volunteers who filled the gym Saturday at the De Paul Center in Cape Girardeau, making bedrolls for the homeless. Pierce's husband, Vic, said St. Vincent de Paul Parish's annual Ugly Quilt Weekend started in 1995, when his wife saw a magazine article about a woman who began making bedrolls after a chance encounter with a kind homeless man...
-
Missouri voters will decide on whether to allow early voting
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
More than 30 states in the U.S. allow early voting without an excuse, and Missouri could soon join those numbers if voters approve a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. State Rep. Tony Dugger, R-Hartville, sponsored the measure that seeks to establish an early voting period beginning with the 2016 general election. The period would run for six days during normal business hours and would not include weekends...
-
Shortfall in scholarship funding may affect students
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
If the A+ Scholarship program isn't fully funded soon, hundreds of Southeast Missouri students might have to pay for a portion of their postsecondary studies. State budget restrictions and growing use of A+ could reduce reimbursement for tuition and fees by up to four credit hours in the 2014-2015 academic year, said Liz Coleman, director of communications and marketing for the Missouri Department of Higher Education...
-
Four by Four 10/26/14
(Community ~ 10/26/14)
Amanda Caldwell
-
Color of Fall
(Submitted Photo ~ 10/26/14)
Color of Fall in Cape Girardeau
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
Today is Sunday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 2014. There are 66 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 26, 1944, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in a major Allied victory over Japanese forces, whose naval capabilities were badly crippled...
-
Strawn - Pinkston
(Wedding ~ 10/26/14)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Terri Lynn Strawn and Corey Michael Pinkston were married May 31, 2014, at Cape County Park in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Randy Morse of Scott City performed the ceremony. Music was by David Tingle of Cape Girardeau. The bride is the daughter of Becky Strawn of Fredericktown, and the late Raymond Strawn of Temple, Oklahoma. The groom is the son of Benny Pinkston of Troy, Missouri, and Kathy Browne of Pfluggerville, Texas...
-
Message of hope
(Community ~ 10/26/14)
Sports World Ministries, an organization of professional athletes, again will partner with Cape Girardeau County schools Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, when it brings Devon McDonald, former NFL player, to the area to provide motivation to the community's youth...
-
Midterm election offers several ballot issues
(Editorial ~ 10/26/14)
Nationally the midterm election on Nov. 4 is big news. The balance of power for the U.S. Senate is up for grabs, as are all members of the House of Representatives. But in Missouri neither of the U.S. senators are up for re-election. The only statewide official on the ballot is the auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican, who faces third party opposition but no Democratic opponent...
-
Speak Out 10/26/14
(Speak Out ~ 10/26/14)
No water slide; Sidewalk repair; Political fear; Ocean front property?; Bowen column; Corrupt votes; Retirement challenge
-
Prayer 10-26
(Prayer ~ 10/26/14)
Lord Jesus, may the words we proclaim honor you our Savior and Prince of Peace. Amen.
-
Redhawks reflect on missed opportunity vs. EKU
(College Sports ~ 10/26/14)
RICHMOND, Ky. -- Senior cornerback Tim Hamm-Bey was upset following the Southeast Missouri State football team's road loss to nationally-ranked Eastern Kentucky. He saw it was as a missed opportunity for a rebuilding Redhawks program. "I really wanted this game," Hamm-Bey said. "Not for myself, just because this would've really took it somewhere it hasn't been yet, especially coming in here against this team I felt we had a real good shot to win."...
-
Cream vocalist and bassist Jack Bruce dies at 71
(Entertainment ~ 10/26/14)
LONDON -- Jack Bruce was part Mississippi Delta and part Carnaby Street. In his glorious heyday as bassist and lead vocalist of 1960s power trio Cream, he helped create a sound that combined American blues and psychedelia to thrill audiences throughout the world...
-
Armed demonstrators stroll through St. Louis
(State News ~ 10/26/14)
ST. LOUIS -- About 40 demonstrators carrying pistols in holsters and with long guns slung from their shoulders took to the streets Saturday in St. Louis to assert their right to openly carry firearms. Counter protesters, many coming from a meeting of Amnesty International, held up signs and debated the armed protesters during their walk from a park to the Gateway Arch. ...
-
Judge rules against Ameren in power line dispute
(State News ~ 10/26/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge has ruled against a subsidiary of Ameren Corp. in a legal dispute over whether it needs state permission to build a high-voltage power line across northeast Missouri. Ameren Transmission Co. of Illinois had wanted a court to declare it doesn't need a certificate from the Missouri Public Service Commission to construct the power line or to use eminent domain to acquire property in its path...
-
Crash seriously injures teen along U.S. 412
(Local News ~ 10/26/14)
OCTA, Mo. -- A two-car crash on U.S. 412 at Octa last week seriously injured 17-year-old Kameron Houchins of Senath, Missouri. The young man was airlifted to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was listed in serious condition. Traffic was delayed as emergency crews worked the scene...
-
Ebola-cured nurse meets with Obama
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
BETHESDA, Md. -- A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House. Nurse Nina Pham said she felt "fortunate and blessed to be standing here today," as she left the National Institutes of Health's hospital outside Washington...
-
Ebola-stricken doc described as driven do-gooder
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
NEW YORK -- Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician now being treated for Ebola in New York City, is the kind of globe-trotting do-gooder who could walk into a small village in Africa and, even though he didn't know the language, win people over through hugs alone, according to people who worked with him...
-
Teacher tried to stop school shooting
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
TULALIP, Wash. -- A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero Saturday after a deadly shooting in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union president Randy Davis said...
-
Early voting alters campaigns' strategies, costs
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
LOS ANGELES -- For over 1 million Californians, the Nov. 4 election is over. That's because they already have voted. A growing throng of early voters in the nation's most populous state perhaps comprising half of all votes to be cast in California's general election has stretched Election Day into weeks. Candidates who wait until the end to close the deal with voters will be too late...
-
Maui voters to decide whether to ban GMO crops
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
HONOLULU -- Dozens of Maui mothers are going door-to-door to urge voters to back a ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops because they think they are unsafe. A group backed by companies growing the crops counters with ads playing on the airwaves that urge rejection of what they are calling the "farming ban."...
-
Mormon founder had teen bride during polygamy days
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Mormon church founder Joseph Smith had a teenage bride and was married to other men's wives during the early days of the faith when polygamy was practiced, a new church essay acknowledges. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says most of Smith's wives were between 20 and 40 years old. One of them, however, was a 14-year-old girl who was the daughter of Smith's close friends...
-
16 killed in northwest China coal mine collapse
(International News ~ 10/26/14)
BEIJING -- A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, an official said Saturday, highlighting the persistence of safety problems in the industry despite a leveling of demand. Another 11 miners were injured in the disaster, which struck just before midnight Friday in Tiechanggou township outside the Xinjiang regional capital of Urumqi...
-
Iran hangs woman for killing alleged rapist
(International News ~ 10/26/14)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran hanged a woman Saturday who was convicted of murdering a man she alleged was trying to rape her, drawing international condemnation for a prosecution several countries described as flawed. Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn for premeditated murder, the official IRNA news agency reported. ...
-
Number of Ebola-linked cases passes 10,000
(International News ~ 10/26/14)
DAKAR, Senegal -- More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of have died, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the largest outbreak of the disease, with a rapidly rising death toll in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. There also have been cases in three other West African countries, Spain and the United States...
-
Ukraine pauses before decisive vote
(International News ~ 10/26/14)
MARIUPOL, Ukraine -- Ukraine braced for decisive parliamentary elections Saturday against the backdrop of unrest in eastern regions roiled by conflict between government troops and pro-Russian separatist forces. Campaigning material was being taken down across the country in line with election laws before a vote today that pollsters say will be dominated by President Petro Poroshenko's party...
-
Extremists launch new attack on Syrian border town
(International News ~ 10/26/14)
MURSITPINAR, Turkey -- Fighters from the Islamic State group launched Saturday a new offensive on the northern Syrian town of Kobani after shelling the area from their positions nearby, activists and a Kurdish official said. Heavy fighting took place in Kobani on Saturday afternoon and many mortar shells were fired into the town...
-
Suspect in 2 deputy deaths captured
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A suspect described as a "one-man crime spree" is accused of shooting three Northern California sheriff's deputies, killing two of them and wounding a civilian, then eluding hundreds of searchers before being hunted down and forced to surrender, authorities said...
-
2 painters killed in Ohio water tower accident
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
HAMILTON, Ohio -- Police in southwest Ohio say two men have died in an accident while painting a water tower. The Butler County sheriff's office says the men fell about 100 feet after their scaffolding failed in a rural area. Sgt. Randall Lambert says one man was dead at the scene Friday evening, while the second was pronounced dead as efforts were made to get him to a hospital via Air Care helicopter...
-
Jackson fire report 10/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/26/14)
JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following call Saturday: n An emergency medical service call on East Jackson Boulevard.
-
Data crunchers hope to help with choosing a college
(National News ~ 10/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- For many high school seniors, fall means deciding where to apply for college and maybe visiting a guidance counselor. Data crunchers hope to help. The popularity of social media sites and advancements in the ability to analyze the vast amounts of data put online give members of the class of 2015 more tools than ever to help chart their next step, even if finding the right college is an inexact science...
-
Births 10/26/14
(Births ~ 10/26/14)
Daughter to Jeffrey Allen and Deborah Lynn Barnes of McClure, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:23 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Name, Izzabelle Bethany. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Barnes is the former Deborah Bryan. Barnes is the son of Ray and Kay Barnes of Iuka, Illinois. He is manager at Cracker Barrel...
-
Bobby E. Woodworth Sr.
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Bobby E. Woodworth Sr., 59, of Mound City died Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Spencer Heights Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois, with the Rev. Virgil Diel officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery...
-
Ervin 'Webb' Scheeter
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Ervin "Webb" Scheeter, 90, of New Hamburg died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
-
Helen Raines
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
KELSO, Mo. -- Helen Louise Raines, 96 years and 8 months, of Kelso died peacefully Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at the Lutheran Home. After a difficult birth, she took her first breath Feb. 24, 1918, weighing just three pounds. Her mother, Rosalia Hess passed on the next day. Her grandparents, John B and Matilda Hess, raised her as their youngest child...
-
Ida Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
Ida T. Czarnikow Mitchell, 89, of Jackson was surrounded by her family when she passed away Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Muldrow, Oklahoma, to George and Arvilla English Czarnikow. She and Hughie Edwards were married in 1941. Five children were born to their union, Sharon, Gary, Linda, David and John...
-
Michael Jones
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
Michael D. Jones, 52, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at his home. The funeral was held Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church. Burial was in Lorimier Cemetery. McDonald-Horne Funeral Home in Blytheville, Arkansas, was in charge of arrangements...
-
David Brewer
(Obituary ~ 10/26/14)
David Bryan Brewer, 41, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Ironton, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1973, in Fredericktown, Missouri, son of Chris and Mary Thomas Brewer. David was a 1992 graduate of Arcadia Valley High School...
- Pirates and Princesses at the Show Me Center (Local News ~ 10/26/14)
-
Jackson police report 10/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/26/14)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Jarvis D. Harrington, 31, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant. n Shannon M. Bass, 33, of Jackson was arrested on a Perry County warrant...
-
Cape Girardeau fire report 10/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/26/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: n At 1:41 a.m., a call on North Frederick Street. n At 2:36 a.m., a call on South Sprigg Street. n At 4:26 a.m., a passenger vehicle fire on Delwin Street. n At 3:40 p.m., an alarm sounding on Woodland Drive...
-
Cape Girardeau police report 10/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/26/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Cecil M. Jenkins, 45, 329 S. Sprigg St., Apt. A, was arrested on suspicion of stealing. n Steven E. York, 46, homeless, was arrested on a Hohenwald, Tennessee, warrant for failure to appear...
-
Southeast football team falls to EKU 33-21
(College Sports ~ 10/26/14)
RICHMOND, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State football coach Tom Matukewicz said the reason for his team's defeat on Saturday was simple. "The difference in the football game was that they were a little bit better football team than us," Matukewicz said...
-
High school roundup: Jackson cross country teams claim district crowns
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/14)
All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.
-
Kelly's first varsity season ends against host Caruthersville
(High School Sports ~ 10/26/14)
The seventh-seeded Kelly Hawks saw their inaugural varsity season end with a 63-18 loss to second-seeded Caruthersville in the first round of the Class 2 District 1 tournament. "I'm proud of our kids," Kelly coach Kenneth Riedinger said of the season. "We competed and we got to play football for the first time at the varsity level. We'll get better and move forward, keep working and get after it. We're looking forward to next year."...
-
Chiefs QB Alex Smith gets another crack at Rams
(Professional Sports ~ 10/26/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The future and fortunes of the Kansas City Chiefs changed dramatically by what happened in St. Louis two years ago, in the early stages of a game that they weren't even playing. The San Francisco 49ers had visited the Edward Jones Dome to play the Rams. ...
-
Out of the past 10/26/14
(Out of the Past ~ 10/26/14)
The possibility of the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois, being closed to navigation later this year because of low water continues to mount; unless there is significant rainfall in the Missouri River and upper Mississippi watersheds north of St. Louis, the National Weather Service says the Mississippi at St. Louis could drop to minus 5 feet by Nov. 15...
-
Flavors of fall, aromas of autumn
(Community ~ 10/26/14)
It seems as if I receive more recipes from friends and readers in the fall and winter than any other time of the year. This week is a good example of that. Nearly everyone I know loves the flavors and aromas of fall, and they are just excited to pass that along to you...
-
Authentic Italian
(Community ~ 10/26/14)
What's the one item you're likely to find on nearly every menu in Italy? If you said spaghetti and meatballs, your answer is plausible, but it's wrong. Spaghetti and meatballs is actually an American dish, invented, it is true, by Italian immigrants to this country, but invented here nonetheless. Though both meatballs and spaghetti are classic Italian foods, putting them together was something that never occurred to people in the Old Country...
-
Cyclists find fatter is better
(Community ~ 10/26/14)
All muddy shins and ruddy glows, half a dozen cyclists roll back to the pavilion as the sun sinks past the tree line over Klaus Park in Jackson. It's a crisp Thursday evening, and the riders are gathered for Cyclewerx's weekly group ride and cookout, but after the dreary start to October, the trail is spongy...
Stories from Sunday, October 26, 2014
Browse other days