Stories from Saturday, December 27, 2014

After much anticipation, The Bar, one of Cape Girardeau's best-known ties to the hit film "Gone Girl," finally held its grand opening Friday. The Bar originally was set to open in October to coincide with the film's release, but that was pushed back because of needed renovations in the building, said Laura Jones, marketing director for Old Town Cape Dining LLC...

AirAsia plane with 162 aboard missing in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard lost contact with ground control Sunday after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore, and the airline said search and rescue operations were underway...

Three players reached double figures and led 10th-seeded Meadow Heights to a 62-38 win over No. 15 Chaffee in a consolation quarterfinal.

The No. 7 Advance Hornets' game plan for what coach Bubba Wheetley called the "bigger, stronger and faster" Central Tigers in a quarterfinal of the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament on Saturday night was to try to keep them from scoring in the paint, limit offensive rebounds and not get in a foot race with some of their quicker guards...

After holding just a four-point lead at halftime, Notre Dame coach Paul Unterreiner told his players to maintain strong "effort and energy" for the remaining 16 minutes. Led by Quinn Poythress, who scored nine of his game-high 24 points in the third quarter, the third-seeded Bulldogs finished the quarter strong with a 18-4 run and went on to defeat No. 6 Woodland 63-36 in a Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament quarterfinal on Saturday at the Show Me Center...

The Braves trailed by double digits in the first half, but used a dominant fourth quarter to roll to a 93-81 victory over Charleston.

The Indians found themselves in a seven-point hole, but thanks in part to a successful press, the Indians fought their way back to a 60-44 quarterfinal win over the Rams at the Show Me Center.

The 13th-seeded Hawk closed out the third quarter with a 16-3 run and held on for a 46-33 win over the Wildcats.

Today is Saturday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2014. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1964, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Baltimore Colts 27-0 to win the NFL Championship Game played at Cleveland Municipal Stadium...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission puts on hold a request for a major expansion of the county's juvenile detention center, and takes under advisement requests for increased staff that would include providing full-time staff coverage of the facility...

Ninth-seeded Oran had no trouble eliminating the No. 16 Delta Bobcats from the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament in a consolation quarterfinal on Saturday at the Show Me Center. The Eagles rolled to an 89-17 rout behind double-figure scoring performances from three players...

The No. 7 Advance Hornets' game plan for what coach Bubba Wheetley called the "bigger, stronger and faster" Central Tigers in a quarterfinal of the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament on Saturday night was to try to keep them from scoring in the paint, limit offensive rebounds and not get in a foot race with some of their quicker guards...

After eleventh-seeded Bell City made a 3-pointer on each of its first three possessions against No. 14 Oak Ridge in a consolation semifinal of the Southeast Missourian Christmas tournament on Friday, the Blue Jays were forced to play catch up the remainder of the way...

All scores were reported to the Southeast Missourian on Saturday.