Stories from Tuesday, December 8, 2015

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Donald Trump called Monday for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," an idea condemned by his rival GOP candidates for president and other Republicans. The proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting all adherents of Islam who want to come to the U.S...

The Cape Girardeau City Council zeroed in on economic development Monday night, approving a special-use permit to pave the way for construction of a new hotel and conference center and inking a new contract with the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association, also known as Magnet...

Convicted murderer Clay Waller was transferred Sunday by Cape Girardeau County sheriff's deputies from a federal prison in Marianna, Florida, and is in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections to serve the remainder of a 20-year sentence...

Jackson officials considered two taxes that may go before voters in April during the Board of Aldermen's study session Monday night -- including an expansion of its use tax. The first and more likely ballot measure is a continuation of the current use tax, which applies to out-of-state purchases of vehicles, boats, outboard motors, etc...

Seventh-seeded Kennett upended the Indians, 66-61.

Carson Retter was presented a certificate of achievement for earning the Rank of Eagle Scout on Sunday, November 22nd at the VFW Post 3838 in Cape Girardeau, MO. Presenting the certificate was Commandant Jim Maevers of the Marine Corp League at the Legacy Wall of the VFW Post 3838. Carson's Eagle Scout Project was improvements to the Legacy Wall. Carson is in Boy Scout Troop 5 and a student at Cape Central High School. He is the son of Dr. Ken and Karen Retter of Cape Girardeau, MO...

On December 4th, Academy Sports + Outdoors donated bikes and helmets to 25 deserving students from Clippard Elementary as part of Academy's annual bike donation program. The program occurs throughout December across Academy's 15-state footprint and will benefit over 4,000 boys and girls at 120 separate donation events, similar to this one.

Area veterans from American Legion Post 63 and members of its color guard gathered Monday morning at the chilly Cape Girardeau riverfront to mark the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A wreath was cast into the swiftly moving Mississippi River to mark the solemn occasion and pay tribute to those who lost their lives that day...

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2015. There are 23 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Southeast Missouri State University has announced the hire of a new provost, Karl Kunkel, who brings to the position a plethora of experience in academia. Such a rich resume should serve the needs of our students well. Making the final cut in a 110-candidate field is no small feat. ...

DE SOTO, Mo. -- A 12-year-old girl is dead after the ATV she was driving crashed. KMOV-TV reported the accident happened early Sunday near De Soto. The girl's name has not been released. Authorities said the girl and her brother were riding an all-terrain vehicle when she lost control, causing both of them to be thrown from it. The girl was flown to a hospital, where she died...

ST. LOUIS -- A man has been ordered to spend a year and a half in federal prison for a cyberattack that disabled a St. Louis-area police union's website during unrest related to the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. Justin Payne, 33, was sentenced Monday in St. Louis. That's where he pleaded guilty in September to a felony count of possessing an unregistered firearm and a misdemeanor count of damaging a protected computer...

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating after an eastern Missouri police officer shot and wounded a suspect who allegedly tried to run over another officer. The shooting happened Friday night in Ste. Genevieve. Officers responded to a domestic call and found a 24-year-old man ramming a truck into his girlfriend's car...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A student at Crowder College in Neosho is being held in jail after allegedly making threats that prompted the school to close Monday. Neosho police officers went to the campus Sunday morning to investigate "concerning comments." The Joplin Globe reported a 17-year-old male who takes online courses made comments about shooting other people and suggested he had explosive devices. ...

Imogene Whorton, 87, of Delta passed away Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born July 30, 1928, near Oran, Missouri, to the late John and Ruth Moore Pippin. She married Harold Whorton on Aug. 25, 1948, and he preceded her in death Oct. 20, 1981...

Susan Marie Reed, 60, of Dutchtown died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 14, 1955, in Cape Girardeau to the late Earl Leon and Virginia Marie Estes Obermann Sr. She was assistant manager at Dutchtown Used Furniture. She served in the U.S. Navy...

OLATHE, Kan. -- Lois Joan Hahs, 83, of Olathe, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at Olathe Medical Center. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tom Sullenger officiating...

Raymond Newell, 79, of Jackson, formerly of Anna, Illinois, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, at Monticello House in Jackson. He was born August 24, 1936, in Elco, Illinois, the son of Glenn and Mildred (Sheffer) Newell. He married Joan King on May 25, 1976, and she preceded him in death Feb. 1, 2001...

BATH, Maine -- The largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy headed out to sea for the first time Monday, departing from shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and carefully navigating the winding Kennebec River before reaching the open ocean, where the ship will undergo sea trials...

NEW YORK -- Chipotle said Monday it temporarily closed a restaurant in Boston after several students at Boston College, including members of the men's basketball team, reported "gastrointestinal symptoms" after eating at the chain. The school said it was working with local health officials to determine whether the illnesses were tied to an outbreak of E. ...

ADVANCE, Mo. -- Bernice Irene Smith, 75, of Advance passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 5, 1940, at Marble Hill, Missouri. She was the daughter of Theodore Gaines and Mabel Henderschott and Dick Dinkins...

NEW YORK -- The Federal Trade Commission said Monday it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the deal would reduce competition in the office supplies market. The companies said they plan to fight to preserve the deal. Shares of the two retailers fell sharply...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumers borrowed more heavily for auto and student loans in October, taking out debt that helps them find jobs and commute to work. The Federal Reserve said Monday consumer borrowing rose $16 billion in October to $3.5 trillion. But the pace of borrowing decelerated from the $28.5 billion increase in September...

Jeannie Dailey has been hired as the Cape Girardeau Police Department's Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officer. She will work with sixth-grade pupils in both the city's public and private schools. Plans for the new Shop 'N' Save grocery store here have undergone a redesign, causing construction to be delayed. The 58,300-square-foot structure, being built on Silver Springs Road between Showbiz Pizza and West Park Bowling Lanes, is expected to open in mid-1991...

NEW YORK -- The battle over the world's coffee drinkers is getting hotter. Keurig, the maker of single-cup coffee machines that sit on millions of kitchen counters, agreed to sell itself Monday for almost $14 billion. The buyer, JAB Holding Co., is a private company with a growing java business...

WASHINGTON -- Acting in the aftermath of the San Bernardino mass shooting, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from gun owners who challenged a Chicago suburb's ban on assault weapons. Two conservative justices said they would have heard the case and struck down the ban. The Illinois State Rifle Association, one of the plaintiffs, indicated it would keep challenging local gun restrictions...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- The San Bernardino killers had been radicalized "for quite some time" and had taken target practice at area gun ranges -- in one instance days before the attack that left 14 people dead, the FBI said Monday. In a twist, authorities also disclosed a year before the rampage, Syed Farook's co-workers at the county health department underwent "active shooter" training in the same conference room where he and his wife opened fire on them last week...

WASHINGTON -- Minutes after President Barack Obama spelled out plans to protect Americans from terrorism, Marco Rubio declared he "may have made things worse." Jeb Bush called the president "weak" and his approach "business as usual." Donald Trump declared on Twitter, "We need a new President --FAST!"...

NEW YORK -- Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for "To Pimp a Butterfly" and song of the year for "Alright." Lamar, who won two Grammys earlier this year, is followed by Taylor Swift and the Weeknd, who each earned seven nominations, including album of the year. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two Kansas City firefighters who were killed in October when a building collapsed had been positioned in a dangerous place where debris could fall, a newspaper analysis shows. The alley where 39-year-old John Mesh and 43-year-old Larry Leggio died Oct. ...

BEIRUT -- Syria on Monday accused the U.S.-led coalition of bombing an army camp in the eastern part of the country, killing three Syrian soldiers and wounding 13. But a senior U.S. military official said the Pentagon is "certain" the strike was from a Russian warplane...

ST. LOUIS -- A new $7.3 million permanent exhibit meant to teach how food is produced is coming next summer to the St. Louis Science Center, featuring a flock of chickens and a do-it-yourself farming area. The one-acre exhibit called "GROW" will be open year-round and include more than 40 displays encompassing chemistry, economics, life sciences, culture and technology, following the seasons and stages of food production...

CHICAGO -- Responding to deepening mistrust of one of the nation's largest police forces, the federal government opened an investigation Monday into the Chicago Police Department, and authorities announced they would not charge an officer in the death of a 25-year-old black man who was shot in the back last year...

Missouri will be getting an infusion of funds to help pay for damage caused by flooding in 2013 and 2015. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Friday $410 million in emergency relief nationwide for repairing roads and bridges damaged by storms, floods and other events, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration...

A 26-year-old Puxico, Missouri, caregiver is in jail, charged with financial exploitation of the elderly. Jerri Greenlee is accused of stealing checks from a 91-year-old woman who reportedly discovered several charges on her bank account, along with missing checks...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher says wide receiver Stedman Bailey was improving from two gunshot wounds to the head, but wasn't sure if the 2013 third-round pick would be able to return to the NFL. Fisher said Monday that the injuries are career-threatening. But the coach wasn't ruling out a return based on Bailey's progress thus far from the shooting in Miami Gardens, Florida, near his home, on Nov. 24...

St. Louis has scored just 54 points in its five-game losing streak.

The Lipscomb women's basketball team gave first-year Southeast Missouri State coach Rekha Patterson her first real look at many of the teams in the conference she'll be coaching against this season. Lipscomb, which the Redhawks play at 6:30 p.m. tonight in Nashville, has already played four members of the Ohio Valley Conference...

The Bowling Green men's basketball team doesn't boast a superstar, and so far that's led to success. The Falcons bring a 6-2 record and five-game winning streak to the Show Me Center tonight when they face the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at 7 p.m...

The Bulldogs hit their free throws down the stretch to defeat Dexter, 54-50.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A few dozen men who survived the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor 74 years ago gathered Monday at the site to remember fellow servicemen who didn't make it. The U.S. Navy and National Park Service hosted a ceremony in remembrance of those killed on Dec. 7, 1941. About 3,000 people were expected to join the survivors...

LATROBE, Pa. -- Police said a suspect had his first name stenciled on a shirt he wore while breaking into a taxi company where he used to work. That's why Joshua Jording, 26, of Latrobe faces a preliminary hearing on burglary, theft and related charges Dec. 14. Security video showed the suspect wearing a shirt with the name "Josh" on it. They searched Jording's home and found that shirt, as well as two guns and two smartphones taken during the burglary Wednesday at the Veterans Cab Co...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will announce changes to the terror alert system "in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday. Johnson described the change as a new alert system, which he said would inform the public better about threats to the United States, but he did not provide details. ...

All the local high school events reported Monday to the Southeast Missourian.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Ill. -- Jerry "J.D." Carter, 80, of Mount Pleasant passed away Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Anna, Illinois. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will follow at McGinnis Cemetery...

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday: n At 12:31 a.m., a smoke scare or odor of smoke on Broadway. n At 5:33 a.m., a smoke-detector activation on William Street. n Medical assists were made at 6:31 a.m. on Independence Street; 7:47 a.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 10:31 a.m. on Ricardo Drive; 5 p.m. on Broadway; and 7:56 p.m. on North Frederick Street...

JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Miscellaneous n Assistance was requested in the 1800 block of East Jackson Boulevard. n Check the welfare was requested in the 100 block of Tracy Street...

Dr. John Link sounds like a class act leader for the Jackson schools. He seems to have an abundance of common sense in reading his quotes in regards to a replacement for the NCLB and Common Core and won't be so easily led by new programs. I love the way he knows that "students learn at different paces, instructional levels, but yet has high expectations for all students."...

O Lord Jesus, we sing your praises and lift your name on high. Amen.