-
Southeast Missouri State RB DeMichael Jackson dismissed for team violations
(College Sports ~ 03/31/16)
Southeast Missouri State running back DeMichael Jackson has been dismissed from the football team, the athletic department announced Wednesday evening. Jackson's dismissal was due to an undisclosed "violation of departmental policies and procedures," according to a press release...
-
Cruise for a Cause
(Submitted Story ~ 03/31/16)
On April 16 at 9 a.m., there will be a car show fundraiser at New McKendree United Methodist Church, South Campus, on Highway 25 in Jackson. There will be no judging or classes; the public donates to their car of choice. First, second and third place trophies will be awarded to the three cars that raise the most money...
-
Football for Doniphan Inc. outlines plans to jumpstart school football program
(High School Sports ~ 03/31/16)
Football for Doniphan Inc. held its first board meeting last week, signaling a new beginning for a town trying to rejuvenate its football program after a more than 30-year absence. Nine board members met Thursday and again Tuesday, outlining plans to get fundraising for a junior high program and new field and stadium off the ground...
-
Local state lawmakers face election challenges
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
Two local state lawmakers face opposition this election year. State Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, faces a challenge from Democratic candidate Donnie Owens of Marquand. State Rep. Kathy Swan, R-Cape Girardeau, is opposed by longtime Libertarian Greg Tlapek...
-
Three Southeast students accused in Carbondale shooting
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
Three Southeast Missouri State University students are accused of being involved in at least one shooting Sunday in Carbondale, Illinois. Travis T. Tyler, 21, of Webster Groves, Missouri, and John F. Ingram, 21, of Hazelwood, Missouri, are charged by the Jackson County, Illinois, state's attorney with felony aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm...
-
Development duo breathing new life into long-closed Lorimier Apartments
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
New life is being brought back to the Lorimier Apartments building. Jason Coalter and Dustin Richardson of Centurion Development LLC are seeing to that. "This, at one time, was probably one of the most prestigious places to live. And we want to return it to that," Coalter said...
-
Local bar sued over songs that bands played
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
A band played a diverse array of cover songs at Longshots Bar and Billiards in Cape Girardeau in February 2015. The bar had featured a band every week. Two months later, the bar and its owner were facing a lawsuit in federal court. Longshots was sued by Broadcase Music Inc., which holds performance rights to 8.5 million copyrighted musical compositions, and 13 other plaintiffs that own the copyrights to the music. ...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
Today is Thursday, March 31, the 91st day of 2016. There are 275 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned the country by announcing during a televised address that he would not seek re-election...
-
Groups rehab Cape Girardeau couple's home
(Editorial ~ 03/31/16)
You have health problems. You don't have much money. And then your home is condemned because it has fallen into disrepair due to your health and money issues. It's an unthinkable scenario for some, but a Cape Girardeau couple found themselves in exactly this situation last year...
-
Is algebra an unnecessary stumbling block in U.S. schools?
(Community ~ 03/31/16)
NEW YORK -- Who needs algebra? That question muttered by many a frustrated student over the years has become a vigorous debate among American educators, sparked by a provocative new book that argues required algebra has become an unnecessary stumbling block that forces millions to drop out of high school or college...
-
Wacha goes 5 scoreless innings in Cards' win over Marlins
(Professional Sports ~ 03/31/16)
JUPITER, Fla. -- The St. Louis Cardinals employed the same formula they used to win 100 games last season -- good starting pitching, enough timely hitting and Trevor Rosenthal closing out the game -- to defeat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Wednesday in both teams' final game at the spring training complex they share...
-
Ronald McDonald statue replaced after vandalism
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A new Ronald McDonald statute has arrived in Burlington, Vermont, after vandals burned, decapitated and cut the feet off the old one that sat outside a Ronald McDonald House for sick children and families needing to be near the University of Vermont Children's Hospital...
-
Fliers brace for big security lines at airports
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
NEW YORK -- An expedited screening program called PreCheck was supposed to be the answer to maddeningly long security lines at the airport. But four years after its launch, the Transportation Security Administration is far short of enrolling enough travelers to make a difference, spelling trouble for summer travel season...
-
Out of the past: March 31
(Out of the Past ~ 03/31/16)
Easter Sunday. Special Easter services are celebrated at area churches; Lynwood Baptist Church hosts a sunrise service at Cherokee Park, with the new pastor Allen Reasons bringing the message; another sunrise service is held at Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church on Highway 1, followed by an Easter egg hunt...
-
Jimmy Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
Jimmy Troyce Taylor, 75, of Jackson passed away Friday, March 25, 2016, at his home. He was born Feb. 28, 1941, the son of Elvey Eugene and Inez McBride Taylor. He and Tula Ruth Pedigo were married March 30, 1963. Jimmy was a member of Jackson Church of Christ and served 18 years as a minister for the Church of Christ. ...
-
Alvin Seiler
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Alvin Joseph Seiler, 75, gained his eternal rest in the early morning hour Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Born March 4, 1941, at Leopold, Alvin was the oldest child of Herman "Doc" and Helen Matilda Brauer Seiler...
-
Leroy Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
Leroy E. Seabaugh, 85, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. One of four children, he was born Nov. 20, 1930, in Daisy to Jessie and Opal Crites Seabaugh. He and Geraldine Maintz were married Aug. 29, 1953, in Jackson...
-
Adell Pillow
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
SANDUSKY, Ill. -- Adell Pillow, 92, of Sandusky died Monday, March 28, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church in Sandusky. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. Monday in Mound City National Cemetery in Mound City, Illinois...
-
Eugene Jones
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
Eugene W. "Gene" Jones, 89, of Jackson died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Jackson Manor. He was born Oct. 15, 1926, the son of Tony and Vonnie Eddleman Jones. He and Ella Dee Goza were married Dec. 24, 1948. She died April 25, 1989. He and Linda Goodrum Maevers were married Nov. 21, 1994...
-
Catherine James
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
Catherine Joann James, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
-
Twyla Frymire
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
GLENALLEN, Mo. -- Twyla Dean Frymire, 62, of Glenallen died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Grassy Friendship Cemetery...
-
William Bird Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/31/16)
William Bird Sr., 72, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Southeast Hospital. Dr. Bird was born Feb. 10, 1944, in Tiptonville, Tennessee, to the late Evitt O. and Ella Mildred Bird. He married Rose Mary Lewis Bird on June 28, 1964, and she survives of the home...
-
Jackson police report 3/31/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/31/16)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summons n Bart A. Gartman, 42, of Jackson was issued a summons for a stop-sign violation. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 500 block of Morgan Street. Miscellaneous...
-
Cape Girardeau fire report 3/31/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/31/16)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Tuesday: n Medical assists were made at 8:12 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 8:34 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 8:47 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 11:34 a.m. on Whitener Street; 12:03 p.m. ...
-
Cape Girardeau police reports 3/31/16
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/31/16)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n Misty D. Eisenhauer, 42, of Du Quoin, Illinois, was arrested at 401 Independence St. on a Scott County warrant for failure to appear for passing bad checks...
-
Births 3/31/16
(Births ~ 03/31/16)
Son to Roger Leroy Bass Jr. and Morgan Elaine Schaupert of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 2:32 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Name, Alexzander Dean. Weight, 7 pounds 3 1/2 ounces. First child. Schaupert is the former Morgan McCain, daughter of Tracy McCain of Cape Girardeau and Brian and Brandy McCain of Burfordville. She is a student. Bass is the son of Penny and Samuel Simmons of Alton, Missouri, and Roger and Sharon Bass Sr. of Cape Girardeau...
-
New abortion drug label could undo several state laws
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal agency approved a new label for a common abortion-inducing drug that will undermine restrictions on medication abortions passed by several states, allowing women to take the drug later in a pregnancy and with fewer required office visits...
-
Hopkins begins nation's first HIV-positive organ transplants
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing. Johns Hopkins University announced Wednesday both recipients are recovering well after one received a kidney and the other a liver from a deceased donor -- organs that ordinarily would have been thrown away because of the HIV infection...
-
State: Missouri has second case of Zika virus
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Health officials say a pregnant Missouri woman who traveled to Honduras has the second confirmed case of Zika virus in the state. The health department said in a release Wednesday that Honduras is a known area of Zika transmission. ...
-
Search underway in Siberia for missing U.S. student
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Russian search using helicopters pressed on for a U.S. student Wednesday, three days after officials say he went missing in below-freezing conditions after venturing out before dawn from a guest house in a mountainous stretch of Siberia...
-
No charges for woman who struck Patriot Guard motorcyclist
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
ST. LOUIS — Police will not seek charges against the suburban St. Louis minivan driver who struck and killed a Patriot Guard Riders motorcyclist who was escorting a veteran’s funeral procession. The decision was announced Wednesday. The accident happened Monday afternoon when a minivan struck 64-year-old Mark Schroeder. ...
-
Man accused of driving lawnmower recklessly charged with DWI
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
FULTON, Mo. — A central Missouri man with a history of drunken driving offenses faces a new charge after he was spotted driving a lawnmower recklessly. Forty-four-year-old Jeremy Cochran, of Fulton, was charged Tuesday with driving while intoxicated, tampering with evidence, resisting arrest and assault on a law enforcement officer. ...
-
Grand jury indicts Missouri woman in multistate crime spree
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Missouri woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts in a multistate crime spree that ended when her boyfriend was fatally shot by police, prosecutors said Wednesday. Brittany Nicole Harper, 30, of Joplin, Missouri, has been charged with conspiracy to transport a stolen vehicle across state lines, two counts of transporting a vehicle across state lines, three counts of carjacking and two counts of brandishing a weapon during a violent crime...
-
Democratic officials, unions speak against union-fees bill
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some of Missouri's top Democrats slammed a vetoed bill that would require public employees to give annual written consent before union dues could be withheld from their paychecks, saying during a rally Wednesday at the Capitol it would hurt unions and add unnecessary regulations...
-
Ferguson settlement could be in jeopardy if tax hikes fail
(State News ~ 03/31/16)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, under scrutiny since a white police officer fatally shot a black 18-year-old, may not be able to comply with all terms of its settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice if local voters fail to approve two tax increases, the city's mayor said Wednesday...
-
City dedicates highway to late assistant chief; friends remember his humor
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
A bevy of Cape Girardeau law-enforcement leaders spoke Wednesday at the Roger W. Fields Memorial Highway dedication, but instead of talking about Fields as a lawman, they spoke of him as a lovable person. “If you knew Roger, he made a special impact on your life,” Jackson Police Department Capt. Scott Eakers said...
-
Local jury convicts man of child molestation, sodomy
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
A Cape Girardeau County jury convicted John Harris II, 33, of first-degree felony child molestation and statutory sodomy Tuesday. Harris was found to have sexually abused 10- and 12-year-old girls in 2014 in the 900 block of Benton Street in Cape Girardeau...
-
Speaker urges kindness, friendship at Power of Women luncheon
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
More than 500 people turned out Wednesday for the fifth Power of Women luncheon and expo at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. Maureen Clancy-May, an alumna of Southeast Missouri State University, gave the keynote address at the annual event, which organizers billed as the largest to date...
-
Citizens group proposes Sikeston go smoke-free
(Local News ~ 03/31/16)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Should Sikeston become the next smoke-free city in Missouri? Several area residents urged the Sikeston City Council to take that action during Monday’s special city council meeting, while the proposal left others fuming. The citizens group Smoke-Free Sikeston proposed the council adopt a “simple, strong and fair law” for the community that bans smoking in public places...
-
Panel holds clemency hearing for death-row inmate
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
ATLANTA -- A Georgia death-row inmate scheduled to die this week has grown into a quiet man who has a positive effect on others and bears little resemblance to the teenager who helped beat a man to death two decades ago, his lawyers argue. Joshua Bishop, 41, is set to be executed today for the 1994 killing of Leverett Morrison in Milledgeville, Georgia...
-
After Brussels, leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the prospect of the Islamic State group or other extremists unleashing a nuclear attack on a major Western city. Preventing terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials is the central focus as President Barack Obama hosts leaders from about 50 countries for a nuclear security summit that begins today...
-
Obama shortens sentences for 61 drug offenders, including one from Poplar Bluff
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders Wednesday, including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal-justice system. One of those prisoners commuted was from Southeast Missouri...
-
Trump backtracks on question of punishing women for abortion
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Wednesday women who get an abortion should receive "some form of punishment" if it is outlawed, drawing swift condemnation from activists on both sides of the divisive social issue...
-
No charges for 2 Minneapolis officers in fatal shooting
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man last fall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor announced Wednesday in a decision that drew outrage from community members who said the move showed the legal system is rigged against African-Americans...
-
Belgium premier's residence, office found on bomber's laptop
(International News ~ 03/31/16)
BRUSSELS -- A laptop used by one of the Brussels bombers contained images of the Belgian prime minister's home and office, an official said Wednesday, heightening fears after last week's attacks on the airport and subway system. A government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said "it is alarming that they were apparently scouting the terrain" around the lush Royal Park where his office, "Le 16," and his Lambermont residence are...
-
'The Walking Dead' is helping families connect
(Community ~ 03/31/16)
NEW YORK -- Michelle Fiala said her 14-year-old daughter, Laura, is fine watching humans run for their lives from snarling, flesh-eating zombies on AMC's "The Walking Dead." But if one of the characters on the show vomits, the teen has to look away...
-
Study: Indonesia 'hobbit' fossils older than first thought
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
NEW YORK -- It was a spectacular discovery: Fossils in an Indonesian cave revealed a recent relative of modern humans that stood about 3 feet tall. The creatures were nicknamed "hobbits." With evidence they had survived to just 12,000 years ago, the hobbits appeared to have been the last of our companions on the human branch of the evolutionary tree to go extinct...
-
Dog brings home bag of marijuana
(National News ~ 03/31/16)
LAUREL, Miss. -- Officials say a family dog recently came home with more than a bone or toy to play fetch -- the pup had a big bag of marijuana. The Jones County, Mississippi, Sheriff's Department said in a statement the homeowner told deputies when his dog came home with the bag, he initially thought it was garbage. But he inspected it and found it contained a leafy substance that smelled like marijuana. How or where the dog got the bag was not known...
-
Three awarded scholarships to Southeast
(Community ~ 03/31/16)
Jacob Starzinger of Jackson was awarded the University Scholarship and Residence Life Leadership Award to assist with the cost of attendance at Southeast Missouri State University this fall. Starzinger will be a 2016 graduate of Jackson High School and is the son of Scott Starzinger and Kelly Taylor of Jackson...
-
Prayer 3/31/16
(Prayer ~ 03/31/16)
Give us grace, O God, to withstand our suffering with the promise of your glory. Amen.
-
Define war
(Column ~ 03/31/16)
On March 28, 2016, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant was killed in a Taliban attack on a new Marine artillery outpost near Makhmour, Iraq. The rocket attack on the outpost also wounded three other Marines. However, the Department of Defense does not refer to this incident as a combat operation...
-
Hooked on Science: Egg spinning
(Community ~ 03/31/16)
STEP 1: Place the plastic egg on its side. n STEP 2: Quickly spin the egg and observe. Quickly spin the egg again, but apply different strengths and/or directions on the plastic egg. What happens? Why? When the egg is spinning vertically, are the forces acting on the egg balanced or unbalanced? How does this affect the motion of the egg?...
-
Sunrise, sunset: Notre Dame to stage 'Fiddler on the Roof'
(Community ~ 03/31/16)
Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau is bringing "Fiddler on the Roof" to the stage April 7 to 10. The production will dramatize Joseph Stein's classic musical while showcasing the students' talent. "Fiddler on the Roof" tells the story of a father in a Jewish community who wants to raise his five daughters with "traditional values" in the midst of changing times and anti-Semitism, according to Music Theatre International...
Stories from Thursday, March 31, 2016
Browse other days