-
Fire damages Cape Girardeau apartments
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
A fire Tuesday damaged an apartment building at 519 S. Pacific St., Cape Girardeau Fire Department officials said in an incident report. No one was injured, but occupants of all three apartment units were displaced, battalion chief Mark Starnes said in the report...
-
Cape Municipal Band to perform Memorial Day, throughout summer
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
It’s time to strike up the band. The Cape Municipal Band kicks off its season with an 11 a.m. performance Monday at the Osage Centre as part of a Memorial Day ceremony. Jerry Ford, who plays the trumpet in the Jerry Ford Orchestra and Cape Municipal Band, said Monday’s concert would include patriotic compositions, including performances of several marches by John Philip Sousa and various other military arrangements...
-
Ramsay's Run new community taking reservations
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
A new real estate venture aims to build on Cape Girardeau’s early history and bring in a community for people 55 and older to enjoy amenities and access. The Chateau Girardeau announced the development in 2016, now known as Ramsay’s Run, on Bloomfield Road north of Dalhousie Golf Club...
-
Scare tactics at Jackson City Park
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
From left, Brielle and Millie Bollinger, ages 5 and 8, wait to scare their older sister, Kyra, 11, as she creeps down a spiral slide near Rotary Lake on Tuesday in Jackson City Park.
-
TIF Report: Developer looks to buy vacant theaters, renovate Esquire
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
A development group wants to purchase two of Cape Girardeau’s historic theaters in the 800 block of Broadway and redevelop one of them with the aid of tax-increment financing, according to an application submitted to city hall. TAG (Together Always Giving) Development and Cape Theaters LLC submitted the application. The effort is headed by developer Cara Naeger of Bloomsdale, Missouri...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 05/23/18)
Today is Wednesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2018. There are 222 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 23, 1618, the Defenestration of Prague took place as Bohemian Protestants angry over what they saw as a threat to their religious freedom threw two Catholic imperial regents and their secretary out an upper-story palace window; the men survived the incident, which helped trigger the Thirty Years' War...
-
Social justice run amok with restrictive housing policies
(Column ~ 05/23/18)
For years, I have argued that housing is the key challenge for communities. Above education, law enforcement, medical availability and jobs, housing often determines the future of a community, the make-up of its residents and the ability to attract and maintain its population...
-
Ray Ritter, head of a family, pillar of a community
(Column ~ 05/23/18)
A pillar of the medical community for many decades, Dr. Ray Ritter died last week, surrounded by family. He had a distinguished medical career, which included performing the first total hip replacement in Southeast Missouri and the second in the state of Missouri. At different times, he was president of the medical staff at Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Hospital. His list of education and professional accomplishments is long...
-
Out of the past: May 23
(Out of the Past ~ 05/23/18)
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson celebrated its 100th anniversary, with the Rev. James W. Kalthoff, president of the Missouri District of Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, speaking at the morning worship services; St. Paul began May 18, 1893, with the original constitution signed by six charter members...
-
Derick Teague Jr.
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
Roderick "Derick" Eugene Teague Jr. passed away Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Derick, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau, was born Jan. 1, 1983. After graduating from Cape Girardeau Central High in 2001, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served our country in military intelligence until 2005. ...
-
Wanda Schmittzehe
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. -- Wanda Schmittzehe, 84, of Town and Country, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, May 21, 2018 in St. Louis at her daughter's home. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Anselm Catholic Church, 530 S. Mason Road, Creve Coeur, Missouri. Entombment will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum by Schrader Funeral Home of Ballwin, Missouri...
-
Barbara Prater
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
THEBES, Ill. -- Barbara Aline Prater, 87, of Thebes died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born April 5, 1931, in Fayville, Illinois, to Berlie and Mary Ruth Miles Snell. She and Robert Gene Prater were married April 29, 1950, at Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death March 9, 2008...
-
Tamra Macke
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
Tamra Sue Macke, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 21, 2018, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rick Jones officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
-
Muriel Kelley
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
Muriel L. Kelley, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 21, 2018, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Jan. 5, 1920, in St. James, Missouri, to J.C. and Minnie Lee Givens Southard. She married Earl Kelley, who preceded her in death Dec. 28, 1982...
-
Lucille Hill
(Obituary ~ 05/23/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Inez Lucille Hill, 87, of Springfield, formally of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 18, 2018, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Jan. 11, 1931, in Wittenberg, Missouri, to James Edward King and Viola Marie Hardy. She and Fletcher "Brownie" Hill were married June 29, 1968, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death March 8, 2002...
-
Charges dropped in Fats Domino theft case
(Entertainment ~ 05/23/18)
HARVEY, La. -- Prosecutors won't pursue charges against a drummer accused of stealing rare coins and a passport from famed New Orleans musician Fats Domino. The New Orleans Advocate reported Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick's office dropped the case against 65-year-old Ernest "Box" Fontenot. Connick's office said Monday it didn't have sufficient evidence...
-
Trump avoids Rosenstein issue
(National News ~ 05/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declined to say Tuesday whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, escalating pressure on the Justice Department as his White House negotiated rare access to classified documents for his congressional allies...
-
Trump wades deeper into abortion politics as midterms loom
(National News ~ 05/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has long been an unlikely sweetheart for conservative and evangelical voters. Now, in the lead-up to the midterm elections, the thrice-married former Democrat who used to describe himself as "very pro-choice" is offering catnip to conservative voters with a new administration push to strip funding from Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics...
-
Congress moves to end key post-crisis bank rules
(National News ~ 05/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- Congress moved Tuesday to dismantle a chunk of the rules framework for banks, installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis costing millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House voted 258-159 to approve legislation rolling back the Dodd-Frank law, notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a campaign promise...
-
Trump, Moon try to keep N. Korea summit on track amid doubts
(National News ~ 05/23/18)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump labored with South Korea's Moon Jae-in on Tuesday to keep the highly anticipated U.S. summit with North Korea on track after Trump abruptly cast doubt the June 12 meeting would come off. Setting the stakes sky high, Moon said, "The fate and the future of the Korean Peninsula hinge" on the meeting...
-
Missouri lawmakers read woman's testimony against Greitens
(State News ~ 05/23/18)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Like actors rehearsing a script, Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday publicly read aloud the previously secret criminal case transcripts of a woman who accused Gov. Eric Greitens of sexual misconduct and asserted his attorney suggested she should deny it...
-
Road work 5/23/18
(Local News ~ 05/23/18)
Improvements to the Interstate 55/57/U.S. 60 cloverleaf interchange in Sikeston, Missouri, are scheduled to begin June 4, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. While work is underway on the interchange at mile marker 66, motorists should anticipate various lane and ramp closures. ...
-
Prayer 5/23/18
(Prayer ~ 05/23/18)
O Lord Jesus, we look to you, our glorious Savior, for wisdom. Amen.
-
Speak Out 5/23/18
(Speak Out ~ 05/23/18)
Four Democratic Party platforms called for Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of Israel. In June 2017, the Senate voted 90-0 (with 'yes' votes from Democratic Senators Feinstein, Murphy and Sanders) to reaffirm the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 which mandated the embassy move, a bill that passed two decades ago with the support of Democrat Minority Leader Pelosi...
-
Cape Girardeau police report 5/23/18
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/23/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Glenda Sadler, 43, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Stoddard County (Missouri) warrant. n Ryan Cruz, 28, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...
-
Births 5/23/18
(Births ~ 05/23/18)
Son to Robert Clinton and Brooke Danielle Pipes of Dexter, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:05 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2018. Name, Asher Randall. Weight, 9 pounds, 5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Pipes is the former Brooke Green, daughter of Randy Green of Sikeston, Missouri, and the late Rita Green. ...
-
Students with perfect attendance
(Submitted Story ~ 05/23/18)
These Jackson East Elementary School students had perfect attendance for the 2017-2018 school year. First row: Ryan Thorne, Madison Loy, Zander Smith, Madison Puckett, Katy Wondel. Second row: Drew Thompson, Emily Ireland, Mason Loy, Nolan Bartels, Grant Sparks, Breanna Brugger, Summer Woeltje...
Stories from Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Browse other days