Stories from Saturday, January 26, 2019

The City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department and Southeast Missouri State University’s Percussion Ensemble students are coming together to host separate community drumming events — called Drum Circle — Tuesday and Feb. 5 and 12, at the River Campus...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Voters in Mississippi County will choose a new sheriff during Tuesday’s special election. The sheriff race is the only issue on the ballot, and voters will choose one of three candidates: Britton Ferrell, Republican; Brent Douglas, Democrat; and Keith Moore, independent, according to the office of Mississippi County Clerk Emily K. Pullen...

At any monster truck show, the vehicles themselves are the star attractions. They’re practically household names. Bigfoot and Gravedigger, are but two examples. Darron Schnell is the man behind perhaps the most famous machine of all: Bigfoot. He will be one of the drivers maneuvering the six machines when Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live rolls into the Show Me Center from Feb. 1 to 3...

Cape Girardeau city officials hope to raze an 18-hangar structure at the airport and replace it with a 26-hangar building without spending any tax dollars. Jackson contractor Phil Penzel has proposed setting up a development company that would demolish the dilapidated, pole barn structure at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport and build and manage the new facility...

Local hospital officials said this week implementing federal mandates to publish prices publicly will, in reality, be of little value to patients. In 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, finalized a rule requiring hospitals to establish and make public a list of their standard charges, in an attempt to increase price transparency for patients, according to www.cms.gov, and prices were required to be online by Jan. 1...

In a spacious room behind the scenes of the front counter and the exam rooms of clients and patients, veterinarians and veterinary technicians joke with each other in-between surgeries and appointments at Skyview Animal Clinic in Cape Girardeau. In one corner of the room, a dog is being prepped for surgery, while a guinea pig is being observed in its cage for having a lost appetite and weight loss. ...

Today is Saturday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2019. There are 339 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton forcefully denied having an affair with a former White House intern, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Mel Carnahan and legislative leaders are promising quick action in response to a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that has cast a cloud over the licensing of riverboat gambling boats in the state; the result of the ruling is that a statewide election will have to be held on a constitutional amendment legalizing games of chance such as slot machines that would be available on boats...

Alan and Kim Wengert of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Haley Logan Wengert of Cape Girardeau, to Ethan John Browning of Charleston, Missouri. He is the son of Jim and Kathy Browning of Charleston. Haley is a 2011 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. ...

Shane and Melissa Glover of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Audrey Glover, to Christopher Roth, son of Marty and Betty Roth of Cape Girardeau. Audrey is a 2010 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School. She received her Bachelor of Health Science degree in 2014 and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2016 from Maryville University in St. Louis. She is a physical therapist at the Kenny Rogers Children's Center in Sikeston, Missouri...

Morgan Victoria Wild and Kevin Ray Brost were married Jan. 5 at Old St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. John Harth performed the ceremony. Geri Beussink of Jackson was pianist, and Emily Lamb of Wingo, Kentucky, and Collin Andersson of Nashville, Tennessee, were vocalists...

Have you ever meet a tinsmith, cooper, limeburner, trader, or stone mason? No? You are not alone! These professions, once common in 1850s Cape Girardeau County, have become extinct or extremely rare. According to the 1850 federal census for Cape Girardeau County, there were 13,912 residents. ...

As I write this column, I am shivering. I think I am mentally reacting to the cold weather we are now experiencing. I think I am also reacting to the image of all the birds I see in the woods through our sliding glass door. They are looking for food and they are looking for water...

Submitted by Safe Harbor Cassie is a 10-year-old female who really needs a loving home. She are available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.

Monday: Shepherd's pie or Polish sausage with potato, sauerkraut, Prince Edward veggies, whole-grain bread and sugar-free peach crisp or peach cobbler. Tuesday: Roast pork with gravy or teriyaki chicken, au gratin potatoes, pickled beet salad, whole-grain hot roll and cinnamon applesauce or streusel cake...

On Jan. 17, Lamplighter FCE Club met in the home of Margaret Friese. President Judy Strickland called the meeting to order. Strickland distributed 2019 club books. Friese gave the devotion, "Prayer" taken from the club book. Members answered roll call by telling about "a Christmas treat I made/served."...

I was able to capture this male cardinal at about 4:30 p.m. last Saturday, January 19. It had been raining most of the day and as temperatures began to fall into the low 30s, sleet and snow began to fall. You can see in my photo that the wind was blowing hard, making it difficult for this cardinal to sit still. The wind coming from his left was catching his wing and blowing up the feathers on the back of his head. My fingers were very cold as I photographed him...

With 26 years of ministry experience, Troy Richards recently joined First Baptist Church, 212 S. High St. in Jackson, as senior pastor, according to a news release. Richards most recently served as lead pastor at Cecilia Baptist Church in Cecilia, Kentucky, and has led churches in both Kentucky and Oregon. He's also led mission trips to the Middle East...

LEABNON, Ill. -- The following students were named to the McKendree University president's list for fall 2018. Cape Girardeau: Caitlyn Tinsley Perryville, Missouri: Matthew Moran The following students were named to the McKendree University dean's list for fall 2018...

An old man, posture hunched by osteoporosis, makes his way down a corridor. The nurses don't know much about him, except he's a bit eccentric. They don't know what he did for a living. They don't know his accomplishments. They don't know the risks he took...

It took a long time for it to get around to snowing this winter. We got snow briefly for a day or so in November, and then nothing. For two months, the trees have sat brown, the sky has alternated between gray and sunny days, and the grass in many places has slowly turned to pale yellow and brown-green, but no snow. It can look barren and bleak...

Are you someone who thinks the world moves too fast? Noise resides on every corner, and you just want to get away from it all. You yearn for a slower pace and wonder how to find such a place. I, for one, like the word progress because without it we would cease to grow, as would the world in which we live. ...

DEXTER, Mo. -- "I have wagons in every state in the Union except Hawaii," said Jerry Brown of Dexter. "I even sold one to Disneyworld!" At 81 years old, Brown is beginning to wind down a business that has been his passion for 35 years. "We had riding horses, and I wanted a riding wagon like my dad had when I was young. I decided to try and see if I could build one. That's how it all started," he said...

Oran Elementary School 3rd grade: Addison Campbell, Alexis Campbell, Jayden Chaney, Phoenix Collins, Emma Dennis, Keaton Goodale, Alli Graviett, Tristan Green, Jase Hahn, Andy Menz, Josie Mims, Bryson Pobst, Koby Pobst, Liam Ressel, Kierstyn Reynolds, Rowan Roberts, Landon Russell, Makaylynn Senciboy, Fletcher Shoemaker, Harper Tyra...

A Honor Roll 6th grade: Nate Aufdenberg, Lyla Craft, Dylan Craig, Baylee Crass, Paola Gonzalez, Hayden Hale, Cadence Pobst, Bailey Rees. 7th grade: Ellie Dickerson, Maci Hollis, Emma Kerr, Kaden Pruitt, Luke Richey, Kailey Tiemann, Ian Weber, Janell Windeknecht...

St. Paul Lutheran School Scholastic Honor Roll 5th grade: Brayden Zoellner. 6th grade: Anthony Kearns, Wesley Kiehne, Tristan Leggett, Erin Spencer. 8th grade: Eden Dehne, Madeline Kiehne, Eli Perr, Lily Ward, Maci Wendel. High Honor Roll 5th grade: Lauren Birk, Clara Bledsoe, Hope Bockelman, Sophia DeBrower, Addison Downs, Evie Ford, Nolan Kintner, Walker Matthews, Noah Perr, Alex Rhodes, Aiden Sander...

For several weeks now I've been working and planning and dreaming about my seed order for 2019. Some of the varieties I could get locally, but many of the varieties I want to grow simply aren't available. I could order the plants in, but the cost would be prohibitive. ...

A national baseball writer once said he doesn't root for specific teams, just good stories. Me on the other hand, I root for the Cardinals and good stories. Stories like the remarkable comeback of Daniel Ponce de Leon. The pitcher was in Cape Girardeau Monday as part of the Cardinal Caravan. Before heading out to the Osage Centre gym where Cardinal fans awaited, he talked with me about a head injury that could have ended more than his baseball career...

Lord Jesus, our hope is in you; you are the cornerstone of our faith. Amen.

NEW YORK -- The researchers who reported Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found...

TIJUANA, Mexico -- Eusebio Gomez thought his arduous journey to the U.S. and monthslong wait in the border town of Tijuana would end when he made it to American soil. But a shift in the Trump administration's immigration policy could mean more waiting...

Politicians couldn't overcome their differences and end the government shutdown over five weeks. Six air traffic controllers might have given them the final nudge they needed. Six of the 13 controllers who normally staff a critical air traffic center in Virginia didn't come to work Friday. That center handles air traffic in and out of the mid-Atlantic region and the New York City area...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone was charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election bid, with prosecutors alleging senior Trump campaign officials sought to leverage the publication of the stolen material into a White House victory...

SAO PAULO -- A dam holding back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge and leaving an estimated 200 people missing, authorities and the mining company said. Parts of the city of Brumadinho were evacuated, and firefighters rescued people by helicopter and ground vehicles. Local television channel TV Record showed a helicopter hovering inches off the ground as it pulled people covered in mud out of the waste...

LAS GARZAS, Panama -- Pope Francis on Friday brought World Youth Day to Panama's juvenile delinquents, celebrating an emotional penitential liturgy inside the country's main youth prison since the inmates couldn't participate in the Catholic Church's big festival of faith outside...

Arthur W. "Art" Seboldt, 92, of Gordonville died Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church at Gordonville...

Arthur Lynn "Art" Hartle, 73, of Millersville passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at his home. He was born Jan. 6, 1946, in Cape Girardeau, son of Hubert F. and Dessie M. Seabaugh Hartle. He and Mary "Cathy" Cotner were married Dec. 10, 1971. Art attended Jackson High School. ...

Doris Lee Christy, 85, originally of Commerce, Missouri, and Scott City, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at Lucy Corr Village, Chesterfield, Virginia. She was born May 31, 1933, in Commerce to Leo and Rose Mae Wright Abernathy. Nov. 15, 1958, she married Dale B. Christy and he preceded her in death Sept. 10, 1985...

WASHINGTON -- Submitting to mounting pressure amid growing disruption, President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand Congress give him money for a border wall before federal agencies get back to work...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Michael Hill Jr., 31, of Opelika, Alabama, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and failrue to drive within a single lane...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Jan. 19 n Medical assists were made at 2:14 p.m. on South Farrar Drive, 3:22 p.m. on Village Drive, 5:23 p.m. on Perryville Road, 6:43 p.m. at Dearmont Complex and 8:29 p.m. on North Park Avenue...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Conservation said more than 9,000 feral hogs were killed in the state last year. The department Friday reported along with partner agencies and private landowners, it killed roughly 9,300 hogs in 2018...

ST. LOUIS -- A male St. Louis police officer was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a female officer during what was described as a deadly game with a revolver. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced the charge against Nathaniel Hendren, 29, in the death of 24-year-old Katlyn Alix, as they allegedly played a game in which a revolver's cylinder was emptied, one bullet put back and the two colleagues taking turns pointing at each other and pulling the trigger...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The Venezuelan opposition leader who has declared himself interim president vowed Friday he would remain on the streets until the South American country has a transitional government, while President Nicolas Maduro dug in and accused his opponents of orchestrating a coup...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- While domestic woes sidelined major figures like U.S. President Donald Trump, this year's gathering of the global elites in the Swiss ski resort of Davos showcased divisions on pressing issues like trade and the environment. In the end, a spunky 16-year-old Swedish climate activist all but stole the show...