Stories from Thursday, March 21, 2019

Former Scott City administrator Ron Eskew, who took the city and former Mayor Ron Cummins to court over his forced resignation, received a $40,000 settlement in exchange for dropping his lawsuit. The Southeast Missourian obtained a copy of the six-page agreement from the city after filing a Sunshine Law request...

A 1-year-old girl and a 50-year-old woman were killed in a traffic crash on Monday. Neither were wearing seatbelts. The crash involved two vehicles in Alexander County on Route 3 in Thebes, according to a news release issued Wednesday by the Illinois State Police...

Perryville, Missouri, has a housing shortage. Both Ward 2 Alderman Douglas K. Martin and challenger Sharon M. Unterreiner agree on that issue. The two candidates in the April 2 municipal election discussed the issue in emailed responses to a candidate questionnaire from the Southeast Missourian...

More than 12 years after voters approved a sales tax to, in part, pave more than 300 miles of county roads in Cape Girardeau County, more than 100 miles are paved, but funding issues and maintenance of roads paved early on mean paving pace has slowed considerably...

My most recent foodie adventure took me to the hospital. I woke up on a recent Wednesday morning feeling like I was at death's doorstep. One look at me, and my doctor suspected (and later confirmed): Type A Flu. Have you ever felt so horrible you started bargaining with God?...

Today is Thursday, March 21, the 80th day of 2019. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 2006, the social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first "tweet" by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote: "just setting up my twttr."...

Headaches are extremely common and often treated incorrectly. But regular chiropractic treatment can help address some of the root issues for many patients. Headaches are caused by a lack of blood supply or a change of blood supply to the head. This is why people describe headaches as pounding or pressure...

The Cape Girardeau School District is riding momentum. In just a few years, the graduation rate has elevated from the high 60s to the high 80 percentile. School attendance averages are climbing, particularly at schools with the most at-risk populations...

You have done a great job of promoting Prop Y in your paper with letters from mayors, pastors and general bias support overall. I would like to offer a glimpse of concern from the other side, aka the "pool people." My husband and I have managed the Scott City Dolphins swim team for approximately ten years now. ...

NEW YORK -- Labrador retrievers aren't letting go of their hold on U.S. dog lovers, but German shorthaired pointers are tugging on the top ranks of doggy popularity, according to new American Kennel Club data. Labs topped the list for the 28th year in a row. Yet there's been plenty of movement over time on the purebred pup-ularity ladder...

LONDON -- Exactly 1,000 days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, and nine days before it is scheduled to walk out the door, Prime Minister Theresa May hit the pause button Wednesday, asking the bloc to postpone the U.K.'s departure until June 30...

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top medical advisers said Wednesday medicines proven to treat opioid addiction remain vastly underused in the U.S. Only a fraction of the estimated 2 million people addicted to opioids are getting the medications, according to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The influential group, which advises the federal government, called for increased prescribing of the drugs and other changes to reduce barriers to their use...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, one of the chief architects of the slaughter and devastation of Bosnia's 1992-95 war, was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday as United Nations appeals judges upheld his convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes...

CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe -- Mozambique began three days of national mourning Wednesday for more than 200 victims of Cyclone Idai, while the death toll in neighboring Zimbabwe rose to more than 100 from one of the most destructive storms to strike southern Africa in decades...

Her family wanted a puppy, so Alicia Barnett dreamed they would find one that was smart, steady and a bit mysterious. She hoped their new addition could share a personality -- and a name -- with the man who has become her rather unlikely idol. And so, the Barnetts' new chocolate Lab was christened Mueller -- an homage to the stoic special prosecutor appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and whether members of the Trump campaign played any part...

LIMA, Ohio -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought his re-election campaign to Ohio -- a state essential to his 2020 strategy -- touring a military tank plant and telling many of its cheering workers: "You better love me. I kept this place open."...

WASHINGTON -- Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor's pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday a black death row inmate's conviction and death sentence at his sixth murder trial could not stand...

Humane Society of Southeast Missouri is teaming up with a local hockey group, Cape Area Hockey, for its first sports-themed fundraiser and sheltered pet adoption event, Pucks 4 Paws. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri regulators reversed course Wednesday and gave the go-ahead to one of the nation's largest renewable energy projects -- a high-voltage power line delivering wind energy from the Midwest to a power grid for eastern states...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Passenger rail traffic along a popular Missouri route was suspended and evacuations continued Wednesday amid flooding along the Missouri River. Amtrak said Tuesday it was temporarily halting its Missouri River Runner Service between Kansas City and St. Louis. Because of the flooding. It said, freight traffic was being diverted to tracks Amtrak uses. Buses were transporting passengers instead...

Work resumes on Route Y in Stoddard, Scott counties Route Y in Stoddard and Scott counties will be reduced with an 11-foot width restriction as contractor crews resurface the roadway. This section of road is from 2.5 miles east of Highway 25 to U.S. 61 in Sikeston, Missouri, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release...

After being turned down in Cape Girardeau on March 8, Lady Luck packed up and moved south; the Las Vegas-based company makes a $63.2 million, three-phase pitch to the Scott City Council to locate a gambling boat at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority...

Justin Micheal Trepanier, 27, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019. He was born Oct. 22, 1991, in Cape Girardeau, the oldest of three children to parents, Del Clover and Tonya Morice. Justin was a 2010 graduate of Jackson Senior High School. He played for the Jackson Indians football team two years and was an avid football fan...

David Craig Tally, 64, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at his home, after his battle with liver cancer. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Stan Hargis officiating...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- On Monday, March 18, 2019, Christina Lynn Westrich Shannon, loving wife, mother, sister and friend, passed away at the age of 62 on the farm she loved so much. She was surrounded by family and her beloved pets. Christy was born May 8, 1956, in St. Louis to Andrew and Judith Macke Westrich...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Andrew Gene Shain, 37, of St. Petersburg, Florida, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg. He was born Dec. 19, 1981, in Anniston, Alabama, to Nancy S. Shain and Eastman G. Foster. Andrew was a 2000 graduate of Poplar Bluff (Missouri) High School and attend Three Rivers Community College...

Gary Wayne Popp, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at his home. He was born Nov. 24, 1960, in Arcadia, California, to Edward "Ebby" and Retha Whitaker Popp. He and Patti Sample were married April 11, 2009, at Cape Girardeau. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 3775...

Delvin Gilbert Meyr, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will follow at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Revs. Douglas Breite and Daniel Maske officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

Lisa Lange, 51, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday Feb. 26, 2019. She was born Nov. 17, 1967, in St. Louis, to David and Mary Langley Lange. She and Jena Terry were married June 26, 2014, in Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois. Lisa leaves behind many loved ones and six "kids" -- cats. ...

Rachel L. Gowin Farris, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Chateau Girardeau. Family and friends may gather from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with Jere Gowin officiating. Inurnment will follow at Olive Branch (Illinois) Cemetery...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Stan Eudy, 79, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 21, 1940, in Jonesboro, the son of Milo and Delores Miller Eudy. Stan is survived by his son, Kyle (Debbie) Eudy of Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Ginger (Mike) Welker of Perryville, Missouri, and Leasa (Kevin) Maxfield and Christy Huffman, all of Cape Girardeau; stepson, Jason (Jane) Eaton of Nashville, Tennessee; eight grandchildren, Grant Eudy, Zach Huffman, Kelly and Emily Welker, Alec and Drew Eudy, Logan Huffman and Payton Maxfield; great-grandchild, Allie Rose Eudy; brother, Steve (Sue) Eudy of Anna, Illinois; sister, Marjorie Stark of Anna; and other relatives and friends.. ...

FORSYTH, Mo. -- Cecil Richard Clubb, 72, of Forsyth passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019, at his home. He was born Dec. 24, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Cecil M. and Mary Salena "Lena" Withers Clubb. On April 7, 1998, he was united in marriage to Eunice Glee Collins...

Billy W. "Bill" Carnell, 73, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 24, 1945, in Portageville, Missouri, to Clarence H. and Ruby Rogers Carnell. Bill attended school in Portageville and served honorably in the U.S. Army from June 1963 to December 1968...

Louise Ostendorf Alderman, 76, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with parish prayers at 7 p.m., Friday at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Missouri. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Michael Casteel officiating. Entombment will be at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau...

O Heavenly Father, may we use the gifts you have blessed us with to honor you. Amen.

Cape Girardeau The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: n Medical assists were made 12:36 a.m. on Towers Circle, 9:18 a.m. on Broadway, 12:16 p.m. on Concord Place and 12:48 p.m. on Linden Street. n At 9:11 a.m., citizen assist was on Linden Street...

Jackson The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Nathaniel Bastien, 31, of Millersville was arrested for violation of court order. n Christopher Phelps, 54, of Riverview Gardens, Missouri, was arrested on suspicion of passing a bad check and on a Cape Girardeau County warrant...

Cooking quantities and habits have sure changed since our children are out of our house. It is quite an adjustment to cook for two and not a teenage boy. Scott does not mind an occasional casserole but he sure doesn't want to eat leftover leftovers...

WASHINGTON -- The way most of us speak today is shaped in part by how long ago our ancestors gave up chewing tough, raw meat. It's widely known that languages evolve as societies develop and change, but the sounds we utter are also shaped, literally, by the placement of our jaw -- and that is influenced by how we chew our food, researchers report Thursday in the journal Science...

Willis G. "Sonny" Wagner, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 19, 2019. According to his wishes, there will be no services. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.