Stories from Friday, April 3, 2020

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded contracts for Southeast District projects during an electronic ballot process held Wednesday, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. ...

One person died and three others were injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Wednesday night near Flickerwood Arena in Jackson. The crash occurred at 8:22 p.m. when a 2006 Ford F150 southbound on Larch Lane ran off the roadway then overcorrected and overturned, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Smaller local governments are issuing stay-at-home orders to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Missouri, where the governor hasn't issued a statewide order. Such orders took effect more than a week ago in the state's biggest cities, including Kansas City and St. Louis, but smaller counties with few or no COVID-19 cases are now telling residents to leave home only for essential reasons, such as to buy groceries or medicine...

With the end of its spring semester just six weeks away, Southeast Missouri State University has announced a postponement of its spring commencement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Unfortunately, current social distancing guidelines have forced us to make this very difficult decision,” Southeast president Carlos Vargas said in a video posted on the university’s website Thursday morning...

Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center reported no new COVID-19 cases Thursday, but officials released more information about county residents infected with the coronavirus. The total number of Cape Girardeau County residents who have tested positive for the virus remained 15, though results have not returned for many patients who have been tested...

Nearly two weeks have passed since Missouri’s statewide social distancing order went into effect March 23 advising everyone to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and maintain 6 feet of distance from non-family members. As the month of March progressed, workplaces across the country began instituting changes to daily procedure to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, and the same was true at the Cape Girardeau Police Department...

Former Gov. Eric Greitens has been busy this week delivering N95 masks to police, fire and first responder agencies in Missouri, including several hundred earmarked for the Jackson police and fire departments as well as the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson issued a ‘State Home Missouri’ order Friday in an effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. The order begins at 12:01 a.m. Monday and continues until 11:59 p.m. April 24. The state's public and charter schools will remain closed during the term of the order and individuals shall avoid leaving their home or residence unless necessary.

Today is Friday, April 3, the 94th day of 2020. There are 272 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 3, 1996, Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested at his remote Montana cabin. On this date: In 1860, the legendary Pony Express began carrying mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. (The delivery system lasted only 18 months before giving way to the transcontinental telegraph.)...

Dealing with the health concerns of the novel coronavirus is challenging on its own, but it's even more complicated when you consider the actions of bad actors who purvey on the fears of unsuspecting individuals. Southeast Missourian reporter Ben Matthews reported recently, according to the FBI, conronavirus-related fraud schemes are increasing...

Best of luck to new coach Brad Korn. If Parker Long's skills are as good as they were in high school, that's a promising start. I keep reading posts by our local school and district administrations that they believe the distance learning curriculum is "world class" and "innovative." It's a joke! The lessons are copy and pasted garbage. And, while you tell our students they can't be at school, you're running a large scale food distribution operation from school kitchens. This us completely nuts!...

Democrats announced Thursday they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move showing how the coronavirus is reshaping the battle for the White House. The party had hoped a mid-July convention would give them more time to rally behind a nominee and unify against President Donald Trump. But concerns large crowds will spread the virus prompted Democrats, including prospective nominee Joe Biden, to press for alternatives...

WASHINGTON -- The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus on his ship was fired Thursday by Navy leaders who said he created a panic by sending his memo pleading for help to too many people. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly said the ship's commander, Capt. ...

PARIS -- The worldwide race to protect people against being infected by unwitting coronavirus carriers intensified Thursday, pitting governments against each other as they buy protective gear and prompting new questions about who should wear masks, get temperature checks or even be permitted to go outside...

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks ago, the Pentagon promised to make as many as 2,000 military ventilators available as the federal government strains to contend with the coronavirus pandemic. As of Wednesday, less than half had been allocated, despite a desperate need across the country...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many, if not almost all, Americans wear face coverings when leaving home, in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. The recommendations, still being finalized Thursday, would apply at least to those who live in areas hard-hit by community transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, critics have growing concerns that some mom-and-pop shops might get squeezed out. The Paycheck Protection Program -- part of the $2 trillion relief package signed into law last week -- was billed as a way to help local businesses that often form the fabric of communities retain workers and pay bills. ...

NEW YORK -- The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks, the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage piles up around the world...

For the whole world, our Savior suffered death to save us all, and we are thankful. Amen.

Neumeyer Photography is relocating in the downtown area of Cape Girardeau; Tom Neumeyer has announced plans to construct a 1,200-square-foot addition to his home at 25 S. Lorimier St.; the new structure will house the studio, darkroom and dressing rooms; a deck will surround the new addition; Neumeyer says his business has outgrown his space at 117 Independence St...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was report in the 600 block of Jefferson Avenue. Thefts n Larceny was reported in the 200 bllock of Franks Lane. n Larceny was reported in the 1700 block of Broadway...

Daughter to Brandan and Jessica Mitchell of Bloomfield, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 9:48 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Name, Kadience Marie. Weight, 7 pounds. First child. Mrs. Mitchell is the daughter of Johanna and Calvin Edwards of Bloomfield, and Johnny and Paulla White of Campbell, Missouri. Mitchell is the son of Allen and Linda Mitchell of Dexter, Missouri, and Shelly Reeves of Sikeston, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell both work for WW Wood Products...

NEW ORLEANS -- Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, has died after battling pneumonia brought on by the new coronavirus, one of his six sons said late Wednesday. He was 85. "Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his demise. But it was pneumonia brought on by COVID-19," Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in an Associated Press phone interview...

NEW YORK -- Wall Street rallied Thursday for its first gain in three days after a sudden surge in oil prices revived beaten-down energy stocks. But, as has so often been the case in this year's volatile market, it took a few U-turns to get there. The price of crude spurted as much as 30% higher after President Donald Trump said he expects Russia and Saudi Arabia to back away from their price war, which erupted last month and helped drag U.S. ...

I'll make this short and to the point. My fellow Cape Girardeau ians.. is this what you ever expected to see your children or grandchildren to have to be wearing on their beautiful faces? Me either, yet here I am, looking at a photo, of 2 of my own grand kids, who live in the high desert in California. ...

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