Stories from Wednesday, April 15, 2020

A member of the Southeast Correctional Center team has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a weekend message from Missouri Department of Corrections director Anne Precythe. The prison employee had last entered the Charleston, Missouri, facility April 7, and he is currently in quarantine, Precythe stated...

No new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County, with the total remaining at 30. Eleven county residents have recovered from the disease, and one has died. Six county residents are hospitalized with COVID-19. Of the positive cases, 13 involve residents in Jackson, 10 in Cape Girardeau and seven in other areas of the county...

Perryville, Missouri, native Londyn Lorenz won’t be advancing to the finals in the “Jeopardy!” College Championship next week. Lorenz, a sophomore studying Arabic and international studies at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, trailed her opponents throughout the game broadcast Tuesday, but came from behind in Final Jeopardy! with the correct answer and an all-in wager...

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a $17 million grant for the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Tuesday as part of the $10 billion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program. “We are very excited about this opportunity,” airport manager Katrina Amos said in a statement Tuesday. “We’ll be working with our partners to thoroughly review the specific parameters of the CARES Act and what it can do for Cape Girardeau.”...

The art of teaching looks drastically different today than it did a month ago. All over the country, educators and students alike are relearning what it means to attend a class or give a lecture. Last week, Gov. Mike Parson announced all public and charter schools will be closed for the remainder of the academic year in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19...

Short-term government loans are beginning to reach area businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic despite what some lenders describe as a “clunky” and somewhat frustrating loan application process. “‘Clunky’ is probably a generous word,” said Cord Polen, president and CEO of Alliance Bank in Cape Girardeau when asked to describe the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...

Richard Martin, M.D., an ear, nose and throat physician in Cape Girardeau, says a procedure he developed years ago could save those suspected of having COVID-19 from needing to undergo mechanical ventilation. Martin, with 49 years of experience as an otolaryngologist, calls his procedure AIM, the aspiration-irrigation maneuver...

Today is Wednesday, April 15, the 106th day of 2020. There are 260 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 15, 2013, two bombs made from pressure cookers exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than 260. Suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police; his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death...

A bridesmaid gown or wedding dress is something you wear once. And then the wearer often wonders what to do with it. Connie Angle, RN, and her mother, Klodean Crader, are providing a way to reuse formal dresses while bringing comfort to other women: they sew infant burial gowns and rompers from the formals. ...

Scott County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Tara L. Mason, recorder of deeds, during March are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 545-3551...

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Chet Eby is making sure you will get all of the bacon you need for breakfast, or that thinly sliced prosciutto and provolone sandwich you've been craving. It is a Wednesday afternoon, and the 31-year-old has his young sons, Austin and Evan, with him hauling a load of 20-pound piglets from Cumberland County to Iowa. ...

Codefi and the Marquette Tech District are now accepting applications for the annual 1ST50K competition. This year's competition has a focus on Southeast Missouri entrepreneurs, and winners will receive a $50,000 grant to further develop their business venture. Other benefits include mentorship from other entrepreneurs and investors, Codefi membership and additional fundraising opportunities...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Body slams and pile drives can go on in the Sunshine State. With Florida under a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, there's one business deemed essential by Florida's governor that is raising some eyebrows: pro wrestling. Florida's top emergency official last week amended Gov. ...

NEW YORK -- They were skeptical. The name was weird. The concept was a little crazy -- but it was intriguing. Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz and rising star Stephan James each overcame initial reluctance to become pioneers in Quibi, the mobile phone-only platform that offers installments of movies and TV in 10 minutes or less...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge has one request for attorneys showing up for court hearings via Zoom: Get out of bed and put on some clothes! Broward Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey made the plea in a letter published by the Weston Bar Association, news outlets reported. ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday again delayed Louisiana's presidential primary because of the coronavirus -- this time to July 11 -- as the state's chief elections officer asked lawmakers to expand mail-in balloting and early voting...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Armed men boarded a Hong Kong-flagged tanker ship Tuesday off the coast of Iran near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, holding the ship for a short time before releasing it amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., authorities said...

WASHINGTON -- Former President Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party's biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures. "Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us through a long recovery," Obama said in a 12-minute video in which he argued the coronavirus pandemic reinforced the need for better leadership...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- For people who lost homes to the deadly tornadoes that rampaged across the South, there are no comforting hugs from volunteers or handshakes from politicians. There are no Red Cross shelters for homeless families, who are staying instead in hotel rooms to avoid large gatherings...

Technology companies led stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors focused on how and when authorities may begin to ease business shutdowns and limits on people's movements imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Big companies also started reporting their first-quarter earnings, giving investors an early peek into how the outbreak was affecting them. ...

NEW YORK -- Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other patients, officials reported Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is hitting doctors, nurses and other health care professionals...

WASHINGTON -- Setting the stage for a possible power struggle with President Donald Trump, governors around the U.S. began sketching out plans Tuesday to reopen their economies in a slow and methodical process so as to prevent the coronavirus from rebounding with tragic consequences...

WASHINGTON -- Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it's still a long road to prove if they'll really work. China's CanSino Biologics is beginning the second phase of testing its vaccine candidate, China's Ministry of Science and Technology said Tuesday...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Robert Leon "Bob" Winding, 82, of Mounds passed away at 7:20 a.m. Monday, April 13, 2020, at his home. Bob was born March 25, 1938, in Pulaski County, Illinois, to the late James Lowell and Lorraine Edwards Winding. He was a U.S. Army veteran, was employed with Consolidated Grain and Barge in Mound City, Illinois, for 25 years, and was an avid fisherman and outdoorsman...

Rosati "Joe" Moore Jr., 88, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Delmar Gardens of Creve Coeur. Visitation and funeral service will be private for the family only Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, with Deacon Joe Brindley officiating. Burial will be in Home Cemetery...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Eva Lois Matthews, 92, of Sikeston died Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home.

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Velma Lee Huber, 93, of Perryville died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation and funeral Mass will be private for the family only Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at St. Boniface Cemetery in Perryville...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Alvin Ray Fox was born March 11, 1937, and left this world to be with his Lord on Monday, April 13, 2020, at 83 years of age. Alvin had been a truck driver for many years, which most people had heard stories about, and worked at Golden Cat in Aquilla, Missouri, for many years, a job he was very proud of...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Rita Opal Boxdorfer, 98, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at her home. Visitation and funeral will be private for the family only Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joseph Schlie officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...

O'FALLON, Mo. -- The nation's two largest rivers top a new listing of the most endangered waterways, according to a report released Tuesday. The Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization American Rivers released its list of the 10 most endangered rivers in the United States. The Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri was cited as the most endangered, followed by the lower Missouri River in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri...

I wish everyone would take the warnings seriously and wear a mask in the stores. It's not just to protect you. It's to protect others, because you don't know if you've already got the virus. Do you really want to be a silent carrier, endangering others who might be more vulnerable? Please wear a mask or a bandana or a scarf. Something, please...

O Heavenly Father, may we daily seek the truth and be committed to honesty. Amen.

Brooks & Dunn, David Ball and the Tractors honky-tonked, road-housed and rocked the world at the sold-out Show Me Center last night; a youthful audience of 6,149 attended the 3 1/2-hour concert. Cape Girardeau's newest radio talk show host is a motorcycle-riding, 30-year-old father of almost four with a taste for bone-breaking sports, conservative philosophers and rock 'n' roll; Southeast Missourian's news editor Jay Eastlick will begin his new duties Monday morning on radio station KAPE...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 400 block of North Street. n Assault was reported at Jefferson Avenue and South Sprigg Street. n Assault was reported in the 2400 block of William Street...