Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2020

The southbound lane of North Fountain Street between Mason and Pearl streets in Cape Girardeau will be closed for waterline repairs beginning at about 8 a.m. today, weather permitting. According to a notification from the Street Division of the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department, the work will take about a week to complete, again, depending on weather conditions...

A suspect has been taken into custody after a gunshot victim was located by police Tuesday near the 1300 block of Bertling Street in Cape Girardeau. According to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, 22-year-old Hannah Elizabeth Durham of Jefferson City, Missouri, was arrested later Tuesday in relation to the shooting...

Summer semester courses at Southeast Missouri State University will include a combination of online and in-person classes as the university begins to transition to normal activities following the COVID-19 pandemic. All summer courses at the university scheduled to start before June 29 will take place online or remotely, according to information posted on Southeast’s website...

Only one new COVID-19 case was reported in the region Tuesday. Scott County Health Department raised the county’s total virus cases to 63. Twenty-three people have recovered from COVID-19 in the county, and two deaths have been attributed to it. No new cases were reported in other Missouri counties: Cape Girardeau (48), Bollinger (4), Perry (41) and Stoddard (19)...

Good news for Cape Girardeau farmers market enthusiasts: Both the Thursday market at West Park Mall and Saturday’s Riverfront Market will open soon, as drive-through markets — to start the season, at least. On Saturday, Old Town Cape will host the downtown Riverfront Market in a different location than usual. Cape Riverfront Market manager Emily Vines said it will run from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Century Casino Cape Girardeau, 777 N. Main St., as a drive-through-only market...

An April 12 incident involving a woman making false claims of being COVID-19 positive and recently in physical contact with an inmate in the Cape Girardeau County Jail has resulted in the arrest of the alleged caller. Brittany Rebecca Scholl, 26, of St. Louis was arrested by Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday for making a terroristic threat. ...

Three years ago, the Cape Girardeau Interfaith Alliance (CGIA) began to distribute 500 window and yard signs following the federal government’s travel ban on refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. The signs state “Hate Has No Home Here” and are rendered in a half-dozen languages — English, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Korean and Urdu...

As he remains held in police custody on a no-bond warrant, Nicholas J. Proffitt now faces three felony charges as a result of his alleged attack Friday on the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau. Charges filed by Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor Mark Welker and signed Monday by Judge Frank E. Miller listed three felony counts against the alleged arsonist, one of which is enhanced as a hate crime...

Route ZZ in Scott County will be closed as contractor crews replace the bridge over drainage ditch 4, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. The bridge is between Route BB and Rose Parkway, near North Main Street in Sikeston, Missouri...

If you drive past a high school in the Southeast Missouri area, chances are you’ll find a banner with the faces of the Class of 2020 — the class whose final year of high school was cut short by COVID-19. But those high school seniors may still get the chance to attend their graduations, proms and baccalaureate services, just a bit later than they had originally planned...

Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 120th day of 2020. There are 246 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 29, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his "Fuhrerbunker" and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz president...

Kathy Schlosser, owner of Appraisal Consultants, a real estate appraisal company, celebrated 25 years in business in February. Schlosser's company was the first woman-operated appraisal company in the area. Bolivar Bancshares, Inc. merged with Reliable Community Bancshares, Inc. ...

OHIOPYLE, Pa. -- Like most places in the United States, this tiny patch of a town is struggling to stay afloat. Like most places, people here are trying to help others out. And like most places, those who live and work here wonder whether their community will ever be the same...

Cape Girardeau's hospitals have made progress in recent weeks with new testing capabilities for COVID-19. SoutheastHEALTH recently announced it has been approved by three national testing companies to perform COVID-19 rapid result molecular and serology testing...

LOS ANGELES -- Whenever she's down, Tiffany Haddish says she finds a good joke can bring her right back up. That's why the popular star of TV, film and stand-up decided to crack wise about ways to survive in the year of coronavirus in a nearly empty room recently while dressed in a bright orange pantsuit, protective gloves and armed with a can of Lysol...

Joy is visible during the pandemic, just not with the usual, recognizable cues. Is a laugh or smile any less heartwarming if it's hidden from view? Are eye crinkles the new prompts of a smile covered by a mask? Associated Press photographers, tasked with reporting on the crisis, have looked for bliss, as well. And amid so much heartache and anxiety, they've found it...

For the first time, a blood test has been shown to help detect many types of cancer in a study of thousands of people with no history or symptoms of the disease. The test is still experimental. Even its fans say it needs to be improved and that Tuesday's results are not ideal. Yet they show what benefits and drawbacks might come from using these gene-based tests, called liquid biopsies, in routine care -- in this case, with PET scans to confirm or rule out suspected tumors...

Hillary Clinton, the first woman to become a major party's presidential nominee, endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, continuing Democrats' efforts to coalesce around the former vice president as he takes on President Donald Trump. Clinton made her announcement during a Biden campaign town hall to discuss the coronavirus and its effect on women. Without mentioning Trump by name, Clinton assailed the Republican president and hailed Biden's experience and temperament in comparison...

WASHINGTON -- When the coronavirus struck the United States hard last month, 22-year-old entrepreneur David Zamarin knew his company needed a Plan B -- fast. As the economy essentially shut down, demand for his stain-resistant coatings was sure to drop...

Things were so much clearer when just about everything was locked down. Now, with states lifting their coronavirus restrictions piecemeal and according to their own, often arbitrary, timetables, Americans are facing a bewildering multitude of decisions about what they should and should not do to protect their health, their livelihoods and their fellow citizens...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The order will use the Defense Production Act to classify meat processing as critical infrastructure to keep production plants open...

NEW YORK -- Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal? As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that life as Americans knew it might be returning. But plans emerging in many states indicate that "normal" is still a long way off...

ROUNDUP, Mont. -- Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. That's because it's largely business as usual in the town of 1,800 people. Nonessential stores could reopen as a statewide shutdown ended this week, but most shops in Roundup -- the pharmacy, the hardware store, two small grocers -- were essential and never closed...

ST. MARY, Mo. -- Darwin Mattingly, 79, of St. Mary died Monday, April 27, 2020, at Cedar Crest Manor in Washington, Missouri. Visitation and funeral service will be private for the family Saturday. Graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville, Missouri...

Hannah Elizabeth Languell Maddox, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 26, 2020, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Hannah Elizabeth was born June 26, 1929, in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, to Teal Jacob and Jane Kennon Languell. The family soon moved to Ripley County, Missouri, where they lived until Hannah was 15, and then moved to Oran, Missouri...

GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Clayton "Todd" Lincoln, 53, of Glen Allen died April 27, 2020, at his home. He was born Nov. 7, 1966, son of the late Clifford Henry and Nola June Beard Lincoln in Cape Girardeau. He married Sandra Ann Brown on May 30, 1987. She survives...

BREWER, Mo. -- Donald P. Duvall, 90, of Brewer died Monday, April 27, 2020, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at a later date for the public. Burial will be in Christ the Savior Catholic Cemetery in Brewer. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

LIBERTY, Mo. -- A duck boat sinking on a Missouri lake that killed 17 people two summers ago likely would not have happened if the U.S. Coast Guard had followed recommendations to improve the safety of such tourist attractions, federal safety regulators said Tuesday...

ARNOLD, Mo. -- Hollywood Beach Road was once such prime real estate the neighborhood had its own airstrip, enabling well-heeled residents to zip back and forth between homes in nearby St. Louis and weekend cottages on the Meramec River in suburban Arnold, Missouri...

O'FALLON, Mo. -- Coronavirus hospitalizations across Missouri are down significantly since peaking in early April, a key parameter in allowing the state to reopen, Gov. Mike Parson said Tuesday. The Republican governor has outlined several metrics he considers important in his decision to allow businesses and organizations to reopen starting Monday. During a news conference, he focused on key data used in making the decision...

Thank you so much to the Southeast Missourian newspaper staff and delivery drivers who continue to provide the newspaper to us during this pandemic. Thank you for including updates about the coronavirus, wonderful stories about people helping each other, as well as the crossword and sudoku puzzles plus extras! Thank you for keeping us informed and connected!...

O Heavenly Father, our most generous provider, we give thanks in all things. Amen.

Daughter to Cory and Katie Silvers of St. Francois County, Missouri, Parkland Health Center in Farmington, Missouri, Sunday, April 19, 2020. Name, Athena Wren. Weight, 6 pounds, 9 ounces. Second daughter. Grandparents: Ginger Masters, Janet Skinner, Kevin Silvers and Rick Skinner...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at Clark Avenue and Perryville Road. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 500 block of North Spring Avenue. n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Themis Street...

With a few quick signatures in a lawyer's office and a $600,000 loan from the seller, the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation yesterday took title to St. Vincent's College; the action completed a transaction that began in January with a $50,000 down payment on the $700,000 purchase price; the foundation plans to turn the historic, 20-acre site into a museum and Civil War interpretive center...

Kansas City, Missouri— C.L. Bauer will be publishing The Sweet Pea Secret with Corrugated Sky Publishing on May 10, 2020. The Sweet Pea Secret is the fourth novel in the popular Lily List Mystery series, where Bauer blends humor with wedding flowers to create the world of woman sleuth, Lily Schmidt Pierce—an intrepid florist with a penchant for post-it notes...