Stories from Thursday, September 23, 2021

Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meeting of Sept. 20, 2021 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...

Fresh apples are in season and it seems to be a really good year for all varieties. We love fresh apples to have with popcorn or just as a snack, but Scott would prefer to enjoy them in a pie or crisp. I have some great memories of family members organizing an all-day apple butter cooking, and it was so much fun. Certainly a good use when you have a bushel or more of apples to use...

For Scott City Mayor Norman Brant, approving a use tax is "a no-brainer." Brant said Wednesday a use tax could generate $200,000 or more annually if passed by voters Nov. 2. Revenue generated from the tax may go toward street improvements and boosting city employees' pay scale...

A new mural stretches across Cape Girardeau's floodwall downtown Wednesday. ...

Three COVID-19-related deaths pushed Scott County's pandemic death total into triple digits, county health officials reported Wednesday. According to officials at the county health department, the deaths were in the 40s, 60s and 70s age brackets. One hundred-one county residents have died because of the virus...

To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, One City will host its first-ever Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Saturday. Hispanic restaurants including Panader'a Oaxaquena will serve their signature eats, live music from local artists will play and attendees may participate in Zumba, Loteria (Mexican bingo) and dancing...

Gov. Mike Parson has ordered six state-contracted monoclonal antibody infusion centers, including those in Sikeston and Poplar Bluff, to remain open an additional 30 days to help some COVID sufferers avoid hospitalization. The infusions, funded by money Missouri received from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, will continue to be free to those who come to a center who have a physician referral...

This week, I went back to Sikeston, Missouri, to test a lofty claim that I noticed on a previous visit to the town: "Best catfish in town." Merick's Sandwich Shop still had their logo on the sign out front when I pulled up, and I was excited to see if it could be true. ...

Chad Hartle of RCH Development has been developing affordable housing projects since 1987 and his latest initiative, South Side Village (SSV), won the endorsement of the Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday. The proposed 42-unit mixed-use development is planned along Walnut Street between South West End Boulevard and Beaudean Lane, entirely within the city's Ward 2...

Today is Thursday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2021. There are 99 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 23, 1955, a jury in Sumner, Mississippi, acquitted two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, of murdering Black teenager Emmett Till. (The two men later admitted to the crime in an interview with Look magazine.)...

September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and it provides us with an opportunity to rally around the common goal of preventing suicide in our communities. The issues that divide us have received national headlines, but the issues that lead to death by suicide are ones that we must all face equally. ...

Nonunion workers make up nearly 90% of the U.S. workforce. President Joe Biden is stabbing them in the back. The massive $3.5 trillion budget bill Biden and Democratic lawmakers are trying to ram through Congress discriminates against nonunion workers and even forces some of them to pay higher taxes than union workers...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 21 n Medical assists were made at 2:39 a.m. on Belleridge Pike; 12:08 p.m. on Woodland Drive; 2:35 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 3:18 p.m. on Normal Avenue; 9:38 p.m. on Boxwood Drive...

Elvis Wilson was born March 12, 1926, to Doyle and Laura Wilson of Owensville, Indiana. He entered Heaven Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the age of 95. He was married to Mary Lou Benson Wilson for 75 years. Their children are Deborah Carlton, Richard (Gay) Wilson, Rebecca Figliolo and Charles (Rhonda) Wilson. Grandchildren are Chari Rothrock, Derrick Carlton and Kara Green. Great-grandchildren are Ian Rothrock, Alex, Ellie and Jack Carlton, Emma and Allyson Woodall and Liam Green...

Norma E. Sewing, 95, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Nov. 27, 1925, in Cape Girardeau to Leo and Amanda I. Meyer Peetz. She was baptized and confirmed at St. James United Church of Christ in Tilsit...

Gloria Jean Robinson, 75, of Jackson and formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at her home. Gloria was born Nov. 18, 1945, in Marietta, Georgia, to Dallas J. and Rhonda Boyd Prock Jr. She graduated in 1963 from Jersey Community High School in Jerseyville, Illinois...

Josephine Patterson, 67, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Oct. 9 at the funeral home...

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Vicky Vetter Hagar, 62, of Texarkana went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Vicky was born July 13, 1959, in Cape Girardeau and was raised in Benton, Missouri. She was a loving wife to Randy, whom she adored, for 42 years. Her pride and joy were her daughter, Rachel, and her son-in-law, David, and the cutest grandson, Jacob...

ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Aaron Charles Grebing, 31, of Altenburg died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 7 a.m. until time of service on Saturday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Missouri...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Albert "Bert" Joseph Brewer, 91, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, at the home of his son in Perryville. A memorial service will be at noon on the occasion of his 92nd birthday, Oct. 2, in the open-air pavilion at Saline Baptist Church in Minnith, Missouri. Military graveside honors will be provided by American Legion Post 133 and the U.S. Navy Honors Team...

O Lord Jesus, may we do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Amen.

Bishop John J. Leibrecht blessed the ground at the site of the new Notre Dame High School just west of Cape Girardeau yesterday and asked God for help in the second half of the local effort to raise the $5 million it will take to construct the school; volunteers have already collected contributions of more than $2.7 million in a little more than two months...

On behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities, we are please to announce that Junior Achievement of Southeast Missouri has been award a grant in the amount of $3000.00. These funds will be used to support classroom programs. Junior Achievement curriculum focuses on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness through a series of age-appropriate, hands-on activities for students grades Pre-K-12. ...

On behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities, we are please to announce that Central Elementary in Dexter has been awarded $3000.00 to purchase incentives for their Accelerated Reader Program. The purpose of the Accelerated Reader Program, "Read to Succeed" is: to increase the reading growth of each of our students, to help each student become a proficient and enthusiastic readers, and to instill a love of reading into the hearts of each 3rd-5th grade student...