Stories from Friday, November 26, 2021

City of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation officials announced Wednesday a plan to start renovations for Central Municipal Pool in March 2023. Depending on contractor costs, renovations may include installing a permanent structure over the pool's facility. New pool decking and walls may also be built...

When Jarron Terrence Lamar Williams passed away Sept. 7, 2019, his family and friends wanted to keep the 17-year-old Poplar Bluff (Missouri) High School student's memory alive. A total of 19 families will have Thanksgiving Thursday because his mother, Tanya Williams, has collected donations, as well as adding her own money, to make certain they have the traditional holiday meal in Jarron's memory...

Joan Roach, 89, of Jackson died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Anna House in Bridgeton, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 3 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Robert Thomas Krone Jr., 77, known as "Bob" to friends and family and "Ragtime Bob" in his music circle, of Kirkwood and formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed from this life into life eternal at Mercy South Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, following a recent illness and valiant, 10-year battle with multiple myeloma...

Roy L. Griffith, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1935, in Chester, Illinois, to Louis Albert and Flora Lohman Griffith. He and Nell Nall were married Nov. 12, 1955, at Advance, Missouri. She preceded him in death Feb. 23, 2008...

Father God, thank you that we can freely read your Holy Word and worship you. Amen.

Social and emotional learning is the latest trend at your child's school. SEL sounds beneficial, but that's a disguise. In truth, it indoctrinates kids with extremist ideas many parents don't condone. On Nov. 22, the Hartford Courant reported that West Hartford, Connecticut, elementary school parents are in an uproar. ...

Southeast Missouri State University's Historic Preservation Association recently marked its 40th anniversary. A weekend of events gathered former and current students and culminated in an awards ceremony. Among those honored was Denise Morrison, who accepted the Dr. Mattingly Award, the program's highest honor...

Truman Lee Baker, son to the late Truman Jesse and Veva Lee Lancaster Baker, was born July 27, 1935, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 86 years. He married Cynthia C. Wise on May 22, 1955, and she survives of the home...

If you are looking for a unique Christmas experience, Meier Horseshoe Pines Tree Farm and Christmas Shop is it! Since 1988, families from throughout the area have enjoyed personally selecting their family Christmas tree. The draft horse teams are always a hit each year with families as they head out to find the perfect tree...