Stories from Saturday, October 1, 2022

Correcting a calculation error made Aug. 25, Cape Girardeau County Commission re-set 2022 tax rates Thursday, bringing them virtually identical to 2021's figures. n General Revenue: 5.76 cents per $100 assessed valuation. n Dvelopmentally Disabled (Senate Bill 40): 5.54 cents per $100...

Runway 10-28 at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport will be closed for 10 days, beginning Monday, due to Taxiway Bravo renovations. The announcement was made via the airport's Facebook page Friday. It will close jet service at the airport for the duration of the runway closure...

A touring production of the Tchaikovsky ballet, "Swan Lake", will be performed Oct. 22 at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. There will be two performances -- 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. -- in Bedell Performance Hall. The production, from World Ballet Series, is touring across the United States with a multinational cast of 50 professional ballet dancers, hand-painted sets and 150 hand-sewn costumes...

With elected officials from Cape Girardeau County and City of Jackson joining a crowd of area veterans and others, American Legion National Commander Vincent J. "Jim" Troiola spoke Thursday at Legion Post No. 158 in Jackson about what he called the Legion's no. 1 priority -- an effective program to end veteran suicide within seven years...

Schnucks Markets Inc. launches its Home Shopping Club in Cape Girardeau, the area's first Internet online grocery service; the service allows customers to select and arrange for direct home delivery of more than 15,000 products available at the grocery store, 19 S. Kingshighway...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Kelly and Wanda Francis of Marble Hill celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary Sept. 18. Francis and the former Wanda Barks were married Sept. 15, 1957. They have three children, Rick (Chris) Francis of Perryville, Missouri; Karen (Bill) Choate of Gulf Shores, Alabama; and Kathy (Jeff) Irvin of Leopold, Missouri. ...

"There's the church. There's the steeple. Open it up, and look at all the people!" The time-tested playful teaching tool, necessitating the use of both hands, is still used by people with small children. Building upon the metaphor, the truth is there are fewer people to see nowadays...

My research on kudzu revealed that this plant, which is native to Asia, was brought to the United States in the late 1800s to address soil erosion problems. Use of the plant was limited for several years, but after the Dust Bowl Days of the 1930s, the newly formed U.S. Soil Conservation Service began promoting the planting of kudzu. More than 500,000 acres in several southern states were soon planted to kudzu!...

Kage FCE met Sept. 22 at Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Jo Byna Daume, president, called the meeting to order. Sarah Ross gave the devotional "Angels Lead You" as we go through our daily routine. Jo Dixon gave reports on the county council quarterly meeting held Sept. ...

Growing up Mom and Dad had chickens, usually a bunch of chickens. Dad would order in a couple hundred baby chickens, and they would come in the mail. Some were destined to become laying hens and some for us to eat later on. They were OK, but my favorite chickens were always the banty chickens. ...

Monday: Salisbury steak or Polish sausage, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, Brussels sprouts, whole-grain bread slice and sugar-free peach crisp or ice cream and cookie. Tuesday: Beef stew or barbecued riblet and veggies, pickled beets, Caesar salad, whole-grain bread or bun and chilled pineapple chunks or pineapple cake...

Simon Z. and Susan Block had 11 children and 10 of them married into prominent families in early 19th-century Missouri. (Daughter Rosanna died as a child in 1829.) The first child to marry was Delia, who married her cousin, Phineas Block, at age 15 in 1823. Phineas was a successful businessman in Pike County, Missouri, and St. Louis...

Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills will hold its fall drive-thru dinner from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2. The menu includes chicken and dumplings, corn, green beans, slaw, bread and dessert. There will also be items to purchase as you drive through: fruit butters, jellies, relish, frozen chicken and dumplings and baked items...

All cities are in Missouri unless mentioned. Champion junior heifer calf: Paige Birk, Gordonville Reserve champion junior heifer calf: Hat Creek Genetics, Jackson Champion heifer calf: Lane Pohlman, Oak Ridge Reserve champion heifer calf: Hat Creek Genetics, Jackson...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine's president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance...

TEQUA, West Bank -- A throng of men clutching the body of a 7-year-old Palestinian boy marched through a town in the occupied West Bank toward the child's final resting place on Friday, a day after his parents say he died from fear of Israeli soldiers...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, including teenagers who were taking university practice entry exams, a Taliban spokesman said. The morning explosion at the center took place in Kabul's Dashti Barchi neighborhood, an area populated mostly by ethnic Hazaras, who belong to Afghanistan's minority Shiite community. ...

Surrounded by states with abortion bans that took effect after Roe v. Wade fell, Illinois is one of the few places where the procedure remains legal in the Midwest. Abortion-rights supporters are worried that might not last. Their concern is shared in at least a half-dozen states, and this year it's not just about state legislatures. In Illinois, Democrats hold a supermajority, and the governor, a Democrat, is expected to win reelection...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Hurricane Ian made another landfall Friday, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian's center came ashore Friday afternoon near Georgetown with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The explosions that rocked natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea ahead of huge methane leaks "probably corresponded to an explosive load of several hundred kilos (pounds)," Denmark and Sweden wrote Friday in a letter to the United Nations...

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I would like to share my recent experiences with the excellent medical facilities and personnel in Cape Girardeau. About two years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have received wonderful care. ...

O Father God, may we love one another, always pointing others to you. Amen.

Republicans are gearing up for elections in November by drawing a clear line in the sand between their party and Democrats. Republicans have rolled out what they call Commitment to America. And this is exactly what it's about. Our country embodies a worldview, and it is that worldview, and the principles that capture that worldview, that made and makes America a great nation...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- A northwest Missouri man pleaded guilty Friday to killing two brothers from Wisconsin after they came to his farm in 2019 to collect a debt from a cattle contract. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano County, Wisconsin...

City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday ADOPTION OF AGENDA n Motion adopting the Regular Meeting Agenda. Public hearings n Hearing to consider the voluntary annexation of the property addressed as 385, 389, and 391 Timber Lane, as submitted by JWRPM Properties, LLC...

Cape Girardeau city council 5 p.m. Tuesday, City Hall Communication/reports n City Council Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants n United Way initiatives: shelter during extreme weather and public transportation enhancement -- Elizabeth Shelton...

Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of Sept. 29 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...

Son to James and Caitlin Bentley of Randles, Southeast Hospital, 5:41 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Name, Colten Ray Louis. Weight, 6 pounds, 6.2 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Bentley is the daughter of Mike and Rachel Reed of Perryville, Missouri. Bentley is the son of Judy and Everett Friese of Chaffee, Missouri. He works for Verdesian...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 28 n Medical assists were made at 10:39 a.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 11:58 a.m. on La Mesa Drive; and 12:16 p.m. on Franks Lane. n At 8:31 a.m., fire alarm on David Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid were reported on North Henderson Avenue...

Patricia A. Murray, wife and best friend of Leo "Wally" Allstun, made her transition Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, at Jackson Manor, surrounded by her loving family. Daughter of Gerald E. Murray and Velma Murray Pazkiewicz, Pat was born Nov. 26, 1944, in St. ...

MORLEY, Mo. -- Half the residences in Scott County are either without addresses or were incorrectly addressed by the company that is mapping the county for the Enhanced 911 system, says Joe Burton, Scott County E911 supervisor; Burton says he is having to revisit more than 1,500 residences in the county that have incomplete information on their address cards, and fill in the blanks; another 360 suburban residences were incorrectly addressed...

Are you proud to be an American? Do you love your country? If so, what do you think about people criticizing this nation and calling patriotism things like "Christian Nationalism?" Is it possible that we take the love of country too far? How far is too far?...

Life is a series of swinging doors--opening and closing doors. The doors we open and close are of equal importance because we must close our previous one before we can open another. If we leave the open door, ajar, we can't walk through the closed one -- the one we're fearfully wanting to attempt. ...