Stories from Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Gary Tyler, outreach specialist for Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, crafts gnome Christmas ornaments Monday afternoon, Dec. 12, as students pass by to grab a cup of hot chocolate while they navigate finals for the fall semester. ...

Perry County Heritage Tourism will offer its 18th annual Christmas Country Church Tour from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 16. The self-guided tour features century-old rural churches in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Ste. Genevieve counties in Missouri; and in Randolph County, Illinois...

This year has been among the busiest in Cape Girardeau's history for street repair. City engineer Amy Ferris said residents can expect more of the same next year. Ferris said the city and contractors are playing catch-up on Transportation Trust Fund 5 projects that were delayed by COVID-19 and employee turnover at the city and outside engineering firms while trying to stay on track with TTF 6 projects...

Eldon McAdory, 46, has been charged with domestic assault in the first degree and armed criminal action for an alleged stabbing Friday in Cape Girardeau. The incident occurred in the 200 block of North West End Boulevard. Cpl. Ryan Droege, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department, said the stabbing was an isolated incident stemming from a disagreement. McAdory was arrested at the scene. The victim was treated by EMTS on site as well...

Recipes tell the stories of communities and the people who shape them. Each recipe is more than a list of ingredients and steps; it is a written legacy of the individual who created the dish, their family and history. This monthly series highlights one of these legacies and gives readers the chance to create the recipe themselves...

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2022. There are 18 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 13, 2000, Republican George W. Bush claimed the presidency a day after the U.S. Supreme Court shut down further recounts of disputed ballots in Florida; Democrat Al Gore conceded, delivering a call for national unity...

As a federal employee for nearly two decades, and labor organizer with oversight of six southern Missouri field offices, allow me to share an uncomfortable truth: the Social Security Administration is in crisis. Right now, Social Security operates with 4,000 fewer field office and teleservice center employees than it did 12 years ago. The current workforce of less than 60,000 is a 25-year low, even as the number of beneficiaries has increased by more than 10 million...

As a child, I remember Mom had a weekly amount allocated for groceries, gas and any other minor expenses that may occur during the week. Anytime my brothers, sister or I asked to spend money on something that wasn't in the budget for that week, Mom would say: Let's look at what we have left in the "cookie jar" (weekly allowance) to see if we can afford it. This practice worked well for the Hill family and kept us from overextending ourselves financially...

O Lord Jesus, we ask for discernment so that we will glorify you in all things. Amen.

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 was reported on Themis Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Fountain Street...

Wilma J. Workman, 77, of Jackson passed away Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Wilma was born in Farina, Illinois, daughter of Roy Lee and Imagene Hawkey Loy. She was married to Robert "Bob" Workman. He passed away July 27, 2016...

OZARK, Ark. — Tommye Denise Turner, 67, of Ozark, and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Shaffer Funeral Home in Ozark. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at the funeral home, with burial at Highland Cemetery, Highway 64 in Ozark, with Brother John Kendrick officiating...

Robert Bland Shepard, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1931, in Cape Girardeau to Otto Bland and Hattie Dirden Shepard. He and Velma Louise Ackman were married March 2, 1957, at Cape Girardeau, celebrating 62 years of marriage. She preceded him in death March 7, 2019...

Patsy Puchbauer, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, at her home, surrounded by her family. Pat was born Jan. 11, 1940, in Advance, Missouri, to the late Fred and Violet Black Phelps. She grew up in Advance and graduated from Advance High School in 1958. She and Carl Puchbauer were married March 18, 1961, and moved to Cape Girardeau...

ELLISVILLE, Mo. — Marion John Powers, 92, of Ellisville died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in Ellisville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 20, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at noon Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Casey Elmore officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — Laura Annette Lister, 52, passed away Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Laura, daughter of David and Myra Richbourg and wife to John Lister, was born Feb. 15, 1970. She received her education from Thomas W. Kelly School District in Benton, Missouri, graduating high school in 1989. She attended Florissant Valley Community College in Florissant, Missouri, and Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Willard "Dean" Kain, 77, of Perryville passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 19, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to Erhardt and Edna Griffin Kain. Dean was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School, where he ran track and played on the baseball team. He proudly served in the U.S. Navy as a GMG3 during the Vietnam War on the USS Waldron...

Tina Marie Hanebrink, 62, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Tina was born July 9, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to the late Earl and Joy Burnett London. On Nov. 8, 1979, Tina and Donald Lee Hanebrink Sr. were united in marriage. He survives...

Paul Ernest Drainer Jr., 55, of Jackson died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at Perry County Memorial in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 16, at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral will be at noon Friday, Dec. 16, at the funeral home...

KELSO, Mo. — Daniel "Danny" Ray Cope, 64, passed away Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, from a short but hard-fought battle with cancer, surrounded by family at his home in Kelso. His passing leaves a hole in the hearts of his friends and family who loved him dearly...

Son to Steven M. and Katie A. Hendricks of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:41 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Name, Jack Woodrow. Weight, 6 pounds. Fourth child, third son. Mrs. Hendricks is the former Katie Sparks, daughter of Marsha Sparks of Jackson. She is the principal of St. Augustine School. Hendricks is the son of Larry and Candy Hendricks of Cape Girardeau. He is a vice principal with the Scott City School District...

ST. LOUIS -- Lamar Johnson has wrongly spent nearly three decades in prison for a St. Louis killing after a witness was coerced into falsely identifying him as the shooter, an attorney for the local prosecutor's office told a judge Monday. But Assistant Missouri Attorney General Miranda Loesch said detectives will testify that they never threatened or coerced anyone. "They did their job" and followed leads that pointed to Johnson as the killer, Loesch said...

NEW YORK -- After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on the black comedy "The Banshees of Inisherin" and the multiverse mash-up "Everything Everywhere all at Once."...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police Monday, setting fire to several vehicles and allegedly attempting to invade the federal police's headquarters in capital city Brasilia. Images of chaos as a small number of protesters, many wearing the yellow and green of Brazil's flag that has come to symbolize Bolsonarismo, roamed the city, circulated on local television channels and social media...

ISLAMABAD -- A hotel catering to foreign visitors in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul was attacked Monday and three of the assailants were killed, a Taliban official said. Two foreign residents were injured when they jumped out of windows to escape, said Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban government's spokesman. Residents reported explosions and gunfire and photos and video posted on social media showed smoke rising from the building...

BEIJING -- China said it would stop tracking some travel, potentially reducing the likelihood people will be forced into quarantine for visiting COVID-19 hot spots, as part of an uncertain exit from the strict pandemic policies that helped fuel widespread protests...

ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru -- The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in Andahuaylas, a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years and where voters' support helped elect now-ousted President Pedro Castillo, himself a peasant like them...

WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a "major scientific breakthrough" Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, according to one government official and one scientist familiar with the research. ...

WASHINGTON -- Four Oath Keepers charged with plotting to stop the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden accepted an "invitation to sedition" issued by the far-right extremist group's founder, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of a second trial for group leaders and members...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening millions of people with heavy snow, freezing rain and flooding. The National Weather Service warned that there would be "numerous, widespread, and impactful weather hazards in the heart of the country this week." Across the Rockies and into the northern Plains and parts of the Midwest, people were warned to prepare for blizzard-like conditions. ...

BOYARKA, Ukraine -- Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine -- comforting children traumatized by Russia's war. The playful 8-year-old gray dog arrived on time this week to a rehabilitation center on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, ready to start his duties...

WASHINGTON -- More than three decades after a bomb brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing everyone aboard, a former Libyan intelligence official accused of making the explosive appeared Monday in federal court, charged with an act of international terrorism...

Elon Musk's Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A steady stream of people visited the Scott County Health Department's Sikeston clinic yesterday; young and old alike, they came to the clinic to get vaccinated against hepatitis A, the contagious, viral disease that has sickened 43 people in the Sikeston area; public health officials estimated more than 250 people were vaccinated at the clinic Friday; as part of the vaccination, all of them will be called back within the next year to receive booster shots...

Team Trump has sometimes compared former President Donald Trump's current quest for a non-sequential second term to two-term President Grover Cleveland's similar three election bids. Cleveland remains our only elected president (1884) to have lost a reelection bid (1888) -- in a disputed vote -- only to be reelected four years later in 1892...

Milner, Georgia Claudia is a truck driver in Georgia. She is running transportation logistics on a movie being filmed here. The movie, "Possum Trot," is a true story about the foster care and adoption of Black children who suffered unspeakable trauma in their young lives. Claudia knows that experience all too well. At one point, sharing her story on the set, she said she remembers being so skinny from malnutrition that "I could feel my bones. It's a real thing...