Stories from Saturday, May 6, 2023

The sounds of live music from the Jackson Municipal band and local artists start June 1 and go until Aug. 10 for the band's Thursday night summer concert series. The concert series will be held at Nick Leist Memorial Band Shell located in Jackson Park. Each concert will begin at 7 p.m...

Spring and warm weather are finally here, meaning community members can enjoy Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight concert series once again. Friday, May 12, is the kickoff concert. The concert series will be held at the gazebo at Ivers Square next to the City Hall. Each spring concert begins at 7 p.m...

A chemistry professor skilled in criminal forensics and a historian who specializes in preservation projects will deliver speeches at Southeast Missouri State University's commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13. The university will graduate 1,414 graduates in two ceremonies at the Show Me Center. ...

Katrina Amos, manager of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport since January 2020, gave attendees of Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's May 5 First Friday Coffee an extensive report on operations at the facility in northern Scott County. Included in Amos's remarks were updates about the upcoming new passenger terminal plus information about Contour Airlines, the carrier providing Essential Air Service passenger transportation to and from Nashville, Tennessee...

When you think of rural Southeast Missouri, what comes to mind? For the folks who call the region home, perhaps it’s the 1,000-acre soybean farms covering the back roads on your morning commute or the small businesses where the owners know you on a first name basis. Most people would agree the network of small businesses and agricultural industries are essential to Southeast Missouri’s identity and heartbeat, but very few consider how it’s all powered, which is rapidly shifting...

This is our annual Progress Edition of B Magazine where we highlight companies doing innovative work in the area and some of the big projects moving the region forward. There have been several significant construction projects over the past year, ranging from municipal infrastructure to the Houck complex (a sports and academic space on the SEMO campus) to health care construction at SoutheastHEALTH...

Today is Saturday, May 6, the 126th day of 2023. There are 239 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey; 35 of the 97 people on board were killed along with a crewman on the ground...

Sides Construction Co. has received approval from the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to begin extensive additions and renovations to Jefferson Elementary School; board members voted unanimously to accept the construction company's low base bid of $1,898,333 for the project, which will take an estimated 245 days to complete...

St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle, Missouri, will hold a breakfast buffet from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 7. The menu includes pancakes, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, German fried potatoes, milk gravy, biscuits and homemade coffee cake. Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau will hold Red, White & Blue Appreciation Day from 10 a.m. ...

Jon and Kay Story are trying to identify the children in Jon's first grade class in 1947 at the Training School on the Southeast Missouri State College campus. In the front row, from left, are Martha Vandivort, Judy Roper, David Dormeyer, Paula Hope, unidentified, unidentified and Jon Story. ...

I was talking to my brother, Mick, the other day, and he mentioned that the church in Arthur, Nebraska, had baccalaureate for the graduating seniors from high school. The speaker was a young saddle bronc rider. Mick said he wasn't a professional speaker, but Mick said he did a really good job...

Monday: Sweet and sour meatballs or chicken pineapple bake, brown rice, Asian-blend veggies, peas and carrots, whole-grain bread and chilled pineapple or pineapple cake. Tuesday: Swiss steak or ranch-style chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, Caesar salad, whole-grain hot roll and spiced peaches or peach cobbler...

Overlooking Broadway (old Jackson Road) at the southwest corner of Lorimier Street sat one of the oldest mansions of Cape Girardeau, known as the Doyle Home. Built about 1830 by Edward and Eliza Jane Evans, the home was surrounded by large locust trees, an impressive sight as one crested the hill...

Sometimes a trip to the woods reveals something not often seen. This is one of those somethings. It's an old hay mower from days long past. I remember as a child back in the early 1960s climbing up on such an iron seat and imagining I was mowing hay. Little did I know that I would never hold the reins to steer the mules that might pull it...

When I was growing up in the Baptist church, there was a saying, "I do not drink, smoke or chew, nor do I date girls who do." This reflected a stance against alcohol and tobacco. As a long-tenured pastor within the Southern Baptist denomination, I realize that fewer people abstain from alcohol...

In the next few weeks, my family, like so many others, will be celebrating our graduation. Graduation ceremonies and all the events surrounding them invoke feelings of pride and joy in graduates and families alike. While most graduates dream of their future, many parents are reflecting on and evaluating their lives. One group dreams about their future, while the other questions their present. Both are wondering, "What's next?"...

The Southeast District FCE meeting was held on Tuesday, April 18 hosted by Ripley County in Doniphan, Missouri, at the First United Methodist Church in Doniphan. The theme of the meeting was "Leave a Lasting Legacy." Members attended from Butler, Cape Girardeau and Ripley counties with a total number of 41 members attending and two guests. ...

GENEVA -- The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- The first shooting left Serbia weeping. The second set off waves of soul-searching in a deeply divided nation, awash in weaponry, where war criminals are glorified and memories run deep of years of civil war. Two mass killings in two days. Nineteen people dead and 21 injured...

Reading the births section everyday is important to keep a positive attitude that there is hope because of these precious babies. For the people who choose to wear a fragrance please use it lightly or not at all. Many people are allergic and the smell literally makes them sick...

Lord God, as your children, may we clothe ourselves with compassion and kindness. Amen.

ABC News did a wide-ranging interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. the other day. The ABC reporter asked him a number of challenging questions, notably about the lack of support from his own family for his presidential run. It was interesting stuff and good journalism -- having on the heterodox, newly minted presidential candidate, allowing him to make the case for his candidacy, and forcing him to think and reflect out loud...

President Joe Biden has made his bid for a second term official, and the first big news following the announcement is his latest approval rating released by Gallup. It shows Biden's approval reaching a new low in his presidency -- 37%. But let's take a quick look at history before Republicans start celebrating...

KYIV, Ukraine -- The owner of Russia's Wagner military contractor threatened Friday to withdraw his troops next week from the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, accusing Moscow's military command of starving his forces of ammunition...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 3 n Medical assists were made at 3:57 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 8:21 a.m. on East Summerfield Way; 11:34 a.m. on William Street; 11:45 a.m. on Bellevue Street; 11:51 a.m. at North Middle and North Frederick streets; 3:07 p.m. on Independence Street; and 11:21 p.m. on South Spring Avenue...

Son to Deangelo Blackmon and Kate Northern of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 7:35 p.m. Friday, April 28, 2023. Name, Alexander Nazir DeShunn. Weight, 7 pounds. First child. Daughter to Cody and Kelsey Wilhelm of Advance, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 5:48 p.m. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Broadway. n A warrant arrest was reported...

Edna Amelia Thompson, 87, of Jackson passed away Thursday, May 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by family. She was born in Chester, Illinois, July 31, 1935, the daughter of Lester and Odelia Kerkover Dethrow. She and Joe Thompson were married June 20, 1964, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Perryville, Missouri...

Harold Frederick Schmarje, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, April 29, 2023, at home, surrounded by family. He was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Chicago to Frederick John Schmarje and Catherine Elizabeth Kremsreiter. Harold married Patty J. Jackson on Aug. 6, 1983, and she survives...

Robert Earl Jackson, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 4, 2023, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

Paul A. Huffman Sr., 78, of Oak Ridge, passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Paul was born Jan. 2, 1945, in St. Louis, son of the late Paul and Ella Louise Chapman Huffman. He and Carla J. Stoudt were married Aug. 28, 1999. She preceded him in death Oct. 15, 2022...

Kurt Hougland, 61, of Millersville died Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at his home. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Arrangements were made by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Emma Olene Cauble, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 5, 2023, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Dewey Rayford Boyd, 95, of Sikeston, Missouri, died Friday, May 5, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Russell Heights Cemetery...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription. But in an initial review posted Friday, the Food and Drug Administration raised numerous concerns about drugmaker Perrigo's application to sell its decades-old pill over the counter...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lower-income new mothers could gain a full year of Medicaid health-care coverage in Missouri under legislation given final approval Friday as part of a national push to improve maternal health. The legislation, which now goes to Gov. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Now that Kim Gardner is stepping down as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, Missouri's governor is getting plenty of advice about the qualifications Gardner's replacement should bring to the table. Activists and Democrats want someone who will continue her progressive policies, even if many concede that Gardner's replacement must restore confidence in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office. Republicans cite a need to crack down on crime and work more cohesively with police...

Cape Girardeau is taking a new approach to routing truck traffic through the city; the existing truck traffic ordinance specifies streets and roads on which truck traffic is prohibited; a new ordinance before the City Council spells out routes on which truck traffic is allowed and sets up a permit process for truck drivers who need to use other routes to make deliveries or reach construction sites...