Stories from Sunday, September 30, 2001

P When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another. America is entering an age of change, if the words of our president are correct, and while many Americans now harbor a sense of dread, even fear, it will not be the first time our nation has embarked on a journey that has no known path nor a guarantee of certain success. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Mayor Francis Slay has threatened to veto an alderman's proposal to require a citywide election on a taxpayer-subsidized Cardinals stadium, saying that failing to approve the new major-league ballpark could spur the Cardinals to move. "I will not be the mayor who sits still and watches a new ballpark get built outside the limits -- a mayor who watches $8 million a year in direct taxes go south, or east or west," Slay said Friday after Alderman Irving Clay proposed the election...

WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Attorneys from Attorney General Jay Nixon's office told the state conservation commission that it should support Missouri's fight against proposed changes in the flow of the Missouri River. Nixon and a coalition opposed to any changes in the river's flow have threatened to sue the federal government if the changes are implemented...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The jury chosen for the trial of Keith D. Nelson apparently will not be sequestered, a federal judge has ruled. Nelson faces federal charges that he killed 10-year-old Pamela Butler of Kansas City, Kan., during a sexual assault in October 1999...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man who dragged a 6-year-old boy to his death during a carjacking was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder. Kim Davis, 35, of Kansas City, also was found guilty of kidnapping, first-degree tampering and armed criminal action in the death of Jake Robel...

CHICAGO -- When Rita Arias-Jirasek began telling her childhood story, only the Hispanic participants of the "Teaching With Storytelling" workshop nodded and smiled. "My mother made me make so many tortillas, but I just wanted to go play with other kids so I made a big one and cut the smaller ones out with a cookie cutter," the workshop instructor said...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Harry Truman went away to Washington and lived in the White House, rubbing elbows on the world stage with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, Lauren Bacall and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. But Missouri was always Truman's home and he wasn't immune from homesickness, especially during lonely summers in Washington when his wife Bess and daughter Margaret were back in Independence...

Drying an herb is like concentrating a bit of summer into a jar, and that summery essence can be doled out through winter. Not all herbs hold their flavors after being dried. Pick herbs for drying when they have their maximum concentrations of flavors, usually in the cool of early morning, just after the dew has evaporated...

Autumn is the perfect time for renewing your home, because it's so easy to do it in a natural way. Take a walk in your yard and gather the materials to get started. Leaves, berries, and late-season flowers are perfect for adding natural detail. Go on a ride in the country and come home with pumpkins, gourds and Indian corn from a market, a roadside stand or a pumpkin patch. Have fun decorating indoors and out with the bright colors of the harvest season...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. -- Five Georgia men are accused of selling stolen John Deere farm equipment in a scam that involved thefts of $500,000 of merchandise from dealers in four states. Fayette County sheriff's deputies said customers bought the equipment from a group that specialized in stealing John Deere tractors, mowers and other goods from dealers in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- If four University of Missouri professors prevail, the days of learning math by repetition and drilling may be replaced with more reading and better problem-solving methods. Ira Papick, John Beem, Barbara Reys and Robert Reys have worked together since 1995 to promote a series of math textbooks, workbooks and teaching materials for middle school math education. The books are now used in more than 4,000 school districts in the nation...

SAN ANTONIO -- Justin Leonard shot a 3-under-par 68 Saturday to stay in front going into the final round of the Texas Open. Leonard, the defending champion, played even par on the front nine before making three birdies early on the back nine to post a three-day total of 16-under 197...

SEATTLE -- Carlos Guillen, diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, was hospitalized Saturday and Mariners manager Lou Piniella wasn't sure if his starting shortstop would be back for the start of the playoffs on Oct. 9. "I think it's probably less than 50-50," Piniella said. "We're not sure."...

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland clinched at least a tie for first place in the AL Central when Travis Fryman hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning, rallying the Indians to a 9-8 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Fryman, who has played through pain in his right elbow all season, singled down the left-field line off LaTroy Hawkins as the Indians reduced their magic number to one...

ATLANTA -- Brian Jordan did in the New York Mets for the second time in a week. His two-out grand slam off John Franco capped a seven-run rally in the ninth inning as Atlanta beat the New York Mets 8-5 Saturday to bolster the Braves' chances for a record 10th straight postseason appearance...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis forward Scott Mellanby could be sidelined up to six weeks with a fractured jaw suffered last week in an exhibition game against Nashville, the Blues said Saturday. Mellanby is to undergo surgery Sunday to repair the jaw, fractured when he was hit by a puck early in the first period in a 2-0 victory Friday night over the Predators, the Blues said in a statement...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jeff Gordon doesn't enjoy talking about the championship chase. The three-time Winston Cup champion would much rather let the drama play out on the racetrack. Still, with only nine races to go and a 210-point lead over Ricky Rudd, the questions are inevitable...

The landscape of the NHL has changed so much in a year, it might as well be a brand new league. Mario Lemieux returns for his first full season in five years. Wayne Gretzky is back, too, as an executive in Phoenix. For the first time since 1979, Ray Bourque isn't playing -- and isn't chasing the Stanley Cup. Will any fan forget the image of Bourque, a tear running down his cheek, hoisting the trophy he pursued for a lifetime?...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. -- A car accident in the Bootheel has left two people dead and two others injured, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. The car carrying four passengers from Canalou went off a New Madrid County road south of Morehouse at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday and ran into a parked commercial trailer, the patrol said...

LONDON -- Airlines are being hit with huge increases to insure their planes after the terrorist attacks in the United States, a major aviation insurance company said Friday. Goshawk Insurance Holdings, which insures aircraft around the world, said rates had soared as much as tenfold since the Sept. 11 terror attacks when four airliners were destroyed in the United States...

JERUSALEM They were soldiers and schoolboys, farmers in their fields, infants in arms, teen-age girls in skimpy discotheque finery. They were policemen and teachers, doctors and laborers, wrinkled matriarchs and hot-eyed young seekers of martyrdom. They died for love of homeland, in fulfillment of what they believed to be God's wishes, or entirely by accident. ...

HARDWICK, Ga. -- When J.C. Fuller complained to a guard that he saw poisonous cottonmouth snakes in a stream where his convict road gang had been ordered to work, the guard shrugged and told him "There's the road ..." "I hit the road the next morning," said Fuller...

SPRING LAKE, N.C. -- Ghassan Mustafa felt awkward at first about flying an American flag outside his tiny cafe following the terrorist attacks. It wasn't that he had a problem showing support for his adopted country. He just thought it looked strange flying next to the name of his restaurant -- Osama's Place...

The legal wranglings involving Renaissance Aircraft have not stopped the new Cape Girardeau company from beginning operations, but president John Dearden said they have impeded the process. "If it didn't have the effect of slowing us down, they would have just been an aggravation," Dearden said last week. "But by slowing us down, it cost us money and it cost us clients."...

NEW YORK -- Once again the tallest structure in New York, the Empire State Building reopened its 86th floor observation deck Saturday to tourists who looked south with disbelief at a ravaged skyline. "I just don't know how it could happen here," said Joan Carroll, of Cheyenne, Wyo., as she looked downtown at the gap where the World Trade Center stood. "It is sad. It's very sad."...

WASHINGTON -- The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were financed with a $500,000 bankroll, a law enforcement source said Saturday as the FBI sent more agents to Germany in the search for masterminds of the plot. FBI agents tracked the hijackers' bank accounts, their communications and their travel tickets as they followed a trail that could lead to a small group of chief plotters in Europe and the Middle East...

Associated Press/Elizabeth Dalziel Assaf Saloov sat inside an Israeli military base near the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat this month as he described a Palestinian attack which killed two of his friends and wounded him on June 22 near the Jewish settlement of Dugit.By Tom Gardner ~ The Associated Press...

LOS ANGELES -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver have donated $1 million to the Twin Towers Fund to aid victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Schwarzenegger also accepted an invitation from New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to join the fund's board of directors...

It's almost hard to believe, but the Missouri high school football regular season is already halfway over. And what a half of a year it's been for Jackson and Mario Whitney. "Super" Mario put on a show for the ages Friday night, rushing for a state record 460 yards as the undefeated Indians mauled Parkway North 56-22. The dazzling Whitney has more than 1,100 yards and 20 touchdowns in five games...

SANDPOINT, Idaho -- A judge dismissed a misdemeanor child neglect charge against JoAnn McGuckin, the mother of six children who held police at bay in a five-day standoff earlier this year. "When all the circumstances came together, at least in my mind, it became readily apparent JoAnn is not a criminal," Bryce Powell, McGuckin's court-appointed legal counsel, said after the ruling Friday...

LAS VEGAS -- The Bahraini princess who fled her homeland to marry a U.S. Marine is returning home because her family fears for her safety in America, the couple's attorney said Friday. "She just told me she was going back. Her mother is concerned," attorney Jeff Conway said...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- I'm sitting on the edge of my bed, my hands bound tightly behind my back with a shoelace. A young man sitting six feet away points a battered black revolver at my head and screams: "Don't talk to her! I'll shoot you! I'll shoot you!"...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The death of a Catholic journalist, fatally shot in front of his wife as he walked home from a pub, has raised the stakes in Britain's just-launched effort to quell violence by Protestant militants. Martin O'Hagan was the first journalist gunned down after three-decades Catholic-Protestant conflicts in Northern Ireland...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Hours after the United Nations ordered member states to crack down on terror groups, Pakistani authorities shut down a militant Islamic group. Pakistan's government, which has been denounced by hard-line Islamic groups for supporting the United States, met with fresh criticism Saturday after its crackdown on the Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, or Movement of the Holy Warriors, one of the largest militant organizations fighting Indian soldiers in the disputed Kashmir region...

BALSILLAS, Colombia -- Guerrillas blocked a protest caravan led by Colombia's leading presidential candidate Saturday, forcing him to call off his planned march into a rebel-controlled region to demand peace concessions. Guerrillas from the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, barred the 112-bus caravan Saturday morning in Balsillas, 124 miles south of the capital, Bogota. ...

LOS ANGELES -- It took awhile for Stephen King to scare up some respect in Hollywood. For years, his name was linked to frightful films -- some well-regarded, some not -- until Castle Rock Entertainment began highlighting his works' humanity over horror in dramas such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile."...

BURBANK, Calif. -- The world could have lost Drew Carey in August when the bespectacled comedian underwent emergency surgery to open a blocked artery. Instead, it got two of him. First, of course, is the familiar sitcom character "Drew Carey," beloved for his beer-swilling, junk food-loving lifestyle. But there's also the real, newly reformed Drew Carey, now health-conscious and increasingly athletic...

LOS ANGELES -- "Enterprise," the fifth TV series in the "Star Trek" franchise, reaches back some 100 years before Capt. James T. Kirk and his crew first traveled the galaxies -- to bring us humans who are, well, more human. But its producers say UPN's new Wednesday-night series will remain true to "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's optimistic view of a better mankind to come...

RENO, Nev. -- For decades, the Truckee River was little more than a downtown drainage ditch. Hotel-casinos once stationed their garbage bins along the riverbank to keep their patrons away from the stream. It regained the public's attention on New Year's Day 1997, when rainstorms melted the heavy snow pack in the Sierra Nevada and sent a flood down the river from Lake Tahoe. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Mayor Francis Slay has threatened to veto an alderman's proposal to require a citywide election on a taxpayer-subsidized Cardinals stadium, saying that failing to approve the new major-league ballpark could spur the Cardinals to move. "I will not be the mayor who sits still and watches a new ballpark get built outside the (city) limits -- a mayor who watches $8 million a year in direct taxes go south, or east or west," Slay said Friday after Alderman Irving Clay proposed the election.. ...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Rams' rebuilt defense appears to have caught up with the offense. Quarterback Kurt Warner is waiting for the best offense in the NFL the last two years to get started again. Despite scoring 30 points last week against the 49ers, he's far from satisfied, and rates his unit a C-plus or B-minus...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Had development of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus proceeded as planned, the transformation of the old St. Vincent's Seminary into a visual and performing arts center would today be nearing completion. University and Cape Girardeau city officials would be busy preparing to dedicate a new facility touted to become one of the region's crown jewels and help spur economic development in an area of town sorely in need of it...

Betty L. Reddick, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, at Heartland Care Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 9, 1928, at Cape Girardeau, daughter of Walter Herbert Little and Naomi Braden Williams Little. She and Malcolm R. Reddick were married Nov. 1, 1958, at East St. Louis, Ill. He preceded her in death on Oct. 16, 1995...

A joint memorial service will be held for Zelma Leona Winder and her son, Bobby Ray Winder, at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, 2001, at Church of Christ in Cape Girardeau. The service will be conducted by James and Doug Winder. Bobby Ray Winder, 67, of Fontana, Calif., died Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, at Crestview Hospital in Fontana, Calif. His mother, Zelma Leona Winder, died Monday, June 11, 2001, at her son's California home...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Rika Smith Mabrey, 94, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 23, 1907, in Jackson, daughter of the late Louis A. and Ida Blackman Loos. She and Bryan Smith were married Sept. 20, 1925. He passed away May 24, 1941. She then married John Mabrey June 28, 1952. He passed away Jan. 26, 1973...

DELTA, Mo. -- Charles Amos Moore, 86, of Cape Girardeau and formerly of Delta, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at the Lutheran Home. He was born July 1, 1915, near Delta, Mo., son of Charles and Anna F. Bock Moore. He and Imogene Hector were married May 5, 1931. She preceded him in death Jan. 13, 1998...

No talking heads FOR THE past several years, I've been watching more evening talk shows on both CNN and Fox, and it is good for one's mental health. I've been complaining to CNN about their policy of presenting hard news reports by some of best journalists in the business, then importing talking heads to distend the objective news reports they've just broadcast...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It has often been said that football is a game of inches -- and Southeast Missouri State University's Indians found that out the hard way Saturday afternoon. The Indians were stopped just inches short of the Tennessee State goal line on the final play as the host Tigers hung on for a 20-14 victory in the Ohio Valley Conference opener for both teams at Adelphia Coliseum...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Eric Crouch's end zone to end zone trip turned a somewhat tense situation into another easy Nebraska victory. The fourth-ranked Cornhuskers were leading 16-3 and backed up near their goal line when Crouch faded to pass, spun away from a tackler, deked two defenders at the 20 and then won a sprint to the end zone. His 95-yard run was the longest in school history, and it led to a 36-3 win over Missouri on Saturday...

NORMAN, Okla. -- Antwone Savage caught two long touchdown passes and threw for another on a razzle-dazzle fake punt as No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 11 Kansas State 38-37 on Saturday. It was Oklahoma's third straight over Kansas State in less than a year. The Sooners won 41-31 in Manhattan, Kan., last October, and 27-24 in the Big 12 title game in December...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Robert Henry Powers, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 28, 2001, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Powers was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Sedalia, Mo., son of Henry Raymond and Ellen Marie Gehlken. He and Maurine Avis Bushey were married on Feb. 28, 1948 in Sedalia. She died April 23, 1973. He and Mildred Riney Walker were married on Sept. 23, 1977, in Puxico...

Stotts Son to Larry Joe and Missy Stotts of Zalma, Mo., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:39 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 2001. Name, Hunter Pape. Weight, 6 pounds 2 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Stotts is the former Missy Pape, daughter of Tom and Linda Pape of Zalma. She is employed at Advance Transport in Advance, Mo. Stotts is the son of Larry and Rose Stotts of Sturdivant, Mo. He is employed by Robertson Contractors in Poplar Bluff, Mo...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Lee of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Michele Lee, to Jerry Lea Bogle Jr. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bogle Sr. of Kane, Ill. Lee is a 1989 graduate of Chaffee High School, and 1990 graduate of Metro Business College. She is employed at Cardiovascular Consultants in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Thomas and Linda Pikey of Scott City announce the engagement of their daughter, Misti Dawn Pikey, to John Allen Harrison. He is the son of John and Connie Harrison of Murphysboro, Ill. Pikey is a 1993 graduate of Marion High School. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Southeast Missouri State University in 2001. She is an ad designer at the Southeast Missourian Newspaper...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Kenneth Wachter and Edward and Sandra Schilling of Jackson announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelly Lynn Wachter, to Travis Eric Ward. He is the son of Bob and Kathy Ward of Cape Girardeau and Wayne and Carole Pfeiffer of Jackson...

PATTON, Mo. -- Reid and Robin Yamnitz of Patton announce the engagement of their daughter, Desera Kristen Yamnitz, to Adam Matthew Nations. He is the son of Robert and Bonnie Nations of Cape Girardeau. Yamnitz is a 1999 graduate of Meadow Heights High School, and is attending Southeast Missouri State University...

Jim and Teresa Maurer of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Terese Maurer, to James Yates Miller III. He is the son of J.Y. and Mary Elsie Miller of Glasgow, Mo. Maurer is a 1993 graduate of Notre Dame High School. She received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Missouri in 1997, and a master's degree in business administration from Washington University in 2001. She is employed at Express Scripts Inc...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Sarah Anne Dame and Benjamin James Chattin were married Jan. 20, 2001, at Evangelical Community Church in Jackson, Tenn. The Rev. Don Winter performed the double ring ceremony. Carrie Johnson of Jackson, Mo., read scriptures. Music was by Sally Andes on piano, Jeanna Young on trumpet, Jon Kever on guitar, Michael Kever on d'jembe, all of Jackson, Tenn., and Angie Chattin of Louisville, Ky., sister of the groom, on cello. ...

[ Click here for a photo gallery of the event ] By Andrea L. Buchanan ~ Southeast Missourian The air in downtown Cape Girardeau was filled with smoky barbecue and different flavors of music Saturday, with Eddie Money dominating the main stage on the Riverfront and more local musicians scattered throughout the surrounding area...

10 years ago: Sept. 30, 1991 When it comes to National Public Radio, signal of KRCU, 90.0 FM, is coming in loud and clear, but only over relatively small area; that could change, as plans are under way to boost radio station's signal from 100 watts to about 2,300 watts...

CHICAGO -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's cross country team finished fifth at the 2001 Lakefront Invitational Saturday. Southeast scored 186 points in the 41-team event hosted by Loyola University. Kari Pilcher led the Southeast effort with a 14th-place (18:39), while Amy Arteme was just behind at 16th (18:42)...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's football team used a "three-headed" quarterback during its game at Tennessee State Saturday afternoon. Bobby Brune, who replaced starter Jeromy McDowell after McDowell suffered a sprained left knee in the first quarter at Illinois State last week and helped lead the comeback victory over the Redbirds, got the starting nod Saturday...

Wars on ideas like terrorism are always tough ones to win. War, by definition, has to have a winner through resolution and concessions by a loser. Therefore "war" is an unqualified moniker. No one will ever sign a declaration of surrender. No one will ever have a ticker-tape parade through the streets of New York City to celebrate a victory in "The War on Terrorism."...

WASHINGTON -- The United States moved more equipment to the central Asia region, and more reservists donned uniforms after Friday's callup, the Pentagon said Saturday. The Marine Corps would mobilize 191 reservists and the Navy 250 more to bring those activated so far to more than 16,600. An additional 5,000 National Guardsmen were being trained for security duty at America's commercial airports...

WASHINGTON -- Despite widespread predictions of at least one Supreme Court retirement, the same familiar nine justices will take the bench Monday for the start of a new term dominated by a dramatic test of the separation of church and state. The court also plans to rule on cases involving affirmative action, the death penalty and child pornography, among many other issues. ...

WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson says the United States is prepared to take care of any kind of biological attack. In an interview to be broadcast on CBS' "60 Minutes" tonight, Thompson said: "We've got to make sure that people understand that they're safe. And that we're prepared to take care of any contingency, any consequence that develops from any kind of bioterrorism attack."...

WASHINGTON -- The terrorist attacks on America have transformed relations with Russia, thrusting the Cold War rivals into an alliance against terrorism. The new paradigm became evident on Sept. 11, when President Bush ordered the U.S. military to high alert shortly after the attacks and Moscow did not follow suit...

WASHINGTON -- A rule requiring Mexicans who routinely enter the United States to use identification cards with fingerprints takes effect Monday despite two glitches: Many Mexicans have yet to obtain the new cards and the immigration agency has yet to install machines needed to read them...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The tears had turned to smiles, but the story was the same -- yet another home run by Barry Bonds, moving him within one of the record Mark McGwire set just three seasons ago. Bonds led off the sixth inning with his 69th homer, splashing a shot estimated at 437 feet into San Francisco Bay and leading the Giants to a 3-1 win Saturday over the San Diego Padres...

ST. LOUIS -- Matt Morris is more concerned about the St. Louis Cardinals' place in the standings than his spot on the leaderboard. Morris tied Curt Schilling for the major league lead with his 21st win and the St. Louis Cardinals moved within two games of first place with a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The resumption of the trial of eight foreign aid workers accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan has been put off until Sunday, their lawyer said. Pakistani lawyer Atif Ali Khan, representing the eight, said senior government officials in Kabul notified him of the delay. He had met earlier Saturday with the aid workers -- two Americans, two Australians, and four Germans -- and said they were ready for the resumption of their trial...

Facing lengthy stays in prison, several accused drug dealers from Southeast Missouri pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to methamphetamine-related crimes: Michael Workman, 38, of Jackson, pleaded guilty to one felony count of possession with intent to distribute. He now faces a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, and/or a $1 million fine. Sentencing is set for Jan. 27...

Members of the Guardians gathered to celebrate recruiting their 100th charter member. The group is raising money for the families of Cape Girardeau County firefighters or policemen killed in the line of duty. From left, front row: Cape Girardeau Police Chief Steve Strong; Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan; Bill Bohnert, treasurer, Cape Girardeau Police Officers Association; Charles Brawley, Cape Girardeau Firefighters Association Local 1084; Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Mike Lackman, Jackson Fire Chief Brad Golden, Dave Hitt, Cape Girardeau County Firefighters Association; back row: charter board members of the Guardians: John Mehner, Bob Neff, Rex Rust, Mike Kohlfeld, Charles Hutson, Dr. ...

MARTIN, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University dropped its first Ohio Valley Conference volleyball match of the season to Tennessee-Martin on Saturday. The Otahkians fell in straight sets 30-26, 30-27, 30-28 to the preseason favorites. The loss dropped Southeast to 4-1 in the conference and 6-6 overall. Tennessee-Martin improved to 3-2 in the OVC and 9-6 overall...

ST. LOUIS -- Notre Dame of St. Louis used a home run and the stellar pitching of freshman phenom Sarah Dooley to edge Cape Notre Dame 1-0 Saturday in high school softball action. Lindsay Reinagel was the hard-luck loser for Cape Notre Dame, giving up eight hits, including a fifth-inning solo home run. Reinagel struck out two and walked one...

The corn harvest is past the half-way mark in Cape Gir-ardeau County. "Harvesting is about done in the southern part of the county," said Terry Birk, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency office in Jackson, Mo. "We're ahead of last year, and yields have been running above average."...

JACKSON, Mo. -- An air of peacefulness surrounds this custom built home resting on a pie-shaped lot at the center of a cul-de-sac. Bold architectural lines that greet visitors continue throughout the house. An array of arches highlight the front façade from the entry to windows and doors...

A priceless moment in the great war movie "Patton" occurs as George C. Scott, playing that great combatant, celebrates a conquest over wily foe Erwin Rommel, Germany's "Desert Fox." (No, I don't mean the scene where, having routed the German commander's tanks, he cries out gleefully, "Rommel, you magnificent b...

Gov. Bob Holden's infamous executive order on collective bargaining was against all evidence, good legal advice and sound judgment, not to mention 30 years of legislative history of rejecting bills to accomplish this result. So Holden went ahead and did it...

Cape Girardeau Sunday, Sept. 30 DWI Tyler Reece McCullough, 18, Sikeston, Mo., was arrested Saturday for driving while intoxicated. Arrests William Luttrell, 1225 Fairlane, was arrested Friday for failure to appear. Edward T. Gardner, Marble Hill, Mo., was arrested Friday for failure to appear...

Cape Girardeau Sunday, Sept.30 Firefighters responded to the following calls Friday:At 3:26 p.m., emergency medical response to a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 55. At 4:09 p.m., fire alarm at 2825 Bloomfield Rd. At 5:14 p.m., kitchen fire at 1436 Cousin...

Sometime in everyone's life I think he or she forms some kind of overall mental picture of how things eventually work out. A durable picture for me was formed in long ago grade school geography class. In a recent protracted hospital stay while I was walking in "The Valley" I was eventually jarred back, in the most harsh and abrupt manner, to the world of reality, by turning on the bedside TV to see what was going on in New York and Washington D.C. ...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Logging and the Union Pacific Railroad put Bollinger County on the map. Bank robber Jesse James added one of history's footnotes, camping near Marble Hill after robbing a train in 1874. Those days are history. But as the county prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday this week, some things haven't changed since its founding in 1851...