Stories from Sunday, July 17, 2016

Recently, Clayton Scheper (left) celebrated his retirement after being employed for 62 years in retail pharmacy. Together with his cousin Wayne McClard (right) they had over 120 years combined working at Jones Drug Store in Jackson.

Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Limbaugh will render a decision on whether to file charges against a Missouri State Highway trooper in the shooting death of Jeffrey Darrell Hobbs possibly as soon as next week. The Highway Patrol and the Cape Girardeau County coroner submitted investigative reports Friday to the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's office in the officer-involved shooting death of Jeffrey Darrell Hobbs, 48, of Neelys Landing on April 29...

Law-enforcement agencies around the country have expressed reservations about using body cameras. But local agencies that use them said they caused officers to behave more professionally while on duty, can provide useful evidence during prosecutions, are a valuable training tool and protect officers from frivolous complaints...

Every time Kenny Pincksten completes a renovation of a historic building, he promises himself it will be the last. He has yet to keep this promise. Pincksten has a track record of restoring older buildings. Through his development firm, Prestige Development, he renovated the Vasterling building, a two-story, 143-year-old structure at the corner of Broadway and Sprigg Street...

Today in History Today is Sunday, July 17, the 199th day of 2016. There are 167 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Europe-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed off Long Island, New York, shortly after departing John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 230 people on board...

Pampers is a sweet and mellow 2-year-old male. He is available for adoption at Safe Harbor; call (573) 243-9823.

Nala is 8 weeks old and very playful. Nala is available for adoption at the Humane Society; call (573) 334-5837.

For some reason I have been struggling to come up with an interesting topic for this column. Nothing seemed to pop into my head until one of my co-workers came in from watering this morning. Her comment was, "Talk about summer beauty outside." She had been watering pots of summer blooming plants such as abelia, hydrangea, butterfly bushes, hardy hibiscus, roses and crepe myrtles. So I thought, what a great subject for a summer gardening column...

Sitting at his tidy, well-lit kitchen table, Rip Lee Pryor seems little more than the consummate neighbor. He drives a small SUV. He talks about the heat. This particular Monday, he's building a water feature in the backyard of his Carbondale, Illinois, home...

NEW YORK — Keeping the lines of communication open between parents and teachers can be a challenge, especially in this era of crowded classrooms and time-crunched families. So many questions and issues go unspoken or unanswered. So what would teachers like to express if they had more time to talk with parents?...

Back through the years, we as a family have consumed a lot of pickles, with most of these being dill pickles or sour pickles. I've eaten a few sweet pickles, but not very many. I just never cared for the sweet pickles. Marge has made and canned both kinds, but it still seems like our family prefers the dills...

One of my favorite parts of the Lord's Prayer is the line that says, "Give us this day our daily bread." I love this line because of its abandon to trust that God knows the sort of bread we need for this particular day that's before us, and that God will provide it. I love that the request is for something simple and basic, that in this we ask for only what we need and leave the details up to God...

"Life should be a little nuts. Otherwise it's just a bunch of Thursdays strung together." A profound sentence from an otherwise-forgettable movie by Kevin Costner ("Rumor Has It," 2005). Thursday has a humdrum quality to it. Just about everybody works on Thursday. There are no popular songs or restaurants called "Thank God it's Thursday." Friday, by contrast, is potentially exciting. Friday gives entree to the weekend when most, but not all, are enjoying a life away from their jobs...

O Father God, bless us and keep us safe in our comings and goings. Amen.

Congratulations to Faune Riggin on receiving the inaugural Assistant Chief Roger Fields Law Enforcement Award given by the Cape Girardeau Police Department and Seniors and Lawmen Together. She has been a community jewel for over 15 years at radio station KZIM/KSIM. Faune is a knowledgeable, conservative radio fixture with a sense of humor...

Sometimes it is nice to have a pizza party and invite friends or family over to enjoy. This time of year, it may be too hot to cook outside, so making homemade pizza inside is a fun dinner option. Pizza is a fun and delicious food to share together, so today I am passing along a few recipes to get you started...

Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph to be published at his death, citing what he believed were the three major accomplishments of his life. He stated he was author of the Declaration of Independence, the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the articles that created the University of Virginia. ...

Squirrels are notorious for finding ways to steal from the bird feeder. But there is another acrobatic fellow who can do it, too. I watched this raccoon walk from the bushes at the edge of the yard. Cautiously, it came to the bird feeder where I was stationed to photograph birds (and maybe squirrels)...

Monday: Chicken tenders or country-fried steak, oven-fried potatoes, seasoned spinach, whole-grain roll and tropical fruit or cinnamon streusel cake. Tuesday: Ham and beans or patty melt, seasoned cabbage, fresh tomato slices, cornbread or whole-grain crackers and sugar-free gelatin with pears or chocolate iced yellow cake...

Happy birthday to Pat Glenzy, Kari Bickings, Matt Eichhorn, Sonny McCabe, Mary Ann Kagle, Robert Hinkebein, Mandy Moore, Lawrence Badders, Richard Hodge, Mike Senciboy, Carol Hodge, Martin Eftink, Dawn Kerber, Gideon Kerber, Wanda Owens, Larry Himmelspoch, Carolyn Hawkins, Linda Pepple, Christina Cook, Nancy Moore, Paige Russom, Rita Lux, Gary Wolfe, Elvis Abernathy, Don Vance, Samantha Glastetter and Diane Keller. ...

Doug and Deb Sorensen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily J. Sorensen of Cedar Rapids, to Eric M. Balsman of Sikeston, Missouri. He is the son of Randy and Sharon Balsman of Jackson. Emily is a graduate of the University of Nothern Iowa. She is a speech language therapist at Kenny Rogers Children's Center in Sikeston...

Tom and Debbie Schumer of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Paige Schumer of Cape Girardeau, to Matthew Reinagel of Kelso, Missouri. He is the son of Ron and Lori Reinagel of Kelso. Paige graduated from Notre Dame Regional High School in 2008. She received a Bachelor of Health Science from Maryville University in 2012 and a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Maryville in 2014. She is a physical therapist at Saint Francis Medical Center Outpatient Rehabilitation...

I want to thank the city employees that did pick up of tree limbs after the storm. They did an excellent job. They need our praise. Thank you. To Speak Out comment of July 10 that said "religion needs to go": Have you been religious and nonreligious to make an informed decision? Most people with a modicum of education know what the outcome of pagan nations has been throughout history. ...

Last week, the Riverside Regional Library branches began serving free meals to children as they stopped by for summer reading program activities. According to a story written by Lindsay Jones, the library system used a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant last year to help provide lunches. The concept was meant to fill a need for children who live in poverty to have a lunch option during the summer, while also partaking in the opportunity to learn...

Regarding your "Our Opinion" item appearing July 11: It was a little surprising that out of what were fine remarks made by Sen. Roy Blunt, you chose one sentence: "Legal immigration is one of the things that made our country as great as it is." While this is somewhat true, the use of the words "legal immigration" do not appear in federal law until the late 19th century...

CLEVELAND -- Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman and his re-election team have been beating the bushes and sifting through reams of data for more than a year. Donald Trump has visited the state once since clinching the GOP presidential nomination. Republicans say Trump needs to take a page from Portman's playbook, and they worry Trump's flyby approach to one of the most important states on the electoral map won't give him the edge he needs over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who has a strong Ohio operation.. ...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Authorities arrested a couple accused of riding naked on a stolen lawn mower. Jasper County sheriff's detective Tim Williams said a 55-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman admitted they rode the lawn mower home naked after their clothing was stolen as they skinny-dipped in a creek near Joplin. Authorities arrested the two Tuesday morning on suspicion of stealing after finding them at a house with a riding mower that didn't belong to them parked in the front yard...

WASHINGTON -- A law designed to extend federal and state reviews of cold cases of racially motivated killings during the civil-rights era is one step closer to being renewed. A unanimous Senate voted to permanently renew a 2007 law that calls for a full accounting of race-based murders, many of which had been closed for decades. The law expires next year...

CONCORD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire woman is free after serving a three-year prison sentence for luring a co-worker to her apartment in 2012 as a sex offering to her domineering boyfriend, then helping him dispose of the co-worker's body after authorities said he strangled and raped the woman...

WASHINGTON -- When presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump was "pro-choice in every respect," Indiana Gov. Mike Pence compared abortion to the tragedy of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. When Pence opposed providing gay Americans with the protection of anti-discrimination laws, Trump declared the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission needed to protect gay rights in the workplace...

ARVADA, Colorado -- Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a football stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Hundreds of law-enforcement officers from across the country joined with Navy personnel to honor Patrick Zamarripa, one of the officers slain last week in Dallas by a gunman. A traditional Catholic funeral service was held Saturday in Fort Worth for the 32-year-old Zamarripa...

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump presented running mate Mike Pence to the nation Saturday, hailing the Indiana governor as his "first choice" and "my partner in the campaign." But he left no doubt in a sometimes awkward event Pence's role will surely be as sidekick to the businessman-turned-reality-star-turned-politician at the top of the ticket...

NEW YORK -- Two years after the chokehold death of Eric Garner made "I can't breathe" a rallying cry for protests over police killings of black men, federal authorities still are grappling with whether to prosecute the white officer seen on video wrapping his arm around Garner's neck...

DETROIT -- Tesla Motors is working on modifications to its Autopilot system after it failed to stop for a tractor-trailer rig in a Florida crash that killed the driver of a Model S sedan. CEO Elon Musk, in a Twitter post Thursday night, said Tesla is working on improvements to the radar system. Autopilot uses cameras, radar and computers to detect objects and automatically brake if a Tesla vehicle is about to hit something...

This time, France was supposed to have been better prepared. Despite a state of emergency after two recent terror attacks, authorities in France are facing criticism they should have done more to protect one of the softest of soft targets: a pedestrian zone in Nice where 30,000 people turned out for Bastille Day celebrations that were turned to tragedy by a truck driver's rampage...

WASHINGTON -- Saudi officials hope the release of a top-secret chapter of an early congressional inquiry into 9/11 will end accusations of Saudi complicity in the attacks -- allegations that have never been substantiated. Those who pushed for its release say it's only the beginning...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- SpaceX aims to launch another load of space station supplies for NASA, including a critical docking port needed by new U.S. crew capsules set to debut next year. The unmanned Falcon rocket is scheduled to lift off early Monday. Excellent weather is forecast for the 12:45 a.m. launch...

ANKARA, Turkey -- Rather than toppling Turkey's strongman president, a failed military coup that left more than 250 dead appears to have bolstered Recep Tayyip Erdogan's immediate grip on power and boosted his popularity. Tens of thousands marched through the streets in half a dozen Turkish cities late Saturday, waving flags and singing songs in an emotional outpouring of support for the longtime leader as security forces rounded up military personnel it branded coup supporters and launched a purge of judges seen as government opponents.. ...

SAYLORSBURG, Pa. -- An exiled Muslim cleric whom Turkey's president has accused of orchestrating a failed coup denied any responsibility Saturday, saying he had no knowledge of the plot. Fethullah Gulen said at his Pennsylvania compound he knows only a "minute fraction" of his legions of sympathizers in Turkey, so he cannot speak to their "potential involvement" in the attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

NICE, France -- Seeking to quell fear and criticism, the French government called up thousands of police reserves Saturday to increase security around the country after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a beachfront Bastille Day attack security forces failed to thwart...

SAN DIEGO -- A man arrested for a string of deadly attacks on the homeless had a long history of crime and mental-health issues and was living in subsidized housing for the homeless, it was reported. Jon David Guerrero, 39, was arrested Friday by police who heard a homeless man screaming after he was attacked...

Cape Girardeau City Councilman David Limbaugh is keynote speaker at the Regional Commerce and Growth Association's monthly membership meeting at the Holiday Inn; Limbaugh tells the group fractious rivals in the city should strive to resolve conflicts rather than pretend they don't exist...

The Rev. Carl Wesley Stroder, 93, of Jackson passed away ­­­­­­­­­Friday, July 15, 2016, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 5, 1923, in Crump, son of Luther and Lela Heimbach Stroder. He and Delma Louise Eakins were married Feb. 14, 1947...

Winona L. Smith, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 15, 2016, at her home. She was born Oct. 7, 1930, in Webb City, Missouri, to Leland C. and Ruby York Erwin. She and Glenn Orville Smith Jr. were married June 1, 1948, at Corinth, Mississippi. He passed away Sept. 22, 1999...

Mary Lena Proffer, 87, of Jackson died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at the Monticello House. She was born Sept, 12, 1928, in Flint, Michigan, to James Robert and Violet Robeca Ussery Taylor. Mary was a care giver specializing in in-home health care. She is survived by four daughters, Ella Jean (John) Moore, Dorothy Ann (Kenny) Sides and Jackie Sue (Tyson) Norman, all of Oak Ridge, and Doris Elane (David) Jones of Millersville; a son, W.J. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Raymond R. Oehlert, 77, of Perryville died Friday, July 15, 2016, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Monday at Young and Sons Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery...

MARBLE Hill, Mo. -- Donna G. Nenninger, 64, of Marble Hill died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Woodland Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Baker Cemetery near Marble HIll, with the Rev. Aaron Allen officiating...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Lela Mae Miller, 82, of Olive Branch died Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at her home. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Crusaders for Christ Church in Mounds, Illinois, with the Rev. Danny Beggs officiating. Interment will be in Olive Branch Cemetery...

Johnathan Travis Lee, 29, died Friday morning, July 15, 2016, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Johnson County, Illinois. A private memorial service will be at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge, Illinois.

Helen Elizabeth "Libby" Henderson, 94, died peacefully Thursday, July 14, 2016, at her home. Libby was born March 19, 1922, in Jackson, and was the daughter of Weston and Lena Henderson of Delta. She attended Southeast Missouri State University. Libby worked for AAA for 34 years in Washington, D.C. and Virginia. She moved to Florida in 1989 and was a member of Grace Presbyterian Church. She was the patroller for SHARP and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, No. 174 in Whitewater...

Jaxon Ray Gonzalez, 16 months, of Cape Girardeau earned his angel wings Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Feb. 19, 2015, in Cape Girardeau to William Gonzalez and Brittany Nicole Cox...

Joan Annette Ayers, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 14, 2016, at The Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday at Greater Dimension Ministries Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at noon Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. William Bird Jr. officiating. Burial will be at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Summonses n Victoria S. Jefferson, 48, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. n Linda S. Nash, 66, of Jackson was issued a summons for failure to stop at a posted stop sign...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Alaina Beck, 43, 45 S. West End Blvd., No. 308, was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of assault...

Daughter to Andrew Kinnison and Renee Shoemaker of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:29 a.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Name, Kennadi GraceLynn. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Shoemaker is the daughter of Vicky Shoemaker and David Shoemaker of Jackson. She is a student at DeVry University. Kinnison is the son of Dale Kinnison of Cape Girardeau. He is a salesman at Lawless Harley-Davidson...

CLIFTON, N.J. -- An aspiring nun who was told she couldn't enter a convent until her student loan debt was paid off has used an online appeal to get the money. Alida Taylor, 28, was accepted to join the Sisters of Life in New York City in September...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander isn't saying yet how he will handle a ballot proposal seeking to raise the cigarette tax in light of recent court rulings. The state Supreme Court recently turned down an appeal of a ruling ordering a change to the ballot summary for the measure that would phase in a 60-cent increase to the state's 17-cent-a-pack cigarette tax...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- New campaign-finance reports show Missouri Democratic candidate for governor Attorney General Chris Koster raked in more than $3.4 million in cash in the last several months, bringing his war chest up to more than $10 million...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Carl Bearden will attend the Republican National Convention as a Missouri delegate pledged to support Donald Trump for president, but he doesn't plan to actually do so. Rather, Bearden is part of coalition of dissident delegates trying to undermine Trump's expected nomination during the convention, which begins Monday in Cleveland...

Three former Navy SEALs endorsed Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s candidacy for governor Friday during a campaign stop in Cape Girardeau. Kinder, a Cape Girardeau native, said he was “humbled” to be endorsed by former SEALs Miguel Yanez, Jake Zweig and Jaren Ogden...

Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputies filed an arrest warrant Thursday for a New Madrid, Missouri, man based on DNA evidence left at the scene of copper theft July 16, 2013, on Nash Road. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s office charged John Hunter Jungers, 29, with felony stealing Thursday. Jungers remained at large as of Friday. He is on probation for theft of a credit card or letter...

A Hayti, Missouri, man was killed while three others were badly hurt in a head-on crash Thursday night on U.S. 61 two miles north of New Madrid, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash happened just after 9 p.m., when a truck driven by Steven Cameron, 44, of Marston, Missouri, crossed the center line and struck a truck driven by Leo House III, 54, causing House’s vehicle to overturn...

Scoring runs was rarely the problem for Southeast Denver during the weekend's Cal Ripken Midwest Plains 12-year-old Major /70 Region Tournament. Unfortunately for the Colorado state champions, the team was also allowing runs at nearly the same rate...

ST. LOUIS -- Ichiro Suzuki was floored by the consistent, appreciative reception from a packed road crowd, which cheered him every chance it got. He was touched, too, by actions of St. Louis Cardinals players who gave him plenty of time to gather it in all weekend...

Route N in Cape Girardeau County from Route NN to Highway 25 will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. The work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, according to a MoDOT news release...

College football The Southeast Missouri State football team has been picked to finish fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference in a preseason poll of media that covers the teams. Defending conference champion Jacksonville State was a unanimous choice to repeat, collecting all 16 first-place votes for 144 points. ...