-
Fire displaces family of seven
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
A Cape Girardeau firefighter breaks a second-floor window during a house fire Monday evening at 321 S. Middle St. in Cape Girardeau. No one was injured, but a dog died during the blaze. A family of seven was displaced; the Red Cross made arrangements to find them overnight lodging. The fire began in the home’s second story but was not regarded as suspicious.
-
Cape council calls for boarding up dangerous buildings
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
Cape Girardeau City Council members instructed the city staff Monday to move ahead with plans that would allow the city to board up dangerous buildings if property owners fail to do so. Ward 1 Councilman Joe Uzoaru said in October he wanted the city to board up vacant structures upfront even as it pursues condemnation of such rundown properties...
-
Harbor Freight Tools plans to move ahead with Cape Girardeau store
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
"Engineering challenges" have delayed Harbor Freight Tool's plans for opening a store in Cape Girardeau, but the retailer still plans to open a store in Town Plaza at the site of a former movie theater, commercial real-estate broker Tom Kelsey said Monday...
-
Fruitland Army veteran spends weeks helping in ravaged Puerto Rico
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
When Chad Craft heard about the devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, he wanted to help. Craft, who retired from the U.S. Army about five years ago and lives in Fruitland with his family, said he was interested in Puerto Rico for a few reasons...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2017. There are 26 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 5, 1952, the Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed for causing thousands of deaths...
-
Tax reform critical for economic growth and level playing field
(Column ~ 12/05/17)
Congress is in midst of moving a tax bill that is essential to the United States' economic future. Allow us an opportunity to introduce some facts on why it is so important to our company, our workers and our community. P&G sells consumer products in more than 180 countries and territories. ...
-
Prayer 12-5-17
(Prayer ~ 12/05/17)
O Lord Jesus, may we guard our words and glorify you in all we say. Amen.
-
Jet air service to Chicago off and running
(Editorial ~ 12/05/17)
Cape Girardeau entered the jet era last week. As reported by Mark Bliss, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines, operating as United Express, began round-trip passenger service from the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport to Chicago's O'Hare Airport. The 50-seat, twin-engine jets are now in service in Cape Girardeau...
-
Decent dudes, don't let the perverts prevail
(Column ~ 12/05/17)
All these sexual harassment and abuse allegations are enough to make one's head spin. Almost every day, we awake to another accusation or confession. Then there's the convoluted combination of both, which I call an accufession -- an accusation followed by an "I don't remember it the way she remembers it, but I'm sorry" confession. With all the craziness, I find myself contemplating how this affects the decent men among us...
-
Cooperation between Jackson, others good for community
(Column ~ 12/05/17)
The last few board of aldermen meetings have included agenda items that show the value of "cooperation" between the City of Jackson and other entities. I would like to highlight a few of these and explain what I see as the importance of these agreements...
-
Facebook launches Messenger app for children that's parent controlled
(Community ~ 12/05/17)
NEW YORK -- Facebook is coming for your kids. The social-media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The free app is aimed at children younger than 13, who can't yet have their own accounts under Facebook's rules, though they often do...
-
Out of the past: Dec. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 12/05/17)
As part of its approval and prioritization of projects on a 15-year needs list, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has authorized funding for extending Nash Road into the Southeast Missouri Regional Port; the commission also authorized completion of widening Highway 60 from Sikeston to Willow Springs, Missouri...
-
Hubert Winkler
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hubert A. Winkler, 94, of Perryville died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. He was born Jan. 22, 1923, in Apple Creek, Missouri, son of Theodore Xavier and Louise Ponder Winkler. He and Cornelia Buchheit were married May 28, 1949. She preceded him in death June 11, 2012...
-
Ricky Vick
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
TAMMS, Ill. — Ricky Vick, 61, of Tamms died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at his home. The family will hold private services at a later date. Crain Funeral Home in Tamms is in charge of arrangements.
-
Charlene 'Sis' Scheper
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Charlene Ann "Sis" Scheper, 54, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 14, 1963, in Cape Girardeau to Clayton "Shep" and Katherine Crawford Scheper...
-
Franklin Knight
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Franklin D. Knight, 78, of Cape Girardeau went home to His Heavenly Father on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau after an ongoing illness. He was born Nov. 2, 1939, to Lester Bryan and Thecla Clara Westrich Knight in New Hamburg, Missouri, on the family farm. Both parents preceded him in death, as well as his brother, Lester Louis Knight, and brother-in-law, Curtis Clymer...
-
Walter Gordon
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Walter Wayne Gordon, 95, of Chaffee died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Chapel, with the Rev. Bob Lewis officiating. Burial will be at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with full military honors...
-
Raymond Fowler
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Raymond M. Fowler, 86, passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at the Woodland Hills in Marble Hill. Raymond was born Sept. 12, 1931, at Fayette, Alabama, to Grandpa James Abner and Eula Herron Fowler. He and Mary Stratton Fowler, his wife of 65 years, were united in marriage June 26, 1952...
-
Margaret Farrow
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Margaret Gerard Farrow, 63, of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Margaret was born May 6, 1954, the daughter of Charles Truman And Elsie Moore Farrow. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Columbia...
-
Fred Carver
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Fred L. Carver, 74, of St. Louis passed away Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at Parkwood Skilled Nursing Center in Maryland Heights, Missouri. He was born Dec. 30, 1942, in McGee, Missouri, the son of Jessie Edward and Irene Jaco Carver. Fred retired after 25 years working for the U.S. Postal Service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a member of the NRA and AARP. He loved hunting, fishing and camping...
-
Anna Bullard
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Anna Mae Bullard, 88, of Jackson died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church near Pocahontas. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Jacob Colwell officiating, assisted by Elijah Allan. Burial will be in New Bethel Church Cemetery...
-
Lillian Blattel
(Obituary ~ 12/05/17)
Lillian V. Blattel, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born in Illmo to Clarence L. and Alma R. Hoffman Jackson. She and James G. Blattel were married July 15, 1946, in Fornfelt. He preceded her in death March 30, 2011...
-
Cape Girardeau police report 12/5/17
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/05/17)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of an ex-parte violation in the 1800 block of New Madrid St. n Larry D. Reed, 53, 2830 Whitener St., was arrested on a Cape Girardeau County warrant at South Pacific and College streets...
-
Births 12/5/17
(Births ~ 12/05/17)
Daughter to Cody Lane Tuttle and Taylor Michelle Wright of Scott City, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:09 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Name, Railyn Nicole. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Wright is the daughter of Theresa and Cleo Wright of Scott City. ...
-
Missouri lieutenant governor wants new veterans' home head
(State News ~ 12/05/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Parson on Monday called for the removal of the St. Louis Veterans Home administrator after months of complaints over treatment of patients and management of the home. Parson told reporters he wants administrator Rolando Carter out and alleged there have been issues with medications, turnover, transparency and a growing lack of faith in leadership at the home. Parson also called for the removal of the assistant administrator, Aneeqa Khan...
-
Dog days of fall at Kiwanis Park
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
Leah Wallis throws a Frisbee to her dog Rocky on a warm afternoon Monday at Kiwanis Park in Cape Girardeau.
-
Lawmakers work to reconcile House, Senate tax bills
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- Significant differences separate the massive tax packages passed by the House and Senate on estate taxes, health care and a deduction for home mortgage interest, though Republican leaders are confident none is insurmountable. Republicans are trying to pass the biggest rewrite of the tax system in more than 30 years...
-
High court hints it could side with state on sports betting
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- In a case being closely watched by states interested in allowing betting on sports, the Supreme Court indicated a willingness Monday to side with New Jersey's effort to permit sports gambling. The justices heard arguments in a case where New Jersey is challenging a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states...
-
Astronauts make, fling, float, eat pizzas on space station
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first-ever pizza party in space is getting sky-high reviews. Astronauts at the International Space Station posted pictures and a video over the weekend of their small, made-from-scratch pizza pies. The fixings flew up last month on a commercial supply ship, and the crew wasted little time pulling out the flatbread, tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, olives, olive oil and anchovy paste and pesto...
-
Prosecutors: Manafort wrote op-ed with colleague in Russia
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- In an attempt to burnish his public image, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort recently enlisted a longtime Russian colleague to help him ghostwrite an op-ed. The attempt to publish the op-ed under someone else's name has prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller pushing for Manafort to remain on house arrest and GPS monitoring for the time being...
-
EU, UK leaders fail to get Brexit deal, remain optimistic
(International News ~ 12/05/17)
BRUSSELS -- The European Union and Britain ended a flurry of top-level diplomacy Monday without a deal on the terms of their divorce, as agreement on how to maintain an open Irish border after Brexit slipped out of the negotiators' grasp. But the two sides said they were within striking distance of consensus, setting up a hectic negotiating rush ahead of next week's EU summit that must decide whether to broaden the talks to the topic of future relations...
-
Mattis seeks more cooperation with Pakistan on terror fight
(International News ~ 12/05/17)
ISLAMABAD -- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pressed top Pakistani leaders Monday to "redouble" efforts to go after insurgents operating in safe havens, the Pentagon said, underscoring a frustration with Islamabad over Taliban-linked militants that freely cross the border to conduct attacks against the U.S. and allies in Afghanistan...
-
Smothered by the Islamic State, an Iraqi teen dares to dream
(International News ~ 12/05/17)
MOSUL, Iraq -- Soon after she turned 14, Ferah built her own world in her bedroom. A world of paper butterflies, of lights draped in strings from corner to corner, of inspirational messages taped on the wall above her bed. It had to be special because the Iraqi teen intended to stay there to escape the horror outside in her home city of Mosul. ...
-
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. This is not a final ruling on the travel ban: Challenges to the policy are winding through the federal courts, and the justices themselves ultimately are expected to rule on its legality...
-
Trump heartily endorses Moore as GOP comes to grips with him
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump gave embattled GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore a vigorous formal endorsement Monday, looking past allegations of sexual misconduct with Alabama teenagers as Republican leaders in Washington, once appalled by Moore's candidacy, began to come to grips with a clearer possibility of his victory...
-
Trump's tweet raises obstruction specter, worries allies
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WASHINGTON -- The shifting explanations for why President Donald Trump fired national-security adviser Michael Flynn have revived questions about whether the president may have obstructed an ongoing investigation of potential contacts between his campaign and Russia...
-
Rebels kill Yemen's strongman Saleh as alliance collapses
(International News ~ 12/05/17)
SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni rebels on Monday killed their onetime ally Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's former president, as they gained the upper hand in days of fighting with his forces for control of the capital, Sanaa. The tumult threw the country's three-year civil war into an unpredictable new chapter just as Yemen's Saudi-backed government had hoped the Shiite rebels would be decisively weakened...
-
Trump takes rare step to reduce national monuments
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
SALT LAKE CITY -- President Donald Trump on Monday took the rare step of scaling back two national monuments in Utah, declaring "public lands will once again be for public use," in a move cheered by Republican leaders who had lobbied him to undo protections they considered overly broad...
-
Selfie-service: Man cooks Waffle House meal as worker naps
(National News ~ 12/05/17)
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When a man found the only worker at an empty South Carolina Waffle House asleep, he took his meal into his own hands. On Facebook, Alex Bowen chronicled with selfies how he made his own double Texas bacon cheese steak melt at the famous 24-7 diner about 2 a.m. Thursday. Bowen said on Facebook he waited 10 minutes, then cooked his meal and "even scraped the grill when I was done." Bowen even posted a selfie returning to pay for his meal...
-
13 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law
(State News ~ 12/05/17)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- More than a dozen states banded together Monday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages. In a lawsuit filed directly to the high court, the states allege California's law has cost consumers nationwide up to $350 million annually because of higher egg prices since it took effect in 2015. ...
-
807 Southeast students to receive degrees Dec. 16
(Local News ~ 12/05/17)
Southeast Missouri State University’s fall commencement ceremony will see 807 students receive their degrees Dec. 16. Completing their undergraduate studies will be 620 students, and 187 will receive master’s degrees. Two commencement ceremonies at the Show Me Center will be held...
Stories from Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Browse other days