-
Blueberry season is in full swing
(Community ~ 06/18/20)
Blueberry season is here, and I hear there is an abundant crop this year. I recall taking our children to the blueberry patch to pick fresh blueberries and Lexie would eat about as many as she would pick. I told the patch owner we needed to weigh her going in and coming out to pay for her snacking. Picking and snacking on them right in the patch in the warm sunshine is the best summer treat...
-
Cape Schnucks unaffected by company's second closing since the pandemic
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
St. Louis-based Schnucks Markets said its Cape Girardeau store, opened in 1976, is unaffected by the 81-year old company’s decision announced this week to close its only outlet in Iowa. The Bettendorf, Iowa, store, which opened in 2005, will close Aug. 16 due to poor sales, company spokesman Paul Simon said...
-
Eleven new coronavirus cases reported in region Wednesday
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
Eleven new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Southeast Missouri. Scott County Health Department reported five new cases Wednesday. The county reports a total of 145 cases (99 recoveries, 11 deaths). Cape Girardeau County reported three new cases — one in the city of Cape Girardeau and one in the county. There are a total of 141 cases in the county, with 112 confirmed cases and 29 probable (102 recoveries, 3 deaths)...
-
Celebrate Juneteenth this Friday
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
Not one, not two, but three Juneteenth celebrations are set for Friday in Cape Girardeau. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers told enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended, and they were free...
-
Crawdads invade Jackson in the most delectable way
(Community ~ 06/18/20)
"And if you gaze long into your food, your food also gazes into you." This irreverent morphing of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's quote was uppermost in my mind when I unpacked my to-go order from SEMO Crawfish Company. Crawdads galore, all tails and claws and heads with antennae. Huge head-on shrimp, which supposedly deepens the sweet flavor that processed examples lack. Eyes, eyes everywhere, and I couldn't wait to dig in. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
-
Power brokers manipulate crises for selfish purposes
(Column ~ 06/18/20)
Hypocrisy and lack of seriousness abound, causing good people to question just how much politics taints everything in the world today. Determining approbation according to political favoritism is worse than dishonest. As for the media, its focus is often on drama and emotion, not helpful information.
-
City breaks ground on Common Pleas project
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
A ceremonial groundbreaking marked the official beginning of a rehaul and new construction at Cape Girardeau’s Common Pleas Courthouse and its annex, originally built as a Carnegie Library that formerly served as the city’s public library. The two buildings will be remodeled, and a structure linking the two will be built, as will a parking garage, to eventually find new purpose as the Cape Girardeau City Hall...
-
Cape County greenhouse growing legal marijuana
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
Some of Missouri’s first legal marijuana will be grown in Cape Girardeau County as part of the state’s medical marijuana program. Archimedes Medical Holdings LLC, which holds a marijuana cultivation license to grow cannabis at JoAnn’s Greenhouse in northern Cape Girardeau County, is one of two cultivation facilities to complete “commencement” inspections this week by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)...
-
TGIF Top Picks 6/18/20
(Local News ~ 06/18/20)
Don't forget Rockin' the Rock Garden in Jackson City Park (near the Hubble Creek pedestrian bridge). This week's free concert that begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday features musician Wayne Givens. Speaking of music Friday night, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at The Bayou Bar and Grill, 6611 County Road 532 in Pocahontas, is hosting a band whose appearance was canceled earlier this season: Just Us...
-
Today in History
(National News ~ 06/18/20)
Today is Thursday, June 18, the 170th day of 2020. There are 196 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride became America's first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger on a six-day mission...
-
Prayer 6/18/20
(Prayer ~ 06/18/20)
Bless, O God, those who call upon you and seek your guidance and mercy. Amen.
-
Sponsored: Do you know a baby or infant with colic, reflux, earaches or ear infections?
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/18/20)
Colic is when an infant is crying relentlessly for no apparent reason. This crying is hard on everyone in the family and can occur at any hour of the day. A commonly overlooked reason is the baby has some muscle or joint pain causing the restlessness...
-
Marching for workers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/18/20)
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we have reached the point where it has affected all of us. We all know someone who has fallen ill, or worse, succumbed to this deadly virus. And one thing has become abundantly clear: The economy is dependent on the middle class, and for too long, not enough financial gains have made their way to working families...
-
Speak Out 6/18/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/18/20)
Police are heroes. They put their lives on the line every day. Most are of great character. They are paid very little. I question the people who want to demonize all of them. Instead of tearing them down and trying to defund them, they need to stop and think what is going to happen when no one will want to become a police officer. ...
-
Washington city fights downturn with own money
(National News ~ 06/18/20)
TENINO, Wash. -- The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food and new toothbrush came to $24.97. Laurie Mahlenbrei handed the cashier a slice of wood marked $25, and walked out. The wooden currency is good only in the small city of Tenino, Washington, part of an effort to help residents and local merchants alike get through the economic fallout of the pandemic. ...
-
Senate GOP proposes police changes, including data tracking
(National News ~ 06/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislation with a bill that is less sweeping but underscores how swiftly the national debate has been transformed five months before elections...
-
U.S. coronavirus outbreaks stir clash over masks, personal freedom
(National News ~ 06/18/20)
PHOENIX -- When the coronavirus flared in China this week, the country canceled flights, suspended reopenings and described the situation as "extremely grave." But with cases rising in some U.S. states, local officials have balked at even requiring people to wear masks...
-
Sue Tyler
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Sue Tyler, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
-
Norma Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Norma Louise Tuschhoff, 75, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the church, with the Rev. Lawrence Bradt officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery...
-
Mary Moyers
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Mary Eliza Moyers, 83, of Jackson died Friday, June 5, 2020, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 1, 1936, in Jackson, daughter of Charles and Verba Blaylock Flanagin. Her first husband was Leon McCullough, and her second husband was Henry Moyers. Both preceded her in death...
-
Jeffery Loyd Lovel
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Jeffery Loyd Lovel, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 15, 2020, at his home. He was born Aug. 20, 1964, in Del Rio, Texas, to Gwinn M. and Ann Marie Skelton Lovel. Survivors include his mother, Ann Marie Lovel of Cape Girardeau; brother, Michael Lovel of Castleton, Indiana; and several aunts and uncles...
-
James Hale
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
James Franklin Hale, 57, of Belleville, Illinois, formerly of Scott City, died Thursday, June 16, 2020, at Belleville Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
-
Maxine Goehring
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Maxine Goehring, 96, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at her home. She was born Dec. 23, 1923, in Avert, Missouri, to John and Pauline True Bollinger. On Dec. 24, 1947, she married Russell Goehring Sr. They were married 49 years at the time of his death...
-
Kevin Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
ORAN, Mo. -- Kevin Glastetter, son of Doris M. Dannenmueller Glastetter of Oran and the late Ralph Glastetter, was born Dec. 23, 1964, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Monday, June 15, 2020, at his home in Oran at the age of 55 years. Kevin was a former maintenance supervisor at Cape La Croix Apartments...
-
Larry Cook
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Larry Gene Cook, son of the late Roy and Stella Hartmann Cook, was born Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1947, at the family farm and home just outside of Whitewater. He was born on his brother William D. "Dub" Cook's first birthday and was the sixth of 11 children. He departed his earthly home to meet Jesus on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at his home, with his favorite two girls, his wife and daughter, beside him at the age of 72...
-
Frances Busby
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Frances Earlene Busby of St. Louis, formerly of Jackson, was born April 12, 1937, in Van Buren, Missouri, to Earl and Ethel Parkhill McSpadden and entered into rest Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in St. Louis at the age of 83 years, 2 months and 4 days...
-
Out of the past: June 18
(Out of the Past ~ 06/18/20)
The congregation of First Baptist Church, 926 Broadway, celebrates the 15th anniversary of Dr. John Owen as pastor of the church; Dr. John Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church at Independence, Missouri, delivers the message at the morning worship service; the service is followed by a potluck dinner; during the evening service, three generations of the Owen family -- Dr. Franklin Owen, Dr. John Owen and John Nathan Owen -- present a "Tribute to My Father."...
-
Ella Mae Hoeller
(Obituary ~ 06/18/20)
Ella Mae Hoeller, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at Lutheran Home. She was born Sept. 15, 1933, in Cape Girardeau to Arthur and Bertha Vasterling Fuhrmann. She and Weldon Hoeller were married July 17, 1959, in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Feb. 22, 1992...
Stories from Thursday, June 18, 2020
Browse other days