Stories from Saturday, September 18, 2010

Mark Schultz III won first place in the 19-24 month category at the SEMO Fair baby boy contest

My daughter Abi waiting in line for the big swinging ship ride!

203rd Army National Guard member Spc. Robert Rhymer will be returning home this week from a year long stint in Afghanistan. Thoughts and prayers go out to his brothers and sisters still serving our country. Everyone that knows this crazy guy be sure to come by and welcome him back! He missed us just as much as we missed him...

The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Girardeau is hosting a canned food drive to benefit the Southeast Missouri Food Bank. This project is part of the Boys & Girls Club After School Program's "give back" plan for this year. Collection barrels will be dropped off on September 20 and picked up on October 5. Donations may be dropped off Monday through Friday between 2:30pm - 6:30pm...

A court-appointed commission has concluded the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department should pay a total of $435,050 in compensation to property owners in connection with a condemnation proceeding resulting from planned improvements of Highway 177 from Fruitland to Neelys Landing...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Donald E. Martin, 67, of Tamms died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at his home. He was born June 17, 1943, in Mounds, Ill., to Walter B. and Emma Kaye Meredith Martin. He and Marilyn Stuart were married April 14, 1978. Martin worked with Southern Illinois Electric Coop in Dongola 25 years, and served as a police officer for Alexander County and Tamms 32 years. ...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Mona Maxine "Tiny" Albrecht, 76, of Greenbrier, Ark., died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at Conway Regional Hospital in Conway, Ark. She was born Oct. 20, 1933, in Chaffee, daughter to the late Maureen Carnel Summers. She married Robert A. Albrecht and he survives of Zenda, Wis...

Gilbert Thomas Degenhardt, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Jan. 21, 1921, in Wittenberg, Mo. His family moved to St. Louis when he was 5 years old. After graduation from Roosevelt High School he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II...