Stories from Monday, April 13, 2015

Guests in the audience Sunday at the second annual Hunger Banquet chose how much they would be eating for lunch based on a scrap of paper. Three colors divided the room, and guests were asked to sit accordingly. Those designated as being in low-income families received just a plate of rice and plastic cup of water; medium-income, a plate of beans and rice with water; and the high-income participants received a full plate: chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes with gravy, complete with a chocolate dessert.. ...

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics on Sunday, announcing her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. "Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion," she said. As she did in 2007, Clinton began her campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination with a video. ...

Jared Bush-Howe, president of the Student Veterans Organization at Southeast Missouri State University, said members of the military are trained for combat, taught how to jump out of airplanes and learn how to do things others may be afraid to do. "But what we're not trained to do is go to college," he said. "Most people aren't scared of that, but we are, because it's something brand new and there's not a lot of structure like there is in the military."...

The Southeast Missouri State baseball team won its sixth straight Ohio Valley Conference series this season behind junior Alex Winkelman's six-hit shutout of Eastern Illinois on Sunday in Charleston, Illinois.

Every day the LeGrands have to move their electric fence about 40 feet down the field to provide fresh grass for their livestock. There's a daily routine Steven LeGrand, his wife, Geri, and their four children go through. They gather eggs, transfer their horses from one pen to another, and then scoot the electric fence down the pasture allowing the sheep and cows to graze...

On April 10, 2015, The Rushing Family Trust made a $1,500 donation to the Hope Children's Home. Commemorating the lives of C.W. "Woody" and Evelyn Rushing, the mission of The Rushing Family Trust is to make a positive difference in the lives of disadvantaged women and children, and others with extraordinary needs. ...

Zoey, our 3 month old Australian Cattle dog enjoying the beautiful weather this past weekend.

Took this picture in the state of IL on our way home from WI.

After attempting just 13 steals in their first seven games, the Crusaders swiped 11 bags to put runners in scoring position on their way to a 10-0 victory in six innings over the Wildcats at Saxony Lutheran High School.

A report released last week by the U.S. Department of Commerce touts export activity as a major support for jobs in Missouri during 2014. Goods exports from Missouri supported 86,602 jobs during the year, which is an 11.4 percent increase from 2009, according to the Department of Commerce's Jobs Supported by State Exports 2014 economic brief...

For the first time since 1989, Southeast Missouri State University's student newspaper, The Southeast Arrow, was awarded the Missouri College Media Assocation's top honor. At a conference Saturday hosted by Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri, the Arrow received the Best in the State award for 2014...

The National Weather Service out of Paducah, Kentucky, confirmed tornadic activity in Cape Girardeau County late last week. A damage survey issued Friday said there were two EF-0 tornadoes that occurred Thursday, the lowest level on the scale regarding damage potential...

Former Mississippi State coach Rick Ray is expected to be announced as the Southeast Missouri State men's basketball coach at a press conference Monday evening at the Show Me Center, the Southeast Missourian has learned.

The press conference, which is open to the public, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on the upper northeast concourse of Show Me Center.

Today is Monday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2015. There are 262 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 13, 1965, 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate...

The sports complex. It's sports. And it's complex. City officials are combing over proposals that have been submitted thus far -- there were eight proposals, six of which are being considered. But let's go back to the start for a minute. The sports complex idea begins many years ago, predating the River Campus...

JERUSALEM -- Reconstruction of thousands of homes and businesses destroyed in last summer's Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has barely begun, and living conditions in the territory have worsened six months after donor countries pledged $3.5 billion for the task, a coalition of international aid groups said today...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- During a sermon at a North Charleston church, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday that swift action taken by a white mayor and police chief in the South could set the tone for handling future questions of police misconduct across the country...

WASHINGTON -- If Marco Rubio launches his presidential campaign as expected today, the first-term Republican senator from Florida may have to answer this simple question: Why now? The 43-year-old Rubio, a rising star on Capitol Hill, could wait four more years, even eight, and still be a relatively young candidate...

Gary Eldon Slaubaugh, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at his home. He was born Aug. 9, 1944, in Washington, Indiana, son of Benjamin C. and Beatrice Norris Slaubaugh. He and Janice Rix were married June 3, 1994, in St. Lucia, British West Indies...

Stella M. Nothdurft, 86, of Delta passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Advance Nursing Center. She was born March 2, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to the late James W. and Ella Fisher Crader. Stella was a homemaker. She married Leonard Nothdurft on April 24, 1947, and he survives...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Thomas Edward Knupp, 66, of Scott City, died April 11, 2015, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. He was born Sept. 8, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Claude H. and Mary Lorean Barbeau Knupp. He married Charlotte Kay Graves on Jan. 12, 1969...

Donald Joe Copeland, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, April 11, 2015, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born July 31, 1949, in Corona, California, to Henry and Oma Eudy Copeland. He and Patricia J. Upchurch were married May 14, 1977, in Cape Girardeau...

John Cozad, the chairman of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, is proposing a 1-cent sales tax to fund the state's highway and bridge needs over the next 12 years. Walt Wildman, the director of the Regional Commerce and Growth Association here, says a lack of funds is threatening the future of the I-66 Project Inc.; he reports expenditures for the project the past eight months have far exceeded revenue collected from cities along the proposed coast-to-coast highway's corridor...

JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Summonses n Timothy I. Moore, 61, of Jackson was issued summonses for failure to register a motor vehicle and displaying the plates of another. n Evan E. Hunt, 25, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle...

JACKSON The Jackson Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: n Emergency medical service on Boxwood Drive n Emergency medical service on Oak Street.

n Medical assist on County Road 542 April 8 n Medical assist on U.S. 61. April 9 n Medical assist on Route FF. April 11 n Medial assist on Wellington Drive. April 12 n Medical assist on Mark Lane.

April 4 n At 2:34 p.m., medical assist on Oak Street. April 5 n Medical calls were made to: Interstate 55 mile marker 87 at 3:54 p.m.; Harvard Drive at 6:22 p.m. April 6 n At noon, a motor vehicle crash on Interstate 55 mile marker 87. n At 12:39 p.m., medical assist on Interstate 55 mile marker 83.2...

WASHINGTON -- A yearslong legal fight over a deadly shooting of civilians in an Iraq war zone reaches its reckoning point with the sentencing this week of four former Blackwater security guards. Dustin Heard, Evan Liberty and Paul Slough face mandatory, decadeslong sentences because of firearms convictions. A fourth defendant, Nicholas Slatten, faces life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killed two leaders of al-Qaida's South Asia branch earlier this year, a spokesman for the militants said Sunday, confirming a major blow to the affiliate only months after its creation. In an audio message, spokesman Usama Mahmood said a Jan. ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- During a sermon at a North Charleston church, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday that swift action taken by a white mayor and police chief in the South could set the tone for handling future questions of police misconduct across the country...

Results from two Transportation Trust Fund 5 public meetings leave the Cape Girardeau City Council plenty to consider before formally approving a project list to take to voters. The council held a discussion on the topic at its annual retreat Friday...

CAPE GIRARDEAU 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 burglary and stealing. n Charlotte M. Askue, 44, of Blytheville, Arkansas, was arrested on a Blytheville warrant for larceny...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Thursday: n Medical assist calls were made to: Broadway at 12:01 p.m.; Themis Street at 5:12 p.m.; Patriot Drive at 5:25 p.m.; Interstate 55 at 6:13 p.m.; South Benton Street at 10:36 p.m.; Howell Street at 10:56 p.m.; South Ellis Street at 11:14 p.m...

ST. LOUIS --At least the first time through the rotation, the St. Louis Cardinals stuck to the plan of giving their pitchers extra rest. Adam Wainwright starts today's home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers with seven days' rest since pitching six scoreless innings in an opening-night win at the Chicago Cubs...

After breaking up a no-hitter with a leadoff home run by senior outfielder Kayla Fortner in the seventh inning, the Southeast Missouri State softball team sustained its third consecutive walk-off loss to Murray State in the bottom of the inning Sunday in Murray, Kentucky...

CINCINNATI -- The St. Louis Cardinals want leadoff batter Matt Carpenter to drive the ball. He sure did Sunday.

BAGHDAD -- Islamic State militants hammered, bulldozed and ultimately blew up parts of the ancient Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud, destroying a site dating back to the 13th century B.C., an online militant video purportedly shows. The destruction at Nimrud, located near the militant-held city of Mosul, came amid other attacks on antiquity carried out by the group now holding a third of Iraq and neighboring Syria in its self-declared caliphate. ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks "the first genocide of the 20th century" and urging the international community to recognize it as such. Turkey immediately responded by recalling its ambassador and accusing Francis of spreading hatred and "unfounded claims."...

DeAnte' Smith was appointed as the director of Greek Life at Southeast Missouri State University in 2013. He had a background in advising Greek chapters, but overseeing 20 asks no shortage of authority within his position. He works with all three governing councils: the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council and National Pan-Hellenic Council. ...

THEBES, Ill. -- A. Eugene Dover, 87, died Friday, April 10, 2015, in Springfield, Missouri. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Walnut Lawn Funeral Home in Springfield. Burial will be at a later date in Skokie, Illinois. Announcement courtesy of Crain Funeral Home in Cairo, Illinois...

Heavenly Father, you are my fortress and my God, the rock in whom I take refuge.

John Stovall, right, aka Lord Squire Ayrwolfe, attacks Jordan Dickerson, aka Hitman, as they spar Sunday at Capaha Park with foam swords, which they made from golf-club shafts. The men are members of Kapaha Keep, a shire of the Kingdom of Tal Dagore in Cape Girardeau, which meets weekly at the park. Stovall started the local chapter of the medieval recreation society in 2013. The group is preparing for its kingdom qualifications event to be held May 9 at Arena Park...

Debbie Thurman of Coldwell Banker Abernathy Realty in Jackson recently was named the 2014 Realtor of the Year by the Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors. Candidates for the award are nominated and selected by their peers and must meet strict application requirements, including service to the organization, their use of ethical business practices and their commitment to serving the community, according to a news release from the board. ...

The Scott City fire chief said an electrical malfunction is to blame for a car fire that occurred at the intersection of Green and Crites streets in Scott City on Sunday. Jay Cassout said the driver was traveling to Sikeston from Cape Girardeau when the 2002 Pontiac Bonneville's passenger compartment began to fill with smoke. The driver stopped at a nearby mechanic shop...