Stories from Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Make and model: 1932 Ford Hi-Boy Roadster Owner(s): Mark Watson Owner's hometown: Cape Girardeau Names of people in photo: none 383 Small block Chevy stroker motor with overdrive tranny. Power steering, power brakes, drilled and dropped front axle...

CHICAGO -- Should old doctors be forced to retire? That question is the focus of a new report by an American Medical Association council that says doctors themselves should help decide when one of their own needs to stop working. Unlike U.S. pilots, military personnel and a few other professions where mistakes can be deadly, doctors have no mandatory retirement age. ...

A traffic route leading to the Southeast Missouri Port now officially bears the name of Irvin H. Garms, the internationally recognized contractor who pushed the port access road's construction and served two decades on the port authority's board. On Monday, Garms' family, with government officials and past and present port management, held a highway dedication ceremony in honor of the late Garms, who died in 2011 at 96 years old...

It's a given the Nothdurft family wants clean water for themselves and their farm. However, with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers implementing a new measure within the Clean Water Act, they are among many farmers concerned about changing the way they do things...

The Mississippi River reached 30 feet in Cape Girardeau on Monday afternoon, nearing the city's official flood stage, and will continue to rise into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. "We're looking for it to continue on a steady rise up to around 35 feet around Saturday morning," Mary Lamm, a hydrologist at the Paducah, Kentucky, National Weather Service, said Monday...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission voted Monday to take one of the first steps toward renovating the building at 2137 Rust Ave. in Cape Girardeau to its new juvenile facility. It was announced in February the county had bought the building to provide office space, department services and juvenile and family drug court proceedings in one location, consolidating a department that has been operating out of two locations since 1990...

Herrin Massacre Bus Tour Begins in June HERRIN -- If you ever wanted to know more about the Herrin Massacre and see the sites associated with the Mine War of Bloody Williamson, now is the time. The massacre of the miners and guards at the Lester strip mine at the start of summer in 1922 has long marked Bloody Williamson on the nation's conscious, now residents and visitors wanting to know more of that event will have the opportunity with two Saturday bus tours scheduled for June 13 and Aug. ...

Descendents of Benjamin Elvis"Red" and Neva Dunning gathered at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau on May 31. The family reunion celebrated the legacy of Benjamin "Red" and Neva, along with their daughter, Wanda Sue Dunning Kinder, who entered her heavenly home in 2006...

Today is Tuesday, June 9, the 160th day of 2015. There are 205 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 9, A.D. 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign. On this date: In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad's Hill Place, England...

Your story on Cape Girardeau's mail-processing center keeping some operations through 2015 was generally thorough but vague on postal finances -- the very factor the Postal Service cites in pushing to reduce services to the public. That push goes beyond slowing the mail; it also includes ending Saturday and door-to-door deliveries. ...

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Every successful endeavor is the product of the many hands that help make it so. Very often, these hands are never seen by the masses, but they do what we often call the little things that make the more obvious things work. The United Way of Southeast Missouri recognizes that its accomplishments have been aided by various people and organizations, and on May 28, it honored them at its annual luncheon at Isle Casino Cape Girardeau...

Carol Lee Lamunion, daughter of the late James Garfield Trent and Dolly Pool Trent, was born on Feb. 17, 1942, in Patterson, Mo., and died on June 5, 2015, at Willowcreek Rehab and Care Center in Belleville, Ill., at the age of 73. Mrs. Lamunion was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Essex. She was a homemaker and a former resident of Dexter. She enjoyed helping with the Awana Children and Youth Ministry...

Robert George Turner, son of the late Charles and Lillian Rogers Turner, was born in Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 11, 1927, and died at the Golden Living Center in Dexter on June 8, 2015, at the age of 87. He spent his early career of 20 years with the U. S. Navy where he was a Chief Petty Officer. He later worked in maintenance at a hospital in Illinois. He moved to Dexter in 1989 and was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

James Gregory O'Neal, son of Loreda O'Neal Janson of Dexter was born on Sept. 29, 1968, in Dexter and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Health Center of Cape Girardeau on June 5, 2015 at the age of 46. James was a carpenter with Rayle Construction of Poplar Bluff and a resident of Dexter...

KENNETT, Mo. -- A Kennett man accused in the murder of his wife is out on bond, said Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff McCormick. Bond was set Thursday by Circuit Judge Robert Mayer at $1 million for Allan Branum, charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of his wife, Regena, in May 2014...

A southern pudu fawn walks May 27 in its enclosure at the Queens Zoo in New York. The male southern pudu fawn, the world's smallest deer species, was born May 12 at the zoo. Southern pudus tend to be around a foot tall at the shoulder. At birth, they're 6 inches high and weigh less than a pound...

BOSTON -- Surveillance video showing terror investigators fatally shooting a man they said had "malicious intent" to kill officers doesn't show him brandishing a weapon or approaching officers aggressively, as police have maintained, his family said Monday...

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- It didn't take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city policeman on murder charges in the shooting death of a black man who tried to flee from a traffic stop. State investigators presented the case against former North Charleston officer Michael Slager to a Charleston County grand jury Monday, and prosecutor Scarlett Wilson announced the indictment a few hours later...

ELMAU, Germany -- Acknowledging military setbacks, President Barack Obama said Monday the United States still lacks a "complete strategy" for training Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State. He urged Iraq's government to allow more of the nation's Sunnis to join the campaign against the violent militants...

McKINNEY, Texas -- A black teenager in a swimsuit repeatedly cried, "Call my mama!" as a white police officer pinned her to the ground moments after drawing his handgun on other black teens. "On your face!" the officer yelled at the girl, amid screaming from a crowd of onlookers...

Olivia Ortiz was elated when the U.S. Department of Education contacted her in June 2013 to tell her it was opening an investigation into her complaint the University of Chicago had mishandled her sexual assault case. A junior at the time, she had run out of options on campus after a dean decided against an investigation and instead recommended an informal mediation between her and a student she said had assaulted her in the spring of her freshman year...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Carol Jean Eddleman, 77, of Villa Ridge, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at her home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge.

MARQUAND, Mo. -- Bill Wayne Hartle, 67, of Marquand passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 1, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of Arthur "Bud" and Elsie Marie Wilfong Hartle. He and Karen Lee Slover were married Jan. 27, 1968...

Marissa Suzanne Hill, 20, of Gordonville went to heaven Friday, June 5, 2015, as a result of an accident in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born July 16, 1994, in Cape Girardeau, to Paul Gregory and Joy L. Bowen Hill. She graduated from Jackson High School in 2012...

Son to Eric Eugene Adams and Grace Dixon Hirt of Cape Girardeau, Saint Francis Medical Center, 4:34 p.m. Monday, June 1, 2015. Name, Parker Samuel. Weight, 8 pounds, 8 ounces. Third child, second son. Adams is employed by RSTC. Daughter to Gandy Wade and Beth Shock of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:59 a.m. ...

Dee Dee Brown Wilson, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at La Croix United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating. Burial will be in Cape County Memorial Park...

Ralph Stewart Hency, 75, of Delta died Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery with full military rites...

HAGATNA, Guam -- The lesbian couple who sued to overturn a gay marriage ban were put to the front of the line today when Guam became the first U.S. territory to recognize gay marriage. Loretta M. Pangelinan, 28, and Kathleen M. Aguero, 29, drew the No. 4 slot as couples were assigned numbers when the Office of Vita Statistics at 8 a.m. today. But out of respect, they were allowed to be the first gay couple to get their marriage license...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple announced a major new foray into streaming music Monday as it showed off a host of new software features for its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The $10-a-month music service is called Apple Music and combines on-demand listening, a 24/7 radio station hosted by live DJs and a forum for artists to give fans behind-the-scenes content from upcoming releases...

The woodpeckers that attacked the front columns of historic Common Pleas Courthouse two months ago have returned, sending local officials scrambling to find a reasonable solution to the problem. Southeast Missouri State University officials and boosters uncorked a few champaign bottles yesterday to celebrate a dual announcement by Southeast president Dr. ...

NEW YORK -- Those record profits companies are reporting may not be all they're cracked up to be. As the stock market climbs higher, professional investors are warning companies are presenting misleading versions of their results that ignore a variety of normal costs of running a business to make it seem they're doing better than they really are...

Lauren Marchi pets her horse, Shay, on Monday at the Rolling Hills Farm and Equine children's horse day camp in Cape Girardeau.

Don't expect to see former businessman Keith Monia facing trial in Cape Girardeau County before 2016. Monia, who appeared in court Monday for a case review before Judge Benjamin Lewis, had his case continued to late September to allow time for his two other jury trials to take place...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A man was flown to a Cape Girardeau hospital after he jumped or fell from the Highway 53 overpass Saturday afternoon, landing atop a stationary Union Pacific train car. About 12:55 p.m., the Poplar Bluff Police Department was contacted by a passing motorist who reported having found the injured man, later identified as Elbert J. Cook, 27, of the 700 block of Dewey in Poplar Bluff...

A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, woman is paralyzed after her car reportedly was struck by a truck leaving Brick's Off Road Park, where less than three hours later, another woman was killed during an all-terrain vehicle crash. At 5:45 p.m., Lori S. Garner, 50, was driving a 2010 Kia Optima north on Highway F, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, when another driver ran a stop sign and hit her car...

A Gordonville woman was killed in an ATV accident Friday in Butler County. Marissa S. Hill, 20, was riding a 1992 Polaris 250 ATV driven by Mark A. Drury, 22, of Scott City at Bricks Off Road Park. Drury apparently failed to negotiate a curve and overturned, throwing both occupants, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report...

St. Louis outfielder Matt Holliday was injured in the loss.

The third baseman was selected as a second-team freshman all-American on Monday by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

A Scott County Highway Department employee was killed Monday morning when his vehicle was struck by a train. The fatal accident was revealed by Scott County commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn while speaking to a group gathered Monday morning for the memorial highway dedication for Irvin Garms...

JERUSALEM -- Israel built and exploded so-called "dirty bombs," explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported Monday. ...

TRANG BANG, Vietnam -- He stands in a lane of Vietnam's Highway 1, traffic swirling around him, horns honking. He is pointing. Right there, he says -- that's where it happened. That's where the screaming children appeared. That's where he made the picture that the world couldn't forget...

WILLIAMS, Ore. -- A modern-style Oregon house once owned by Steve Miller of the Steve Miller Band has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The William J. and Sarah Wagner Lippincott House was designed by architect Winifred Scott Wellington, a faculty member at University of California, Berkeley...

Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment. Doctors from Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center did the operation...

JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Benjamin R. Grothe, 38, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. n Adam J. Rose, 34, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of stealing...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Kymberly Renee McAllister, no age given, of Cairo, Illinois, was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St...

For those who are fearful or have experienced tragedy, we pray to you, O God. Amen.

SEATTLE -- The city of Seattle is wondering whether free ping pong in its parks may help stop crime. KING-TV reports the city's experiment with a free ping-pong table seems to be making a difference. A ping-pong table was installed at Hing Hay Park in Chinatown four years ago. ...