Stories from Friday, November 6, 2015

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- There's a motto that's been the cornerstone of this year's Perryville boys soccer team. "New team. Same dream." The Pirates lost all but three starters from last year's squad, a team that finished 28-1 and outscored its opponents 25-3 in the postseason en route to claiming the Class 2 state crown...

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Police said a man shot and killed by Springfield, Missouri, officers was from the Joplin area and had a long criminal history. Police Chief Paul Williams said in a news release the man shot Wednesday was 30-year-old Joseph Tyndall. According to the release, Tyndall was involved in a hit-and-run accident early Wednesday, and when police tried stop him, he fled on foot. He was driving a stolen car and was wearing a stolen Joplin Fire Department uniform...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Kansas City has received three significant gifts to support a proposed campus for the arts. The university's foundation said it recently received $1.5 million from the David Beals Charitable Trust and two $1 million gifts from anonymous donors...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- An ex-southwest Missouri business owner has pleaded guilty to allowing his customers' information to be stolen as part of a bank-fraud scheme. James Erin Guerin, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty Thursday to being an accessory after the fact to aggravated identity theft. The scheme occurred while Guerin owned Rogersville Septic Services in Sparta, Missouri...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Concerned residents and groups are joining forces to thwart violence in Charleston. "Nobody in this town should fear being shot," Charleston Department of Public Safety chief Robert Hearnes said. "If you commit a crime with a gun or try to tamper or intimidate a witness, you can expect an aggressive enforcement of the law and prosecution from all the law-enforcement agencies in this county."...

Officers caught a female burglar in the act in broad daylight Wednesday, the Scott County Sheriff's Department reported. Public information officer Dane Stausing of the Scott County Sheriff's Department said the combination of a female burglar active in the middle of the day was very rare...

Just after breakfast Oct. 29, Cape Girardeau County Jail correctional officers broke up a fight involving six inmates. Correctional officers Christopher Eldridge and Zachary Steward were picking up serving trays in one pod at 7:25 a.m. when they saw six inmates fighting in a separate pod. The inmates included Marcquise Taylor, Kareem Wiley, Gabriel Houseman, Cedric Lucious, Derek Reed and Tyler Triplett, according to probable-cause statements from both officers...

Cape Girardeau police arrested a local man Wednesday on suspicion of having two illegal firearms, a bag of methamphetamine and about $3,500. Sherman Combs, 39, of Cape Girardeau was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri House members and staff must now undergo annual sexual-harassment training following allegations a former lawmaker sexually harassed interns and another exchanged sexual texts with one. A House panel voted 6-1 Thursday to implement the policy change -- the only vote needed to enact the requirement -- and adopted other changes related to the same issue. ...

Perry County School District's staff and the Perryville, Missouri, community soon will have an opportunity to participate in the district's search for its next superintendent. Jerry Waddle, a search consultant for the Missouri School Boards' Association, will be conducting two focus-group discussions with the staff and public to gather input on the superintendent search...

Recent data show the region's unemployment rate dipped in August and September --­ but not enough to bring its average below the U.S. average for the year. The average unemployment rate in the country so far this year is 5.4 percent, according to data from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. Missouri's average is 5.7 percent, while Southeast Missouri's sits at 5.8 percent...

The next chapter in the growth of Cape Girardeau's status as a regional hub will come in the form of a conference center. The $11 million project, made possible through a partnership among the city and several hotel owners, makes the city a prime location for large group gatherings that otherwise would have taken place elsewhere in the state...

The Show Me Center will host a rock 'n' roll doubleheader Nov. 15, when Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown take the stage. Breaking Benjamin will open the show after the warm-up band, Sevendust, plays a few tunes. "We elected to play first," said Benjamin Burnley, founder and lead singer. "We don't like to play last."...

FOX LAKE, Ill. -- Months before an Illinois police officer staged his suicide to make it seem as if he died in the line of duty, subjecting his community to an expensive and fruitless manhunt, he apparently sought a hit man to kill a village administrator he feared would expose him as a thief, a detective said Thursday...

Perryville Elementary honors veterans Perryville Elementary School honored local veterans on Thursday with songs, poems and presentations. The annual Veterans Day Assembly was held Nov. 5, with special guest of honor from the Perryville VFW Post 4282, and veterans from the community...

The Bank of Missouri has made a $1,000 donation to Perryville High School to help with travel expenses for the PHS Soccer and Cheer teams heading to state competition on Friday, Nov. 6. Pictured are Paul Gard (left), Community Bank President at The Bank of Missouri in Perryville, and PHS Athletic Director Jeff Steffens. ...

The Southeast Missouri State soccer team will play for its first Ohio Valley Conference tournament title since 2007 after defeating Tennessee Tech in a semifinal on Friday in Murray, Kentucky. The sixth-seeded Redhawks advanced to the championship game with a 2-0 win vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech...

Austin Peay football coach Kirby Cannon was listening in to the Ohio Valley Conference's media teleconference Tuesday as Southeast Missouri State coach Tom Matukewicz spoke about this week's matchup between the Governors and Redhawks. When it was his turn to talk, Cannon addressed Matukewicz's perception that he's been trying to shorten games so that his team has a shot in the fourth quarter to pick up their first win of the season...

Fourth-seeded Farmington (6-5) will test the two-year reign of the third-seeded Tigers (7-4) at 7 p.m. today at Central High School.

Today is Friday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2015. There are 55 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas...

Cape Girardeau had a treat Monday when a World Cup soccer champion paid a visit to the Show Me Center as part of Southeast Missouri State University's Speaker Series. Carli Lloyd, who snagged the coveted trophy in July with the historic distinction of scoring three goals in the championship match, is a member of the National Women's Soccer League and plays for the Houston Dash. ...

Let's be serious, at least for this week. Let's talk about hunger. Let's talk about the belief many well-fed individuals have: There really isn't a hunger problem in Cape Girardeau, and anyone who is hungry ought to find a job. Great. Problem solved...

WASHINGTON -- Former President George W. Bush finally has revealed what he thinks of his son's presidency, faulting George W. Bush for setting an abrasive tone on the world stage and failing to rein in hawkish Vice President Dick Cheney and former defense chief Donald Rumsfeld...

WASHINGTON -- The House overwhelmingly backed a $607 billion defense bill that would bar President Barack Obama from moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. prisons, setting up a showdown with Congress over his 2008 campaign pledge to close the Cuban facility...

LONDON -- Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment...

WASHINGTON -- Despite years of warnings the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems are falling apart and will bring nightmarish congestion, the House on Thursday passed a six-year transportation bill that maintains the spending status quo. The bill, approved on a bipartisan vote of 363-64, authorizes $325 billion in spending through the 2021 federal budget year. ...

AMMAN, Jordan -- The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan's king said in an apparent attempt to allay Palestinian concerns about his plan to install the cameras at the sprawling hilltop compound...

WASHINGTON -- Inside the intensive care unit of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Northern Afghanistan in the early hours of Oct. 3, the situation was as normal as it could be in the middle of an active war zone, the charity said. Doctors were performing surgery. Nurses milled about attending to bed-bound patients, including two children. The surrounding compound was calm and quiet, according to witnesses...

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee General Hospital has shut down for two weeks, but a hospital board member said the closing is unrelated to the facility's financial difficulties; Randy Dooley, acting president of the board of directors, said the shutdown is for administrative restructuring...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The largest movement of Judaism in the U.S. passed the most far-reaching resolution in support of transgender rights of any major religious organization, saying Thursday it's a continuation of a tradition of inclusion in the Reform Jewish movement...

COCONUT ISLAND, Hawaii -- Scientists at a research center on Hawaii's Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow "super coral" they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming. The quest to grow the hearty coral comes at a time when researchers are warning about the dire health of the world's reefs, which create habitats for marine life, protect shorelines and drive tourist economies...

Curtis D. Sparks, 58, of Oak Ridge died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with a memorial service at 6 p.m., at Ford and Sons Funeral Home-Jackson...

Nancy Jane Renfrow, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Nov. 4, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Mrs. Renfrow was born Dec. 13, 1930, in Crystal City, Missouri, to the late Walter Roy and Letha Mitts Drissell. She and Robert Kelso Renfrow were married June 24, 1950. He preceded her in death in 1987...

Michael "David" Papendick, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, at his home. He was born Jan. 3, 1960, in St. Louis to Charles and Yvonne Sanders Papendick. David graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with degrees in general education, electronics and industrial arts...

Gertrude Jo Little, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at Landmark Hospital. There is no visitation or funeral service. She will be buried at Mount Rose Memorial Park in Lebanon, Missouri. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...

Carolena A. Galloway, 76, of Jackson passed away peacefully Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at The Lutheran Home. She was born June 9, 1939, in Whitewater to Emil and Alma Meier Muster. She and W. Dean Galloway were married Aug. 24, 1957, at St. James United Church of Christ in Tilsit. They had been married nearly 56 years when Dean passed away June 7, 2013...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Thurman Phillip Dambach, 83, was called out of this vale of tears Wednesday evening, Nov. 4, 2015, while at home. Born on June 23, 1932, at Oak Ridge, he was the son of Phillip William and Cora Susan Lowes Dambach. He was born again in the washing of holy baptism Dec. 19, 1948, at Zion Lutheran Church of Crosstown, Missouri, pastor A.M. Bruss officiating. At that time, he also was admitted to the Sacrament of Holy Communion through the Rite of Confirmation...

Margaret Elinor Bender Cruce, 93, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of St. Charles, Missouri, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. Margaret, known as Marge to her family and many friends, was born June 12, 1922, in Cape Girardeau. She attended Central High School and received a degree from Southeast Missouri State Teachers College (now Southeast Missouri State University) in Cape Girardeau. ...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. n Raynisha L. Jones, 21, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while operator's license was suspended and issued summonses for displaying plates of another vehicle, failure to properly affix plates, failure to register a motor vehicle and failure to maintain insurance...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau responded to the following calls Wednesday: n Medical assists at 12:09 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; at 1:51 a.m. on South Kingshighway; at 1:51 a.m. on Patricia Street; at 4:13 a.m. on David Street; at 6:48 a.m. on Bloomfield Road; at 8:54 a.m. ...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. n Vashon L. Bell, 28, of Cape Girardeau was issued a summons for prohibited acts. n Kyle M. Barks, no age given, of Cape Girardeau was issued summonses for improper display of plates and no insurance...

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. -- An Ohio teenager applying to college discovered some startling things about himself because of a discrepancy in his Social Security number: His real name. And that he allegedly was snatched from his mother in Alabama by his father when he was 5...

MERCED, Calif. -- He attacked with a smile on his face. Faisal Mohammad, 18, burst into an early-morning University of California, Merced, classroom Wednesday with a knife and started stabbing a student, authorities said. Byron Price, the construction worker credited with preventing Mohammad from killing, said the teen looked scared...

PHOENIX -- The baby pygmy goat that vanished from the Arizona State Fair has been found. Fair livestock director Karen Searle said a man walking his dog along a canal in Phoenix found GusGus and took him to a pet store, where an attentive worker called the State Fair. Searle said GusGus is hungry and tired, but not injured. He is being reunited with his mother. The goat quickly became a social media sensation after someone took the tiny animal from a pen Wednesday evening...

The two Redhawks were named to the all-newcomer team and second-team all-OVC.

Mississippi State handed the Tigers a 31-13 loss at home.

Mountain Sprout will perform what it calls "psychobilly, mountaineer, bluegrass-abilly insurgent Americana" at 8 p.m. today at Pitter's Cafe and Lounge, 811 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The Big Idea and Not Carl also will play. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show starting at 8 p.m. ...

A reception will be held for artist Gary Lucy. He will display a combination of original pieces and high-quality prints of his original artwork. Lucy is a native of Caruthersville, Missouri, and a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. 32 N. Main St., (573) 334-9233...

Scared scarecrow! #scream #Halloween #costume #bigkids #makeup #wizardofoz #5minutecostume #semoselfie (Photo submitted by @emilysikes) Going out this weekend? Be sure to tag your selfies on the scene with #semoselfie on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter -- you could see yourself in an upcoming SE Live!...

The greater variety in college choir voices compared to high-school and middle-school choirs poses a "fun challenge" when programming concerts, said Peter Durow, director of choral activities at Southeast Missouri State University Durow split the University Choir and Chamber Choir combined concert into three divisions to provide an assortment of styles while still controlling a theme...

Students from across the region will have the opportunity to express their creative talents at the sixth annual Fault Line Film Festival next week at Southeast Missouri State University. Southeast students as well as those from throughout Missouri and bordering states are expected to enter films. An awards ceremony is planned for noon Wednesday at the Bedell Performance Hall at the River Campus, with a gala event at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in Rose Theatre...

David Mann said he was in fourth grade when he first realized he could make people laugh. "I've always liked entertaining people," he said. He learned how to use that skill and has become a big name in comedy, having co-starred with Tyler Perry in his "Madea" movies, playing the role of Deacon Leroy Brown, the father of Madea's daughter...

It should come as no surprise the festival Mountain Sprout, along with Cape Girardeau favorites The Big Idea, are playing this weekend is called No Trad November: A Barely Bluegrass Bash. Mountain Sprout are headlining, and with The Big Idea make up half of the lineup, but before they head to Columbia, Missouri, they're playing together in Cape Girardeau for a night of loud and dirty "barely bluegrass."...

O Lord Jesus, we lift your holy name on high and sing your praises. Amen.

Yukihiro Tsukada, the 2015 BioKyowa Visiting Japanese Scholar, will deliver a lecture Wednesday at Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Faulkner Studies focusing on William's Faulkner's Hollywood work. The free lecture -- "William Faulkner, Hollywood and the Gothic South" -- will be at 4 p.m. ...