Stories from Monday, January 16, 2017

The North-South Parochial League Junior High Invitational was held at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape over two weekends, January 7-8 and 14-15. The Guardian Angel Redwings boys basketball varsity team placed 2nd among 15 teams. They are coached by Kent Mangels and Andrew Hulshof. ...

The River City Players Community Theatre Abbott Awards were held on January 14 at Port Cape, hosted by Dr. Roseanna Whitlow-Greenwood, president, and the Board of Directors. The winners for the 2016 Season are (first row, left to right) Larry Davis, Best Supporting Actor, Tech Award, and Unsung Hero; Jordan Bates, Best Actor;...

Amie Glass said her vision with Cutting Edge Clothing was to give Jackson residents a place where they could get a one-stop makeover. The Jackson native moved her Cutting Edge Salon to its current location at 553 W. Adams St. about two years ago, but she decided last summer to turn the adjacent side of the building into a clothing store...

NEW YORK -- The outgoing CIA director charged Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect that highlighted the bitter state of Trump's relations with American intelligence agencies...

Disgust precedes change, a pastor said Sunday at an event honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Get disgusted," the Rev. Christopher Swims told the crowd of about 200 people at Greater Dimensions Ministries' 27th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration Program. "You have to get disgusted before you can really, truly make a change...

The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold public hearings Tuesday in Cape Girardeau and Charleston about an electric rate increase requested by Ameren Missouri. Hearings are scheduled for noon at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau and 6 p.m. at Charleston High School...

Missouri state government must cut spending to balance the budget, area lawmakers say. The state is on pace to spend $456 million more than it receives in the fiscal year that begins July 1, according to a report issued last week. More immediately, slower-than-anticipated revenue growth is projected to leave the state about $40 million in the red at the end of the current fiscal year June 30...

Today in History Today is Monday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2017. There are 349 days left in the year. This is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 1942, actress Carole Lombard, 33, her mother, Elizabeth, and 20 other people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada, while en route to California from a war-bond promotion tour...

Wearable health technology first started in hospitals as a way to help people with injuries heal faster. Now, the trend has gone mainstream and pro-active; one in five online adults uses a wearable device, and the majority of those devices are health-related, according to Forrester Research...

The human race does not hibernate for the winter. While many people work indoors and can avoid the worst of winter's bite, not everyone can retreat with a cup of hot coffee in the face of ice, snow and cold. Others put on their coats, caps and gloves and go about the business of restoring power outages that accompany winter storms, clearing streets and fixing potholes and faithfully delivering the mail during some bleak times...

Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are our savior, deliverer, protector and healer. Amen.

Recently, Republican State Representative Jason Smith was quoted as saying, "People should not be forced to buy insurance of any kind. It should be our choice." In a perfect world, people would self-insure themselves, saving money so that if their house burned or they injured someone in an automobile accident, they would have funds to replace their home or compensate the victims of their negligence. ...

I agree with Mr. Wallingford's bill to tax internet sales on grounds of fairness as long as it includes a provision preventing local governments from giving any kind of tax breaks or tax incentives to bricks and mortar retail stores. How typical! The offices in the capitol are not exempt from smoking...just goes to show how we are subjected to a double standard. One rule for the average guy, but politicians are treated "special"!...

Today, we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, in honor of the man who led a movement for civil rights during one of the most volatile times in our nation's history. The son of a preacher and a preacher himself, a young Martin Luther King arrived on the world stage with a dream for America and methods to make it come true. He embraced such measures as nonviolence, marches, boycotts and speeches, boldly resisting the status quo...

St. Louis Cardinals fans have reason to be excited. Their heroes will sweep in on the Cardinal Caravan this evening when representatives from the team come to the Osage Centre to talk, answer questions and sign autographs. It may seem like winter has just arrived, but the 2017 Major League Baseball season is fast-approaching...

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to cement strict fuel economy requirements that force the auto industry to make new cars and trucks significantly more efficient, a decision that will be difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo...

JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Property damage n Property damage was reported in the 500 block of North Union Avenue. n Property damage was reported in the 500 block of South Hope Street.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah prisoners can read violence-laced literature such as "Games of Thrones" but are barred from accessing two guidebooks on manipulation. Robert Greene's "The 48 Laws of Power" and "The Art of Seduction" are the only two books specifically banned at Utah State Prison's five libraries, the Salt Lake Tribune reported...

WASHINGTON -- A next step for smart watches and fitness trackers? Wearable gadgets gave a Stanford University professor an early warning he was getting sick before he felt any symptoms of Lyme disease. Geneticist Michael Snyder never had Lyme's characteristic bull's-eye rash. But a smart watch and other sensors charted changes in Snyder's heart rate and oxygen levels during a family vacation. Eventually, a fever led to his diagnosis...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A proposed measure in Washington state would allow wine lovers to fill reusable containers known as growlers from taps at grocery stores, wine boutiques and other places licensed to sell wine in the state. House Bill 1039, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Sharon Wylie, would let businesses already licensed to sell beer or cider for growlers to offer wine for the containers...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Goodbye to death-defying feats -- daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of three rings, the jaunty bum-bum-dadadada of circus music...

Illinois Department of Conservation police officers have issued citations to 40 people in four Southern Illinois counties for waterfowl law violations stemming from an undercover investigation at goose-hunting clubs. A crowd of about 150 people gathered yesterday at First Presbyterian Church to honor the memory of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.; during the service, Costella Patterson was presented the first Martin Luther King Jr. Award...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft are hoping to expand services to Missouri customers under proposed statewide regulations for the app-based companies. Legislators are taking another crack at a proposal that would require a yearly $5,000 registration fee, local and national driver-background checks and vehicle inspections and exempt such companies from local or municipal taxes. A similar bill stalled last year in the Senate...

GRANBY, Mo. -- East Newton school district officials are considering whether the southwest Missouri district should join 18 others that have converted to a four-day school week. Superintendent Todd McCrackin said the district, which has about 1,325 students, is considering the change because it is expecting a $350,000 drop in its budget next year, The Joplin Globe reported...

ST. LOUIS -- A former FBI agent who played a key role in cracking the disappearance of two Missouri boys, one of whom had been missing for nearly five years, rejoiced in the 10-year anniversary of the rescues, known as the "Missouri Miracle." Lynn Willett told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch saving Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck from Michael Devlin's suburban St. Louis apartment in 2007 was "a significant day for all of us."...

WASHINGTON -- As a candidate, Donald Trump said he wanted to make America's infrastructure great again. As president, he'll have plenty of ways to get started in his new hometown. The Arlington Memorial Bridge, Washington's most recognizable span over the Potomac River, is in such bad shape, it will be closed to vehicle traffic during Friday's inauguration...

WARREN, Mich. -- Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama's health-care law, one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with eight men, from Bill Gates to Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis by Oxfam released today...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in her final speech as head of the Justice Department, praised the work of the Obama administration to advance the dream of justice and said worries of difficult days ahead should be a call for action, not despair...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Every third Monday in January, Arkansas state offices are closed in observance of an unlikely holiday: the shared birthdays of slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only three states commemorate both men on the same day, a practice critics say hurts Arkansas' reputation...

WASHINGTON -- The swing set President Barack Obama installed on the South Lawn for his young daughters eight years ago has a new home. The White House said the Obamas donated the set to a shelter in southeast Washington. The Obamas plan to visit the Jobs Have Priority Naylor Road Program and join residents for a service project today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leonard C. Koch, 70, of Perryville died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with American Legion Wake at 7 p.m., and from 6:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...

LEBANON, Va. -- A man used 300,000 pennies to pay sales tax on two cars at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Nick Stafford delivered five wheelbarrows full of change, mostly pennies, to the DMV office in Lebanon on Wednesday. The coins weighed 1,600 pounds. Stafford said he paid in coins to "inconvenience" the DMV. He was upset because he was unable to find out the direct number to the Lebanon DMV until he filed a Freedom of Information Act request...

Michael Van de Ven was named chief operating officer of Southwest Airlines Co. A 1980 graduate of Cape Girardau Central High School, Van de Ven already had been responsible for ground, air and technical operations at Southwest, as well as safety and security, labor relations and operational strategy and performance, according to a news release from the company...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Saturday. n Medical assists were made at 1:36 a.m. on Towers Circle; 2:29 a.m. on Independence Street; 3:30 a.m. at Greek Village; 5:54 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 7:17 a.m. on Kiwanis Drive; 8:12 a.m. on North Spring Street; 9:07 a.m. on Linden Street; 9:52 a.m. on Nottingham Lane; 3:27 p.m. on Clark Avenue; 7:45 p.m. on Sheridan Drive; and 11:06 p.m. on Locust Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Corey Anthony Carr, 21, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of stealing at Wal-Mart, 3439 William St. n A suspect was in custody pending formal charges of distribution of a controlled substance...

Maxine Jewel Godwin White, 95, of Jackson died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Seth Hudson, DC, is a chiropractor in Cape Girardeau. A native of Cape Girardeau, Hudson was an NCAA Division-I baseball player for Murray State University and was inducted into the Cape Girardeau Central Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. He became a chiropractor in 2011 and has his own practice at The Pillar Chiropractic Physicians Center...

In the Cape Girardeau and Jackson area, several gyms offer personalized workout plans with varying levels of intensity, but three gyms have a particular focus: CrossFit. The program itself involves brief, intense workouts that hit different target muscle groups, working all of the body's systems together. This relatively new exercise program has proven popular worldwide and locally as well...

WASHINGTON -- The World Bank is forecasting the global economy will accelerate slightly in 2017 after turning in the worst performance last year since the 2008 financial crisis. The 189-nation lending agency said Tuesday global growth should expand at a 2.7 percent annual rate this year. That is down from the bank's June forecast for 2.8 percent growth this year, but it's better than last year's 2.3 percent growth...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- President Barack Obama's administration scaled back new safety measures for the network of fuel pipelines that crisscross the United States on Friday after oil-industry complaints they would cost companies billions of dollars. The long-delayed regulations cover almost 200,000 miles of pipelines that transport oil, gasoline and other hazardous liquids...

DETROIT -- This year's North American International Auto Show reflects an industry flush with cash but uncertain about the future. Multimillion-dollar displays show new versions of big sellers such as the Toyota Camry, GMC Terrain and Honda Odyssey. ...

DETROIT -- Takata Corp. agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for a yearslong scheme to conceal a deadly defect in its automotive air-bag inflators. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit announced the deal Friday, hours after it unsealed a six-count grand jury indictment against three former Takata executives accused of carrying out the scheme by falsifying and altering test reports that showed the inflators could rupture...