Stories from Tuesday, May 2, 2017

ST. LOUIS -- Several Southern states braced for more severe weather in the wake of storms, tornadoes and flooding that claimed 16 lives and left authorities in Arkansas searching for two children swept away by raging waters. The outbreak that began Saturday over much of the U.S. Midwest and South included at least four tornadoes in Texas and severe flooding after more than a foot of rain fell in parts of Missouri...

WASHINGTON -- Erasing the threat of a disruptive government shutdown, the White House and Congress endorsed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Monday to carry the nation through September, an agreement underscoring Democrats retain considerable clout in Donald Trump's turbulent presidency...

One by one, they praised their adopted homeland and welcomed their opportunities for a better life. For all 18 people from 11 countries, Monday was a special day. Before friends and family in the atrium of the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, they took the oath of citizenship administered by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr...

Flood damage is mounting to the south and west of the Cape Girardeau area, with many victims in the hardest-hit areas experiencing loss of phone service, including cellphones, and in some places electricity and tap water. While those areas are seeing raging floods recede, those along the Mississippi are waiting as the big river is expected to crest at stages rivaling some of the highest marks on record...

Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2017. There are 243 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 2, 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a Virginia law allowing the forced sterilization of people to promote the "health of the patient and the welfare of society." (On this date in 2002, Virginia Gov. ...

It's time. Thursday is the Flourish Women's Summit: A Leadership and Empowerment Event. Flourish, the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia have been preparing for this and announcing it for months, and now, we're at the door. I am growing excited in anticipation of delivering the keynote address. ...

O Lord Jesus, our Messiah, in you our souls find rest. Amen.

The replacement fertility rate for the United States is an average of 2.1 children born per woman. This is important because a decline in the birthrate of a society causes political strain. The retired, non-working share of the population will grow, and the share of workers supporting those retirees will shrink...

Congratulations to David Limbaugh who has written another bestseller. His latest book, "The True Jesus," sits at No. 5 on The New York Times Best Sellers list in the Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction category and No. 4 in Hardcover Nonfiction. The author's newest book comes on the heels of his 2015 success, "The Emmaus Code: Finding Jesus in the Old Testament." "The True Jesus" focuses on the same Christ but moves from the Old Testament Scriptures to the four Gospels in the New Testament. ...

Dr. T. (Troy) Jervis Underwood, professor emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, was an exceptional husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend to all who loved him. His kindness, easiness, fairness, intelligence, sense of humor and warmth were obvious to anyone who met him. He passed away April 26, 2017, at the age of 85 at Good Samaritan, Denton Village, Texas, after a lengthy illness...

Margie Marie Waldrup, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 30, 2017, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Dehne officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brother Matthew J. Teel, C.M., 85, of Perryville, died Monday, May 1, 2017, at the Apostle of Charity Residence in Perryville. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Thursday at Apostle of Charity Residence, with a wake service at 7 p.m. The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Mary, Mother of God Chapel, with the Rev. Mike Joyce officiating. Burial will be at Community Cemetery...

Kenneth E. "Kenny" Mayfield, 60, of Jackson passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017, at his home. He was born April 4, 1957, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ralph E. and Vera D. Rhodes Mayfield. He and Tammie Elizabeth Boese were married May 24, 1980, in Chaffee, Missouri...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Lila J. Singleton, 51, of Mount Prospect, Illinois, was issued a summons for driving while intoxicated at Independence Street and East Rodney Drive...

JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Harry Dryer, 70, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, failure to drive on the right half of the roadway, seatbelt violation and failure to stop at a posted stop sign...

Supporters of an independent presidential bid by Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot hold a petition-drive kickoff in several counties of the 8th Congressional District. Organizers predict their efforts will yield close to the 4,048 signatures needed in this district to have Perot's name placed on the November ballot...

Dillard Odell Dale of Cape Girardeau, a well-known and respected businessman and friend of many in Cape Girardeau area, passed away at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at SoutheastHEALTH after an illness of several weeks. He was born May 25, 1937, to W.L. and Parlie Dale of the Advance, Missouri, area. He graduated from College High School in Cape Girardeau in 1955...

NEW YORK -- Saying "convenience store food" may make people think of spinning hot dogs by the counter, but places such as 7-Eleven are expanding their hot-food offerings in hopes of stealing customers away from fast-food chains. The push by convenience stores into hot, fast, affordable foods is just one of the pressures facing chains such as Burger King, Wendy's and Taco Bell...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls Sunday. n Medical assists were made at 5:04 a.m. on Campster Drive; 1:45 p.m. on William Street; 1:46 p.m. on Gordonville Road; 5:31 p.m. on William Street; and 6:02 p.m. on Whitener Street...

CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Aiming to rein in soaring prescription drug prices, an unlikely Nevada coalition is trying to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose how they set insulin prices and issue refunds to diabetics or their insurance companies if annual price hikes surpass inflation...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- A former H&M security officer charged with illegally detaining two women who were shopping at a suburban St. Louis mall in the past two months and sexually assaulting one of them was accused of trying that with a woman at another area mall last summer...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers suggest a slight improvement in the economic conditions in nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report released Monday said the overall economic index for the region rose to 61.4 in April from 60.1 in March...

NEW YORK -- Thousands of people from New England to the Midwest to the Southwest chanted, picketed and protested Monday as demonstrations raged against President Donald Trump's immigration policies along with the traditional May Day marching in favor of labor...

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Chaz Wing was 12 when they cornered him in the school bathroom. The students who tormented him were children, too, entering the age of pimples and cracking voices. Eventually, he swore under oath, the boys raped him and left him bleeding, the culmination of a year of harassment. ...

NEW YORK -- The U.S. president had a historical question: Why did America's Civil War happen? "Why could that one not have been worked out?" Remarks by Donald Trump, aired Monday, showed presidential uncertainty about the origin and necessity of the Civil War, a defining event in U.S. history with slavery at its core...

WASHINGTON -- "Obamacare" is showing surprising staying power, thanks in large part to doctors, hospitals and other health-industry players opposing the alternatives Republicans have proposed. The stories and perspectives they bring to the debate are grounded in the community and the effect on finances and well-being...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The archdiocese covering the Kansas City, Kansas, region and much of the eastern part of the state said Monday it is severing ties with Girl Scouts and urging an end to cookie sales, citing philosophical concerns with the organization...

PARIS -- Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron hunted working-class votes Monday, entering the final week of an increasingly nasty campaign for president. Thousands across France celebrated May Day by showing their top concerns are jobs and the kind of country the next leader will give them...

GAUHATI, India -- Two Muslim men were beaten to death by a mob in northeastern India over allegations of cow theft -- the latest in a series of similar attacks across the country, police officials said Monday. Senior Assam state police official Mukesh Aggarwal said police have filed a criminal complaint and are trying to identify the members of the mob, but no arrests have been made so far...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A student with a large hunting knife stabbed at least four people Monday on the University of Texas campus, killing one and seriously wounding the others before surrendering to police, authorities said. There was no immediate word about a motive...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment, but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem's "Lose Yourself" as a copyright trial involving the country's ruling political party began Monday...

BRICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Twin sisters delivered babies on the same day. Fraternal twins Danielle Grant and Kim Abraham, 32, gave birth to baby boys Friday. The sisters decided to have labor induced after their due dates of April 22 passed. Grant and Abraham delivered their sons, Roman and Aaron, a little less than four hours apart. The Toms River natives said their pregnancies were coincidences. Picking an induction date was the only thing consciously chosen...

A Cape Girardeau man and his stepfather face charges after an argument Thursday ended in a fight involving a baseball bat and handgun, police said. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged David J. Donley, 57, with first-degree burglary, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and misdemeanor property damage...

The Cape Girardeau City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday in support of efforts to repeal Missouri's prevailing-wage law. The council action came despite public comments from J.J. Lane, business representative for Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Local 562, who asked the council not to back the repeal effort...

Doing a little bowfishing in dutchtown mo, on highway 74, on may 2 2017