Stories from Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Summer reading programs at libraries serve several purposes: helping avoid the “summer slide” in learning, keeping children engaged in learning between school sessions and incentivizing reading. But these programs aren’t the only offerings at libraries this summer...

Scott City’s recycling program is set to end June 11 unless city officials can find another company to provide the service, city administrator Doug Richards said Tuesday. Inter-Rail Systems Inc. (ISI) of Scott City had been providing the service free of charge. At one point ISI provided curbside recycling, with the city providing the equipment...

It was a simple question: Do certain spices have antimicrobial properties? The question might have been a simple one, but it was asked by the right person: Jade Samanta, a senior at Saxony Lutheran High School near Jackson, who took a personal curiosity about something his mother had told him since childhood and applied it to a serious worldwide problem: food-borne pathogens...

Area Republican lawmakers welcomed Gov. Eric Greitens’ decision Tuesday to resign, but said it was a sad day for everyone. Greitens announced at a late afternoon news conference in Jefferson City he would resign, effective Friday. The governor resigned amid criminal and legislative investigations stemming from an extramarital affair and campaign finance questions. He has denied any criminal wrongdoing...

Today is Wednesday, May 30, the 150th day of 2018. There are 215 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 30, 1958, unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery...

Some of the finest buildings in Southeast Missouri were built by Penzel Construction. Last week, its president and CEO, mindful of potential conflicts of interest with upcoming opportunities, resigned from the Jackson Board of Aldermen. It was a class act by a class guy, saving the city from the complications of him stepping out of discussions or abstaining on a regular basis. ...

Donna L. Wachter, 62, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 8, 1954, in St. Louis to Charles and Betty Amelong Curtis. She and Timothy Wachter married Nov. 30, 2013. Donna is survived by her husband, Timothy Wachter; children, Renee O'Leary, Rhett Powell, Scarlett Gremard, Tyler Gremard and Cody Gremard; stepchildren, Yvonne Williamson, Kimberly Dodd, Brian Gremard, Jeremy Gremard, Janna Suiter, April Maloney and Melissa Davis; 33 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Tammy Trumpeter; and other relatives and many friends.. ...

Verna Mae Suhr, 99, of Jackson passed away Monday, May 28, 2018, at Jackson Manor. She was born Dec. 17, 1918, in Cape Girardeau County to Wilber Homer and Helen Mae Criddle Thompson. She and Kenneth John Suhr were married Aug. 20, 1942, at Gordonville. He preceded her in death Feb. 22, 1998...

Sharon A. Schwarz, 72, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, May 25, 2018, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. She was born July 24, 1945, in Chicago to Nicholas and Lillian Schwarz. A graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago, Sharon also earned a master's degree in mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University. ...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- C. Madeline Long, 86, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, May 25, 2108, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Marble Hill. She was born Sept. 17, 1931, in Flat River, Missouri, daughter of Toney Edward and Clova Rhoda Statler Crites. She and the Rev. Jessie Lee Long were united in marriage Oct. 2, 1948, and he passed away April 22, 2009...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Robert Oscar Hirsch died peacefully Saturday, May 26, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his wife and family. He was born Aug. 14, 1927, in Cape Girardeau, grew up there and like so many of the Greatest Generation, served his country as a seaman first class in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Roger Dale Davault, 58, of Marble Hill died Sunday, May 27, 2018, at his home. Born April 27, 1960, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of Dale William and Mary Ruth Williams Davault. He and Tamara Lynne Fetterhoff married June 28, 1986, at New Salem Baptist Church. She survives...

NEW YORK -- ABC canceled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" on Tuesday following star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet referring to former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes." ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said the comment "is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values." Barr had apologized and deleted her Monday-night tweet, calling it a "bad joke," but the damage had already been done...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A new study contends many more deaths than normal occurred in Puerto Rico in the three months after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, mostly because of problems getting medicines or medical care. Researchers surveyed a small sample of neighborhoods and estimated up to 4,600 more deaths than usual occurred, far more than earlier studies suggested. At least one independent expert questioned the methods and the number in the new study...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- President Donald Trump resumed his efforts Tuesday to build a stable of Republicans who will promote his agenda and serve as a check on Democrats aiming to regain control of the House or Senate -- if not both. Trump traveled to Nashville to raise campaign cash for Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who's running for a Senate seat, and to headline a rally with his most loyal supporters...

OXON HILL, Md. -- The domination of the Scripps National Spelling Bee by Indian-Americans has gone on long enough a second generation has emerged. Last year, Mira Dedhia, whose mother competed in the bee three times, finished third. This year, the first child of a former champion is competing...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump seized on an error by liberal activists who tweeted photos of young-looking immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in steel cages and blamed the current administration for separating immigrant children from their parents...

WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has renewed its threat to place 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it says are China's unfair trade practices. The White House also said Tuesday it would place new restrictions on Chinese investment into the United States and limit U.S. exports of high-tech goods to China...

WASHINGTON -- Rapid-fire diplomacy played out on two continents Tuesday in advance of an "expected" summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, the strengthening resolve coming after a series of high-risk, high-reward gambits by the two leaders...

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- David Noland Coon is ordained a Catholic priest by Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese in an evening service at St. Henry's Catholic Church here; Coon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coon of Charleston...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 2:48 p.m. on Perryville Road and 8:17 p.m. on South Hanover Street. n At 3:46 a.m., carbon monoxide detector activation on North Sprigg Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Assaults n Assault was reported at North Broadview Street and Kiwanis Drive. n Assault was reported at Sprigg Street and Shawnee Parkway. Theft...

ST. LOUIS -- New legislation passed in Missouri means as early as next year, public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade could have the option of taking online courses for free. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the Missouri House and Senate in May approved what's been dubbed the Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program. If Gov. Eric Greitens signs it, the law could become effective next summer...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Eric Greitens, a sometimes brash political outsider whose unconventional resume as a Rhodes scholar and Navy SEAL officer made him a rising star in the Republican Party, resigned Tuesday amid a widening investigation arising from an affair with his former hairdresser...

I would be willing to bet that the person who left the brief Speak Out comment about how dull soccer is is probably a fan of American football, quite possibly the dullest sport ever invented and that can be proven statistically. During the course of a 3-hour televised American football game with the 35-second snap clock, all the time outs and stopping play you only asked to get 6 to 9 Minutes of football being played. ...

O God, may we always thank you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Edgar James Stewart, 82, of Scott City died Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

The southbound U.S. 61 ramp to Interstate 55 south at mile marker 93 in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced as crews perform bridge maintenance. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday...

Ramblewood Garden Club awarded the May Yard of the Month for their work toward overall community beauty to Dr. Rickey and Margaret Lents on Kenneth Drive. Shown above are Nadine Davis, Butterfly Garden Club Chairman, Margaret Lents, member of the Four Seasons Garden Club and Nancy Bahn, Club Yard of the Month Chairman.