Stories from Wednesday, June 27, 2018

The East Missouri Action Agency, or EMAA, was recently awarded a grant to continue offering Affordable Care Act (ACA) counselors and services in the southeast region, according to a news release. The five-year grant award from the Missouri Foundation for Health is being extended one more year to the 15 recipient organizations, including EMAA, at reduced funding from prior years, the release stated...

Mark Winkler will be the new Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director of Cape Girardeau County effective July 11, according to a news release. Winkler most recently served as Region E coordinator for the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), where he assisted local jurisdictions in all aspects of emergency management, including emergency operations plan development and revision, training, exercises and more, according to the release...

Tonight, Ron Nall will step down as director of the Cape Municipal Band, after 26 years in the position. He’ll pass the baton to Neil Casey, former band director at Central High School, who will become the 10th municipal band director. “This was not an easy decision,” Nall said. “I love doing this.” ...

Independence Day is one week away — as hinted by the multiple fireworks stands popping up throughout Southeast Missouri — with consumer sales of explosives beginning today in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Those living in Cape Girardeau and Jackson who choose to use consumer fireworks may do so between the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. today through Tuesday and from 10 a.m. to midnight July 4...

The City of Cape Girardeau has taken carGO transportation service to court over the issue of whether a liquor license is required to deliver alcohol. James Stapleton, co-founder of carGO and a major investor along with local businessman Jeff Maurer, doesn’t believe carGO needs a liquor license, and filed a motion to dismiss Tuesday in municipal court...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court. The 81-year-old Kennedy said in a statement he is stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. A Republican appointee, he has held the key vote on such high-profile issues as abortion, affirmative action, gay rights, guns, campaign finance and voting rights...

Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2018. There are 187 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 27, 1846, New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires. On this date: In 1787, English historian Edward Gibbon completed work on his six-volume work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."...

I enjoyed reading the recent column (Jon K. Rust, "New lights brighten up Broadway streetscape) regarding the downtown street lighting and wanted to provide some basic lighting information. The Illuminating Engineering Society or IES is considered the professional source for lighting information. ...

I admit I yearn for a simpler time when the headlines did not include immigrant cages and Russian collusion and pee pee dossiers. A time when the First Lady's jacket was unimportant and the term Nazi was relegated to the history books. I say bring back the debate on climate change...

By now you've probably read the story or watched the video of Minnesota high school pitcher Ty Koehn who struck out his friend Jack Kocon in the Class 4A, Section 5 baseball game. The pitcher and hitter have been friends for years and the strike out ended the game, sending Koehn's team to the state tournament...

MAE SAI, Thailand -- Efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping out water so navy divers have room to operate, the first high-level Thai official to visit the site said Tuesday...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Angry protesters in Iran's capital held a third day of demonstrations Tuesday over the country's anemic economy as President Hassan Rouhani told the nation it faces an "economic war" with the United States following America's pullout from the nuclear deal...

CHICAGO -- Ayrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen's contacts on social media. "Who's this?" asks Jennea Bivens, aka Mom. It's a friend of a friend, Ayrial says, and they haven't talked in a while...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump denied Tuesday his trade policy is to blame for Harley-Davidson's decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas, saying on Twitter the company is using "Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse" to hide previously announced plans to move jobs to Asia...

WASHINGTON -- A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power. A dissenting liberal justice said the court was making a historic mistake by refusing to recognize the ban discriminates against Muslims...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are set to vote today on a hard-fought immigration compromise between conservative and moderate GOP flanks, but the bill has lost any real chance for passage despite a public outcry over the crisis at the border. Instead, lawmakers are expected to turn toward a narrow bill to prevent immigrant family separations in hopes of addressing the issue before leaving town for the Fourth of July recess...

The Southeast Missourian will become a seven-day-a-week morning newspaper this fall when it begins to publish a regular Saturday edition Oct. 2, announces publisher Wally Lage; during the next few months, a major redesign of the newspaper will take place, including a commitment to publish process color on the front of sections on a daily basis, not just Sundays...

EUREKA, Mo. -- A water ride at Six Flags in suburban St. Louis has been closed after a woman said she was flung from a tube and suffered whiplash. Sondra Thornhill of Lebanon, Missouri, told KMOV-TV the accident happened Saturday on the Typhoon Twister at Hurricane Harbor in Eureka. She was taken to a hospital, where she underwent a CT scan and X-ray...

Lord God, we praise you for we are more than conquerors through Jesus. Amen.

CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Monday n Medical assists were made at 12:14 a.m. on South Hanover Street, 7:11 a.m. on Lexington Avenue, 11:43 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road, 1:22 p.m. on Broadway, 3:17 p.m. on Independence Street, 5:54 p.m. on South Plaza Way and 10:48 p.m. on South Ellis Street...

JERUSALEM -- Prince William began his visit to Israel on Tuesday with an emotional tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, a soccer game with Arab and Jewish youth and an introduction to Tel Aviv's vibrant start-up scene. The prince is the first member of the British royal family to pay an official visit to Israel. Though the trip is being billed as non-political, the prince is meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting sites at the heart of the century-old conflict...

Daughter to Derek Christopher and Tracy Sue Lewis of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 9:28 a.m. Thursday, June 21, 2018. Name, Violet Louise. Weight, 6 pounds, 5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Lewis is the former Tracy Burk, daughter of Gary Burk of Cape Girardeau and Donna Brazil of Manhattan, Kansas. She is a nurse at Southeast Hospital. Lewis is the son of Cary Lewis and Emma Lewis of Cape Girardeau. He is the owner of Anytime Fitness in Cape Girardeau...

Storm uplifted a large tree near the corner at Caruthers Ave and Dunklin St in Cape Girardeau MO