Stories from Monday, July 16, 2018

Powerhouse athlete and WNBA superstar Lisa Leslie brought her wisdom and poise to the 2018 Semoball Awards on Saturday at the River Campus. Keynote speaker Leslie highlighted several key points she recommends athletes incorporate into their daily routine to ensure success in all areas of life including remaining prayerful, setting goals and the importance of remaining determined to one day achieve those goals.

March 9: Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau forecast to crest later in the week at 36 feet, 4 feet above flood stage. March 19: The National Weather Service says the potential for spring flooding on the Mississippi River as far south as Caruthersville, Missouri, is minor to moderate...

Floodwaters swamped towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries and turned roads and fields into lakes 25 years ago this summer. It was a marathon of a flood, which first surfaced in March 1993 and stayed around all summer. Its endurance taxed city, county, state and federal resources and volunteer efforts to battle it...

Today is Monday, July 16, the 197th day of 2018. There are 168 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 16, 1945, the United States exploded its first experimental atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico; the same day, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Marianas...

While much attention is focused on Europe, Donald Trump, NATO and Washington, D.C., there are many local matters to tend to. The country seems to be clinging to personalities in news, whether it be the president, the leaders of Germany or England, and even FBI agents embroiled in scandals...

O Lord Jesus, we ask for wisdom and discernment so we may honor you. Amen.

ORAN, Mo. — Phyllis Ann Trankler, 75 of Oran died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 21, 1943, in Oran to Clemence Peter and Syvilla Rosina Seyer Sobba. She married Henry William Trankler on Sept. 15, 1962...

Mary Myers, 74, of Jackson died Sunday, July 15, 2018, at her home. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

ORAN, Mo. — Lloyd Elton Michelsen, 81, of Oran died Saturday, July 14, 2018, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Aug. 24, 1936, in Hagarville, Arkansas, to Charley Elton and Faye Etta Bacchus Michelsen. He married Nancy Pauline Montgomery on Dec. 7, 1958, and she survives of the home...

TAMMS, Ill. — Terry Lee Honey, 66, of Tamms went home to be with Jesus on Saturday, July 14, 2018. He was born March 24, 1952, in Cairo, Illinois, to Earl and Jewel Phillips Honey. He married Rachel Horton on July 27, 1974, in Hawthorne, California...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- An earthen levee along the Mississippi River south of Miller City, Illinois, broke yesterday afternoon, flooding farm land and forcing area residents to flee to higher ground; the levee broke around 1 p.m.; by late afternoon, the levee break had widened to about 300 feet...

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Friday n Medical assists were made at 3:53 a.m. on William Street, 6:40 a.m. on South Sprigg Street, 8:41 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road, 11:53 a.m. on Interstate 55, 12:12 p.m. on East Cape Rock Drive, 2:30 p.m. on North Main Street and 9:05 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Terrence J. Williams Jr., 19, of Cape Girardeau was arrested at 1302 Bertling St. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, motor-vehicle accident and striking a legally parker vehicle...

NEW YORK -- Papa John's, which has featured founder John Schnatter in logos and TV ads, is pulling his image from its marketing after reports he used a racial slur. His face was off at least some materials by late morning Friday, though the company said the details and exact timing for everything were still being worked out. The pizza chain said there are no plans to change its name...

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine -- The United States and Canada are engaged in a trade dispute, angering Canadians, but it doesn't seem to be having an impact on tourism. Not yet, anyway. In Old Orchard Beach, popular with Quebecers, innkeepers report Canadian tourism remains strong despite the harsh words last month when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed Canada "won't be pushed around" and President Donald Trump called the prime minister "weak" and "dishonest."...

SEATTLE -- Seven national fast-food chains have agreed to end policies blocking workers from changing branches -- limiting their wages and job opportunities -- under the threat of legal action from the state of Washington. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced binding agreements with the companies -- McDonald's, Auntie Anne's, Arby's, Carl's Jr., Jimmy John's, Cinnabon and Buffalo Wild Wings -- at a news conference last week. ...

Amazon. Chipotle. GoPro. These household-name businesses were launched thanks to investments by the founders' parents. But parents also have sunk plenty of money into their offsprings' doomed enterprises, sometimes endangering their retirements and family relationships in the process...

BERLIN — Quiet neighbors, pristine grounds and a view to die for: No wonder graveyard plots in Berchtesgaden are in high demand. The German news agency dpa reported Saturday the picturesque town in the Bavarian Alps is now taking the unusual step of holding a lottery for vacant spaces in its cemetery. ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The U.S. homeland security secretary said Saturday there are no signs Russia is targeting this year's midterm elections with the same "scale or scope" it targeted the 2016 presidential election. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke at a convention of state secretaries of state, an event that's usually a low-key affair highlighting voter registration, balloting devices and election security issues that don't get much public attention. ...

ST. LOUIS -- Some Missouri nurses soon will be able to take advantage of a pilot program that allows them to take summers off in an attempt to alleviate overstaffing issues. Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy Health's pilot program will accept six nurses, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposed ballot initiative aims to replace Missouri's system for drawing state legislative districts with a model designed to have the number of seats won by each party more closely reflect its statewide vote. If election officials validate enough signatures collected by Clean Missouri, the group sponsoring the proposal, voters will have the final say Nov. 6...

Public hearings n Hearing to consider a request for renewal of an expired special-use permit for a Community Unit Plan for a senior housing development for all of Lot 1 of the Villas of West Jackson Subdivision, as submitted by the Villas of West Park LLC...

Study session n No action will be taken during the study session Communications/reports n City council n Staff Items for discussion n Planning and zoning commission report n Report on air carrier service...

HELSINKI -- President Donald Trump named the European Union as a top adversary of the United States and denounced the news media as the "enemy of the people" before arriving in Helsinki on Sunday on the eve of his high-stakes summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin...

Shelley Williams is overseeing construction on a sunny Thursday morning at the future Millersville Pit Stop, formerly the Millersville Gas & Grocery, set to reopen Friday. The gas station and convenience store is in the heart of Millersville, across from First Baptist Church, the fire station and post office...

Cape Girardeau--Burrito-Ville #GiveBacktoCape program donated $1,500 to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. The donated funds will be used by the Cape PD to outfit their training room to improve officers physical fitness and improve their de-escalation techniques, a non-lethal force technique...

The WIOA Youth Services, including those in Cape Girardeau and Perry Counties, are now being provided by the Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri. As of June 15th 2018, these services are no longer being provided by MERS/Goodwill. However, the office is in the same location at the Cape Job Center located at 1737 N Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. ...

There is no doubt that the Cape Riverfront Market is known for its produce, but the names you see behind the veggies and fruit are the ones who really steal the show. This week I spoke with Chasity Menard who is a vendor for Menard Farms every Saturday at the Cape Riverfront Market. ...