Stories from Thursday, November 21, 2019

Approval of minutes n Minutes for Nov. 14 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n Approve purchase order -- UMB Bank administration fees n Approve purchase order -- Zuercher's -- software purchase reimbursed by federal grant...

Cape Girardeau pastor Renita Green has qualified as a City Council candidate, submitting sufficient, last-minute signatures on a petition Tuesday, city officials said. Cape Girardeau’s municipal election next April will feature only one contested City Council race...

Jason Pickel of Jonesboro, Illinois, trims trees Wednesday along North Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau.

Despite selling his restaurant of 17 years in June 2018, former Stooges owner Ron Cook continues his Jackson tradition of providing free meals on Thanksgiving. Now the owner of Curly’s Kitchen, Cook and his a crew of family and friends will begin accepting reservations today for this year’s event...

Sometimes, food and fun are married into such a perfect union under one roof you wonder why someone didn't think of it before. In Dogwood Social House's case, someone has thought of it before, but never in Cape Girardeau, and never on such a grand scale...

Area lawmakers will introduce bills for the 2020 state legislative session addressing everything from shared parenting to texting while driving. Lawmakers can pre-file bills beginning next month. State Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, said his top priority is to pass a shared-parenting bill. It would create a “rebuttal presumption” for parents in child-custody cases to receive equal time with their children, he said...

Thousands of patient files of the Ferguson Medical Group in Sikeston, Missouri, may have been compromised in a cyberattack in September, according to Saint Francis Healthcare System, which acquired the Sikeston medical practice earlier this year. According to a statement issued Wednesday by Saint Francis, the attack took place Sept. 20 and was discovered the following day...

Northbound Highway 51 in Perry County will be reduced with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews make repairs to the Chester Bridge, which spans the Mississippi River into Illinois. A Missouri Department of Transportation news release states the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday...

With a blue glow reminiscent of a science-fiction facility, the region’s newest emergency apparatus takes first responders into the future of disaster-response equipment. The mobile emergency apparatus comprises individual tents, which serve as a network of climate-controlled medical wings, each complete with partitioned spaces for 16 patients. ...

Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2019. There are 40 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 21, 1985, U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested accused of spying for Israel. (Pollard later pleaded guilty to espionage and was sentenced to life in prison; he was released on parole on Nov. 20, 2015.)...

Those of us who order things on the Internet know that sales tax is collected on some items and not on others. When sales tax is not collected, the parts of government that have sales tax revenue miss out on some. This significantly affects local governments that rely heavily on sales tax income. And the declining sales tax revenue creates a dilemma for the Republican-controlled Missouri House, Senate, and Governor's Office...

Since the election of President Trump in 2016 psychiatrists have come forward violating The Goldwater Rule, not personally interviewing the president, and diagnosing him as having a mental disorder. Given this, the first question an intelligent, free-thinking individual must ask himself/herself is, "Is psychiatry really science?"...

In 2020, voters in Cape Girardeau will be asked to continue the Transportation Trust Fund sales tax for another five years. Council members had briefly discussed extending the tax to seven years in an effort to include more projects under one vote, but the decision was made at Monday night's meeting to continue the five-year increment -- which has been supported by voters since 1995...

Disney said Disney Plus account passwords being sold in underground hacking forums are coming from previous breaches at other companies, predating last week's launch of its streaming service. The company reiterated Wednesday it found no evidence of a security breach and account problems are limited to "a very small percentage of users" of Disney Plus...

Hosting Thanksgiving isn't for the faint of heart. There are more dishes than you might usually serve. More timing concerns because of that. More pots and plates to wash. And perhaps more family dynamics, buried deep below the surface for the other 364 days a year, that threaten to bubble up through the gravy...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A cat who has been missing for five years from Portland, Oregon, has been found in Santa Fe. The Santa Fe Animal Shelter announced this week Sasha the black cat recently was found wandering the streets of New Mexico’s capital. ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- As a cold rain fell on a suburb of Iran's capital Wednesday, women swallowed by black chadors and men in green military-style jackets walked alongside the flag-draped coffin of a Revolutionary Guard member, one of over 100 people reported to be killed in protests across the country...

JERUSALEM -- Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival announced Wednesday he had failed to form a new government, dashing his hopes of toppling the long-time Israeli prime minister and pushing the country closer toward an unprecedented third election in less than a year...

LONDON -- Britain's Prince Andrew is stepping back from public duties with the queen's permission because of his association with a notorious sex offender. The second son of Queen Elizabeth II said in a statement Wednesday that it has become clear to him in recent days that his association with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has become a "major distraction" to the royal family's charitable work...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. turned off electricity Wednesday for about 170,000 people in Northern California to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires as the region faced a new bout of windy and warm weather. The utility originally said that about 150,000 customers, or about 375,000 people, would be affected by the outages but significantly lowered that number after some areas got rain or increased humidity that lowered the fire threat...

DETROIT -- General Motors is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging its crosstown rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto Workers union. The unprecedented lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleges that FCA was involved in racketeering by paying millions in bribes to get concessions and gain advantages in three labor agreements with the union...

WASHINGTON -- Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine, leveraging an Oval Office visit for political investigations of Democrats. But he also came to believe the trade involved much more...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Randy Earl Proffer, 48, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, at his home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. The funeral will be at noon Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Glen Allen, Missouri, Cemetery...

Mary Lea Knott, 62, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, passed away Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center as a result of complications from early childhood Hodgkin's disease. She was born May 1, 1957, in Bellingham, Washington, to Thomas and Maxine Rexford Buford. She and Thomas M. Knott were married Dec. 23, 1983...

OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Steve Job, 72, of Oskaloosa died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born Dec. 10, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Paul and Melba Moore Job. He attended Notre Dame Regional High School and Southeast Missouri State University. Following school, Steve joined the U.S. Air Force and served his country during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1970 as a jet engine mechanic...

Beverley Ann Hagerty, 86, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, at Saint Francis Medical Center, surrounded by family. She was born March 23, 1933, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Charles Alfred and Augusta O'Donnell Wood. She and Frank Rapka were married March 16, 1950. She later married Paul Hagerty on Sept. 10, 1964, in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Both preceded her in death...

ORAN, Mo. -- Ernest Glastetter of Oran died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel.

ST. LOUIS -- Anne French Davis died Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. For most of her adult life, Anne lived in Cape Girardeau. She was the beloved mother of Lindsey Anne Davis; loving sister of Jennifer French and Amy (the late Michael Masterson) French; and dearest daughter of the late William and Betty French...

Daughter to Brandon Horman and Allie Derrick of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 11:20 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Name, Renli Faye. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Derrick is the daughter of Jeff Derrick and Michele Derrick of Jackson. Horman is the son of John Reeves and Michelle Reeves of Marble Hill, Missouri. He works for Cape Glass & Tinting...

When I started to put this column together, I was thinking about breakfast foods for overnight guests that might be visiting over the Thanksgiving holiday. So much of the Thanksgiving holiday focuses on the big feast of the day, so I thought a few treats might be in order for breakfast. But, then I came across an interesting turkey brine recipe that I just had to share with you. Later I came across a cranberry gooey butter cake recipe that I plan to make and again, I wanted to pass along to you...

ATLANTA -- The top Democratic presidential candidates spent large chunks of prime-time television clashing over "Medicare for All" -- again. Like a string of previous debates, Wednesday's prominently featured squabbles over a program that could alienate general-election swing voters who may be wary of fully government-run, universal health care and that will be extraordinarily difficult to get through Congress -- even if Democrats take the White House and make significant 2020 congressional gains.. ...

Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that when we are weak you are strong. Amen.

Firefighters from around the area battled a three-alarm fire Saturday night that started at Lanter Co., 226 Linda St. in Cape Girardeau; the fire spread to Plaza Tire and burned until Sunday morning; about 10,000 square feet of the 40,000-square-foot complex was destroyed in the blaze; Cape Girardeau firefighter Randol Morris suffered a compound fracture in his upper leg and a fractured hip Saturday night when a burning wall collapsed on him...

The holidays are fast approaching and it is very common for people to have headaches, neck pain, back pain, or even illnesses that ruin their traditions, traveling and family time. Here are a few tips to help reduce your risk. 1) Stay flexible. During the winter months the weather is colder and the days are shorter. ...

Don’t forget to stop by the MDC Nature Shop at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center to find perfect gifts for the nature-lover on your Christmas list. Whether their passion is birding, bowhunting, gardening or fly fishing, the MDC Nature Shop has something for every nature enthusiast...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A sweeping review has found close to 90% of the backlog of Missouri rape kits has not been tested. Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday only 830 of about 7,000 total kits in the backlog were previously tested. Rape kits are DNA samplings and other evidence secured via medical procedures conducted immediately after an attack. They can be used by law enforcement and prosecutors to catch and convict rapists...

Jackson Lady Indians Won the 7th and 8th-grade Divisions of the 35th annual Jackson Jr High Tournament tonight11/21.   7th grade Indians Beat Cape Lady Tigers 30-24 8th grade Lady Indians beat the Poplar Bluff Mules 58-41 Also Included is the all-tournament team selected by the coaches...