Stories from Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Presentation n Presentation of a MIRMA Risk Management Grant award to the Jackson Police De-partment for a car camera and police training award for 2018. Public hearings n Hearing to consider a special-use permit request for a temporary mobile medical office, in a C-2 (general commercial) District, at 2130 E. Jackson Blvd., as submitted by Saint Francis Medical Center...

Don Grossheider, center, discusses ideas for the redesign of the Interstate 55 Exit 93 interchange on the south end of Kingshighway with Steve Peterson of Delta Companies, right, and Benji Philpot, project engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation, during a public briefing about the redesign and replacement of the interchange ...

Tickets are still available for Saturday’s annual Notre Dame Winter Extravaganza, said Alex Jackson, development director at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau. This year’s theme is XGAMES Aspen 2020, Jackson said, and will be held at the Drury Plaza Convention Center in Cape Girardeau. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the event will be an evening of heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and live music provided by Downtime from St. Louis...

A two-vehicle head-on collision Sunday on Route 34 near Herod, Illinois, resulted in three fatalities and eight injured parties. According to a preliminary report released by Illinois State Police, the crash occurred Sunday at 3:28 a.m., 3/4 of a mile north of Williams Hill Road in Pope County. Upon arrival, a Dodge Charger was fully engulfed in flames...

There is a part of our culture that reveres celebrity — and bravado. One could even say a mark of the modern era is the dominance of celebrity culture, where individuals thrive commercially by turning fame into personal brands, which are then leveraged for money and more fame...

A boil-water advisory has been issued in much of Jackson after the city discovered low levels of chlorine in the water system, according to a city news release. Tuesday morning, city officials learned of a low level of chlorine within the water system, caused by a malfunction of a pump delivering chlorine to the system...

Free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes will soon be offered in the Missouri communities of Kennett and Sikeston to help improve literacy in the region. The classes will be offered by the Cape Girardeau-based Adult Education and Literacy Program, which serves Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, North Stoddard, North Scott, Pemiscot and Perry counties...

People who prefer to shop in the middle of the night will no longer be able to do so at the Jackson Walmart as of Feb. 1 The store along East Jackson Boulevard between Jackson and Cape Girardeau is presently a 24-hour Walmart Supercenter, but starting next month, the store will close from 1 until 6 a.m. daily...

A project to preserve a vital piece of Cape Girardeau’s history may be completed as early as Memorial Day weekend, according to Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Julia Thompson. Fort D has been exposed to the elements since its roof collapsed years ago. The landmark is the State of Missouri’s only surviving V-shaped, Civil War-era earthworks, and the site was named to the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 1...

I recently heard about a story in “The New York Post” that reported chicken Parmesan is the perfect date food. On a date, you are usually trying to make a good first impression, so it seems counterintuitive to me to order a messy dish like chicken Parm. However, “The Post” article argued “chicken Parm season” falls during the colder months, which also happens to be when New York singles are looking to settle down and snuggle with someone. That makes more sense...

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2020. There are 344 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 22, 1998, Theodore Kaczynski pleaded guilty in Sacramento, California, to being the Unabomber responsible for three deaths and 29 injuries in return for a sentence of life in prison without parole...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jameson Wayde Statler died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born that day to Kelly D. Statler and Heather M. Hotop. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Nelson O. Sebastian, 85, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Tilsit, passed away Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at Lutheran Home. He was born Nov. 2, 1934, in Whitewater to Hugo and Amanda Fluegge Sebastian. He was a longtime, faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Tilsit, having been baptized and confirmed there. He was a 1952 graduate of Jackson High School...

Patricia Ann McClard, 81, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Jackson, daughter of Walter Sr. and Alma Kinder Schroeder. Pat was a 1956 graduate of Jackson High School and attained a Bachelor of Science in education from Southeast Missouri State University...

Dwight Louis Hendon, 60, passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at his home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 8, 1960, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Jesse Gene and Jane Fisher Hendon. Survivors include two sisters, Jan Bennett and Holly Hendon, both of Wappapello, Missouri...

Robert Lee Foster, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

LAKE WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Michael G. Bullinger, 62, of Lake Wappapello, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He was born April 28, 1957, in Cape Girardeau to Norman and Glenda Green Bullinger. He and JoBeth Little were married Oct. 15, 2005...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Greta Thunberg isn't easily intimidated. The 17-year-old Swedish activist wasted little time on Tuesday to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump's description of climate campaigners as "the perennial prophets of doom" who predict the "apocalypse."...

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton refused to say whether she would endorse Bernie Sanders, her 2016 rival, if he wins the Democratic nomination and offered a broad condemnation of the progressive candidate's style of politics. "I'm not going to go there yet," she said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Tuesday in response to whether she'd back Sanders. ...

SEATTLE -- The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. The man, identified only as a Snohomish County resident is in his 30s, was in good condition and wasn't considered a threat to medical staff or the public, health officials said...

TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska -- Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led. Her home now is an outpost on the Bering Sea, Toksook Bay, and she is about to become the first person counted in the U.S. Census, taken every 10 years to apportion representation in Congress and federal money...

FLORISSANT, Mo. -- Prosecutors have charged a man with murder in the death of a 16-year-old boy in a fire at his suburban St. Louis home. Bobby Copass, 39, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder and first-degree arson after the victim, Dustin Baggett, died Saturday. Baggett was injured in a fire Friday at a Florissant home where he lived with his mother, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A gunman who opened fire outside of a Kansas City nightclub, killing a woman and injuring at least 15 other people before a guard killed him, had a past weapons charge dropped after lawmakers loosened the state's gun laws. Jahron Swift, 29, had been in trouble with the law before he opened fire on people leaving or waiting to get into the 9ine Ultra Lounge in eastern Kansas City late Sunday, when the city was celebrating the win that put the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl.. ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump's impeachment trial Tuesday with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two late-night sessions and Democrats arguing for more witnesses to expose Trump's "trifecta" of offenses...

O Lord Jesus, our most glorious Savior, we praise your name. Amen.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity observance in Jackson concludes with a worship celebration in the afternoon at First Presbyterian Church; Wayne Maupin, superintendent of public schools in Jackson, is recognized for his cooperative leadership in the community; keynote speaker is the Rev. Otto Steinhouse...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Coleton Grimes, 17, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and leaving scene of a motor vehicle accident...

Daughter to Daniel Aguilar and Jordan Shae Pinkerton of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 1:39 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Name, Callie Jane. Weight, 6 pounds, 6 ounces. First child. Pinkerton is the daughter of William "Eddie" Pinkerton and Lashay Pinkerton of Jackson. She works at Dexter BBQ in Jackson. Aguilar is the son of Linda Aguilar of Beaumont, California, and Art Aguilar...

BATTENVILLE, N.Y. -- New York state is planning to do restoration work on the early childhood home of Susan B. Anthony. The house Anthony's father built in 1833 in the Washington County hamlet of Battenville is water-damaged and in rough shape. The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation bought the foreclosed property in 2006 but has done little to preserve it...