Stories from Tuesday, March 10, 2020

For nearly 30 years, the second definition, "something that attracts," has applied to Cape Girardeau Area MAGNET, an economic development organization working in conjunction with a number of local, area and state agencies to attract, retain, create and expand job opportunities in Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area...

Officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety were called around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in reference to a victim with a gunshot wound in Sikeston, Missouri. The shooting occurred in the 800 block of Greer Avenue behind the Rent One store on East Malone Avenue and injured a 44-year-old Sikeston man, according to information shared by Sikeston DPS early Sunday evening via social media...

CLAYTON, Mo. -- The 20-something college student didn't know she had the new coronavirus as she flew home from a study-abroad program in Italy, landing at one of the nation's busiest airports. She took a train to a St. Louis station shared by Amtrak and the Greyhound bus service. Her father, who was exposed to her but shows no signs of illness, went to a coffee shop and took another daughter to a father-daughter dance at a hotel and a house party...

Jefferson Elementary students Ivyana Myers, 9, left, and Mya Wilson, 10, walk Southeast Missouri State women's basketball coach Rekha Patterson down the "red carpet" at the start of an assembly Monday at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, to celebrate the team's victory at the Ohio Valley Conference tournament over the weekend. ...

Do we owe it to a woman to make sure she's on the ticket to be President of the United States, or should we just concentrate on who is best qualified to lead -- be it man or woman? Martin Luther King addressed racism when he articulated his dream that his "four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." I imagine he also would have wanted his two daughters to be judged by their character also, rather than their gender. ...

The Cape Girardeau School District has created an easier way for parents and students to access school information from the palms of their hands. Users can access school information by downloading the new Cape Girardeau Public Schools app, district communications director Kristen Tallent said...

Skeletal remains were found Monday near Joiner, Arkansas, next to a purse containing identification for a Missouri woman who disappeared three months ago. Michele Bell, 36, of Caruthersville, Missouri, was last seen Dec. 9 at Interstate 55 southbound Exit 34 near her parked, maroon Chevrolet HHR...

Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members and city officials discussed current and future parks projects at the board’s monthly meeting Monday night at the Osage Centre. Updates to already approved, ongoing projects were given by Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Julia Jones, parks manager Brock Davis and recreation division manager Penny Williams...

In a statement issued Sunday morning, The Missouri Veterans Commission announced it has begun restricting access to all seven of its homes in Missouri, including the one at 2400 Veterans Memorial Drive in Cape Girardeau, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. The decision came less than a day after Gov. Mike Parson’s announcement of “presumptive positive” cases in St. Louis County and Johnson County, Kansas, and went into effect immediately...

Moisture on walls and windows discovered inside Southeast Missouri State University’s child day care center has caused the university to vacate the facility while a potential mold problem is resolved. Meanwhile, the 164 children served by the center at 2089 Bessie St. in Cape Girardeau have been temporarily moved to other locations along with the university staff members who work at the center...

Route AA in Scott and New Madrid counties will be reduced with a 9-foot width restriction as contractor crews mill and overlay the roadway. According to a news release, this section of road is from U.S. 62 in Miner, Missouri, to Highway 80 in Matthews, Missouri. The work will take place from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 23 through April 4...

Today is Tuesday, March 10, the 70th day of 2020. There are 296 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 10, 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union's leader for 13 months, died at age 73; he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev...

Hearing Aids for Adults: Benefits and Costs What are some of the main benefits of having a hearing aid if you are an adult? What might you expect in terms of costs? Let’s take a look at these questions with a little detail: Better balance Hearing aids often help with improving balance, while at the same time improving hearing. ...

Son to Brent and Shelby Roth of Perryville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 10:54 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Name, Eli Charles. Weight, 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Roth is the daughter of Machelle Crase of Perryville and Tony Ritter of St. Mary, Missouri. She works at Montgomery Bank. Roth is the son of Darrell Roth of Perryville and the late Sandy Hadler Roth. He is employed by Perryville High School...

Richard Edward Stuckmeyer, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, at Lutheran Home. He was born Dec. 11, 1943, in St. Louis, son of Roy H. and Birdie Schmidt Stuckmeyer. He and Paulette Jansen Cook were united in marriage July 6, 2006...

Keith Schuessler, 67, of Fruitland died Monday, March 9, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Barbara Ann Cossou McClanahan, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020, at her home, surrounded by loved ones, following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. Barbara was born Aug. 29, 1942, to Richard Clyde and Iva Lois McDaniel Cossou in Saginaw, Michigan. Barbara and Jerry W. McClanahan eloped to Shawneetown, Illinois, on Feb. 20, 1960, and recently celebrated their 60th anniversary...

Laverne Kackley, 82, of Jackson died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with hospice Chaplain Fred Burgand officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Valhalla Garden of Memories Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Lindsay M. Finley, 36, of Perryville died Sunday, March 8, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., with rosary at 8:30 a.m., Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Marion Gene Farrow, 69, of Granite City passed away at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020, at his home, while under hospice care. He was born Aug. 27, 1950, in Arlington, Kentucky, to the late Velma Hoskins Sheeley and Marion Charles Farrow...

Barbara Louise Cathcart, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully in her home the morning of Friday, March 6, 2020. Her husband, the Rev. Jack Lee Cathcart, 87, passed away peacefully later that same day and joined his bride in their new heavenly home...

The Jackson Recycling Center, which is currently open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturdays, will extend its Saturday operating hours beginning April 4 to 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The recycling facility, at 508 Sawyer Lane in Jackson, collects cardboard, newspaper, magazines, office paper, junk mail, aluminum, tin, steel cans, electronic waste, large appliances, scrap steel, No. 1 and No. 2 plastics and clear, green and brown glass...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- When 57 mushers line up Sunday for the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, it will be the second-smallest field in the past two decades. Only last year's field of 52 was smaller. Interest in the world's most famous sled dog race has waned in recent years, in part because of smaller cash prizes that make it difficult for mushers to compete in an expensive sport. Animal rights activists also have stepped up pressure on sponsors to drop their support...

ASHLAND, La. — A Louisiana woman was arrested on drug charges after police determined the $5,000 cash she used to post an inmate’s bail had a “strong odor of marijuana.” Authorities began investigating Stormy Lynn Parfait, 33, on Friday, shortly after she showed up at the Ashland jail to pay the bond fee for an inmate being held there on drug charges, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a statement obtained by news outlets. ...

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival said Monday he has agreed with a smaller party to work together to form a new government following national elections last week. The announcement by Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White Party, dealt a new setback to Netanyahu as he struggles to hold on to power ahead of his upcoming trial on corruption charges...

BRUSSELS -- The European Union and Turkey agreed to review a 4-year-old deal on managing migrants and refugees in an effort to settle a dispute that sent thousands of people to the Turkey-Greece border in hopes of reaching Europe, top EU officials said Monday...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- No other age group was under-counted more during the last once-a-decade census than children under age 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that. The Muppet best known as the Count is joining Elmo, Rosita and her mom, Rosa, in public service announcements filmed on the set of the long-running educational television show. The spots encourage parents of young children to make sure they and their children are counted in the 2020 census...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bernie Sanders proved his 2016 presidential bid was serious with an upset victory in Michigan powered by his opposition to free trade and appeal among working-class voters. Four years later, the same state could either revive the Vermont senator's campaign or relegate him to the role of protest candidate...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When the new coronavirus surfaced at Saint Raphael Academy after a school group returned from a trip to Italy, officials decided to close the Rhode Island Catholic high school for two weeks. Instead of cancelling classes, the school in Pawtucket instituted "virtual days" where students are expected to work from home, check for assignments through an online portal and occasionally chat with teachers...

Stocks took their worst one-day beating on Wall Street since the global financial crisis of 2008 as a collapse in oil prices Monday combined with mounting alarm over what the coronavirus could do to the world economy. The staggering losses, including a 7.8% tumble in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, immediately raised fears a recession might be on the way in the U.S. ...

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Monday his administration will ask Congress to pass payroll tax relief and other quick measures as a public health and economic maelstrom brought on by the coronavirus drew closer to him personally. Intending to calm the fears of financial markets over the impact of the epidemic, Trump told reporters he is seeking "very substantial relief" to the payroll tax. ...

The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n Don Gianesin, 37, of Jackson was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating a motor vehicle while driver's license suspended, unlawful possession of firearm and failure to drive on right half of roadway...

I am not going to say that the media and Democrats have not caused a lot of hysteria and panic when it does come to the coronavirus. But Trump has not been helping by trying to down play the coronavirus either. It is, even though not as big as the media has made it out to be, still a danger. So do not panic, which doesn't help, and listen to the health experts to stay healthy...

O Lord Jesus, thank you for those who spend countless hours volunteering to help others. Amen.

Juanita Spicer of Cape Girardeau has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Cape Girardeau School District; Spicer, a member of the NAACP, refused to discuss the nature of the complaint, which comes amid efforts of a school committee to redraw elementary school boundaries and concerns about racial imbalance in the district...

Both of the Chaffee Robotics teams qualified to compete at the World FIRST Tech Challenge competition in Houston, TX in April. The teams competed at Rolla, MO on Saturday March the 7th at the Missouri State Championship. Revolution Robotics were on the Event Winning Alliance. Girls With Attitude placed 3rd in the Inspire Award. 48 teams qualified for the State competition with only 10 advancing to Worlds...

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