Stories from Thursday, June 30, 2022

Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of June 27 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...

Route Y in Cape Girardeau County will be closed from Route V to County Road 621 as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. A MoDOT news release indicated the work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily July 11 through 15...

Independence Day is certainly a reason to celebrate! It is such a fun holiday to be outdoors to play games, swim, crank homemade ice cream, spend time with friends and family and cook. For this Independence Day recipe column, I turned to Mr. Food and that online recipe site to find recipes that would be perfect for the holiday. I've included recipes for main dishes, side dishes, beverages and desserts that will add to your food buffet...

ST. LOUIS — A lawyer who held key roles in the George W. Bush administration and who left his post last week as a senior investigator for the U.S. House committee probing the Jan. 6 insurrection said Wednesday he is running for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat as an independent...

MENDON, Mo. — An Amtrak passenger train was going about 87 mph when it collided with a dump truck at a rural Missouri railway crossing, killing four people, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The speed limit is 90 mph at the crossing where the collision occurred Monday in western Missouri, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said. ...

A large Missouri hospital chain briefly stopped providing emergency contraception amid confusion over whether the state's abortion ban could put doctors at risk of criminal charges for providing the medication, even for sexual assault victims. St. Luke's Health Kansas City said in a statement Wednesday it would resume offering the medication known as the morning after pill, a day after it told The Kansas City Star its Missouri hospitals would halt emergency contraception...

Once upon a time, there was a man named Jamie Turk. People near and far knew him simply as "Turk." Turk and Suzana had four children: Kayleigh, Lizzy, Jeffrey and Justin. Turk loved baseball, so it was no surprise when his twin daughters became a force to be reckoned with on the softball field. ...

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, a local expert is encouraging dog owners to be aware of how fireworks might affect their pets. "If you have a pet that is very reactive to fireworks, we really recommend that you reach out to your vet for medication. Don't wait, get that set up ahead of time," said Tracy Poston, executive director at Southeast Missouri Pets. "Also, make sure your pet is microchipped and has current tags on their collar."...

Artist Dave Pfanstiel wants viewers to "feel" the weight of his work. And they'll get the chance during an exhibition starting this week at Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in downtown Cape Girardeau. Pfanstiel described himself as an abstract expressionist fond of working "in heavy textural settings." Getting a "heavy" texture, Pfanstiel explained, often means employing substrates that are literally heavy...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri voters will have to show photo identification to cast a regular ballot in the November election as a result of a law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Parson that caps a nearly two-decade-long push by Republicans for stricter voting requirements...

As someone who builds his fair share of websites, I spend a lot of time talking with people who are thinking about an upgrade. Many of these conversations start with, “I’ve been thinking about building a new website. Can you work up a proposal?” Beyond the obvious, “Yes! Of course I can,” I wanted to shine a light on three questions that I always ask folks who are looking to upgrade their website...

Preventing Teen Suicide Since 1999, the number of deaths by suicide has continued to increase for all ages. More specifically, according to the 2015 study “Racial and gender disparities in suicide among young adults aged 18-24,” this is the second-leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults aged 15-24. ...

Today is Thursday, June 30, the 181st day of 2022. There are 184 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 30, 1982, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution expired, having failed to receive the required number of ratifications for its adoption, despite having its seven-year deadline extended by three years...

The debate is ongoing about whether Donald Trump should or should not be prosecuted for his attempted coup and inciting an attack on the Capitol. Many Conservative pundits are saying no because that will open the floodgates for every future president being put on trial or at least being charged with crimes. ...

In overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court delivered the right's biggest single victory ever, and it may spell the end of the conservative movement as we've known it. It was Ronald Reagan who popularized the notion that the conservative movement rested on a fusionist "three-legged stool." In theory, the three legs were free market economics, national defense and social conservatism. ...

Lord Jesus, comfort those who mourn. May they experience your tender mercy. Amen.

Edna Glenneta Vogelsang, 93, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, June 26, 2022, in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 24, 1929, to Glenn and Hazel Van Winkle Allen. On Aug. 15, 1947, she wed Calvin C. Vogelsang. They were blessed with four children, Sharon Eve, David Calvin, Steven Allen and Daniel "Danny" Charles...

Jerry Stone, 85, of Cape Girardeau passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 20, 1936, in St. Louis, son of Boyd C. and Blanche Huff Stone. He and Carole Hahn were united in marriage, and she preceded him in death...

Linda Rochelle Morris-Moylan died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Cape Girardeau, after a prolonged battle with lung cancer. Rochelle wished for a private family spreading of her ashes in lieu of a public service. Arrangements have been entrusted to Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Patricia Lee "Teash" Hinkebein, 64, of Columbia passed away at 4:02 p.m., Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Maurice and Leila Patnode Wood. Her siblings are Emily Rose Bowen, who died April 9, 1992; Daniel Wood; Paul Wood; Timothy Wood; Susan Wood Allen; Mary Alice Wood Bernal; and Lisa Wood Grimm...

Vivian Ruth Ross Harris, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Southeast Hospital. Services are pending at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

KELSO, Mo. -- Thomas H. Froemsdorf, 80, of Kelso died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral mass will be Saturday, 10 a.m. at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...

PAINTON, Mo. -- Joseph Wayne French, 76, of Painton was called to heaven Tuesday, June 28, 2022. A lifelong farmer, Joseph worked his fields right up until his final battle with cancer and passed peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Joe was born Nov. ...

Edna Mae Crader, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 12, 1937, in Gravel Hill to the late Arthur LeRoy and Anna Francis Siebert Noel. Edna married Roby J. Brown, and to that union three children were born, Gary, Brad and Brenda. She later married Joe F. Crader on Sept. 24, 1966, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Sept. 5, 2002...

Rosaura "Rosie" L. Choate, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. True Curtis officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

For a fast and easy warm-weather salad on the Fourth of July, it doesn't get better than Watermelon Feta. According to Google Trends, searches for watermelon and feta cheese salads have spiked every July for more than a decade. To taste it is to know why. The distinct and refreshing combo is something I could eat several times a week during watermelon season...

NEW YORK -- Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades. Through tears and anger, several of Kelly's accusers told a court in New York City, and the singer himself, that he had misled and preyed upon them...

MANILA, Philippines -- Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, is to be sworn in as Philippine president Thursday in one of history's greatest political comebacks but which opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family's image...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Chamila Nilanthi is tired of all the waiting. The 47-year-old mother of two spent three days lining up to get kerosene in the Sri Lankan town of Gampaha, northeast of the capital Colombo. Two weeks earlier, she spent three days in a queue for cooking gas -- but came home with none...

MADRID -- President Joe Biden said Wednesday the U.S. will significantly expand its military presence in Europe, the latest example of how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped plans for the continent's security and prompted a reinvestment in NATO...

KREMENCHUK, Ukraine -- Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military's last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier...

PARIS -- The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized Paris in 2015 was convicted Wednesday of murder and other charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the deadliest peacetime attacks in French history. The special terrorism court also convicted 19 other men involved in the assault on the Bataclan concert hall, cafes and the national stadium, which killed 130 people and injured hundreds, some permanently maimed. ...

They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. Some are rape and domestic violence victims. Others are new mothers, still breastfeeding infants. Another pregnancy so soon, they say, is something they just can't handle. "Heart wrenching," said Angela Huntington, an abortion navigator for Planned Parenthood in Missouri, who is helping callers reschedule canceled abortion appointments -- sometimes hundreds of miles away from their homes -- after the fall of Roe v. Wade...

For New York musician Erica Mancini, COVID-19 made repeat performances. March 2020. Last December. And again this May. "I'm bummed to know that I might forever just get infected," said the 31-year-old singer, who is vaccinated and boosted. "I don't want to be getting sick every month or every two months."...

SAN ANTONIO -- In the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors, a Mexican immigration official said Wednesday...

WASHINGTON -- The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, whose reported resistance to Donald Trump's schemes to overturn his 2020 election defeat has made him a long-sought and potentially revelatory witness...

WASHINGTON -- An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the wrong direction, including nearly 8 in 10 Democrats, according to a new poll that finds deep pessimism about the economy plaguing President Joe Biden. Eighty-five percent of U.S. ...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native American. The 5-4 decision cut back on the high court's ruling from 2020 that said a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation. ...

One of the biggest discussion items at the Cape Girardeau school board's meeting today isn't even listed on the agenda; Superintendent Dr. Dan Tallent anticipates several parents will be on hand to discuss their displeasure with the district's kindergarten lottery system, which will require some students to be bused to a school outside of their neighborhood...

DEER PARK, Wa. -- Troy Dooley of Deer Park, formerly Jackson, died June 9, 2022, at his home. Lauer Funeral Home in Deer Park is in charge of arrangements.