Stories from Thursday, July 28, 2022

Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of July 25 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...

Route AB in Cape Girardeau County — from the Exit 91 interchange at Scott City to County Road 217 — will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform shoulder work and pavement repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place Aug. 8 through Sept. 30 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Flaggers will guide motorists through the work zone...

Can you get enough fresh vegetables during the summer? I know we sure can't. We were going to have a couple of friends over recently, and I told them what I was preparing, which included green beans and new potatoes, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers in vinegar, pickled beets, corn on the cob, cornbread and peaches for dessert. ...

The ignition of a house fire Monday evening in Jackson was unintentional, according to a report by Jackson Fire Rescue. The report said Jackson Fire Rescue was dispatched to the residence of Dru and Tara Reeves at 2745 Mansfield Place for a reported garage fire. The situation was confirmed to be contained at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday...

Relationships can be beautiful things. They nourish our souls. They bring peace to our days. They can be a source of joy and laughter. The best ones require commitment, understanding and grace. A good relationship is a great investment with amazing rewards...

A Cape Girardeau Police Department report regarding an officer-involved vehicle crash July 19 faults the officer for failing to yield but does not indicate he was using a hand-held communications device at the time of the incident. The report said officer Wyatt Willis was driving a 2016 Dodge Charger as he exited the Arby's parking lot onto Independence Street. Willis described vehicles on Independence Street providing a gap for him to drive through as he began to turn west into a turning lane...

ST. LOUIS — Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances for an upset in Missouri's U.S. Senate race if scandal-tarred former Gov. Eric Greitens becomes the Republican nominee. But they're divided on which of their two top candidates is the best bet for a victory in November...

Historic flooding in St. Louis may hinder mail delivery in Cape Girardeau, officials said Wednesday. Parts of the St. Louis area received up to a foot of rain Monday and Tuesday, necessitating numerous water rescues from emergency responders. According to Cape Girardeau post office information, the mail distribution center in St. ...

Southeast Missouri State University professor Tamara Buck has been awarded 2022 Distinguished Adviser by the College Media Association. Buck is the co-adviser of the Arrow student newspaper and chairwoman of the Mass Media Department. "I am very honored to receive this award," Buck said in a news release. "I have been a member of the College Media Association since 2011 and have seen the caliber of winners of this award. So being selected is a true honor."...

Jackson Public Works director Kent Peetz has oversight of the city's wastewater treatment plant at 2230 Lee Ave. along Hubble Creek, which is the focus of Tuesday's $10.1 million no-tax-increase bond referendum. Peetz is unabashedly proud of the plant...

Four options are under consideration by Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) for changing the Exit 93 interchange along Interstate 55. On Wednesday, MoDOT officials solicited the public's input at the Career and Technology Center in Cape Girardeau...

All polling locations are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. ...

Today in History Today is Thursday, July 28, the 209th day of 2022. There are 156 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On July 28, 1945, the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2. A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people...

Regenerative rehabilitation can be seen as the future of medicine for those with joint and spine injuries or dysfunctions. At PC Medical Center we are proud to be the first integrated medical clinic in the area serving a patient population that would otherwise be headed for life altering joint or spine surgery...

Citizens in Scott City keep mowing their lawns and throwing it on the street. On the back of the water bills it notes not to do this. One place is back and across the street by the police station. It is dangerous to people riding motorcycles and bicycle as it may cause them to lose control. Also it gets in the storm drains. Can't it be stopped?...

"It's not like in the movies," is good advice for almost any field or endeavor, from war to Wall Street. But perhaps nowhere is it more true than in politics. At the end of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Claude Raines admits he was the villain all along. Lonesome Rhodes, the populist demagogue played to perfection by Andy Griffith in "A Face in the Crowd," has a hot-mic moment on TV and the audience gets cathartic release seeing his schemes fall apart...

O Father God, may our hearts be pure as we praise your name. Amen.

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Second Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Missouri Avenue...

Roberta "Bobbie" L. Ulrich, 89, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Cape Girardeau. Bobbie was born August 4, 1932 to Wesley H. and Grace Meyer Cotner in Leemon. She graduated from College High School in 1950. In her career she worked in several businesses, serving 16 years at the International Shoe Company. ...

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Emil Edmond Stueve, 82, of Perryville died Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Holiday Residential Care. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Kevin Barron officiating...

Gary Hugh Reynolds, 87, of Whitewater died peacefully Monday, July 25, 2022, at his family farmstead. He was born Dec. 16, 1934, near Burfordville to Otis and Aza Helderman Reynolds. On Nov. 6, 1953, Gary married Mildred Proffer Reynolds, and together they had two children, Carla and Scott...

Barry Wayne McBride, son to the late Edward Eugene "Gene" and Mary "Maxine" Burson McBride, was born Dec. 1, 1951, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 70 years surrounded by his loving family...

On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Bette Nitsch Hyten, 80, passed away peacefully at her home in Jackson. She was born in Glasco, Kansas. She graduated from Jackson High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University, earning a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master of business administration. She retired as the chief financial officer of the Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging after 36 years...

BENTON, Mo. -- Roy Gunter, 74, of Benton died Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

James "Jim" Edmonds, 57, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, in Cape Girardeau County. He was born in Cape Girardeau Nov. 25, 1964, to parents James and Vickie Edmonds. Jim "Bucket" Edmonds was a greatly loved husband, dad, Pawpaw, brother and friend...

LOS ANGELES -- "Jeopardy!" is giving itself two answers to the question of who gets to host the quiz show -- Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. Bialik and Jennings have been serving as rotating hosts since Mike Richards exited the show amid controversy after a short tenure as the late Alex Trebek's replacement...

MANILA, Philippines -- A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors...

LONDON -- James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity, has died on his 103rd birthday. Lovelock's family said Wednesday that he died the previous evening at his home in southwest England "surrounded by his family." The family said his health had deteriorated after a bad fall but that until six months ago Lovelock "was still able to walk along the coast near his home in Dorset and take part in interviews.". ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- One of Viktor Orban's closest associates has resigned in protest over what she called a "pure Nazi" speech given by the Hungarian prime minister in which he railed against Europe becoming a "mixed race" society. It was a rare rebuke from within the governing ranks of the Hungarian leader, who has long been accused by the European Union of eroding democratic institutions and norms...

Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea. That is because explosive mines are drifting in the waters, ship owners are assessing the risks and many still have questions over how the deal will unfold...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian troops used American-supplied precision rocket launchers to knock out a strategic bridge used by Russia to supply its forces in southern Ukraine's occupied Kherson region, officials said Wednesday. Ukraine also claimed to have destroyed an enemy ammunition depot, artillery pieces and other military equipment in the region, killing 51 members of the Russian army. There was no immediate confirmation from the Russian side...

LONDON -- The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines...

WASHINGTON -- The week before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Missouri's Josh Hawley became the first Republican senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 election. Texas' Ted Cruz came next, dashing off his own plan on a flight from Houston to Washington days before the joint session of Congress to certify the election results...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden ended his COVID-19 isolation on Wednesday, telling Americans they can "live without fear" of the pandemic if they take advantage of booster shots and treatments, the protections he credited with his swift recovery. "You don't need to be president to get these tools to be used for your defense," he said in the Rose Garden. "In fact, the same booster shots, the same at-home test, the same treatment that I got is available to you."...

WASHINGTON -- In a startling turnabout, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin announced an expansive agreement Wednesday that had eluded them for months addressing health care and climate, raising taxes on high earners and corporations and reducing federal debt...

WASHINGTON -- A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States passed the Senate on Wednesday as lawmakers raced to finish work on a key priority of the Biden administration. The $280 billion measure, which awaits a House vote, includes federal grants and tax breaks for companies that construct their chip facilities in the U.S. ...

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in more than three decades to tame high inflation. The Fed's move will raise its key rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%, its highest level since 2018...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights to lighter terms than recommended in sentencing guidelines, calling one "truly a rookie officer" and describing the other as "a good police officer, father and husband."...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The scorching heat spell in the Pacific Northwest is now expected to last longer than forecasters had initially predicted, setting parts of the normally temperate region on course to break heat wave duration records. "We warmed up the forecast for the latter part of this week," said David Bishop, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Portland, Oregon. His office is now forecasting up to 101 degrees for today, Friday and Saturday...

CHICAGO -- The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event...

LOS ANGELES -- Tony Dow, who as Wally Cleaver on the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver" helped create the popular and lasting image of the American teenager of the 1950s and '60s, died Wednesday. He was 77. Frank Bilotta, who represented Dow in his work as a sculptor, confirmed his death in an email to The Associated Press...

Son to Shane and Caitlin Emmons of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:06 a.m., Sunday, July 10, 2022. Name, Rowan Michael. Weight, 7 pounds. Fourth child, first son. Mrs. Emmons is the daughter of Tabatha Jones and Michael Jones of Chaffee, Missouri. She is self-employed and owner of Lemon & Lace LLC. Emmons is a service technician at Auffenberg Hyundai...

Ryan Presley, a meteorologist with the U.S. Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, says the current heat wave should be over by tomorrow, when a cold front from Canada passes through area; a heat wave like the Midwest is experiencing with highs near 100 degrees and heat indexes of 110 is no rarity, according to Presley: "We have this every couple of summers."...

Chapter LY of P.E.O. is pleased to announce that its local scholarship of $1,000.00 was awarded to Brittney M. Koch, currently a student in the SoutheastHEALTH College of Nursing and Health Sciences. In keeping with P.E.O's mission, Chapter LY fosters the advancement of women by helping them pursue their educational goals through this local scholarship. ...

Elite Travel, Inc. all-inclusive specialist, Jaime Stroder, did a site inspection during a family vacation! While in Mexico, Jaime visited Dreams Jade- it was her first time visiting this property. While here, she enjoyed the beautiful grounds and the relaxing atmosphere. ...