Stories from Saturday, October 29, 2022

DEXTER, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission named Beau Bishop as Stoddard County EMA director at its weekly meeting Friday. Presiding commissioner Danny Talkington said nine applications were received. Bishop is a member of the Dexter Fire Department and will take office Tuesday, Nov. 1...

A Dexter, Missouri, teenager was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle Thursday in Stoddard County, Missouri. According to the state Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 7:40 p.m. on Lakeview Drive in Dexter as the southbound ATV operated by a 14-year-old male of Dexter ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree...

The probability of inclement weather will push the Monster Mash Car Bash indoors Sunday, Oct. 30. The event -- which was set to be held at 35 S. Spanish St. -- will be moved to the Marquette Tower Lobby at 338 Broadway, according to a news release from Old Town Cape...

A Cape Girardeau man has been charged with three felonies in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident Thursday. A release from Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office says authorities arrested Dayvion Parker, 19, after responding to a residence on Cedar Hills Lane in which shots had reportedly been fired...

This year, Old Town Cape will host the annual Downtown Christmas Parade of Lights in Cape Girardeau on Sunday, Nov. 27. The theme this year will be "A Very Merry Grinchmas". The parade will start around dusk, according to a news release from Old Town Cape. It will originate at Capaha Park and head east on Broadway to the intersection of Broadway and Main Street before heading south on Main. The parade will end at Big Sandy Superstore...

Although the Mississippi River has risen a few feet in recent days, forecasters expect it to fall again, allowing rare access to a regional attraction. Missouri Department of Conservation (MDOC) officials estimate Tower Rock could be accessible again by mid-November...

The United Kingdom is often referred to as America's mother country. The historic relationship between the U.K. and its former colonies, severed by the 18th century Revolutionary War, has evolved over time into a close 21st-century bond. The current leaders of arguably the world's two most prominent democracies reaffirmed the "special relationship" between the U.S. ...

Today is Saturday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2022. There are 63 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America's "Great Depression" began...

Tommy and Sonya Miller of Scott City have been named Parents of the Year by the Missouri Governor's Council on Disability; their 8-year-old son, Ryan, has cerebral palsy; in addition, Cape Girardeau businessman Don E. Osborne has been honored as a Good Neighbor for his work with a disabled employee and with VIP Industries...

Is it permissible to think about a potential diplomatic end to the Ukraine war? Judging by the reaction to a letter from House progressives advocating talks between the U.S. and Russia, the answer is emphatically "no." The letter to President Joe Biden from 30 House progressives led by Rep. ...

United States Supreme Court decisions have understandably been at the top of everyone's mind in recent months. Decisions made in our nation's highest court do trickle down to touch every American, not only with its current decisions but how those decisions will set precedent for future ones. All eyes should be on our courts...

In the histories of great states there are crucial crossroads. In Missouri, Amendment 3 is a wrong turn down the wrong road at the wrong time. This measure vastly expanding Missouri's marijuana monopoly goes too far. In 2018, Missourians approved medical marijuana, which was sold to us with safeguards and protections. ...

A supporter of my organization sent a video he made driving around in downtown Los Angeles. Homelessness and crime are rampant. It is shocking to see the social chaos prevailing in one of America's major cities. It is a hard pill to swallow to see the streets of downtown Los Angeles teeming with homelessness...

A supporter of my organization sent a video he made driving around in downtown Los Angeles. Homelessness and crime are rampant. It is shocking to see the social chaos prevailing in one of America's major cities. It is a hard pill to swallow to see the streets of downtown Los Angeles teeming with homelessness...

O Lord God, may we first seek your righteousness and honor you always. Amen.

BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- Russian soldiers pummeling a city in eastern Ukraine with artillery are slowly edging closer in their attempt to seize Bakhmut, which has remained in Ukrainian hands during the eight-month war despite Moscow's goal of capturing the entire Donbas region bordering Russia...

COTABATO, Philippines -- Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains swamped a southern Philippine province, killing at least 42 people, leaving 16 others missing and trapping some residents on their roofs, officials said Friday. Most of the victims were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in hard-hit Maguindanao province, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region run by former guerrillas.. ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer in the couple's San Francisco home early Friday while searching for the Democratic leader and chillingly shouting: "Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?"...

Monday: Meatball sub sandwich or hot chicken salad with crackers, steamed carrots, potato salad and sugar-free gelatin with pears or cook's choice dessert. Tuesday: Beef Stroganoff or chicken and gravy, Lima beans, tomatoes and zucchini, whole-great bread slice and hot apple and raisins or glazed applesauce cake...

Robbie Ralls of Cape Girardeau recently called home from vacationing in California to tell his friends and family he won big on "The Price Is Right"; Ralls won nearly $22,000 in cash and prizes, including a new car; the show featuring Ralls will air tomorrow on CBS...

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Nicholas Powderly, 36, of Chaffee, Missouri, was arrested on a Scott County warrant for second-degree burglary. n Tyra Hecht, 34, of Chaffee was arrested for alleged possession of a controlled substance...

Son to Destiny Dixon of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 11:37 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Name, Azaryous Micheal-Paul. Weight, 7 pounds, 12 ounces. Second son. Dixon is the daughter of Theresa Beck of Marble Hill and Jonathon Beck of Glen Allen, Missouri...

You have probably heard that "it's a dog-eat-dog world," but in this case it is a spider-eat-spider world. And for Halloween what more could you want? I took this photo in July of this year. The black spider is called a jumping spider. There are more than 6,000 known species of jumping spiders on Earth. Fossilized remains of jumping spiders have been found embedded in amber from 50 million years ago...

Last week's blog detailed improvements made to the Capaha Park -- then Fairground Park -- lagoon in 1932. This blog continues with articles dealing with the 1962 draining, dredging and further drama. Unlike the project 30 years prior, the 1962 work wasn't plagued by recurrences of water lilies. Rather, some of the improvements made to the banks and drainage proved faulty and had to be repaired...

1938, the radio play "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, known as the "Rumble in the Jungle," to regain his world heavyweight title...

Just when you think you've become accustomed to the spotted lanternfly invasion, along comes another menace to the ecosystem: the Asian jumping worm. Allow me to introduce you to Amynthas agrestis, also known as "Alabama jumper," "Jersey wriggler" and the rude-but-accurate "crazy worm." Unlike garden-variety earthworms, these flipping, thrashing, invasive miscreants are ravenous consumers of humus, the rich, organic, essential top layer of soil formed by dead and decaying small animals, insects and leaf litter in places like forests, plant nurseries and your garden.. ...

Kage FCE Club met Oct. 13, at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Jo Byna Daume, president, called the meeting to order. Roll call was everyone's favorite vacation spot. Daume gave the devotion "Joy of Living." Barbara Marshall presented the club with a riddle which we could not solve and she also recited a poem titled "October's Party"...

Old Town Cape will hold the Monster Mash Car Bash from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cars will be decorated for Halloween and on display with trunks full of candy in the popular trunk-or-treat style. Three awards will be given to drivers at the event: Most creative vehicle display, best costume and spookiest vehicle. ...

This week's question Q: When was Veterans Day celebrated in 1972? A: Oct. 23, the fourth Monday in October. Q: "Cancer Man" from "The X-Files" appeared at Southeast Missouri State University in October 1997. Who was the actor? A: William B. Davis. Q: After the death of Harold K. Kiehne of Gordonville, who became the acting director of Southeast Missouri State University's Campus School in October 1972?...

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco is a foodie heaven with plenty of Michelin-starred restaurants. And San Franciscans love dogs. So it might come as no surprise that an entrepreneur has decided to combine the two passions, creating what's believed to be the first restaurant exclusively for man's best friend...

My wife and I both became Christians back in about 1974 in the Sandhills of Nebraska. I was hunting coyotes, and she was doing dishes. After that we'd load up on Sunday morning, Marge and Vic and I, and head the 18 miles to church. Most Sundays I'd load my rifle, a .220 Swift, and take it with me just in case we saw a coyote on the way. We usually got there early, but the Pastor Rev Verneda Brown would be there. She was a mighty fine preacher. We enjoyed church...

Have we, yet, thought about our retirement years, thought about what we'll do? Are we making plans for the time of freedom and pleasure we may feel we've missed, or do we fear we'll no longer be needed when we close those company doors for the last time? We wonder what we'll be able to tell others that we're doing now. ...

NEW YORK -- A new exhibit celebrating the ancient pharaoh King Tut is about to land in several cities with a very modern twist -- taking a digital look at the boy king for the Instagram age. Not a single golden treasure or artifact from the tomb is on view at "Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience." Instead, high-resolution digital projections of Tutankhamun's world are splashed along high walls and floors as visitors walk through nine galleries that chart his life, death and times...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will make a week-long, three country trip next month for a quartet of summits--including one that could potentially put him in the same room as China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that Biden will first travel to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Nov. ...

The publisher of "Parade" and "Relish" magazines, inserted in the Southeast Missourian, have announced the end of print publications of those titles. "Relish" will not longer publish in print as of the end of this October, and the final "Parade" print magazine will be Nov. 6...

Type "cowardly pastor" into Google and a surprising number of results will appear on your laptop. Joe McKeever's name will come up quickly. McKeever has a page on the Internet listing seven things cowardly pastors do. At no. 5 on McKeever's list is "he will never take a courageous stand on anything."...

PORTLAND, Texas -- Addison Lee Lawrence of Portland passed away Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at Corpus Christi, Texas, after a distinguished academic career and a life of love and dedication to his family. He was born Dec. 19, 1935, to John T. and Georgia Lee Lawrence in Cape Girardeau...

Virginia Welker of Millersville departed this life to her eternal home Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. She was born April 24, 1943, to Cline O. and Fredia Smith Welker of Millersville. She graduated from Jackson Senior High School in 1962 and went on to marry her sweetheart, Richard Welker, on Dec. 15, 1963...

Dale Watkins' long battle with COPD ended Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, surrounded by family and friends at his home at Chateau Girardeau. Dale was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Oct. 12, 1942, to the late Louis and Rachel Adams Watkins. He developed a lifelong love of the outdoors and horses on his grandfather's Arkansas farm...

"The Register of Marriages at Cape Girardeau, July-August 1865" was the first official government record for 132 people named therein. Two by two, they took marriage vows and legitimized 66 families. This simple, lined ledger represented a significant milestone for each family of African descent listed. ...