Stories from Saturday, February 11, 2023

Mark A. Brand, 33, who was arrested and charged by police after a high-speed pursuit in October 2019, was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for the offense of felon in possession of a firearm. According to a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney's office, Brand lost control of his car during a police chase, crashed the vehicle and tried to flee on foot before being apprehended...

Brad Friese of Jackson will debut his first short story, "Power Squad : Water" after Valentine's day. Friese is an avid anime watcher and enjoys creative writing. Writing the short story, based loosely off of the show "Avatar: the Last AirBender", combined those interests...

For disc golf newbies in the Cape Girardeau area, the tee box has moved to the Cape Girardeau Library. Or at least, that's where a new hobby just might begin. The region's disc golf lovers want to make sure everyone in the region has a chance to try out the sport without having to fork over $60 or more for a starter kit...

The Cape Girardeau City Council hosted a more than 90-minute study session focused on public safety Thursday, Feb. 9. At the session both Cape Girardeau Police Department chief Wes Blair and assistant chief Adam Glueck made the case before council members the need for salary increases across the board as pay staggers slightly behind regional partners...

Cape Girardeau resident John Piepho remembers well watching on TV the first Super Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs vs. Green Bay Packers, on Jan. 15, 1967. Piepho had moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in June 1964, and was in the community when the inaugural contest was played...

Marge, Grace and I were lying in bed the other night, and I asked Marge what she was thinking. I've had some problems lately with my heart, so kind of figured that was what she was pondering. (Turns out I've had a heart abnormality since birth and didn't know it.) Marge said she was thinking back when she was just a kid back in Nebraska and was helping Keith, her dad, work on some calves turning the bulls into steers. ...

n Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, announces the dean's list for the fall semester: Abbie Reece of Cape Girardeau; Micah Weisbrod of Jackson; Lila Eckert of Sikeston, Missouri. n George Smirl of Cape Girardeau was named to the fall semester dean's list at University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa...

I do not often come upon a briar patch like the vines I am showing you here, but when I do I always avoid them. There are at least five kinds of greenbriers native to Southeast Missouri. This one is called bristly greenbrier. The bristly greenbrier is relatively common but not often encountered. ...

Monday: Meatball sub sandwich or hot chicken salad with whole-grain crackers, steamed carrots, potato salad and sugar-free gelatin with pears or chocolate cake. Tuesday: Beef Stroganoff or chicken and gravy, Lima beans, tomatoes and zucchini, whole-grain bread slice and hot apples and raisins or glazed applesauce cake...

Super Kids Race Day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at SEMO Rec Center in Cape Girardeau. The race day is for children from crawlers to 10 years old. Awards will be given out in each age group and t-shirts ad participation ribbons will be awarded to all entries. ...

There are many professions that deal with tragic situations. Most of us only face a crisis a few times in a lifetime. Most of us know of someone who has faced a tragedy that we have not faced. Natural disasters, fires, heart attacks, strokes, accidents and injuries happen all the time. Have you considered how first responders, doctors, nurses, clergy and others deal with their emotions?...

From the 1880s-1920s, Cape Girardeau's Matteson Paint Mill supplied a locally-sourced product desired throughout the region -- that is, if white or "Spanish Brown" suited your purpose. Today, paint projects start at the home improvement store. A boggling choice of brands, colors, with the shaker machine to mix it all up. ...

High Honor Roll 9th grade: Eli Aycock, Ann Baker, Teagen Beussink, Evan Boswell, Carter Burger, Jackson Burger, Rylan Froggatt, Jackson Gloth, Camden Jackson, Carlee Kilby, Desiray Lewis, Jackson Martin, Ariah Rogers, Macy Schrum, Jordan Streiler, Lyneya Turner, Julia Weber...

Love is unnecessary. We live in a world in which human connection is becoming a relic. A memory. A matter in which a crotchety character from another holiday would say, "Good riddance." Why entangle the necessities of living -- food, housing, entertainment -- with the complications of romance and relationships? Just buy your own flowers and be done with the whole matter...

WASHINGTON -- A Texas lawsuit with a key deadline this month is posing a threat to the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration...

WASHINGTON -- The FBI discovered an additional document with classified markings at former Vice President Mike Pence 's Indiana home during a search Friday, following the discovery by his lawyers last month of sensitive government documents there. Pence adviser Devin O'Malley said the Department of Justice completed "a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours" and removed "one document with classified markings and six additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president's counsel.". ...

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. military fighter jet shot down an unknown object flying off the coast of Alaska on Friday on orders from President Joe Biden, White House officials said. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the object was downed because it was flying at about 40,000 feet and posed a "reasonable threat" to the safety of civilian flights, not because of any knowledge that it was engaged in surveillance. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Randol Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 8 n Medical assists were made at 3 a.m. at Washington Avenue and North Middle Street; 12:40 p.m. on Cape West Drive; 2:31 p.m. on North Mount Auburn Road; 6:08 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 6:13 p.m. on North Kingshighway; and 8:15 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane...

Daughter to Tyler James Bader and Taylor Grace Sanders of Perryville, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 10:49 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Name, Ashley Christopher. Weight, 7 pounds. First child. Sanders is the daughter of Crystal Sanders and Craig Pratt of Perryville. Bader is the son of Rennee Smith of Cape Girardeau and Todd Bader of Perryville...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- William Wilcox, 71, of Marble Hill, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at his home. Arrangements are pending at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Joseph Wayne Scherer, 56, of Marble Hill died Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. A memorial service, with full military honors, will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at the funeral home...

ORAN, Mo. -- Betty Laramie, daughter of the late Lonnie Anthony and Amanda Izada Waldo Anthony, was born April 10, 1934, in Checotah, Oklahoma, and departed her life Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 88 years. She was a member of the Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran, former secretary at Oran Housing Rental and a resident of Oran...

Shirley A. Holmes, 89, of Jackson passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at Villas of Jackson. She was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Jackson, to Harry R. and Annabelle Wofford Hartle. She married James "Jim" Slinkard. When their only child, Sherry, was just 8 weeks old, Jim was tragically killed in a logging accident...

REPUBLIC, Mo. -- Ronald Lee Haggard, 84, of Republic -- best known as "Coach" or "Hag" -- peacefully passed away from natural causes Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, surrounded by loved ones. He was born Aug. 19, 1938, to Robert and Ruby Haggard in Kansas City, Missouri...

McCLURE, ILL. -- Paula Orick Winn Casey, 73, of McClure, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. Funeral will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at at the funeral home, with Diane Blaney officiating. Inurnment will be at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure...

Saving Babies and Saving Souls By Mary Koeberl Rechenberg Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart: Jerimiah 1:5a NIV St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, Missouri will hold a “Trivia Night” March 17, 2023 at 6:30 pm to raise money to support Pre-Born! Saving babies and saving souls...

Dr. James Bollinger is practicing in solitary splendor in Saint Francis Medical Center's new Healing Arts Center; Bollinger moved his family dentistry practice into the medical office building Monday and is the first tenant; about 80% of the 98,000-square-foot, $12-million center initially will be occupied, says James Sexton, hospital president and chief executive officer...

Cape Girardeau's Planning and Zoning Commission last night rejected a proposal for a halfway house at Gibson Recovery Center Inc.; the commission voted 6-3 to turn down the Gibson Center's request for a special-use permit and zoning change to allow operation of a halfway house program to serve inmates from the Missouri Division of Probation and Parole; some members cited opposition by parents and staff at a neighboring school for severely handicapped children as the reason for their votes against the halfway house.. ...