Stories from Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Jackson Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will hold their fall National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct 28, at Jackson Police Department, 202 W. Jackson Blvd. Jackson PD and the DEA will collect tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of prescription drugs...

The Southeast Missouri State University Wind Symphony and Cape Central High School's Concert Band will present a fall concert Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the River Campus in Cape Girardeau. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Bedell Performance Hall, located at 518 S. Fountain St...

October is for apple picking, pumpkin carving and ghost stories, and all are available in Southeast Missouri. Here is the ultimate Halloween survival guide: n Haunted Hall of Horror in Cape Girardeau n Black Forest Haunted Ghost Town in Cape Girardeau...

The VintageNOW fashion show is back this year and will be held at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. This year the fashion show has a fresh new theme, "ImagiNATION: Ode to the Arts". Deb Maevers, founder and director of VintageNOW said she has always had a theme of this sort in the back of her mind. ...

Cape Girardeau City Council members voted 4-1 to approve an ordinance amending the Central Business District (CBD) section of the city's zoning code at their meeting Monday, Oct. 16. The CBD is a large district containing many types of properties. Some of these properties were developed and historically used as gas stations, auto service centers and mechanic shops, which are not permitted under current CBD regulations. ...

Natsuko Teshima had experience working in the catering business in St. Louis, but the prospect of owning a restaurant in Cape Girardeau was something she had never considered. Then, property at 424 Broadway in Scout Hall became available, already designed for a Japanese eatery. Teshima moved to Cape Girardeau in August of this year and took full advantage of the opportunity...

Taylor Swift fans, otherwise known as Swifties, from left, Charlsea Thurman, Remmi Patterson, Kali McGruder and Rhemington Harvey, point to a movie poster before heading inside to watch "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" on the big screen Friday, Oct. 13, at the Marcus Theater in Cape Girardeau...

Laura Emmons did not expect her physical exam before high school to change her life. But it did. During that exam, Emmons was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder categorized by restricting one’s calorie intake to the point of malnutrition, coupled with an intense fear of gaining weight. There are two subtypes of anorexia nervosa: restricting type and binge-eating/purging type. Initially, Emmons says she fell under the restricting subtype...

Members of the Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri construction team built raised garden boxes Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the students at Parkview State School in Cape Girardeau. Parkview State School is part of the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled. The school's mission is to ensure students learn authentic skills in a safe environment and to be productive and integrated into their home, community and work...

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump lost even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel...

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2023. There are 74 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 18, 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. On this date: In 1648, Boston shoemakers were authorized to form a guild to protect their interests, becoming the first American labor organization on record...

O Father God, may we as brothers and sisters in Christ be united. Amen.

Earlier this year, President Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years. He dubbed the initiative the "Cancer Moonshot 2.0," a nod to former President John F. Kennedy's ambitious plans to put Americans on the moon. Similar initiatives, including President Richard Nixon's "war on cancer" with the signing of The National Cancer Act in 1971, also attempted to take on the disease...

Luck is the residue of design, they say. Might it also be the residue of frightening and confusing foreign adversaries? Donald Trump's relatively crisis-free presidency in foreign affairs has created a sense, perhaps an accurate one, that he cowed enemies into not challenging the U.S. ...

School fundraisers are nothing new. Food items. Car washes. Raffles. There is almost always a classroom looking for a few bucks during each school year. But a little one-off campaign is not what Notre Dame Regional High School's annual Activity Week is, and the results speak for themselves...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Thefts n Stealing was reported on Bloomfield Street. n Theft from a vehicle was reported on Saint Francis Drive. n Shoplifting was reported on South Plaza Way. n Theft from a vehicle was reported...

Sharon Eve Stausing was born May 12, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Calvin C. and Glennetta Allen Vogelsang. Surrounded by her loving family, Sharon passed away Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 75. Sharon grew up in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Central High School in 1966. ...

Erma Joan Burns, 88, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The Rev. Joshua Schmidt will conduct a memorial service at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 20, at the church...

SANTA FE, N.M. -- Special prosecutors are seeking to recharge actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in 2021, describing Tuesday their preparations to present new information to a grand jury. New Mexico-based prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said they'll present their case to the grand jury within the next two months, noting "additional facts" have come to light in the shooting on the set of the film "Rust" that killed Halyna Hutchins.. ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- They are playfully called the "forgotten five": A handful of toys -- the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers -- that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back on the pile...

BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders struggled Tuesday to paper over their differences as a cacophony of opinions and reactions marred the bloc's response to the Israel-Hamas war. But they did claim to be united behind Israel's right to defend itself within the bounds of international law...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- A draft congressional report on Brazil's Jan. 8 riots on Tuesday accused ex-President Jair Bolsonaro of being the insurrection's mastermind and recommended he be criminally charged with attempting to stage a coup. The report by Sen. ...

NEW YORK -- Crash and fatality rates among drivers under 21 have fallen dramatically in the U.S. during the past 20 years, a new report says, while noting young drivers are still the riskiest group behind the wheel. Using data from 2002-2021, a non-profit group of state highway safety offices says in the report made public Wednesday that fatal crashes involving a young driver fell by 38%, while deaths of young drivers dropped even more, by about 45%. ...

A broken rail caused a train derailment that collapsed a bridge over an interstate highway in Colorado, killing a truck driver and blocking the road for days, federal authorities said Tuesday based on their preliminary findings. Investigators are examining how the rail broke and why warning systems did not alert crews to the condition of the track, the National Transportation Safety Board said. An agency spokesperson said officials had no reason to believe sabotage caused the derailment...

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump returned Tuesday to the civil fraud trial that imperils his real estate empire, watching and deploring the case as an employee and an outside appraiser testified that his company essentially put a thumb on the scale when sizing up his properties' value...

A fatal stabbing in Illinois, a gun pointed at protesters in Pennsylvania, vandalism at synagogues and harassment of staff at a Palestinian restaurant all are raising fears the war between Israel and Hamas is sparking violence in the United States. The tensions follow a familiar pattern of crimes against Jewish and Muslim communities rising when conflict erupts in the Middle East and Americans have been killed or taken hostage...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced major setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday, as Jordan called off the president's planned summit with Arab leaders after a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital killed hundreds...

BEIRUT -- Clashes erupted Tuesday along the Lebanon-Israel border that left five Hezbollah fighters dead, marking the largest number of casualties for the militant group in a single day as tensions with Israel escalate. Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon have engaged in a series of low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza between the Israeli military and the Hamas militant group. Hezbollah has announced the death of 10 militants since skirmishes began...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants...

Hanover Lutheran Church holds its annual mission festival service with special guest, the Rev. A.R. Victor Raj; a native of India, Raj worked there many years with the India Evangelical Lutheran Church; from 1990 to 1995, he was professor and chairman of the division of theology at Concordia University in Wisconsin, and in 1995 he joined the faculty at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis as mission professor of exegetical theology...

CAPE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD APPOINTMENT The Cape Area Community Foundation (CACF) announces the appointment of a new Board of Governors member. Katie Hill Earnhart is a Jackson resident and currently the Library Director of the Cape Girardeau Public Library. ...