Stories from Monday, November 27, 2023

KENNETT, Mo. — The City of Kennett will be in the path of totality of the upcoming solar eclipse in the spring, and the Kennett Chamber of Commerce is planning events to take advantage of being a prime viewing area for the rare event, which is now just over 130 days away...

Jackson resident Steve Stroder has announced he intends to run for the city's Board of Aldermen to represent the Ward 4. "I grew up in Jackson and the first 26 years of my life I spent in Jackson," Stroder said. "I grew to really love the community that was built by the leaders of Jackson all the way back then. I always looked up to those guys and ladies and felt like we had an amazing community."...

The Feed My Starving Children packaging event will be held from Friday, Dec.1, through Sunday, Dec 3, at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau has been a regular participant in the Feed My Starving Children program for 14 years. The program, a Christian not-for-profit, was started in 1987 and coordinates the packaging and distribution of food to malnourished children in nearly 70 countries...

The boutique hotel in Cape Girardeau that used to be the Himmelberger House officially has a new name. Madawn Traxel and her husband, Ben, have named the 603 N. Henderson Ave. location Rockwood Inn after the street it's adjacent to...

Some may say it was in Darlene Spell’s blood to become a professional photographer. Cameras have always been a part of her life. Her mother received her first camera, a Brownie box, when she was 9 years old in 1939, and her father started taking photos while stationed in Germany during the Korean War...

Revelers walk along Broadway during the 31st annual Parade of Lights on Sunday, Nov. 26, in downtown Cape Girardeau. This year's theme was "Gnome Place Like Home".

Today is Monday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2023. There are 34 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. (White served five years for manslaughter; he took his own life in October 1985.)...

Father God, thank you that we can freely read your Holy Word and worship you. Amen.

You can see it with your own eyes. But Democrats and their left-wing media allies call it a "fantasy." What is it? Election fraud. A Lawrence, Massachusetts, voter who had been turned away from the polls on Election Day and told he had already voted found out he was the victim of fraud. He checked the footage on the video camera outside his front door and saw that a woman had removed mail-in ballots from his mailbox. He called police...

Pricing for the average new car continues to rise, with the latest reports pegging the average new vehicle transaction price around $48,000. High interest rates are a further impediment for shoppers on a tight budget. While buying used is always an option, there are some great new cars out there that are still affordably priced. The automotive experts at Edmunds have selected five standout vehicles with starting prices less than $30,000...

When the Social Security Administration calls, you pick up. But between October 2022 and June 2023, more than 55,000 people who answered calls from what they thought was the government agency said they were scammed. Allegations of Social Security scams increased 61.7% in the quarters ending in June 2022 and June 2023, according to the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General...

"People have already got what they want. There are only so many big-screen TVs and Alexa (Amazon voice assistants) you can buy." ...

The City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department reported two new business license applications recently. n Jacob Coleman of Marquand, Missouri, applied for Big Iron Auto LLC at 1000 Kingsway Drive on Nov. 16. The business would deal with the resale of cars, trucks and trailers...

The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its First Friday Coffee at the Century Casino Event Center on Friday, Dec. 1. Doors open at 7 a.m.; the presentations will start at 7:45 a.m. A continental breakfast will be provided. This month's sponsors are Saint Francis Healthcare System and Ritter Communications...

Several area businesses will be hosting ribbon-cuttings this week: nEdge Realty will celebrate its 20th anniversary at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1 at its 125 E. Main St. location in Jackson. nDiscovery Playhouse's renovated Eden Salon exhibit will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1...

As the temperature falls, so too do fuel prices across the nation. The average cost for a gallon of gasoline nationwide is just $3.26. In Missouri, the average price is $2.85. Diesel prices are at $4.24 a gallon for the national average. For the state average, they've dipped below the $4 mark to just $3.93...

Visionary Wealth Advisors has announced the addition of Katie Lorberg to its team of financial professionals as a wealth management adviser. With a decade of experience in financial services, Lorberg brings her knowledge and expertise to Visionary's Jackson office...

Christy Pierce of Polar Bluff, Missouri, has joined First Midwest Bank of the Ozarks as the coordinator of community relations. She will serve as the bank's community relations point of contact, working at a Poplar Bluff location. She brings more than 30 years of advertising and management experience to the role...

Jackson resident Erin Ressler has been named the new executive director of Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization. Ressler brings more than a decade of event organization experience with not-for-profits to the role. She is a lifelong Jacksonian and a Southeast Missouri State University graduate...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces' missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. It tracks soldiers' fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space...

Ukraine tried to attack Moscow with dozens of drones, Russian authorities said Sunday, just a day after Ukrainian officials reported that Russia had launched its most intense drone attack on Kyiv since the beginning of its full-scale war in 2022. Russian air defenses brought down at least 24 drones over the Moscow region -- which surrounds but doesn't include the capital -- and four other provinces to the south and west, the Russian Defense Ministry and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported in a series of Telegram updates. ...

More than 1.3 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said all 1.35 million chickens on the farm in Ohio's Union County will be slaughtered to help limit the spread of the highly contagious virus after a case was confirmed in the flock last week...

MOSCOW -- The shelves at Moscow supermarkets are full of fruit and vegetables, cheese and meat. But many of the shoppers look at the selection with dismay as inflation makes their wallets feel empty. Russia's Central Bank has raised its key lending rate four times this year to try to get inflation under control and stabilize the ruble's exchange rate as the economy weathers the effects of Russia's military operation in Ukraine and the Western sanctions imposed as a consequence...

WASHINGTON -- As Congress returns to session this week, lawmakers will be trying to forge an agreement on sending a new round of wartime assistance to Ukraine. But to succeed, they will have to find agreement on an issue that has confounded them for decades...

MINNEAPOLIS -- An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate "super pigs" in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion. In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. ...

ELMSFORD, N.Y. -- When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn't sold got tossed out. But on a recent day, Rafferty, the store manager for ShopRite of Elmsford-Greenburgh in New York, was preparing boxes of bread, doughnuts, fresh produce and dairy products to be picked up by a food bank. It's part of a statewide program requiring larger businesses to donate edible food and, if they can, recycle remaining food scraps...

The holiday season in Southeast Missouri features a packed calendar of activities, from live nativities to festive events for everyone. Among them: n Cape Girardeau County Historical Society will host an Indoor Nativity Walk through Monday, Jan. 15. ...

The Salvation Army fed about 640 people yesterday at its free Thanksgiving Day feast; about 300 meals were delivered in Cape Girardeau and Jackson on Thursday, which is more than in years past; the Salvation Army began the Thanksgiving dinner in 1983 as a spin-off of their regular meal program...

Revella Schlosser, daughter of the late Andrew John and Mary Katherine LeDure Welter was born Aug. 15, 1928, in Benton, Missouri, and departed her life Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, at Monticello House in Jackson at the age of 95 years. She was a member of St, Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Missouri. ...

In loving memory of Dai Vernon Coomer, a devoted husband to Betty Coomer for 32 years since their union April 4, 1992. Born on May 15, 1964, Dai passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22, at the age of 59, leaving behind a legacy of love. He cultivated a life rich with devotion, raising 10 children and creating cherished memories with 17 grandchildren. Dai dedicated over two decades to his work at Campbell Mattress, impacting both colleagues and the community...

In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s — people who refuse to fight. As the war grinds into its second winter, a growing number of Russian soldiers want out, as suggested in secret recordings obtained by The Associated Press of Russian soldiers calling home from the battlefields of the Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions in Ukraine...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- The fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was back on track Sunday as the militants freed 17 more hostages, including 14 Israelis and the first American, in a third exchange under a four-day truce that the U.S. said it hoped would be extended. In turn, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners...

Kenny Lee Jeweler has served Cape County for 27 years, providing beautiful, quality fine jewelry. Store owner Kenny Lee, has been in the jewelry business for 43 years and has the experience to select the best stones and do the difficult repair work...

CHAFFEE, Mo. — Charlene Steger, daughter of the late Aloysius Kern and Rose Westrich Kern was born Feb. 18, 1943, in New Hamburg, Missouri, and departed her life Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri, at the age of 80...