Stories from Friday, April 5, 2024

The city of Cape Girardeau and Jackson have announced parking plans for the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. The Cape Girardeau Police Department stated it will be placing barricades on the east side of the intersection of Limbaugh Lane and Veterans Memorial at 8 a.m. Monday...

The Cape Girardeau Heritage Museum will hold three new exhibits for their official opening with an unveiling from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 19. The exhibits include a history of the old Cape Girardeau bridge’s construction, President Harry S. Truman’s involvement with Southeast Missouri and The Art of American Quiltmaking. The exhibit “From Farmhouse to White House Harry S. Truman at 140” was made by Southeast Missouri State University’s “Problems in Historic Preservation” Spring 2024 class...

Tyrone Jones, 50, of Cape Girardeau, faces four theft-related charges, including first-degree burglary, a Class B felony. Among the items stolen from a home was a wooden boxes containing a dog's ashes, the victim alleges, though Jones said he tried to return the items to the victim later...

Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's detectives say a Cape Girardeau man was found with a "plethora" of driver's licenses, IDs, Social Security cards, a birth certificate and numerous debit and credit cards belonging to different individuals. Anthony Sagers, 38, is charged with the Class B felony of trafficking in stolen identities...

DEXTER, Mo. — A former officer and K-9 handler with the Dexter Police Department faces criminal charges for his alleged involvement in the death of one K-9 and serious injury of another. Derrick Allen Durall of Puxico, Missouri, was charged Thursday, April 4 through Stoddard County on two counts each of felony animal abuse and misdemeanor animal neglect, according to a news release issued Friday, April 5 by Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer Smith. ...

District 146 House of Representatives candidates Lucas Green and incumbent Rep. Barry Hovis spoke about their respective campaigns during the Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club meeting Friday at Delmonico's in Jackson. As a first-time candidate, Green was thorough with his agenda, explaining his ideas on subjects such as abortion, technological advancement and a "digital transformation of government", child care, education and veterans issues. ...

Today is Friday, April 5, the 96th day of 2024. There are 270 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union...

New York City, Denver, Chicago and other cities are urgently recruiting bilingual education teachers as the children of migrants enroll in school. Bilingual ed will doom most of these kids to failure. All too often it's an educational ghetto, producing dropouts who can't speak English and face a lifetime of poverty. Non-English-speaking students should be given intense instruction in English when they first arrive at school and then mainstreamed to classrooms where students are taught only in English.

O Father God, thank you for grace through your son Jesus. Amen.

Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 3 n Medical assists were made at 9:53 a.m. on Linden Street; 10:49 a.m. at North Cape Rock and Fairlane drives; 12:45 p.m. on Delwin Street; 1:46 p.m. on Pioneer Drive; 2:21 p.m. on Woodland Drive; 4:42 p.m. on North Silver Springs Road; 5:01 p.m. on South Broadview Street...

Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Thefts n Shoplifting was reported on North Spring Avenue. n Theft of a vehicle was reported on Siemers Drive...

John Claude Norman, 76, of Jackson passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1948, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, son of Henry B. and Clementine Caneer Norman. He and Linda Charlotte Layne were married June 4, 1967, at Senath United Methodist Church in Senath. ...

BALTIMORE -- Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by the end of this month. The bridge collapsed within seconds on March 26 after being struck by the cargo ship Dali, which lost power shortly after leaving Baltimore, bound for Sri Lanka. ...

NEW YORK -- Days after former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond to block New York state from imminently collecting on a huge civil fraud judgment, state lawyers Thursday called for more information on the bond's bona fides. State Attorney General Letitia James' office filed papers giving Trump's lawyers or the bond underwriter 10 days to "justify" the bond -- essentially, to show that the company can make good on it. ...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Ukraine's second-largest city, killing four people, local authorities said Thursday, as the Kremlin's forces apparently set in motion their strategy for the coming months of war by escalating the bombardment of civilian areas...

HUALIEN, Taiwan -- Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads. Ten people died and more than 1,000 were injured...

LONDON -- More than 600 British jurists, including three retired judges from the U.K. Supreme Court, are calling on the government to suspend arms sales to Israel, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the deaths of three U.K. aid workers in an Israeli strike...

BRUSSELS -- NATO marked 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing on Thursday to stay the course in Ukraine as better-armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield. The anniversary comes as the now 32-nation alliance weighs a plan to provide more predictable longer-term military support to Ukraine. ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in the city, a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing in federal court, U.S. District Judge Mark S. ...

WASHINGTON -- Migrant children who wait in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border for the Border Patrol to process them are in the agency's custody and are subject to a long-standing court-supervised agreement that set standards for their treatment, a judge ruled...

NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel over its war against Hamas on Thursday, urging the country to: "Get it over with." In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump said that Israel is "absolutely losing the PR war" and called for a swift resolution to the bloodshed...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee would become the latest state to require public school students to watch a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group, or something comparable, under legislation that is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee's desk...

McALESTER, Okla. -- A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed Thursday morning. Michael Dewayne Smith received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester and was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m., Oklahoma Department of Corrections spokesperson Lance West said...

NEW YORK -- The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump...

A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at one point. A woman was killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb and a second woman died in a New Hampshire fire caused by the weather...

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden issued a stark warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that future U.S. support for Israel's Gaza war depends on the swift implementation of new steps to protect civilians and aid workers. Biden and Netanyahu 's roughly 30-minute call just days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza added a new layer of complication to the leaders' increasingly strained relationship. ...

Jayne Ervin is the newest member of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board of directors; Ervin, a jeweler at Jason Jewelers Ltd. and Ervin’s Metalsmiths Inc., was named to fill the vacancy left by Jim Sexton, former Saint Francis Medical Center president and chief executive officer, who left Cape Girardeau in January to become president and CEO of North Iowa Mercy Health Center and Network in Mason City, Iowa. ...

Lauren Alyssa Ciezadlo, 29, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 30, 2024, at her home. She was born Sept. 18, 1994, in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Gregory J. and Kate Ciezadlo. She received a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University...

Louise Gann, 77, of Jackson died Monday, March 25, 2024, at Jackson Manor. A graveside service has been postponed because of inclement weather to 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Fairmount Cemetery. The cremation of Louise Gann has been handled by the staff of Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

Thomas "Tom" F. Griffaw, 85, departed his earthly life Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Tom was born July 25, 1938, in Cape Girardeau. He was born the fourth son and sixth child to Charles and Jewel Martin Griffaw. He served in the U.S. Army, spending time in Germany during the Cold War. Most of his working life was spent with heavy equipment sales and service...

Robert John Owen, 55, of Jackson passed away Saturday, March 30, 2024, at his home. He was born Oct. 10, 1968, in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, to Robert Owen and Deanna Thompkins. He served in the U.S. Navy. He loved to cook and share numerous recipes with friends and family. Large gatherings and cookouts were a regular occasion with Robert...

Dorothy Caroline Ressel, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at the church, with the Rev. Rick Jones and Deacon Mark Kiblinger officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Frank Russell "Buz" Sutherland III, 74, of Sikeston, formerly of Charleston, died Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

The Walks Foundation will be hosting their annual event Saturday, April 13, to raise awareness of testicular cancer and raise funds for cancer patients and their families. The TeeHouse Complex will be the site of the Lemon Drop Long Drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m...