Stories from Tuesday, July 23, 2024

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit. The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen. He has been serving a sentence of life without parole. ...

Route T in Perry County, at South Fork Saline Creek near Silver Lake, will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews make bridge repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2. ...

An unidentified person allegedly stole cash and damaged property Friday evening, July 19, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 318 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. ...

Those interested in attending Southeast Missouri State University’s Law Enforcement Academy during the fall semester must apply by Friday, July 26. SEMO’s Law Enforcement Academy offers 600 hours of training, mandated by the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) program, as well as DMT Intox Type III certification, patrol rifle certification, TASER certification, sexual harassment prevention and reporting, and the law enforcement hiring process. ...

Prodigy Leadership Academy teacher Jayme Reese was recently recognized by Stanley M. Herzog Foundation as one of 12 Christian Teacher of the Year honorees. ...

Brittney Swicionis grew up on the south side of Chicago, the oldest daughter and granddaughter on both sides of her family. As a child, she always had something going on. She participated in multiple sports, dancing throughout the year and playing softball in the summer. ...

The Jackson School District hosted its sixth annual IgnitED Educational Conference on Thursday, July 18, at Jackson High School. The conference provides Missouri educators with an affordable opportunity for professional development. ...

For three generations, members of the Shivelbine family have provided the sound of music to Southeast Missouri and the surrounding states. Shivelbines Music Store in downtown Cape Girardeau, an instrument supplier to hundreds of schools and hobbyists, turned 75 this July. ...

WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents...

Citizen-led ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri constitution and mandate paid sick leave and an increased minimum wage remain on track to make November’s ballot, with records from Missouri election authorities showing each campaign has turned in more than enough valid signatures as the verification process continues...

Kansas and Missouri delegates for the Democratic National Convention endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Monday night, helping her secure enough support to become the party’s presumptive nominee for president. The announcement from both states’ Democratic Party leaders came a day after President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw from the race...

Today is Tuesday, July 23, the 205th day of 2024. There are 161 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 23, 1967, the first of five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents, escalating into violence that spread into other parts of the city and resulting in 43 deaths...

Joyce Louise Stinson, 88, of Jackson passed away Monday, July 22, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 6, 1935, in Gosnell, Arkansas, daughter of Lucian Foster and Minnie Bell Powers Calvert. She and Carl Stinson were married May 21, 1954. They had been married nearly 62 years when Carl passed away May 11, 2016. ...

Michael “Mike” Sides, 79, of Jackson died Monday, July 22, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at this time at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. ...

John Edward "Ed" Polack was born April 22, 1957, in Cape Girardeau. He died Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Jackson Manor nursing home at the age of 67. He was the second son of Dorothy Polack of Cape Girardeau and the late Robert J. Polack Sr. ...

Alice "Jeanne" Poe, 79, slipped peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast, surrounded by her family. Jeanne was born Dec. 9, 1944, in Bonne Terre to Lemro Frederick and Theresa Elizabeth Axtetter Hale. ...

V. Georgia Moll, 90, of St. Mary died Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. ...

RIVERVIEW, Fla. — Janet Sharon Brickhaus, 78, of Riverview went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 15, 2024, at The Meridian at Brandon in Tampa, Florida. She was born July 8, 1946, in Perryville to Henry and Emma Deimund Loberg. She and Donald Ferdinand Brickhaus were married May 27, 1967, in Perryville. ...

O Lord Jesus, we seek you for you alone are our Deliverer. Amen.

When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the "right thing" of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. ...

On July 13, the nation watched with horror when a crazed shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. The fact that he survived this attack can only be described as a miracle. While I’m incredibly grateful the former president is safe, it’s tragic that a murderous nut job took the life of an innocent father and seriously injured two others. ...

As I am sitting here after once again another shooting has happened here in Cape Girardeau, I am disheartened and saddened that this continues to happen every single day and tears apart families, friends and communities we live in. ...

Swallowing a handful of pills is a daily ritual for many people, from young adults coping with anxiety to older adults managing chronic conditions. Overall, 13% of people in the U.S. take five or more prescription drugs. For those 65 and older, that number is 42%...

SABANETA, Venezuela — Tears roll down the face of Tanyia Colmenares when she recalls her truncated dream of being a lawyer, which ended after two semesters in law school when she had to drop out to survive Venezuela's complex crisis. While she never got to defend a client in court, she has agreed to try to defend something far greater at the end of this month: Venezuela's democracy...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military ordered the evacuation Monday of part of a crowded area in the Gaza Strip it had designated a humanitarian zone, saying it is planning an operation against Hamas militants there. The order triggered a new flight of Palestinians, many of whom had taken refuge there just in the past weeks...

WASHINGTON — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world...

NEW YORK — Fresh off victories in other legal cases, Donald Trump on Monday pressed a New York appeals court to overturn the nearly $500 million New York civil fraud judgment that threatens to drain his personal cash reserves as he campaigns to retake the White House...

WASHINGTON — As the formulaic “pass the torch” drumbeat thumped on from lawmakers wanting him to quit the race, President Joe Biden maintained a brave face. Publicly, he vowed he was all in, until the day he got out. But there were telling indications he was listening to that beat long before he ended his campaign for reelection. One sign was over a week ago, when Chuck Schumer visited his Delaware beach house as an emissary of gloom...

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign over security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof and open fire at a campaign rally...

Joe Biden's withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far right in Europe. During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal relationships with multiple foreign leaders that none of the potential replacements on the Democratic ticket can match. ...

RADFORD, Va. — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance used his first solo campaign rallies Monday to throw fresh barbs at Vice President Kamala Harris a day after President Joe Biden threw the presidential election into upheaval by dropping out and endorsing his second-in-command to lead Democrats against Donald Trump...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press survey, as top Democrats rallied to her in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his bid for reelection...

The lack of rain, coupled with more water use, is forcing a depletion of Cape Girardeau’s water reserve, and city officials are asking residents to cut back their usage; to make matters worse, a water main broke yesterday evening at the corner of Old Sprigg and Bertling streets; according to Kevin Priester, Alliance Water Resources manager, the city is exceeding its daily production levels. ...