Stories from Sunday, May 12, 2024

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) is reflecting on the past while embracing the future. What does the future of CGI look like? A spacious, more efficient, comfortable and welcoming, modernized terminal. The anticipated opening of this new over $12 million terminal is slated for late Summer 2024...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. ...

Today is Sunday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2024. There are 233 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing. On this date:...

A 14-member Complete County Committee — including two Cape Girardeau city staffers, a councilman and the mayor — has been formed to help get an accurate count of the city’s population for the 2000 Census; a lot rides on getting a good count, everything from congressional representation to federal grants and funding; chairman of the committee is John Mehner, president of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce...

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump is blaming President Joe Biden for the criminal charges he's facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election and called his New York hush money case "a Biden show trial." Blasting the Democratic president as "a total moron" and "a fool," Trump told a crowd of tens of thousands on the Jersey Shore that the cases against him were politically motivated and timed to harm his ability to campaign. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A promising start has given way to challenging political realities for supporters of a bipartisan commission to tackle the federal government's growing debt challenges. House Speaker Mike Johnson lauded the idea of establishing such a commission on his first day in office. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When two U.S. fighter jets recently faced off in a dogfight in California, only one was piloted by a human. The other was flown by AI, in a display of how far the U.S. military has come in its use of artificial intelligence. But it's only a hint of the technology on the horizon. ...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago. Neighboring Egypt has issued its strongest objection yet to Israel's growing offensive on the southern city of Rafah, saying it intends to formally join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. ...

VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry says Moscow's forces have captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine. Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages of Grad rockets. ...

Grace Schaper, 97, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2024, at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 15, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will conduct a committal service at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...

Wilma Marie Crites Seabaugh, 98, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 11, 2024 at Capetown Assisted Living. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday, May 13, at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Monday, May 13, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...

Marvin Dale Sides, 76, of Jackson, passed away Friday, May 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to service time Wednesday, May 15, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...

Duane A. Pensel, 65, of Jackson, passed away Friday, May 10, 2024. He was born Nov. 1, 1958, in Cape Girardeau, to Carl and Dorothy Schwab Pensel. He and Teresa “Terry” Gorton were married Sept. 6, 1986, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. Duane was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau and confirmed at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson, where his membership remained. He was a Boy Scout and attained the rank of Eagle Scout...