Stories from Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Adult students seeking a college degree can convert their work experiences into college credits through Southeast Missouri State University’s Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) initiative...

Tom Neumeyer and his grandchildren, Zach, Erica, Megan and Shawn, will have a photography exhibition starting Saturday, June 8 from 2 to 4 p.m...

A Cape Girardeau man was sentenced to 180 days in the county jail Tuesday, June 4, for the abuse of an elderly, disabled or vulnerable person...

The Cape Girardeau City Council approved the first reading of placing the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau under the control of the City of Cape Girardeau as of Monday, July 1...

A future roundabout in Jackson could soon become home to a statue of the city’s namesake...

Jackson officials reported Wednesday, June 5, that a sewer line repair project will force the closure of a portion of County Road 316/Matthew Street on Thursday, June 6. The closure will affect the portion of the roadway from the intersection of Old Cape Road East south to the city limits...

As 1944 dawned, fascism dominated Europe. Hitler’s ground troops had goose-stepped through Poland and Romania to Russia’s doorstep. They had taken France and pushed southward to Greece. From the air, the Luftwaffe decimated cities across western Europe, northern Africa and the Soviet Union. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew the only way to stop the Axis powers was to drive back the Germans and retake Europe, piece by blood-soaked piece.

Today is Wednesday, June 5, the 157th day of 2024. There are 209 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; assassin Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was arrested at the scene...

Americare Senior Living, the parent company of Capetown and Auburn Creek, has been named to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best Senior Living ratings. To be recognized as one of the Best Senior Living communities, individual locations had to earn a specific final weighted score tabulated in the independent methodology developed by the U.S. News health data analytics team...

O Father God, blessed be your name, the name above all names. Amen.

Rarely has a cabinet secretary done so little with such vast resources. On the CBS show "Face the Nation," Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg had to defend the Biden administration’s woeful record of building new electric-vehicle charging stations that are key to unlocking its hoped-for EV nirvana.

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 3 n Medical assists were made at 12:26 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court and 1:51 p.m. on Delwin Street. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. ...

Daniel T. Wiethop, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, May 23, 2024, at his home in Pensacola, Florida. He was born April 26, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Carroll and Anne Tuthill Wiethop. Daniel graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1962. After graduation, he went to work at Wiethop Truck Sales until he relocated to Arkansas. ...

Elizabeth J. "Nana" Stubbs, daughter of John and Bertha Lauck Halter, was born Jan. 20, 1937, in Chaffee and departed her life Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Chaffee Nursing Center at the age of 87 years. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church her entire life and Daughters of St. Ambrose. ...

William T. “Tom” Penrose Jr., son of William “Bill” Sr. and Wanda Mae Smith Penrose, was born Aug. 19, 1948, in Sikeston and departed his life Sunday, June 2, 2024, at his home in Advance at the age of 75 years. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Vietnam War from 1968-1972 on the USS Praine, USS Warden and DD Rholan. He was a life member of VFW Post 3127 in Chaffee. ...

Cheri Lynn McSwain, 75, of Scott City died Monday, June 3, 2024, at Country Place in Scott City after a six-year battle with cancer. She was born June 24, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Glenn and Bertha Marie Dohogne McKee. She married David McSwain on Jan. 1, 2002, and he preceded her in death. ...

Dale L. Hampton, 69, of Qulin died Friday, May 31, 2024. A memorial service will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Meadows Event Center, 11049 Route ZZ in Dexter. ...

Effie Mae French, 81, of Perryville died Friday, May 31, 2024. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Calvin Diebold, son of the late Albert Diebold and Gladys Glueck Diebold, was born May 9, 1937, in Kelso. He entered his heavenly home Sunday, June 2, 2024, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 87 years old. ...

Constance Louise Brooks, 74, of Perryville died Sunday, June 2, 2024, at her home. A graveside service will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Brenda Kay Bowman, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 3, 2024, at her home. She was born April 10, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Elba M. and Daisy Victoria Dorsey Wilkinson. She and Rick Bowman were married May 19, 1979, in Cape Girardeau. ...

PHOENIX — Parts of California, Nevada and Arizona are expected to bake this week as the first heat wave of the season arrives with triple-digit temperatures forecast for areas including Phoenix, which last summer saw a record 31 straight days of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit...

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what's behind last year's deadly burst of heat. They said even with a faster warming rate they don't see evidence of significant acceleration in human-caused climate change beyond increased fossil fuel burning...

WASHINGTON — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they would be at least somewhat likely to buy an EV the next time they buy a car, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, while 46% say they are not too likely or not at all likely to purchase one.. ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri voters in August will weigh in on a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend more money on police, the state Supreme Court ordered Tuesday. The high court changed the date when the ballot measure will appear from November to Aug. 6, the same day as Missouri's primaries. The court in April took the unusual step of striking down the 2022 voter-approved amendment...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a death row inmate's challenge to Gov. Mike Parson's decision to dissolve a board of inquiry convened to investigate the inmate’s innocence claim. Marcellus Williams filed suit last year after Parson, a Republican, did away with the inquiry board convened by his predecessor six years earlier. The board never decided if Williams was guilty or innocent...

TRENTON, N.J. — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim won New Jersey’s Senate primary Tuesday, putting him in strong position for the general election in the blue-leaning state, though the win comes a day after Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez filed to run as an independent amid his federal corruption trial...

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order that barred the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal...

WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The 247-155 vote amounts to Congress’ first legislative rebuke of the war crimes court since its stunning decision last month to seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas. ...

PHOENIX — The Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a proposal asking voters to make it a state crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry, sending the measure to the Nov. 5 ballot...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on a federal form to purchase a gun in 2018...

Dr. Dan Tallent, Cape Girardeau schools superintendent who will leave his job here at the end of June, says controversy over where to relocate elementary school boundaries and repeated delays in the completion of the new Blanchard Elementary School have kept students in limbo most of the year regarding which school they will attend next fall; while the issue was settled for many students when the school board adopted a firm set of boundaries in April, requests to consider a phase-in of the boundaries by allowing students to remain at their home school means more than 150 students still are unsure of which school they will attend next fall. ...