Stories from Friday, June 7, 2024

Stacy Taylor, director of Tiny Hearts Creative Enrichment Center, helped start the day care provider at 316 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau in November 2023...

The Cape Girardeau County Commission held a quick regular session Thursday, June 6, approving different budgetary and payment requests...

A man who allegedly repeatedly punched a victim in the face, hit the victim in the back of the head with a metal bar and smashed a mirror over her back is in Cape Girardeau County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond and is facing four felonies and one misdemeanor charge...

Michelle Kaempfer of Glen Allen was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday, June 6, for perjury. Kaempfer was accused of telling a series of elaborate lies and fabricating evidence in trying to frame another woman on multiple crimes, including harassment. ...

A judge granted another extension Friday, June 7, to Cape Girardeau County Coroner Wavis Jordan to find an attorney to defend him in a civil suit seeking to remove him from office. In a case review held via video conference, Judge Jerel Lee Poor II extended a deadline to Friday, June 14, to either hire an attorney or file an answer to the Missouri Attorney General petition...

Elad Gross is running as the Democratic candidate for Attorney General (AG) on the basis of making the office more known and “responsive” among people in Missouri. Gross is running against Republican incumbent Andrew Bailey and Republican candidate Will Scharf...

A Charleston man faces eight felonies following a domestic violence call that led to several drug-related charges. Vashon Rivers, 39, was arrested in Cape Girardeau and charged with eight felonies: four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with physical evidence in a felony, third-degree domestic assault and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...

Today is Friday, June 7, the 159th day of 2024. There are 207 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down, 7-2, a Connecticut law used to prosecute a Planned Parenthood clinic in New Haven for providing contraceptives to married couples...

SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence (SADI) will open a new, inclusive driving school called SADI Drive Ability for individuals who want to learn to drive. Typical teens who want to get their permit and practice driving, individuals with physical disabilities, individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury and stroke, and individuals with developmental disabilities including autism will be able to attend the school. ...

Living in the heartland has many benefits. However, mosquitoes and ticks certainly aren’t one of them. Bug Zero can treat the exterior of your home, so you don’t have to worry about sprays or candles to enjoy an evening in your backyard.  Bug Zero treats your backyard areas during peak outdoor pest pressure months, targeting plant foliage, shaded areas and roof edges where pesky outdoor pests frequent. ...

O Lord Jesus, our hope is built on you for in you we have life. Amen.

A number of organizations and groups in the region help those less fortunate. From providing gifts for children in the area around the holidays to packing food for desperate men, women and children around the world, many folks step forward to help. One City’s annual Community Care Day, held Wednesday in Cape Girardeau, is another example of doing for others.

__Pound of flesh__ Republicans couldn’t find any evidence of wrongdoing against Joe Biden so they’ve decided to exact their pound of flesh from his son and brother with criminal referrals. The things they do for Trump! __Prison__ ​The prison system is full of inmates who claim they’re innocent and were set up by someone out to get them. Trump will fit in nicely.

Saturday afternoon, a Duane Reade security guard was severely stabbed and a shopper threatened by a knife-wielding thief at one of the chain’s midtown Manhattan stores. Roughly 12 hours later, a straphanger was shot in the hand as his train pulled into the 86th street and Lexington Avenue platform. That’s life in Manhattan, where transit crime, assault and shoplifting are raging.

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 5 n Medical assists were made at 4:10 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 9:50 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:39 p.m. on West Lorimier Place; 4:29 p.m. on Lexington Avenue; and 5:25 p.m. on Drury Lane. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on Good Hope Street. ...

Ricky Joe Moore, 65, of Benton died Monday, June 3, 2024, at his home. He was born Jan. 16, 1959, in Alton, Illinois, to Anna Vincent. He married Vanessa I. Horton on July 3, 1994, in Las Vegas. He worked for Proctor & Gamble for 25 years as a millwright. He enjoyed spending time with his children, boating, trips to the beach and riding his Harley-Davidson. ...

Sellavene "Ceil" I. Law, 87, of Jackson died Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at Monticello House. A celebration of life to be held at a later date. ...

ST. LOUIS — A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020. Now they want their guns back. Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey filed a request in January to have the convictions wiped away. ...

PRAGUE — A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train in the Czech Republic, killing at least four people and injuring 27 others, officials said Thursday. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said the crash took place late Wednesday night in the city of Pardubice, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Prague. The high-speed passenger train belonged to the private RegioJet company...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and leaving their corpses scattered along the Long Island coast kept a “blueprint” of his crimes on his computer, prosecutors revealed Thursday as they brought charges against Rex Heuermann in two more killings...

WASHINGTON — Jonathan Dekel-Chen dreams of the moment when his abducted 35-year-old son, Sagui, is reunited with his wife and three young children, including a daughter born two months after the devastating attack on Israel that initiated the war. Ruby Chen longs to recover the remains of his 19-year-old son, Itay — a soldier who Israeli intelligence says was killed in the Oct. 7 attack — so that he can be buried and his “soul” finally given “a place to rest” in accordance with Jewish practices...

AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat...

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection, a federal judge ruled Thursday...

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board last month refused to sign off on the results of an election that led to the recall of three GOP members of the county commission. They did so only after state officials warned them it was their legal duty to record the final vote tally...

BALTIMORE — A tornado that ripped through suburban Detroit earlier this week downed trees that smashed through the roof of Abby Sata’s family home, sending water gushing below. Though they now have a giant crane taking trees off the house, they were lucky no one was hurt. ...

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to two people familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week formally invited Netanyahu to come speak, delivering the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas in Gaza. ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to local health officials. The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school...

WILMINGTON, Del. — The widow of Hunter Biden's brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her home...

OMAHA BEACH, France — As young soldiers, they waded through breaking waves and gunfire to battle the Nazis. Now bent with age, the dwindling number of World War II veterans joined a new generation of leaders on Thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy on the shores where they landed 80 years ago on D-Day...

Cape Girardeau homeowners are making a big splash; although it’s summer and that means time to indulge in the luxury of a swimming pool, some Girardeans are wading in line for construction permits; the city’s inspection services division has issued eight permits for swimming pools so far this year, including four this past month alone. ...

Bandit and Chilli are bonded pair of aussie mixes and love to play and run all day. They are 5 years old and need to find a home together. If you have room in your heart and home for these dogs or any other pet, visit us at 359 Cree Lane near Jackson any weekday or weekend from 8 a.m. to noon. Visitors are always welcome to play with our pets.

Michael S. Wright, 65, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.

William "Bill" Lee Ruiz, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 3, 2024, peacefully at his home. He was born Nov. 12, 1960, in St. Louis to Gary and Elaine Anderson Ruiz. Bill was a licensed practical nurse for 33 years, specializing in long-term care for the elderly. If a person had or has a loved one in a care facility, Bill was the kind of nurse families pray to have...

Dr. Joseph Joe Van Huskey, 74, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, May 31, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. He was born in Cape Girardeau Oct. 8, 1949, to T.H. and Freeda VanMatre Huskey Jr. After graduating from Woodland High School in 1967, Joe received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Southeast Missouri State University in 1971, a master's in Education in 1976 from SEMO and a doctorate in Curriculum from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1993. ...

Robert Ray Forsythe, 79, of Scott City died Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 6, 1944, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Robert E. Lee and Anna Marie Ward Forsythe. Robert and Bettie Katherine Gould were married June 1, 1969, at Nevada, Missouri...

Brenda J. Floyd, 82, of Jackson died Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Monticello House. Graveside service will be at noon Tuesday, June 18, at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Pocahontas. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...

William "Albert" Brown, 83, of New Wells passed away Thursday, June 6, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 27, 1940, in Ste. Genevieve, son of Otis and Beulah Gastineau Brown Sr. He and Dorothy Lorenz were married Aug. 15, 1959. She preceded him in death Feb. 5, 1996. He and Marie Rogers were married on April 22, 2000...