Stories from Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be making driving surface improvements on two Scott County roads. According to a MoDOT news release, seal coating will take place on Route W, from County Road 413 to Route P near Oran, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Monday, July 8, and Tuesday, July 9. Likewise, the pavement improvement is scheduled for Route U, from Route H to U.S. 61 near Haywood City, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 10...

A Cape Girardeau man is in jail after police say he drove approximately 70 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone while evading police, eventually crashing into a residence Sunday, June 30...

The Missouri College and Career Attainment Network (MOCAN) is offering free virtual Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) support sessions for Cape Girardeau area students throughout July...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department will take over full operation of the Co-Responder Unit on Tuesday, July 23, a news release from Community Counseling Center announced...

With Independence Day quickly approaching, fireworks can be heard in neighborhoods throughout Missouri...

The Jackson Board of Aldermen re-adopted an ethics code during its Monday, July 1, meeting...

Cape Girardeau police chief Wes Blair will leave his position in August to take a job with the Memphis International Airport in Tennessee. Before he leaves, Blair reflected on his time in Cape Girardeau and the changes he has seen with the department...

Two 2024 graduates of Cape Girardeau Central High School attended the 44th Senior National Beta Club Convention and returned as national champions. Anshula Vanteddu and Jackie Zhang took first place at the convention in Savannah, Georgia, in their respective competitions. Vanteddu claimed the top prize in the 12th grade science category, while Zhang finished first in the senior performing arts solo, duo, trio dance category...

Ask someone their favorite animal, and the responses might seem fairly standard — dog, monkey, maybe a penguin. It's not every day a 12-year-old says their absolute favorite animal is a snake. Sawyer Goodman of Cape Girardeau is fascinated by the slithery reptiles. From a young age, he wanted to know all about them, even going as far as his bedtime story for three years being the "Missouri Snake Guide"...

An “honorary KKK member” will lead the list of Republicans on the ballot for Missouri governor in the Aug. 6 primary, in part because it is too late for an appeal court to hear a case seeking to remove his name. And eight candidates for county office in Vernon County will also be on the ballot despite efforts by the county Republican central committee to have them stricken...

Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 3, the 185th day of 2024. There are 181 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 3, 1863, the pivotal three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault known as Pickett’s Charge...

O Father God, we ask that you would keep your hand on our country. Amen.

For the past few weeks in the Weekend Good Times section, we have been highlighting the region’s high school valedictorians. We particularly enjoy this annual project for a few reasons.

"I did not have sex with a porn star." Donald Trump’s statement in response to an arguably ad hominem attack from Joe Biden during their June 27 debate must have given more than a few of us flashbacks to Bill Clinton -- specifically, his "It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is" dance as he tried to linguistically sidestep allegations about Monica Lewinsky.

In 1960, the New York Yankees fired their legendary manager Casey Stengel for being too old. "I’ll never make the mistake of being 70 again," Stengel quipped. If Democrats dump Joe Biden, the president might want to say the same thing about being 81. The biggest loser of the debate, besides the president himself, was First Lady Jill Biden.

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 1 n Medical assists were made at 4:36 p.m. on Sharon Drive and 8:58 p.m. on Aspen Drive. ...

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

TAMMS, Ill. — Dimple Foltz, 84, of Tamms passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Dimple was born Jan. 8, 1940, in Olive Branch, Illinois, to Hal and Jessie Smiley Newton. She married Virgil Eugene Foltz on June 7, 1963. He preceded her in death May 15, 2013. ...

ST. LOUIS — A Missouri judge on Tuesday set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just a little over a month before Williams is scheduled to die. ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations — fled their home in the middle of the night after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. They found refuge with extended relatives in a building further north, inside an Israeli-declared safe zone. But hours after they arrived, an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday afternoon hit their building in the town of Deir al-Balah, killing nine members of the family and three others. ...

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance remains "worth the effort." ...

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with congressional leaders and Democratic governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days, a blitz designed to push back against growing pressure for the 81-year-old president to step aside in the 2024 race after his disastrous performance in last week's debate with Republican Donald Trump. ...

In a major reprieve for former President Donald Trump, sentencing for his hush money convictions was postponed Tuesday until at least September — if ever — as the judge agreed to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11, just before the Republicans' nominating convention, on his New York convictions on felony charges of falsifying business records. He denies any wrongdoing. ...

WASHINGTON — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party's nominee for president, citing Biden's debate performance against Donald Trump failing to "effectively defend his many accomplishments." ...

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss. ...

The Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau won’t close July 25 as earlier anticipated; the soonest the bridge could close for repairs is mid-August; on Friday, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission didn’t award a construction contract for improvements to the existing bridge; the project involves replacing the asphalt driving surface of the bridge deck; only one bid was received for the work, and it was considerably higher than anticipated. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. DWI n Driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident were reported on North Kingshighway. Thefts n Theft was reported on South Kingshighway. n Theft from a motor vehicle and second-degree property damage were reported on Clark Avenue...

CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 2 n Medical assists were made at 9:11 a.m. on Stonebridge Drive; 11:07 a.m. on South Sprigg Street. n Hazardous condition calls were made at 9:54 p.m. on Louis Street; 11:07 p.m. on Delwin Street...

Nicholas Ray Moore, 77, of Jackson died Monday, July 1, 2024, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

Mary Lee Miller, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 23, 2024, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born April 19, 1930, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Joseph and Jessie Lee Stone Burciaga Sr. She and John Raney Miller were married Oct. 20, 1951, at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. They had been married for 60 years, when John passed away Jan. 1, 2012...

Clara M. Enderle, daughter of James and Ruby Niswonger Lenand, was born April 19, 1947, and departed her life Saturday, June 29, 2024, at her son’s residence in Chaffee at the age of 76. She was a former truck driver for S.F. Trucking in Advance and Chaffee and a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. -- Beverly Ann Beck, 87, of Russellville, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 29, 2024, at her home. She was born Nov. 16, 1936, in Sikeston to Jesse Freda and Ruby Lucille Carter Andres. Beverly and Roy Lindell Beck were married Jan. 8, 1955, in Sikeston. He preceded her in death Feb. 10, 2022...

A Cairo, Illinois, man was sentenced Wednesday, July 3, to 188 months in prison for selling thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine in Cape Girardeau. Marcus M. Nelson, 42, sold 157 grams of meth for $1,600 to an informant with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and later sold nearly 1 pound for $3,200 in July 2023, according to a news release issued by the federal prosecutor's office of the Eastern District of Missouri...