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The Southeast Missourian - News
As of (09/24/2024) at 11:33 AM

Harry Rediger leaves legacy of family, friends, community (9/24/24) 2 By Nathan Gladden Southeast Missourian “I can think of nobody else more worthy of the designation, other than Harry Rediger of being called Mr. Cape Girardeau,” former Mayor Jay Knudtson said regarding the passing of his friend. Former Cape Girardeau mayor, longtime JCPenney store...

Mike Dumey unites 125 vocalists for ‘A Night of Music and Praise’ at Centenary Methodist Church (9/24/24) By J.C. Reeves Southeast Missourian Mike Dumey and a choir composed of 125 vocalists will perform a blend of contemporary Christian music and classic gospel songs Saturday, Sept. 28, at Centenary Methodist Church, 300 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau. Dumey said he came up with the idea...

Build-A-Bear founder, food bank CEO headline Women in Business conference (9/24/24) By Christopher Borro ~ Southeast Missourian The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce held its second annual Women in Business: At the Heart of It All conference Friday, Sept. 20, at Drury Plaza Hotel Conference Center. Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop, and Meredith Knopp,...

Cape County Commission approves surety bonds, mental health board member (9/24/24) 3 By Christopher Borro ~ Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau County Commissioners Clint Tracy, Paul Koeper and Charlie Herbst approved a bidding process for surety bonds for officeholders during their Monday, Sept. 23, regular meeting. ...

Sponsored: Navigating Retirement Changes (9/24/24) B magazine Brooke Roth is a financial advisor at Edward Jones, with an office in Jackson, Missouri. B Magazine recently asked her about several of the retirement savings changes set to take effect before the end of the year. B MAGAZINE: The SECURE 2.0 Act...

Missouri Supreme Court, governor refuse to halt execution of man convicted of 1998 killing (9/24/24) JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri man seeking to avoid execution suffered dual setbacks Monday as the state’s top court and governor each rejected requests to cancel his scheduled lethal injection. ...

Former Sikeston FBI agent continues tradition of honoring 9/11 victims (9/13/24) SIKESTON — Former FBI agent Marty Williams of Sikeston climbed the stairs at Montgomery Bank in Sikeston on Wednesday, Sept. 11, on the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a way to honor first responders and all who lost their lives...

Man accused in assault that critically wounded Ferguson officer now faces more charges (9/13/24) The man accused in an assault that left a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fighting for his life is facing several additional charges after a grand jury indictment. Officer Travis Brown, 36, was critically injured while trying to make arrests during a protest on Aug. ...

Health officials: Missouri bird flu case is a 'one-off' and public risk still low (9/13/24) NEW YORK — Health officials Thursday said they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off” standalone illness. Investigators trying to determine how the person caught the virus have not been able to confirm the exact strain of flu...

Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution (9/12/24) ST. LOUIS — A judge declined Thursday to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man scheduled for execution later this month in the stabbing death of a woman in 1998, despite questions about DNA evidence on the knife used in used in the attack...

Birmingham, Alabama, leaders plead for information on mass shooting and announce reward money (9/24/24) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Officials in Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded Monday with members of the public for information leading to arrests in a weekend mass shooting that killed four people and injured more than a dozen others, announcing rewards totaling $100,000...

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon's deadliest day of conflict since 2006 (9/24/24) MARJAYOUN, Lebanon — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah...

‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate (9/24/24) WYOMING, Iowa — Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that seem to block out nearly everything other than the sun and an occasional water tower. The skyscraper-like corn is a part of rural America as much as cavernous red barns and placid cows...

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential (9/24/24) PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico — Hurricane John struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Monday night with fierce winds and heavy rainfall after strengthening from tropical storm to major hurricane in a matter of hours. John’s rapid intensification caught authorities off guard as they scrambled to update their guidance to residents and keep pace with the stronger storm...

Boeing makes a 'final offer' to striking workers, but union says it's not good enough (9/24/24) Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists that includes bigger raises and larger bonuses, but the workers' union said the proposal isn't good enough and there won't be a ratification vote before Boeing's deadline at the end of the week...

Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison (9/24/24) BOULDER, Colo. — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. Victims’ relatives recounted in pained testimony the lives gunman Ahmad Alissa destroyed in the 2021 attack in the college town of Boulder...

US to seek attempted assassination charge against man accused of staking out Trump at golf course (9/24/24) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The man accused in the assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note detailing his plans to kill the former president and kept in his car a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, the Justice Department said Monday...

Memphis man testifies that he and another man killed rapper Young Dolph (9/24/24) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man testified on Monday that he and a second person shot and killed rapper Young Dolph after Big Jook, the brother of rapper Yo Gotti, put a hit on him. Cornelius Smith identified himself and Justin Johnson as the two people seen on a Nov. 17, 2021, surveillance video exiting a white Mercedes outside a Memphis cookie store about 30 seconds after Young Dolph entered the store and then opening fire in broad daylight...

Iran's president accuses Israel of seeking wider Mideast war and laying 'traps' to lead Iran into it (9/24/24) UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s new president accused Israel on Monday of seeking a wider war in the Middle East and laying “traps” to lead his country into a broader conflict. Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the Israeli-Lebanon border expanded...

Thousands flee southern Lebanon in search of safety and shelter (9/24/24) BEIRUT — Thousands of families from southern Lebanon packed cars and minivans with suitcases, mattresses, blankets and carpets and jammed the highway heading north toward Beirut on Monday to flee the deadliest Israeli bombardment since 2006. Some 100,000 people living near the border had already been displaced sincced since October, when the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces began exchanging near-daily fire against the backdrop of the war in Gaza. ...