Stories from Monday, August 14, 2017

There were plenty of opportunities for fun in Sikeston on Saturday as many events were held to conclude Rodeo week and to celebrate the beginning of back to school.

MILLERSVILLE, Mo. -- A Scott County man was killed in a three-vehicle crash Saturday in Cape Girardeau County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 4 p.m. on Missouri Highway 72, three miles west of Millersville, as the eastbound motorcycle driven by Shannon W. ...

There were plenty of opportunities for fun in Sikeston on Saturday as many events were held to conclude Rodeo week and to celebrate the beginning of back to school.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sun is about to spill some of its secrets, maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in nearly a century. Astronomers are going full blast to pry even more science from the mysterious ball of gas that's vital to Earth. ...

Editor's note: A total solar eclipse will be visible across the U.S. on Aug. 21. Shannon Schmoll, director of the Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, explains why and how it happens, and what we can learn from an eclipse. How do we know when an eclipse is going to happen? How do we know in advance where it will be visible?...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Marjorie DeJournett, 92, died Aug. 12, 2017, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born Nov. 2, 1924, in Illmo, to the late William and Laura Boss Foster, she attended Cape First Assembly of God Church in Cape Girardeau. On April 10, 1943, in Piggott, Ark., she married Jay DeJournett, who preceded her in death on Aug. 12, 1997...