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MoDOT seeks online public input on Bollinger County bridge project
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to improve two bridges on Highway 51 in Bollinger County, according to a news release: one over Castor River and the other over Castor River Overflow, just north of Zalma, Missouri. An online “meeting” is at modot.org/bootheel-bridge-bundle. Comments will be accepted until April 29...
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Charges against Cape shooting suspect elevated to first-degree murder
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
The victim found Saturday night in the 1000 block of South Ellis Street in Cape Girardeau with apparent gunshot wounds to the back has died, according to court documents filed by the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. On Wednesday, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker filed charges against the alleged shooter, Raymond Francis Garcia Jr., 35, of Cape Girardeau for first-degree murder, armed criminal action and first-degree burglary. ...
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Jackson to close street during repair, overlay
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Two blocks of North Missouri Street in Jackson will be closed next week, weather permitting, while street crews repair and overlay the street’s asphalt pavement. The street will be closed between West Mary and West Washington streets starting Monday and will remain closed until April 24, according to a news release from the Jackson Public Works Department...
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Winner, winner! So many chicken dinners!
(Community ~ 04/16/20)
Almost everyone I talk to has a package or two of chicken in the freezer that needs to be used in a timely manner, including me. I had a small package of chicken tenders in the freezer and so I went looking for a recipe to use them. In my search for something new, I came across several recipes that look appetizing and worthy of trying...
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Broadway blooms near Capaha Park
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
A tree is in bloom as Alana Vasquez, originally of El Paso, Illinois, and now Cape Girardeau, goes for a walk with the dog, Figgy, on Wednesday along Broadway at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. ...
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COVID-19 cases in Scott County grow by 24 in two days
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
COVID-19 positive cases grew significantly in Scott County on Wednesday, according to the Scott County Health Department. The number of positive cases in the county now totals 39. That number has grown from 15 as of Monday. Scott County Health Department officials have not released information about the location of the positive cases. ...
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Jackson announces new dates for graduation, prom
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
The Jackson School District has tentatively rescheduled graduation and prom for summertime dates, according to director of communications Merideth Pobst. Commencement is tentatively scheduled for June 19, Pobst said, and prom is tentatively scheduled for June 13. The district has not determined the locations for each event...
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Liberty Apartments complex in south Cape nearly ready for occupancy
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
A 40-unit low-income housing complex in south Cape Girardeau is nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy by early next month. “We have passed all the inspections and we expect to get our certificate of occupancy before the week is out,” said Melissa Stickel, executive director of Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri...
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Hope is the thing with feathers — and a glue gun
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
The headline here is from an Emily Dickinson poem. She's one of my favorites, and her work has been on my mind a lot lately. You know what else the poem says about hope? It sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all. I'm seeing a lot of that, here lately...
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When will COVID-19 cases peak in Cape Girardeau County?
(Column ~ 04/16/20)
On a recent call with Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, he talked about one of the challenges of working from home with around-the-clock work: knowing what day it is. The new "days of the week are basically yesterday, today and tomorrow," Blunt said. Information is changing so quickly outside of the consistent message of wash your hands regularly and at length, social distance and (relatively new) wear masks when in public, that some things known today might be different tomorrow. ...
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Thank you for being a friend
(Community ~ 04/16/20)
I miss you. Yes, I'm talking to YOU. The person sitting at the table with their morning coffee enjoying the feeling of the paper in their hand. The person on their cellphone in their cozy bed. The person staring at their computer screen before getting started at work. ...
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Cape Central grad survives coronavirus, takes up personal mission to help others
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Walter Lamkin, Cape Girardeau Central class of 1968, is a coronavirus survivor on a mission. “I was fortunate enough to get through COVID-19 relatively unscathed,” said Lamkin, 69, a St. Louis real estate lawyer who contracted the virus last month in Vail, Colorado...
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Cape Girardeau hospitals take steps to cope with coronavirus costs
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Saying they are “squarely in the center of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Cape Girardeau’s hospitals are adjusting staffing schedules, wages and employee benefits in an effort to mitigate revenue losses caused by the outbreak. “We are doing the best we can to manage patient volumes and costs,” according to a statement released Wednesday by Southeast Hospital and the SoutheastHEALTH system...
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Lean on Me — together: Cape natives perform virtual tribute to the late Bill Withers
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Andy Chronister spent the first several months of 2020 listening and re-listening to the classic music of Bill Withers, an R&B pioneer in the 1970s and 1980s whose standout songs include "Ain't No Sunshine," "Grandma's Hands," "Lovely Day," and "Lean on Me."...
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SFMC drive-through coronavirus test center to close
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
The communitywide Coronavirus Test Collection Center in Arena Park in Cape Girardeau will close, effective immediately, according to a statement from Saint Francis Medical Center. “If the region experiences a surge in positive COVID-19 cases, the Center will reopen to serve the needs of our community,” the statement read...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 4/16/20
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for April 13 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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U.S. 61 at Center Junction to close overnight next week for bridge demolition
(Local News ~ 04/16/20)
Construction of the diverging diamond interchange at Interstate 55 and U.S. 61 at mile marker 99, between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, continues with overnight closures planned next week, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation new release. ...
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Sponsored: Simple steps to boost your immune system
(Insiders Advice ~ 04/16/20)
We are living in uncertain times. Thus, it’s important to boost your immune system now to reduce the risk of viral or bacterial issues. These steps are always important, even after life gets back to normal: 1. Breathe. Oxygen is the most important element to the human body and is needed by every single cell. In stressful times, we tend to breathe shallowly, which reduces the amount of oxygen available to our cells...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
Today is Thursday, April 16, the 107th day of 2020. There are 259 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."...
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Loafing around: Learn to bake bread at home
(Community ~ 04/16/20)
LONDON -- Are you struggling to find bread flour and fresh yeast at the moment? If so, you're not alone. With millions of people across the globe stuck at home due to lockdown measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic, many people are choosing to make their own bread, rather than venturing to the local store to buy their weekly fix...
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Virus' effect on U.S. economy grows
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Evidence of the coronavirus' devastating impact on the U.S. economy has been steadily emerging, and the signs have grown ominous. Sales at stores and restaurants plunged in March by the largest amount on records dating back to 1992. The nation's industrial output fell by the largest amount since the end of World War II. And the outbreak keeps ravaging the global oil market...
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Trump's halting of funds to WHO sparks worldwide rebuke
(International News ~ 04/16/20)
GENEVA -- Nations and health experts worldwide reacted with alarm Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a halt to the sizable funding the United States sends to the World Health Organization. They warned that the move could jeopardize global efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic...
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Progressives weigh supporting Biden
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
CHICAGO -- When Bernie Sanders didn't win the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, Silvia Machado and Patrick Gibbons voted for Green Party candidate Jill Stein in protest. Four years later, the couple is still passionate about the Vermont senator's progressive agenda. But they're open to voting for the relatively centrist Joe Biden if that's what it takes to defeat President Donald Trump...
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Mnuchin, Schumer rev up talks as small-business aid runs dry
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- With a key coronavirus rescue fund nearly exhausted, negotiations are accelerating in Washington over President Donald Trump's $250 billion emergency request to help smaller employers across the country keep workers on their payroll. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke Wednesday morning about legislation to shore up a paycheck subsidy program that has nearly reached its $349 billion lending limit. ...
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Feds pressured to track nursing home outbreaks
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
NEW YORK -- Federal health officials are coming under increasing pressure to start publicly tracking coronavirus infections and deaths in nursing homes amid criticism they have not been transparent enough in responding to an explosion of outbreaks that has already claimed thousands of lives...
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U.S. relief checks begin arriving
(National News ~ 04/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Europe and China made it clear that business won't necessarily bounce right back when the crisis eases...
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Nancy Roth Puchbauer
(Obituary ~ 04/16/20)
Nancy Roth Puchbauer, 54, of Jackson, met her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at her home. She was born Nov. 8, 1965, in Cape Girardeau to Norman G. and Jeanette Kimbel Roth. She was a 1983 graduate of Perryville High School and earned an associate in business from Metro Business College...
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Kenneth Ludwig
(Obituary ~ 04/16/20)
NEW BRITAIN, Penn. -- Kenneth Edward Ludwig, a longtime resident of New Britain, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020, after a long battle with dementia. He was 67. Ken grew up in Oak Ridge and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in horticulture. ...
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Richard Kump
(Obituary ~ 04/16/20)
Richard Jay Kump, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, April 13, 2020. He was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Pocatello, Idaho, one of five children. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a sonar operator aboard a submarine rescue vessel. After the war, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Idaho State College and did graduate studies in Switzerland, gaining expertise in German and French. ...
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St. Louis, KC areas consider extending stay-at-home orders
(State News ~ 04/16/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Regional leaders in St. Louis and Kansas City may decide by the end of the week whether to extend stay-at-home orders in Missouri's two largest urban areas, regardless of whether the statewide mandate is allowed to expire. Kansas City, St. ...
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Prayer 4/16/20
(Prayer ~ 04/16/20)
O Lord Jesus, we stand with open hands raised to you in praise. Amen.
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Out of the past: April 16
(Out of the Past ~ 04/16/20)
Easter Sunday. Several local churches hold sunrise services; Lynwood Baptist Church holds its Easter sunrise worship under Shelter No. 1 at Cherokee Park, and the Rev. Mark Anderson speaks on "The Cross of Cape LaCroix." Faith Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church celebrates Easter Sunday with two special services; during the morning service, a special Easter egg hunt is held for the children; in the evening, a slide presentation is given of a recent trip to the Holy Land by Pastor Doyle Randol...
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Birth 4/16/20
(Births ~ 04/16/20)
Twin sons to Dane and Ashton Balsmann of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Beau Gregory was born at 10:35 a.m. and weighed 4 pounds, 9 ounces. Baylor Dane was born at 10:37 a.m. and weighed 4 pounds, 10 ounces. Second and third children, first and second sons. ...
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CREATIVE EDGE: FREE ‘NETFLIX’ STYLE STREAMING TELEVISION APPS FOR HEARTLAND CHURCHES DURING COVID-19
(Submitted Story ~ 04/16/20)
Creative Edge of Cape Girardeau, Missouri has recently announced the release of their newest streamingTV application for churches across the Heartland. As we are all adapting to our new “normal” of staying home amid the COVID-19 virus, Creative Edge has been working diligently to develop a one-of-a-kind tool for churches and organizations that would help pastors deliver their messages directly to televisions anywhere in the world, anytime. ...
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Cape Kiwanis Club donates 75 box lunches to Emergency Dispatch Centers in Cape County
(Submitted Story ~ 04/16/20)
The Kiwanis Club of Cape Girardeau has dedicated each Thursday during the coronavirus pandemic for honoring our front-line heroes. Additionally, we recognize that it's National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week -- also known as 911 Operator's week...
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