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Federal funding available for Cape County not-for-profits
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
Federal funding totaling more than $63,000 is being made available to not-for-profit agencies in Cape Girardeau County through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funds, which are being earmarked for emergency food and shelter programs in the county, are coming from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program’s Phase 37 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in the amounts of $26,080 and $37,183, respectively. ...
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Highway Patrol pursuit Wednesday enters Cape, crosses into Illinois
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
A driver led a police pursuit involving multiple Missouri law enforcement agencies and crossed the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge into Illinois shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect vehicle, a white 2020 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck, was observed on Interstate 55 at the 86 mile marker in Scott County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott...
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Commissioners reopen playgrounds in county parks
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
A month after closing them due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cape Girardeau County Commission voted Thursday to reopen the playgrounds in county parks. The reopening of Melania’s Magical Playland in Cape Girardeau County Park North and Levi’s Adventure Trail in Cape Girardeau County Park South is effective immediately...
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Cyclist struck near intersection of Broadway, N. West End in Cape
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
A 15-year-old cyclist was struck by a vehicle Thursday afternoon near the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau. The cyclist was traveling west on Broadway approaching North West End Boulevard when a vehicle turned east onto the roadway and struck the victim, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann...
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Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri aims to help homeless veterans
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri is stepping up a program to help veterans and their families struggling with housing insecurity, bolstered by Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds available through June. Jeremy Rowland, regional director of CCSOMO who is based in Cape Girardeau, said because of COVID-19, veterans and their families are especially vulnerable...
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Third Scott County resident dies of coronavirus
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
A third Scott County resident has died of COVID-19. Officials with the county Health Department reported the death Thursday. Seventy-seven cases of the virus have been reported in the county, and 50 of those patients have recovered. As per the county’s practice, no information about the fatality or the positive cases was released...
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National Guard flyover set for Friday afternoon
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
The Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing will conduct a B-2 flyover of Cape Girardeau and five other Missouri communities to honor medical and health care professionals, essential employees and volunteers in the fight against COVID-19 on today, according to a news release...
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Saint Francis' Burgard serenades coronavirus-sheltered homebound (Video Included)
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
The Rev. Fred Burgard of Saint Francis Hospice uses music to connect with elderly men and women who often can’t have visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Wednesday, Burgard sat outside a closed window at Ratcliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau and serenaded a 94-year-old resident on the other side of the glass...
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Missouri National Guard leads teacher appreciation morning boot camp
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
As the cries of Staff Sgt. Rodger C. Pinkley rang out Thursday morning at Jefferson Elementary School, 22 voices, including 12 other members of the Missouri National Guard’s 1221st Transportation Company, echoed his commands. The Dexter, Missouri, guard members gathered at Jefferson to lead teachers in a “boot-camp” style workout, an event Principal Leigh Ragsdale coordinated as part of Teacher Appreciation Week...
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Cape County treasurer reports 'surprising' tax revenue
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
Calling it both “surprising” and “unexplainable,” Cape Girardeau County Treasurer Roger Hudson says the county’s sales-tax receipts increased significantly during the most recent accounting period despite Missouri’s “stay-at-home” order and the shuttering of many businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Cape's historic Glenn House to appear on A&E's 'Ghost Hunters'
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
A&E’s “Ghost Hunters” production crew paid Cape Girardeau’s historic Glenn House a visit to investigate “disturbing paranormal activity,” and the results of that visit are set to air on the channel May 20. The episode’s title, “The Glenn Family Curse,” refers to successful local businessman David Glenn, who more than a century ago built the house that still overlooks the Mississippi River from 325 S. Spanish St. Tragically, Glenn lost three infant children and later went bankrupt...
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Flowers for Fierce Females
(Local News ~ 05/08/20)
Misty Whitaker of Cape Girardeau receives a flower from STREAM specialist Kelley Branch during the Flowers for Fierce Females event Thursday at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
Today is Friday, May 8, the 129th day of 2020. There are 237 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 8, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced on radio that Nazi Germany's forces had surrendered, and that "the flags of freedom fly all over Europe."...
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Current crisis: Pearl Harbor, or another Great Depression?
(Column ~ 05/08/20)
Speaking on "Meet the Press" a few weeks ago, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams called the coronavirus crisis "our Pearl Harbor moment" -- invoking the greatest call to action in our nation's history. Within days of the Japanese aerial attack, hundreds of thousands of Americans decided to quit their jobs or interrupt their pursuit of college degrees in order to enlist in the U.S. ...
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Speak Out 5/8/20
(Speak Out ~ 05/08/20)
Donald Trump has ignored science and scientists since taking office. He says his "gut" tells him everything he needs to know. What his "gut" is really telling him is he wants a Big Mac and a Diet Coke. That's why he's made a shambles of the covid-19 response...
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Whether in-person or by phone, take time to celebrate mom this weekend
(Editorial ~ 05/08/20)
It's Mother's Day weekend, a time we celebrate moms for all they do for our families and communities. Though Gov. Mike Parson's stay-at-home order has been lifted, social distancing is still the order of the day. That means more people this year won't be able to spend Sunday with their mothers. ...
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Prayer 5/8/20
(Prayer ~ 05/08/20)
O Heavenly Father, we take comfort in that joy comes in the morning. Amen.
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Leningrad siege survivor supplies needy amid pandemic
(International News ~ 05/08/20)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- As a child during the World War II siege of Leningrad, Galina Yakovleva learned how to make the best of fearful times. Today she's using those lessons as she brings food and supplies to needy people locked down in the coronavirus pandemic...
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Community fishing's a popular outlet during pandemic
(Community ~ 05/08/20)
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Tim Wirtz Jr. slowly spun the reel, tracking the retrieval of a plastic worm, when two shapes moved into his peripheral vision. The teen's eyes gleamed as he peered through the crystal clear water at a pair of beefy rainbow trout cruising parallel to the shore...
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Hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Florida Panhandle
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
MILTON, Fla. -- Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle continued battling an erratic fire Thursday that had scorched thousands of acres of woods, razed dozens of homes and forced some 1,600 people to evacuate from their neighborhoods. A stretch of Interstate 10, northern Florida's main transportation artery, remained closed in both directions near Pensacola because of smoke...
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Governors disregarding White House guidelines on reopening
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
Many governors across the U.S. are disregarding or creatively interpreting White House guidelines for safely easing restrictions and letting businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, an Associated Press analysis found. The AP determined 17 states did not meet a key benchmark set by the White House for loosening up -- a 14-day downward trajectory in new cases or positive test rates. ...
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Bug experts dismiss worry about 'murder hornets' as hype
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname "murder hornet" -- unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee. The Asian giant hornets found in Washington state that grabbed headlines this week aren't big killers of humans, although it does happen on rare occasions. But the world's largest hornets do decapitate entire hives of honeybees, and that crucial food pollinator is already in big trouble...
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Justice Dept. dropping Flynn's criminal case
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for the president and his supporters in attacking the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation...
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Trump valet has coronavirus; president again tests negative
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
WASHINGTON -- A member of the military serving as one of President Donald Trump's valets has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Thursday. It said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have since tested negative for the virus and "remain in good health."...
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Trump buries detailed CDC advice on reopening
(National News ~ 05/08/20)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The Trump administration shelved a document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak...
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Edna Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 05/08/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Edna May Seabaugh, 54, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A celebration of life memorial will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Judith Rose
(Obituary ~ 05/08/20)
Judith Kay "Judy" Rose, 76, of Jackson died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating...
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Roger Knotts
(Obituary ~ 05/08/20)
ORAN, Mo. -- Roger Dale Knotts, son of Ervin H. and Gean Abraham Knotts, was born July 4, 1952, in Gideon, Missouri, and departed this life Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Oran at the age of 67 years. He was united in marriage to Rosa Griswell on Nov. 3, 1972, and she survives...
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Ruth Heck
(Obituary ~ 05/08/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth D. Heck, 91, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in De Soto, Missouri. Friends may call from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with social-distancing guidelines in effect. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Joseph Schlie officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Area police reports 5/8/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/08/20)
The Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following item. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Venessa L. Bell, 35, of Whitewater was arrested on suspicion of second-degree domestic assault. CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items...
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More than 50,000 Missourians filed for unemployment last week
(State News ~ 05/08/20)
LIBERTY, Mo. -- More than 50,000 Missourians filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, marking the third straight week the number has dropped, the state labor department said Thursday. A total of 495,392 people have filed unemployment claims since the week that ended March 21, when local governments began instituting "stay-at-home" orders in response to the spread of the coronavirus...
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Missouri budget director: Economy 'turned off like a faucet'
(State News ~ 05/08/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Thursday agreed to try to spare colleges and universities from budget cuts despite plummeting revenue the state budget director says are unlike anything he's ever seen. Budget director Dan Haug on Thursday announced net revenue collections dropped more than 54% in April this year compared to April 2019, largely because Tax Day was delayed until July. Overall state revenue decreased more than 6% so far this year compared to the same time last year...
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Out of the past: May 8
(Out of the Past ~ 05/08/20)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, with a membership of 1,150, ranks fourth among the chambers in the state; by 4 p.m. tomorrow, after it holds its membership blitz, chamber officials are hoping to be No. 3. Blimpie International Inc., the nation's second-largest submarine-sandwich chain, is scheduled to open in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday; the restaurant, at the intersection of Broadway and Harmony, is located in the structure that previously housed Pete's Pumps...
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Heartland Equality Changing, and Growing
(Submitted Story ~ 05/08/20)
Paducah, KY May 8th 2020 As of May 8th 2020 The Paducah LGBT Welcome Center has rebranded to be Heartland Equality. This is done to better reach our clients in our entire service area, and to position ourselves to be able to handle the inflex of services, and programs that we currently offer, and new programs rolling out. ...
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Tax Liens April 2020
(Business Records ~ 05/08/20)
Scott County Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Tara L. Mason, recorder of deeds, during April are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 545-3551...
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