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Seven new coronavirus cases reported in region
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
Seven new COVID-19 cases were reported in the region Monday. Scott and Stoddard counties in Missouri and Union County, Illinois, each reported two new cases of the disease associated with the coronavirus. Cape Girardeau County reported one new case, in the City of Cape Girardeau...
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My brother, my superhero: What a real man looks like
(Column ~ 06/16/20)
My brother, my superhero: What a real man looks like By Adrienne Ross "Being a mother is not easy. If it were easy, fathers would do it." Such a great line from "The Golden Girls," that classic sitcom I love. Everyone gets what the character Dorothy Zbornak, played by Bea Arthur, was saying, so we all laugh. ...
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Local police academy enrollment down, community policing lauded
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
At the end of the month, 13 people will graduate from the Southeast Missouri State University Law Enforcement Academy. As recently as 2018, 31 students finished the program. “Nationally, we’re hurting for quality (police) applicants and have been for 10 to 15 years,” said Academy director Carl Kinnison, the former Cape Girardeau police chief...
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Jackson boy golfer, heart transplant patient, wins gold
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
Middle schooler Jimmy Williams of Jackson won a gold medal Monday in a Gateway Junior Series PGA event at Bent Creek Golf Course, nearly six months to the day after a heart transplant operation. Williams, 11, shot a 42 over nine holes to finish first in the 11-and-under division under the watchful eye of his parents and paternal grandmother...
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Author Amanda Flinn holds online event to promote yoga with babies, new book
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
Midmorning on Monday, local author Amanda Flinn and Riverside Regional Library opened an online Zoom session to caregivers and children interested in Flinn’s new book, “Yoga Baby,” a board book about a mom and a baby practicing yoga together. Flinn said the event combined two of her favorite things: books and yoga...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen approves lowering electric rates for customers
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to adjust the rates the city charges its electric customers an average of 11.5% ... downward. The rate reduction, which will go into effect next month, was based on the recommendation of a utility consulting firm, which said the rate reduction is possible because the wholesale price of the electricity Jackson purchases is going down...
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Fewer vehicles good for Center Junction project
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
Work on the diverging diamond interchange project at Center Junction between Cape Girardeau and Jackson is running at or possibly slightly ahead of schedule, thanks, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s because Missouri’s “stay-at-home” order earlier this spring, meant to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, also reduced traffic at the interchange where Penzel Construction Co. is replacing bridges along Interstate 55 at the interstate’s junction with U.S. 61...
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Cape city council hears public comments regarding race, Confederate monuments, crosswalks
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
For more than an hour Monday night, members of Cape Girardeau City Council heard input from residents and discussed issues of racial discrimination, local Confederate monuments and the crosswalks on Broadway. Ward 6 Councilwoman Stacy Kinder was the first to raise discussions about two issues she noted as heavily-discussed among citizens — the Confederate monument in Ivers Square and the yield signs along the centerline of Broadway...
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Mobile food pantries slated in area
(Local News ~ 06/16/20)
Note: This article has been updated to reflect a rescheduled pantry event. Southeast Missouri Food Bank has scheduled upcoming mobile food pantries in response to COVID-19. Included are: n 4 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church of Perryville, 416 North Main Street, Perryville, Missouri n 4 p.m. Tuesday, MRV Banks, 1505 North Mount Auburn Road, Cape Girardeau...
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GUEST COLUMN: Protecting Americans and American way
(Column ~ 06/16/20)
Protecting Americans and American way Editor's note: The following column originally published June 12 in National Review. By Josh Hawley In the early hours of June 2, amid violent riots in St. Louis, looters gunned down David Dorn, a retired African-American police captain who had responded to an alarm at his friend's pawnshop. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
Today is Tuesday, June 16, the 168th day of 2020. There are 198 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1996, Russian voters went to the polls in their first independent presidential election; the result was a runoff between President Boris Yeltsin (the eventual winner) and Communist challenger Gennady Zyuganov...
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Federal Reserve launches corporate bond-buying program
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve said Monday it will begin purchasing corporate bonds as part of a previously-announced plan to ensure companies can borrow through the bond market during the coronavirus pandemic. The program will purchase existing bonds on the open market, as opposed to newly-issued debt. ...
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Europe's borders reopen but long road for tourism to recover
(International News ~ 06/16/20)
BERLIN -- Mallorca's first tourists in 93 days touched down Monday, saying they feel safe in the popular Spanish island and ready to make the most of the beach and sunny weather without the hordes of visitors found there in normal times. As borders opened up across Europe three months after closures that began chaotically in March, Spain prioritized the entry of a first batch of thousands of Germans who were allowed to fly to its Balearic Islands. ...
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Can job market sustain recent gains?
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Layoffs are slowing, unemployment is declining and hiring is gradually rising, suggesting that a steady rebound may be afoot in the U.S. job market. Or is it? So many uncertainties are overhanging the economy that no one knows whether hiring will expand steadily in the months ahead or merely plateau as employers recall only enough of their laid-off staffers to partially reopen for business...
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Blame game starts over virus toll in nursing homes
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. The Trump administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry -- facilities with low federal ratings for infection control -- and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus patients...
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Pen pal program forges connections beyond nursing homes during crisis
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
CONCORD, N.H. -- Rich Vanderweit saw the loneliness of older people in the COVID-19 pandemic, and he devised a modest effort to ease their isolation. Vanderweit, an activity aide at Sullivan County Health Care in Claremont, thought: Why not match his nursing home residents with pen pals at Summercrest Senior Living Community 12 miles away in Newport? Both facilities had stopped allowing visitors because of the virus...
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Justices: LGBT people protected on job
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment, a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as Title VII that bars job discrimination because of sex, among other reasons, encompasses bias against LGBT workers...
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'When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes plea to end violence
(National News ~ 06/16/20)
ATLANTA -- Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis...
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Louise Snyder
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Ethel "Louise" Snyder passed away Wednesday June 10, 2020, at Ozark Nursing and Care Center in Ozark, Missouri. Louise was born June 29, 1935, to Chester Upton and Catherine Swayne Bell in Du Quoin, Illinois. She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Springfield and previously a longtime member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Greg Shivelbine
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Gregory "Greg" Powles Shivelbine, 61, died of a heart attack Monday, June 8, 2020, while on a fishing trip to Wisconsin. Greg was born Aug. 26, 1958 to L.J. "Freck" and D. Janet Powles Shivelbine. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1976 and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Maxie McKenzie
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Maxie Lee McKenzie, daughter of the late John and Arpy Wireman Neely, was born June 11, 1934, in Springfork, Kentucky, and departed this life Sunday June 14, 2020, at the Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 86 years. On Oct. 30, 1955, she was united in marriage to Eldon Dale McKenzie, who preceded her in death Nov. 9, 2010...
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Gary Knott
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
PATTON, Mo. -- Gary V. Knott, 71, of Patton, formerly of Chester, Illinois, died Friday, June 12, 2020, at his home. Friends may call 6:30 to 10 a.m. today at Ford and Young Chapel in Perryville, Missouri. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, with the Rev. Phil Keaton officiating. Burial will be at Paradise Cemetery in Chester...
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Charles Dennison
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Charles Dennison, son of the late Charles "C.B." and Letha Joiner Dennison, was born Dec. 14, 1937, in Portageville, Missouri, and departed this life Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 82...
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Lola Cherry
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Lola Mae Cherry, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Chaffee Nursing Home in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born Dec. 29, 1930, in Clarksville, Arkansas, the daughter of Samuel Alexander and Eva Merle Warren Barnett. She married George "Leon" Cherry on Oct. 3, 1948. They had been married 64 years at the time he preceded her in death June 21, 2013...
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Alice Boyd
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Alice Lee Boyd, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 13, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at noon Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Fairmont Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Speak Out 6/16/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/16/20)
Virtual graduation These virtual proms and graduation are the silliest things I have ever seen. Guess what, something happens, events get canceled and you have to do without. I do not see why anybody should go out of their way to make it up for them. Sorry, you do not always get to feel special. Grow up...
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Out of the past: June 16
(Out of the Past ~ 06/16/20)
Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, will share billing with outlaw brothers Frank and Jesse James on a block-long Missouri Wall of Fame mural proposed by the River Heritage Mural Association; the mural, being designed by Margaret Randol Dement, will feature the likeness of some 45 famous Missourians and will cover the entire inside of the river wall space between Independence and Merriwether streets...
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Births 6/16/20
(Births ~ 06/16/20)
Son to Adam and Jennifer Arnold, Southeast Hospital, 11:08 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Name, Isaiah Lynn. Weight, 7.98 pounds. First child. Mrs. Arnold is the daughter of Paul Burton of Olive Branch, Illinois, and the late Karen Burton. She works at Chateau Girardeau. Arnold is the son of Art Rodgers and Shirley Rodgers of Olive Branch. He is employed by Missouri Dry Dock...
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Prayer 6-16-20
(Prayer ~ 06/16/20)
Help us, O God, to make sound decisions when facing complex problems. Amen.
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Michael Farrow
(Obituary ~ 06/16/20)
Michael Bryant Farrow, 59, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020, at his home. He was born Aug. 11, 1960, in Cape Girardeau to Kenneth E. and Hannah M. McNeely Farrow. He married Tina Sides on June 2, 2010. She survives. Mikey was a proud member for more than 20 years with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 1. He was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He grew up in First Church of Nazarene in Cape Girardeau...
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UT MARTIN NAMES LOCAL STUDENTS TO SPRING SEMESTER CHANCELLOR’S HONOR ROLL
(Submitted Story ~ 06/16/20)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2020 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7615 Editors: Below is a list of students who requested that your paper receive notification that they have been named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Each listing includes the student’s name, hometown and honors...
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Sponsored: Why fireworks send your pet into a frenzy
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/16/20)
We Americans love our fireworks, and many celebrations start earlier than the Fourth of July. However, pets often do not share our same excitement for the shimmering lights in the sky. Independence Day is the No. 1 time of year pets go missing, become injured, or even killed. Equally, the population of local shelters increases dramatically during this time. I recommend preparing now, so your entire family can enjoy a safe and happy holiday...
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