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Should Trump resign? A Confederate statue come down? BLM rethink its targets?
(Column ~ 07/02/20)
Some quick comments about hot current events. The problem of Black shooting deaths in Cape is certainly not because of excessive use of force by law enforcement, and to their credit, some local protesters have identified Cape PD's positive and sustained outreach over the years. But there is a shooting problem in our town, and it is drug- and gang-related. It is also mainly Black-on-Black. This scourge costs more Black lives than what BLM is protesting.
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 7/2/20
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Approval of minutes n None at this time 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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Barge salvage work begins on Mississippi River
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Crew members aboard the support vessel Bruce Gibson conduct pre-salvage inspection operations Wednesday near Mississippi River miler marker 51 at Cape Girardeau. ...
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Cape man sentenced for firearm charge after October police pursuit
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to 77 months in prison, according to a Tuesday news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Missouri. Timothy Owens, 41, appeared before U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. and was sentenced Monday on one felony count of felon in possession of a firearm, the release stated...
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Sally forth to a very salad Fourth
(Community ~ 07/02/20)
With the Independence Day holiday upon us, I am thinking about a side salad to go alongside our grilled meats for the holiday buffet. I quickly thumbed through a couple of cookbooks and found several recipes that I had not made in a very long time. Some of my community cookbooks have not been opened in a while, so I blew off the dust and cracked open the book to find several recipes that I had loved a long time ago...
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Head-on collision on Route AB in Cape County leaves 2 injured
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
A head-on collision occurred at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday on Route AB as a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox attempted to turn around in a driveway and pulled into the path of an oncoming 2013 Chevrolet Equinox traveling west, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report...
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Smokin Brothers opening Chaffee facility
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Smokin Brothers, manufacturers of residential and commercial grade barbecue grills, is opening a new production facility in Chaffee, at a location that was once the home of a shoe factory and later a textile production plant. A ribbon cutting, hosted by the Chaffee Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday. ...
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Twenty-seven new coronavirus cases reported in region
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Ten new cases of COVID-19 were reported Wednesday in Cape Girardeau County. Four of those cases are found in the City of Cape Girardeau, one in Jackson and five elsewhere in the county. There is a total of 213 cases in Cape Girardeau County, with 142 recoveries and three deaths...
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Ethics commission will not consider candidate's complaint against sheriff
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
The Missouri Ethics Commission has decided not to accept a complaint filed by former Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter against his opponent in the Aug. 4 primary, incumbent Wes Drury. The commission, in a letter to Walter dated June 25, said the challenger filed too late for consideration...
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Scott County gearing up for 2021's bicentennial
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Missouri is set to celebrate its bicentennial in 2021, commemorating the August 1821 entry of the 24th state into the Union. The Missouri Bicentennial Commission is hard at work behind the scenes across the state, and in Scott County, locals are working right along to set the scene right...
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LT's Street Tacos are 'Almost Fast' food
(Community ~ 07/02/20)
Bring on the food trucks! I was on the search for something new and lighter, fresh and flavorful. I'm not ashamed to say that I searched for food trucks online and stumbled upon LT's Street Tacos. Most of the time, you can find it parked at 515 W. Main St. in Jackson, but like so often with food trucks, check the Facebook page first to make sure that's where the truck really is...
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Trio brightens days for seniors, veterans with handmade cards
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
"It's nice always to get something in the mail," Belinda Mueller said as she joined Brenda Speidel and Georgia Howe one rainy July afternoon to create handmade greeting cards to deliver to nursing home residents and veterans. The three -- Speidel, her 92-year-old mother Howe and Howe's neighbor, Mueller -- have made thousands of cards over the past five years...
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House of Prayer church in Cape welcomes new pastor, Bruce Hall
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
House of Prayer Tabernacle is housed in a small brick building on the corner of Roberts and Water streets in northeastern Cape Girardeau. Pastor Bruce Hall said the two-story building doesn't appear to be a church at first, but the neighbors are nice, and the neighborhood is quiet during Sunday morning services...
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Report: Most pregnancy-related deaths in Missouri are avoidable
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Four of every five pregnancy-related deaths in Missouri are preventable. That’s one of several key findings of a new report issued Wednesday by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) examining maternal mortality in the state. The first-of-its-kind report was published by the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) board and was based on the deaths of the 60 Missouri women who died while pregnant or within a year of pregnancy in 2017, the most recent year for which data was available. ...
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Help on way to sort through voting options, county clerk says
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
It is just over a month until the next election. Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers said voters will get some help soon sorting out all their options at the polls. “We’ll be sending a postcard next week to let everybody know what is available to do, not only in the Aug. 4 primary but the Nov. 3 general election, too,” she said...
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The Boatmen's Way: Where many area bankers got their start
(B Magazine ~ 07/02/20)
In the '80s and '90s, Boatmen's Bank was the team everyone wanted to be part of -- from bankers to board members to customers. It dominated the market, and many of the 30-something-year-old bankers at that time spent their formative years leading the "Boatmen's Way," a philosophy that guided their future careers...
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TGI'F' Top Picks 7/2/20
(Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Some area Independence Day celebrations: The 2020 Great American Fourth Of July celebration is on for Saturday at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Bring your lawn chair for a fireworks show, veterans tribute, performance by the Cape Girardeau municipal band, and the Southeast Missourian's Spirit of America Award presentation. Grandstands open at 7 p.m., entertainment at 8 p.m. and at 9 p.m., fireworks begin...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
Today is Thursday, July 2, the 184th day of 2020. There are 182 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 2, 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.)...
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Sponsored: Continuing the Legacy: From Boatmen's to First Missouri State Bank
(B Magazine ~ 07/02/20)
Treat others the way you want to be treated. That was the Boatmen's Way, and with nine First Missouri State Bank employees who got their start at Boatmen's, it's how they build their bank community, too. And it shows: of the original 12 employees who started with First Missouri State Bank when Steve Taylor and Jay Knudtson founded it in 2002, 10 still work there. And they're proud of that...
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Seattle cops dismantle 'occupied' zone, arrest more than 30
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
SEATTLE -- Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the city's "occupied" protest zone, tore down demonstrators' encampments and used bicycles to herd the protesters after the mayor ordered the area cleared following two fatal shootings in less than two weeks...
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Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
PHOENIX -- Arizona recorded more coronavirus deaths, infections, hospitalizations and emergency-room visits in a single day than ever before in a crisis Wednesday across the Sunbelt that sent a shudder through other parts of the country and led distant states to put their own reopening plans on hold...
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Dems: 'Delay' fed nursing home virus response
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration was slow to comprehend the scale of COVID-19's impact on nursing homes and a disjointed federal response has only compounded the devastating toll, according to a report from Senate Democrats. Wednesday's report finds a lack of coordination among government agencies hindered access to coronavirus testing and protective equipment, among other problems...
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Little evidence that protests spread coronavirus in U.S.
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
NEW YORK -- There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd's death caused a significant increase in U.S. coronavirus infections, according to public health experts. If the protests had driven an explosion in cases, experts say, the jumps would have started to become apparent within two weeks -- and perhaps as early as five days. But that didn't happen in many cities with the largest protests, including New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington, D.C...
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Republicans, with exception of Trump, now push mask-wearing
(National News ~ 07/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- In Republican circles -- with the notable exception of the man who leads the party -- the debate about masks is over: It's time to put one on. As a surge of infections hammers the South and West, GOP officials are pushing back against the notion masks are about politics, as President Donald Trump suggests, and telling Americans they can help save lives...
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Joann Leadbetter
(Obituary ~ 07/02/20)
Joann Patricia Leadbetter, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 29, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Oct. 24, 1937, in Decatur, Illinois, to William T. and Dorothy Mae Vowell Joplin. She and Raymond L. Leadbetter were married June 11, 1977, in Cape Girardeau County. He preceded her in death Aug. 27, 2004...
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Don Brooks
(Obituary ~ 07/02/20)
Don Brooks, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. There will be no service at this time. A memorial service will be announced and held at a later date. Cremation will be accorded by McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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As virus cases rise, St. Louis area requires face coverings in public
(State News ~ 07/02/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- As confirmed cases of the coronavirus rise in Missouri, hospitalizations are starting to increase, too, prompting leaders of the state's largest metropolitan area to require face coverings. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson announced Wednesday that both the city and St. Louis County will require face coverings when out in public. Kansas City and Jackson County began requiring face coverings earlier this week...
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Speak Out 7/2/20
(Speak Out ~ 07/02/20)
If you test positive for the coronavirus, it is your responsibility to notify everyone that you've had contact with. It's cowardly to do otherwise. What is going on in the city of Cape? There is a sewer running over in the west side, it has been doing this since September 2019. The city manager, water and street department, and the county health departments all know this but will not correct it. If you want to know where, call any of these three. They can tell you. Have the rules changed?...
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Prayer 7/2/20
(Prayer ~ 07/02/20)
For this great nation, and for all of its citizens, we pray to you, O God. Amen.
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Why HPC voted to remove Confederate monument
(Column ~ 07/02/20)
The Historic Preservation Commission is a volunteer board that encourages and engages in activities pertaining to the preservation of the city's historic resources. The commission welcomed the mayor's request to review the C.S.A. Monument and provide a recommendation to the city council. It was a unique meeting but aligned with our purpose as a commission...
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Out of the past: July 2
(Out of the Past ~ 07/02/20)
Bonita Sparks and Paula Austin, recently appointed as associate pastors at Centenary United Methodist Church, are introduced to the congregation and begin their new duties; Sparks has served churches in Willowdale, Indiana, Louisville, Kentucky and Park Hills, Missouri; Austin was youth leader and program director at Trinity United Methodist Church in Moberly, Missouri...
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Donald Mier
(Obituary ~ 07/02/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Donald LeRoy Mier of Chaffee, son of Stephen Mier of Jackson and Patricia Barberis of Chaffee, was born April 20, 1972, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Friday, April 24, 2020, in Benton, Missouri, at the age of 48 years. Donald previously owned and operated Busy Bee Construction and Roofing. He had also worked as a manager for Dana Corp. in Cape Girardeau before it closed...
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