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Culvert work to close roads in Scott County
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Route DD in Scott County, just west of County Road 465, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. A MoDOT news release states work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 30...
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Mo. Sec. of State Ashcroft to visit Cape to 'reassure' voters
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Missouri Secretary of State John R. “Jay” Ashcroft plans to visit Southeast Missouri this week as part of a statewide tour to reassure voters about the safety of in-person voting for the Nov. 3 general election and to provide information on the casting of absentee and mail-in ballots...
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Swan never requested recount in closely decided state Senate primary
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Kathy Swan didn’t officially concede the Aug. 4 Missouri Senate District 27 primary to declared winner Holly Rehder, but she never asked for a recount of the vote either. When dust cleared from the hotly-contested Republican primary, Rehder had defeated Swan by a margin of 139 votes out of a total of 33,539 cast...
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Cape Council OKs plan to redevelop Prohibition-era building on Broadway
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
A redevelopment proposal for a new coffee shop and high-end living space in the old Pitter’s Lounge building at 811 Broadway was given the final go-ahead by Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday. The estimated $1.29 million development is to be financed in part with a $476,689 tax-increment financing (TIF) allotment made possible due to the structure’s “blighted” designation by the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission...
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Humane Society of Southeast Missouri to hold Empty the Shelter event Oct. 1 through 4
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
An upcoming Empty the Shelter event aims to encourage adoptions of cats and dogs at pet shelters in 33 states, and the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will participate. Tracy Poston, HSSEMO executive director, said she’s really looking forward to the event...
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Gov. Parson in Jackson for ceremonial signing of H.B. 66 establishing fund for state witness protection program
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Gov. Mike Parson held a ceremonial signing of House Bill 66 at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, joined by 11-year-old Theodore Tracy of Cape Girardeau and a chorus of local law enforcement leaders. One of two bills sent to the governor’s desk after the Missouri General Assembly’s special session on violent crime, H.B. 66 will establish a fund for a Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund in the state treasury...
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Early voting begins in Cape County; absentee ballots in the mail
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Voters across Missouri, including dozens of Cape Girardeau County residents, began casting ballots Tuesday in advance of the Nov. 3 general election. Two polling places opened Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County — one at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau and the other inside the county government Administrative Building in Jackson — and will remain open for any registered voter in the county to vote before Election Day...
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Cape County mask order will continue despite complaints
(Local News ~ 09/23/20)
Cape Girardeau County’s mask mandate, initiated in mid-July by the county health department’s board of trustees, will continue at least one more month. Board members voted unanimously to extend the order Tuesday and will review it at their next meeting, set for Oct. 27. However, they agreed the order could be reconsidered sooner should conditions warrant, something they said is not likely...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/23/20)
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 23, the 267th day of 2020. There are 99 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 23, 1952, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the "Checkers" speech...
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Prayer 9/23/20
(Prayer ~ 09/23/20)
O Lord God, may we treat others how we would want to be treated. Amen.
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The left wants regime change
(Column ~ 09/23/20)
Constitutional revolution is going mainstream. After delivering lectures about political norms for the entirety of the Trump era -- often with good cause -- much of the left is now threatening to kneecap an important institution of American government on a partisan vote in an act of ideological vengeance...
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Find love in dark times
(Column ~ 09/23/20)
You can get lost in the Auschwitz Memorial Twitter feed. When I visited that infamous German World War II concentration camp during the summer before our last presidential election, I had the overwhelming feeling that we were forgetting its terrible example -- that we could fall into such evil again. With the recent violence in the streets, in homes, on television and even in human hearts, that's become a familiar feeling...
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Speak Out 9/23/20
(Speak Out ~ 09/23/20)
Does anyone really believe that the Democrats would wait until after the election to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court Justice before the election? Of course not. They tried this in 2016, only the Republican Senate stopped them. Now that the Republicans have control, they are losing their minds. ...
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Review: Millie Bobby Brown has fun with 'Enola Holmes'
(Entertainment ~ 09/23/20)
There is a long, questionable and occasionally successful tradition of spinning off iconic literary and film characters through relatives distant and not from James Bond Jr. to John Shaft II and III. In other words, it's not out of bounds someone would come along and invent a little sister for Sherlock Holmes and eventually make a movie out of it...
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World powers clash, virus stirs anger at virtual UN meeting
(International News ~ 09/23/20)
UNITED NATIONS -- Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the U.N. chief exhorted them to unite and tackle the era's towering problems: the coronavirus, the "economic calamity" it unleashed and the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China...
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AP-NORC poll: Views of economy stabilize as election nears
(National News ~ 09/23/20)
WASHINGTON — Most Americans view the nation’s economic situation as bleak, but a rising percentage also see signs of stability six weeks before Election Day — if not reasons for optimism. According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 60% of Americans describe the national economy as poor and 40% deem it good. ...
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Senate GOP plans vote on Trump's court pick before election
(National News ~ 09/23/20)
WASHINGTON -- Votes in hand, Senate Republicans are moving ahead with plans to confirm President Donald Trump's pick to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat before the Nov. 3 election, launching a divisive fight over Democratic objections before a nominee is even announced...
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'Unfathomable': U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
(National News ~ 09/23/20)
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 Tuesday, by far the highest in the world, hitting the once-unimaginable threshold six weeks before an election that is certain to be a referendum in part on President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis...
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Herusel Moyers
(Obituary ~ 09/23/20)
Herusel "Curly" Moyers was born Feb. 11, 1927, at Elvins, Missouri, the son of the Rev. Ira and Luaretta Moyers, and passed away Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, at the age of 93 years. Curly was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Ruth Johnson Moyers; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Gregory (Sarah) Moyers; granddaughter, Brandy Wimberley; daughter-in-law Jimilee Moyers; four brothers, Charles Moyers, John Moyers, Audie Moyers and Wilburn Moyers; one infant sister; two sisters, Novella Lunsford and Doretta Martin; one stepbrother, Chuck Ross; and one stepdaughter, Karen Scott. ...
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Leon Laurentius
(Obituary ~ 09/23/20)
Leon H. Laurentius, 86, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 10, 1934, in Advance, Missouri, to Joseph and Mary VanGennip Laurentius. He and Helen R. Richter were married Nov. 18, 1967, in Jackson. Two children were born to their union: Paul and Laura...
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Bertha Haupt
(Obituary ~ 09/23/20)
Bertha Lou Haupt, 91, of Jackson went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. She passed away at the Villas of Jackson, where she had been living the past 2 1/2 years. The family extends a special thank you to the staff at the Villas for its loving care and support...
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Carl Gushwa
(Obituary ~ 09/23/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carl Thomas Gushwa, 65, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home. A memorial for friends will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 30 at 21 E. St. Joseph St. in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Georgia Goodman
(Obituary ~ 09/23/20)
Georgia Lee Goodman, 98, of Scott City died Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, at her home. She was born April 7, 1922, in Cooter, Missouri, to Samuel and Gypsy Johnson Smith. She was a member of Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau. She is survived by a son, Herbert (Vivian) Goodman of Scott City; two daughters, Carolyn Brant of Scott City and Shirley Aldridge of Yorkville, Tennessee; 22 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren...
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Cape police report 9/23/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/23/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Miscellaneous n Drug violation was reported in the 500 block of South Sprigg Street. n Property damage was reported on North Pind Wood Lane.
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Birth 9/23/20
(Births ~ 09/23/20)
Son to James and Natalie McDonald of Mascoutah, Illinois, Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis, 3:23 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Name, Thomas Athanasius. Weight, 4 pounds, 8 ounces. Fifth child, fourth son. Mrs. McDonald is the former Natalie Watts, daughter of Jack and Barb Watts of Cape Girardeau. She is a stay-at-home mom. McDonald is the son of Pat McDonald and Dr. E.F. McDonald Jr. of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson. He is an engineer with Empire Comfort Systems in Belleville, Illinois...
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British man sentenced to 5 years for hacking U.S. companies
(State News ~ 09/23/20)
ST. LOUIS -- A British man who was part of a hacking collective called The Dark Overlord was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for helping the group steal information from several companies in the U.S., including Missouri, Illinois and Georgia...
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Southeast Missouri counties seeing high number of coronavirus cases
(State News ~ 09/23/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- The mostly rural Bootheel region of Missouri is seeing high numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but unlike many other hard-hit areas, the surge isn't tied to any particular place or demographic. Information from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows several Southeast Missouri counties have some of the state's worst rates of confirmed cases per capita. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 09/23/20)
Academic Search Consultation Service has been hired by the Southeast Missouri State University's Board of Regents to lead its search for a university president; the Washington-based, not-for-profit organization will charge $31,000 for its help in the search process, which is expected to take about five months...
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Public can weigh in on levee, floodwall projects in 7 states
(State News ~ 09/23/20)
NEW ORLEANS -- The Army Corps of Engineers says levee and floodwall projects in seven states from Missouri to Louisiana include 101 areas where levees are an average of 2 feet below the recommended height and 22 where floodwalls are too low or need stabilizing...
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$20,000 acrylic case installed around Jefferson marker
(State News ~ 09/23/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A $20,000 acrylic case now protects Thomas Jefferson's original headstone on the University of Missouri campus, a response to vandalism concerns amid an ongoing dispute about whether the university should honor the third U.S. president, who also was a slave owner...
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Despite pandemic, Lynwood shows there are still ways to do good
(Editorial ~ 09/23/20)
In in the midst of a pandemic -- maybe especially during a pandemic -- there are opportunities to do good and show love to our neighbors. Lynwood Baptist Church recently held its City2City ministry, though it functioned a bit differently than last year's inaugural event...
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