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Man shot in leg early Monday morning
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
A Monday morning shooting left a Cape Girardeau man injured, police said. Sgt. Joseph Hann of Cape Girardeau Police Department said officers responded to the 2700 block of Lynwood Drive shortly after 2 a.m. Monday and found a 27-year-old man with a gunshot wound in one of his thighs...
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Salvation Army vehicles burglarized
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
Salvation Army offices, including Cape Girardeau’s, have been targeted for thefts, officials announced Tuesday. Lt. Matt DeGonia of Cape Girardeau said catalytic converters off two of the organization’s vehicles had been stolen. ...
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Tax bills in mail for Cape County; will look different this year
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
Cape Girardeau County residents will see tax bills in their mailboxes starting this week, according to County Collector Barbara Gholson, who said the invoices, and even the envelopes they’re mailed in, will look a little different this year. “The collector’s office upgraded to new software, which caused some delays and changes,” she explained. “The bills will have a different look this year, but all the same information is on them.” ...
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Cape County medical director sees 'twinkling of light' in coronavirus tunnel
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
With the recent announcements two promising COVID-19 vaccines are on the horizon, the medical director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center says he’s “starting to see a twinkling of light at the end of the tunnel.” But Dr. John Russell cautions the “end of the tunnel” is “still a long way off.” ...
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Bow tied on 2020 election: Cape County clerk details final election results, process
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
The Tuesday deadline to report official results of the Nov. 3 election to the Missouri Secretary of State was met with time to spare by Cape Girardeau County election officials. The final numbers, compiled Nov. 9 by the county’s verification board, show little change from those reported election night, with no alteration in the outcome of any race or initiative...
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SEMO gets ready to send students home until late January, as scheduled
(Local News ~ 11/18/20)
This story is updated. A week from now, Southeast Missouri State University will be on Thanksgiving break, but unlike past years, the school’s 8,929 undergraduate students will not return to campus to finish the fall semester. In fact, they won’t return to campus for two more months, thanks to COVID-19 concerns, and will finish out the current semester with education delivered remotely by faculty...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2020. There are 43 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members...
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Biden's search for bipartisanship (and bloated budgets)
(Column ~ 11/18/20)
As he claimed victory in the race for the White House, Joe Biden declared that now is "a time to heal." Like Republican Jack Kemp before his vice presidential debate with Al Gore in 1996, Biden added: "Stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They are not our enemies. They're Americans."...
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Speak Out 11/18/20
(Speak Out ~ 11/18/20)
Golly gee, maybe the swing states should have started counting sooner. The U.S. of A. is such a hot mess. So how many cases of Covid-19 can be traced back to the events that the Cape Girardeau Parks and Rec department continue to put on despite what CDC guidelines say? Events such as Touch-A-Truck, Park and Rec night, a Haunted House, and Spaghetti Day have had to have lead to some spread. Where does the Cape Girardeau County Health Department stand on all of these events?...
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Prayer 11/18/20
(Prayer ~ 11/18/20)
O God, may we always strive to follow your teachings and will for our lives. Amen.
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Optimist Club recognition of law enforcement is important
(Editorial ~ 11/18/20)
Several area law enforcement officials were recognized last month at the Cape Girardeau Evening Optimist Club's Respect for Law banquet. This year's honorees included: Special Agent Beth Dallas, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Lt. Jason Ladner and Lt. ...
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The failure of Black Lives Matter
(Column ~ 11/18/20)
Black Lives Matter came up with the single most effective political slogan of the year. While no one was likely to be overly impressed with Joe Biden's line, "Build Back Better," and Donald Trump's "Keep America Great" or "Make America Great Again, Again" didn't have the resonance of the original 2016 version, BLM broke through the clutter with a catchphrase that was memorable, pungent -- and utterly devastating to Democrats...
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Patricia Rosanna
(Obituary ~ 11/18/20)
Patricia Ann Theresa Rosanna, 71, of Jackson passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 4, 1948, in Jackson, daughter of Jesse Charles "J.C." and Annadell Kelly Bruce. She always said she was the best birthday present her father had, as they shared a birthday. She and Robert William Rosanna were married on June 2, 1967, in Phoenix City, Alabama...
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Joyce McGee
(Obituary ~ 11/18/20)
Joyce Ann McGee, age 70, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau with Pastor Zack Strong officiating. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Lori Emmons
(Obituary ~ 11/18/20)
Lori Sue Emmons, 49, of Cape Girardeau, passed away suddenly on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, at home. She was born March 6, 1971, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Donald L. and Mary Sue Nenninger Emmons. Lori was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau and worked as a registered nurse at the Missouri Veterans Home...
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William Bradshaw Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/18/20)
William Thomas "Bill" Bradshaw Jr., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 86 years, 7 months and 17 days. The son of the late William Thomas and Lema Ora Dixon Bradshaw, Bill was born March 29, 1934, in Marmaduke, Arkansas. On June 27, 1955, in Risco, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Alma Smelser. She preceded him in death Aug. 9, 2020...
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Van Adams
(Obituary ~ 11/18/20)
Van Adams, 60, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. He was born Sept. 21, 1960, in Cairo, Illinois, the son of Van and Betty Conrad Adams. Van was a packing specialist for VIP Industries. He is survived by his mother, Betty June Adams of Pevely, Missouri; sister, Gladys Cureton of Pevely; brothers, Darell Adams of Troy, Illinois, and Douglas Adams of Marble Hill, Missouri; nieces, nephews and his family of many years at Regency Management and VIP Industries...
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Cape Girardeau police report 11/18/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/18/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of Asher Street. n Assault was reported in the 28700 block of Lynwood Hills Drive...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 11/18/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/18/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Nov. 16 n Medical assists were made at 4:22 a.m. on Hazel Street; 9:21 a.m. at Beaudean Lane and Parkway Drive; 1:11 on Perryville Road and Bertling Street; 8:20 p.m. on Franks Lane; 9:28 p.m. on Perry Avenue; 10:06 p.m. on Mimosa Drive...
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Missouri teachers union latest to urge coronavirus action
(State News ~ 11/18/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- The union representing St. Louis teachers is calling for a statewide mask mandate, a proposal that also has the backing of Missouri's two largest teacher organizations. The interim president of the American Federation of Teachers St. Louis Local 420, Ray Cummings, said in a statement late Monday it's time for Republican Gov. Mike Parson "to follow science and the advice of health care professionals" in issuing a mask mandate...
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Controversial Fed nominee Shelton stalls in Senate test vote
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- The nomination of Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump's controversial pick for the Federal Reserve, is stalled in the Senate after Vice President-elect Kamala Harris returned to the chamber to cast a key vote in a tally Tuesday. Two key Republicans were absent because of COVID-related concerns. The 47-50 vote came as the Republican-controlled Senate continues to focus its energies in the post-election lame-duck session on confirming Trump's appointees...
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Georgia elections chief battles fellow Republicans, Trump
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
ATLANTA -- Georgia's secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican and make unsupported claims mismanagement and fraud tainted the state's presidential election...
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Murphy's choice: Fed official has say on transition launch
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- The head of an obscure federal agency that is holding up the presidential transition knew well before Election Day she might soon have a messy situation on her hands. Before Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, the man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier...
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Historic deal revives plan for largest US dam demolition
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years...
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Peruvians get 3rd president in a week amid cautious hopes
(International News ~ 11/18/20)
LIMA, Peru -- Peruvians watched in hope as the nation's third president in just over a week was sworn in to office Tuesday promising to restore trust in government after the worst constitutional crisis in two decades. Francisco Sagasti donned the red and white presidential sash and in his first words to the nation paid homage to two young men who died during protests...
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Internal email reveals 65 virus cases among WHO Geneva staff
(International News ~ 11/18/20)
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including five people who worked on the premises and were in contact with one another, an internal email obtained by The Associated Press shows...
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Pandemic politics leave DC in gridlock as virus surges
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- With the nation gripped by a resurgent coronavirus and looking to Washington for help, President Donald Trump and lawmakers in Congress have a message for struggling Americans: Just keep waiting. The urgency of the nationwide surge in virus cases, spiking hospitalizations and increasing death tolls has hardly resonated in the nation's capital as its leaders are vexed by transition politics and trying to capitalize on the promise of a coming vaccine. ...
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States plead for more federal help as virus outbreak worsens
(National News ~ 11/18/20)
With more shutdowns looming and a vaccine months away from wide distribution, governors across the U.S. are pleading for more help from Washington ahead of what is shaping up to be a bleak winter. Renewed restrictions on indoor businesses, overloaded hospitals and the coming end of unemployment benefits for millions of Americans have led governors to paint a dire picture of the months ahead unless the federal government steps in with more money and leadership to help them shore up their damaged budgets and beat back the resurgence of the coronavirus.. ...
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Out of the past: Nov. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 11/18/20)
One of Southeast Missouri State University's major financial donors, Rosemary Crisp of Marion, Illinois, has been named Philanthropist of the Year by the St. Louis Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives; Crisp was presented the award on Wednesday at the 16th annual awards luncheon and celebration of National Philanthropy Day in St. Louis...
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Student Santas receives check from sponsor McDonald’s
(Submitted Story ~ 11/18/20)
Jennifer Icaza-Gast, founder of Student Santas, receives a check from Cheryl Farrow, Director of Operations for McDonald’s. McDonald’s continues to be a top sponsor of Student Santas. To date Student Santas has helped nearly 25,000 children in and around Cape Girardeau. ...
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Give Ozarks Day returns March 24, 2021
(Submitted Story ~ 11/18/20)
Give Ozarks Day, the regionwide day of giving presented by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, will take place on March 24, 2021. The online crowdfunding event will run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to support the CFO’s nonprofit agency partners. With the theme “Rally for Recovery,” this Give Ozarks will offer nonprofits the opportunity to raise operating funds to help sustain their work after a year of fundraising cancellations, financial challenges and program disruptions, often coupled with an increased need for services during the pandemic.. ...
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