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Editorial: Jackson makes the grade in statewide ranking
(Editorial ~ 01/20/21)
The Jackson R-2 School District recently received an impressive statewide recognition. The district ranked 23rd out of 554 public school districts in the state with an "A" grade. The ranking was done by Niche, a Pennsylvania-based research firm, and looked at the following categories: academics, college preparation, resources and facilities, food service, health and safety, teachers, clubs and activities, administration, sports and diversity. ...
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Scott City PD seeks help identifying fraud suspect
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
The Scott City Police Department is seeking community assistance in identifying a suspect in an ongoing investigation involving the fraudulent acquisition and use of credit/debit card information. Police are asking anyone who can assist in identifying the suspect to call (573) 264-2121 or message the department's Facebook page with information...
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Francis helps lead censure action against MO House member accused of sex with intern
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
State Rep. Rick Francis of Perryville (R-145) is part of the 10-member bipartisan Missouri House Ethics Committee that voted in December to recommend censure of a colleague, Rep. Wiley Price IV of St. Louis (D-84), accused of sex with an intern, harassing a staffer who reported the claim and lying while under investigation...
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Fire destroys rental property in Scott City
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
A residential fire resulted in total property loss last week in Scott City. At 10:48 p.m. Jan. 13, the Scott City Fire Department responded to a report of a possible attic fire at a rental home. "When we arrived on scene, we had heavy fire coming from the back, what we call BC, corner (back left corner)," interim fire chief Shawn Jackson said, "and we had heavy smoke showing from the attic eaves."...
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Cape County inmate died of cardiac arrest
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
An autopsy determined the cause of an inmate's death over the weekend at the Cape Girardeau County Jail was cardiac arrest. According to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Office, staff was alerted by the inmate's cellmate that they were unresponsive Saturday. Staff attempted resuscitation through the use of an AED and CPR until medical personnel arrived...
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Cape County's Cox Grain Farms wins state soybean contest
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
For the third time in four years, a Cape Girardeau County farmer has won the Missouri Soybean Association's high-yield contest. Jerry Cox of Cox Grain Farms LLC, 3892 Bloomfield Road, just outside Cape Girardeau's city limits, earned the honor with an irrigated field that averaged just less than 103 bushels per acre. The state's average is 49 bushels per acre. According to the association, Cox planted a variety of Pioneer soybeans...
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Cape Council OKs bonds for River Campus Art Expansion project
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
Cape Girardeau City Council, meeting virtually because of COVID-19 concerns, approved Tuesday the issuance of $10 million in industrial revenue bonds to re-purpose two buildings along South Frederick and Morgan Oak streets and construct a third building as a centralized art complex for Southeast Missouri State University students who study ceramics, woodworking, metal sculpture, painting and 3-D printing...
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Road work 1/20/21
(Local News ~ 01/20/21)
NB U.S. 61 in Cape County reduced for sidewalk work Northbound U.S. 61 (Jackson Boulevard) in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane from Kimbel Lane to Gloria Drive in Jackson as contractor crews make sidewalk improvements. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily Feb. 1 through Feb. 5...
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Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — His presidency over, Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback. “So just a goodbye. We love you," Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland where he walked across a red carpet and boarded Air Force One to head to Florida. "We will be back in some form.”...
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The Latest: Biden staffers get to work at White House
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Joe Biden's presidential inauguration (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Joe Biden’s team has started moving into the White House. The building began humming again with activity a few hours after Biden’s inauguration Wednesday as staff for the new president started moving into their offices, unpacking belongings and getting the badges that grant them easy access to the property...
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For the Long Haul: Portraits of Southeast Missouri Truckers
(01/20/21)
This three-part series introduces us to some of the people keeping our country running as truck drivers, transporting the items we use each day. In this third and final installment, we hear from John George and his son, Wyatt. John and Wyatt George...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2021. There are 345 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 20, 1986, the United States observed the first federal holiday in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr...
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'Peanuts' pen pals find comfort in correspondence
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
Even before she sees the name on the return address, Nancy Sloane knows who sent the letter -- the Snoopy sticker sealing the envelope is a dead giveaway. It's from Wesley Morgan, a 32-year-old fan of the comic strip "Peanuts" who's been sending Snoopy-themed cards and letters across the country to ease the solitude of older adults in isolation because of the coronavirus...
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U.S. soldier arrested in plot to blow up NYC 9/11 Memorial
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
NEW YORK -- A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City's 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said. Cole James Bridges of Stow, Ohio, was in custody on charges of attempted material support of a terrorist organization -- the Islamic State group -- and attempted murder of a military member, said Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for Manhattan federal prosecutors.. ...
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'We know this is real': New clinics aid virus 'long-haulers'
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
NEW YORK -- COVID-19 came early for Catherine Busa, and it never really left. The 54-year-old New York City school secretary didn't have any underlying health problems when she caught the coronavirus in March, and she recovered at her Queens home. But some symptoms lingered: fatigue she never experienced during years of rising at 5 a.m. ...
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Trump wishes new administration luck in farewell video
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump trumpeted his administration's accomplishments and wished his successor luck in a farewell video as he spent his final full day in office preparing to issue a flurry of pardons in a near-deserted White House, surrounded by an extraordinary security presence outside...
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Guard members made extremist statements about inauguration
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WASHINGTON -- Twelve U.S. National Guard members have been removed from securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration after vetting by the FBI, including two who made extremist statements in posts or texts about today's event, Pentagon officials said. There were no specific threats to Biden...
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U.S. surpasses 400K deaths as Biden set to take office
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden predicted he would take office amid a "dark winter," and the outlook is only getting bleaker. No matter his first acts in the White House, the raging coronavirus pandemic could take another 100,000 American lives in his first month as president after crossing the grim marker of 400,000 deaths just minutes before Biden began his trip to Washington. ...
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Inauguration Day: Biden marks nation’s coronavirus grief before pomp of taking presidential oath of office
(National News ~ 01/20/21)
WASHINGTON -- Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington on Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost...
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Barbara Westrich
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
Barbara Ann Westrich, daughter of the late James Lemuel and Stella Mae Lape Andrews, was born June 13, 1936, in Chaffee, Missouri, and departed this life Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at the Arbors Senior Living in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84 years. Barbara was a sales representative for 32 years at Wetterau Food Distribution in Scott City, a member of the St. ...
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Alfred Vogt
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
ST. MARY, Mo. -- Alfred H. "Bud" Vogt, age 79, of Saint Mary passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at his residence. Services will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Glen Merick
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Glen L. Merick, age 67, of Perryville died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at his residence. Services will be private for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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June Mahy
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- June E. Mahy, 98, of Cape Girardeau died of natural causes Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in San Diego. She was born June 24, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of George E. and Emma Perry Farrow. At the age of 19, June graduated from the Normal School with a two-year teaching certificate and taught grades one through eight at the Old Egypt Mills School...
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Ouida Haralambidis
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Ouida Lee Morehead Haralambidis, age 69, of Olive Branch passed away at 3:54 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Ouida was born June 25, 1951, in Cairo, Illinois, to Morris Glenn and Joanna Bush Morehead...
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Marilyn Duffey
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
Marilyn Sue Graham Duffey, 79, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Marilyn was born May 24, 1941, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Charles and Geraldine Graham. She graduated from Bloomfield (Missouri) High School in 1959. She and Ray Duffey were united in marriage on April 6, 1958, in Bloomfield and spent 62 years rarely leaving each other's side until Ray's death Dec. 8, 2020...
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Gloria Denton
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
THEBES, Ill. -- Gloria Deane Denton, 88, of Thebes died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, at Metropolis Nursing & Rehab Center. She was born Feb. 24, 1932, in Commerce, Missouri, to Guy J. and Jennie E. Clymer Caldwell. She and Henry Lee Denton were married Nov. 23, 1950, at First Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Nov. 17, 2018...
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Thomas Blattel
(Obituary ~ 01/20/21)
CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Thomas Vernon "Tom" Blattel, 83, of Camarillo died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at St. John's Hospital in Camarillo due to complications following hip surgery. Tom was born Dec. 22, 1937, in Ancell (Scott City) to Edwin Andrew and Celena Bertha Glueck Blattel. He grew up in Southeast Missouri and graduated from Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau. He joined the Air Force and was stationed in Japan before returning to the United States...
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Speak Out 1/20/21
(Speak Out ~ 01/20/21)
If Biden is sincere about unifying the country he would discourage the Democrats' impeachment of President Trump. I support Trump's policies, which did make America great again, but I didn't always like his rhetoric. I believe you can disagree with someone and still be respectable. ...
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Prayer 1/20/21
(Prayer ~ 01/20/21)
O Lord God, Heavenly Father, may our words and deeds glorify you. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 01/20/21)
Authorities rescued nearly 200 dogs Wednesday from a feces-covered Southeast Missouri "puppy mill" where sick or unbreedable dogs were put in pens to die and where a large ditch filled with dead animals was found; the dogs were brought to the Cape Girardeau Humane Society, where about 100 diseased dogs were euthanized; the rest are available for adoption...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/20/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 18 n Medical assists were made at 2:17 .m. on North Street; 9:31 a.m. on Larkspur County; 2:04 p.m. on Themis Street; 2:50 p.m. on Jaycee Drive; 6:45 p.m. at South Sprigg Street and Shawnee Parkway...
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Cape Girardeau police report 1/20/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at Big Bend Road and Lexington Drive. Assault n Assault was reported. Theft n Burglary was reported in the 600 block of Boxwood Drive...
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Births 1/20/21
(Births ~ 01/20/21)
Daughter to Mason Hinkebein and Joslyn Mansfield of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 8:18 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Name, Hadleigh Mae. Weight, 5 pounds. First child. Mansfield is the daughter of Kelly Mansfield and Dan Kohler of Jackson and Stacy Mansfield of Rockford, Illinois. She works at Chateau Girardeau. Hinkebein is the son of Janette and James Hinkebein of Jackson. He works at Biokyowa...
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“The Holdout,” by Graham Moore
(01/20/21)
In “The Holdout,” a novel by Graham Moore, Maya Seale, as a young juror, became part of a high-profile case to judge Bobby Nock, an African American high school teacher accused of the murder of his wealthy white student. The final verdict ended in Bobby Nock’s favor with all 12 jurors voting for his innocence because there was not enough evidence to make the case. During the trial, though, the jurors’ names were leaked to the media. Each juror faced backlash after the trial ended...
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