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Cape County commissioners approve purchase of 100 phones for new system
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners approved a request from the information technology department Thursday to purchase 100 new phones. IT director Eric McGowen was approved to purchase 100 Digium D65 telephones for $22,944, or approximately $229 each...
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Bird's-eye view of Cape
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
The few inches of snow that fell Wednesday on Cape Girardeau begins to melt in the sun Thursday. ...
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Notre Dame senior named Presidential Scholars candidate
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
Claire Southard, a graduating senior from Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, has been named one of more than 4,500 candidates for the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million high school students in the country expected to graduate...
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Cape PD continues to monitor city for gang activity following federal racketeering indictments
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
Four Southeast Missouri men facing federal racketeering charges allegedly belonged to one of Chicago’s largest and most-established street gangs. Sean Clemon, Dominique Maxwell and Perry Harris, all of Cape Girardeau, and Barry Boyce of Charleston were all arrested and charged with RICO conspiracy, according to a news release distributed Monday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois. ...
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City of Cape asking for endangered-buildings nominations
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
The Cape Girardeau Historic Preservation Commission is now accepting nominations for its 2021 Endangered Buildings List. The commission first introduced the list in 2012 to promote awareness of buildings and structures in the community that, in the opinion of the commission, have historic value and are believed to be at risk of being lost because of significant deterioration and/or imminent demolition...
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African American pastors in Cape question lethal force bill in Missouri Senate
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
This story is updated. The Rev. William “Tiger” Bird Jr. of Greater Dimensions Church and president of the Pastoral Assembly of Cape Girardeau group, is less than thrilled with controversial legislation — SB 66 — now working its way through the Missouri Senate allowing the use of deadly force against protesters on private property and immunizing motorists from prosecution who run over demonstrators with their cars who are blocking traffic...
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Collins seeks third term on controversial Cape County health board
(Local News ~ 01/29/21)
This is the first in a series of articles featuring candidates for the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees in the April 6 municipal election. The trustees are unpaid and hold regular meetings monthly. Kara Clark Summers, county clerk since 2007, told the Southeast Missourian never in her tenure have so many people filed at one time to serve as PHC trustees. ...
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Will Democrats reform the criminal justice system?
(Column ~ 01/29/21)
Democrats now have the luxury of a unified government. Controlling the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House gives them an opportunity to do many things they have claimed to care about but have complained about being blocked by Republicans. And so, this opportunity is also one for others to hold Democrats accountable if they don't actually do what they insist they wish to do...
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River Campus continues to set the stage
(Editorial ~ 01/29/21)
Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus has weathered the pandemic by continuing to safely host patrons and performers both virtually and in-person over the last year, providing a much-needed respite from the stresses of COVID-19. For in-person supporters, River Campus seating has been modified to provide a safe environment for those attending and performing, with each venue ticketed at 25% of normal capacity...
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Liquid nitrogen leak at Georgia poultry plant kills 6, sickens many
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
GAINESVILLE, Ga, -- A liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry plant killed six people Thursday, with multiple others taken to the hospital, officials said. At least three of those injured at the Prime Pak Foods plant in Gainesville were reported in critical condition...
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Democratic lawmakers push for race data in vaccinations
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
Democratic lawmakers are urging federal health officials to address racial disparity in vaccine access nationwide, as data from some states show hard-hit nonwhite Americans who are eligible to receive it are not getting COVID-19 vaccinations in proportion to their share of the population...
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Brokerages limit trading in GameStop, spark outcry
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
Robinhood and other retail brokerages are taking steps to tamp down the speculative frenzy surrounding companies such as GameStop, but the actions only sparked more volatility and an outcry from users of the platforms and some members of Congress that small investors are being treated unfairly...
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Pelosi wants security money to face 'enemy' within U.S. House
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More money is needed to protect lawmakers from threats of violence coming from an "enemy" within Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, a startling acknowledgment of how tensions over safety have escalated since this month's Capitol attack by supporters of former President Donald Trump...
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State lawmakers are pushing to curb governors' virus powers
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
Irritated by the sweeping use of executive orders during the COVID-19 crisis, state lawmakers around the U.S. are moving to curb the authority of governors and top health officials to impose emergency restrictions such as mask rules and business shutdowns...
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Biden opens sign-up window for uninsured in time of COVID-19
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered government health insurance markets to reopen for a special sign-up window, offering uninsured Americans a haven as the spread of COVID-19 remains dangerously high and vaccines aren't yet widely available...
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S. African virus variant found in United States
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, state health officials said Thursday. The two cases were discovered in adults in different regions of the state and do not appear to be connected. Neither of the people infected has traveled recently, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said...
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U.S. economy shrank 3.5% in 2020 after growing 4% last quarter
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
WASHINGTON -- Stuck in the grip of a viral pandemic, the U.S. economy grew at a 4% annual rate in the final three months of 2020 and shrank last year by the largest amount in 74 years. For 2020 as a whole, a year when the coronavirus inflicted the worst economic freeze since the end of World War II, the economy contracted 3.5% and clouded the outlook for the coming year. ...
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Carolyn Dillon
(Obituary ~ 01/29/21)
On Jan. 27, 2021, we lost an angel. A gracious, gentle soul who seldom spoke a harsh word, Carolyn Dillon was the ultimate caregiver who doted and tended to those she loved. Carolyn had a face full of kindness and a heart of gold, and she will be dearly missed by those who loved her...
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Mary Cook
(Obituary ~ 01/29/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Mary Margaret Cook, 87, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 2, 1933, in Warrenton, Missouri, daughter of Herman Fredrick and Bessie Mae McBride Stuehmeyer. She and Gordon C. Cook were united in marriage Sept. 13, 1947, and he passed away Sept. 7, 2011...
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Official: Confusion a cause of lagging Missouri vaccinations
(State News ~ 01/29/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Missouri's poor ranking in getting residents a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine is partly because of "confusion" in the final days of the Trump administration and through the transition of power, a state official told a vaccine advisory panel Thursday...
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Prayer 1/29/21
(Prayer ~ 01/29/21)
Lord Jesus, may we walk in the light as you are in the light. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/29/21
(Speak Out ~ 01/29/21)
The teachers union members that are refusing to teach should not be paid, I'm sure most of them go to the stores where people are. They have no idea if they have the virus or not. The unions have too much control of our public schools and are a big reason our public schools are failing...
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Oscar-winning, 'irreplaceable' Cloris Leachman dies at 94
(National News ~ 01/29/21)
LOS ANGELES -- Cloris Leachman, an Oscar-winner for her portrayal of a lonely housewife in "The Last Picture Show" and a comedic delight as the fearsome Frau Blucher in "Young Frankenstein" and self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," has died. She was 94...
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Out of the past: Jan. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 01/29/21)
Cape Girardeau's $73.9 million, five-year capital improvements plan lists 121 projects involving everything from streets to sewers; the largest category is $42.3 million for water, sewer and solid waste projects; the category includes sewer improvements costing $27.9 million, $5 million for expansion of the city's water system and $929,000 for completion of the Cape LaCroix/Walker Creek Flood Control Project...
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Cape fire report 1/29/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/29/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 25 n Medical assists were made at 1:25 a.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 2:34 a.m. on Kingshighway; 2:41 a.m. on Hopper Road; 7:35 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 8:33 a.m. ...
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Area police reports 1/29/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/29/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 2000 block of Kenneth Drive. Thefts n Theft from a motor vehicle was reported in the 2300 block of Rust Avenue. n Larceny was reported...
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