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Man involved in Monday rollover accident in coma
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
A man involved in a rollover accident Monday afternoon on South Sprigg Street is unresponsive in a comatose state at St. Louis University Hospital. According to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department, John W. Deffenbaugh, 47, of Cape Girardeau is in a comatose state Tuesday following the single-vehicle accident...
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MSHP, Cape FD unable to locate person who jumped from I-55 bridge into Diversion Channel
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
An unidentified person who reportedly jumped off a bridge Monday afternoon on Interstate 55 into the Diversion Channel has not been located. The incident occurred at approximately 2 p.m. Monday at mile marker 92 on I-55. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department assisted the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Water Patrol Division on Tuesday morning in an attempt to locate the jumper...
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Two arrested in connection with woman's body found near Shawnee Park
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
Two suspects were arrested Tuesday in connection with the Monday morning discovery of a dead woman in the treeline near Shawnee Park. Janice M. Leimbach, 62, of Cape Girardeau and Matthew S. Morris, 22, of Gideon, Missouri, were arrested and charged with abandonment of a corpse...
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Sponsored: Changing Moods, Changing Seasons: Coping with seasonal affective disorder
(02/03/21)
For some, shortened days and more time spent inside means cozy evenings to themselves. For others, the changing seasons may trigger feelings of lower motivation, worsening mood, trouble sleeping and more. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a mental health condition that causes depression symptoms around certain times of the year...
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Cape native Christopher Limbaugh appointed to 19th Circuit Court
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
Christopher Limbaugh received a judicial appointment Tuesday courtesy of his current boss, Gov. Mike Parson. A Cape Girardeau native, Limbaugh, 36, has served as general counsel and chief legal officer to the governor since June 2018 -- shortly after Parson took over as the state's chief executive following the resignation of Eric Greitens...
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Cape's new city hall project update
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
Any building project has unforeseen challenges and Cape Girardeau’s new City Hall project overlooking the Mississippi River is no exception.
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Former SEMO regent Pollack remembered as gracious, humble
(Local News ~ 02/03/21)
This story is updated. Area leaders were effusive in their praise Tuesday for Cape Girardeau native Sydney Pollack, a retired businessman and community leader, who died Saturday in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 93. "Sydney and I went to Cape Central High together and we'd been corresponding by mail a lot lately," said retired U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2021. There are 331 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 3, 1959, rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a small plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa...
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Jackson student nationally recognized for science project
(Editorial ~ 02/03/21)
Elijah Jones, a senior at Jackson High School, recently made news as one of 300 students to be selected by the Society for Science in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2021, a prestigious science and math competition designed for high school seniors...
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Joe Biden's left-wing start
(Column ~ 02/03/21)
Joe Biden is off to the most left-wing start of any Democratic president in recent memory. The dulcet tones of Biden's inaugural address already seem an artifact of a bygone era. Republicans will hammer him for the rest of his presidency for failing to deliver on his unifying message, but the fact is that Biden is governing as he promised -- further to the left of his own record, further to the left of Barack Obama, and further to the left of any Democrat who made his career prior to the ascendancy of the cultural left.. ...
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'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/21)
"Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44. "Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful," the actor's spokesman, Roger Paul, said in a statement...
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Music helping Tony Bennett battle Alzheimer's disease
(Entertainment ~ 02/03/21)
NEW YORK -- Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease but it hasn't quieted his legendary voice. The singer's wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016. The magazine says he endures "increasingly rarer moments of clarity and awareness."...
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Moscow court orders Kremlin foe Navalny to prison for 2 1/2 years
(International News ~ 02/03/21)
MOSCOW -- A Moscow court Tuesday ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to prison for more than 2 1/2 years, finding he violated the terms of his probation while recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. The ruling ignited protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg...
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Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, will step down as CEO
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
NEW YORK -- Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon as an online bookstore and built it into a shopping and entertainment behemoth, will step down later this year as CEO, a role he's had for nearly 30 years, to become executive chairman, the company announced Tuesday...
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Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan as insufficient Tuesday as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting to launch a process that could approve his sweeping rescue package on their own, if Republicans refuse to support it...
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McCarthy faces choices as GOP divides over Cheney, Greene
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy faced unrest Tuesday from opposing ends of the Republican spectrum over Reps. Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Greene, underscoring GOP fissures as the party seeks its pathway without Donald Trump in the White House...
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Biden boosting vaccine allotments, financing for virus costs
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it is moving to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, freeing up more doses for states and beginning to distribute them to retail pharmacies next week. The push comes amid new urgency to speed vaccinations to prevent the spread of potentially more serious strains of the virus that has killed more than 445,000 Americans...
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FBI: 2 agents killed, 3 wounded, suspect dead in Florida
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Two FBI agents were killed and three wounded in a shooting that erupted Tuesday when they arrived to search an apartment in a child pornography case, a confrontation marking one of the bloodiest days in FBI history. The suspect is believed to have killed himself...
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House Dems make case for conviction; Trump denies charges
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional...
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Pressure builds on schools to reopen during pandemic
(National News ~ 02/03/21)
CONCORD, N.H. -- Pressure is building on school systems around the U.S. to reopen classrooms to students who have been learning online for nearly a year, pitting politicians against teachers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. In Chicago, the rancor is so great, teachers are on the brink of striking. ...
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Missouri's second female Supreme Court judge announces retirement
(State News ~ 02/03/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith on Tuesday announced she's retiring from the state's high court. Stith, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2001 by former Gov. Bob Holden, will step down March 8. She was only the second woman to serve on the state's seven-member high court. Stith was later joined by Judges Patricia Breckenridge and Mary Russell, who still sit on the court...
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Coronavirus deaths in Missouri surpass grim milestone: 7,000
(State News ~ 02/03/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Missouri continues to see declines in newly confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, but the death toll reached another sad milestone Tuesday, topping 7,000. The state health department cited 340 additional deaths. All but two of those were the result of the Bureau of Vital Records' weekly review of death certificates to include COVID-19-related deaths that were not previously reported by local health agencies. ...
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Mary Sypniewski
(Obituary ~ 02/03/21)
Mary Beth Sypniewski, 52, of Scott City died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
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Joan Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 02/03/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Alma Joan Seabaugh, 80, of Chaffee died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Oct. 20, 1940, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to William D. and Beatrice Blackwell Asbridge. She and Emmett Earl Seabaugh were married Nov. 23, 1959, at Cape Girardeau...
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Sydney Pollack
(Obituary ~ 02/03/21)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Sydney Pollack, retired businessman and community leader, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, after a brief illness. He was 93. Born in Cape Girardeau to the late Esther Sorkin and Jake Pollack, Sydney's family was instrumental in growing Cape Girardeau's Jewish community and establishing the B'Nai Israel Synagogue, which was constructed in 1937 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. ...
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Edna Pilger
(Obituary ~ 02/03/21)
EUREKA, Mo. -- Edna M. Pilger, age 89, of Eureka, formerly of Perryville, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at her residence. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Lorene Pierce
(Obituary ~ 02/03/21)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Lorene Mildred Pierce, 85, of Fairview Heights formerly of Altenburg, Missouri, died Monday Feb. 1, 2021 at the Freeburg Care Center in Freeburg, Illinois. Friends may call from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in New Athens, Illinois...
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Prayer 2/3/21
(Prayer ~ 02/03/21)
O Lord Jesus, may all come to know you as Lord and Savior. Amen.
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Speak Out 2/3/21
(Speak Out ~ 02/03/21)
We conservatives are hearing Democratic cries for unity. But unless you say (or write) what they approve of, think like a Democrat, what really is meant is to conform. Sit down and shut up. The COVID vaccine clinic this past week at the casino was excellent, well organized, and much appreciated. The pics of the four-hour waits in Poplar Bluff should not happen. Do the health departments not talk to each other?...
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Out of the past: Feb. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 02/03/21)
Tireless community service and a long-standing commitment to the future of Cape Girardeau earned veteran banker Narvol A. Randol Sr., the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Award; the award was presented by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce during its annual dinner-dance at the Show Me Center last night, with more than 800 people attending; also honored were Ken Bryan, who received the Go-Getter Award, presented for a member's outstanding work with the organization's membership committee; Hutson's Fine Furniture, which received the Small Business of the Year Award; and 11 chamber members of more than 50 years.. ...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/3/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 100 block of Clark Avenue. Thefts n Burglary was reported in the 2300 block of Bloomfield Street. n Burglary was reported in the 900 block of Bellevue Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/3/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/03/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 1 n Medical assists were made at 5:23 a.m. on North Main Street; 11:37 a.m. on Hazel Street; 2:32 p.m. on Linden Street; 7:09 p.m. on North Water Street; 8:11 p.m. at Redwood and Sharon drives; 8:40 p.m. on Grandview Drive; 10:30 p.m. on South Minnesota Avenue...
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