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Former Poplar Bluff police officer sentenced to 25 years on child porn charges
(Local News ~ 02/10/21)
A former Poplar Bluff, Missouri, police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday for the production of child pornography. According to a news release from the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. sentenced Brandon M. Hopper, 40, of Poplar Bluff to 300 months in prison for one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. Hopper pleaded guilty to this charge in October...
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Cape Airport looks forward to recovery from pandemic
(Local News ~ 02/10/21)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport saw 265 air passengers, known as "enplanements" in industry jargon, last month -- a 58% decline, January-to-January, from 2020, which was prior to the pandemic taking hold in the United States. In January 2020, the airport recorded 629 enplanements...
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SEMO goes to the Canvas
(Local News ~ 02/10/21)
The days are long gone when in order to complete an assignment, a student physically had to hand in work to a teacher. There were no other options. The rapid advance of technology has now changed the educational landscape by moving much schoolwork online...
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New coronavirus vaccine partnership announced
(Local News ~ 02/10/21)
COVID-19 vaccination plans continue to evolve at a rapid pace. Gov. Mike Parson's office announced this week a new partnership -- Federal Retail Pharmacy Program -- that will result in a number of Walmart and Health Mart pharmacies across the state receiving vaccine doses. ...
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SNOW DAY: Cape superintendent drops his 2021 snow day video
(Local News ~ 02/10/21)
Cape Girardeau School District superintendent Neil Glass has once again made a parody video to announce a snow day, this time inspired by Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again." The video posted Tuesday morning with more than 10,000 views as of the Tuesday evening features Glass in a blonde, '80s style wig with band members performing on stage to a masked audience...
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Editorial: Central, SEMO basketball star Pat Colon recognized by Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
(Editorial ~ 02/10/21)
Capping off an impressive high school and college basketball career at Cape Central and Southeast Missouri State University, Pat Colon was recently inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The first woman to have her number retired by SEMO, Colon helped the school reach four NCAA Division II Tournaments. She set personal records along the way, among them scoring 2,034 career points...
- A Look Back (02/10/21)
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 10, the 41st day of 2021. There are 324 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, dealing with presidential disability and succession, was ratified as Minnesota and Nevada adopted it...
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Biden unwisely following the party-line lead of his two predecessors
(Column ~ 02/10/21)
As an American, I wish President Joe Biden every success in defeating the pandemic and getting the economy moving again. But when it comes to the dysfunction of our political system and the polarized climate generally, it's becoming clear he's part of the problem, not the solution...
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Are the classics racist?
(Column ~ 02/10/21)
It was only a matter of time before Cicero got canceled. The New York Times the other day profiled Princeton classicist Dan-el Padilla Peralta, who wants to destroy the study of classics as a blow for racial justice. The critique of classics as stultifying and privileged isn't new, but in the woke era this attack is more potent than ever and has a better chance of demolishing a foundation of Western education...
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Christy Whorton
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Christy Sue Whorton, daughter of the late Leeroy Winfer and Betty Ruth Oliver Abernathy, was born Jan. 7, 1957, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Morley at the age of 64 years. She worked as a certified nursing assistant at the Missouri Veterans Home for 17 years, until her retirement Jan. 31, 2021...
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Mary Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
Mary Jewell Cox Mitchell, 80, of Cape Girardeau passed away and went to her heavenly Father Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her daughter and son-in-law's residence. She was born Sept. 19, 1940, in Fulton, Arkansas, to Sam Beasley and Mary Virginia Purtle Cox...
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Leon Kelley
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
Carson "Leon" Kelley, Sr., 89, of Delta died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 at his home. He was born June 27, 1931, at home in Annapolis, Missouri, to Joseph Bradfield and Laura White Kelley. He and Dorothy Stoffregen were married May 4, 1953, in Arbor, Missouri. They had three sons and were married for 62 years until her death in 2015...
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Katy Dickey
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
Kathleen M. "Katy" Dickey, 101, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 31, 1919, in Dexter, Missouri, to the late Dewey B. and Leona Cox Bowers. She was employed at Woolworths in Cape Girardeau for 34 years and was a member of Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Winter weather blamed for crashes in Kansas, Missouri
(State News ~ 02/10/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Winter weather is being blamed for crashes in Kansas and Missouri, including two fatal crashes in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Michael Dickison, 46, of Bolivar died Monday afternoon when he lost control of his pickup truck on the icy pavement of Highway 13 in southwestern Missouri, causing the truck to overturn before it was hit by another truck. South of St. Louis, Jimi Williams, 19, of Festus died after his car skidded and was struck by another car...
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Fundraising feet: Capt. Tom's legacy lives in 11-year-old
(International News ~ 02/10/21)
LONDON -- The legacy of Capt. Tom Moore, the super fundraiser who died Feb. 2 of COVID-19, lives on in Imogen Papworth-Heidel -- and many others. The 11-year-old soccer player, who dreams of playing for England, watched Capt. Tom pushing his walker up and down his garden to raise money for the National Health Service and was inspired...
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Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flight
(International News ~ 02/10/21)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. Ground controllers at the UAE's space center in Dubai rose to their feet and broke into applause when word came that the craft, called Amal, Arabic for "hope," had reached the end of its seven-month, 300-million-mile journey and had begun circling the red planet, where it will gather data on Mars' atmosphere...
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WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
(International News ~ 02/10/21)
WUHAN, China -- The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory the virus leaked from a Chinese lab was unlikely...
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Fear and love surround Escobar's hippos thriving in Colombia
(International News ~ 02/10/21)
PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia -- Tucked between mountain ranges, the sprawling palace of Pablo Escobar was home to kangaroos, giraffes, elephants and other exotic animals -- a private zoo of illegally imported animals that was the greatest ostentation of the feared drug kingpin as he reigned over the cocaine trade in Colombia...
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1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minnesota health clinic
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
BUFFALO, Minn. -- A 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he'd received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device left there and others at a motel where he was staying, authorities said...
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Bezos, Bloomberg among top 50 U.S. charity donors for 2020
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
As the world grappled with COVID-19, a recession and a racial reckoning, the ultrawealthy gave to a broader set of causes than ever before -- bestowing multimillion-dollar gifts on food pantries, historically Black colleges and universities and organizations serving the poor and the homeless, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual rankings of the 50 Americans who gave the most to charity last year...
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In Florida city, a hacker tried to poison drinking water
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
A hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, exposing a danger cybersecurity experts say has grown as systems become both more computerized and accessible via the internet...
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Giving 1st and 2nd doses at once complicates vaccine effort
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
The U.S. has entered a tricky phase of the COVID-19 vaccination effort as providers try to ramp up the number of people getting first shots while also ensuring a growing number of others get second doses just when millions more Americans are becoming eligible to receive vaccinations...
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Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments
(National News ~ 02/10/21)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell" against his reelection defeat, followed by images of the deadly attack on Congress that came soon after...
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Jacob Luttrull
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jacob Arron Luttrull of Chaffee died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at his residence at the age of 34 years. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee. Funeral service will follow at noon Friday in the chapel with Pastor Chris Vaught officiating. Interment will be at a later date in the Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery in Marble Hill, Missouri...
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Prayer 2/10/21
(Prayer ~ 02/10/21)
Lord Jesus, we give you all praise and honor for you are our glorious Savior. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 02/10/21)
The closing of Eagle Snacks Inc. will have far-reaching effects, including the operation of Eagle I in Cape Girardeau; Eagle Snacks, headquartered at St. Louis, was founded as a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Co. Inc. in 1979, and was the No. 2 snack-food producer in the U.S.; although annual revenues topped $350 million, the company was losing money, according to Anheuser-Busch, which announced Wednesday it will get out of the snack business; Eagle I, which distributes Eagle Snacks from Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee, and south to New Orleans, Louisiana, will maintain distribution until March 15.. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/10/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/10/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 8 n Medical assists were made at 6:43 a.m. on South Park Drive; 7:59 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 9:14 a.m. on Shadow Wood Lane; 10:46 a.m. at Themis and North Water streets; 11:18 a.m. on Broadway; 11:22 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 1:08 p.m. on Bertling Street; 1:37 p.m. on Trenton Lane; 9:30 p.m. Brookwood Drive; 9:37 p.m. on South Benton Street...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/10/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/10/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 2000 block of Southern Expressway. n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Lacey Street. Thefts n Motor vehicle theft was reported in the 100 block of Broadway...
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Shirley Hindman
(Obituary ~ 02/10/21)
HARVIELL, Mo. -- Shirley L. Langley Hindman, 89, of Harviell passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont, Missouri. Shirley was born Sept. 1, 1931, to Elbert and Edna Cox Langley in St. Louis. She married Leo Hindman on Oct. 16, 1955, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...
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