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SEMO goes Gold as military-friendly school
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded the Military Friendly Top 10 Schools and Gold designation. Southeast's rank, up from Silver designation in 2020-2021, recognizes the university's commitment to increase and continuously improve policies and procedures benefiting veterans and students while accomplishing their higher education goals and after graduation, said Amanda Woods, Military and Veterans Services officer with Southeast's Office of Military and Veteran Services (OMVS)...
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Notre Dame's Southard is National Merit Scholarship finalist
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Notre Dame Regional High School senior Claire Southard has been named a finalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Notre Dame principal Tim R. Garner announced the honor and will present Southard with a Certificate of Merit from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corp. (NMSC), which conducts the program...
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Fire at Fox Run devastates more than just the riding academy
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Fox Run Riding Academy suffered major losses after a fire ripped through the stables Thursday, killing 10 horses and causing approximately $500,000 in damage. But the academy wasn't alone in suffering losses. Of the 10 horses that died, eight were owned by Fox Run, but two were being boarded at the academy. When Riki Trawick -- whose horse Bubbles was being boarded at Fox Run -- learned about the fire, she was devastated...
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WB U.S. 60 reduced for guardrail repairs
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Westbound U.S. 60 in Scott, New Madrid and Stoddard counties will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews make repairs to the guardrails. The following lane closures will be in place on U.S. 60:...
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COVID numbers may soon permit modification of Cape County mask order
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
This story is updated. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center (PHC) Board of Trustees, which issued a face covering mandate July 13 and amended it three months later, citing improved COVID statistics, might drop the masking standard from "required" to "strongly recommended" in the near future...
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COVID vaccines available until 5 p.m. today In Leopold
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
A limited number of COVID-19 vaccines are available until 5 p.m. today to anyone age 16 or older through the Bollinger County Health Department. The notice was shared with local media Wednesday afternoon by the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center...
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Cape board warned of charter school legislation in Jefferson City
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Two bills are working their way through the Missouri General Assembly broadening access to charter schools and vouchers, among other items. The Cape Girardeau School Board was told the legislation is "most concerning" in an extensive multimedia presentation at the board's regular monthly meeting Monday...
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New hospital 'a win' for mental health patients
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Calling it "a win for the state," Gov. Mike Parson joined with Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox and representatives of SoutheastHEALTH and Universal Health Services to cut the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday at the new Southeast Behavioral Hospital. "This is really going to make a difference in people's lives," the governor said. "For too many years, and I'll go back to my old sheriff's days, we've put mental health on the back burner and tried to deal with it after things got out of hand."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2021. There are 310 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 24, 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Andrew Johnson by a vote of 126-47 following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate...
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'Return to normalcy' isn't really what Biden's base wants
(Column ~ 02/24/21)
Joe Biden ran for president on a "return to normalcy." His challenge is that there are three competing definitions of normalcy for him to contend with. Biden didn't actually use the slogan "return to normalcy." But as numerous political observers (including yours truly) noted during the campaign, that was both Biden's implicit appeal and his best shot at victory. ...
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Cuomo is everything the press accused DeSantis of being
(Column ~ 02/24/21)
Throughout the pandemic, the press has been excoriatingly harsh on a governor who was slow to act, unnecessarily endangered the lives of the elderly, alienated experts and cooked the numbers. It just thought the governor in question was Florida's Ron DeSantis rather than New York's Andrew Cuomo...
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Volunteers have played helpful role in vaccination process
(Editorial ~ 02/24/21)
There have been many moving parts as medical partners, state and local public health officials work to get Missourians vaccinated. But some of the unsung heroes have been volunteers. The Southeast Missourian recently reported that local efforts have been supported by volunteers -- some with medical backgrounds and others not -- who have helped streamline the process for those seeking COVID-19 vaccinations. ...
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Ruth Walter
(Obituary ~ 02/24/21)
Ruth Ann Walter, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Landmark Hospital. There will be no visitation or funeral. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Shawn Stevens
(Obituary ~ 02/24/21)
Shawn Michael Stevens, 39, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Morse officiating...
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Korinne Dannenmueller
(Obituary ~ 02/24/21)
ORAN, Mo. -- Korinne Dannenmueller, daughter of James and Vicky Kieffer Dannenmueller of Oran, was born March 27, 2001, in Sikeston, Missouri, and passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, at her home in Oran at the age of 19 years. She was a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church. ...
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Missouri Senate OKs bill to limit COVID-19 lawsuits
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri senators passed a bill Tuesday to shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. The GOP-led Senate voted 20-13 in favor of the bill, which now goes to the Republican-led state House...
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Missouri judge says public defender waitlist unfair
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri judge said the wait time for some poor defendants to get legal help is unconstitutional but is giving state lawmakers time to beef up the agency's budget in hopes that will help. Circuit Judge Will Hickle in an order last week wrote a group of poor defendants likely will succeed in their class-action lawsuit against the state...
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Missouri House tries again with voter photo ID law
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Republican-led Missouri House on Monday advanced another version of a voter photo identification law that was gutted by the state Supreme Court last year. The court in 2020 permanently blocked a central provision of the 2016 law requiring voters who lacked a photo ID to make a sworn statement in order to cast a regular, non-provisional ballot...
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Missouri Senate bill cracks down on road-blocking protesters
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri protesters who repeatedly block traffic without permission could face felony charges under a bill given first-round approval in the state Senate on Tuesday. The measure follows protests last summer in the St. Louis area and across the country over the death of George Floyd, including demonstrations that blocked traffic on major highways...
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2 formerly rejected medical marijuana applications approved
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A commission hearing hundreds of appeals from applicants who want licenses to grow medical marijuana has approved two applications the state previously rejected. The state Administrative Hearing Commission on Tuesday awarded Heya Kirksville and Heya Excello cultivation licenses, according to orders issued by commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Missouri vaccination sites busy making up for last week
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Several Missouri health departments are preparing to administer extra vaccinations this week, the result of postponed appointments necessitated by last week's brutal winter weather. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday the weather delayed the expected delivery of 3,000 doses to St. Louis County. County officials this week expect to receive and administer double the normal number of vaccinations. They say the existing sites have capacity, though they may need to add staff...
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What kindness brought to folks featured in 'One Good Thing'
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
In 200 stories over this pandemic-ridden year, The Associated Press has celebrated selfless people who have given of themselves in trying times. The stories have warmed hearts of readers around the world. But we've also heard from people spotlighted in the series -- launched in March as "One Good Thing" -- who reported lives had been profoundly affected by the attention they received...
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No charges against officers in Prude's death
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday. The 41-year-old Black man's death last March sparked nightly protests in Rochester, New York, after the video was released nearly six months later, with demonstrators demanding a reckoning for police and city officials...
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Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out "Dare Mighty Things" in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot parachute. He also included the GPS coordinates for the mission's headquarters at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California...
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Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
The Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses. The actions were announced at a meeting marked by warnings from two top leaders the SBC, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, was damaging itself with divisions over several critical issues including race...
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Capitol defenders cite missed intelligence for deadly breach
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
WASHINGTON -- Missed intelligence was to blame for the outmanned Capitol defenders' failure to anticipate the violent mob that invaded the iconic building and delayed certification of the presidential election Jan. 6, the officials who were in charge of security that day said Tuesday in their first public testimony on the insurrection...
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Drug executives: Big jump in vaccine supply is coming soon
(National News ~ 02/24/21)
WASHINGTON -- COVID-19 vaccine makers told Congress on Tuesday to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month, and the companies insist they will be able to provide enough for most Americans to get inoculated by summer. By the end of March, Pfizer and Moderna expect to have provided the U.S. government with a total of 220 million vaccine doses, up sharply from the roughly 75 million shipped so far...
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Prayer 2/24/21
(Prayer ~ 02/24/21)
O Lord Jesus, we lift up hands of praise to you the King of kings. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 24
(Out of the Past ~ 02/24/21)
An off-duty police officer has been occupying his mornings by staking out various Southeast Missourian newspaper racks, part of an effort to deter newspaper theft totaling more than $45,000 a year; Mark Kneer, circulation director for the newspaper, says as many as 8,000 newspapers are stolen from Southeast Missourian racks each month...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/24/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/24/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 22 n Medical assists were made at 12:53 a.m. on North Silver Springs Road and 1:28 p.m. on Bloomfield Street. n At 4:45 a.m., fire alarm on County Road 635. n At 10:41 a.m., commercial fire on Cheney Drive...
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Cape Girardeau police report 2/24/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/24/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories was reported in the 300 block of Siemers Drive. n Theft from a motor vehicle was reported in the 200 block of South Kingshighway...
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