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Learning About Others
(03/09/21)
Pen Pal System connects people of different generations
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Cairo bridge to close for safety inspection
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
The annual safety inspection of the U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, will close that span to all traffic, according to a news release from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The closures are scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. March 22 and extend through noon on March 25, and from 8 a.m. March 29 through noon on April 1. The bridge will be open to all traffic each night from 5 to 8...
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Jackson American Legion post host blood drive
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Ruth Mauk of Jackson donates blood at a drive Monday at the Altenthal-Joerns Post 158 American Legion in Jackson in honor of Colton Friese. ...
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Chaffee woman injured in early-morning fire, home deemed total loss
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
One person was injured and a home was deemed a total loss in a fire early Monday morning in Chaffee, Missouri. According to fire chief Sam Glency, Chaffee firefighters responded to a report of a single-wide mobile home on fire at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Sherry Lynn Lane...
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Cape County sales tax revenue on the rise
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
After dipping slightly in January and February, sales tax receipts in Cape Girardeau County rebounded significantly this month, according to figures released Monday by the county treasurer's office. Just more than $775,000 in sales tax revenue was deposited in the county's treasury this month, an increase of more than 21% compared to last month's sales tax total of $611,856.63 and more than 5.9% above the amount the county received in March 2020...
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More than 1M receive one dose of COVID vaccine
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
More than 1 million Missourians have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to the state Department of Health and Senior Services. Data updated Monday showed 1,008,824 of the state's residents have received at least one vaccine dose, while 530,264 Missourians have completed the two-shot vaccination process. Those numbers equate to about 16% of the state's population having begun the vaccination process, and 8.6% having completed it...
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Former Missourian reporter Mark Bliss publishes mystery novel
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Former Southeast Missourian reporter Mark Bliss has published his first mystery novel. Bliss' new book, "Foul Rising," takes place in a fictional city of Elmwood, Missouri, and its neighboring village across the Mississippi River, East Elmwood, Illinois...
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One year later: An abridged coronavirus timeline
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
What a long, strange trip it's been since Gov. Mike Parson announced the first COVID case in Missouri on March 7, 2020. In the last 12 months, virtually every aspect of life has been impacted. Certain words and phrases came into common everyday use: masks, social distancing, pandemic, virtual learning, asymptomatic, to name but a few...
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Old Town Cape names Volunteer of the Year, Distinguished Service Award winners
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Old Town Cape Inc. has named its first two award recipients in a week-long series of presentations. Former Old Town Cape Board of Directors president Danny Essner was named the recipient of the organization's Volunteer of the Year Award, and Chris and Jerra Hutson were presented with the Distinguished Service Award...
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GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022
(State News ~ 03/09/21)
Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri in a surprise announcement Monday said he will not seek a third term in the U.S. Senate, leaving the seat open for a deep bench of young, ambitious potential GOP candidates.
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Cape County board drops mandate, but still recommends masks
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
In a unanimous vote Monday, the four members of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees rescinded their order requiring face coverings in public places and replaced it with a statement saying the board continues to “strongly recommend” face mask use...
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Bootheel Lodging and the Waterfowler’s World
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Every fall, there’s that one day when the temperature cools and you feel or sense Indian Summer will soon arrive. Days will shorten. Grasses and tree leaves will begin to turn colors. While these natural wonders start taking place, another natural wonder starts taking flight in the north: the fall waterfowl migration...
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Top five reasons to hire a realtor in a hot real estate market
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Area Properties Real Estate-River Region had a record-breaking year in 2020. With a decrease in inventory in 2021, having the right professional Realtor working on your behalf is crucial. 1. PRICING YOUR HOME ACCURATELY A Realtor that knows the market and details of the latest sales is vital in getting your home priced accurately. This results not only in a timely sale, but also in getting the best possible price for your home...
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Sheriff's office delivers
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/09/21)
Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson understands every person has value and deserves civility, trust and respect. Our sheriff sets the bar high and continually encourages her team to set aside self-serving behavior in favor of serving/helping others. She also understands the value of listening to her team, actively soliciting their participation, ideas and feedback. ...
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Taxation without representation
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/09/21)
History buffs know that the Boston Tea Party was a prelude to the American Revolution. The colonists asserted that since they were not represented in the British Parliament, the Brits had no right to tax them. "Taxation without representation is tyranny," said the early Americans, yet we practice the same thing today on a much larger scale. The new $1.9 trillion stimulus bill is an example...
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Thanks for Chili Day support
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/09/21)
As other states around the country announce "reopening," signs the pandemic restrictions in Cape Girardeau County are coming to an end couldn't have been more evident this past Wednesday at the Cape Noon Optimist Annual Chili Day festivities at the Arena building...
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Pope's visit to Iraq provies a needed reminder
(Column ~ 03/09/21)
As Pope Francis landed in Baghdad after the short flight from Rome, I was reviewing his words from an evening prayer service he held last March. That night, you could hear Italian ambulance sirens go by -- this was no escape from the pandemic reality we were all facing...
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Levi Welker
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Levi Edwin Welker, 5 months and 18 days old, of Perryville died Friday, March 5, 2021, at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 9:45 a.m. today at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. Funeral will follow at 10 a.m. today at the church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at St. Michael Cemetery in Apple Creek, Missouri, with the Rev. Brad Modde and Deacon Walter Biri officiating...
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Carole Schenimann
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
Carole Schenimann, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Nov. 2, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Emil and Gertrude Voss Heider. She and John Schenimann were married Oct. 24, 1971, at Trinity Lutheran Egypt Mills...
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Robert Ressel
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
KELSO, Mo. -- Robert J. Ressel, 81, of Kelso passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau after a brief battle with cancer. He was born May 18, 1939, at Kelso, son of Arnold C. and Genevieve Opal Menz Ressel. Robert married Betty L. LeGrand on Aug. 15, 1970, at St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Missouri...
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Man accused of threatening Cleaver will remain in prison
(State News ~ 03/09/21)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A southwest Missouri man who is charged with threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver will remain in jail, a federal judge ruled Monday. Kenneth R. Hubert, 63, of Marionville, was charged last week with threatening Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat who represents a district that includes part of the Kansas City area. He pleaded not guilty on Monday...
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Karen Johnson
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Karen L. Johnson, 69, of Advance passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021. She was born March 18, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Gene and Betty R. Farrow Robinson. She and the Rev. Wayne Johnson were married June 30, 1972. He passed away Aug. 29, 2005...
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Betty Jackson
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
Betty Jo Jackson, 82, of Scott City died Sunday, March 7, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 5, 1938, in Lepanto, Arkansas, to William and Avie Lee McFarlin Anders. She married Orley Elwood Jackson on Sept. 16, 1956. He preceded her in death June 29, 2019...
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Obie Hendrickson
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
Obie Hendrickson, son of the late Oscar Hendrickson and Ruby Ann Johnson, was born Nov. 20, 1932, in Randells, Missouri, and departed this life Sunday March 7, 2021, at the age of 88 years. Mr. Hendrickson was a sergeant in the U. S. Army and served during the Korean war...
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Rosemary Brown
(Obituary ~ 03/09/21)
Rosemary Brown, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 6, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Nov. 9, 1942, in Arbor, Missouri, to Harl and Grace Stephens James. Rosemary was a graduate of Delta High School. She worked as a dietary assistant and retired from Monticello House in Jackson...
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Seesawing on a Sunny Day
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
Charleigh Taylor, 9, Evey Chapman, 12, Gabby Chapman, 2, and Gracie Taylor, 12, from left to right, play on a seesaw on a sunny Monday at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Jill Biden helps honor women from 15 countries for courage
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
First lady Jill Biden says nearly two dozen women the State Department honored for their courage made an "intentional decision" to persist and demand justice despite their fear. The 21 women recognized Monday with the department's International Women of Courage Award included seven from Afghanistan who are receiving posthumous honors...
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COVID-19 claims 15 people in life of one Milwaukee woman
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
MILWAUKEE -- The first person Kimberly Montgomery lost to COVID-19 was her aunt. She had trouble breathing, so her daughter dropped her off at the emergency room. It was the last time her daughter saw her alive. Then, one after another, 14 other people in Montgomery's world -- family members, friends, friends who were like family -- succumbed to the same disease...
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Officer says he arrested reporter after pepper spray blasts
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A police officer testified Monday he arrested a journalist at an unruly Black Lives Matter protest last year in Iowa after she did not leave when he repeatedly shot clouds of pepper spray to disperse the crowd. Des Moines Officer Luke Wilson said he wasn't aware Andrea Sahouri was a Des Moines Register reporter when he responded to a chaotic scene where protesters were breaking store windows and throwing rocks and water bottles at police outside Merle Hay mall May 31...
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Local Missouri goverments are easing more COVID -19 restrictions
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
ST. LOUIS -- A year after Missouri confirmed its first COVID-19 infection, local governments on Monday continued to relax coronavirus restrictions as the number of cases in the state declines and vaccinations efforts expand. Gov. Mike Parson and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced the state's first case on March 7, 2020 -- a woman from St. Louis County who had recently returned after studying in Italy...
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Biden's big relief package a bet gov't can help cure America
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden wants America to know he's from the government and he's here to help. That sentiment became a well-worn punchline under Ronald Reagan and shaped the politics of both parties for four decades. Democrat Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over in the 1990s, Barack Obama largely kept his party in the same lane and Republican Donald Trump campaigned on the premise Washington was full of morons, outplayed by the Chinese and others...
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Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
(National News ~ 03/09/21)
NEW YORK — Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials. The recommendations also say that vaccinated people can come together in the same way — in a single household — with people considered at low-risk for severe disease, such as in the case of vaccinated grandparents visiting healthy children and grandchildren...
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Cape County mask mandate changed to 'strongly recommended'
(Local News ~ 03/09/21)
The wearing of face masks in Cape Girardeau County is no longer “required” by the county health department’s board of trustees. In a meeting Monday morning, members of the board voted unanimously to rescind the county’s mask mandate, issued in July and affirmed in October, and replace it with a statement saying mask use is “highly recommended” to help control the spread of COVID-19. ...
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Prayer 3/9/21
(Prayer ~ 03/09/21)
O Lord Jesus, our Messiah, thank you for loving and forgiving us. Amen.
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Out of the past: March 9
(Out of the Past ~ 03/09/21)
Although it initially appears that Cape Girardeau County Republicans would be evenly split between Sen. Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan, the local party caucus ends up throwing most of its weight toward Dole; turnout was low for the caucus at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse, one of 121 Republican caucuses held throughout the state, with only 48 people attending; with 19 delegates up for grabs in Cape County, 13 go to Dole, four to Pat Buchanan, one to Steve Forbes and one delegate uncommitted...
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Births 3/9/21
(Births ~ 03/09/21)
Son to Jake and Angela Wren of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 2:04 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Name, William Scott. Weight, 7 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Wren is the daughter of Blaine and Jamie Morton of Cape Girardeau. She is a registered nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Southeast Hospital. Wren is the son of Tawana Wren of Jackson and Scott and Marie Wren of Cape Girardeau. He is a certified registered nurse anesthetist at Southeast Hospital...
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Celebrating local heroes serving in AmeriCorps
(Submitted Story ~ 03/09/21)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2021 CONTACT: Heather Dirck AmeriCorps NCCC Community Relations Specialist – Southwest Region Campus hdirck@cns.gov Celebrating local heroes serving in AmeriCorps AmeriCorps Week 2021 is March 7-13, an opportunity to recognize the service of the 270,000 Americans engaged in AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs annually. ...
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Two Cape Girardeau residents volunteer in Kentucky.
(Submitted Story ~ 03/09/21)
PRESS RELEASE To: Southeast Missourian From: Missouri Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Date: March 9, 2021 Re: Missourians responding to flooding in Kentucky Contact: MBC DR Public Info. Officer, Richard Nations, 660-342-7658 rdnations@gmail.com For Immediate Release...
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My heartfelt thank you as I bid you adieu
(Column ~ 03/09/21)
It has been my honor to have been a part of the Southeast Missourian community for several years, including serving as an editorial board member and columnist. I have made the decision to move forward now and end this chapter of my story, but I couldn't do so without a farewell to the team and a sincere thank you...
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