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Poplar Bluff man guilty on drug charges
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
A federal jury has found a Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man guilty on drug charges. Marcus Nelson, 39, faced charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr.'s court...
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Scott City concert this weekend
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
The Scott City School District honor choir will perform at a 1 p.m. Saturday 10th anniversary "comeback" concert at the performing arts theater inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) building on the district's campus. Heather Helle, director, said 55 students in all will participate in a planned 40-minute concert...
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Groups discuss efforts to reduce recidivism in virtual meeting
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
Reducing recidivism is a phrase meaning cutting down the number of ex-offenders who decide to return to a life of crime. The Sikeston, Missouri-based Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium (MBRC) gathered a group of incarceration specialists Thursday for a "town hall" meeting via Zoom to share approaches and solutions to successful assimilation back into society...
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Discovering Downtown Cape Vacant Properties
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
Broker Bobby Gray of Gray & CO gives a tour of the former Ragsdales Pub at 132 N. Main St. to a group during Thursday's Downtown Cape Vacant Property Open House in Cape Girardeau.
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Missouri House approves voter ID, other election changes
(State News ~ 03/26/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House on Thursday approved several changes to state election laws, including requiring photo IDs before voting. The measure also prohibits counting absentee ballots until all Election Day ballots are collected and bars making election law changes within six months of a presidential election, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Committee votes down Medicaid expansion funding in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/26/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers Thursday voted against funding a voter-approved Medicaid health care expansion that's now enshrined in the state Constitution. House Budget Committee members voted 20-9 against a spending plan to cover thousands of low-income adults under the government health insurance program...
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Bill for limits on COVID shutdowns fails in Missouri Senate
(State News ~ 03/26/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- An attempt to put checks on local Missouri health officials' powers during emergencies such as the coronavirus pandemic failed in the Legislature Thursday. State senators voted 19-11 against the bill, with nine Republicans joining the 10 Democrats to defeat it...
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Crispito Day Ole’: Cape Girardeau public school students love popular Tex-Mex food entree
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
Dana McClard, food service manager for the Cape Girardeau School District, said few people appear to be neutral on a frequent menu item served district-wide for at least the last two decades. "The sauce and the flavor, it's perfecto," said Alma Schrader elementary third-grader Xander Young, speaking Thursday of crispitos, believed to be the district's most distinctive food offering...
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Fast-food franchises face employment crunch now
(Local News ~ 03/26/21)
A sign taped to the drive-through menu kiosk at the Cape Girardeau Zaxby's restaurant is a visible indication of an industry-wide problem -- there are plenty of jobs but not enough workers. The sign states the restaurant, which closed last week, will not reopen until new employees are hired and trained...
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Prayer 3/26/21
(Prayer ~ 03/26/21)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that we can come to you, our refuge. Amen.
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Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week
(Editorial ~ 03/26/21)
This weekend marks the beginning of Holy Week, the final Sunday of Lent otherwise known as Palm Sunday. Scripture tells us Jesus entered Jerusalem on this day, riding a colt as observers greeted Him with palm branches shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"...
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Hahses recognized as Friends of the University
(Editorial ~ 03/26/21)
The Southeast Missouri University Foundation recently announced that Dwain and Susan Hahs will receive the 2021 Friends of the University Award, the highest honor bestowed by the university foundation. Dwain has been Jackson's mayor since 2015 following a successful business career with Bausch & Lomb in the United States, Europe and Asia. Susan has been an active community volunteer and started her nursing degree at Southeast...
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History tells us that wealth taxes don't work
(Column ~ 03/26/21)
With Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and White House, many of the most significant policy battles of the next two years will be determined by intraparty fights within the Democratic Party's various factions. Although not a moderate in any meaningful sense, President Joe Biden has always positioned himself strategically at the center of his party. ...
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China continues to show its contempt for the U.S.
(Column ~ 03/26/21)
Last week in Anchorage, Alaska, Chinese diplomats dressed down Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Both seem stunned by the broadsides. Not since newly elected President John Kennedy was humiliated at the Vienna summit in June 1961 by USSR strongman Nikita Khrushchev have American diplomats been so roughly manhandled by a Communist government...
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Shipping losses mount from cargo vessel stuck in Suez Canal
(International News ~ 03/26/21)
ISMAILIA, Egypt -- Dredgers, tugboats and even a backhoe failed to free a giant cargo ship wedged in Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday. More than 150 vessels are now backed up, with hundreds more headed to the vital waterway, and losses to global shipping are mounting...
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Lawyer: Colorado shooting suspect needs mental health review
(National News ~ 03/26/21)
BOULDER, Colo. -- The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shooting appeared in court for the first time Thursday, and a defense attorney immediately asked that he receive a mental health evaluation before the case against him proceeds. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, did not speak during the brief hearing except to say "yes" to a question from the judge, who advised him he is charged with murder in the attack that killed 10 people, including a Boulder police officer. ...
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Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda
(National News ~ 03/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden at his first news conference Thursday left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle key parts of his agenda such as immigration and voting rights past Republican opposition "if there's complete lockdown and chaos."...
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State effort seeks to help those who need rides to get shots
(State News ~ 03/26/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri officials on Wednesday announced a new effort to provide transportation for those who need a ride to COVID-19 vaccination sites. The "Get a Ride" online transportation guide, available at MOStopsCOVID.com/ride, helps connect riders with providers. ...
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EPA urged to reconsider listing Missouri lakes as 'impaired'
(State News ~ 03/26/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- The eight Republican members of Missouri's congressional delegation are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider listing 40 of the state's waterways as "impaired," a list including the Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/26/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at Bellevue and North Frederick streets. Assaults n Assault was reported. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of Cape Meadows Circle...
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Dolly Welker
(Obituary ~ 03/26/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dolly Mae Welker, 91, of Perryville died Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Rosary will be at 9:20 a.m. on Monday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville...
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Jerry Pickens
(Obituary ~ 03/26/21)
Jerry Pickens, 86, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 25, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to Harold and Jewell Richmond Pickens. Jerry was a 1953 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959...
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Harold Lalumondiere
(Obituary ~ 03/26/21)
Harold Frank Lalumondiere, 80, of Scott City died Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. at the chapel with the Rev. Kenny Maupin officiating. Burial will be in Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens...
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La Vonna Decker
(Obituary ~ 03/26/21)
La Vonna Decker, 58, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021, at her home in Old Appleton. She was born Feb. 20, 1963, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Douglas Decker, who survives of Dexter, Missouri, and Betty Scales LaGree, who survives of Jackson with her husband, Mike LaGree...
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Charles Deal
(Obituary ~ 03/26/21)
Charles A. Deal of Scott City passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 1, 1941, in Atkins, Arkansas, to the late W.O. "Skeet" and Mary "Taft" King Deal. He married Norma Rampley on Sept. 21, 1958, in Morehouse, Missouri. After 57 years of marriage, she preceded him in death June 16, 2016...
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Out of the past: March 26
(Out of the Past ~ 03/26/21)
It's been an on-again, off-again spring in Southeast Missouri; following the on-again mild temperatures this weekend, spring is off again with the mercury dipping below freezing overnight and only climbing into the 40s for daytime highs; that's the forecast through Thursday, when cloudy skies and temperatures in the 60s are expected to return to the area...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/26/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/26/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 24 n Medical assists were made at 3:40 p.m. on Doctor's Park; 4:23 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 7:06 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 8:23 p.m. on Cape West Parkway; 10:17 p.m. on Whitener Street...
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Cadet Gabriel Lewis Receives Billy Mitchell Award, Promoted to Cadet 2nd Lieutenant
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/21)
Gabriel Lewis, a Jackson High School sophomore and member of the Missouri Civil Air Patrol, was promoted to Cadet 2nd Lieutenant after earning the Gen. Billy Mitchell Award. Lewis has been with the Civil Air Patrol Missouri Wing’s Trail of Tears Composite Squadron for four years. He is currently the Squadron Aerospace Cadet Officer and a Model Rocketry Instructor. Cadet Lewis is also a qualified Ground Team member on the Squadron Search and Rescue Team...
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Cape Catfish Partner with United Way of Southeast Missouri for United Way WINSdays!
(Submitted Story ~ 03/26/21)
The Cape Catfish and United Way of Southeast Missouri (UWSEMO) have partnered to create a winning lineup for the community. Through the month of June, every Wednesday home game will be a United Way WINSday, featuring United Way partners and initiatives important to the people of Southeast Missouri...
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