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Postal Service delays blamed for Cape utility bills slow delivery
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
The water/sewer/trash combined bill from the City of Cape Girardeau, handled by a third-party vendor, continues to arrive late to some residents. "We're being told there is a backup at the U.S. Postal Service hub in Memphis," city clerk Gayle Conrad said Monday, with weather conditions and COVID-19 being blamed...
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Ninth annual Stand Up For Life event scheduled for April 18
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
SEMO Lifesavers is hosting its ninth annual Stand Up For Life event from 2 to 3 p.m. April 18. The event will be held at the corner of William Street and Silver Springs Road, and parking will be available in the parking lot of the former Toys R Us, according to a news release. In the event of inclement weather April 18, the event will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. April 25 at the same location...
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Man sentenced in connection with February body discovery
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
A man charged with abandonment of a corpse in early February in Cape Girardeau pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison. According to court documents, Matthew Morris, 22, of Gideon, Missouri — who was arrested in connection to the discovery of 27-year-old Cape Girardeau resident Kadesia Harris' body Feb. ...
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Area courts move to next phase of pandemic precautions
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
A new administrative order will ease some of the COVID-19 precautions at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse as court officials prepare to resume jury trials later this spring. The order, issued Monday by 32nd Circuit Court Presiding Judge Scott Lipke, follows a new operational directive issued Friday by the Missouri Supreme Court outlining conditions under which certain court proceedings may resume...
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Spring brings 'Singin'' at Notre Dame
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
Notre Dame Regional High School students will perform "Singin' in the Rain" as their spring musical. The play, to be produced April 8 through 11, is "filled with romance and nostalgia, a delightful treat for all ages that features some of the best-loved comedy routines, show stopping dance numbers, and love songs ever written, including 'Good Mornin',' 'Make 'em Laugh,' 'Broadway Melody,' and, of course, 'Singin' In the Rain,'" according to a news release from the school...
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Cape junior high robotics team advances to world championship
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
The Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School robotics team, TigerTech, qualified for the Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship after winning the Design Award this past weekend at the Missouri Middle School VEX State Championship. "We're still pinching ourselves," science teacher and team coach Julianna West said about the team's award, qualification and experience at the state competition. "I'm so proud of them, and they worked so hard for it, but we're not done."...
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Cape Girardeau woman recalls connection to Reagan legacy
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
Forty years ago Tuesday, the 40th president of the United States was shot and seriously wounded outside a Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. Three other men were also hit with gunfire from a .22-caliber revolver wielded by John Hinckley Jr. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, remaining under institutional psychiatric care until released Sept. 10, 2016...
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Petition drive fails; Cape managed deer hunt is a 'go' for fall
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
Organizers of a drive to force a referendum on the City Council-approved 2021 managed deer hunt in Cape Girardeau were unsuccessful in raising the requisite number of signatures. "We couldn't get the numbers we needed, we didn't have enough time and it was an uphill battle, as we knew it would be," resident Keith Lear said...
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Southeast track-and-field athlete arrested, charged with first-degree rape
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
A Southeast Missouri State University track-and-field athlete was booked into the Cape Girardeau County Jail early Sunday morning on charges of first-degree rape or attempted rape. Michael J. Jenkins, 19, of St. Louis is accused of raping a woman Feb. 7 at a part. ...
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Coronavirus vaccine plan enters Phase 2
(Local News ~ 03/30/21)
As the State of Missouri entered Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccination plan Monday, nearly 1 million Missourians became eligible to receive the vaccine. A release from Gov. Mike Parson indicated 880,000 of the state's residents are now eligible for the vaccine. They include essential workers, the homeless, those working in higher education and "disproportionately affected populations," such as racial and ethnic minorities...
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Don't cut disability services
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/30/21)
I am the executive director of SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence (SADI) in Cape Girardeau and I need your help. Our governor has recommended two cuts to the Consumer Directed Services (CDS) personal care program. These cuts were recommended based on a rate study that reported skewed data and outdated information about the program...
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Smith wrong on COVID relief
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/30/21)
This letter is written in regard to Rep. Jason Smith's negative, unsubstantiated comments on the latest round of federal COVID-19 relief legislation. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 will positively affect every one of Smith's constituents. There is money for schools, rural hospitals, rental property owners, renters, small businesses, the arts, the unemployed, child nutrition programs, farmers, parents, and especially the working class that he is attempting very poorly to gaslight into believing that the GOP suddenly supports. ...
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Prayer 3-30-21
(Prayer ~ 03/30/21)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the King of kings. Amen.
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There are better options than assisted suicide, abortion
(Column ~ 03/30/21)
"Do people know they can come to me for help when they are in need?" It's a question New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan poses in a new pastoral letter, "Fostering a Culture of Life as a People of Hope." He suggests we all ask it and think seriously about the possible answers...
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C.L. Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- C.L. "Butch" Schaefer Sr., 74, of Bell City passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021, at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born March 29, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Zeno and Barbara Glueck Schaefer. He married the love of his life, Carolyn Sue Moit, on July 10, 1965. She preceded him in death June 24, 2017...
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Bernadean Kerley
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Bernadean Kerley, 87, daughter of the late Luther Lee Arnold and Anna Johnson, was born March 13, 1934, in Chaffee and departed this life Sunday, March 28, 2021, at the Chaffee Nursing Center. On Aug. 17, 1957, she was united in marriage to Robert Ray Kerley in Scott City. He preceded her in death 1997...
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Shirley Hutton
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
Shirley Jean Hutton, 90, of Jackson passed away peacefully Monday, March 29, 2021, at her home surrounded by family. She was born April 4, 1930, in Chillicothe, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde Glenwood and Margaret Mary Gall Finney. She married Dr. Walter William Hutton May 24, 1952, in Kirksville, Missouri. He passed away July 31, 2003...
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Clay Harmon
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Clay Harmon, 64, son of the late Daniel Patrick and Frances Kinnard Harmon, was born July 21, 1956, in Cape Girardeau and departed this life on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at his home in Chaffee. On Feb. 2, 2004, he was united in marriage to Tammie Gene Westermann. She survives of the home in Chaffee...
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Nelda Hamilton
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
Nelda Jean Hamilton, 82, of Jackson died Monday, March 29, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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John Bertrand
(Obituary ~ 03/30/21)
John Arthur Bertrand, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 28, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be at noon Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial with full military honors will follow at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/30/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/30/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of Bloomfield Street. n Assault was reported in the 700 block of South Sprigg Street. n Assault was reported in the 700 block of Woodbine Place...
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WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals
(International News ~ 03/30/21)
GENEVA -- A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 states transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and a lab leak is "extremely unlikely," according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press...
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Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed
(International News ~ 03/30/21)
SUEZ, Egypt -- Salvage teams on Monday finally freed the colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world's most vital waterways and halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce...
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Jurors shown video at ex-officer's trial in Floyd's death
(National News ~ 03/30/21)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The video of George Floyd gasping for breath was essentially Exhibit A as the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on the Black man's neck went on trial Monday on charges of murder and manslaughter. Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell showed the jurors the footage at the earliest opportunity, during opening statements, after telling them the number to remember was 9 minutes, 29 seconds -- the amount of time officer Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned to the pavement in May...
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Out of the past: March 30
(Out of the Past ~ 03/30/21)
Cape Girardeau County will submit three sites to the Missouri Division of Youth Services for a proposed juvenile detention center; deadline for submissions is Sunday; the state plans to build two facilities in the region, one on the east side and one on the west; the site in Klaus Park originally proposed to house the center has drawn protests from surrounding homeowners; in addition to Klaus Park, a five-acre site at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is being proposed, as is a five-acre site on South Sprigg Street about a block south of the Southern Expressway or old Highway 74.. ...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 3/30/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/30/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 28 n Medical assists were made at 10:22 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 11:16 a.m. on Lexington Avenue; 12:57 p.m. on William Street. n At 2:35 p.m., lift assist on Bellevue Street...
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