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Texas men arrested in Cape Co.
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers took two Texas men into custody Wednesday night for alleged drug offenses. A Patrol report said troopers arrested Preston Mason, 33, and Perry Mason, 34, both of Arlington, Texas, at about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday in Cape Girardeau County...
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Cape man sentenced on child pornography charge
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
A federal judge sentenced a Cape Girardeau man to more than 20 years in prison on a child pornography charge. U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel handed down the 270-month sentence to 29-year-old Justin Williams, who pleaded guilty in December to one count of receiving child pornography...
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Splishing, Splashing in the Sun
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
With a high temperature near 80 degrees and direct sunlight Thursday, A'keri Vann, 9, enjoys the cool water at the Capaha Park Splash Pad in Cape Girardeau.
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Smith offers caution on Biden's 'two-state' Israel solution
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-8), in a statement Wednesday to the Southeast Missourian, said now is not the time to actively pursue a Palestinian state separate from Israel, as advocated by President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “So long as Hamas is allowed to attack Israel and then use innocent civilians and children as human shields, any talk of solutions is premature,” said Smith, 40, who has represented 30 southeastern and southern Missouri counties in Congress since 2013...
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'Vaccine hesitancy' a detriment to achieving herd immunity in Cape County
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
Interest in receiving COVID-19 inoculations has unquestionably slowed in Cape Girardeau County, according to the county's health officer, Public Health Center director Jane Wernsman. Wernsman said 70% of a total population becoming vaccinated is considered by many to be the standard to reach herd immunity...
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Airport board recommends sticking with SkyWest
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport Advisory Board (AAB) has voted unanimously in recommending SkyWest Airlines continue as the airport's essential air service (EAS) provider. AAB's May 26 endorsement now goes to Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday for its consideration...
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Get to know the 2021 Valedictorians
(Local News ~ 06/04/21)
This is the first installment of a feature story on the valedictorians from 18 high schools in Southeast Missouri. The rest of the 12 schools’ valedictorians will be featured over the next two weekends. Some schools have more than one valedictorian. ...
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“The Lost Apothecary,” by Sarah Penner
(06/04/21)
In “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner, Caroline never imagined she’d be alone on her anniversary trip to England. But after she learns about her husband’s illicit affair, she is happy to use this trip as an excuse to get away. While she runs around England, she takes the chance to drop the safe itinerary and goes mudlarking in the River Thames. While digging for remnants of history in the mud, Caroline discovers a small glass vial and stumbles onto an unsolved mystery that is centuries old...
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Prayer 6/4/21
(Prayer ~ 06/04/21)
This is the day which the Lord has made, and we are full of joy and praise. Amen.
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Biden shoots for the stars with spending proposals
(Column ~ 06/04/21)
Some emergencies require an increase in government spending, but that comes with an understanding that the higher levels of spending are unusual and will not be sustained. Unfortunately, this understanding seems to be lost on the Biden administration. Exhibit A is his proposed $6 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 and the accompanying huge budget deficits on the books for the next decade...
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The Texas voting lie
(Column ~ 06/04/21)
The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation is highly situational. In Washington, D.C., where Democrats control the White House and both chambers of Congress, the Senate filibuster is portrayed as a Jim Crow relic that is profoundly undemocratic...
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Legislative session was productive
(Editorial ~ 06/04/21)
Each legislative session of the Missouri General Assembly features a flurry of activity. Lawmakers expend some energy spinning their wheels on measures that never quite make it to the finish line, but the recently ended session resulted in several important pieces of legislation winning approval...
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Area Police report 6/4/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 100 block of Benton Street. n Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. n Assault was reported in the 700 block of Bellevue Street...
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Cape Fire report 6/4/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/04/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 2 n Medical assists were made at 7:16 a.m. on Linden Street; 9:01 a.m. on Broadway; 11:16 a.m. on Bellevue Street; 3:44 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; and 11:21 p.m. on North Lorimier Street. n At 2:06 a.m., lift assist on Bertling Street.
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Archie Sprengel
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
Archie H. Sprengel, 90, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Lutheran Home. He was born May 13, 1931, in Cape Girardeau to August and Letha Wallace Sprengel. He and Mae Sue Beal were married May 15, 1954, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau...
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Clarence Geiger
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
Clarence Earl Geiger, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 28, 2021, at Missouri Veterans Home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Suzanne Fisher
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
It is with deep sorrow that the family of Suzanne Gum Fisher announces her death, which occurred Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Lutheran Home. She was surrounded by her dedicated family and devoted caregivers. Suzanne was a longtime resident of Cape Girardeau...
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Toshiko Darby
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Having lived a long and full life, Toshiko Sakihara Darby died Saturday, May 29, 2021, in her adopted town of Chaffee. She was 82. She was born April 20, 1939, in Oku, Okinawa, to Eijiro and Michiko Sakihara. She and her four siblings and her civilian parents survived the brutal annexation of the Ryukyu Islands by Japan. ...
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Patti Clippard
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Patti Clippard, 59, of Farmington passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri. She was born April 10, 1962, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Kelly Paul and Melba Patterson Jones. She and Don Clippard were united in marriage Sept. 12, 1987...
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Louise Hastings Ballard
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
Louise Hastings Ballard, 87, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at her home in Jackson. She was born March 19, 1934, in Poplar Bluff to Odie and Eva Taylor Settlemoir. She and Welton Hastings were married July 18, 1953. Three daughters were born to their union. They had been married 33 years when Welton passed away Oct. 1, 1986. She later married Paul Ballard, and they had been married 10 years when Paul passed away...
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Can virtual reality help seniors? Stanford study hopes to find out
(Community ~ 06/04/21)
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station in the kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional well-being of older people...
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Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales are getting tinier
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says. The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are on average about 3 feet shorter than whales were 20 years, drone and aircraft data show in a study in Thursday's journal Current Biology...
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U.S. traffic deaths up 7% last year, highest number since 2007
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
DETROIT -- U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though people drove fewer miles because of the coronavirus pandemic, the government's road safety agency reported Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blamed the increase on drivers taking more risks on less-congested roads by speeding, failing to wear seat belts, or driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol...
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'Next big wave': Radiation drugs track and kill cancer cells
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug delivering radiation directly to tumor cells. Few such drugs are approved now, but the approach may become a new way to treat patients with other hard-to-reach or inoperable cancers...
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Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
President Joe Biden is trying to break a logjam with Republicans on how to pay for infrastructure improvements, proposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations and the possibility of revenue from increased IRS enforcement as a possible compromise. The offer was made Wednesday to Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia as part of the bipartisan negotiations and did not reflect a change in Biden's overall vision for funding infrastructure...
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Slow to start, China now vaccinating at a staggering pace
(International News ~ 06/04/21)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- In the span of just five days last month, China gave out 100 million shots of its COVID-19 vaccines. After a slow start, China is now doing what virtually no other country in the world can: leveraging the power and all-encompassing reach of its one-party system and a maturing domestic vaccine industry to administer shots at a staggering pace. ...
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Military leaders wary of changes in sexual assault policy
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
WASHINGTON -- Military service leaders are privately expressing reservations about removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command, The Associated Press has learned, striking a note of caution as momentum builds toward changing a military justice system that has come under increasing criticism...
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Biden: U.S. to swiftly boost global vaccine sharing
(National News ~ 06/04/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced Thursday the U.S. will swiftly donate an initial allotment of 25 million doses of surplus vaccine overseas through the United Nations-backed COVAX program, promising infusions for South and Central America, Asia, Africa and others at a time of glaring shortages abroad and more than ample supplies at home...
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Thousands apply for Missouri bear hunting permits
(State News ~ 06/04/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's first-ever bear hunt is drawing plenty of interest. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday 6,335 people applied for one of the 400 permits the Missouri Department of Conservation will issue for a harvest of 40 bears. Revenue from those applications amounted to more than $63,000...
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Missouri River winter water release expected to be minimum
(State News ~ 06/04/21)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Only two years after historic flooding along the Missouri River ravaged parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, officials are now dealing with what's shaping up to be one of river's driest years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday the forecast from last month hasn't changed: Significantly less water is expected to flow into the river this year because conditions remain so dry and snowpack is below normal levels...
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Variants blamed for COVID-19 spike in northern Missouri
(State News ~ 06/04/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Two neighboring counties in rural northern Missouri are seeing big increases in COVID-19 cases, spikes blamed in part on new variants of the virus, and in part on the behavior of residents. Health officials in Linn and Livingston counties are urging precautions to slow the spread of the virus, though they're not certain residents will follow that guidance -- both counties lag well behind the state and national averages in vaccinations...
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Hartzler announcement next week on potential U.S. Senate bid
(State News ~ 06/04/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a western Missouri Republican and a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, may be on the verge of joining the growing field of candidates for U.S. Senate in 2022, a seat crucial in the battle for Senate control...
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Out of the past: June 4
(Out of the Past ~ 06/04/21)
A half-cent use tax will go before Cape Girardeau County voters and a 1.75-cent use tax will be put before Cape Girardeau city voters Aug. 6; the Cape Girardeau County Commission and Cape Girardeau City Council decided Monday to submit the proposals to voters; the city tax would apply to purchases made by Cape Girardeau individuals and businesses who bought merchandise outside the state; because of an exemption on the tax, most individuals wouldn't be affected...
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UT MARTIN NAMES LOCAL STUDENTS TO SPRING SEMESTER CHANCELLOR’S HONOR ROLL
(Submitted Story ~ 06/04/21)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2021 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7615 Editors: Below is a list of students who requested that your paper receive notification that they have been named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Each listing includes the student’s name, hometown and honors...
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Ora Lee Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 06/04/21)
Ora Lee Hopkins, 90, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 23, 1930, to Noah D. and Sarah Dockins Hopkins at Jackson. Ora and Helen Dumey were united in marriage Dec. 23, 1971...
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