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Planning a home project? Check permit requirements
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
Most home improvement projects require time, energy, money and materials. The City of Jackson reminds residents a building permit may also be necessary. "There are always projects every summer that pop up that require building permits," said Janet Sanders, the city's manager of building and planning...
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Smith accuses Biden of "bait and switch" on infrastructure deal
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith (R-8), the ranking member of the U.S. House Budget Committee, used ear-catching language Friday to describe President Joe Biden's vow to veto the new $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill unless the next spending bill is to his liking...
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Downtown Cape infrastructure work progressing
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
The $1.6 million Spanish Street Improvement Project in Cape Girardeau, which launched March 29, should be entirely complete within the first couple of weeks in August, Anna Kangas, the city’s director of development services, said Monday. Penzel Construction is the general contractor with Fronabarger Concreters, ASA Asphalt, MSI Electric and Mueller Brothers Irrigation as subcontractors...
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Cape's false alarm plan begins Thursday, 'broad brush,' says Jackson vendor
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
On Thursday, the City of Cape Girardeau will implement a false-alarm reduction program originally approved in 2020 by the City Council requiring a $25 annual fee on businesses and residences that have alarm systems that dispatch emergency personnel to their locations. Additionally, the city will begin a fine system on alarm owners for repeated false alarms going forward...
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Dry conditions worrisome with holiday fireworks
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
Cape Girardeau’s fire marshal, Greg Hecht, is hopeful for some precipitation before the approaching Independence Day weekend. “We haven’t had any rain for over a week and the dry conditions are a concern,” said Hecht, who added he also has uneasiness about the use of some aerial fireworks...
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Bidding begins in West Park Mall auction
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
Unless more bidders come forward by Wednesday morning, it’s possible Cape Girardeau’s West Park Mall could be sold at a bigger discount than any store inside the mall ever offered. An online auction to sell the shopping center and the 68 acres it occupies — with the exception of the mall’s separately owned J.C. Penney property — began Monday morning. ...
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Farmington firm OK'd for Jefferson project; Cape schools approve raises
(Local News ~ 06/29/21)
The Cape Girardeau School Board, at the recommendation of superintendent Neil Glass, approved on Monday the selection of Brockmiller Construction of Farmington, Missouri, as general contractor on the Jefferson Civic Center project, to include a pool, with work expected shortly...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/29/21)
Today is Tuesday, June 29, the 180th day of 2021. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1927, the first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the Bird of Paradise, an Atlantic-Fokker C-2, after flying 2,400 miles from Oakland, California, in 25 hours, 50 minutes...
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Prayer 6/29/21
(Prayer ~ 06/29/21)
Lord Jesus, thank you for your wonderful grace and love for us. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/29/21
(Speak Out ~ 06/29/21)
Dr. Anthony Fauci has stated that the only people now dying from COVID-19 are the unvaccinated. So from now on all deaths from COVID-19 are preventable, so the unvaccinated have only themselves to blame. I wish American sports announcers would take a cue from English Premier League announcers and not feel they have to scream and yell into the microphone. ...
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The spirit of freedom
(Column ~ 06/29/21)
"He has to get a life." I've cleaned up the actual quote for family newspapers. Disdain would be a kind word to describe the feelings people had for a protester who recently livestreamed his time outside a Manhattan Planned Parenthood clinic. A few people crashed his video to let his social media followers know what a loser they think he is...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/29/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 27 n Medical assists were made at 10:20 a.m. on Broadway; 11:10 a.m. on Veterans Memorial Drive; 11:43 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 1:05 p.m. at North County Park; 3:07 p.m. at SEMO District Fair; 8:26 p.m. on North Sprigg Street...
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Richard Wood
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Richard Lee "Dick" Wood, 83, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 1, 1937, in Cape Girardeau to Sewell and Daisy Macke Wood. He and Brenda Mayfield were married June 29, 1963, in Morley, Missouri...
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Kennett Parrow
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Kennett Isaac Parrow of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 25, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Son Funeral Home's Sprigg Street chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park...
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Johnathan Lewis
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- Johnathan Kiefer Vincent Lewis, 32, of Benton passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021. He was born Sept. 16, 1988, in Cape Girardeau to Diane L. Lewis. Johnathan worked alongside his best friend Greg doing what he loved and was good at, construction. Together they created Carlyle Construction. He loved fishing, being with his children and helping his friends and family...
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John Holland Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
CAIRO, Ill. -- John Grover Holland Jr., of Cairo departed this life Thursday, June 24, 2021, surrounded by his loving family at his home. He was born Aug. 11, 1954, to John Grover and Geneva Blackburn Holland Sr., both of Cairo. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he was a brother of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and Southern Illinois University School of Law. ...
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Dorothy Heise
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Dorothy J. Daume Heise, 97, of Oak Ridge passed away Thursday, June 24, 2021, at the Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Cape Girardeau County, daughter of John W. and Meta Engelmann Daume. She and Lawrence Calvin Heise were married on Feb. 7, 1942, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Egypt Mills. They were married 70 years, when Lawrence passed away March 6, 2012...
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Jean Goodson
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Jean Ann Goodson, 86, of Jackson peacefully passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021, at the Chaffee Nursing Home in Chaffee, Missouri. She was born March 8, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Vernon F. and Lillian Marie Hager Nenninger. She and Willard "David" Goodson were married January 12, 1957, at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau. He passed away March 6, 2016...
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Edwin Dambach
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Edwin Clarence Dambach, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 25, 2021, at Ratcliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Tim Smith officiating...
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Elzena 'Sue' Brandenburg
(Obituary ~ 06/29/21)
Elzena "Sue" Brandenburg, 90, of Jackson passed away Friday, June 25, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 11, 1931, in Jackson. She was the daughter of Charles and Verba Blaylock Flanagin. Sue was a graduate of Jackson High School, Southeast Missouri State University and Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas...
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Births 6/29/21
(Births ~ 06/29/21)
Son to Stephen Daniel and Jenny Elizabeth Prater of Thebes, Illinois, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:46 a.m. Thursday, June 17, 2021. Name, Zander Nathaniel. Weight, 9 pounds, 11 ounces. Seventh child, second son. Mrs. Prater is the former Jenny Rhymer, daughter of Charles Rhymer and Patricia Rhymer of McClure, Illinois. ...
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Out of the past: June 29
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/21)
Flat Iron Structures Co., of Longmont, Colorado, is the apparent low bidder on the main structure of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, to be constructed across the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau, according to Missouri highway officials; the Missouri Highways and Transportation Department received six bids on the new bridge yesterday; the project will not be awarded until after all of the bids have been thoroughly reviewed...
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S. M. WILSON & CO. CAPE GIRARDEAU HIRES PROJECT SUPERINTENDENT JEFF SCHWETTMAN
(Submitted Story ~ 06/29/21)
St. Louis, Mo., June 29, 2021 - S. M. Wilson & Co. has hired Cape Girardeau native Jeff Schwettman as project superintendent for the firm’s Southeast Missouri location. As a project superintendent, Schwettman will be responsible for the day-to-day site management of a project including scheduling, quality and safety. ...
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MCLA Scholarship Recipient
(Submitted Story ~ 06/29/21)
The CPL Mason O Yarbrough Marine Corps League Auxiliary is proud to award Dakota Clark with a $250.00 college scholarship. Dakota, pictured with her father Brad Clark and MCLA President Debbie Allen, will be majoring in Exercise Science with a minor in Physical Therapy. Congratulations Dakota!...
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