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Federal judge sentences Cape man 14 years for drug trafficking, firearms charges
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
A Cape Girardeau man and repeat offender is facing 14 years in federal prison for drug-trafficking and firearms charges. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. on Thursday sentenced Gene Tyrone Wren of Cape Girardeau to 168 months, which totals 14 years, in federal prison, according to a news release from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri...
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Finding Biggest, best bang for bucks
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Stephen Jones and Sarah Cronenbold shop for fireworks Thursday before the July 4th holiday at a pop-up store in the Schnucks' parking lot in Cape Girardeau.
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Riverside Regional Library switches to a new eBook service provider
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Riverside Regional Library switched from eBook service Axis 360 to Missouri Libraries 2 Go (MoLib2Go) OverDrive Consortium on Thursday. MoLib2Go is a consortium of 103 Missouri public libraries offering an extensive library of popular eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines through the OverDrive Service. The collection include 41,498 eBooks, 8,071 eAudiobooks, 3,512 eMagazines and 356 videos for streaming...
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Fireworks lead to increase in noise disturbance, shots fired calls to Cape Girardeau Police
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
The weeks leading up to and after the Fourth of July usually entails a sharp up-tick in calls to law enforcement, according to Cape Girardeau police spokesman Sgt. Joey Hann. "Historically, these calls increase even more dramatically between July 2 and July 5," Hann said...
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Southeast Missouri prepares for Fourth of July celebrations
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
People around the nation are gearing up to celebrate Independence Day, and this weekend brings a variety of events to Southeast Missouri in honor of the country's birthday. Cape Girardeau, Jackson and surrounding areas are holding their annual Fourth of July celebrations throughout the weekend again this year, after most celebrations were canceled last year because of the coronavrirus pandemic...
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Cape-Jackson could be hurt if Biden administration changes MSA rules
(Local News ~ 07/02/21)
Six Show Me State members of Congress, including Southeast Missouri's Rep. Jason Smith, have joined both of Missouri's U.S. senators and Gov. Mike Parson in opposing raising the population threshold to become a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) from the current 50,000 to 100,000...
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Traffic, customer service and indoor dining at Chick-fil-A
(B Magazine ~ 07/02/21)
Not many people may know Gordonville Road by name in Cape Girardeau, even though the largest employer in the county is located on it: Saint Francis Medical Center. Gordonville Road is less than a mile long and goes through two roundabouts. But if you’ve ever been to the Chick-fil-A there in the middle of the day, with cars congested in front of the hospital waiting to pull in for lunch, you’ve definitely experienced it. ...
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Editorial: Stephen Limbaugh Sr. to be recognized with Spirit of American Award
(Editorial ~ 07/02/21)
This weekend we celebrate America’s birthday. She’s 245 years young. Across the area there are many patriotic events, most including fireworks displays in the evening. Some are all-day celebrations with food, games and music. In today’s edition of the Southeast Missourian, we highlight several happening in the area...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/02/21)
Today is Friday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2021. There are 182 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."...
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Prayer 7/2/21
(Prayer ~ 07/02/21)
O Father God, we ask that you would keep your hand on our country. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 7/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 30 n Medical assists were made at 4:01 a.m. on South Park Avenue; 8:19 a.m. on Clark Avenue; 10:32 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 10:56 a.m. on South Broadview Street; 1:10 p.m. on South Ellis Street; 1:35 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane;...
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Robert Walter
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert 'Bob' Joseph Walter, 88, of Perryville died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville and from 8 a.m. to time of service, Wednesday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Sereno, Missouri...
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Nance Cox
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
Nance Cox, 78, of Whitewater, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. July 11 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Cremation services were provided by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center...
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Frieda Bitterman
(Obituary ~ 07/02/21)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Frieda R. Bitterman, 89, of Advance passed away June 30, 2021, at the Advance Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Advance, the daughter of Denzil and Etta Garner Miller. Frieda and Paul Bitterman were united in marriage on Aug. 13, 1953, and he preceded her in death May 28, 2017...
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Virus Diary: The unfinished business of a funeral deferred
(Community ~ 07/02/21)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It dawned on me recently at the Nashville airport that the pandemic wouldn't end at the same time for everybody. I had expected a trickle of travelers, but the airport was jammed. Most people had masks, but social distancing wasn't a thing...
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To aid island during pandemic, students forgo senior trip
(National News ~ 07/02/21)
Students from a Maine island high school have seen the world on senior class trips -- the Eiffel Tower, Iceland's volcanoes, Norway's fjords, the canals of Italy, the tropical beaches of Panama. This year, members of Islesboro Central School's Class of 2021 -- all 13 of them -- were eyeing a trip to Greece, or maybe South Korea. But they wound up going nowhere...
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Trump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
(National News ~ 07/02/21)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what prosecutors called a "sweeping and audacious" tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment rent, car payments and school tuition...
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At Communist Party centenary, Xi says China won't be bullied
(International News ~ 07/02/21)
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday anyone who tries to bully China "will face broken heads and bloodshed," in a defiant speech hailing the country's rise that elicited loud cheers from a carefully chosen crowd at a celebration of the centenary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party...
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Conservative high court upholds state voting restrictions
(National News ~ 07/02/21)
WASHINGTON -- Flexing its new strength, the Supreme Court's conservative majority Thursday cut back on a landmark voting rights law in a decision likely to help Republican states fight challenges to voting restrictions they've put in place following last year's elections...
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Delta variant exploits low vaccine rates, easing of rules
(National News ~ 07/02/21)
The latest alarming coronavirus variant is exploiting low global vaccination rates and a rush to ease pandemic restrictions, adding new urgency to the drive to get more shots in arms and slow its supercharged spread. The vaccines most used in Western countries still appear to offer strong protection against the highly contagious delta variant, first identified in India and now spreading in more than 90 other countries...
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Judge Paul Wilson takes over as Mo. chief justice
(State News ~ 07/02/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Supreme Court Judge Paul Wilson took over as the state's chief justice Thursday, beginning a two-year term atop Missouri's judicial system. Wilson succeeds Chief Justice George Draper, who remains a member of the Supreme Court. Missouri's chief justice position rotates among the seven members of the court...
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Missouri AG asks Supreme Court to hear abortion restrictions
(State News ~ 07/02/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider an appeal of a ruling striking down new restrictions on when abortions can occur. Schmitt said he filed a request Thursday for the nation's highest court to hear arguments on a 2019 state law banning abortions as soon as eight weeks into pregnancy and also prohibits abortions based on a Down syndrome diagnosis...
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Some Missouri police cut ties with ATF due to new gun law
(State News ~ 07/02/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new Missouri law banning police from enforcing federal gun rules has some law enforcement agencies pulling officers off federal taskforces and others trying to figure out what is allowed. Emails obtained by The Kansas City Star show federal prosecutors in the eastern part of the state have asked at least a dozen police departments whether they will stop participating in federal gun crime investigations. ...
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Critics worry Missouri measure reduces police accountability
(State News ~ 07/02/21)
More than half of all U.S. states have enacted police reforms in the 13 months since George Floyd's death, but critics contend a Missouri measure would go the other way by reducing police accountability while increasing criminal penalties for some protest activities...
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Fourth of July raises worries as vaccination efforts gear up
(State News ~ 07/02/21)
BRANSON, Mo. -- Health officials working to boost lagging COVID-19 vaccination rates in Missouri are growing anxious as the Fourth of July weekend approaches, creating ripe conditions for the fast-spreading delta variant to send hospital numbers climbing...
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Out of the past: July 2
(Out of the Past ~ 07/02/21)
Foreclosure on St. Vincent's College will sever the city of Cape Girardeau's ties to the property and to Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation; thanks to a short-term loan from the Vincentian Fathers of St. Louis, who owned the seminary, the foundation took the title to the property in April 1995; but plans to pay off the loan didn't materialize; after extending the payoff date too many times, the Vincentians decided to foreclose on the property; the city had worked with Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation to pay off the land purchase.. ...
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