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No place like home: Kelly alum begins duties as new superintendent
(Local News ~ 07/10/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- For Bradley Kolwyck, who is the new superintendent at Scott County R-4 "Kelly" Schools in Benton, life has come full circle. The 2000 graduate of Thomas W. Kelly High School was hired as the district's new superintendent in April by the board of education. Kolwyck replaced Dr. Kevin Cogdill who resigned at the March school board meeting after two years of service in the district...
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Erlbachers: 'A Family Legacy on the river'
(Local News ~ 07/10/21)
In the 1930s, brothers Robert and Eddie Erlbacher decided to forge their way into the highly competitive river business. The pair had no money, experience and little education, but, as time shows now, whatever they did have was enough. Nearly a hundred years later, the Erlbachers' leap turned into a dynasty of success on the river...
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Play All Day: Summer Bible Schools
(Community ~ 07/10/21)
Churches in the southeast Missouri region brought back Vacation Bible School after some took a hiatus last year due to the pandemic. Through filmed sing along segments, children sang songs that tied into the overall theme. Bethany Baptist Church, Trinity Lutheran Church and Cape Bible Chapel all used the same theme this year. This year's theme is called the "Rocky Railroad: Jesus' Power Pulls Us Through."...
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Sponsored: The Level of Care: What Makes Jackson Manor Different
(07/10/21)
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic when many nursing homes did not allow visitors into residential facilities in order to protect residents from the virus, admissions director Charlene Foeste says the family-like atmosphere of Jackson Manor in Jackson helped guide residents through the difficult time...
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Missouri Bicentennial: Military tensions led to riot in 1917
(Local News ~ 07/10/21)
Frank Nickell argues a theory about history that may help to explain a period of labor strife in Southeast Missouri that many either have forgotten about or never knew. "The ten years from 1914 to 1923 perhaps represents the most significant decade in modern history," said the venerable historian, a teacher for more than 40 years at SEMO. "I don't think you can find any other 10-year period in which as much drama, as many firsts, as many revolutions or as many changes took place."...
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The Right to Free Speech
(Local News ~ 07/10/21)
Vintage printing presses in Cape Girardeau tell history of written word
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Out of the past: July 10
(Out of the Past ~ 07/10/21)
Jo Ann Emerson announces she will seek her late husband Bill Emerson's 8th Congressional District seat; more than 300 people from all corners of the far-flung district enthusiastically applaud the decision, announced at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau; Emerson, a Republican like her late husband, must run as an independent; Secretary of State Bekki Cook ruled after Bill Emerson died of lung cancer June 22 that the cutoff date to reopen candidate filing had already passed...
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Judge Robert and Jennie Wilson contribute much to early Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
At the turn of the century, Harmony Street (Broadway) was dotted with multi-storied, pretentious manors. Positioned at a prominent lot on the corner of Fountain and Hormony was the home of popular attorney Robert Love Wilson and wife, Jennie. Robert was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1838. ...
- Adopt kittens 7-11-21 (Community ~ 07/10/21)
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Their names do not imply yellow
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
The brown eyed susan and the red legged buprestis by their names do not make you think of yellow. But when the insect and flower are combined in a photo, yellow rules the day. The red legged buprestis is a wood-boring insect native to Eastern U.SA. It is a member of the jewel beetles. It is known to bore in the dead wood of certain kinds of deciduous trees such as oaks, maples and elm...
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Garlic, potatoes, pumpkins and turnips
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
It's kind of hard to believe it's going on mid-July. I was talking to Marge and commented that the potatoes need to be dug, the onions are fixing to need to be pulled, the corn needs to be picked, and the garlic dug. Seems like summer just began and, dog gone, it's rolling on by...
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Senior Center Menus for July 12-16
(Community ~ 07/10/21)
Cape Girardeau Senior Center is open for carryout and delivery only. Monday: Hot ham and cheese on bun or beef Tater Tot casserole, baked beans, steamed squash, whole-grain bun or bread slice and chilled diced pears or cookies & cream. Tuesday: Italian beef on bun or roasted chicken thighs, spinach salad, mixed vegetables, whole-grain bun or hot roll and fresh melon or brownie...
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Ramblewood Garden Club's July yard of the month
(Submitted Photo ~ 07/10/21)
The Ramblewood Garden Club is pleased to announce the July Yard of the Month Award goes to Bill and Joann Adams, who live and garden at 2313 Darbyshire Lane in Cape Girardeau. Their yard is a colorful spot in the neighborhood with flowering red shrub roses, and brightly hued evergreens ranging in color from chartreuse to deep forest green. The Adamses share garden duties with Mr. Adams cutting and taking care of the lawn, and Mrs. Adams picking up limbs and dead-heading the roses...
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Downsizing: Yes, no or when?
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
Are you wondering if it's time to downsize and live on a smaller scale? It seems as if the subject of downsizing has been an issue recently with many people. They are attempting to decide if they should scale down their lives, or continue as they are, presently. Although the decision may seem like a small one, much enters into making the choice...
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Marie Curie, her scientific fellows and God
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
Last weekend, amid the sound of nearby fireworks, I talked to a friend in a Cape Girardeau coffee shop who began discussing Marie Curie, the renowned Polish-French scientist, who died on America's Independence Day, July 4, 1934. I suppose Curie's death date is the reason the discoverer of two elements in the periodic table came to mind in our conversation...
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FYI 7-11-21
(Community ~ 07/10/21)
A heart saver CPR certification class will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at HealthPoint Fitness in Cape Girardeau. This is an instructor-led course that teaches adult and child CPR and AED use, infant CPR, and how to relieve choking in adults, children and infants. ...
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Prayer 7-11-21
(Prayer ~ 07/10/21)
O Heavenly Father, may the words we say be pleasing to you and honor your name. Amen.
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Celebrating Doctors' Park
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/10/21)
Friends in Cape shared the 50th Anniversary Doctors' Park article. My father, Dr. Gordon Nunnelly, was one of the leaders of the founding team and actually helped negotiate the first bank loan, kept the initial investor payments and books, found the St. Louis architects Peckham and Guyton who designed the complex, and designed the Doctors' Park logo...
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Speak Out 7-11-21
(Speak Out ~ 07/10/21)
The current administration is trying to confiscate, using deadly force, the firearms of law abiding gun owners. Legal guns owners already comply with all current laws and regulations in force. As a matter of fact, concealed carry weapon permit holders have the lowest overall crime rate than any demographic group, including law enforcement officers. ...
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Who are the real bullies on race?
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
As absurd, extreme and reckless as the American left has been on race, and despite growing public disapproval of their antics, they are doubling down rather than pulling back. On the Fourth of July, Utah's Black Lives Matter chapter described the American flag as "a symbol of hatred."...
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Rediscovering the promise of the American founding
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
Declaring their independence from British rule 245 years ago, the American colonists held "these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." They went on to announce, "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.". ...
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The costs of Biden's big government
(Column ~ 07/10/21)
It is one of the unfortunate ironies coming out of the Biden administration that, with all the obsession about so-called equity, policies they are putting forth will only hurt the very low-income Americans they pretend to want to help. The Biden administration is growing government at a record pace...
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State considering catfish regulations on big rivers
(Local News ~ 07/10/21)
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced Wednesday that they are seeking public input on potential regulation changes for both recreational and commercial catfish harvest in some big rivers of the state, including the Mississippi. According to the MDC, studies confirmed that current management approaches continue to support healthy and sustainable blue catfish and flathead catfish populations in the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and regulation changes do not appear to be necessary to maintain these populations or prevent overfishing. ...
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More suspects arrested in assassination of Haitian president
(International News ~ 07/10/21)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian authorities have made more arrests in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, raiding Taiwan's Embassy where several suspects are believed to have sought refuge, while also detaining two Haitian-Americans and several former Colombian soldiers allegedly tied to the plot...
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Some Iraq militias challenging Iran
(International News ~ 07/10/21)
BAGHDAD -- Iran's expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in Baghdad last month: Maintain calm, until after nuclear talks between Iran and the United States...
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Biden signs competition order targeting big business
(National News ~ 07/10/21)
President Joe Biden signed Friday an executive order that the White House said will target anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy while boosting workers' wages and consumer protections. The sweeping order includes 72 actions and recommendations that the White House said "will lower prices for families, increase wages for workers, and promote innovation and even faster economic growth."...
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FDA head calls for inquiry into Alzheimer's drug review
(National News ~ 07/10/21)
WASHINGTON -- The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday called for a government investigation into highly unusual contacts between her agency's drug reviewers and the maker of a controversial new Alzheimer's drug. Dr. Janet Woodcock announced the extraordinary step via Twitter. It's the latest fallout over last month's approval of Aduhelm, an expensive and unproven therapy that the agency OK'd against the advice of its own outside experts...
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Trial set for man accused of abuse, plan to kill witnesses
(State News ~ 07/10/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Trial has been set for a former suburban St. Louis teaching assistant accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old student, then conspiring to kill the boy and his mother. Deonte Taylor's trial was set for Aug. 9 on Thursday after plans for him to plead guilty to charges in the case fell through, the St. ...
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White House pushes on voting rights, restrictive laws
(National News ~ 07/10/21)
WASHINGTON -- Facing a call to "save American democracy," the Biden administration has unveiled new efforts to protect access to the ballot amid rising complaints from civil rights activists and other Democrats that the White House hasn't done enough to counter Republican-led state legislatures attempting to narrow voting procedures...
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Biden tells Putin Russia must crack down on cybercriminals
(National News ~ 07/10/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must "take action" against cybercriminals acting in his country and that the U.S. reserves the right to "defend its people and its critical infrastructure," the White House said...
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Grizzly killed after fatal attack of woman
(State News ~ 07/10/21)
HELENA Mont. -- Wildlife officials said they shot and killed a Montana grizzly bear Friday that had pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this week in the middle of a small Montana town. The bear was shot by federal wildlife workers wearing night vision goggles shortly after midnight, when it approached a trap set near a chicken coop about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Ovando, where Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was killed early Tuesday morning, said Greg Lemon with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.. ...
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Zaila Avant-garde wins spellling bee
(State News ~ 07/10/21)
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn't show much stress. The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee's 96-year history...
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Tropical Storm Elsa soaks NYC as it races up East Coast
(State News ~ 07/10/21)
NEW YORK -- Fast-moving Tropical Storm Elsa hit the New York City region with heavy rain and high winds Friday, toppling trees and hindering some rail service as it churned its way toward New England. Maximum sustained winds from the storm peaked near 50 mph as it moved past New York City and across the eastern tip of Long Island, the National Hurricane Center said in an 11 a.m. update...
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'Heartbreaking': Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 78
(State News ~ 07/10/21)
SURFSIDE, Fla. -- The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called "heartbreaking" as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find victims in the rubble. Another 62 people remain unaccounted for...
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Police report 7-11-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/10/21)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. DWI n William Wiggins, 42, of Burfordville was arrested on suspicion of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, consumption of alcohol while driving, speeding, failure to stop at posted stop sign and failure to have insurance...
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Fire report 7-9-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/10/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 7 n Medical assists were 6:45 a.m. on Stonebridge Drive; 6:45 a.m. on Themis Street; 11:17 a.m. on Independence Street; 12:34 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 2:46 p.m. on South West End Boulevard...
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Births
(Births ~ 07/10/21)
Daughter to Sean and Samantha Davis of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 11:01 p.m. Monday, June 21, 2021. Name, Evelyn Renee. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. First child. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of Terri Carr of Festus, Missouri. Davis is the son of Bonnie Whiteside and Randall Davis of Jonesboro, Illinois. He is a sergeant first class in the U.S. Army...
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Thirman White II
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Thirman David White II, son of Thirman David and Brenda Dooley White, was born Jan. 5, 1973, in Chaffee and departed this life Monday, July 5, 2021, at Lake Taneycomo in Taney County, Missouri, at the age of 48 years. He enjoyed fishing, camping, drawing and spending time with family...
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Kenneth Pair
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
Kenneth Pair, 58, of Jackson died Monday, July 5, 2021, in Rotary Lake at Jackson Park in Jackson. There will be no services at this time. Arrangements were made by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Joseph Miller Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
FRISCO, Texas -- Joseph Carl Miller Jr., 74, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, in Frisco. A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson, with the Rev. Randy Tochtrop officiating. Burial with full military rites by the Missouri Honors Team will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Keith Harris
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
Keith J. Harris, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at his home. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau, with Willie Williams officiating. Interment will follow. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of the arrangements...
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Jess Harrell
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
CHAFFEE. Jess Henry Harrell, 84, of Chaffee, departed this life on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at his home. He was born in Brownwood, Missouri, to the late G.C. and Stella George Harrell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from BNSF Railway in 1998. He was a member of Chaffee Elks Lodge No. 1810 and Fraternal Order of the Eagles in Advance, Missouri...
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Nance Cox
(Obituary ~ 07/10/21)
Nance Cox, 78, of Whitewater, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 17, 1942, in Puxico, Missouri, daughter of Clyde and Cora Nance Wilson. She and Dennis Cox were married Sept. 13, 1959, in Poplar Bluff. He passed away June 9, 2002...
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Out of the past: July 11
(Out of the Past ~ 07/10/21)
Jo Ann Emerson yesterday announced here she will seek her late husband Bill Emerson's 8th Congressional District seat; Emerson, a Republican like her late husband, must run as an independent; Secretary of State Bekki Cook ruled after Bill Emerson died of lung cancer June 22 that the cutoff date to reopen candidate filing had already passed...
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