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Sikeston man dies after being struck by vehicle
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Sunday. According to Lt. Jon Broom with Sikeston Department of Public Safety, at 4:43 p.m. Sunday, Demetrius Flowers, 55, of Sikeston was walking when he was struck by a full-size sport utility vehicle on West North Street at Fuchs Street in Sikeston. Flowers was pronounced dead at the scene by the Scott County Coroner Scott Branam...
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No-bake desserts help beat the heat
(Community ~ 08/26/21)
No-bake desserts are a nice treat on a hot day. Delicious cool desserts that don't require using the oven, they keep well for several days, and can be made ahead of serving time. All of these things considered, these cool and refreshing desserts are a win for hot, humid August days...
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1st MO VIP winners announced
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
The first MO VIP award winners were announced Wednesday. The $10,000 cash prizes and $10,000 education savings account prizes go to COVID-19 vaccinated Missourians who entered the state-sponsored drawings. Through mid-October, the state will draw winners a total of nine times who will split $9 million. One hundred-seventy winners of the 180 identified have been verified to be eligible. The remaining 10 have until 5 p.m. Friday to verify their eligibility status...
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Sikeston City Hall closed rest of week
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Sikeston City Hall will be closed to the public for the remainder of the week. According to city officials, there are 11 employees, nearly 10% of the city's workforce, out of the office because of positive COVID tests. Five employees working on the first floor of City Hall are out with COVID...
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Former Cape city councilman pleads guilty to felony tax charge
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
David Barklage, a veteran political consultant since the 1990s and a one-time member of Cape Girardeau City Council, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony tax charge involving his personal income -- promising to repay nearly $152,000 in unpaid taxes...
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Schindler's Tavern: Good stories and great burgers
(Community ~ 08/26/21)
I'm not sure how I missed this place for so long, but I did, and I apologize to you for this oversight. In the town of New Hamburg, Missouri, down the street from a beautiful Catholic church that dominates the crest of the hill and overlooks State Highway A, sits a building that dates to 1848 (all dates and fun facts were confirmed or given by our awesome server, Megan). Schindler's Tavern, founded in 1934, still occupies this aged building...
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'Big Boy' locomotive steaming into Scott City on Saturday
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
A rolling piece of American history, Union Pacific Railroad's Big Boy No. 4014, will steam through Southeast Missouri on Saturday, making a brief stop in Scott City before heading on to St. Louis that afternoon. Said to be the largest and most powerful steam locomotive in the world, Big Boy No. ...
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Jackson receives first installment of American Rescue Plan funds
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
The City of Jackson received its first installment of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds Monday, according to city clerk and treasurer Liza Walker. The installment totaled $1,496,845. Mayor Dwain Hahs said Tuesday at the city's annual mayor's retreat the city will do a report to determine how to spend the ARPA funds...
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COVID hotspot advisory issued for SE Missouri
(Local News ~ 08/26/21)
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a COVID-19 hotspot advisory for Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott and Perry counties Tuesday. "Cases have elevated in Cape Girardeau (431), Mississippi (89), Perry (116) and Scott (330) counties within the last 14 days," DHSS officials wrote in the advisory...
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Sponsored: Regular dental exams can help detect or prevent cancer
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/26/21)
Traditionally, most people think of smoking, too much sunshine and other environmental factors when they consider the causes of cancer. Genetic predispositions have also become a concern of the disease process. There are certain viruses that are also responsible for a number of cancers, such as HPV...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
Today is Thursday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2021. There are 127 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women's right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby...
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Sponsored: How to Spot and Calm Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/26/21)
With kiddos heading off to school and many adults heading back into the office during this pandemic, we veterinarians are seeing more cases of separation anxiety in dogs. After all, our pets have been used to having the people they love around them for so long...
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Speak Out 8/26/21
(Speak Out ~ 08/26/21)
People who don't believe in miracles are not looking for them. Simple things we all take for granted are miracles. All you need to do is drive through a rural area and look at the rows of crops. They seem endless. God has provided our farmers with the knowledge to produce food to feed the world...
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Cape school mask decision
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/26/21)
My sons attend junior high and Clippard. One is 12 and vaccinated. One is 9 and unable to be vaccinated. If local pediatricians, health department and anecdotal evidence from schools already in session point to masking mandates for children, why are the school board and superintendent not listening?...
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The media's finest hour
(Column ~ 08/26/21)
Poor Ron Klain. It's not a good sign when a White House chief of staff to a Democratic president wants to retweet favorable news coverage and all he can find is the least credible and most slavishly loyal commentators on the internet. The Afghanistan fiasco has created that most disorienting and discomfiting experience for a progressive administration -- a serious bout of critical media coverage immune to White House spin and determined to tell the unvarnished story of an ongoing debacle...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 8/26/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/26/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls.Aug. 24 n Medical assists were made at 10:34 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 10:53 a.m. on State Highway 177; 10:59 a.m. on South Broadview Street; 7:17 p.m. on Independence Street...
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Zachary Robbins
(Obituary ~ 08/26/21)
Zachary Allen "Zach" Robbins, 28, of Jackson passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. He was born Sept. 10, 1992, in Cape Girardeau to Allen and Penelope Hicks Robbins. Zach was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He worked several years as a forklift operator. He was an avid St. Louis Cardinal Baseball fan and was a gifted musician, playing the guitar, piano and violin...
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Larry Prost
(Obituary ~ 08/26/21)
Larry James Prost, 68, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at his home. He was born Feb. 28, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Merlin H. "Bob" and Mary Margaret Schafer Prost. Larry was a graduate of St. Vincent de Paul High School in Perryville, Missouri...
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Ellamae Menz
(Obituary ~ 08/26/21)
Ellamae Ellen Beklund Menz, 94, of Delta passed away surrounded by her family Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in her home. She was born in Randles, Missouri, Jan. 22, 1927, to Essie Hendrickson and Jesse Richard Beklund. She attended school in Randles. Ellamae married Tony Kirby Menz on Sept. 2, 1941, and from that union they had eight children...
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Miranda Glasser
(Obituary ~ 08/26/21)
Miranda Glasser, 39, of Blodgett, Missouri, died Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Jan. 21, 1982, in Bartow, Florida, to Steve and Cathie Cruz. She married Stephen Glasser on June 4, 2011. She was a CNA at Saint Francis Medical Center and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City. She was a strong, kind, loving mother, wife, daughter and sister. She never met a stranger and welcomed everybody with open arms...
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Carl Dockins
(Obituary ~ 08/26/21)
Carl W. "Doc" Dockins, 81, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, at the Jackson Manor in Jackson. He was born Aug. 28, 1939, in Scopus, Missouri, to Ira and Alma "Jane" Hanners Dockins. Five children were born to their union. He and Delba "Faye" Mayfield were married June 25, 1960, at Mayfield, Missouri. They had been married 48 years, when Faye passed away Oct. 29, 2008...
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Poland ends Afghan evacuation as clock ticks down on airlift
(International News ~ 08/26/21)
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland ended its evacuations from Afghanistan, but other European nations vowed Wednesday to press on for as long as possible, as the clock ticks down on a dramatic airlift of people fleeing Taliban rule ahead of a full American withdrawal...
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Fire crews struggle to stop blaze bearing down on Lake Tahoe
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- A Northern California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nation's worst air...
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Report details mishandling of police emergency system Jan. 6
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police didn't adequately respond to frantic calls for help from officers when they pressed panic buttons on their radios seeking immediate backup as scores of pro-Trump rioters beat officers with bats, poles and other weapons, an inspector general's report found...
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U.S. lawmakers' Kabul trip prompts questions, condemnation
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- Two members of Congress are facing condemnation and questions following their surprise visit to Afghanistan this week, which diverted resources from the U.S.'s chaotic withdrawal, enraged military leaders and led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to declare it not "a good idea."...
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Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may still await evacuation
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure suggesting this part of the U.S.-led airlift could be completed before President Joe Biden's Tuesday deadline. Untold thousands of at-risk Afghans, however, are struggling to get into the Kabul airport...
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Court upholds death sentence for church shooter Dylann Roof
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld Dylann Roof's conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation, saying the legal record cannot even capture the "full horror" of what he did...
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Man gets 6 years in prison in Michigan governor kidnap plot
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to a little more than six years in prison Wednesday for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a significant break reflecting his quick decision to cooperate and help agents build cases against others...
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Woman involved in fatal crash says she was fleeing gunfire
(State News ~ 08/26/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman involved in a fatal crash in Kansas City told investigators she had been fleeing gunfire when she ran a red light and crashed into another car, police there said. The crash happened earlier this month on the morning of Aug. 3 at an eastern Kansas City intersection, police said. Thee woman was driving east on Truman Road when she ran a red light and slammed into a northbound car, according to investigators...
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Out of the past: Aug. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 08/26/21)
A 240-acre industrial site in Nash Road Industrial Park is listed for sale in New America Network's National Sealed Bid Event, a list of 48 properties in 20 states; the property described in the 58-page publication is leased for farming purposes that generate $16,500 a year; however, the lease may be canceled by either party with a 60-day notice; the site, between Nash Road and the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, is a half-mile from Interstate 55 and potentially can be subdivided into three 80-acre parcels.. ...
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Pentagon: U.S. troops must get their COVID-19 vaccines ASAP
(National News ~ 08/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- Military troops must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, ordering service leaders to "impose ambitious timelines for implementation." More than 800,000 service members have not gotten their shots, according to Pentagon data. ...
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House Games at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 08/26/21)
Guardian Angel School is back to school and back to house games for the 2021-2022 school year. Since it was a hot day on Monday, August 23, the games all included water. The first game was passing water to the person behind you by way of a cup and trying to get the most water in a bucket by the end of the game. Some of the students had more water on them than in the bucket, but it felt very good in the hot sun...
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