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Nominating petitions for Cape Girardeau Council available starting next week
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
Four slots on Cape Girardeau City Council will be decided by voters in April but the process starts Monday as the municipality begins making available petitions hopefuls may use to access the ballot. The filing period for the office of mayor -- who is the sole city-wide member of council -- and for council wards 1, 2 and 6 is Oct. 26 through Nov. 23...
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Jackson considers soggy soccer situation; Park improvement projects could be funded by city's proposed use tax
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
With millions of players and an estimated four billion fans, soccer (or football as the rest of the world calls it) is said to be the most popular sport on earth. In Southeast Missouri, one of the most popular soccer venues is the Jackson Soccer Park, a 17-field complex on a 27-acre tract along Route PP near the town's southern city limits...
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Central students could face criminal charges following video of assault
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
A number of Cape Girardeau Central students have been disciplined after video surfaced showing them physically attacking another student. School officials would not comment on identities of the students, how many were involved in the incident, the discipline handed down or whether the incident occurred on school property...
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Labor, supply shortages cause problems for local coffee shops
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
The Ground-A-Bout co-founder Bob Schooley planned to open a third location of his coffeehouse by the end of summer, but recently one issue has stood in his way. "I'm ready to build it, but I can't go forward because I can't hire enough staff to fill it," Schooley said...
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Cape students vandalize school restrooms for viral TikTok trend
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
A viral TikTok trend called "Devious Licks" has inspired some Cape Girardeau School District students to vandalize school restrooms. Central Middle School administrators said in a letter to parents Tuesday the school has seen "an extreme amount of vandalism" in its restrooms...
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Honor tour flight to originate from Cape Girardeau for the first time
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
When the Wake Foundation organizes a Veterans Honor Tour from Southeast Missouri to Washington, D.C., the vets normally must board a flight out of St. Louis. Next month, they'll be flying out of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport in northern Scott County...
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Local musician to perform Veterans Day concert
(Local News ~ 09/22/21)
Cape Girardeau's Billy Swan is taking the stage Veterans Day evening to honor American veterans. The concert will be held at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau at 7 p.m. Nov. 11, and all proceeds will go to the Cape Girardeau Veterans Home. Swan grew up in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Central High School in 1960. His "big break" came when Clyde McPhatter recorded Swan's song, 'Lover Please,' in 1962 and it soared to No. 7...
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Prayer 9/22/21
(Prayer ~ 09/22/21)
Thank you, O Gracious Lord, for peace that passes all understanding. Amen.
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Biden's border 'challenge' gets worse
(Column ~ 09/22/21)
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is indisputably good at one part of his job -- always referring to the migrant surge at the border as a "challenge" and never a "crisis." He visited Del Rio, Texas on Monday and refused to use the offending word about more than 10,000 Haitian migrants huddled under a bridge, living amongst trash with insufficient food and water in sweltering heat...
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Biden's foreign policy: Too leftist or too Trumpist?
(Column ~ 09/22/21)
It's one of the strange ironies of American politics. Few things are as politically polarizing as foreign policy, and yet it's on foreign policy where the differences between the parties are often narrowest. Indeed, viewed from abroad, our allies and adversaries often think that the biggest problem with any new administration is the continuity of U.S. policies, not the change in direction...
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Jackson students make a difference with service learning
(Editorial ~ 09/22/21)
Students at Jackson Junior High School recently had an important learning experience while doing good for others. Eighth-grade students participated in a food-packing event through Feed My Starving Children. The Christian nonprofit sends meals around the globe to impoverished areas where food insecurity and malnutrition -- concepts the students learned about in their advisory class -- are a real life experience. ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 9/22/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 20 n Medical assists were made at 12:43 p.m. on Boxwood Drive; 2:58 p.m., South Lorimier Street; 4:54 p.m. on Fairline Drive; 6:38 p.m. on North Street. n At 12:58 p.m., mutual aid on East Pine in Scott City...
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Jackson Police report 9/22/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/22/21)
JACKSON The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest n Bradley Wyss, 44, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on a Cape Girardeau warrant and also issued citation for operating a motor vehicle without valid driver's license and failure to register motor vehicle...
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Henry Trankler
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
ORAN, Mo. -- Henry W. Trankler, 81, of Oran, son of the late Chris and Agnes VanderMierden Trankler, was born June 17, 1940, in Portageville, Missouri, and departed this life Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. On Sept. 15, 1962, he married Phyllis Ann Sobba. She preceded him in death July 14, 2018...
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Laura Thomas
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
Laura Faye Thomas, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Oct. 30, 1937, in Jasper, Alabama, to James O. and Geanie B. Abbot Timmons. She and Marion Thomas were married Dec. 19, 1959, in Springfield, Missouri. He preceded her in death June 6, 2008...
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Amy Oliver
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
Amy DeWitt Oliver, 51, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. She was born Sept. 16, 1970, in Cape Girardeau to Gary and Debi (Lawrence) DeWitt of Sikeston, Missouri. She attended Sikeston High School. She then earned a bachelor of science in psychology from Southeast Missouri State University and went on to receive her master of business administration in healthcare administration from Tennessee State University...
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Daisy Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
Daisy Mamie Moore, 97, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1924, to Mary Killian and Jacob Wilfong. She went to school and graduated in Patton, Missouri. She had a boyfriend in the service. When Travis Moore returned home, they were married on Dec. 1, 1946. Her beloved husband preceded her in death May 3, 1990...
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Alice Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
Alice Nadine Moore, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at her home. She was born July 28. 1942, in Fornfelt to George Nathan and Stella Mae Holder Dodson. She married Fred E. Moore, and he preceded her in death. She was a courier for the Federal Reserve. She previously owned Moore's Tax Service in Scott City and was an Avon consultant for many years. She attended Cape First in Cape Girardeau...
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Anna Mae Hahn
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Anna Mae Hahn, 81, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to service time Thursday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral service will begin at noon with the Rev. Randy Poole officiating. Burial will follow in Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Florence Gruenwald
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Florence Virginia Hecht Gruenwald, 86, of Altenburg died Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 2:30 p.m. until service time Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. at the church. Florence will be laid to rest in the church cemetery...
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Shirley Clifford
(Obituary ~ 09/22/21)
CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Shirley Bentley Clifford, 80, of Campbell passed away Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Shirley, daughter of Arthur George and Edna Juanita Barfoot Bentley Sr., was born Saturday, Feb. 15, 1941, in Gideon, Missouri. On May 22, 1965, in Gideon, she was united in marriage to Patrick Clifford. He survives...
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'Dear Evan Hansen' filmmakers refine a hit Broadway musical
(Entertainment ~ 09/22/21)
NEW YORK -- Millions of people will get a chance to get to know the shy teenager Evan Hansen this month, but Ben Platt is waving farewell. The actor and singer is intimately intertwined with Evan, originating the role in 2015 and eventually leading the stage musical "Dear Evan Hansen" to its world debut in Washington, D.C. He soon took Evan off-Broadway, then to Broadway and Grammy triumphs. He is now unveiling the character on film, a final pairing...
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Canadian PM Trudeau's election bet fails, but Tory rival might lose job
(International News ~ 09/22/21)
TORONTO -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won his third straight election but failed to get the majority in Parliament he wanted, an outcome that threatened his Conservative rival with loss of his job after moving his party to the center and alienating its base...
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House OKs debt and funding plan, inviting clash with GOP
(National News ~ 09/22/21)
WASHINGTON -- The House voted Tuesday night to fund the government into early December, suspend the federal debt limit and provide disaster and refugee aid, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Republicans who oppose the package despite the prospects of a looming fiscal crisis...
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Biden promises 'relentless diplomacy' to skeptical allies
(National News ~ 09/22/21)
UNITED NATIONS -- President Joe Biden summoned the world's nations to forcefully address the festering global issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses in his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He decried military conflict and insisted the U.S. is not seeking "a new Cold War" with China...
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J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
(International News ~ 09/22/21)
LONDON -- Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose. J&J said in statement an extra dose -- given either two months or six months after the initial shot -- revved up protection. The results haven't been published or vetted by other scientists...
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'Soul-crushing': U.S. COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day
(National News ~ 09/22/21)
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans. The increasingly lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of the school year, delayed the return to offices and demoralized health care workers...
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Mexico buses, flies Haitians from remote area on U.S. border
(International News ~ 09/22/21)
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico -- Mexico has begun busing and flying Haitian migrants away from the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday, signaling a new level of support for the United States as a giant refugee camp in a small Texas border town presented President Joe Biden with a humanitarian and increasingly political challenge...
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Legislation proposed by Cori Bush prompts ice cream flavor
(State News ~ 09/22/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Ben & Jerry's latest ice cream flavor is supporting a new approach to policing, a proposal sponsored by Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of St. Louis. The Vermont-based company on Monday launched the flavor Change is Brewing. The limited-batch offering features the flavor of cold brew coffee ice cream with swirls of marshmallow and fudge brownies. The company, at a news conference, also announced support for Bush's legislation, the People's Response Act...
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Down syndrome issue at center of Mo. abortion law case
(State News ~ 09/22/21)
A federal appeals court is deciding the fate of a Missouri law that puts sweeping restrictions on abortions, and a focal point of oral arguments Tuesday was a provision prohibiting abortions based solely on a Down syndrome diagnosis. The law adopted in 2019 would ban abortions at the eighth week of pregnancy. ...
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Out of the past: Sept. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 09/22/21)
The ringing of cathedral bells announces the beginning of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau; the event begins at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral; around 300 people join together outside on the south side of the church to await the invitation of Bishop John J. ...
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