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Perry Co. awarded with grant for new parks trail
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
Perry County received a grant of $250,000 from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. With this grant, the City of Perryville, Missouri, will be able to start development on its new mountain bike trail, the Legion Lake Multi-Use Trail. "[The trail] will include 4.5 miles of 5-foot wide natural single trail that will be a continuous loop including 10 bridges, three bike-only directional mini flow trails for beginners, intermediate and advanced riders with natural stone starting hub; a 7,500-square foot bike handling skills trail and 12-square foot dirt pump truck for beginners to advanced for practice and training," according to a news release.. ...
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Cape Girardeau pet shelter joins Betty White Challenge
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri (HSSEMO), in commemoration of the upcoming 100th birthday of the late actress Betty White on Monday, said on its Facebook page the organization has joined the viral #BettyWhiteChallenge to raise money for homeless pets...
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FEMA approves Bootheel disaster declaration
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
Federal authorities have approved a disaster declaration for seven Southeast Missouri counties. Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the request from Gov. Mike Parson for the counties to receive federal aid in the wake of Dec. 10 storms and tornadoes that caused at least $27 million in damage in Bollinger, Dunklin, Iron, Madison, Pemiscot, Reynolds, and Wayne counties...
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McCloskey running for US Senate to 'pull back our freedoms'
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey garnered global news attention after the couple pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters as they traveled down the McCloskeys' private street in an affluent St. Louis neighborhood. The McCloskeys' actions on June 28, 2020, were met with both praise and scorn...
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Missouri's highest court sends Cape 'slip and fall' case back to Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
In a 23-page ruling released Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the case of a title company employee injured in an Aug. 29, 2013, fall in the former Cape Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse -- now part of the new City Hall complex at 44 N. Lorimier St. -- be remanded, or sent back, to the original trial court...
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Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in US and Britain
(National News ~ 01/12/22)
Scientists are seeing signals COVID-19's alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa...
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Jackson School District updates COVID-19 procedures
(Local News ~ 01/12/22)
The Jackson School Board unanimously approved changes to the district's COVID-19 procedures at the board's meeting Tuesday night. Changes to the district's procedures were made in part to reflect recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, superintendent Scott Smith said at the meeting...
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Stepping Out in Faith: Local writing workshop series to help people tell their story
(01/12/22)
When Marilyn Morgan saw the impact the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent isolation had on her community in 2020, she knew she had to do something to encourage people. She began writing posts on Facebook for her friends. When she discovered through her church the online magazine and blog Kingdom Edge was taking applications for new writers, she decided to share her story further. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/12/22)
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2022. There are 353 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 12, 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records (originally Tamla Records) in Detroit. On this date: In 1828, the United States and Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits defining the boundary between the two countries to be the same as the one established by an 1819 treaty between the U.S. and Spain...
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Wallingford selection for DOR is smart pick by Parson
(Editorial ~ 01/12/22)
Gov. Mike Parson recently announced a lawmaker from Cape Girardeau would be joining his administration. Wayne Wallingford, who had been serving as state representative for the 147th district, will take his experience from the Legislature, business and the military to serve as the state's next director of the Department of Revenue...
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The idiocy of vaccine mandates for kids
(Column ~ 01/12/22)
The old legal maxim is that everything which is not forbidden is permitted. Many public-health experts apparently have their own version of this rule -- whatever is not forbidden must be mandated. It was less than three months ago that the Food and Drug Administration approved the COVID-19 vaccine for children on an emergency basis, and already there are debates whether schools should mandate it and jurisdictions prohibit unvaccinated kids from engaging in activities...
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Prayer 1-12-22
(Prayer ~ 01/12/22)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, our Wonderful Counselor and Everlasting Father. Amen.
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Area Police report 1/12/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/12/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Thefts n Vehicle theft was reported on Broadway. n Shoplifting was reported on North Sprigg Street. n Shoplifting was reported on Independence Street. n Burglary was reported on Sycamore Circle...
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Theresa Westrich
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Theresa C. Westrich, daughter of the late Joseph Anton and Laura Elizabeth Linhart Bucher, was born Nov. 22, 1936, in New Hamburg and departed her life Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 85 years...
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Wayne Petot
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Wayne Aloysius Petot, 77, of Perryville died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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Margaret Jackson
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Margaret Helen Klingel Jackson was born Feb. 16, 1930, near Blodgett, Missouri, to David Louis and Lessie Tippy Klingel. She passed away Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in Sikeston after a short illness at age 91...
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Linda Harlacher
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
Linda Harlacher, 58, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 28, 1963, in Aurora, Illinois, daughter of Manuel and Sharon Suk Lopez. She and George Harlacher were united in marriage April 12, 1993, and he passed away...
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George Graham Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- George F. Graham Jr., 93, of Perryville passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 25, 1928, in Mannington, West Virginia, to George F. and Helen C. Rymer Graham Sr. He and Ruth E. McColloch Graham were married Nov. 24, 1955. She survives in Perryville...
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John Duncan
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- John Stanley Duncan, 83, of Glen Allen died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, of natural causes at Stonebridge Senior Living. He was born Feb. 15, 1938, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to Esthel McKinley "E.M." and Glenna Guiling Duncan. In 1984, Stanley married Wanda Weakley Anderson from Glen Allen, and she survives...
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Lyndell Bess
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
EUGENE, Ore. -- Lyndell Bess, 89, passed away Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Eugene. He was born Aug. 10, 1932, to Virgil Milton and Lillie Belle Ratledge Bess in Delta. He graduated from Advance (Missouri) High School in 1950, and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951. After basic training at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, he was stationed in Karlsrühe, Germany...
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Cindy Benefield
(Obituary ~ 01/12/22)
Cindy Maria Benefield, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at a later date, Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Special rescues help ailing owners find pets' next home
(Community ~ 01/12/22)
NEW YORK -- Who will take your pet when you die? The question often doesn't have an easy answer, especially for ill or older people headed to residential nursing care or assisted living. During the pandemic, specialized rescue, advocacy and adoption services run by volunteers are trying to fill the void, one pet at a time...
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Biden challenges Senate on voting: 'Tired of being quiet!'
(National News ~ 01/12/22)
ATLANTA -- Pounding his hand for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators Tuesday to "stand against voter suppression" by changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation Republicans are blocking from debate and votes. Biden told a crowd in Atlanta gathered on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University he'd been having quiet conversations with senators for months over the two bills -- a lack of progress that has brought him criticism from activists in his own party.. ...
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Brrr! Some schools close as extreme cold grips US Northeast
(National News ~ 01/12/22)
A mass of arctic air swept into the Northeast on Tuesday, bringing bone-chilling sub-zero temperatures and closing schools across the region for the second time in less than a week. High temperatures were not expected to make it out of the teens and 20s in most spots, with single digits in many areas, especially northern New England, according to the National Weather Service. But things felt even worse because of the wind, which made it feel below zero for many...
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US shoppers find some groceries scarce because of virus, weather
(National News ~ 01/12/22)
Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to grab some items for dinner. But he was disappointed to find the vegetable bins barren and a sparse selection of turkey, chicken and milk. "Seems like I missed out on everything," Whitely, 67, said. "I'm going to have to hunt around for stuff now."...
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University of Missouri hall named after graduate Sheryl Crow
(State News ~ 01/12/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri has named a choral hall after musician Sheryl Crow, who graduated from the school in 1984 with a degree in music education. The Columbia Missourian reported the newly named hall is inside of the Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center...
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University of Missouri board rejects mask-mandate request
(State News ~ 01/12/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The University of Missouri's governing board on Tuesday rejected a request from the university system's president to temporarily require masks on the Columbia campus in response to increasing cases of COVID-19. System president Mun Choi first asked the Board of Curators to enact a mask requirement in classrooms, laboratories, offices and public buildings when attendance was required and social distancing wasn't possible...
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Bill would ban critical race theory in Missouri schools
(State News ~ 01/12/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri House lawmakers on Tuesday debated bills that would ban critical race theory in K-12 schools and give parents and guardians more control over what their children learn, an issue that likely will dominate this session. One bill, considered in the House education committee, would prohibit Missouri schools from teaching critical race theory, a framework for examining the effects race and racism have on the nation's institutions...
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Out of the past: Jan. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 01/12/22)
John Seabaugh of Millersville has been recognized for outstanding service to the Royal Rangers scouting ministry by the Southern Missouri District Assemblies of God. A service of dedication is held in the morning at Maple United Methodist Church, the third anniversary of the congregation's move to the current location at Cape Rock Drive and Jean Ann; the service is in celebration that the sanctuary, parsonage and land are debt-free...
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UT MARTIN NAMES LOCAL STUDENTS TO FALL SEMESTER CHANCELLOR’S HONOR ROLL
(Submitted Story ~ 01/12/22)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 12, 2022 Contact: Nathan Morgan, University Relations, 731-881-7615 Editors: Below is a list of students who requested that your paper receive notification that they have been named to the Chancellor’s Honor Roll at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Each listing includes the student’s name, hometown and honors...
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MARCUS THEATRES® AND AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE ANNOUNCE THE 2022 WINTER KIDS DREAM FILM SERIES
(Submitted Story ~ 01/12/22)
ABOUT THE SERIES: Marcus Theatres announces the return of a family favorite, the Kids Dream Film Series presented by American Family Insurance. The series has been a tradition of Marcus Theatres for more than 15 years bringing retro family films back to the big screen at affordable prices. The 2022 Winter Kids Dream Series returns January 14-March 6, featuring eight weeks of family films for a $3 per-person admission...
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