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SB I-55, U.S. 61 reduced at Center Junction for repairs
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
Contractor crews will begin making repairs this week to the concrete of the southbound Interstate 55 bridge at mile marker 99 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. Damage was caused during a recent traffic incident involving a tractor-trailer truck...
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Juvenile struck by passenger vehicle in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
A juvenile was struck by a vehicle Monday morning in Jackson. At approximately 7:30 a.m., the juvenile was hit by a passenger vehicle at the intersection of West Main and Russell streets, according to Jackson police. ...
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18th annual Cape First Church Ladies event hosts Tebow for tea
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
Femininity and faith were celebrated through song and speech at Cape First Church's 18th annual Ladies Tea Party on Friday. Guest speaker Pam Tebow, missionary in the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association and mother of former NFL player Tim Tebow, spoke about the influence women can have in life...
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Vargas announces Houck renovation delay; SEMO Board of Governors approves new meal plan
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
The renovations of Houck Field have hit a road block. On Friday, Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas updated the Board of Governors on the renovation of Houck Stadium's south grandstand. Destruction began in early December and was completed by the first week of January...
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Cape School District extends athletic support to Trinity Lutheran through cooperative sponsorship
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
Competing in the sport of their passion may not always be an option for students of Trinity Lutheran School in Cape Girardeau. A recent proposal with Cape Girardeau School District aims to remedy that. With a unanimous vote Monday, the Cape Girardeau School Board approved a cooperative sponsorship with Trinity Lutheran...
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Cape Girardeau County EMA to suspend COVID briefings
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
For two full years, Cape Girardeau County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has been hosting regularly scheduled Zoom calls to coordinate pandemic response by the county, Southeast Missouri State University and the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson...
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Sponsored: The device churches, businesses and organizations should have that could save your life
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
It can happen anytime, anyplace, to anyone at any age: sudden cardiac arrest. It is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. More than 350,000 people will suffer from cardiac arrest this year. In most cases, the event does not happen in a health care setting where emergency help is readily available...
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Retired Southeast Missouri State University prof a frequent Ukraine visitor
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
Robert Gifford has visited Earth's most contentious spot, Ukraine, 17 times in the past 30 years on self-funded trips. Gifford, who is retired in 2004 as a music faculty member at Southeast Missouri State University, got started going to the besieged country three decades ago...
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Mercy makes case for Perry County Memorial partnership
(Local News ~ 03/01/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Officials with Mercy health care system made their case Monday night to partner with Perry County Memorial Hospital. Dozens of area residents attended the community forum in Perryville to listen to Mercy's proposal, which focused on the hospital's size, strength and culture, and was light on specific details, other than a pledge to provide more services locally...
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Proposed rail merger is not good for Missourians
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/01/22)
Last year, railroad companies Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced a merger, valued at $31 billion. This mega-merger is detrimental to the state of Missouri and the Surface Transportation Board should consider the citizens when making their decision...
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Speakout
(Speak Out ~ 03/01/22)
Our folly As we watch Russia invade Ukraine and murder innocent people who are defending their country for just wanting to be a democracy, the rest of the world does nothing. No one wants war, but what Putin is doing is just pure evil. And if we think he will stop with Ukraine we are foolish. ...
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Prayer 3-1-22
(Prayer ~ 03/01/22)
Father God, we praise you, for you give us a spirit of power, love and self-discipline. Amen.
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The responsibilities of freedom
(Column ~ 03/01/22)
Russia's attack on Ukraine seems to be something of a Rorschach test for Americans who have the luxury of freely voicing opinions. A Republican candidate for the United States Senate asserted that she identifies more with the Christian values of Vladimir Putin than she does with the values of Joe Biden. Television hosts seem to say something similar. "Genius" is what our most recent former president said about the Russian leader's machinations. These aren't healthy human responses...
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Robert Thomas
(Obituary ~ 03/01/22)
UNIONTOWN, Mo. -- Robert Wynn Thomas, 91, of Uniontown died Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Friday at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Paul Winningham officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow in the church cemetery...
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Sally Steuerwald
(Obituary ~ 03/01/22)
Sally Mae Steuerwald, 59, of Burfordville died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 24, 1962, in Stoddard County, Missouri, the daughter of Henry and Ida Barbee Deimund. Sally was a 1981 graduate of Oak Ridge High School...
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Scott Schaper
(Obituary ~ 03/01/22)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Scott K. Schaper, 67, of Springfield passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at his home. He was born April 30, 1954, to Randolph and Grace Moore Schaper in Cape Girardeau. Scott was a 1972 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. He enlisted in the U.S. ...
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Molly Auer
(Obituary ~ 03/01/22)
Mary "Molly" Elizabeth Evans Auer, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 3/1/22
(Births ~ 03/01/22)
Daughter to Carlos Griffin and Arianna Orr of Sikeston, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 1:13 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Name, Symphony Amour Donyell. Weight, 7 pounds, 1.9 ounces. Second daughter. Orr is the daughter of Amy and Kevin Tyus of Sikeston and Devin Orr of Charleston, Missouri. She works at Buffalo Wild Wings. Griffin is the son of LaTonia Young of Sikeston and Carlos Griffin Sr. of Cairo, Illinois. He is self-employed...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 3/1/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 27 n Medical assists were made at 12:08 a.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 1:47 a.m., on South Lorimier Street; 2:04 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 8:23 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue;...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 3/1/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was made on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was made on Broadway. Thefts n Theft was reported on North Silver Springs Road...
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Out of the past: March 1
(Out of the Past ~ 03/01/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Charleston High School faculty members will go before the Board of Education March 13 to tell members they want their principal back; more than 30 high-school faculty and staff want to know why the board didn't seek their opinions before deciding against rehiring principal Joe Forrest on Feb. 13; Superintendent Terry Rowe recommended the seven-member board rehire Forrest...
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Beverly Hurt
(Obituary ~ 03/01/22)
Beverly Hurt, 71, of Jackson peacefully passed away Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, under the care of the most kind and compassionate team of caregivers at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 27, 1950, the daughter of Jack and Nell Hurt, and had a set of fraternal twins, Jill Johnston and Jule Peukert. ...
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