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One dead after shooting on Poplar Bluff overpass
(Local News ~ 04/19/22)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Law enforcement officials said Monday the suspect in a morning stabbing shot and killed himself on a Poplar Bluff overpass, after firing at passing cars. Jeffrey Carter Jr., 31, of Poplar Bluff was pronounced dead at the scene before 11 a.m. Monday, according to information from law enforcement...
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Cape Council holds first session with Mayor Kinder holding gavel
(Local News ~ 04/19/22)
New members were sworn in and a new mayor presided over Monday night's Cape Girardeau City Council meeting. Stacy Kinder, previously the city's Ward 6 representative, was sworn in as mayor at the meeting, along with new council members Tameka Randle, representative of Ward 2, and Mark Bliss, who replaced Kinder as Ward 6 representative. Dan Presson, who won reelection for Ward 1 on April 5, was also sworn in...
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Jehovah's Witnesses door-to-door visits still on hold; outreach done via Zoom
(Local News ~ 04/19/22)
Cheryl Cox can't remember the first time she knocked on a neighbor's door as a Jehovah's Witness. That's because she was still young enough to be held in her mother's arms. Her husband, Gerald, was also a toddler the first time his parent brought him along on a ministry visit, but he does remember the first time he participated by saying a Bible verse when he was 6 years old...
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State, local gas prices still falling, uptick expected
(Local News ~ 04/19/22)
As of Monday, Missouri is No. 2 in the nation in terms of lowest average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at $3.666. Kansas is lowest at $3.662, according to the American Automobile Association. Highest U.S. gas prices remain out west, with California's average gas price registered at $5.708. Hawaii and Nevada are at $5.226 and $5.079, respectively...
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Kinder eyes first 100 days as new Cape Girardeau mayor
(Local News ~ 04/19/22)
Ascending to be mayor of Cape Girardeau began a long time ago for Stacy Kinder. Kinder was sworn in Monday after winning the city's mayoral election April 4 over incumbent Bob Fox by 23 votes. Her public service started in 2018. Kinder was elected as Ward 6 representative of Cape Girardeau in 2018. Before moving to Cape Girardeau, she taught physics and geometry at St. Mary's School in Memphis, Tennessee. Kinder's interest in city government was sparked once she retired from teaching...
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Cheers, fear as judge strikes down U.S. transit mask mandate
(National News ~ 04/19/22)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The major airlines and many of the busiest airports rushed to drop their requirements on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration announced it wouldn't enforce a January 2021 security directive that applied to airplanes, airports, taxis and other mass transit.. ...
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Sponsored: How to Safely Remove a Tick From Your Pet’s Body
(Insiders Advice ~ 04/19/22)
With all of the wonderful ways to enjoy the great outdoors this time of year, it’s also easy to forget to inspect your pets for ticks and other parasites. Contact with a tick’s blood could transmit infection to both you and your pet. That infection can lead to dangerous, even fatal conditions, like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, to name a few...
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Prayer 4-19-22
(Prayer ~ 04/19/22)
O Heavenly Father, may we be good stewards of all you have blessed us with. Amen.
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Speak Out 4-19-22
(Speak Out ~ 04/19/22)
Putin's perverse reasons for invading Ukraine have to do with the losses suffered when the old Soviet Union was dissolved. He wants to reclaim all the countries back into Russia and restore Russia's glory. This is where he is delusional and dangerous because all those countries were independent to begin with and it was the cruel and demented policies of Stalin and other monsters who created the Soviet Union by force. ...
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Loose nuke talk
(Column ~ 04/19/22)
Americans, like the planet's other 7.5 billion people, are not prone to talk or think much about nuclear weapons. Of course, some of us are old enough to remember how "mutually assured destruction," or MAD, was supposed to ensure the general peace. Some recall the eerie Cold War-era nuclear bomb movies like "Dr. Strangelove" or "Fail Safe" or the more recent post-nuclear Armageddon films like "The Book of Eli."...
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Our population problem
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/19/22)
A growing population with a growing workforce is a positive good for a country. An increasing workforce increases an economy's potential to grow while a stagnant or decreasing workforce reduces that potential. Population and workforce growth is a function of fertility, longevity, and immigration...
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The example of Easter
(Column ~ 04/19/22)
At this year's Chrism Mass -- in which holy oils are blessed and the priesthood is celebrated -- at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan chose not to preach. Instead, he gave the pulpit to Archbishop Borys Gudziak, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 4/19/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 17 n Medical assists were made at 9:42 a.m. on North Kingshighway; 12:23 p.m. on Scivally Drive; 12:58 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 3:09 p.m. on Cordova Lane; 5:34 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 11:31 p.m. on South Lorimier Street...
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Area Police report 4/19/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/19/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Hanover Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Fountain Street...
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David Ziegler
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
Hugh David Ziegler, 76, of Scott City died Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 27, 1945, in Cape Girardeau to Theodore Charles and Celestia Grace LeDure Ziegler. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. David is survived by his loving companion, Karen Smith of Jackson; two sisters, Darlene Duff of Scott City and Vivian (Pat) Buehrle of Ballwin, Missouri...
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Gene Schuessler
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
Gene Schuessler, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, April 18, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel in Cape Girardeau with the Rev. Weston Wildauer officiating. Burial will be at Point Rest in Menfro, Missouri...
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Richard Minner
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
Richard Minner, 74, died Sunday, April 17, 2022, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Memorial visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Carol Lincoln
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Carol Gertrude Barks Lincoln, 63, of Marble Hill passed away peacefully Saturday, April 16, 2022, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born April 9, 1959, to John "Lowell" and Oma Laverne Gattis Simmons Barks in Kennett, Missouri. For the past 46 years Carol was a loving wife to her husband, Timothy Dwight "Tim" Lincoln, and together they had two daughters, Angela Marie and Jessica Gwen...
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Winifred Burgfeld
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
Winifred Jean Burgfeld, 63, of Millersville died Friday, April 15, 2022, in Cape Girardeau County. She was born May 19, 1958, in Cape Girardeau to Edward Elva and Thelma Marie Hobeck Winkler. She was a lover of all animals and loved her family dearly...
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Zeno Amschler
(Obituary ~ 04/19/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Zeno E. Amschler, 82, of Perryville died Friday, April 15, 2022. Visitation will be from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville with the Rev. Ben Melaku, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville at a later date...
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Zelenskyy: Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has begun
(International News ~ 04/19/22)
LVIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched its long-feared, full-scale ground offensive to take control of Ukraine's east Monday, attacking along a broad front more than 300 miles long, Ukrainian officials said in what marked the opening of a new and potentially climactic phase of the war...
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Natural gas pipeline future in doubt after SCOTUS rejection
(State News ~ 04/19/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a St. Louis-based natural gas company's appeal of a lower court's decision that could close a pipeline running through parts of Illinois and Missouri. The court rejected Spire Inc.'s appeal without comment. Spire president Scott Smith pledged to continue fighting to keep the 65-mile pipeline up and running...
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Birth 4/19/22
(Births ~ 04/19/22)
Daughter to Dalton Lee Newell and Stevie Raye Rich of Chaffee, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:24 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Name, Ryleigh Raye. Weight, 8 pounds, 13 ounces. Fourth child, first daughter. Rich is the former Stevie Dukes, daughter of Tammy Brunner of Kelso, Missouri, and Mitchell Dukes of Dexter, Missouri. She works for Grace Reliant Health Services. Newell is the son of Dana Sturm of Commerce, Missouri. He is employed by Botkin Lumber...
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Out of the past: April 19
(Out of the Past ~ 04/19/22)
After five years of planning, $2 million in expenditures and the moving of uncounted cubic feet of dirt, the Shawnee Park Sports Complex softball fields open with a tournament that brings seven teams here from as far away as Pevely, Missouri; five softball fields are ready for play, but city officials hope to build three more; children have been kicking soccer balls on two new fields on the other side of the park, but plans are in place for one more field with bleachers for use as the site of championship games.. ...
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