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Fewer Missourians with quake coverage in high-risk New Madrid zone
(Local News ~ 05/04/22)
Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) reported this week a new historic low for the region known as New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). DCI officials said Monday insurance coverage in Missouri's highest risk location has fallen by nearly 50% since 2000, from 60.2% to 11.4%...
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SEMO set to Celebrate the Arts at River Campus
(Local News ~ 05/04/22)
The second annual Celebrate the Arts event is a public showcase of the different types of art forms produced by the students and faculty at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Celebrate the Arts will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the River Campus's Crisp Museum. The event includes music performances, aerial, contemporary and ballet pieces choreographed by the university's students and faculty...
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Libraries' summer reading program to begin in June
(Local News ~ 05/04/22)
The six branches of Riverside Regional Library will be participating in "Oceans of Possibilities," a summer reading program. The system's Southeast Missouri branches in Cape Girardeau, Scott and Perry counties will begin the program in June as part of a statewide effort...
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State will ease gas tax rebate process
(Local News ~ 05/04/22)
Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau, Missouri's Department of Revenue director, says motorists will not need to provide documentation when filing for a gas tax refund beginning July 1. "That's too cumbersome. People will need to keep their paperwork from the gas station but we're going to trust people who report their receipts on the DOR form," said Wallingford, the former longtime lawmaker who has been departmental chief since late December...
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National Day of Prayer events to be held Wednesday, Thursday in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/04/22)
Three events Wednesday and Thursday will mark this year's National Day of Prayer. The seventh annual SEMO Power of Praying Women Prayer Breakfast will be held today at Centenary United Methodist Church, at 300 N. Ellis St. in Cape Girardeau. Doors will open at 5:45 a.m., and the program will begin at 6:30 a.m...
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Biden blasts 'radical' Roe draft leaked from SCOTUS; chief justice orders investigation
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a "radical" Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century. The court cautioned no final decision had been made, but Biden warned other privacy rights including same-sex marriage and birth control are at risk if the justices follow through...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
Today is Wednesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2022. There are 241 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others...
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Prayer 5-4-22
(Prayer ~ 05/04/22)
Lord Jesus, we lift up your name in praise, for you are our eternal God. Amen.
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A shocking assault on the Supreme Court
(Column ~ 05/04/22)
Despite what you might have learned in high school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government -- to uphold Roe v. Wade. That's the animating sentiment behind the furor over the leak of a Supreme Court opinion drafted for a majority by Justice Samuel Alito overturning the abortion decision...
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National Day of Prayer is important for our community, nation
(Editorial ~ 05/04/22)
Thursday is the National Day of Prayer, a day set aside on the first Thursday in May when Christians gather for personal repentance and to seek God's wisdom for our leaders and families. The history of the Day of Prayer dates back to 1952 when Congress passed a joint resolution. It was signed by then-President Harry S. Truman. The law was amended and established as the first Thursday in May in 1988 during the Reagan administration...
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Joy in the Vatican
(Column ~ 05/04/22)
I'm confident that the highlight of Pope Francis's recent meeting with members of the Papal Foundation at the Vatican was a little foster boy named Noah. Fresh off his baptism into the Catholic Church back home in California, Noah and his soon-to-be adoptive family were invited to the Vatican to sit in on the meeting of the Papal Foundation, which works to help needy people all around the world by giving money to projects personally selected by the pope...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 5/4/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 2 n Medical assists were made at 7:36 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 8:32 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 11:12 a.m. on South Frederick Street; 11:22 a.m. on Whitener Street; 11:23 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 1:22 p.m. on North Main Street; 5:27 p.m. on Linden Street; 7:01 p.m. on North Sunset Boulevard...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 5/4/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/04/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A Scott County warrant arrest was reported on Hickory Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Good Hope Street. Assault n Second-degree domestic assault and possession of controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid were reported on North Park Avenue...
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Clara Macke
(Obituary ~ 05/04/22)
LEOPOLD, Mo. -- Clara "Sis" Macke, 96, of Leopold passed away Saturday, April 30, 2022. She was born Oct 18, 1925, in Glennon, Missouri, daughter of Robert and Clara Jansen. She married Lawrence Macke on Jan. 23, 1946. Clara's first loves were Jesus and her family. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold...
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Matthew Donnelly
(Obituary ~ 05/04/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Matthew C. Donnelly, 41, of Perryville died Sunday, May 1, 2022, at Perryville. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Gerald McBride officiating...
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Review: 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' gets weirder, scarier, messier
(Entertainment ~ 05/04/22)
Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it's hard to go back. No work of fiction ever needs permission to break the rules or push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, but the multiverse, at least as it's been served up in recent Marvel movies, practically demands it. ...
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Escaped inmate, jail official had 'special relationship'
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
FLORENCE, Ala. -- An escaped Alabama inmate had a "special relationship" with the jail official authorities believe assisted in his escape, a sheriff's office said Tuesday. A manhunt was underway for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, a jail official, after the pair vanished after leaving the Lauderdale County Detention Center on Friday morning. The two are not related, authorities said...
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Court that rarely leaks does so now in biggest case in years
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court keeps secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there's little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments suggesting how they will rule until they actually do. That is until Monday evening when Politico published a draft of an opinion in a major abortion case that was argued in the fall. The document indicates the court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide...
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Lawmakers in 19 states want legal refuge for trans youth
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
CONCORD, N.H. -- Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California's lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families. The coordinated effort being announced Tuesday by the LGBTQ Victory Institute and other advocates comes in response to recent actions taken in conservative states. ...
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Even as COVID cases rise, mask mandates stay shelved
(National News ~ 05/04/22)
NEW YORK -- An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities into new high-risk categories that are supposed to trigger indoor mask wearing, but much of the country is stopping short of bringing back restrictions amid deep pandemic fatigue...
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Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety
(International News ~ 05/04/22)
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant reached relative safety and told of days and nights filled with dread and despair from constant shelling...
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Teen appeared to fall out of ride halfway through plunge
(State News ~ 05/04/22)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot drop-tower ride in central Florida's tourist district appeared to slip out of his seat at the halfway mark of its plunge to the ground, according to a law enforcement report released Tuesday...
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Missouri set to ban most abortions if Roe falls
(State News ~ 05/04/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is slated to ban most abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court undoes Roe v. Wade, as a draft opinion leaked late Monday suggests. Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Tuesday said he will take immediate action to allow an abortion ban to take effect if the landmark ruling is overturned...
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Execution of Missouri man just the 5th in US this year
(State News ~ 05/04/22)
A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than a quarter of a century ago was put to death Tuesday, becoming just the fifth person executed in the United States this year. Carman Deck, 56, died by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. ...
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Out of the past: May 4
(Out of the Past ~ 05/04/22)
The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau observes the 15th anniversary of the dedication of the church building, 100 N. Frederick St., during its weekend services; guest preacher is Dr. James Kalthoff, president of Missouri District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod since 1991...
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Local Branch Team Qualifies for Edward Jones' Premier Recognition Conference
(Submitted Story ~ 05/04/22)
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Cheryl Mothes and her branch team members, Tracy Hillman and Kayla Droege, recently qualified for Edward Jones' premier recognition conference, the Drucker Council, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of 75 of the most successful branch teams from the firm's more than 15,000. The event will be held in Phoenix on May 10-11...
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