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Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MTSA) set to roll into Cape Girardeau for STAR Rally
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
The 2022 STAR Rally hosted by Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MTSA) will bring hundreds of motorcycles riding into Cape Girardeau. The motorcyclists will come for the rally June 17 through 23. Many topics will be covered at the STAR Rally from newest technology and other educational topics for motorcycle enthusiasts...
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SEMO cuts costs by hiring janitorial firm, agreement retains current workforce
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
Southeast Missouri State University, in a cost-saving action, will begin outsourcing custodial services beginning in July. The move away from university-employed custodians is expected to save SEMO more than $400,000 annually, according to a release...
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SEMO-owned Himmelberger House to be demolished
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
A prominent historic Cape Girardeau building will be torn down in the summer. The Himmelberger House located on North Henderson Avenue is currently owned by Southeast Missouri State University. The building has fallen into disrepair and staff at the university have decided the cost to bring the building back to code is more than the university wants to invest in the house...
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Health board votes to proceed on renovation of PHC building in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
Cape Girardeau County's Public Health Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward with a project reconfiguring PHC's lobby and renovating office space in the center's headquarters at 1121 Linden St. in south Cape Girardeau. PHC's main building, also referred to as "Building A," was originally constructed in 1989...
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Updated: 1 dead, 1 injured following Monday night shooting at Cape apartment complex
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
One man has been charged in connection with a shooting in Cape Girardeau that has left one dead and another injured. Hezekiah Cain, 29, was charged by the Cape Girardeau Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with two felony counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and...
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Updated: Gunman kills 19 children, 2 adults in Texas grade school
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
UVALDE, Texas — An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres. The assailant was killed by law enforcement. The death toll also included two adults, authorities said. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher. ...
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Sponsored: SoutheastHEALTH outlines a year of progress for health system, region
(B Magazine ~ 05/25/22)
Throughout its history, SoutheastHEALTH has proven to be a uniquely resilient organization. After a challenging two years, the health system celebrates the strength and vitality that carried the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic and has positioned it on the brink of an exceptionally promising future...
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100-Mile Yard Sale returns to Southeast Missouri this weekend
(Local News ~ 05/25/22)
Stretching from Kennett, Missouri, to Jackson, one of the country’s longest yard sales will be back in full force once again in Southeast Missouri. The 100-Mile Yard Sale has been an annual Memorial Day weekend tradition for the past 24 years. The yard sale officially begins Thursday and comes to a close Memorial Day...
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Charlie Weber
(Obituary ~ 05/25/22)
FRENCH VILLAGE, Mo. -- Duane Charles "Charlie" Weber, 68, of French Village died Saturday, May 21, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Pastor David Bilgreen officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 5/25/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/25/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 23 n Medical assists were made at 1:25 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 2:45 p.m. on William Street; 5:08 p.m. on William Street. n At 12:22 a.m., fire alarm on Beavercreek Drive...
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Area Police report 5/25/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/25/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Spring Avenue. n A Butler County warrant arrest and Perry County warrant arrest were reported on North Kingshighway...
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Prayer 5-25-22
(Prayer ~ 05/25/22)
O Lord Jesus, grant us wisdom that we may honor you in all things. Amen.
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Don't let big brother silence scientific debate
(Column ~ 05/25/22)
Beware of totalitarian control of scientific and medical thought here in America. Prominent academic publications, medical organizations and even some state legislatures are trying to silence scientific disagreements about COVID-19. That will kill medical progress...
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The big lie about Georgia voting has been exposed
(Column ~ 05/25/22)
We all know what happens when a tree falls in an empty forest. What happens when a democracy emerges unscathed from a purported vile racist threat to its very existence? Pretty much the same thing, it turns out. The surge in the early vote in Georgia shows that all the smears about the state’s new voting law, repeated by everyone from the president of the United States on down, were complete nonsense...
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Jackson native raising funds to improve local basketball court
(Editorial ~ 05/25/22)
Josh Lukefahr is a man on a mission. The Jackson High School graduate and former Indians basketball player wants to see his hometown basketball court on West Park Street restored. "Growing up here in the '90s, this is where everybody was. You'd have people waiting in line to play the next game," Lukefahr recently told the Southeast Missourian...
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New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
(Entertainment ~ 05/25/22)
Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press's entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. n In the satirical comedy "Emergency," college seniors Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and Sean (RJ Cyler) set out for an epic night of partying only to return home to a shocking scene: Their door is ajar and a woman is passed out on their floor. ...
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Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army col.
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
WASHINGTON -- When Gail Curley began her job as marshal of the U.S. Supreme Court less than a year ago, she would have expected to work mostly behind the scenes: overseeing the court's police force and the operations of the marble-columned building where the justices work...
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Stormy repeat: NOAA predicts busy Atlantic hurricane season
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday the summer in the Atlantic will produce 14 to 21 named storms, six to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to six turbo-charging into major hurricanes with winds greater than 110 mph. ...
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New names for Fort Bragg, eight other Army bases recommended
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
WASHINGTON -- Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty. Fort Gordon would be Fort Eisenhower. And, for the first time, Army bases would be named after Black soldiers and women. An independent commission on Tuesday recommended new names for nine Army posts that now commemorate Confederate officers...
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US safety, savings rules set stage for baby formula shortage
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
WASHINGTON -- A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis because of decades-old policies that have allowed a handful of companies to corner the market...
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Pandemic-weary Americans plan for summer despite COVID surge
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
HONOLULU -- A high school prom in Hawaii where masked dancers weren't allowed to touch. A return to virtual city council meetings in one Colorado town after the mayor and others tested positive following an in-person session. A reinstated mask mandate at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County after 22 new outbreaks in a single week...
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Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins
(International News ~ 05/25/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war...
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Biden: 'we have to act' after Texas school shooting
(National News ~ 05/25/22)
WASHINGTON -- An anguished and angry President Joe Biden called for new restrictions on firearms Tuesday night after a gunman massacred 18 children at a Texas elementary school. "We have to act," Biden told the nation, after years of failure to pass new laws...
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Out of the past: May 25
(Out of the Past ~ 05/25/22)
The sixth annual Ascension Run is held in the evening; it begins on the parking lot of Hanover Lutheran Church, 2949 Perryville Road, and continues past the Jaycees Municipal Golf Course for four miles and then returns to Hanover; the run is sponsored by and benefits the historic church, which is open during the race, as is the former one-room school house turned museum...
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Marlene Honaker
(Obituary ~ 05/25/22)
Marlene Mary Dumont Honaker died on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Jackson Manor. At the request of Marlene there will be no formal service. A private service with military honors will be held at Mountain Home (Tennessee) National Cemetery at a later date...
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Quintuplets
(Submitted Story ~ 05/25/22)
A Cape County family had a rare occurrence happen on their farm. Brandon & Valerie Petzoldt live in North Cape county on a small family farm. One of the aspects of our farm is raising sheep. We have had over 2000 lambs born since we started raising sheep. ...
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