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Sponsored: Alliance Bank: A community bank of choice for 25 years in Southeast Missouri
(B Magazine ~ 06/23/22)
We all need allies especially when it comes to our financial well-being. For the last 25 years, Alliance Bank has been serving as that dedicated ally to the people of Southeast Missouri. David “Pee Wee” Erlbacher, Bob Blank, Bob Meyer, Chad Hartle and Carolyn Hurst founded Alliance Bank in 1997 in Cape Girardeau, which has since added four more branches...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 6/23/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of June 16 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...
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Making more than lemonade out of lemons
(Community ~ 06/23/22)
Anyone who knows me well will know that when it comes to a sweet treat, I will almost always choose lemon, coconut or a fruit-flavored dessert over chocolate. Because my family is such a chocolate-loving family, I don't often get anything besides chocolate. But for my birthday, my daughter-in-law made sure I had a fabulous, layered lemon cake. It was such a nice surprise, and it was so refreshing and cool on that warm June day...
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Millersville contractor may be awarded second Jackson bridge project
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
Putz Construction of Millersville, already building the $550,000 Hubble Creek Bridge connecting Parkview Street and Cascade Drive in Jackson, is likely to be awarded a second project by the Jackson Board of Aldermen to build a more expensive span later this year...
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Ratatouille rules
(Community ~ 06/23/22)
"Confit Byaldi." How's that for the name of a movie starring a surprisingly adorable cartoon rat who likes to cook? My guess is had the Disney/Pixar movie with the same premise been given that name, perhaps not enough people would have seen it for it to have won an Oscar or be voted by the BBC one of the 100 greatest motion pictures of the 21st century...
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Ewald's Bar-B-Q is a delicious time machine — never change
(Community ~ 06/23/22)
This week, I took a step back in time a few decades at Ewald's Bar-B-Q in Perryville, Missouri. Located in the lovely historic downtown, Ewald's is in an unassuming building that always seems to have vehicles lined up outside. The name of the restaurant is printed on a fading Pepsi sign up on a pole outside, and the Pepsi logo is not a modern one. Before stepping foot inside, I already loved it...
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Cape officials considering retirement plan upgrade
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
Cape Girardeau municipal employees could soon be seeing another increase in benefits — this time to their retirement plan. An upgrade in the tier system for city retirement benefits was discussed at a Cape Girardeau City Council workshop Wednesday morning. Kenneth Haskin, city manager, and Dustin Ziebold, finance director, helmed the presentation of the possible benefit increase...
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Sponsored: Boys and Girls Clubs to Bring Local Food Vendors Together in River City Taste Expo This Fall
(Community ~ 06/23/22)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Missouri is giving the community an opportunity to support area youth and taste delicious food from local restaurants at their upcoming fall fundraiser, The River City Taste Expo. The River City Taste Expo will take place Thursday, Sept. 29, and allow guests to try food from any vendor at the expo, with the purchase of a single ticket. The main goal of this event is to raise money to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Missouri...
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Jackson officials to discuss kinds of vehicles OK'd for city streets
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
Deane Sprout of Jackson recently bought a converted electric golf cart with the intent of making short neighborhood trips since gasoline is so expensive — only to discover the city doesn't permit such a vehicle on its streets. "The best thing would be to allow (the cart) to be used on streets where the posted limit is 30 mph or less," said Sprout, who bought his conveyance two weeks ago for $8,100...
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'A band and musical family': Jackson band and gears up for summer performances
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
"Band members are bank presidents, university professors, factory workers, engineers, public and private school educators, medical professionals, college and high school students. They range in age from 70s to teenagers," director Scott Vangilder said of the Jackson Municipal Band...
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'A prince among men': Friends and colleagues remember Jerry Beaver
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
"He was entirely self-sufficient. He lived life his way," local business owner Paul Dirnberger recalled of the late Jerry Beaver. "Everything he did, he did on his own, because he wanted to." Beaver, 75, died Sunday at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Charge filed in connection with woman's disappearance in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
One person has been charged in connection with the May murder of a woman. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker has charged Teresa L. Baumgartner with tampering with evidence in a felony investigation for her alleged role in the disappearance and homicide of Jessi Wilfong, 20, no fixed address...
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Rust Communications president selected for state newspaper Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 06/23/22)
Publisher of the Southeast Missourian and president of Rust Communications Jon K. Rust will be a 2022 inductee into the Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame. Hailed as an industry innovator and community stalwart, Rust and two others will join the hall during the association's annual convention and trade show Sept. 16 in Lake Ozark...
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Speak Out 6-23-22
(Speak Out ~ 06/23/22)
The vaccine for children under the age of 5 has finally been approved for the COVID-19 vaccines. They can finally get the protection that they so desperately need. We live on Mount Auburn between Independence and Bloomfield Rd, and I am appalled at two things my husband and I see as we sit on our front porch and enjoy our morning coffee and relax after work (we both now work from home). ...
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Prayer 6-23-22
(Prayer ~ 06/23/22)
O Lord Jesus, may we be filled with the peace that passes all understanding. Amen.
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How Joe Biden torched his credibility
(Column ~ 06/23/22)
When President Joe Biden says something isn't inevitable, it is time to count on it as a deadlock guarantee. The president's handling of events has been poor and the same with his policies. But nothing has been quite as bad as his snakebit, maladroit, poorly informed, dishonest attempts to spin away the miserable results of his governance, especially on the economy...
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Developing new medications
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/23/22)
First is the naming department, where goofy sounding names with multiple syllables and weird spellings are picked. Next is the music department, where a theme song is selected. Since most medications are taken by us more seasoned folks, catchy tunes from our younger days are preferred...
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Faith and freedom go together
(Column ~ 06/23/22)
Per a new report from Gallup, the percentage of Americans now saying they believe in God is the lowest since they first started doing the survey. In 2022, 81% of Americans say they believe in God. When Gallup first asked this question in 1944, 96% said they believed, and in the early 1950s, it was up to 98%. It remained over 90% until 2013, when it dipped down to 87%...
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Births 6/23/22
(Births ~ 06/23/22)
Son to Kory and Lisa Mouser of Patton, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2021. Name, Tucker Allen. Weight, 7 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Mouser is the former Lisa Henderson, daughter of Thomas and Carol Henderson of Delta. She is a physical therapist. Mouser is the son of Dennis and Angela Mouser of Patton. He does field service...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 21 n Medical assists were made at 1:04 a.m. on North Spring Avenue; 3:47 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 11:07 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 2:56 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 4:01 p.m. at North Pind Wood Lane and North Silver Springs Road; 4:49 p.m. on North Fountain Street...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 6/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street. Assault n Third-degree assault was reported on Saint Francis Drive...
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Shirley Woeltje
(Obituary ~ 06/23/22)
Shirley Anne Woeltje, 74, of Jackson died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Shirley's cremation arrangements were entrusted to McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. There is no visitation or service...
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Steven Schott
(Obituary ~ 06/23/22)
KELSO, Mo. -- Steven Schott, son of Anthony "A.J." and Helen Mae Ressel Schott of Kelso, was born May 17, 1965, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life suddenly Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at his home in Kelso. He was a 1983 graduate of Notre Dame High School and was employed by Morley Building Supply. He was a member of Chaffee, Missouri, Masonic Lodge 615...
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Terry Conrad
(Obituary ~ 06/23/22)
PATTON, Mo. -- Terry Conrad, 71, of Patton passed away on Monday, June 20, 2022, at his home. He was born Aug. 13, 1950, in Cape Girardeau, son of David Dean and Dorothy Jean Bollinger Conrad. On June 22, 1969, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Lou Whitener and after 42 years together, she preceded him in death on April 21, 2012...
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Jerry Beaver
(Obituary ~ 06/23/22)
Jerry Raymond Beaver, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 19, 2022, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Dec. 13, 1946, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Raymond and Dorothy Singmaster Beaver. Jerry grew up in Sterling, Illinois, and graduated from Sterling High School in 1965. He attended college and then enlisted in the United States Navy. He served as a Navy SEAL during the Vietnam War...
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Sri Lankan prime minister: Island's economy 'has collapsed'
(International News ~ 06/23/22)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday in comments that underscored the country's dire situation as it seeks help from international lenders...
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Scott: Texas GOP platform not 'inclusive' on homosexuality
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
WASHINGTON -- Florida Sen. Rick Scott, chair of the GOP's Senate elections committee, on Wednesday criticized the Texas Republican Party's new platform for not being "inclusive" when it described homosexuality as "an abnormal lifestyle choice." Scott spoke to reporters at a breakfast just days after GOP delegates in the country's largest red state approved the new platform, which also falsely labels President Joe Biden an "acting" commander-in-chief and says that Texas "retains the right to secede from the United States.". ...
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Powell: Fed aims to avoid recession but says it's possible
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought Wednesday to reassure the public that the Fed will raise interest rates high and fast enough to quell inflation, without tightening credit so much as to throttle the economy and cause a recession...
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CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
NEW YORK -- Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines because regular shots don't provide them enough protection, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel unanimously recommended certain flu vaccines that might offer more or longer protection for seniors, whose weakened immune systems don't respond as well to traditional shots...
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Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters' staffing woes
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage hikes won't be enough to combat staffing problems, as federal agencies compete with local fire departments and big box stores in a tight labor market...
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Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
DALLAS -- The Uvalde school district's police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave because the facts of what happened remain unclear. ...
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Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
(International News ~ 06/23/22)
GAYAN, Afghanistan -- A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people. The disaster posed a new test for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and relief agencies already struggling with the country's multiple humanitarian crises...
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'Heightened alert': Abortion providers brace for ruling
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
In her first week on the job at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, Amanda Kifferly was taught how to search for bombs. About a year later, protesters blocked the entrances and exits of the The Women's Centers, at one point pulling Kifferly into something resembling a mosh pit, where they surrounded her and shoved her around...
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Biden calls for 3-month suspension of gas and diesel taxes
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months -- an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures that was greeted with doubts by many lawmakers. The Democratic president also called on states to suspend their own gas taxes or provide similar relief, and he delivered a public critique of the energy industry for prioritizing profits over production. ...
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Threats testimony rings familiar for election workers
(National News ~ 06/23/22)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This week's testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials after the 2020 presidential election had a rapt audience far beyond Washington -- secretaries of state and election clerks across the U.S who said the stories could easily have been their own...
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Ukraine expects EU-wide support for candidacy to join bloc
(International News ~ 06/23/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Ukrainian official overseeing the country's push to join the European Union said Wednesday that she's "100%" certain all 27 EU nations will approve Ukraine's EU candidacy during a summit this week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed similar optimism, calling it a "crucial moment" for Ukraine. Ukraine's membership bid is the top order of business for EU leaders meeting in Brussels...
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Lawsuit challenges Missouri voting aid restrictions
(State News ~ 06/23/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Civil rights activists sued Missouri on Wednesday over a decades-old law that prohibits volunteers from offering ballot-booth help to multiple voters who have physical disabilities or are unable to read or write. The federal lawsuit contends Missouri's limits on voter assistance violate federal voting law and should be struck down. ...
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Lawyer leaving 1/6 panel amid talk of Missouri Senate run
(State News ~ 06/23/22)
An attorney working as a senior investigator for the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will leave the post amid calls urging him to run for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat as an independent. John F. Wood's resignation is effective Friday. The resignation was confirmed Wednesday by Steve Crim, a political consultant working with the group formed to back Wood as a Senate candidate, www.johnwoodformo.org...
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Out of the past: June 23
(Out of the Past ~ 06/23/22)
Southeast Missouri State University and the state paid at least $160,000 in the past two years to settle five federal lawsuits brought by Southeast employees or former employees; terms of the settlements have been closely guarded secrets, but state records show the university and state combined paid $150,000 to settle two lawsuits, and the state paid $10,00,000 in the settlement of a third suit filed since 1994; the lawsuits involved issues of racial, age and sex discrimination...
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Sponsored: What to Do if Your Dog is Stung by a Bee or Wasp
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/23/22)
If your dog is similar to mine, then he loves to chase butterflies and — unfortunately — bees! No matter how many times we try to teach our Hudson not to go after bees, it seems the temptation is just too much for our little guy. Every once in a while, and much to his dismay, a bee bites back...
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