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Dexter police investigating fatal accident
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
The Dexter Police Department is investigating a Monday morning wreck that resulted in two deaths. According to Capt. Corey Mills with the Dexter Police Department, a two-vehicle crash occurred at the intersection of Business 60 and Catalpa Street. Mills said Patsy Tally, 87, was transported to Southeast Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her passenger, Stephen Belvin, 59, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured...
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Cape PD respond to shooting Sunday night
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
A suspect pushed their way into a home Sunday night and shot a firearm at the resident's dog, according to Cape Girardeau police. Officers responded to a call at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of South Sprigg Street. According to information released by Cape Girardeau Police Department, the suspect had forced their way into a 53-year-old resident's home and assaulted her. ...
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Cape police provide update on alleged kidnapping attempt in June
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
An investigation into a June alleged attempted kidnapping led police to a suspect in the case, but he died before formal charges could be filed, according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. A news release from the department said that on June 19, a 19-year-old female fought off her attacker in the 1200 block of South Sprigg Street after an attempted kidnapping...
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Republican Women issue apology to Voss, Thomas
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
The Cape County Republican Women released the following statement Sunday evening: “The Cape County Republican Women wish to extend an apology to 147th Candidates John Voss and Nathan Thomas for the video that was recorded at our recent meeting. The video that was sent out by a political candidate distorted the actual responses. ...
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Part of Main Street to be closed for construction
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
A construction project on South Main Street in Cape Girardeau will lead to a portion of it being closed at Independence Street starting next week. Justin Kitchell, project manager at GWS Contractors, said a crew will be placing a new fire service tap to the water main at Morning Star Behavioral Associates, 1 S. Main St. The project will begin Monday. Kitchell said he expects the project to be complete by Aug. 15 but could be finished Aug. 19 pending weather delays...
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Cape Girardeau City Council approves payment for renovations to Cape River Heritage Museum
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
Cape Girardeau City Council members approved payments for various renovations Monday. Council members voted unanimously to approve payment for the roof replacement at the Cape River Heritage Museum, as part of the meeting's consent agenda. Council member Nate Thomas was not present at the meeting...
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State House District 151 will take in part of Cape County
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
Dexter, Missouri-based state House District 151, currently represented by Republican Herman Morse, will gain territory in Cape Girardeau County come January thanks to redistricting. District 151 will take in the southwestern part of the county and will include the communities of Allenville, Delta and Whitewater...
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Jackson blacktop program underway, ARPA money will be used for public bathroom
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
Jackson's $351,760.80 asphalt pavement improvement program is underway for 2022 with crews laying asphalt on a hot Monday in the county seat city. Some roads were milled the past two weeks in anticipation of receiving new blacktop by Oak Ridge's Paving Pros Co...
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What to watch in primaries in Arizona, Michigan, elsewhere
(State News ~ 08/02/22)
Primary elections are being held in six states on Tuesday. In Missouri, scandal-ridden former Gov. Eric Greitens is attempting a political comeback in his campaign for U.S. Senate. In Michigan, a crowded field of Republican gubernatorial candidates includes a man charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In Arizona, a prominent figure in the QAnon conspiracy movement is running for the U.S. House. Three House Republicans who voted to cross party lines to impeach President Donald Trump over the deadly insurrection are also on the ballot Tuesday.
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Follow live election results
(Local News ~ 08/02/22)
Follow live results from Tuesday's statewide primary election {https://www.semissourian.com/election here}. Results will be available after 8 p.m.
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Sponsored: Taking a team approach to retirement savings
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/02/22)
It’s common for families to have two wage earners, and many married couples accumulate assets in separate accounts. They might each have savings in an employer-sponsored plan and perhaps one or more IRAs. Even when most of a couple’s retirement assets reside in different accounts, it’s still possible to craft a unified savings and investment strategy...
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Prayer 8-2-22
(Prayer ~ 08/02/22)
Father God, may we be quick to forgive others as you have forgiven us. Amen.
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The Ukrainian Verdun
(Column ~ 08/02/22)
Five months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is now reduced to one of attrition. The current dirty, grinding slog is fought mostly with artillery and rockets. Everything from Ukraine's shopping centers to apartment buildings -- and the civilians in them -- are Russian targets...
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Cape Girardeau County Tax Liens July 2022
(Business Records ~ 08/02/22)
Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds, during July are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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Area Police report 8/2/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/02/22)
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 South Sprigg Street. Assaults n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on Melrose Avenue...
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Theresa Winschel
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Theresa A Winschel, 60, of Perryville died Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Aug, 9 at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville.. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Aug. 9 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville with the Rev. Mark Pranaitis officiating. Burial will be at St. Michael's Cemetery in Apple Creek, Missouri...
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Cathy Warren
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Cathy Warren, 65, of Olive Branch, died Saturday, July 30, 2022 at her home. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 11 a.m. until the time of service Thursday at Crain Funeral Home in Dongola, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Rev. Larry Potts officiating. Interment will follow at Meisenheimer Cemetery...
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Sandra Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Sandra Sue Smith, 69, of Jackson passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 2, 1952, in Sylvester, West Virginia, daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Farris Bowles. Sandra was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a CNA for Missouri Veterans Home, Lutheran Home and Comfort Keepers in Cape Girardeau...
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Cynthia Shepard
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Cynthia Ann Shepard, 87, of Cape Girardeau passed on Wednesday July 27, 2022, at Fountainbleau Lodge. Cynthia was born July 21, 1935, in Norris City, Illinois, to Walter and Gladys Williams Boyd. She and Lloyd Vernon Shepard were married in 1975. He proceeded her in death in 2008...
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Michael Rouse
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Michael Thomas Rouse, 65, of Jackson passed away Sunday, July 31, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Michael was born May 7, 1957, to George F. and Theresa Kaase Rouse in St. Louis. He and Lisa Job were married April 15, 1978, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson...
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Terry King
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Terry Lee King, 72, of Jackson passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 29, 1949, in St. Louis, the daughter of William T. and Marie L. Reagan Minner. Terry married Robert Charles "Bob" King on May 11, 1967, and he preceded her in death March 15, 2022, after 54 years of marriage...
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Roberta Jean
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Roberta Fay Robb Jean, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, at The Chateau Girardeau. She was born Aug. 7, 1928, in LaHarpe, Kansas, to the late Harley and Mary Etta Harclerode Robb. She grew up with her brothers and sisters helping her parents on the farm. Roberta graduated from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Kansas, in 1946, and Iola Junior College in Iola, Kansas, in 1949. She worked for a doctor, drug store and bank before marrying and having children...
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Annie Huffman
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Annie E. Huffman, 91, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, at Southeast Hospital. She was born Oct. 12, 1930, in Greenville, Mississippi, to the late Albert and Myrtle Smith Thompson. Annie married Howard C. Huffman Dec. 12, 1947, in Greenville. They shared 65 years of marriage before his passing on Jan. 5, 2013...
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Doris Hendricks
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Doris Householder Hendricks, 86, of Cape Girardeau, passed away July 29, 2022, at the Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. She was born June 2, 1936, in Pascola, Missouri, to the late O.E. and Christine Rettig Householder. She was married to John B. "Jack" Hendricks, Sr. ...
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Emma Hanlon
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Emma Hanlon, 85, died on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Jackson Manor in Jackson. Visitation will be held on from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri. Funeral services will then follow at noon at the funeral home with the Rev. Lehman Shirrel officiating. Interment will follow in the Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee...
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Kaethe Hale
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
THEBES, Ill. -- Kaethe Brigette Matz Hale, 81, originated from Germany, passed away at home on Aug. 1, 2022, in Thebes. Preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bob) Hale; three children, Larry Peter, Robert Gene and Tina Marie (Sissom); and two grandchildren, Robert Neil and David Earl...
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Harold Curnell
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
William "Harold" Curnell Jr., 90, of Scott City died Saturday, July 30, 2022, at his home in presence of loved ones. William was born May 12, 1932, in Illmo, Missouri, to William Harold and Catherine Louise Cavaness Curnell, Sr. He and Jeanette Clingingsmith were married on March 17, 1957, in Illmo...
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Donald Cheek
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Donald Eugene Cheek, 87, of South Bend passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022, at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Donald was born in Cape Girardeau on Aug. 5, 1934, to the late Jim and Ruth L. McMillan Cheek. Donald married Connie Baker Cheek on March 16, 2013 in South Bend. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Janice Born Cheek and a stepson Robert Maxwell...
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Chester Butler
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Chester F. Butler, 93, of Jackson, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, at the Monticello House in Jackson. He was born Feb. 1, 1929, in Bessville, Missouri, to Bill and Lillian Hamlyn Butler. He and Betty Harris were married May 24, 1952, in Parma, Missouri...
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Tony Artadi
(Obituary ~ 08/02/22)
Antonio Paco "Tony" Artadi, 57, of Jackson, died Thursday, July 21, 2022, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Jewish volunteers bond with Ukrainian kids at summer camp
(International News ~ 08/02/22)
WARSAW, Poland -- A 5-year-old girl's drawing at a summer camp in Poland's capital caught the eye of one of her counselors. Why did she use black and white, and not red or pink, to make a heart, Rabbi Ilana Baird asked the child. The girl, sighing heavily, said it was black like the dog she left behind in Ukraine...
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1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
(International News ~ 08/02/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa under an internationally brokered deal to unblock the embattled country's agricultural exports and ease the growing global food crisis. The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni sounded its horn as it departed with over 26,000 tons of corn destined for Lebanon...
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Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida
(International News ~ 08/02/22)
CAIRO, Egypt -- The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling Soviet forces in Afghanistan. With that offer in 1980, al-Zawahri embarked on a life that over three decades took him to the top of the most feared terrorist group in the world, al-Qaida, after the death of Osama bin Laden...
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Chances of climate catastrophe are ignored, scientists say
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
Experts are ignoring the worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans, however unlikely, a group of top scientists claim. Eleven scientists from around the world are calling on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's authoritative climate science organization, to do a special science report on "catastrophic climate change" to "bring into focus how much is at stake in a worst-case scenario." In their perspective piece in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences they raise the idea of human extinction and worldwide societal collapse in the third sentence, calling it "a dangerously underexplored topic.". ...
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Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets longest prison term
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
WASHINGTON -- A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, helmet and body armor was sentenced Monday to more than seven years in prison, the longest sentence imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. Prosecutors said Guy Reffitt told fellow members of the Texas Three Percenters militia group that he planned to drag House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out of the Capitol building by her ankles, "with her head hitting every step on the way down," according to a court filing.. ...
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Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook parents fear for their lives
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them, a psychiatrist testified Monday at Jones' defamation trial...
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White House decries China rhetoric over Pelosi Taiwan visit
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Monday decried Beijing's rhetoric over an expected visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, vowing the United States "will not take the bait or engage in saber rattling" and has no interest in increasing tensions with China...
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2 bodies found in burned vehicle in California wildfire zone
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
YREKA, Calif. -- Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that was among several menacing thousands of homes Monday in the Western U.S., officials said. Hot and gusty weather and lightning storms threatened to boost the danger that the fires will keep growing,...
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As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
GLEN ARBOR, Mich. -- In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they'd lured into a net. The mission: help prevent the predatory species from gobbling up piping plovers -- highly endangered shorebirds that nest nearby...
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California governor declares monkeypox state of emergency
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the declaration will help California coordinate a government-wide response, seek more vaccines and lead outreach and education efforts on where people can get treatment and vaccination...
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More rain, more bodies in flooded Ky. mountain towns
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Another round of rainstorms hit flooded Kentucky mountain communities Monday as more bodies emerged from the sodden landscape, and the governor warned that high winds could bring another threat -- falling trees and utility poles. Gov. ...
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Killing of al-Qaida leader is long-sought 'justice,' President Biden says
(National News ~ 08/02/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully "one more measure of closure" to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States...
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Out of the past: Aug. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 08/02/22)
A teen-ager serving a 37-day sentence in the Cape Girardeau County Jail spent a half hour of freedom yesterday partially submerged in a creek in Arena Park; he was captured at 11:45 a.m. after walking off from a prisoner work program at the Cape Girardeau Recycling Center on Broadview; the capture was made after Southeast Missourian photographer Don Shrubshell saw Hill partially submerged along the bank of the creek and alerted police...
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All eyes on ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in Senate primary
(State News ~ 08/02/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens hopes to complete a stunning political comeback as voters narrow the field for a pivotal spot in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt’s announcement in March 2021 that he would not seek a third term set off a frenzy for his job. With control of the Senate at stake, Democrats are hoping to pick up what should be a safe seat in red-state Missouri. Greitens, Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler are seen as the leading contenders in the 21-person Republican primary Tuesday. The Democrats are led by 13-year Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and Trudy Busch Valentine, heiress to the Busch family beer fortune.
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Fourth Annual Missouri Vietnam Wall Run 2022
(Submitted Story ~ 08/02/22)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Wm. Scott Magill, FACOG, Diplomate ABOG Executive director Veterans in Defense of Liberty® PRESS RELEASE Fourth Annual Missouri Vietnam Wall Run 2022 Veterans in Defense of Liberty’s® Liberty Riders of America™ Division is hosting the Fourth Annual Missouri Vietnam Wall Run 2022™. ...
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Support Group to Start
(Submitted Story ~ 08/02/22)
A peer-to-peer support and advocacy group for families, friends and loved ones of homicide victims is being organized for citizens of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. The initial meeting will be held on Sunday, August 14th at 3 PM. Meetings will be held at Thebes 1st Baptist Church, 601 Oak Street, Thebes, Illinois...
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