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Casserole recipes for the busy school year
(Community ~ 08/11/22)
Back-to-school time means busy schedules, return to somewhat of a routine and planned meals for supper when families are on the go. When our children were in school, I would make one or sometimes two casseroles to have on hand for quick and easy leftovers when time was a premium. The kids could fly in the door and easily warm up food as they headed to their next activity. I sure do miss those days!...
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Sikeston police seeking Charleston man in connection to July murder
(Local News ~ 08/11/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is asking for the public's help seeking a man wanted in connection to a July murder in Sikeston. Demarcus Phillip Turner of Charleston, Missouri, is wanted in connection with the murder of Sh'Tyana Ingram that occurred in the early morning hours of July 3 at Huck's, located at 833 E. Malone Ave...
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Busch Valentine makes campaign stop in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/11/22)
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Trudy Busch Valentine shakes hands with a resident at her campaign's meet and greet Wednesday morning at The Ground-A-Bout coffee shop in downtown Cape Girardeau. ...
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Local author wins award from Private Eye Writers
(Local News ~ 08/11/22)
Cape Girardeau author Gregory Stout has been honored by The Private Eye Writers of America with the Shamus Award for "Best Private Eye Writer Novel" for his novel "Lost Little Girl." The young adult mystery novel was released in October and features private investigator Jackson Gamble, who takes on a case to search for Gabrielle, a missing girl, whose mother believes has been kidnapped...
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Los Boys Hideaway: The hunt for lunch leads to bison burger
(Community ~ 08/11/22)
Last week, I was on the lookout for a new-to-me restaurant for a lunch that wouldn't demolish my nutritional or financial goals for the day when I came across the menu for the Los Boys Hideaway in Egypt Mills. While several popular menu staples were listed under the appetizer, burger, sandwich and salad categories, the "Buffalo (bison) burger" is what caught my attention...
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SEMO prof, students conduct deer survey in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/11/22)
Using thermal imaging and spotlighting, a Southeast Missouri State University professor and students are working to determine the population density of deer in Cape Girardeau city limits. Fidel Atuo, a science professor at SEMO, is at the helm of a team with two biology students and three engineering students working to determine the deer population ahead of a managed deer hunt in city parks in October...
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Students honored at launch party of second annual Here. literary magazine
(Local News ~ 08/11/22)
Students from 13 Southeast Missouri schools were honored Tuesday night at a launch party for Here. literary magazine. The magazine, produced by rustmedia, provides opportunities for high school students to have their writing and art published. Tuesday night's event, at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, celebrated the launch of the magazine's second annual issue. Students had their art displayed and read excerpts from their written works...
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Prayer 8-11-22
(Prayer ~ 08/11/22)
Lord God, may we extend mercy and forgiveness to others as you have to us. Amen.
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Library doesn't have porn
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/11/22)
We recently had a primary election to choose the candidates for state representative from the 147th District. According to the campaign literature I received, one of the Republican candidates said she was "100% AGAINST Taxpayer-Funded Pornography in the Public Library." In another piece of her campaign literature she said that her opponents supported taxpayer funded pornographic material in the public library, while she opposed it...
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DOJ needs to clarify its intentions in Trump search
(Column ~ 08/11/22)
On Monday evening news broke that the FBI searched the Florida home of Donald Trump, the former president. In fact, Trump himself informed the world, calling it a "raid" and an "assault." While both words are colloquially defensible, it wasn't some Eliot Ness style breach with a battering ram or sledgehammer. ...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 8/11/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/11/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Assaults n Assault was reported on Hawthorne Road. n Fourth-degree domestic assault and second-degree trespassing were reported on Autumn Drive...
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Fred Stoffregen
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- Fred Joseph Stoffregen of Fredericktown was born Aug. 23, 1961, at Cape Girardeau, the son of Fred and Gelena Culp Stoffregen. He passed away Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the age of 60 years at Fredericktown. Fred was preceded in death by his parents...
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Charles Rogers
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
Charles Nathan Rogers, 73, of Scott City died Friday, July 29, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services at this time. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
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Gerald Perkins
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
Gerald Perkins, 81, of Jackson went to his Heavenly home, Monday, July 18, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at his home. He was born Oct. 2, 1940, to Denver and Ina Samples Perkins in Cape Girardeau. He and Judith Coleson were married Oct. 7, 1961, at Assembly of God Church in Olive Branch, Illinois...
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Peggy Kight
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Peggy Jo Kight, 77, of Commerce died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Saundra Guth
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
Saundra Guth, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, at her home. Saundra was born March 28, 1954, to Paul and Kathleen Heisdoffer Conklin in Centralia, Illinois. She enjoyed Bingo, playing cards, watching movies and spending time with her family...
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Rev. Thomas Bass
(Obituary ~ 08/11/22)
The Rev. Thomas Neal Bass, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Rev. Steve Moody officiating...
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Florida sheriff accused of pressuring candidates to drop races
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
TITUSVILLE, Fla. -- A third candidate for public office has come to forward to say a sheriff on Florida's Space Coast offered help in getting a job in exchange for leaving a race and backing his favored candidate. Kimberly Musselman, an assistant state attorney in Brevard County, told Florida Today she was asked by Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey to bow out of her race for county judge and endorse a candidate backed by him. ...
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EXPLAINER: Online privacy in a post-Roe world
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data privacy in the post-Roe world. Since before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. ...
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Deputy coroner: House explosion in southern Indiana kills 3
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Three people were killed Wednesday when a house exploded in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, authorities said. Dave Anson, chief deputy coroner for Vanderburgh County, told The Associated Press that the identities of the people who died would not be released until the next of kin has been notified...
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New Mexico's Muslim community reels from arrest in killings
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A fear of attacks that had rippled through Muslim communities nationwide after the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque gave way to shock and sadness when it turned out the suspect in the killings is one of their own...
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Biden signs 'burn pits' help for vets; a personal win, too
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden, whose elder son Beau died of cancer years after deploying to Iraq, signed legislation on Wednesday expanding federal health care services for millions of veterans who served at military bases where toxic smoke billowed from huge "burn pits."...
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Evictions spiking in U.S. as assistance, protections disappear
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
Jada Riley thought she had beaten homelessness. The 26-year-old New Orleans resident was finally making a steady income cleaning houses during the pandemic to afford a $700-a-month, one-bedroom apartment. But she lost nearly all her clients after Hurricane Ida hit last year. Then she was fired from a grocery store job in February after taking time off to help a relative...
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Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
WASHINGTON -- An Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in presumed retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed the country's most powerful general, offering $300,000 to "eliminate" the Trump administration official, the Justice Department said Wednesday...
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Ukraine says nine Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimean Peninsula blasts
(International News ~ 08/11/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions at an air base in Crimea that appeared to be the result of a Ukrainian attack, which would represent a significant escalation in the war...
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Trump says he took the 5th in New York civil investigation
(National News ~ 08/11/22)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general's long-running civil investigation into his business dealings. About an hour after arriving at Attorney General Letitia James's Manhattan offices, Trump announced he "declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the United States Constitution."...
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Out of the past: Aug. 11
(Out of the Past ~ 08/11/22)
The last preparations are being made for tomorrow's start of the Jackson Homecomers celebration, a Jackson tradition since 1908; a little over 8,000 people attended the first Homecomers; today, the 89th Homecomers is sponsored by Jackson American Legion Post 158 and has grown considerably...
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