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Shots-fired incident in Cape Girardeau results in no arrests
(Local News ~ 08/22/22)
A shots-fired call resulted in no arrests early Sunday morning, though police located damage to a vehicle and a building. Cpl. Ryan Droege of Cape Girardeau Police Department said officers responded to the call shortly after 2 a.m. in the area of Park Avenue and Independence Street and found a large crowd dispersing...
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Four arrested after downtown Cape Girardeau driving incident
(Local News ~ 08/22/22)
Four people were arrested early Sunday morning in downtown Cape Girardeau after police allegedly observed a vehicle driving in a "careless and imprudent" manner. Cpl. Ryan Droege of Cape Girardeau Police Department said in an emailed response for comment the incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Main and Independence streets when officers in the area observed a vehicle nearly strike other vehicles and pedestrians...
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Vehicle strikes child; no serious injuries reported
(Local News ~ 08/22/22)
A child was struck by a vehicle Friday evening in Cape Girardeau, but authorities reported no serious injuries to the child. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department said the incident happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Ranney Avenue and Elm Street...
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3rd person dies after Wyatt house explosion
(Local News ~ 08/22/22)
WYATT, Mo. — A third person has died from injuries sustained in a Wyatt house explosion Aug. 15. Mississippi County Sheriff Britton Ferrell reported late Friday afternoon that at 3:30 p.m. Friday, his office was informed by the Regional One Health Burn Unit in Memphis, Tennessee, that Myranda Gale Golden, 22, succumbed to the injuries she received in the explosion...
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New Jimmy John's coming to Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches will lease a new store with drive-through service in Cape Girardeau at 3465 William St., near Take Five Car Wash. Ground was recently broken for the new building owned by AB Commercial Properties. Jimmy John's, corporately owned by Inspire Brands, has an estimated 2.700 locations in the U.S., 98% of them franchises...
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Kenny's Flippin Burgers: Family-owned eatery moving to downtown Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Jesse Stuart, co-owner of Kenny's Flippin Burgers, is pretty straightforward about the fare he and wife Casey Enderle Stuart have served since 2017 — and which they plan to keep serving at their new locale, 430 Broadway in Cape Girardeau's Scout Hall starting next month...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
Today is Monday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2022. There are 131 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup...
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Prayer 8-22-22
(Prayer ~ 08/22/22)
O Lord Jesus, give us wisdom that we may help others and glorify you. Amen.
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Goodbye, Cheney — not goodbye, inflation
(Column ~ 08/22/22)
The best news of last week for all Americans is that Liz Cheney lost. Big time. Her crushing demise in Wyoming's Republican primary shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone — and she deserved it. Congresswoman Cheney — despite voting with the Trump administration more than 90% of the time — had come down with a politically fatal case of the "I Hate Trump Syndrome."...
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Falling into the season of substance
(Column ~ 08/22/22)
"In the grand scheme of things, you're only pretty for a second. So, you'd better back it up with something." That's what I told my daughters when they were teens in attempts to keep their vanity in check. I'm currently living in that transitional stage — going from beauty to what I've backed it up with. ...
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No, Liz Cheney isn't Abraham Lincoln
(Column ~ 08/22/22)
"It's a slip, not a fall," Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her nearly 40-point wipeout in her primary the other night. In lieu of a traditional concession speech, the Wyoming congresswoman and daughter of the former vice president delivered a picturesque, made-for-TV call to arms invoking Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant...
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High school football needs officials. And everyone has a role to play.
(Editorial ~ 08/22/22)
A number of area teams unofficially kicked off the high school football season Friday night with pre-season jamborees. But there's a challenge on the gridiron this year, and it's not related to the players. Southeast Missourian sports reporter Clay Herrell recently reported it's become increasingly difficult to find officiating crews...
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Spa owner applies for Cape business license
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
One business license application has been received by the City of Cape Girardeau's Community Development Department. Michelle Lynn LeGrand Henson of Jackson has applied for Fifty-Seven Third LLC at 465 S. Mount. Auburn Road, Suite 102. The establishment is a spa and cosmetic tattoo studio...
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Cape, Perryville chambers to host ribbon-cuttings this week
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce has announced a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m. Thursday for the completed Neighborhood Solar Project, a joint initiative by Southeast Missouri State University and Ameren Missouri. The event will take place in the mid-south side parking lot of SEMO's Show Me Center at 1333 N. Sprigg St...
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MRV Banks gets recognition
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
MRV Banks, with two branches in Cape Girardeau and one each in St. Genevieve, Festus and St. Charles, Missouri, has earned a second quarter 2022 top ranking from Irvine, California-based CB Resource Risk Management and Planning. MRV is ranked No. 13 out of 550 CB Resource-assessed peer group institutions nationally, which have assets between $500 million and $1 billion, earning the bank a top 10% rating...
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Sievers recognized for 3 decades with Commerce Bank
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Tim Sievers, right, was honored Wednesday for his 30 years with Commerce Bank in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Target responds to 'challenging' earnings report
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Target reported last week its profit plunged 90% in the second quarter, falling far short of expectations, according to CNN Business, which said inflation-weary customers pulled back on spending on so-called nonessential items. Because consumers have shifted spending to higher-priced food and gasoline, Target joined other retailers in cutting prices on general merchandise, such as clothing, electronics and home goods because of excess levels of inventory, CNN reported...
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Social Security marks birthday, changes possible in 2023
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Social Security Administration turned 87 years old last week with President Joe Biden noting recipients of the federal entitlement program started 2022 with the biggest single boost to their benefits since 1982. The move toward higher checks, Biden administration officials reported, is primarily because of the highest inflation rate in 40 years...
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Update on Missouri gas tax benefits and other information
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Missouri Department of Transportation recently released information on the benefits of the current state motor fuels tax and other financial information related to roads and bridges. n Each additional cent of state fuel tax collected by Missouri Department of Revenue results in approximately $27.8 million for MoDOT and $11.8 million for cities and counties...
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'Women in Beer' event coming to SEMO
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Julia Herz will join three other women involved in various capacities in the beer industry for a "Women in Beer" keynote speech and panel discussion from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 22 in Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium on the Southeast Missouri State University main campus in Cape Girardeau...
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Missouri unemployment by the numbers
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
WalletHub, the online personal finance website, said Missouri boasted the biggest month-to-month decrease in unemployment from June to July among all 50 states, with 77,925 jobless last month compared to 84,911 in June. Show Me State overall unemployment stands at 2.5% in July, the latest metric available, which is fourth lowest in the U.S...
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Gov. Parson to reveal special legislative tax cut session details Monday
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Gov. Mike Parson will hold a 2 p.m. news conference Monday to announce details of an upcoming special General Assembly session in Jefferson City. Parson is calling lawmakers to the state capital to consider what he is calling the largest tax cut in Missouri history, plus a six-year extension of farm tax credits...
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Oran grocery store closes
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Oran Food Mart, which opened at 115 N. Railroad St. in the Scott County town four years ago, has closed. The store, with 4,240-square-feet of retail space and sitting on more than a half acre, replaced David's Food Mart, which itself closed in December 2017 after almost 20 years in business...
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Scott City grocery to close
(Business ~ 08/22/22)
Bob's Foodliner, a locally-owned grocery store in Scott City Plaza with a distinctive "SC" in the center of its logo, will cease operations in the very near future, Scott City officials said. "In light of recent events, we will soon be closing," the store's Facebook page announced Tuesday...
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'Dragon Ball Super' bests 'Beast' at box office with $20.1 million
(Entertainment ~ 08/22/22)
Idris Elba may go head-to-head with a lion in "Beast," but the action flick was no match for the latest "Dragon Ball" movie at the North American box office this weekend. "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero" topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, with $20.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday. "Beast," meanwhile, settled for a second-place debut with $11.6 million...
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US, S. Korea open biggest drills in years amid North threats
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has pushed its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year while repeatedly threatening conflicts with Seoul and Washington amid a prolonged stalemate in diplomacy...
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Pope voices worry over bishop's detention in Nicaragua
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police detained several Roman Catholic clergy, including a bishop, critical of President Daniel Ortega's administration. Calling for "open and sincere dialogue," the pontiff made his first public comment on the Friday raid of Matagalpa Bishop Rolando Alvarez's residence. ...
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China plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
CHONGQING, China -- China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories in the southwest waited Sunday to see whether they would be shut down for another week due to shortages of water to generate hydropower...
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Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as 'Putin's brain'
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
MOSCOW -- The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as "Putin's brain" was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said Sunday. The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old TV commentator Daria Dugina was killed by an explosive planted in the SUV she was driving Saturday night...
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Russia's war on Ukraine at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
MECKENHEIM, Germany -- Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family's company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany. Zinkpower's facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state every day. The metal will harden otherwise, wrecking the tank where steel parts are dipped before they end up in car suspensions, buildings, solar panels and wind turbines...
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Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
(International News ~ 08/22/22)
LONDON -- For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds -- typically, poor, politically unstable corners of the world...
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Smokies to require parking passes beginning next March
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Beginning next March, visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park will need to purchase a parking pass to use the facilities. Park Superintendent Cassius Cash said in an interview the fee is needed to keep up with maintenance and staffing demands at the country's most visited national park. ...
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3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended over arrest
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
MULBERRY, Ark. -- Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police's investigation into the incident and the sheriff's office's internal investigation. ...
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Hawaii seeks end to strife over astronomy on sacred mountain
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
HONOLULU -- For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that's also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky. That's now changing with a new state law saying Mauna Kea must be protected for future generations and that science must be balanced with culture and the environment. ...
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Finland, Sweden offer NATO an edge as rivalry warms up north
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The first surprise, for the Finnish conscripts and officers taking part in a NATO-hosted military exercise in the Arctic this spring: the sudden roar of a U.S. Marine helicopter assault force, touching down in a field right next to the Finns' well-hidden command post...
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NerdWallet: A scarcity money mindset can cost you in the long-term
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
We all saw it at grocery stores in 2020. The shelves, once brimming with toilet paper and hand soap, were bare. We hid in our homes, deep-cleaning every surface, occasionally braving the threat of COVID-19 to hunt down the last remaining bottle of hand sanitizer in a 50-mile radius. We felt out of control, so we controlled what we could: the contents of our kitchens and bathroom cabinets...
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Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club Thanks Community For Eyeglasses
(Submitted Story ~ 08/22/22)
The Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club wish to thank the community for dropping off used eyeglasses for recycling. Recently, gathering the eyeglasses deposited in the three mailboxes located in Cape Girardeau and Jackson along with what customers at Leet EyeCare, Corporate Sponsor of the the club resulted in the delivery of over 600 pairs!...
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Out of the past: Aug. 22
(Out of the Past ~ 08/22/22)
The Missouri Supreme Court agrees with a Scott County jury and judge that Andrew Lyons should die for a triple murder in Cape Girardeau nearly five years ago; the ruling comes on Lyons' last appeal at the state level; on Sept. 20, 1992, Lyons shot to death his former girlfriend, Bridgette Harris; their 11-month-old son, Dontay Harris, and Harris' mother, Evelyn Sparks...
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John Thele
(Obituary ~ 08/22/22)
LEOPOLD, Mo. — John Henry Thele, 80, of Leopold died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, at his home. He was born Jan. 23, 1942, in Leopold to Henry Thele and Matilda Koenig Thele. He and Myrtle Thele were married, and she survives of the home. He was a carpenter, and that was his greatest joy. ...
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Kansas recount confirms results in favor of abortion rights
(National News ~ 08/22/22)
OLATHE, Kan. -- A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday. Nine of the state's 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws. ...
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