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AP seeks ex-Gov. Greitens's child custody record
(State News ~ 09/07/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Associated Press has joined The Kansas City Star's motion to get a sealed court record from former Gov. Eric Greitens's child custody case. The Star and the AP argue that a decision to make the record off-limits to the public to protect the former Republican governor's two young sons goes too far and denies voters important information about a recent candidate for public office...
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Sponsored: Fun for everyone at the SEMO District Fair
(09/07/22)
Colorful rides light up the skyline of Arena Park. Sounds of live music and revving engines fill the Grandstand with excitement. Funnel cakes, corn dogs and cotton candy abound. The theme of the 167th-annual SEMO District Fair, “No Time Like Fair Time,” couldn’t be more true...
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Difference Maker: Jana Jateff helps launch Mary Kay careers, serves in local ministry
(B Magazine ~ 09/07/22)
“Kindness goes a long ways,” Jana Jateff said. That and her Christian faith have been life guides from growing up in Benton, Missouri, through tough times and out the other side. Jateff discovered a path in life following her faith in God, herself and in human kind.
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Perry County bus driver killed in wreck
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
A Perry County School District bus driver died in a wreck Tuesday morning. There were no children on the bus at the time. James Kennedy, 72, was driving Bus 3 for the district a little after 6 a.m. southbound on Route K in Perry County when he overcorrected on a curve and struck the front left of a box truck driven by Chad Taylor, 45, which was traveling in the opposite direction, according to a report from the state Highway Patrol. ...
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Contour carrier switch at Cape airport approved
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially approved the change in carrier service at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. Contour Aviation was approved by DOT on Tuesday. The Nashville, Tennessee-based carrier is expected to take over service in mid-October at Cape Girardeau, airport manager Katrina Amos said...
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Cape City Council approves retirement upgrade
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
Cape Girardeau City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an upgrade to the retirement system for municipal employees. Local Government Employees Retirement System is a state system cities have the option of buying into to provide pensions for their employees. Cape Girardeau will be upgrading from the LT-14 plan to the L6 plan, the highest available...
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Old Cape County communications tower to come down today
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
Acting on May 2021 authorization by the Cape Girardeau County Commission, a crew began work Tuesday to remove a 1960s era communications tower from the site of the former county courthouse in Jackson. A technician from Jonesboro, Arkansas-based ARCO Towers & Contracting scaled the 140-foot-high tower removing antennae and loosing coaxial cable mounts in preparation for today's scheduled takedown of the structure...
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Public hearings delayed, 'tiny homes' considered by Jackson aldermen
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
Two public hearings scheduled for Tuesday by the Jackson Board of Aldermen on special-use permit requests were delayed until Oct. 3 because of what is being termed "an internal error." Hearings to consider special-use permits are being sought for the following purposes:...
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Cape police request more ARPA funding
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department has made four requests to secure additional funding from the city's $1.4 million in remaining American Rescue Plan Act money. The requests have been for upgrading some employees to the city's retirement plan, funding new traffic cameras, expanding ShotSpotter coverage — which uses sensor technology to pinpoint the location of alleged gunfire — and a vehicle for the department's upcoming co-responder program...
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Construction begins on Houck Stadium project
(Local News ~ 09/07/22)
Ground was officially broken Tuesday for Southeast Missouri State University's Houck Multiuse Complex. Held on the Redhawks's playing field, school representatives, community leaders and university supporters used shovels painted SEMO red to dig into the ground for the new complex...
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Linda Puchbauer creates service opportunities, inspires leadership in others
(B Magazine ~ 09/07/22)
Linda Puchbauer chartered The Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service on March 2, 2021, as a nontraditional cause-based club. Less than one-and-a-half years later, the club has completed more...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2022. There are 115 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began its eight-month blitz of Britain during World War II with the first air attack on London. On this date:...
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East Mediterranean especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
(International News ~ 09/07/22)
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says...
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Fears high as Canadian police search for stabbing suspect
(International News ~ 09/07/22)
JAMES SMITH CREE FIRST NATION, Saskatchewan -- Fears ran high Tuesday on an Indigenous reserve in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan after police warned that the suspect in a deadly stabbing rampage over the weekend might be nearby and officers surrounded a house with guns drawn...
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US: Russia to buy rockets, artillery shells from North Korea
(International News ~ 09/07/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Russian Ministry of Defense is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea for its ongoing fight in Ukraine, according to a newly downgraded U.S. intelligence finding. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said Tuesday that "the information that we have is that Russia has specifically asked for ammunition." He said the U.S. ...
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States' plans to make school safer reflect political divides
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students would be kept safe. Months later, as students return to classrooms, money has begun to flow for school security upgrades, training and other new efforts to make classrooms safer...
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Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states' teen vaping probe
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping...
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Video fills in details on alleged Georgia election system breach
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
ATLANTA -- Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by the head of the local Republican Party, who was involved in efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn his election loss...
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California and the West broil in record heat wave
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A record-setting heat wave made life miserable in much of the West on Tuesday, with California stretching into its second week of excessive heat that taxed the state's power supply with record-setting demand and brought it perilously close to ordering rolling outages while people were desperately trying to stay cool...
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New this week: John Legend, 'Serpent Queen' and 'Pinocchio'
(Entertainment ~ 09/07/22)
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. ...
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UN agency calls for safety zone around Ukraine nuclear plant
(International News ~ 09/07/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a "nuclear safety and security protection zone" around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarred by the Chernobyl disaster...
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New UK PM Truss vows to tackle energy crisis, ailing economy
(International News ~ 09/07/22)
LONDON -- Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labor unrest and fixing a national health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages...
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Memphis police ID body of abducted jogger Eliza Fletcher
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced into an SUV on Friday morning. The news followed an exhaustive search throughout the long weekend with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter in a case that has drawn national media attention and is already becoming a source of partisan controversy over criminal sentencing and parole...
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Uvalde students go back to school for 1st time since attack
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gilbert Mata woke up excited Tuesday for the first day of school since a gunman's bullet tore through his leg three months ago in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde. The 10-year-old has healed from his physical wounds, but burning smells still remind him of gunfire and the sight of many police officers recalls the day in May that an assailant killed 19 of his classmates and two teachers...
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EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.
(National News ~ 09/07/22)
Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their masks and returned to pre-pandemic activities...
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Fire report 9/7/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls: Sept. 5 n Medical assists were made at 10:39 a.m. on Albert Rasche Drive; 12:16 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 2:12 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 4:04 p.m. on William Street; and 10:49 p.m. on North Louisiana Avenue...
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Police report 9/7/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Broadway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Walnut Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Star Vue Court...
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Susan Lukefahr
(Obituary ~ 09/07/22)
Susan Hekmat Lukefahr, 66, of Millersville passed away Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, after a heart attack while visiting friends with her husband in Montana. She left this world suddenly, but her impact on others will continue for years to come. Susan was born Dec. ...
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Audrey Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 09/07/22)
Audrey Borgfield, 81, of Jackson died Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Parish prayers will be at 7 p.m., followed by Scripture and special memories by the Rev. Charles Buck...
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Richard Boland
(Obituary ~ 09/07/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Richard L. Boland Jr., 27, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, at Kaskaskia Island, Illinois. Family and friends may gather from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Home Cemetery in Perryville. Graveside committal service will follow at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the cemetery, with the Rev. Don Estes officiating...
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Prayer 9-7-22
(Prayer ~ 09/07/22)
Father God, may we be bold in proclaiming your Word and saving grace to others. Amen.
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The secret curriculum
(Column ~ 09/07/22)
School is starting, but don’t count on getting answers about what your child is being taught. School administrators commonly lie or give parents the runaround. That explains the fireworks over Jeremy Boland, a Greenwich, Connecticut, elementary school assistant principal, bragging about how the school pushes kids to think in a “progressive” way that he hopes will make them Democratic voters...
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The impact of I-55 on Southeast Missouri
(Editorial ~ 09/07/22)
Talk to someone of a certain age and they will recall the challenges of travel in the Midwest before Interstate 55. A simple trip from Cape Girardeau to St. Louis was much longer than the 1 hour and 40 minutes that it is today. And a trek from LaPlace, Louisiana, where I-55 now begins, to Chicago, where it ends, was certainly more arduous...
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Out of the past: Sept. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 09/07/22)
Centenary United Methodist Church welcomes its new senior pastor, Dr. Clayton L. Smith, at the morning worship service; a reception follows in the Family Life Center, so everyone can meet the pastor and his family; Smith succeeds Dr. Neil L. Stein, who retired effective Aug. 31...
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Chris Brewer
(Obituary ~ 09/07/22)
Chris L. Brewer of Cape Girardeau entered into rest in the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, at his home in the care of hospice and his family. Chris was 76 Years, 6 months and 30 days old. He was born Feb. 5, 1946, in Jennings, Missouri, the son of Elmer C. ...
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Local Jackson Teen wins local pageant, headed to Miss Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 09/07/22)
Local Jackson Teen Lilly Stockard, 16, has won the title of Miss Kirkwood in a Miss Missouri preliminary pageant for the Miss America organization. Lilly competed with a tap dance to solidify the title. Congrats to Lilly!
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