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Biden's pot pardons could boost drives for legalization
(State News ~ 10/17/22)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump's former press secretary is heavily favored in the race for governor and other GOP candidates are considered locks. But one big exception is the campaign to make Arkansas the first state in the South to legalize recreational marijuana. ...
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Radioactive waste found at St. Louis County elementary school
(State News ~ 10/17/22)
FLORISSANT, Mo. — There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report by environmental investigation consultants. The report by Boston Chemical Data Corp. confirmed fears about contamination at Jana Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District in Florissant raised by a previous Army Corps of Engineers study...
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Low water disrupts industry along lower Mississippi River
(State News ~ 10/17/22)
JACKSON, Miss.‚— Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even farther in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and potentially threatening jobs in one of the country's poorest states...
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Coroner: Black River skull appears to be medical specimen
(Local News ~ 10/17/22)
An eerie discovery in the Black River likely has a benign explanation, according to Butler County Coroner Jim Akers. The skull found in the riverbed earlier this month is most likely a medical specimen, he said. The skull was discovered Friday, Oct. 7, by a state Highway Patrol dive crew while they searched for evidence connected to an unrelated case from the Poplar Bluff Police Department...
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Poplar Bluff names new police chief
(Local News ~ 10/17/22)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The City of Poplar Bluff today will swear in its first new police chief in 22 years. City officials announced Friday that Mike McClain will take over the position of police chief. He will be sworn in at 7 p.m. today during the City Council meeting in the City Council chambers at Black River Coliseum. A new deputy chief is expected to be named by the city at a later date...
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Cape Girardeau organic grocery expands
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Natural Health Organic Foods, 135 S. Broadview St. in Cape Girardeau's West Park Village, recently underwent a major expansion. "We have doubled the size of the store," said co-owner Becky Brown, who noted the 26-year-old full-service natural grocery, which added a kitchen, has expanded from roughly 3,000-square-feet to about 6,000-square-feet. ...
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Cape River Heritage Museum unveils new exhibition room, display for Lion's Club 100th anniversary
(Local News ~ 10/17/22)
There was more history than just the exhibits in Cape River Heritage Museum on Friday night. At a reception showcasing the opening of the newly named Haertling Room, stories of the museum's origins were told by founding members, including Larry Haertling, for whom the room was named...
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Cape Girardeau casino to mark a decade in operation
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
On Oct. 30, Century Casino Cape Girardeau will mark 10 years of successful operation at 777 Main St. by looking back to its 2012 founding as Isle Casino Cape Girardeau and by looking forward to the planned early 2024 opening of a $26 million, six-story, 69-room hotel on casino property...
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Cape man arrested for alleged murder
(Local News ~ 10/17/22)
A Cape Girardeau man has been arrested in connection with a Saturday homicide. A release from Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad said authorities arrested Izaiah James Turner, 18, at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action relating to the alleged murder of Nathan Hinojosa Jr., 22, of Cape Girardeau, who was killed just before 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, near the intersection of Bellevue and Fountain streets in Cape Girardeau...
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Mark Kneer, Southeast Missourian circulation director, to retire
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Mark Kneer, longtime circulation director of the Southeast Missourian, will be retiring Friday, Oct. 28. A reception honoring his service will be hosted from 4 to 5:40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Kenny's Flippin Burgers (in Scout Hall), 418 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Remarks are scheduled for 5:10 p.m. For food planning, an RSVP is requested at kneerretirement.eventbrite.com...
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Prayer 10-17-22
(Prayer ~ 10/17/22)
O Lord God, thank you that it is by your grace which we are saved. Amen.
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A call for bipartisanship in 2023
(Column ~ 10/17/22)
The upcoming midterm election has got me thinking about divided government. In normal times, the prospect of newly shared power in Washington might have me looking forward to the resulting slowdown of one party's hyperactive agenda. The Democrats who are in power are indeed pushing a fiscal and regulatory agenda that has become a serious risk to Americans' prosperity and freedom...
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Civil war is not coming
(Column ~ 10/17/22)
In two days at Shiloh in April 1862, the Union and Confederate armies altogether suffered 23,000 casualties, a shattering total that was the worst of the war to that point. If we aren't on a path to the carnage of Shiloh, we are on a straight-line trajectory to a new civil war, at least according to commentators on the right and left, who can't agree on anything except looming violent conflict...
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Cape leaders, workers shine during water crisis
(Editorial ~ 10/17/22)
Cape Girardeau's recent water situation reminded of a line from a TV show character: "The most costly disruptions always happen when something we take completely for granted stops working for a minute." How true! Safe, abundant tap water is something we take for granted, as we do light coming on when we flip a switch or the engine purring to life when we turn the key or press a button...
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California baker creates life-sized Han Solo out of bread
(Entertainment ~ 10/17/22)
BENICIA, Calif. -- Han Solo may be a hunk. But "Pan Solo" is a hunk of bread. That's what a bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area has dubbed its 6-foot bread sculpture of the "Star Wars" character as he appeared after being frozen in carbonite in "The Empire Strikes Back"...
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New this week: Taylor Swift, 'Descendant' and 'Ghostwriter'
(Entertainment ~ 10/17/22)
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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Cape Girardeau marketing firm reminds of Facebook's profanity filter
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Cape Girardeau-based BOLD Marketing advises individuals and businesses to turn on Facebook's "profanity filter" in the settings section of the social media platform. Taylor Fedderke, BOLD's Google specialist, recently told Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce members of the existence of the filter, aimed at weeding out profane language from popping up in Facebook news feeds...
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By the numbers — Mental health care need 'huge' in Southeast Missouri
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Cape Girardeau-based Community Counseling Center has 31 physical sites serving a growing number of clients in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Perry, Madison and Ste. Genevieve counties. According to Michelle Ramsey, CCC Foundation executive director, the not-for-profit center saw 5,429 clients in the first eight months of 2022 compared to 6,174 in all of 2021...
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St. Louis rated 'least safe' U.S. city
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
WalletHub, the personal finance website, reported last week St. Louis is the least safe American city, ranking dead last among 182 communities surveyed. A total of 42 measures were included, notably home and community safety, financial safety and natural disaster risk...
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Jackson bowler Bass enters HOF
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Brandi Bass, an agent with Coalter Insurance Group of Jackson, was inducted Oct. 9 along with four others into the Cape Girardeau U.S. Bowling Congress Hall of Fame during a dinner at Deerfield Lodge. Bass follows her mother, Penny Bowers, into USBC's HOF, with Bowers entering the hall in 2006...
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Hudson Francis named at Dille Pollard
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Hudson Francis has been named a project manager for Dille Pollard Architecture, with offices in Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A Poplar Bluff native, Francis earned a Master of Architecture from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, in May, and holds an associate in drafting degree from Three Rivers College...
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Miranda Sullivan new head of SEMO Aviation operations
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Miranda Sullivan was named last week as the second director of Southeast Missouri State University's Aviation operations, following the retirement of Ken Jackson. SEMO's Bachelor of Science professional pilot degree, launched in fall 2021, receives instruction from staff of Denton, Texas-based U.S. Aviation Group...
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Justin Davison installed as Saint Francis Healthcare leader
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Justin Davison was installed Oct. 5 as president and CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare System during the Feast of St. Francis and Mass of Installation. The Mass was held at Cape Girardeau's Cathedral of St. Mary of the Annunciation, where Edward M. Rice, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, presided...
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St. Louis Cardinals had MLB's 12th highest payroll
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Cardinals Nation watched St. Louis flame out of the baseball playoffs Oct. 8 as the team was swept in Major League Baseball's wild card round — managing a total of three runs in the only two postseason games the Redbirds played in 2022, despite being in the upper tier of MLB's 30 teams in payroll...
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Cape Girardeau's Lutheran Home celebrates golden anniversary
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Lutheran Home is celebrating 50 years in operation in 2022. The occasion was marked with a ribbon-cutting and celebration Thursday, Oct. 13. "We are thrilled to celebrate this milestone," said Teresa Brown, chief operating officer. "It is a true testament to the vision of our founders, and to the hard work and dedication of our team. Their efforts in serving our residents every day make this achievement possible."...
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Retailers and Thanksgiving
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Big name stores, including those with a presence in the Cape Girardeau market, have announced they will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24. Among the planned holiday closings, according to various national reports: Aldi, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Home Depot, JC Penney, Kohl's, Petco, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart...
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SEMO Food Bank receives large gift
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Southeast Missouri Food Bank, headquartered in Sikeston, with plans to open a satellite office in Jackson, has received a $500,000 grant from Feeding America's Food Security Equity Impact Fund. The food bank, in a news release, said it was in partnership with Faith Temple Complex in Hayti, Missouri, "to address the root causes of hunger in Pemiscot County."...
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Cape Girardeau's Codefi receives multimillion dollar grant
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Codefi, a Cape Girardeau-based co-working space and technology incubator, and its Springfield, Missouri-headquartered partner efactory, have jointly announced they have been awarded $2 million by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)...
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Gas prices showing small drop nationally
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Prices at the pump fell for the third consecutive day as the U.S. average for a gallon of gas dropped to $3.89 Saturday. AAA analysts credit the slight decline to a slide in crude oil cost, precipitated by renewed fears of a recession, and by a decline in demand because of the arrival of colder weather...
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Contour maiden voyage Tuesday from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Contour Airlines, a passenger service based in Smyrna, Tennessee, is expected to fly its inaugural flight out of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport on Tuesday morning, Oct. 18. Contour, which succeeded SkyWest as the local airport's carrier, is advertising one-way flights to and from Nashville, Tennessee for $49 if booked by Oct. 31...
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Social Security by the numbers
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Inflation is responsible for Thursday's announcement by Social Security Administration to boost benefit checks by 8.7% in 2023, the largest hike since 1981. n On average, benefits will go up by more than $140 per month starting in January. n The 2023 increase tops the 5.9% 2022 cost-of-living adjustment...
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Perry County-based Buchheit makes acquisitions
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Buchheit Family of Companies, headquartered in Perry County, Missouri, announced last week the acquisition of 12 retail locations formerly owned by Orscheln Farm & Home. Orscheln's Cape Girardeau store is not included in Buchheit's purchase. "We're excited to grow our footprint in the Midwest to serve customers who enjoy the simpler life we love," Buchheit CEO Eric Hasty said...
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Kroger buys grocery chain competitor
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
Kroger announced Friday it will buy grocery competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion, a move combining the nation's two largest supermarket chains. In Southeast Missouri, Kroger has a store in Poplar Bluff. The Cincinnati-based conglomerate also owns Ruler Foods, a discount chain carrying mostly Kroger merchandise, which has a store at 2103 William St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Robert Stroder
(Obituary ~ 10/17/22)
Robert Ray Stroder, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Ricky Reed
(Obituary ~ 10/17/22)
Ricky Dale Reed, 71, of Jackson, formerly of Blytheville, Arkansas, died Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, at his home. The Rev. Don Estes will conduct a graveside service at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Yvonne Brewer
(Obituary ~ 10/17/22)
Yvonne Clara Brewer, 99, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at the Lutheran Home, after a short illness. Yvonne was born Dec. 1, 1922, in St. Mary, Missouri, to Henry and Dora Breig. On April 12, 1944, she married Ivan Brewer, and worked at the former Riverside Lumber Co. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Her husband Ivan preceded her in death...
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California city rests easier after serial killings arrest
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
STOCKTON, Calif. -- Residents of Stockton, California, were able to rest easier following the weekend arrest of a man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings over a period of three months in Northern California, the city's mayor said Sunday...
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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
BERLIN -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026. The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries, the foundation said in a statement Sunday...
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Violent week a grim sign as targeted killings of police rise
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
SEATTLE -- The shooting deaths of two Connecticut officers and wounding of a third punctuated an especially violent week for police across the U.S. and fit into a grim pattern: Even as more officers left their jobs in the past two years, the number targeted and killed rose...
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Small businesses brace for cautious holiday shoppers
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
NEW YORK -- Small businesses are stocking the shelves early this holiday season and waiting to see how many gifts inflation-weary shoppers feel like giving. Holiday shopping was relatively strong during the past two years as shoppers flocked online to spend, aided by pandemic stimulus dollars. Sales in November and December have been averaging roughly 20% of annual retail sales, according to National Retail Federation, making the holiday season critical for many retailers...
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Pope extends reform process for year amid apathy, criticism
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
ROME -- Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the future of the Catholic Church, amid limited participation by the laity and seeming resistance to his reforms from the hierarchy. Francis announced Sunday that the planned 2023 gathering of bishops would now take place in two stages -- one session in October 2023 and a second in October 2024 -- to allow more time to find a way forward...
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Lessons from Hurricane Michael being applied to Ian recovery
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Four years before Category 4 Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida, the state's Panhandle had its own encounter with an even stronger hurricane, Michael. The Category 5 storm all but destroyed one town, fractured thousands of homes and businesses and did some $25 billion in damage...
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GOP hopefuls turn to Pence to broaden appeal before election
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
NEW YORK -- In Donald Trump's assessment, Mike Pence "committed political suicide" on Jan. 6, 2021. By refusing to go along with the then-president's unconstitutional push to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Pence became a leading target of Trump's wrath and a pariah in many Republican circles...
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Warnock answers Libertarian wildcard in Ga.; Walker skips
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
ATLANTA -- Libertarian Chase Oliver isn't going to win Georgia's pivotal U.S. Senate race. But the 37-year-old Atlanta businessman could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate over the final two years of President Joe Biden's term...
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China's Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
BEIJING -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party's control over society and the economy. China's most influential figure in decades spoke as the party opened a congress that was closely watched by companies, governments and the public for signs of official direction. ...
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Religious polarization in India seeping into US diaspora
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
In Edison, New Jersey, a bulldozer, which has become a symbol of oppression of India's Muslim minority, rolled down the street during a parade marking that country's Independence Day. At an event in Anaheim, California, a shouting match erupted between people celebrating the holiday and those who showed up to protest violence against Muslims in India...
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Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor's office in occupied Donetsk
(National News ~ 10/17/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Pro-Kremlin officials on Sunday blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor's office in Donetsk, a city controlled by the separatists, while Ukrainian officials said Russian rocket strikes hit a town across from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, among other targets...
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Out of the past: Oct. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 10/17/22)
The Acme Blues Band won group and individual honors last night during presentation of the first Music Awards by the Cape Musicians Guild; the Lifetime Achievement Award went to Vi Keys, a longtime Cape Girardeau keyboardist and music store owner whose grandson, Billy, also won an award; the 1997 Music Awards were presented at the Show Me Center after a banquet that kicked off this weekend's first City of Roses Festival;...
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Jackson, Scott City, Perryville, Cape chamber news
(Business ~ 10/17/22)
n Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly business breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Jackson Civic Center, 381 E. Deerwood Drive, sponsored by 180 Healthcare. Those who cannot attend in person may watch the program via Facebook Live...
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American Legion Auxiliary President tours Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 10/17/22)
American Legion Auxiliary National President, Vicky Koutz, visited Missouri on Friday, September 30. One of the stops she made on her way to be Grand Marshall in the Sikeston Cotton Festival parade was at the Missouri Veteran' Home in Cape. Members of Cape Girardeau American Legion Auxilary Unit 63 joined her for a tour of the home...
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