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Two face drug charges in Scott City
(Local News ~ 12/19/22)
Two Scott City men face multiple drug charges after an investigation by the Scott City Police Department. Kyle Lee Morgan and Kevin Morgan are each charged with three counts of delivering controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid, a class C Felony; and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child involving drugs, first degree, first offense, a class D Felony...
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Local real estate firm adds agents
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Century 21 Ashland and Century 21 Premiere real estate brokerages in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, owned by Tim Merideth, have seen most of a competing real estate firm's agents join their team. Merideth said Saturday, Dec. 17, that nine of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Bridgeport's real estate salespeople have now affiliated with Century 21...
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Downtown Cape Girardeau craft breweries form 'Beermuda Triangle'
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Beer and charity are coming together in downtown Cape Girardeau to create what is being called "Beermuda Triangle", a play on words that started as a nickname by three craft brewers and has blossomed into a fundraising project. Craft brewers Minglewood Brewery, Ebb & Flow Fermentations and Many Good Things Brewing make up the trio...
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Cape School District buys former church building
(Local News ~ 12/19/22)
Cape Girardeau School District has purchased the former Red Star Baptist Church building and grounds at 1301 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau. The building will be the new home of Cape Central Academy and, in addition, the district's Early Childhood Center will move into the current Central Academy space...
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Arctic air will blast much of US just before Christmas
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
ATLANTA — Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel and life-threatening cold for much of the nation as an arctic air mass blows into the already-frigid southern United States. "We're looking at much-below normal temperatures, potentially record-low temperatures leading up to the Christmas holiday," said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
Today is Monday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2022. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Clinton was subsequently acquitted by the Senate.)...
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Prayer 12-19-22
(Prayer ~ 12/19/22)
We praise you, Lord Jesus, our Wonderful Counsel and Mighty God. Amen.
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Don't be fooled: Workers still share in rising productivity
(Column ~ 12/19/22)
For some time now, legislators have been eager to jack up subsidies for workers, whether it's by raising the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), hiking the minimum wage or simply giving out cash benefits. Indeed, Democrats are hoping to achieve one of those goals — the EITC expansion — during the lame-duck session. ...
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Why did Black Georgians vote for Raphael Warnock?
(Column ~ 12/19/22)
There are plenty of post-mortems about Raphael Warnock's defeat of Republican candidate Herschel Walker in the runoff for the Senate seat in Georgia. Yes, in the same state, Republican Brian Kemp won a decisive victory in the race for governor. And, yes, to be kind, Walker was not a great flagbearer to draw voters, particularly Black voters, to the Republican Party...
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Holiday hugs: Let kids say no
(Column ~ 12/19/22)
Understanding consent starts at home, and the holiday season is a good time to visit the fundamentals and practice personal boundaries. We tell kids, "Keep your hands to yourself." But we also need to teach kids that affection is not mandatory. They don't have to hug that relative they only see during the holidays. They can and should say no when they don't want to...
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Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament kicks off next week
(Editorial ~ 12/19/22)
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and we certainly want to wish everyone a healthy and happy Christmas with family and friends. In this area, the week between Christmas and New Year's means high school basketball — a bunch of basketball games, actually...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
The City of Cape Girardeau's Community Development Department has received two applications for business licenses: n Keisha Marie Drury of Cape Girardeau for Drury Real Estate, 980 N. Kingshighway, Suite 205, opening Jan. 1. n A. Lorenzo Gabriel of Cape Girardeau for ALFA, a grocery store at 106 S. Broadview St., Suite 102...
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Hospital auxiliary fetes volunteers
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Saint Francis Healthcare System Auxiliary held its annual volunteer Christmas breakfast Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Drury Plaza Hotel Conference Center in Cape Girardeau. Since 1989, 40 volunteers have been recognized based on years of service and number of hours volunteered...
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Sydney Quinton joins Saint Francis
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Sydney Quinton, APRN, FNP-C, DNP, has joined Saint Francis Clinic Farmington as family nurse practitioner. Quinton received her education at University of Missouri-St. Louis, and has nearly five years of experience in pediatrics and in general and acute medicine...
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Allison Rhymer joins Jackson practice
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Allison B. Rhymer, APRN, FNP-BC, has joined Saint Francis Clinic Jackson as a family nurse practitioner. Rhymer has nearly 10 years of nursing experience in labor and delivery, women's health and primary care.
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Jill LeGrand takes role in Saint Francis NICU
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Jill LeGrand, RN, has been named patient care manager of the Level III neonatal intensive care unit for Saint Francis Healthcare. LeGrand, with 15 years NICU experience, began her career at Saint Francis in 2015, and has now returned to the Cape Girardeau-based hospital system...
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Sunshine award to hospital tech Debbie Pierce
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
SoutheastHEALTH has announced Debbie Pierce, an obstetric technician with Southeast Obstetrics, has won its Sunshine Award for helping a first-time mother through the experience of having her son in the neonatal intensive care unit.
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EV truck again wins top magazine award
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
MotorTrend magazine has named the Ford F-150 Lightning its 2023 Truck of the Year, a unanimous choice among the publication's seven jurists. The Lighting is the second electric pickup in a row to earn the recognition. Last year's winner, also an EV, was U.S.-made Rivian R1T...
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Tesla delivers first big rig EV
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Tesla Motors, according to CNN, made its first deliveries of its fully electric semi-truck on Dec. 1, a full five years after Tesla's founder, Elon Musk, unveiled the EV's prototype design. Tesla's factory in Sparks, Nevada, initially is producing EV semis for PepsiCo, said the news network, which noted the heavy-duty hauler's design has the driver sitting in the center of the truck rather than on one side...
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Cost of Christmas 2022
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
PNC Financial Services's Christmas Price Index is up 10.5% overall compared to 2021, reflecting what the Pittsburgh-based bank says is the third highest year-over-year increase in the 39-year history of the index. Drilling down, the cost for services is up 14.5% compared to 4.2% for goods...
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Water & William Olive Oil opens in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 12/19/22)
Water & William Olive Oil Co., 105 William St. opened Friday, Dec. 9, in the River & Rails business development in downtown Cape Girardeau. Owners Georgia and Todd Lowman said there is no secret about the origin of the name of the specialty business...
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Jewish festival of lights begins in Ukraine as battles rage
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Jews in Ukraine waging a "war between darkness and light" lit a giant menorah on Sunday night to start the eight-day Hanukkah holiday as tens of thousands remained without electricity and Russia's nearly 10-month war produced new victims...
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North Korea says latest launches tested 1st spy satellite
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other high-tech weapons systems...
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'Tired of this war': Congolese cope with M23 rebel violence
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
BENI, Congo -- Kavira Mathe was making dinner for her two sons when bullets began flying. Eastern Congo's M23 rebels had attacked her village, killing scores of civilians. She and others fled for their lives, she said. "I lost several friends," said Mathe speaking to The Associated Press by phone from Kanyabayonga where she now shelters. Trekking some 30 miles to safety, she saw roads littered with bodies that appeared to have been bound and shot, she said...
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Pope wrote resignation note in case of health impediment
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
ROME -- Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying out his duties. Speaking to the Spanish newspaper ABC, Francis said he gave the note to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who then was the Vatican secretary of state. ...
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Peru's dark past surfaces as young protester is laid to rest
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
QUINUA, Peru -- This rural hamlet nestled high in the Peruvian Andes was the site of a major battle that secured South America's independence from Spain in the 19th century. But on Saturday, the streets of Quinua were overrun by weeping residents commemorating a far more senseless loss: the death of Clemer Rojas, a 23-year-old student who left his parents' home Thursday to protest the ousting of President Pedro Castillo and never returned...
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Tunisian president urged to resign after election debacle
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisian opposition figures called Sunday for the president's resignation after disastrous parliamentary elections in which less than 9% of voters cast ballots. The mass voter disavowal was a dramatic development for the country that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings against autocratic leaders a decade ago -- and the only one to emerge from that upheaval with a democratic political system...
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India's visa temples attract devotees aspiring to go abroad
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
CHENNAI, India -- Arjun Viswanathan stood on the street, his hands folded, eyes fixed on the idol of the Hindu deity Ganesh. On a humid morning, the information technology professional was waiting outside the temple, the size of a small closet - barely enough room for the lone priest to stand and perform puja or rituals for the beloved elephant-headed deity, believed to be the remover of obstacles...
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Key Ukrainian city's rapid fall leaves unanswered questions
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
KHERSON, Ukraine -- When about 100 Russian troops rolled into Kherson's Lilac Park on the morning of March 1, Oleh Shornik was one of about 20 lightly armed Ukrainian volunteers who didn't stand a chance against them. Ukraine's military was nowhere to be seen, and Russian troops in armored vehicles had easily entered the Shumensky neighborhood, opening fire and sending shrapnel flying everywhere, witnesses said. ...
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Explainer: How do parties and states set presidential votes?
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Even before President Joe Biden told Democrats his preference for reordering the presidential primary calendar, states began balking. Officials in Iowa, the leadoff voting state for 40 years, noted a state law mandating that its caucuses take place at least eight days before any other nominating contest. In New Hampshire, the site of the first-in-the-nation primary for more than a century, a state law requires that its presidential primary be held first by at least a week...
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What to watch as Jan. 6 panel cites Trump's 'attempted coup'
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
WASHINGTON -- The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an "attempted coup" that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department...
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Anti-abortion priest Pavone defrocked for blasphemous posts
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were "blasphemous communications on social media" as well as "persistent disobedience" of his bishop who repeatedly told him to stop his partisan activism for Donald Trump...
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Governments move closer to deal at biodiversity conference
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
MONTREAL -- There were signs Sunday that negotiators were closing in on a historic deal at a U.N. conference that would be the most significant effort to protect the world's land and oceans and provide a critical infusion of money to save biodiversity in the developing world...
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ALS patients contend with $158K price tag on new drug
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
WASHINGTON -- For two years, Becky Mourey pushed the Food and Drug Administration to approve an experimental drug for her Lou Gehrig's disease. She went to members of Congress and health regulators to make the case for Relyvrio, until patient-advocates finally prevailed...
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US border cities strained ahead of expected migrant surge
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
EL PASO, Texas -- Along the U.S. southern border, two cities -- El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico -- prepared Sunday for a surge of as many as 5,000 new migrants a day as pandemic-era immigration restrictions expire this week, setting in motion plans for emergency housing, food and other essentials...
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Shoppers, workers clash over post-pandemic expectations
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
NEW YORK -- Before the pandemic, Cheryl Woodard used to take her daughter and her friends to eat at a local IHOP in Laurel, Maryland, after their dance practice. But now they hardly go there anymore because it closes too early. "It is a little frustrating because it's not as convenient as it used to be," said Woodard, 54, who also does most of her shopping online these days instead of in person because of stores limiting their hours...
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Musk polls Twitter users about whether he should step down
(National News ~ 12/19/22)
Elon Musk is asking Twitter's users to decide if he should stay in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he made a mistake Sunday in launching new speech restrictions that banned mentions of rival social media websites. In yet another drastic policy change, Twitter had announced that users will no longer be able to link to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and other platforms the company described as "prohibited."...
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'Avatar: The Way of Water' makes waves with $134M domestic debut
(Entertainment ~ 12/19/22)
"Avatar: The Way of Water" didn't make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron's big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend. The sequel earned $134 million from North American theaters and $300.5 million internationally for a $434.5 million global debut, according to studio estimates Sunday...
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Congress OKs new law on tourist boats after Missouri tragedy
(State News ~ 12/19/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. The legislation, which passed the Senate on Thursday, directs the U.S. Coast Guard to draft new requirements for amphibious vehicles such as the duck boat that sank during a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson. Seventeen riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Arkansas were killed; 14 people survived...
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Nobel laureate economist faces sex harassment investigation
(State News ~ 12/19/22)
A U.S. university is investigating a Nobel laureate over sexual harassment allegations that the economist's attorney dismisses as "professional rivalry." Philip Dybvig, who shared this year's Nobel Prize in economics for research into bank failures, has been questioned in the past several weeks by the Title IX office at Washington University in St. Louis, his lawyer Andrew Miltenberg told The Associated Press...
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Wrongful conviction case judge: Was there 'rush' to convict?
(State News ~ 12/19/22)
ST. LOUIS -- The judge presiding over a hearing to determine whether a Missouri man's murder conviction should be overturned questioned on Friday whether police and prosecutors "were in a little bit of a rush" to convict Lamar Johnson. At issue is St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's effort to vacate Johnson's murder conviction in the 1994 killing of Marcus Boyd. The Missouri Attorney General's Office wants to keep Johnson behind bars...
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Out of the past: Dec. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 12/19/22)
Cape Girardeau Jaycee Santas delivered toys and other gifts to more than 800 children last night through the annual Toybox program; Toybox had a good year; thanks to the generosity of donors, enough gifts were received to assure that every child got at least one...
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Local Youth Take to the Skies
(Submitted Story ~ 12/19/22)
On Dec 18, 2022, six cadets from the Civil Air Patrol Trail of Tears Composite Squadron and six cadets from the Cape Central High School Air Force JrROTC program participated in orientation flights at the Cape Girardeau airport. A few days earlier on Dec 3, 2022, three cadets from the Southeast Missouri State University Air Force ROTC program were also given orientation rides. ...
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Civil Air Patrol Trail of Tears Composite Squadron Participated in Wreaths Across America Day 2022
(Submitted Story ~ 12/19/22)
Seven cadet members, three senior members, and one prospective cadet from the Local Civil Air Patrol Squadron, NCR-MO-127 Trail of Tears Composite Squadron participated in the Wreaths Across America Ceremony and wreath laying at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson, Missouri on Saturday, Dec 17, 2022. ...
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