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A week to celebrate farmers of the future
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Sowing seeds of knowledge and experience into the soil of their students’ minds, agricultural education teachers across the country toil to raise new crops of farmers who will bear the fruits of their labor. Adding the nutrients of praise and encouragement to foster confidence and self-esteem and pruning back with discipline any branches showing signs of idleness or sloth. ...
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Missouri Capitol library closed because of safety concerns
(State News ~ 02/17/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Capitol library is closed indefinitely because of safety concerns with the dome ceiling. Contractors were investigating an overhead crack in January, the Jefferson City News Tribune reported Wednesday. A structural analysis found enough problems to prompt an immediate evacuation...
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Officer, pedestrian and police dog die in KC crash
(State News ~ 02/17/23)
An officer who made the arrest in a notorious quintuple homicide nearly a decade ago, his police dog and a pedestrian were all killed when a driver crashed into the officer's cruiser, authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, said. Kansas City police said the crash happened Wednesday night as officer James Muhlbauer was on patrol. The driver who struck the cruiser suffered minor injuries and was taken into custody...
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Sample ballot posted for April 4 Cape Girardeau County elections
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Contested elections and tax initiative issues populate the Tuesday, April 4, ballot for Cape Girardeau County. Races in which the number of candidates exceed the number of open positions are listed below and as they will appear on the ballot. n Jackson Schools R-2 (three to elect to three-year terms): Brandon Parker Pylate; Christine Warren; Greg Farrow; Bruce W. Thomas; Darcy L. Lilley...
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Cape Girardeau Airport gets additional funding despite missing benchmark
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
The Cape Girardeau Regional Airport will get $1 million in federal funding despite falling short of the required benchmark. The airport registered 8,132 enplanements in 2022, clearing the 8,000 mark qualifying Cape Girardeau for $600,000 in federal funding. ...
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SEMO names Holigans as 2023 Friends of the University
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Southeast Missouri State University alumni Harold and Hermena Holigan will be honored as the 2023 Friends of the University at the President's Council Dinner on Friday, March 24, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. According to a news release, the Friends of the University award is the highest honor bestowed by SEMO. It recognizes those who support and who are closely associated with the mission, purposes and programs of the university...
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Peter Kinder honored with Lifetime Achievement award by Missouri GOP
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Missouri Republican Party during the GOP’s 2023 Lincoln Day this month in Springfield, Missouri. ...
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Traffic study for 'confusing' Cape Girardeau County crossing
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Cape Girardeau Special Road District is asking for a traffic study of the County Road 621 and Perryville Road intersection, near Pilot House Restaurant and the Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. According to statistics provided by County Commissioner Charlie Herbst via the state Highway Patrol, more than 80 accidents have occurred at the location in the past two decades, injuring 40 over that period...
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Crisis Intervention Team Training aims to de-escalate dangerous situations
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
A man has stabbed himself multiple times. He's bleeding profusely. Police are called. They approach the man. The man charges at the officers with the knife. Police shoot the man, killing him. That scenario might sound familiar if you've paid attention to regional crime headlines recently. The nightmarish confrontation played out in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, when officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man who they say was bleeding from self-inflicted stab wounds...
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National FFA Week: Saxony Lutheran senior lends her experience to fellow FFA students
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Abagayle Britton, a senior at Saxony Lutheran High School, raises cattle on her family's third-generation farm. She said this year she will tour all over middle and Western states of the country showing two Simmental cows, named Betty and Kim K. She said she's been doing for years...
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National FFA Week: Morbid curiosity leads Sikeston FFA student
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
Angel Cox, a junior at Sikeston (Missouri) Senior High School, described herself as having a morbid curiosity. She said that's why she was excited to lead her fellow FFA classmates in studying every aspect of insects that can be found on farms and in greenhouses as they prepare for an upcoming entomology competition...
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Oak Ridge FFA to host community breakfast event
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
The FFA Chapter at Oak Ridge High School is hosting a community breakfast Monday, Feb. 18, to kick off FFA Week. Senior Abby Morrison, president of the chapter, said the future farmers organization has allowed her to meet a lot of people and work on several service projects for the community and the breakfast is one of her favorite events...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
Today is Friday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2023. There are 323 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president...
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Prayer 2-17-23
(Prayer ~ 02/17/23)
O Father God, we ask that in all things you give us wisdom and understanding. Amen.
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Cape's new fire department rating a win for homeowners
(Editorial ~ 02/17/23)
There was some potentially good news for Cape Girardeau homeowners recently. The Cape Girardeau Fire Department received an improved rating from the Insurance Services Offices in its September 2022 survey, which could lead to a decrease in insurance premiums for residents...
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Doctors and nurses are not racists
(Column ~ 02/17/23)
Doctors and nurses are not racists. They're everyday heroes. But left-wing activists and their media allies, including The New York Times, blame health care workers for the poorer health outcomes of Black patients. That's a cheap shot and a lie. On Sunday, the Times published a front-page story based on an analysis of U.S. ...
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Fire report 2-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 15 n Medical assists were made at 12:40 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 1:37 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:01 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 5:41 p.m. on William Street; and 11:43 p.m. on Park Place Drive...
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Police report 2-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on West Rodney Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on West Rodney Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street...
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Lillian Painton
(Obituary ~ 02/17/23)
PAINTON, Mo. — On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, Lillian Ruth Painton, 81, died of heart failure at her home in Painton. As Ruth requested, there will be no service or memorial. Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel is overseeing her final choice, which was cremation...
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Anna Lynch
(Obituary ~ 02/17/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Anna Marie Lynch, daughter of the late Anthony "Tony" and Hilda Welker Renner, was born May 25, 1946, in Cape Girardeau and departed her life Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at her daughter's home in Jackson at the age of 76 years. She was a former over-the-road truck driver for Delta Express and an employee of Walmart in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of Unity Baptist Church in Benton, and a resident of Benton...
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Mary Hircock
(Obituary ~ 02/17/23)
PERKINS, Mo. — Mary Jane Hircock, 79, of Perkins passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at Douglas County Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She was born Dec. 3, 1943, in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Iona Harris Pierce. Mary retired in 2004 as a coordinator for AT&T. She then moved to Perkins with her husband, Martin Hircock. She was a member of Perkins Baptist Church...
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Jase Hahn
(Obituary ~ 02/17/23)
ST. MARY, Mo. — Jase Charles Hahn, 4, of St. Mary died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Saline Baptist Church in Minnith, Missouri...
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St. Louis woman arrested after video showed her harassing family
(State News ~ 02/17/23)
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis woman depicted in videos pounding on a family's door, terrorizing the family and hurling racial insults is facing charges. But it took more than a year for charges to be filed because the original complaint languished before videos began receiving attention on social media...
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China sanctions Lockheed Martin, Raytheon for Taiwan sales
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
BEIJING -- China imposed trade and investment sanctions Thursday on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory...
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Canada to deploy navy vessels to Haiti as violence worsens
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Canada will send navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering as part of efforts to quell worsening gang violence in the Caribbean nation, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. Trudeau made the announcement in the Bahamas at an annual meeting of Caribbean leaders where a key topic has been Haiti's surge in killings, rapes and kidnappings blamed on gangs emboldened since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise...
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Judge suggests jail to limit FTX founder's communications
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge showed growing impatience Thursday with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's use of the internet while on bail, suggesting that incarceration might eventually be the most effective way to prevent him from communicating on electronic devices in ways that can't be traced...
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Quake survivors wait amid rubble, to search or say goodbye
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
ANTAKYA, Turkey -- Hamid Yakisikli has waited outside the pile of concrete that used to be his house since an earthquake devastated his home in the ancient city of Antakya. He and his two brothers have endured freezing conditions, in big jackets and wool hats, waiting for rescuers to retrieve the body of their mother, Fatma, from under the rubble...
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Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
ISLAMABAD -- A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban emerged in recent days when Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a powerful government figure, gave a speech seen as implicit criticism of the movement's reclusive supreme leader...
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How Ukraine war has shaped US planning for a China conflict
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- As the war rages on in Ukraine, the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It's learning lessons -- with an eye toward a possible future clash with China. No one knows what the next U.S. major military conflict will be or whether the U.S. will send troops -- as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq -- or provide vast amounts of aid and expertise, as it has done with Ukraine...
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Kari Lake loses appeal in Arizona governor race challenge
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
PHOENIX -- An Arizona appeals court has rejected Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, denying her request to throw out election results in the state's most populous county and hold the election again...
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Tesla recalls 'Full Self-Driving' to fix unsafe actions
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
DETROIT -- U.S. safety regulators have pressured Tesla into recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its "Full Self-Driving" system because it misbehaves around intersections and doesn't always follow speed limits. The recall, part of part of a larger investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration into Tesla's automated driving systems, is the most serious action taken yet against the electric vehicle maker...
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Doctor says President Joe Biden's 'vigorous' as he readies for 2024 run
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- Despite testing positive twice last year for the coronavirus, President Joe Biden has no long-term symptoms and has been declared "healthy, vigorous" and "fit" to handle his White House responsibilities, according to a routine medical checkup performed Thursday...
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Michigan State University gunman's note had possible motive
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The man who shot eight students at Michigan State University, killing three, was found with two handguns and a note containing a possible motive for the attack, police said Thursday. The 9 mm guns, dozens of rounds of ammunition and the two-page note were found with Anthony McRae when he killed himself Monday night after being confronted by police, said campus deputy chief Chris Rozman...
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Biden wants 'sharper rules' on unknown aerial objects
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is developing "sharper rules" to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks of high-stakes drama sparked by the discovery of a suspected Chinese spy balloon transiting much of the country...
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Trump grand jury believes some witnesses lied
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
ATLANTA -- A special grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia says it believes "one or more witnesses" committed perjury and urged local prosecutors to bring charges...
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EPA chief at derailment site: 'trust the government'
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio -- The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency got a first-hand look Thursday at the toll left by a freight train derailment in Ohio, where toxic chemicals spilled or were burned off, leaving the stench of fresh paint nearly two weeks later...
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Ukraine says Russia turns to decoy missiles, intel balloons
(International News ~ 02/17/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia has switched its aerial strike tactics to fool Ukraine's air defenses, using decoy missiles without explosive warheads and deploying balloons, a senior Ukrainian official said Thursday. "The Russians are definitely changing tactics" as the war approaches its one-year anniversary, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said in an interview with The Associated Press...
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Texas mall shooting started as fight between groups
(National News ~ 02/17/23)
EL PASO, Texas -- A shooting at a Texas mall that left one person dead and three others wounded began as a confrontation between two groups in the food court, police said Thursday. The ages of those involved in the fight Wednesday at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso ranged from late teens to early 20s, interim El Paso police Chief Peter Pacillas said...
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Out of the past: Feb. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 02/17/23)
Local Persian Gulf War veterans aren't surprised hostilities between the United States and Iraq are heating up again; Terry Crass, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, served as a nurse with the 217th Evac Hospital during the Gulf War; he says he isn't at all surprised that the United States is threatening to bomb Iraq over Saddam Hussein's refusal to allow U.N. ...
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Delta High FFA student raises prize-winning hogs
(Local News ~ 02/17/23)
If you want a hog to like you, give it an Oreo cookie. That's what Ryan Glenzy, a junior at Delta High School, uses to train his hogs to be more people-friendly while being judged at the SEMO District Fair. Glenzy works on his family's farm located about a mile from Kelso, Missouri. ...
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County auditor performs ceremony at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
(Submitted Story ~ 02/17/23)
Cape Girardeau County Auditor Pete Frazier participates in wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Fellow county officials and members of the Missouri Association of Counties were in attendance and were honored to pay their respects before attending the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference. ...
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Who is My Brother? Who is My Sister?
(Submitted Story ~ 02/17/23)
Revised copy Who is My Brother? Who is My Sister? By Mary Koeberl Rechenberg “Truly I tell you whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25: 40 NIV. This verse is said to have been Mother Teresa’s favorite text in the Bible, which she often quoted...
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