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Scott City man hurt in UTV accident
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
A Scott City man was hurt Sunday afternoon, March 5, in a one-vehicle UTV accident. A state Highway Patrol report says Curtis Dannenmueller, 41, was a passenger in a 2016 Polaris Ranger 900 driven by 67-year-old Jack Dannenmueller on private property near Silva in Wayne County, Missouri, when the UTV was traveling downhill and overturned...
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Criminal justice reporter presents Michael Davis Lecture
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
Award-winning criminal justice reporter Christina Carrega speaks at the annual Michael Davis Lecture on Monday, March 6, on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council approves another agreement with airport consultant
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members voted Monday, March 6, to approve a new agreement with a consultant on a major construction project for the city. City manager Kenneth Haskin was authorized — via unanimous vote — by council members to execute a new supplemental agreement — on behalf of the city — with Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. The firm has been the lead consultant on the new terminal project — and others — at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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3 GOP states pull out of effort to thwart voter fraud
(State News ~ 03/07/23)
ST. LOUIS — Three Republican-led states Monday pulled out of a bipartisan effort among states to ensure accurate voter lists, undermining a system with a demonstrated record of combating voter fraud. The moves, encouraged by former President Donald Trump, are the latest indication of how conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential outcome continue to ripple throughout the Republican Party and upend long-established traditions in how the country administers elections...
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Chaffee tradition opens for season
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
With just more than 3,000 people, Chaffee, Missouri, is considered a small town — and folks in small towns embrace their traditions. Chaffee Drive In is one of those traditions. The local mainstay reopened for the season Monday, March 6, with a line of excited ice cream eaters ready to greet owner Laura Estes and her workers...
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City of Jackson OKs SEMO Pets deal
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
By a unanimous vote, Jackson's Board of Aldermen approved Monday, March 6, a new multiyear animal services contract through 2025 with Cape Girardeau-based Southeast Missouri Pets. The cost of Jackson's participation will rise per annum over the three-year period, with the amount of the yearly increase determined by the previous year's Consumer Price Index...
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Area lawmakers disagree on permanent daylight saving time
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
With daylight saving time returning at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 12, two Missouri House bills are under consideration to make DST permanent. House Bill 157 is sponsored by Rep. Michael O'Donnell of St. Louis, while a similar measure, House Bill 265, is the handiwork of Rep. Chris Sander of Lone Jack, Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area...
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Three suspects in custody in connection with Hotshots shootings
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
Three people have been taken into custody in connection with shootings at a Cape Girardeau restaurant that left five people wounded. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department says Jeremiah Twiggs, 39, of Cape Girardeau was taken into custody at about 3 p.m. Sunday, March 5, after police had arrested Ranell Robinson, 43, of Cape Girardeau in the case. At about 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 6, Tyler Banks, 24, of Cape Girardeau turned himself in at the police department...
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Cape Girardeau City Council members vote to explore options for former Broadway Theatre
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
The building that once housed the Broadway Theatre has been granted a stay of execution after a majority of Cape Girardeau City Council members voted to explore other options outside of demolishing the downtown landmark. Council members voted 4-3 in favor of directing city staff to seek alternatives, including a plan laid out in a presentation given before council to renovate the building. ...
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Cairo bridge to close for inspection
(Local News ~ 03/07/23)
CAIRO, Ill. — The U.S.60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River will be closed for inspection, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The closure will be from Monday, March 20 to Thursday, March 23, and again from Monday, March 27 though Thursday, March 30. Message boards will be in place to direct traffic...
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Faces of Southeast Missouri: Grant Dade
(03/07/23)
Some of meteorologist Grant Dade’s earliest memories are of weather. One impactful instance stands out to him, in particular: During tornado warnings, he and his family watched supercell thunderstorms 20 miles in the distance move across the plains on the front porch of their home in Rapid City, S.D...
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Gilligan: Collaboration drives success for all of Southeast Missouri
(B Magazine ~ 03/07/23)
Cape Girardeau County has grown by almost 8% over the last decade, and approximately 19% between 2000 to 2020, according to 2020 census data. Unfortunately, the growth of Cape Girardeau County doesn’t paint the full picture of how important the greater Southeast Missouri region is to the local economy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
Today is Tuesday, March 7, the 66th day of 2023. There are 299 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 7, 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, by state troopers and a sheriff's posse in what came to be known as "Bloody Sunday."...
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Sponsored: Enhanced Planning: Not only for the wealthy
(Insiders Advice ~ 03/07/23)
Enhanced Planning: Not only for the wealthy According to Investopedia, by definition, estate planning is the preparation of tasks that serve to manage an individual's financial situation in the event of their incapacitation or death. I get it: No one wants to think about dying, let alone the process of distributing their collection of assets. In my experience, many people think this process is an elaborate plan that is expensive, and they don’t really need it...
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Prayer 3-7-23
(Prayer ~ 03/07/23)
O Lord Jesus, our Messiah, thank you for loving and forgiving us. Amen.
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Reining in Biden's secretive $1 trillion spending spree
(Column ~ 03/07/23)
Last week, House Republicans took an important step in our efforts to hold President Joe Biden accountable for his wasteful spending that is fueling the worst spike in prices in a generation. With the support of 59 Democrats, the House came together to pass my Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation Act. That's right -- even House Democrats are sounding the alarm over Biden's out-of-control spending...
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Lent in Jerusalem
(Column ~ 03/07/23)
JERUSALEM -- Any day of the week here, the 4:30 a.m. Muslim call to prayer may wake you up. As a Christian in this holy land, it calls me, too. And, sure enough: If you head out the door to the Old City, you will be joining Muslims, Jews and Christians going to their houses of worship...
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Beryl Taylor
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
Beryl Taylor, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. He was born June 8, 1927, in St. Louis to Claude Everett and Mayme Jane Chappell Taylor. Beryl attended College High School in Cape Girardeau and graduated in 1945. This is where he met his future wife, Rosina Festine Durbin, and they were married Feb 12, 1948. She passed away in February 2006...
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Robert Reed
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
Robert Reed, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 10, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery...
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Phyllis Primm
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
INDIANAPOLIS — Phyllis Jean Primm, 71, of Indianapolis and formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at Community Hospital East in Indianapolis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 11, at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Larry Lovell
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
ANNA, Ill. — Larry Calvin Lovell, 75, of Anna died at his home Saturday morning, March 4, 2023. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Crain Funeral Home in Anna and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Anna. The Rev. Uriel Salamanca will lead the rosary at 7 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Crain Funeral Home...
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Barbara Jordan
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Barbara Joan Jordan, 65, of Marble Hill died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel. Visitation will continue from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Locust Grove Church in Marble Hill...
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Robert Browning
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
Robert S. Browning, 81, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Services are pending at this time. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Erice Atkins
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Erice Junior Atkins, 40, of Sikeston died Friday, March 3, 2023, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 14, 1982, in Hayti, Missouri, to Fred and Sheila Vaughn Atkins. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Floyd Anderson Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
Floyd Anderson Sr., 87, of Jackson died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson. Arrangements were made by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Births 3/7/23
(Births ~ 03/07/23)
Daughter to Cory and Megan Schlosser of Scott City, Southeast Hospital, 11:36 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Name, Quincy Elizabeth. Weight, 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Schlosser is the daughter of Christy and Barry Cook of Oran, Missouri. Schlosser is the son of Rick and Karen Schlosser of Scott City...
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2 people dead in stampede at GloRilla concert in NY
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
The death toll rose to two Monday following a stampede at a rap concert in Rochester, New York, that authorities said may have been triggered by unfounded fears of gunfire. The rap stars GloRilla and Finesse2tymes had finished performing Sunday night at Rochester's Main Street Armory where people exiting just after 11 p.m. began to surge dangerously, police Chief David M. Smith said at a news briefing Monday...
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Murdaugh testimony only confirmed his guilt, jurors mention
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
Alex Murdaugh didn't help his defense when he took the stand at his trial for the murder of his wife and son, three jurors said Monday. Murdaugh's testimony only managed to cement what they were already thinking -- that he easily lied and could turn on and off his tears at will, the jurors said on the NBC "Today" show...
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23 charged with terrorism in Atlanta 'Cop City' protest
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
ATLANTA -- More than 20 people from around the country faced domestic terrorism charges Monday after dozens in black masks attacked the site of a police training center under construction in a wooded area outside Atlanta where one protester was killed in January...
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Norfolk Southern announces safety upgrades amid derailments
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border a month ago. The announcement came the same day Pennsylvania's governor announced that the company had agreed to pay several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in that state...
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Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
Gary Rossington, a co-founder and last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write the classic answer song "Sweet Home Alabama" and played unforgettable slide guitar on the rock anthem "Free Bird", died Sunday at age 71. No cause of death was given...
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2 Capitol riot defendants sought by FBI after disappearing
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
The FBI is searching for a Florida woman who was supposed to stand trial Monday on charges stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as well as another riot defendant who has also gone missing, officials said. A federal judge in Washington issued bench warrants for the arrest of Olivia Pollock and Joseph Hutchinson III last week after the court was notified that they had tampered with or removed the ankle monitors that track their location, said Joe Boland, a supervisory special agent with the FBI's Lakeland, Florida, office.. ...
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Hope Hicks meets with NY prosecutors investigating Trump
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's former spokeswoman Hope Hicks met Monday with Manhattan prosecutors who are investigating hush-money payments made to women on the ex-president's behalf -- the latest member of the Republican's inner circle to be questioned in the renewed probe...
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Kim's sister warns N. Korea ready to act against US, South Korea
(International News ~ 03/07/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The influential sister of North Korea's leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take "quick, overwhelming action" against the United States and South Korea -- one day after a nuclear-capable B-52 flew over the peninsula...
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Fox libel defense at odds with top GOP presidential foes
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
NEW YORK -- Fox News is on an unlikely collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of journalists. In defending itself against a massive defamation lawsuit over how it covered false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election, the network is relying on a nearly 60-year-old Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult to successfully sue media organizations for libel...
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SoFi Bank sues to block Biden's student loan payment pause
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
WASHINGTON -- A private bank is trying to force the Biden administration to end its pause on federal student loan payments, arguing the moratorium has no legal basis and has cost the bank, known for its refinancing business, millions of dollars in profits...
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Wreckage cleared, days after deadly Greek rail disaster
(International News ~ 03/07/23)
ATHENS, Greece -- Recovery crews in northern Greece cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision off the tracks on Monday, as protests and political fallout from the country's worst ever rail disaster continued. Heavy construction machinery was used to move remaining parts of shattered rail cars at Tempe, 235 miles north of Athens, where 57 people were killed in the Feb. 28 crash. Twelve people remain hospitalized with injuries, five of them in serious condition...
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Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen in December 2024
(International News ~ 03/07/23)
PARIS -- The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday. The cathedral's iconic spire, which collapsed in the blaze, will gradually start reappearing above the monument this year in a powerful signal of its revival, the army general in charge of the colossal project, Gen. Jean-Louis Georgelin said...
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Zelenskyy vows not to retreat from Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
CHASIV YAR, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives. Less than a week ago, an adviser to Zelenskyy said the defenders might give up on Bakhmut and fall back to nearby positions...
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Four kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico to buy medicine
(International News ~ 03/07/23)
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico -- Gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas last week to buy medicine but were caught in a shootout that killed at least one Mexican citizen, U.S. and Mexican officials said Monday. The four were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates. ...
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President Biden's budget and political messages blend for 2024
(National News ~ 03/07/23)
WASHINGTON -- With an eye on 2024, President Joe Biden will showcase his election-year budget plans this week in must-win Pennsylvania rather than sticking with the usual White House unveiling. Biden's trip to Philadelphia on Thursday is a sign the president's budget proposal will be a form of political messaging, not just an outline of the government's finances for the upcoming fiscal year...
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Stella McCartney brings 7 wild horses to Paris Fashion Week
(Community ~ 03/07/23)
PARIS -- Earthy scents pricked guests' noses as they entered the venue for Stella McCartney: A manege. Shivers from the cold were quickly succeeded by gasps, when seven horses suddenly galloped in from a side door followed by an exuberant handler. The show that incorporated equestrian themes was a visual and sensory statement from McCartney, a prominent animal rights campaigner...
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Self-taught chefs win coveted stars from Michelin Guide
(Community ~ 03/07/23)
STRASBOURG, France -- If your secret wish is to get a reward, not just family compliments, for your talents in the kitchen, then Georgiana Viou might serve as inspiration. The self-taught chef from the west African country of Benin, who came to Paris dreaming of becoming an interpreter, was awarded a star on Monday by the Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy, for her cuisine at "Rouge," a restaurant in the southwestern French city of Nimes...
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Many kids struggle in school. Do their parents know?
(Community ~ 03/07/23)
BOSTON -- Evena Joseph was unaware how much her 10-year-old son was struggling in school. She found out only with help from somebody who knows the Boston school system better than she does. Her son, J. Ryan Mathurin, wasn't always comfortable pronouncing words in English. But Joseph, a Haitian immigrant raising him by herself, did not know how far behind he was in reading -- in the 30th percentile -- until a hospital where her son was receiving treatment connected her with a bilingual advocate...
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Out of the past: March 7
(Out of the Past ~ 03/07/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A race is on for the 160th District state representative's seat; Peter Myers, a Sikeston Republican, filed Thursday for the seat held by Sikeston Democrat Joe Heckemeyer, who is seeking re-election; Myers said he would fight to keep government accountable to the people and for tax cuts for working families...
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Michael Rushing
(Obituary ~ 03/07/23)
Michael Woodrow Rushing, 79, of Jackson died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was the ultimate giver. Everything he did, he did for someone else. He was born May 31, 1943, in Cape Girardeau, son of Claude Woodrow "Woody" Rushing and Evelyn Rushing Bullock. He and Donna Yancey were married May 30, 1970, and they enjoyed 52 wonderful years together...
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A Big Year in Cape Girardeau County
(Submitted Story ~ 03/07/23)
Press Release: East Ozarks Audubon Society is pleased to be hosting the following: A Big Year in Cape Girardeau County! On Tuesday, March 21 at the Farmington Public Library Social at 6:30 PM, Program starts 7 PM The Program is Free and Open to the Public...
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NOVUS Health Expands Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment into Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 03/07/23)
In August 2021, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid expansion was to be funded, following delayed implementation due to legislative and legal issues. This measure opened up eligibility to adults 19-64 who earn up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level. The state began accepting applications for the Adult Expansion Group (AEG) in October 2021 and since that time, over 250,000 Missourians have been enrolled under AEG...
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Prodigy Requests Help for Earthquake Victim
(Submitted Story ~ 03/07/23)
Prodigy requests Help for Earthquake Victim 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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Donald Trump's enduring strength
(Column ~ 03/07/23)
Donald Trump has had a terrible couple of months -- and still leads national polls for the Republican nomination handily. Almost everything that he's done lately -- really, everything since he's left office -- should redound to his discredit, and yet he remains in a relatively strong position...
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