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Lent-friendly recipes for everyone
(Community ~ 03/16/23)
It is an obvious observation that the season of Lent is upon us. Church fish fry dinners are abundant, restaurants offer fish meals in advertising and on the menus and the grocery stores are abundantly stocked with fish and all of the items needed to prepare fish dinners for Lent...
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18-year-old Wappapello man air lifted after collision with Neelyville school bus
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
An 18-year-old Wappapello, Missouri, man was air lifted Wednesday, March 15, after the vehicle he was driving collided with a Neelyville, Missouri, school bus, officials reported. No students on the school bus were injured in the wreck, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Highway 67 near the intersection of MM Highway...
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Cairo man pleads guilty in Cape Girardeau County gun store burglary
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
A Cairo, Illinois, man has pleaded guilty to involvement in a 2020 gun store burglary in Cape Girardeau County and will now see the inside of a federal prison. Chayce Harrell, 21, was sentenced Tuesday, March 14, by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. to 42 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,700 in restitution. Harrell pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from a federally licensed dealer...
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Free head, neck cancer screenings to be offered at Saint Francis
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
Saint Francis Medical Center will be offering free head and neck cancer screenings next month. The screenings will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Cape ENT Group located at Saint Francis Medical Center, Entrance 8, Suite 420. There are many symptoms of head and neck cancers, including but not limited to neck masses and lumps, jaw swelling, chronic sore areas, difficulty swallowing or chewing, ear pain, recurrent nosebleeds, dental pain, hoarseness, oral bleeding and difficulty breathing.. ...
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Cape Girardeau police searching for alleged felony suspect
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department is seeking information on a suspect wanted for alleged robbery, burglary and felony stealing. Chauncey Evans, 20, is 6 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs around 150 pounds. Anyone with information on Evans or his whereabouts may contact the department by calling (573) 335-6621 or texting "CAPEPD" to 847411. The anonymous tip line is (573) 339-6313...
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TJ's is back, but is it better than ever?
(Community ~ 03/16/23)
It's been four years since TJ's Burgers, Wings and Pizza has been featured in this column. In that time, TJ's has not only become a staple in Fruitland, but it has closed, moved and then reopened. I thought it was high time I checked it out at the new location and answered that all-important question: TJ's is back, but is it better than ever?...
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Outside the Office: The thrill of the race with Poplar Bluff's Jeff Libla
(B Magazine ~ 03/16/23)
Jeff Libla is an adrenaline seeker. He is also president and general manager of Legacy Fasteners, a family-owned and operated business located in Poplar Bluff, Mo., that specializes in manufacturing nails for the pallet, crating and container industries...
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Board approves Bruns as new Jackson High School principal
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
The Jackson Board of Education approved the promotion of assistant high school principal Roseann Bruns to the high school principal post at its meeting Tuesday night, March 14. Bruns will replace outgoing principal Seth Harrell, who announced recently he accepted the high school principal position in the Kirkwood School District in St. Louis County. Harrell had been Jackson's high school principal for seven years...
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Ken Bender — Remembering a Cape Girardeau native's life of service
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
Kenneth E. "Kenny" Bender, a 1943 Cape Girardeau Central graduate who finished Southeast Missouri State University in 1948 on the GI Bill and was a highly-decorated World War II veteran, died Sunday, March 12, following a lifetime of service to his country, community and church. He was 97...
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Local bankers react to California's SVB failure
(Local News ~ 03/16/23)
Three Cape Girardeau bank executives say the Friday, March 10, failure of Santa Clara, California-headquartered Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th-largest such institution in the U.S., could not happen here. Steve Taylor, board chairman and president/CEO of First Missouri State Bank, has been in banking 40 years and said he has not seen a bank collapse the way SVB did...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
Today is Thursday, March 16, the 75th day of 2023. There are 290 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers in two hamlets of Son My village; estimates of the death toll vary from 347 to 504...
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Prayer 3-16-23
(Prayer ~ 03/16/23)
O Heavenly Father, thank you for grace through your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Biden's banking busts
(Column ~ 03/16/23)
The failure of three banks in the last two weeks, including Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and Signature Bank on Sunday, is a saga of utter government incompetence. Call these bank collapses Biden's Banking Busts. The Biden administration has been obsessing on woke causes while banks teeter toward insolvency...
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The president's budget reveals the real priority: Tax hikes
(Column ~ 03/16/23)
Budgets are about priorities. In the Biden administration's new budget, its apparent priorities are marred by problems. Here's the cheat-sheet version: Rather than containing explosive growth in spending, it would use a bunch of new taxes to wage class warfare...
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Speak Out 3-16-23
(Speak Out ~ 03/16/23)
Daylight Saving Time is illogical, which matches the current state of the USA. So now we are harmonious illogical. Republicans are holding hearings on bias in the media, meaning liberal bias of course. So are they going to hold hearings on Fox for their conservative bias of lies about the 2020 election? Fair is fair, right?...
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Luther Spicer Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
WENTZVILLE, Mo. — Luther D. "Luke" Spicer Jr., 86, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023. He was born Aug. 4, 1936. Luke was the beloved husband of Pasty Spicer. He served in the U.S. Air Force. After his military service, he became a firefighter with the City of St. Louis. After his retirement, he moved to Las Vegas and worked at Golden Nugget casino...
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Shirley Sebastian
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Shirley Z. Sebastian, 87, formerly of Jackson, most recently of Cape Girardeau, left this world the way she did most everything -- in a quiet, dignified manner with style and grace on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Lutheran Home Hospice in Cape Girardeau...
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Carmen Robertson
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Carmen Louise Robertson, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. An obituary will follow. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Wilma Ogles
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Wilma Ruth Corneila Johnston Ogles, 95 years and 8 days, passed away Friday, March 10, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1928, in Craighead County, Arkansas, to the late Arthur and Lydia Ann Winn Johnston on a little farm in a community called Goobertown. She was the eighth of 12 children. Wilma married Robert Lee Ogles on Aug. 5, 1950. They were married for 62 years until his death in 2012...
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David McDowell
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
David Price McDowell, 82, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 25, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, son of Chester Lloyd and Virginia "Ruth" Short McDowell. He and Donna Fay Wendel were married at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson on Nov. 13, 1960...
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John Kaufman
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
THEBES, Ill. — John F. Kaufman 85, of Thebes passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at his home. He was born March 1, 1938, in Thebes to the late John and Ellie Mae Burchyett Kaufman. John was a carpenter most of his life, and enjoyed hunting and fishing when he was younger. He married Roberta Tucker in 1959. They shared almost 65 years together...
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Gerald Hitt
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Gerald W. Hitt, 75, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Gerald was born Oct. 10, 1947, in Jackson, son of the late Wesley and Emma Wendel Hitt. He and Donna Williams were married July 5, 1969, in Gordonville. Donna preceded him in death March 27, 2018. Their union blessed them with two children, Russ (Kasey) Hitt and Kelly (Matt) McCurry, both of Mount Juliet, Tennessee...
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Kenneth Bender
(Obituary ~ 03/16/23)
Kenneth Eugene Bender died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the age of 97. He was born at home Sept. 7, 1925, in Cape Girardeau to Martin Gottfried and Elinor Hermine Wilder Bender. At 17, Kenneth enlisted in the Army Air Corps and, after graduating from Cape Girardeau Central High School in 1943, he was called to active duty. ...
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Fire 3-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 13 n Medical assists were made at 3:53 p.m. on La Mesa Drive; 5:45 p.m. on Walnut Street; and 8:44 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road. March 14 n At 8:01 a.m., hazardous condition was reported on North Sprigg Street...
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Police 3-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Saint Francis Drive. Assaults n Assault was reported on North Fountain Street...
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For an Irish feast, traditional lamb stew is simple, hearty
(Community ~ 03/16/23)
A simple lamb stew is one of the hallmark dishes of Irish cooking and a hearty centerpiece for a St. Patrick's Day meal. Rich and brothy, with only a handful of ingredients, this is a lamb stew at its most elemental, though different cooks will embellish it in different ways...
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North Korea launches ICBM before South Korea-Japan summit
(International News ~ 03/16/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday just hours before the leaders of South Korea and Japan were to meet at a Tokyo summit expected to be overshadowed by North Korean nuclear threats. The North's first ICBM test in a month and third weapons tests this week also comes as South Korean and U.S. troops continue joint military exercises that Pyongyang considers a rehearsal to invade...
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TikTok dismisses calls for Chinese owners to sell stakes
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app, saying such a move wouldn't help protect national security. The company was responding to a report in The Wall Street Journal that said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., part of the Treasury Department, was threatening a U.S. ban on the app unless its owners, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., divested...
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Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns
(International News ~ 03/16/23)
MEXICO CITY -- Honduras' decision to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China is yet another sign of growing Chinese influence in Latin America. For decades the Asian superpower funneled billions of dollars into investment and infrastructure projects across the region. Now, as geopolitical tensions simmer between China and the Biden administration, that spending has paid off...
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Bank fears spread to Europe, drag down shares of big lenders
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
GENEVA -- Fears about the world banking system spread to Europe on Wednesday as shares in the globally connected Swiss bank Credit Suisse plunged and dragged down other major European lenders in the wake of bank failures in the United States. At one point, Credit Suisse shares lost more than a quarter of their value, hitting a record low after the bank's biggest shareholder -- the Saudi National Bank -- told news outlets that it would not put more money into the Swiss lender, which was beset by problems long before the U.S. ...
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Cyclone Freddy wanes after battering Malawi, Mozambique
(International News ~ 03/16/23)
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Cyclone Freddy has dissipated after killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in Mozambique and Malawi since late last week, although flooding remains a threat in both countries, a regional monitoring center said late Wednesday...
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NY bank's demise: Contagion or a problem with the business?
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
Signature Bank's collapse came stunningly fast, leaving behind the question of whether there was a fundamental flaw in the way it did business -- or if it was just a victim of the panic that spread after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. There were few outward signs that Signature Bank was crumbling before the New York Department of Financial Services on Sunday seized the bank's assets and asked the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...
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Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation Wednesday that will by next year ban clinics from providing abortions, setting off a rush of confusion among clinics, hospitals and prospective patients in the deeply Republican state...
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Stormy Daniels meets with prosecutors investigating Trump
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
NEW YORK -- Porn actor Stormy Daniels met Wednesday with prosecutors who are investigating hush money paid to her on former President Donald Trump's behalf, her lawyer said Wednesday. The news emerged as Michael Cohen, a former Trump attorney who orchestrated the payment, was giving a second day of testimony before a New York grand jury looking into the matter...
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US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
GOLDEN, Colo. -- Dozens of bison from a mountain park outside Denver were transferred Wednesday to several tribes from across the Great Plains, in the latest example of Native Americans reclaiming stewardship over animals their ancestors lived alongside for millennia...
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Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
HOUSTON (AP) -- Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political...
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Storms end Southern California water restrictions for 7M
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
LOS ANGELES -- California's 11th atmospheric river left the storm-soaked state with a bang Wednesday, bringing flooded roadways, landslides and toppled trees to the southern part of the state as well as drought-busting rainfall that meant the end of water restrictions for nearly 7 million people...
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Abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
AMARILLO, Texas -- A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group's effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country's most common method for ending pregnancies...
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US, Russia ratchet up rhetoric over downing of drone
(International News ~ 03/16/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia and the United States ratcheted up their confrontational rhetoric Wednesday over a U.S. surveillance drone that encountered Russian warplanes and crashed near Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which the Kremlin has illegally annexed. At the same time, the two countries' defense chiefs opened a dialogue about the incident...
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With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast
(National News ~ 03/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- In a matter of days, Saudi Arabia carried out blockbuster agreements with the world's two leading powers, signing a Chinese-facilitated deal aimed at restoring diplomatic ties with its arch-nemesis Iran and announcing a massive contract to buy commercial planes from U.S. manufacturer Boeing...
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Out of the past: March 16
(Out of the Past ~ 03/16/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Congressman Dick Gephardt says he is hopeful of getting the Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, levee project back on track after the work was endangered by budget cuts and federal regulations; after meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the weekend, the House minority leader is pledging to seek another $10 million over the next three years to rescue the foundering $48 million flood control project...
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Scholarship awarded
(Submitted Story ~ 03/16/23)
Henry Rusten was awarded the Joyce Walsh Music Scholarship. Rusten was selected through a piano performance audition which included one of his original compositions. Rusten plans to major in music composition and math at the University of Missouri in Columbia...
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