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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 4/3/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, April 3, 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, March 27, meeting Communications/reports — other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda for 4/3/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday, April 3 Introduction of guests/visitors n Mayor Dwain Hahs to present a proclamation in recognition of April as Child Abuse Prevention Month to Alix Gasser, development director of Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for 4/3/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday, April 3, City Hall Presentations n Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation n Arbor Day Proclamation Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board applicants n Discussion of Casino Funding Policy — FIN Lisa Mills...
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Friday night's 'The Little Mermaid' performance at Notre Dame rescheduled to Monday
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
Because of severe weather, the 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, performance of "The Little Mermaid", Notre Dame Regional High School's spring musical, has been postponed and rescheduled to 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, in Cape Girardeau. The school apologizes for any inconvenience, as the safety of the students, staff and guests is its major priority...
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Traffic signal at Siemers, Lambert in Cape Girardeau causes longer wait times
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
Motorists experiencing long wait times at the traffic signals located at the Siemers and Lambert drives intersection in Cape Girardeau can blame periodic malfunctions. According to a Facebook post from the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department, the malfunctions have accounted for increased delays at the intersection...
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Capaha Park restroom vandalized with paint
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
A property damage incident was reported for one of the restrooms on Cherry Hill in Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. Doug Gannon, director of Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation, said the damage was caused by paint splattered on the interior of the bathroom. It's cosmetic in nature and will be taken care of by park staff...
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Five run for Jackson school board
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
A quintet of candidates hopes to fill three, three-year terms on the Jackson Board of Education in the Tuesday, April 4, election. The ballot will have the hopefuls listed in the following order: n Brandon Parker Pylate n Christine Warren n Gregory S. Farrow (incumbent)...
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Jackson man among nine killed in Army helicopter crash in Kentucky
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The nine service members who died in a crash involving two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters ranged in age from 23 to 36 and were from seven states, the military said Friday, as it released the identities of the soldiers and an investigative team continued its probe of the accident...
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Limbaugh, Sr., Kohlfeld, Horrell honored at annual Cape Chamber dinner
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
This story is updated. Retired Senior U.S. District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. was recognized Friday, March 31, with the 2022 Rush H. Limbaugh Award, named for the jurist's late father, at the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at Show Me Center...
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Kimbel, Williams compete in Jackson's Ward 4
(Local News ~ 04/01/23)
Incumbent Fourth Ward Jackson City Alderman Tom Kimbel is seeking reelection to a seventh two-year term and is opposed by challenger Shana Williams in the Tuesday, April 4 election. The Southeast Missourian posed questions to the two hopefuls in the only contested officeholder race in the municipality this cycle. Their responses appear in order of their ballot position...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
Today is Saturday, April 1, the 91st day of 2023. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool's Day. Today's Highlights in History: On April 1, 1972, the first Major League Baseball players' strike began; it lasted 12 days. Twenty years later, on April 1, 1992, the National Hockey League Players' Association went on its first-ever strike, which lasted 10 days...
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Out of the past: April 1
(Out of the Past ~ 04/01/23)
For the first time in four years, state Rep. Mary Kasten will face opposition in her bid for re-election in District 158; the Cape Girardeau Republican will face Cape Girardeau lawyer and Libertarian David Rosener in the November election; Rosener represented Regina's House of Dolls strip-tease club in its legal battles with the city in 1995 and 1996 over the city's efforts to restrict adult businesses; Rosener was one of a number of candidates in Southeast Missouri who filed for legislative seats by Tuesday's filing deadline.. ...
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Teeth of a whitetail
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
This past December I found a whitetail doe laying dead in a mown field not far from a county highway. It had been dead a few days, and coyotes, dogs or other carnivores had already been working it over. I rolled the deer over looking for a bullet hole. I found none. But what I did find wasn't much of a surprise. The upper bone on one hind leg was broken completely in two...
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In Jesus' final week, some words about family
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
My wife's late maternal grandmother used to say, "I wouldn't trade my family for all the tea in China." The reference is no doubt lost on people these days but China's reputation as a wealthy tea producer goes back an estimated 5,000 years -- which may explain why my wife's ancestor called the aromatic beverage to mind so often...
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Run from evil to Christianity
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
Have you noticed how the devil is no longer hiding in our society? Performers at awards shows are dressed like demons dancing in Hell. There is an open effort to groom our children sexually. Any legislation to protect minors is treated as discrimination. We can say with the prophet Isaiah, "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil...." Isaiah 5:20...
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Senior Center Menus for April 3-7
(Community ~ 04/01/23)
Monday: Sweet and sour meatballs or pineapple chicken, brown rice, Asian-blend vegetables, peas and carrots, whole grain bread and chilled pineapple or pineapple cake. Tuesday: Swiss steak or ranch-style chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, Caesar salad, whole-grain hot roll and spiced peaches or baked peach float...
- Adopt Puffin 4-2-23 (Community ~ 04/01/23)
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Welcoming people wherever we are
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
"Get the front door," hollered Dora from the back bedroom. The doorbell rang, impatiently, letting her know that a guest had arrived. She had been expecting friends from out of town, and evidently they had arrived. Dora was in a flurry because her knowledge of their arrival was sudden, earlier than expected. ...
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Trading dreams
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
One of the groups in the church we are attending is holding a garage sale the end of the week. What makes this different is the group is made up of pretty much all old fogies or old timers. So all these old timers are cleaning out their basements or attics or garages or spare bedrooms or closets or whereever and hauling it down to the gym...
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FYI 4-2-23
(Community ~ 04/01/23)
St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City will host a spring dinner from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at the parish center. The menu includes fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, chicken and dressing, green beans, slaw, dessert and drink. The Council of Catholic Women will be selling crafts, religious articles, breads and sweets at the country store and bakery shop...
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Immaculate Conception Catholis School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/01/23)
Immaculate Conception Catholic School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Lydia Balsman, Kara Chiles, Sawyer Coy, Paxton Essner, Quinn Koetting, Mia Litzelfelner, Mia McCall, Dean Miller, Mia Niedbalski, Peter Starke. 5th grade: Evelyn Dixon, Damian Huff, Ryan Rosenquist, Aubrey Wareing...
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Thomas W. Kelly High School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/01/23)
Thomas W. Kelly High School A Honor Roll 9th grade: Berlin Barney, Grandin Buchanan, Nandelle Campos, Lena Figueroa, Tristin Fladung, Alexander Glastetter, Cassie Gosche, Brandon Herrion, Isaac Hupp, Ethan King, Brooklyn Montgomery, Chase Morgan, Grace Murphy, Isabel Sander, Michael Santos, Evan Shoaf, Marissa Wilkerson, Alexis Wilson, Layla Wilson, Janet Woods...
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Nell Holcomb School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/01/23)
Nell Holcomb School A Honor Roll 6th grade: Evie Gardner, Alexis Moore, Abby Patrick, Amelia Peters, Robert Reese, Tomas Sosa, Cody Sullinger, Hannah Weber, Wyatt Wheat, Aliyah Williams, Brynn Winkler, Tate Winkler. 7th grade: Kamryn Bourbon, Makenna Dougherty, Maci Gray, Zecan Han, Acasia Mosley, Heidi Probst, Charlotte Stovall, Kaydence Wallace...
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Felony charges filed in Cape Girardeau County
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/01/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Some of the recent charges filed by the Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney. A charge is not a conviction. All individuals are presumed innocent unless/until convicted. March 22-30 n Marquis T. Mercer: second-degree statutory rape; outstanding warrant; $50,000 cash-only bond...
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Violet Lashmet
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Violet Marie Lashmet, 72, of Scott City died Friday, March 31, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 3, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the chapel, with the Rev. Rennie Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Christopher Kelley
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Christopher Lynn Kelley was born Dec. 19, 1961, to the late Dwight and Carolyn June Kelley. He passed away suddenly Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Chris married the love of his life, his soul mate Julie Marie "Jackson" Kelley, on Aug. 10, 2002...
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Harold Harris
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Harold Gene Harris, 78, of Jackson, formerly of Afton, Michigan, passed away Sunday, March 26, 2023, at his home. He was born Jan. 12, 1945, in Wolverine, Michigan, to Bruce and Katheryn Warren Harris. He and Sharon A. Sloat were married June 12, 1965, in Cheboygan, Michigan. They had been married 57 years when Sharon passed away June 20, 2022...
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Gail Hammontree
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
"Your life is made of two dates and a dash. Make the most of the dash." — Linda Ellis This is the story of Linda "Grammy" Gail Boyer Hammontree. Gail was a wonderful woman who was loved, is missed and will always be cherished. "Grammy", as she was known to everyone, had nine beautiful grandbabies who were her world: Ahnyia, Isabella, Declan, Mollie, Willa, Jase, Skadi, Gabriella and Valfreyja. Gail was an amazing mom, daughter, sister, fixer of boo-boos and friend. ...
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Jean Estes
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Jean Lloyd Estes, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, March 31, 2023, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Oct. 14, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to Lloyd and Helen Kipping Estes. He served in the Korean conflict in the Navy. He was a teacher and coach at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School for over 32 years. He was a farmer and owned many properties. He was a real estate investor...
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Lonnie Bangert
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Lonnie Robert Bangert, 87, of Jackson unexpectedly passed away Friday, March 31, 2023, at his home. Lonnie was born Aug. 29, 1935, in Lixville, Missouri, to Robert J. and Caroline L. Pohlmann Bangert. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. He was a 1953 graduate of Jackson High School...
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Ronnie Asher
(Obituary ~ 04/01/23)
Ronnie Asher, 67, of Jackson passed away Friday, March 31, 2023, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born July 9, 1955, in Cape Girardeau, son of Delmar and Rosemary Drum Asher. He and Patti Friedrich were married July 6, 1974, at St. John's United Church of Christ...
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Fire report 4-2-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/01/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 30 n Medical assists were made at 3:24 p.m. on Independence Street; 7:41 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 9:11 p.m. on Themis Street; and 10:29 p.m. at Henry and Herman streets. ...
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Police report 4-2-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/01/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault was reported. Thefts n Burglary was reported on Themis Street. n Theft from a motor vehicle and stealing firearm/explosive weapon/ammonium nitrate were reported on South Ellis Street. n Theft was reported on North Main Street.
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Birth 4/2/23
(Births ~ 04/01/23)
Daughter to Jacob and Emily Lukefahr of Perryville, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 7:42 a.m. Monday, March 27, 2023. Name, Eleanor Rose. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Mrs. Lukefahr is the daughter of James and Lori Schlimpert of Altenburg, Missouri. Lukefahr is the son of Dean and Tammy Lukefahr of Perryville. He is self-employed...
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Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over derailment
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said it's seeking to hold the company accountable for "unlawfully polluting the nation's waterways and to ensure it pays the full cost of the environmental cleanup," in the lawsuit filed Thursday...
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Judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
DOVER, Del. -- A Delaware judge's ruling Friday set the stage for a dramatic springtime trial on whether Fox News bears financial responsibility for airing false allegations that a voting machine company rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump...
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Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
ROME -- Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government's privacy watchdog said Friday...
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Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules, required under last year's Inflation Reduction Act, are likely to slow consumer acceptance of electric vehicles and could delay President Joe Biden's ambitious goal that half of new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. run on electricity by 2030...
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A key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed slowed in February
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge slowed sharply last month, an encouraging sign in the Fed's yearlong effort to cool price pressures through steadily higher interest rates. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% from January to February, down from a 0.6% increase from December to January. Measured year-over-year, prices rose 5%, slower than the 5.3% annual increase in January...
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Vatican: Pope to leave hospital on Saturday, eats pizza
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
ROME -- Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis as his recovery proceeds in a "normal" way, even had pizza for dinner and will be in St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday Mass, the Vatican said...
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UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
UNITED NATIONS -- Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food Program warned Friday...
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Romania: Andrew Tate's detention replaced with house arrest
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday...
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Members of exiled Chinese church detained in Thailand
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
BANGKOK, Thailand -- More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand paid fines Friday for overstaying their visas, but remained uncertain about their legal status amid fears they would be deported against their will to their home country, where they face possible persecution...
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Russia might put strategic nukes in Belarus, leader says
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
TALLINN, Estonia -- Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed to Belarus along with part of Russia's tactical nuclear arsenal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday, ramping up his rhetoric amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin's war in Ukraine...
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Taiwan leader scrambles for allies in Central America visit
(International News ~ 04/01/23)
MEXICO CITY -- As Taiwan's diplomatic partners dwindle and turn instead to rival China, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is aiming to shore up ties with the self-governing island's remaining allies during a trip this week to Central America. Tsai touched down in Guatemala on Friday afternoon, walking from the plane along a red carpet alongside Guatemala's foreign minister...
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EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast...
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Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary, calls for justice
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
BUCHA, Ukraine -- Ukrainians marked the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha Friday with calls for remembrance and justice after a brutal Russian occupation that left hundreds of civilians dead in the streets and in mass graves, establishing the town near Kyiv as an epicenter of the war's atrocities...
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Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid backlash
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Thousands of people rallied across the country Friday as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment. Supporters converged on statehouses nationwide, at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., and were planned as far away as Mexico City and the Portuguese capital of Lisbon to mark a day of international unity first proclaimed more than a decade ago.. ...
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Journalist's arrest threatens reporting from Russia
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
NEW YORK -- The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time in a year whether the risks of reporting there during wartime are too great. The Journal and other news outlets continued to press Friday for the release of Evan Gershkovich, He was taken into custody by Russian security officials a day earlier and accused of spying, charges the newspaper vehemently denies...
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Baldwin codefendant gets 6 months probation on gun charge
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- A codefendant in the case against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on a movie set in New Mexico was convicted Friday of unsafe handling of a firearm and sentenced to six months of probation. Safety coordinator and assistant director David Halls also must pay a $500 fine, complete a gun-safety course and 24 hours of community service after agreeing to the conviction related to the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie "Rust."...
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Biden: Feds 'not leaving' Mississippi town hit by tornado
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
ROLLING FORK, Miss. -- President Joe Biden saw for himself the flattened homes, broken furniture and upended lives left behind by last week's deadly tornado in Mississippi and pledged Friday that the federal government is not leaving until the area is back on its feet...
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Minneapolis and state agree to revamp policing post-Floyd
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
MINNEAPOLIS -- The city of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights signed a "court-enforceable settlement agreement" Friday to revamp policing in the city where George Floyd was murdered by an officer nearly three years ago. The agency issued a blistering report last year after an investigation found the police department had engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least a decade. ...
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Florida teen debuts trans visibility film as bans spread
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Florida teenager has documented how it feels to be young and transgender for a film set to debut at a festival as transgender people around the world celebrate visibility and lawmakers across the country look to restrict their rights and care...
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Factory explosion survivor, on fire, fell into chocolate vat
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says flames had engulfed the building, and her arm, when the floor gave way beneath her. That might have been the end, if she hadn't fallen into a vat of liquid chocolate...
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Beshear signs bipartisan bills, with campaign looming
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear joined with Republican lawmakers as he signed historic measures Friday that will legalize medical marijuana and sports wagering in Kentucky, calling it an example of divided government working to get the "tough things" done that voters want...
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Tornadoes spawned by huge system pulverize homes; 3 dead
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers in Arkansas and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois. At least one person was killed and more than two dozen were hurt, some critically, in the Little Rock area, authorities said. ...
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Ferries chugging across the Mississippi
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
On the north end of the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus, there is a marker that states: "In the 1790s the Spanish governor of Territory granted Louis Lorimier permission to operate a ferry service near his home at Cape Girardeau..."...
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AP sources: Trump facing at least 1 felony charge in NY case
(National News ~ 04/01/23)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges of falsifying business records, including at least one felony offense, in the indictment handed down by a Manhattan grand jury, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday...
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Prayer 4-2-23
(Prayer ~ 04/01/23)
O Lord God, we give you thanks and proclaim your goodness to all. Amen.
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A nation committing suicide
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
Historian Arnold Toynbee observed "an autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide." It's hard not to think about this reading the results of the latest Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, appearing under the headline "America Pulls Back From Values That Once Defined It."...
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Are Americans so self-righteous we no longer consider the greater good?
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
"We're not going to fix it," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said following the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that killed six people, including three children. "Criminals will be criminals," he said. He may as well have said, "Meh." A student was shot at my daughter's high school when she was a freshman. ...
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Left-wing violence chic
(Column ~ 04/01/23)
A transgender Tennessee mass shooter this week executed three adults and three nine-year-old children at a Nashville private Christian school. Supposedly she left behind her a manifesto justifying her mass murdering. As of this writing, law enforcement officials have declined to make the document public...
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We are fed up
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/23)
Last night on the Fox News show "Waters", after Senator Hawley had given several examples of how the left is using their power against us, he concluded with this comment: "The American people will not stand for this." I sent him a note and asked that he not use that line again. It suggests that there is something else we can do that we are not currently doing...
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