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Trump arrives at New York courthouse ahead of arraignment
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Former President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. Trump pumped his fist as he exited Trump Tower minutes earlier, then traveled in an eight-car motorcade down a highway along the East River to the downtown courthouse, where's he expected to surrender to authorities. ...
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Trump pleads not guilty to 34 charges; admonished by judge
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
NEW YORK — A stone-faced Donald Trump made a momentous court appearance Tuesday as the only ex-president to be charged with a crime as he was confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury allegations of extramarital affairs during his first White House campaign....
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Sikeston voters approve marijuana sales tax issue; Lindsey wins council seat
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Voters in Sikeston approved the sales tax for recreational marijuana during Tuesday's municipal election. In a vote total of 780 to 259, Sikeston voters approved the 3% tax on sales of adult-use marijuana in Sikeston. There were 687 "yes" votes and 230 "no" votes in Scott County and 93 "yes" votes and 29 "no" votes in New Madrid County...
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Bollinger County voters approve Proposition 1 for road maintenance
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
In the municipal election Tuesday, April 4, Bollinger County residents voted in favor of Proposition 1, which will impose a countywide sales tax of one-half of 1% (0.005) for improving county roads and bridges, including, but not limited to, bringing all gravel roads up to minimum standards, extending chat coverage, maintaining crowning and water sheds, purchasing culverts and equipment, and training employees. There were 489 "yes" votes and 351 "no" votes...
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Trail of Joy tent revival heads to Jackson on Saturday for weeklong stop
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
A seven-day tent revival with a vision to turn the Trail of Tears into a Trail of Joy begins Saturday, April 8, in Jackson. Running through Friday, April 14, the revival will take place under a large tent in a field beside the Crader Tire building located at 5218 Birk Lane in Jackson...
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Cape Girardeau Fire Department responds to vacant, 'suspicious' house fire
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Cape Girardeau firefighters fought the blaze of a "suspicious" house fire early Tuesday morning, April 4. According to a news release from fire Chief Randy Morris Jr., just after 12:30 a.m. CGFD firefighters responded to a house fire in the 1000 block of Jefferson Street in Cape Giradeau...
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Jackson elects new Ward 4 alderman
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Shana Williams has upset Tommy Kimbel to take a Ward 4 seat in Jackson in the Tuesday, April 4, election. Unofficial results showed Williams defeated Kimbel by taking 89 of 154 votes cast. Kimbel had served on Jackson's aldermanic council for 12 years and was previously on the municipal police force for two decades...
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Farrow reelected, Warren, Pylate also elected to Jackson School Board
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Incumbent Greg Farrow finished first in a five-candidate field to win another term on the Jackson Board of Education, according to unofficial results of the Tuesday, April 4, election. Farrow had 3,062 votes. Two others were elected with him -- Christine Warren, with 2,860 votes and Brandon Pylate, the choice of 2,636 voters...
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Old Town Cape extends grant deadline
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Old Town Cape has pushed back the deadline to apply for 2023 Youth Entrepreneurship Day grants by nearly two months -- from the original Friday, April 7, date to Friday, June 2, the organization announced Tuesday, April 4. OTC is partnering with Jackson entrepreneur Tyler Macke's Send AFriend business for a second year to award six $250 scholarships...
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Former Chaffee assistant principal wins settlement
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
The Chaffee (Missouri)School District will pay a nearly $375,000 settlement to a former administrator to bring an end to two lawsuits she filed against the district. Mary Hall, former Chaffee assistant principal and curriculum coordinator, sued the district in August for emotional distress and lost wages. She filed a second suit in February under a whistleblower statute. Both were related to a 2021 incident involving a student and former teacher at Chaffee...
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Cape Girardeau County voters approve of more taxes on marijuana sales
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Voters in Cape Girardeau County voted overwhelmingly to approve additional taxes on recreational marijuana sales, both in the county and in the cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson. The tax levy was passed with more than 70% of the vote in each jurisdiction...
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Cape Girardeau County Health Board sees one incumbent retained, another ousted
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
In a four-way race for two positions on the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees, incumbent Diane Howard, an attorney, garnered the most votes in the Tuesday, April 4, election, with 4,494. Also winning a seat was newcomer Nancy Johnson, a semi-retired rural health family nurse practitioner, taking 3,846 votes...
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Both Jackson school propositions fail
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Jackson school officials and supporters of two propositions on the Tuesday, April 4, election ballot got none of what they wanted. Proposition I, seeking a $0.47 increase per $100 of assessed valuation for an operating levy centered on teacher salaries, insurance and benefits, required a simple majority for passage. The referendum failed with 2,721 voting "no" and 2,388 voting "yes."...
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Cape Girardeau school board incumbents retain seats
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
The three incumbents retained their seats on Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education after Tuesday night's, April 4, general municipal election. Jared Ritter was the top vote-getter with 1,874 votes (22.87%), while Casey Cook received 1,706 votes (20.82%) and Missy Phegley claimed the last seat with 1,542 votes (18.82%). Each will serve another three-year term...
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Major tornado strikes Bollinger County; injuries reported
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A tornado that tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday caused widespread destruction and killed and injured multiple people, authorities said. The tornado moved through a rural area of Bollinger County, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of St. Louis, between 3:30 and 4 a.m., said Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He said it caused "multiple injuries and multiple deaths," but he didn't say how many or precisely where they occurred...
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Sale closes on landmark building
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
A community reception will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at Mayfield Event Center, the former home of Bollinger County Museum of Natural History. The Will Mayfield Heritage Foundation recently closed on the sale of this landmark building at 209 Mayfield Drive in Marble Hill to Daniel Polanczyk and Anthony Yates. The community reception will give the public an opportunity to meet the owners and tour the building...
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Broadband moving forward in all of Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 04/05/23)
Four years after Bollinger County Broadband Committee first took tentative steps toward bringing high-speed internet to a county that had very little connection, residents learned that connectivity will happen soon. A substantial crowd of people made up of southern Bollinger County residents, elected officials and the service providers who were initially funded to bring high-speed internet to a barren county got together to learn from each other during a town meeting Thursday night at Zalma High School.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
Today is Wednesday, April 5, the 95th day of 2023. There are 270 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union...
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Cairo grocery store project could help jumpstart community
(Editorial ~ 04/05/23)
Ask economic developers what a community needs to grow, and the answers will focus on various types of infrastructure. Traditional -- highways, rail/river access, power and water. Educational -- good elementary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational/workforce training. Cultural -- parks, entertainment options, restaurants...
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Prayer 4-5-23
(Prayer ~ 04/05/23)
Lord Jesus, thank you for redemption, made possible by your blood shed on the cross. Amen.
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There is no trans community
(Column ~ 04/05/23)
"Community" is one of those words that have been hijacked and ruined like "preferred," "appropriation," and "equity," among many others. In the wake of the Nashville shooting, we heard much about the aftershocks that affected the "trans community." "Fear pervades trans community amid focus on Nashville shooter's gender identity," NBC News reported...
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Fire report 4-5-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/05/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 3 n Medical assists were made at 3:14 a.m. on North Main Street; 8:05 a.m. on Grandview Drive; 10:17 a.m. on Whitener Street; 12:02 p.m. on William Street; 12:12 p.m. on Doctors Park Drive; 2:53 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 11:14 p.m. on Cape Meadows Circle...
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Police report 4-5-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/05/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Themis Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Olive Street. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Vera Trowbridge
(Obituary ~ 04/05/23)
Vera Marie Trowbridge, 98, longtime resident of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Vera was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Burfordville to the late Ruby Lange and Ralph McManus. She attended Jackson High School. For the last several years, Vera resided in Alabama to be closer to her son, Kenneth M. Trowbridge...
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Judith Stevens
(Obituary ~ 04/05/23)
KELSO, Mo — Judith Marie Stevens, 81, of Kelso died Monday, April 3, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Amick-Burnett Chapel in Scott City. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, with the Rev. Tom Wilk as celebrant. Burial will be in St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery in Kelso...
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Lois Sanders
(Obituary ~ 04/05/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Lois E. Sanders, 102, of Perryville died Monday, April 3, 2023, at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital. She was born July 18, 1920, in Carlinville, Illinois, to Ralph and Hester Ward Wheeler. Lois and Charles H. Sanders were married Dec. 25, 1941, in Carlinville. He preceded her in death Jan. 20, 2001...
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US chip controls threaten China's technology ambitions
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
BEIJING -- Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China's leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries...
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US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
BEIRUT -- A drone strike carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of the Islamic State group who was in charge of planning attacks in Europe, the United States military said Tuesday. The man killed Monday in the strike was identified by a U.S. military statement as Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri. The military statement added that his death "will temporarily disrupt the organization's ability to plot external attacks."...
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On India's shore, rising salinity means daily water struggle
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
KOCHI, India -- Anthony Kuttappassera's family has lived in the same house at the edge of the Arabian Sea for more than a century. He grew up drinking water from the pond and the well outside his home. But 60 years ago, that water became too salty to drink. Then it grew too salty for bathing or washing clothes. Now, the pond is green, buggy and nearly dry -- just like the rest of the wells and ponds in the Chellanam area of Kochi, a city of about 600,000 people on India's southwestern coast...
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Lawyers meet with jailed American reporter in Moscow prison
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
Lawyers representing an American reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges met with him in a Moscow prison on Tuesday for the first time since his detention last week and said "his health is good," according to his employer, The Wall Street Journal...
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'He's a war criminal': Elite Putin security officer defects
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
LONDON -- On Oct. 14, a Russian engineer named Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and daughter. He switched off his phone to shut out the crescendo of urgent, enraged messages, said goodbye to his life in Russia and tried to calm his fast-beating heart...
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Caregivers: Returning orca Lolita to Northwest is risky
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
SEATTLE -- A plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington's Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium...
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US is providing Ukraine with $2.6 billion in military aid
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will send Ukraine about $500 million in ammunition and equipment and spend more than $2 billion to buy an array of munitions, radar and new weapons to help Kyiv counter drones in the coming months, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as Ukrainian troops gear up for a spring offensive against Russian forces...
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Biden says tech companies must ensure AI products are safe
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden said Tuesday it remains to be seen if artificial intelligence is dangerous, but that he believes technology companies must ensure their products are safe before releasing them to the public. Biden met with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology about the risks and opportunities that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence pose for individual users and national security...
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Former top aide to Maryland governor dead after manhunt
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
BALTIMORE -- A one-time chief of staff for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan died Monday after being shot when FBI agents confronted him in a manhunt launched when he failed to show up for trial on corruption charges, his lawyer said. Attorney Joseph Murtha said the FBI confirmed Roy McGrath's death to him. He added that it was not immediately clear if McGrath's wound was self-inflicted or came during an exchange of gunfire with agents...
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Relief, but some mixed feelings, as Finland joins NATO
(International News ~ 04/05/23)
HELSINKI -- The selling points of the charming bed-and-breakfast are its century-old buildings, its spacious rooms and its proximity to Russia, a short cross-country ski trip to the east. For Russians, it was a place to stay when they came to buy dairy goods and dish soap in the closest part of the European Union, which became a part of NATO on Tuesday. ...
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Oil producers' cuts could boost gasoline prices, help Russia
(International News ~ 04/05/23)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they're cutting supplies of crude -- again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed. Russia is joining in by extending its own cuts for the rest of the year. ...
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Members of Congress on TikTok defend app's reach to voters
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeff Jackson of North Carolina has used it to explain the complex fight over raising the debt limit. Rep. Robert Garcia of California has used it to engage with members of the LGBTQ+ community. And Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has used it to give an overview of Election Day results...
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Eyedrops maker couldn't ensure factory was sterile, FDA says
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- The manufacturer of eyedrops recently linked to deaths and injuries lacked measures to assure sterility at its factory in India, according to U.S. health inspectors. Food and Drug Administration officials uncovered about a dozen problems with how Global Pharma Healthcare made and tested its eyedrops during an inspection from late February through early March. The FDA released its preliminary inspection report Monday...
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WWE no longer just a family affair as it joins with UFC
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WWE is saying goodbye to existing as a family-run business as it joins with the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company. The deal announced Monday between Endeavor and World Wrestling Entertainment, on the heels of its biggest event of the year, catapults WWE into a new era after spending decades under the control of the McMahon family...
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Flight data recorders found after last week's deadly Black Hawk crash
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Investigators recovered "black boxes" from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard -- including one from Jackson and one from Rolla, Missouri -- the military announced Tuesday...
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Biden offers $450M for clean energy projects at coal mines
(National News ~ 04/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's administration is making $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects at the site of current or former coal mines, part of his efforts to combat climate change. As many as five projects nationwide will be funded through the 2021 infrastructure law, with at least two projects set aside for solar farms, the White House said Tuesday...
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Out of the past: April 5
(Out of the Past ~ 04/05/23)
More than 500 youngsters hunt 2,500 eggs at Capaha Park in three different age-related hunts; the hunt is down from last year's turnout, which hosted more than 600 seekers. More than 70 towboat pilots pulled up to the river bank yesterday and tied up their boats, but they didn't walk off; Dickey Mathes, president of Pilots Agree, a newly formed and rapidly growing organization of inland riverboat pilots, says pilots are conforming to U.S. ...
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