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Sikeston man held after altercation with Miner police at department
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
A man taken into custody for trespassing injured two Miner, Missouri, police officers Saturday, May 6. A release from Miner Police Department says Bud Jacobson of Sikeston, Missouri, was taken into custody after allegedly trespassing in the 600 block of Route H. The statement says Jacobson resisted arrest...
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Perryville man dies in one-vehicle crash
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
A Perryville, Missouri, man died Sunday morning, May 7, in a one-vehicle crash. According to a state Highway Patrol report, Dylan Bohnert, 30, was southbound on Route B near Spring Valley Drive in a 2012 Ford pickup when the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway. Bohnert over-corrected, and the vehicle left the left side of the roadway, where it struck a utility pole and overturned. Bohnert was ejected from the vehicle...
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Stars and Stripes Museum seeks expansion
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A survey is expected in the next month of land located behind the Stars and Stripes Museum that may be used to expand the tourist attraction. The museum would like to construct a new building and asked the Stoddard County Commission in March to donate property for the project. They estimate the expansion would require about 7 acres...
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Sikeston teen's painting wins VFW state contest, moves on to nationals
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A Sikeston High School senior's painting in honor of her military-serving brother won first place in a VFW Auxiliary patriotic state contest, and now her artwork will compete on the national level. Lilly Bone won first place in Sikeston VFW Auxiliary's Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. She went on to win first place in the state contest. Bone's artwork, "My Brother's Honor", which she painted using coffee, will be judged at the VFW Auxiliary's national contest...
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Recalling OPEC's oil embargo 50 years ago — and its Cape Girardeau impact
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
In October 1973, members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, proclaimed an oil embargo. The express purpose of the embargo was to punish nations — the U.S., Canada, Japan, Netherlands and the United Kingdom — that had supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Later, OPEC extended the embargo to Portugal, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa...
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Schools in Scott, Bollinger counties receive state safety grants
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
Three Bollinger County and two Scott County school districts are among 169 mostly rural systems that will receive the first round of funding from a new $20 million school safety grant program approved by state legislators in the wake of the spate of shooting incidents across the U.S...
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Missouri lawmakers send Parson $2.8B to expand I-70
(State News ~ 05/08/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's Interstate 70 will be expanded to three lanes across the state as part of a roughly $50 billion state budget approved Friday by lawmakers. Republican lawmakers took up GOP Gov. Mike Parson's January call to pour money into I-70 this year, and they went even further than he initially requested...
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Cape Central program aims to foster Young Women of Excellence
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
Teenage girls are struggling in ways they've never struggled before. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in February, showed that 57% of high school girls in 2021 experienced sadness or hopelessness, up 21% from a decade earlier and twice as high as the number recorded by teenage boys. ...
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Prodigy Leadership Academy to offer program for home-school students
(Local News ~ 05/08/23)
Prodigy Leadership Academy in Cape Girardeau will offer supplemental educational support to home-schooled students through its Prodigy Bridge program, beginning Tuesday, Aug. 29. Russell Grammer, Prodigy's director, said the new program is designed so Prodigy's teachers can come alongside parents who home-school their children and provide enhancement and supplemental support. ...
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New Cape Girardeau burger joint to open at month's end
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Fatty Patty Burger Barn, taking over the site of the closed Zaxby's restaurant at 407 Cape West Crossing, near South Mount Auburn and Bloomfield roads in Cape Girardeau, plans a soft opening Thursday, May 25, according to its general manager...
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Faces of Southeast Missouri: Keith Holloway
(05/08/23)
Keith Holloway of Cape Girardeau has been collecting artwork by Dr. Suess and Jerry Garcia for almost 30 years. At first glance, it may seem these two artists are at opposite sides of the creative spectrum, but to Keith, who loves the color combinations and varied types of mediums and styles they use, “it’s good art.”...
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Thorngate project to launch with demolition next week in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Thorngate Holdings will begin demolition Monday, May 15, on the western part of its newly-purchased warehouse property at 1515 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau as the building footprint is repurposed for pickleball courts and a car park. Jeff Brune, one of the four principals in the company said he has gotten numerous calls about reserving space to house vehicles since a story appeared about Thorngate Holdings' plans in last week's Southeast Missourian...
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Column: Senior Moments, "Turning the Tassel"
(05/08/23)
It’s time. The gowns are ready to be worn. The stage is ready to be walked across. The tassel is ready to be turned. Then there is me, who is anything but ready. I’ve been preparing most of my high school career for this moment. The hours of concentration, challenge and success for a 45-minute assembly and a piece of paper. While reflecting on the good and bad times, I have to wonder, if I could do it all over again, what would I change?...
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Column: Live Longer, Live Stronger — Foods to Increase, Foods to Decrease
(05/08/23)
Studies continue to show the best way to live longer and better is to eat more plants, and plants that aren’t processed. They are the most nutrient-dense, which means they have the most vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and can help us not only prevent disease but reverse it...
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Poem: Through My Open Window
(05/08/23)
Through my open window, I can hear the rustling dance of the cottonwood's leaves and the soft, soft whisper of a summertime breeze. A chorus of birds sing a happy song, inviting me to listen, all day long. Tall green grass and gently rolling hills frame a tiny brook, where the water spills...
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Community Cookbook: Barbecue Brisket, by Taffy McMullin from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Cape Girardeau
(05/08/23)
Recipes tell the stories of communities and the people who shape them. Each recipe is more than a list of ingredients and steps; it is a written legacy of the individual who created the dish, their family and history. This monthly series highlights one of these legacies and gives readers the chance to create the recipe themselves...
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Column: The Best Books Club, "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid," by Bill Bryson
(05/08/23)
When I was growing up in the 1960s in Cape Girardeau, phone numbers began with EDgewater; stores and gas stations were closed on Sunday; and “fast food” meant Wimpy’s or A&W. The vast majority of people attended church, had window air-conditioning, and adjusted rabbit ears or even turned the pole that held the TV antenna to bring in Channel 3 more clearly...
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The Pie Angel: Local woman blesses people with homemade food and hospitality
(05/08/23)
It seems everyone who knows Shirley K. Davis has a story about the ways the “Pie Angel” has touched their life. For example, she cooked for disaster relief workers for a couple of weeks when a tornado destroyed much of Caruthersville, Mo., in 2006. She donates baskets of her homemade chocolate turtles for fundraising auctions, which have been known to bring in $400 a batch. ...
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Column: Spirituality, "Wholly Communion"
(05/08/23)
I’ve been eating dock again for a couple weeks now. My pickings ended last fall with the first hard frost, but now, the plants are in the flush of spring growth. This is when dock is at its best; even large leaves are tender and tasty. Let me introduce you more formally, though you’ve likely seen dock all your life. ...
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Pop Culture Happenings: May
(05/08/23)
Skylab goes up, then comes back down, Reggie Jackson holds a record no one wants and the Unabomber is sentenced. 1973 50 Years Ago On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the world’s first space station, into orbit around the earth. The station had room for three astronauts and included a solar observatory and a workshop where crew members conducted several hundred life science and physical science experiments. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
Today is Monday, May 8, the 128th day of 2023. There are 237 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 8, 1996, South Africa took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and whites...
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Prayer 5-8-23
(Prayer ~ 05/08/23)
Lord Jesus, may we seek you through prayer and reading your Word. Amen.
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So hang in there, President Biden
(Column ~ 05/08/23)
Haven't we seen this never-ending story before? It's just that the politics have flipped. When we had Democrats in power in the House, all we heard were bad stories about Donald Trump. All we heard from Democrats and their parrots in the major media was how Trump supposedly broke a bunch of laws and should be impeached, imprisoned or hanged for things like colluding with the Russians, dodging his taxes and golfing too much...
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Junk fees are just bureaucratic junk food
(Column ~ 05/08/23)
Any parent will tell you that forcing children to eat their spinach is no way to win a household popularity contest. Children don't care about the long-term benefits of eating healthy food when the alternative is the short-term thrill of sugary treats. Much to their children's chagrin, parents impose rules, like limiting the quantity of treats and making their receipt contingent upon finishing a healthy meal. Good behavior must be encouraged with appropriate incentives...
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Why sometimes we have to hold space for the struggle
(Column ~ 05/08/23)
Yes, I'm struggling. No, I don't want help. Wait, what? It made no sense to my husband either. He knows that my joints hurt and that I struggle with fatigue. It's all part of my autoimmune disease, psoriatic arthritis. May is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Arthritis Awareness Month. Both of these intersect within me. Let me explain...
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Tom Harte signs off the radio, but his cherished column continues
(Editorial ~ 05/08/23)
Tom Harte is well recognized in Cape Girardeau. He was a speech professor at Southeast Missouri State University, one of the original founders of My Daddy's Cheesecake and, of course, his foodie column regularly appears in the Southeast Missourian. Others will know him for his 23 years on KRCU radio, where he hosted "Caffe Concerto". Last month, Harte signed off from the program for the final time. He's relocating to St. Louis with his wife to be closer to family...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
What happened here is because a bank was underregulated and started to fail, the federal government has helped JPMorgan Chase (bank) get even bigger. It may look good today while everything's flying high but ultimately if one of those giant banks, in this case JP Morgan Chase, starts to stumble, the American taxpayers are the ones who will be on the (hook). -- U.S. ...
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Cape Girardeasu business licenses
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department has received three applications for business licenses: n Michael Timothy Young of Cape Girardeau for Patrick Furniture Outlet, 1809 N. Kingshighway, effective Monday, May 22. n Franklin Leon Brown of Oran, Missouri, for Frozen Scoops & More, a concession trailer making and selling Italian ice...
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Cae Girardeau, Jackson, Perryville chambers news
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce has the following events scheduled this week. n 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 10: Ribbon-cutting, OnBoard LLC, 879 N. Kingshighway, for its fifth anniversary. Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce is also sponsoring...
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Cape Girardeau coffee shop owner in national competition
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Katie Britt, co-owner with husband Robbie of Cape Girardeau's Red Banner Coffee Roasters at 1 N. Spanish St., competed late last month at the U.S. Coffee Championships in Portland, Oregon. Entered in the Cup Tasters category, Britt correctly identified six sets of medium-roast coffee in a time of 5 minutes, 18 seconds, and did not advance beyond the preliminary round...
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MRV Banks hires Megan Cattoor
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Megan Cattoor of Cape Girardeau has been hired by MRV Banks as director of marketing and public relations. Cattoor, with 15 years advertising experience, will oversee and develop internal and external marketing efforts for the Ste. Genevieve, Missouri-based bank...
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Whitney Quick joins Cape chamber
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Whitney Quick has been named by Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce as vice president of programs and leadership development, effective Tuesday, May 16. Quick, a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University, comes to the chamber after five years as regional director of Better Business Bureau...
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Gas prices in a pre-summer swoon
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Auto club federation AAA said "fear of a global economic recession" has led to the falling U.S. gas prices in recent weeks. The average U.S. price of regular fell to $3.54 Saturday, while in Missouri, it dropped to $3.26, down 7 cents in the Show Me State over the past week and down 61 cents from its $3.87 average seen in May 2022...
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Tuesday Morning closing
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Tuesday Morning, a venue specializing in discount home goods, is about to follow another well-known store — Bed, Bath & Beyond — into the great beyond of American retailing. Like Bed, Bath & Beyond, Tuesday Morning — including its Lambert Plaza outlet at 155 Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau — is closing, according to an April 28 announcement by the Texas-based business...
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Cape Girardeau bankers want Fed to 'pause' rate hikes
(Business ~ 05/08/23)
Local banking industry leaders are advocating a halt in future interest rates hikes by the Federal Reserve Board — with the Fed last week issuing its 10th consecutive increase since March 2022, pushing the federal funds rate to its highest level since 2007...
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Larry Mclain
(Obituary ~ 05/08/23)
Larry Dean Mclain, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at his home. He was born Aug. 9, 1951, to Bill and Vivian Meyer Mclain. Larry and Rhonda Faulkner were united in marriage Feb., 16, 1981. Larry was a faithful member of First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau. He loved fishing, sitting by the river, and was a dedicated employee at Spartech. Larry Loved his church family and most of all his family...
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Dewey Boyd
(Obituary ~ 05/08/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Dewey Rayford Boyd, 95, of Sikeston passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Dewey was born Oct. 13, 1927, in Avon, Missouri, son of the late Thomas A. and Etta Johnson Boyd. He and Eleanor Jackson Short were married in 1995. She preceded him in death on Dec. 1, 2022...
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Black voters backing Biden, but not with 2020 enthusiasm
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- LaJoia Broughton, a 41-year-old small-business owner, considers herself a fan of President Joe Biden. He's provided opportunities for Black-owned business while bringing integrity to the White House, she said. Her decision for 2024 is not in doubt...
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Engineers frustrated with rails even as others get sick time
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions. The lack of sick time and other quality of life concerns about the demanding schedules train crews work took center stage in the negotiations last fall that reached the brink of a strike before Congress intervened and blocked a walkout...
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Worries grow about Ukraine nuke plant amid evacuations
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Anxiety about the safety of Europe's largest nuclear power plant grew Sunday after the Moscow-installed governor of the Ukrainian region where it is located ordered civilian evacuations, including from the city where most plant workers live...
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King Charles III crowned with regal pomp, cheers and shrugs
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
LONDON -- King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. At a coronation with displays of royal power straight out of the Middle Ages, Charles was given an orb, a sword and scepter and had the solid gold, bejeweled St. Edward's Crown placed atop his head as he sat upon a 700-year-old oak chair...
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Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
Less than a year after losing her daughter Emilia at five days old, Jillian Phillips suffered a miscarriage. It was Halloween weekend in 2016, and her doctor said she could wait for it to end naturally, have a surgical procedure or take medication. She chose the medicine, passed the remains of her nine-week pregnancy at home and buried them in a memorial garden, near some of Emilia's ashes...
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Pariah no more? Arab League reinstates Bashar Assad's Syria
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
CAIRO -- The Arab League agreed Sunday to reinstate Syria, ending a 12-year suspension and taking another step toward bringing Syrian President Bashar Assad, a long-time regional pariah, back into the fold. Some influential league members remain opposed to reinstating Syria, chief among them Qatar, which did not send its foreign minister to Sunday's gathering. Thirteen out of the league's 22 member states sent their foreign ministers to the meeting in Cairo...
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Yellen: 'No good options' if Congress fails to act on debt
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are "no good options" for the United States to avoid an economic "calamity" if Congress fails to raise the nation's borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden bypassing lawmakers and acting on his own to try to avert a first-ever federal default...
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To improve kids' mental health, some schools start later
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
DREXEL HILL, Pa. -- In the hours before he's due at Upper Darby High School, senior Khalid Doulat has time to say prayers, help his mother or prepare for track practice. It's a welcome shift from last year for him and thousands of students at the school, which pushed its start time back by more than two hours -- from a 7:30 a.m. start time to 9:45 a.m. One goal for the change: to ease strains on students that were more visible than ever coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Buffett shares good news on profits, AI thoughts at meeting
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said artificial intelligence may change the world but new technology won't take away opportunities for investors, and he's confident America will continue to prosper despite its bitter political divisions. Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger spent all day Saturday answering questions at the annual shareholders meeting for his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate inside a packed arena in Omaha...
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Far-right activist Ammon Bundy's latest standoff is in court
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
EMMETT, Idaho -- A far-right activist best known for his showdowns with federal and state law enforcement officials in Oregon and Nevada is waging a one-sided standoff of a different kind after refusing to comply with court orders in an Idaho defamation lawsuit...
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Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman
(National News ~ 05/08/23)
ALLEN, Texas -- Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages...
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Out of the past: May 8
(Out of the Past ~ 05/08/23)
The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a capital improvements spending package that includes $1 million for construction of the Cape Girardeau vocational-technical school; while that amount falls short of the $1.65 million the House approved last month, state Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, says he was pleased with the funding arrangement; the House is expected to review the proposal today...
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