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Bridge work closes Route AA in Scott County
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
Route AA in Scott County -- between County Line Road and Lynual Street near Miner, Missouri -- will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance. A MoDOT news release said the work will be done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Tuesday, June 6, through Thursday, June 8...
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La Croix Family Fest to be held Friday
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau will be putting on its Family Fest from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 2. The Family Fest will be held at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center, 1625 N. Kingshighway, and is open to the public. This is a family friendly event at the waterpark, and guests can enjoy the waterslides, wave pools and lazy river. There will be activities and entertainment for all ages...
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Global Running Day coming soon
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
The Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Foundation will be celebrating and hosting a Global Running Day event Wednesday, June 7, at the Osage Centre Trailhead, 1625 N. Kingshighway, in Cape Girardeau, to coincide with Global Running Day, annually held the first Wednesday in June...
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Jackson woman dies in wreck
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
A Jackson woman has died as the result of a motor vehicle crash Thursday, May 25, in Cape Girardeau. Janice Unger, 81, died at a hospital following a wreck at the intersection of Broadway and North West End Boulevard, according to a news release by the Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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Jason Smith says debt ceiling deal 'not perfect,' but has his support
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith said the debt ceiling agreement reached by White House and congressional negotiators over Memorial Day weekend is "not perfect", but represents "steps in the right direction". Smith told Fox News anchor John Roberts on Tuesday, May 30, the deal "puts spending caps in place and puts in work requirements addressing the nation's labor shortage. Plus, it rescinds unobligated COVID dollars of almost $29 billion."...
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Ceremony held for redevelopment of Broadway Theatre building
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday morning, May 30, for the redevelopment of the former Broadway Theatre building in Cape Girardeau. With sounds of demolition work on the theater's interior underway in the background, Liz Haynes, executive director of Old Town Cape, addressed a small group of supporters and called the occasion "momentous"...
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Wayne Wallingford unworried about state income tax cut for seniors on Social Security
(Local News ~ 05/31/23)
Wayne Wallingford of Cape Girardeau, the state's director of revenue, said Tuesday, May 30, he doesn't know whether Gov. Mike Parson will sign into a law a bill to exempt Missouri Social Security recipients from paying income tax on benefits. Wallingford does say the state can afford the cut...
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Sponsored: Redefining Collection Agency Relationships for Financial Success
(B Magazine ~ 05/31/23)
The credit and collection industry has changed a lot over the past 90 years, but Credit Bureau Services (CBS) has remained vigilant and proven themselves as a full-service accounts receivable management company dedicated to serving the region. Past collection activities included sending letters, making telephone calls and placing a creditor’s balance information on a person’s credit file. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
Today is Wednesday, May 31, the 151st day of 2023. There are 214 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing through the town...
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Prayer 5-31-23
(Prayer ~ 05/31/23)
Thank you, O Lord Jesus, that through you we can find strength. Amen.
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The NAACP's stupid anti-Florida smear
(Column ~ 05/31/23)
The NAACP is on high alert — a Republican governor, with an unabashedly conservative agenda and some chance of winning, is running for president. It has duly sprung into action with a travel advisory warning people what they're getting into if they take the risk of visiting Florida's sunny beaches or world-class attractions...
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Jail the shoplifters
(Column ~ 05/31/23)
Brazen shoplifting is hurting all of us. I'm brushing with bubble gum-flavored children's toothpaste because it takes too long to get a clerk at the pharmacy to unlock the adult toothpaste. Before the shoplifting scourge, shoppers could actually browse and read product labels...
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Summertime means baseball in Southeast Missouri
(Editorial ~ 05/31/23)
From mid-February until fall in Southeast Missouri, there's a good chance you can find a baseball game being played at a local ballfield. The frequency of these games increases during the summer months. We love our baseball around here. The Cape Catfish have their first home game Saturday, June 3, at Capaha Field. ...
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Russia says drones lightly damage Moscow buildings before dawn
(International News ~ 05/31/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A rare drone attack jolted Moscow early Tuesday, causing only light damage but forcing evacuations as residential buildings were struck in the Russian capital for the first time in the war against Ukraine. The Kremlin, meanwhile, pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv with a third assault on the city in 24 hours...
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Minnesota governor signs bill legalizing recreational marijuana
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota -- Surrounded by dozens of cheering people in green clothes, Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana for people older than 21 starting in August, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults...
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Uganda's president signs into law anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases
(International News ~ 05/31/23)
KAMPALA, Uganda -- Uganda's president has signed into law anti-gay legislation supported by many in this East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. The version of the bill signed by President Yoweri Museveni doesn't criminalize those who identify as LGBTQ+, a key concern for some rights campaigners who condemned an earlier draft of the legislation as an egregious attack on human rights...
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Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding the wealthy owners of Purdue Pharma, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. Under the plan approved Tuesday by the 2nd U.S. ...
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China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030
(International News ~ 05/31/23)
BEIJING -- China launched a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station Tuesday, with an eye to putting astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade. The Shenzhou 16 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan launch center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northwestern China atop a Long March 2-F rocket early Tuesday...
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North Korea's attempt to launch 1st spy satellite ends in failure
(International News ~ 05/31/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said its attempt to put the country's first spy satellite into orbit failed Wednesday, an apparent embarrassment to leader Kim Jong Un over his push to boost his military capability in the protracted security tensions with the United States and South Korea...
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NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to quell protests
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- NATO will send 700 more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 international soldiers wounded, the alliance announced Tuesday. The latest violence in the region has stirred fear of a renewal of the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo that claimed more than 10,000 lives, left more than 1 million people homeless and resulted in a NATO peacekeeping mission that has lasted nearly a quarter of a century...
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Donald Trump's legal team and Manhattan prosecutors spar over where he will stand trial
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
NEW YORK -- Ten months before Donald Trump is scheduled to stand trial in his historic New York City criminal case, Manhattan prosecutors are turning the former president's words against him in a tug of war over precisely where he will be tried. Trump's lawyers have spent weeks angling to have the hush money case moved to federal court. ...
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Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for people seeking abortions...
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, 95, has dementia, The Carter Center says
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
ATLANTA -- Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday. Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy Carter, 98, who has been at home receiving hospice care since early this year. "She continues to live happily at home with her husband, enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones," the family said via The Carter Center, the global humanitarian organization the couple founded in 1982, less than two years after Jimmy Carter's landslide defeat.. ...
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Florida police search for gunmen who wounded nine on Memorial Day
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Police launched a search Tuesday for three suspects they believe to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded Florida beachside promenade on Memorial Day, wounding a 1-year-old and eight others while sending people frantically running for cover...
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Iowa apartment collapse leaves residents missing
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search...
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Yarl walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head
(State News ~ 05/31/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Ralph Yarl -- a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell -- walked at a brain injury awareness event in his first major public appearance since the shooting. The 17-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was shot while trying to pick up his younger brothers in April, the Kansas City Star reported...
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Brother: Authorities told family that body of missing Mo. doctor was found in Arkansas
(State News ~ 05/31/23)
CASSVILLE, Mo. -- The body of a Missouri emergency room doctor who has been missing for more than a week has been found in northwest Arkansas, his brother told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dr. John Forsyth was last heard from in text messages around 7 a.m. May 21. His brother, Richard Forsyth, said authorities called the family Tuesday night to say his brother was found deceased. He provided no other details...
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Debt limit deal heads to vote in House
(National News ~ 05/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default...
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Police report 5-31-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/31/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Pacific Street. n A Butler County, Missouri, warrant was reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Lorimier Street...
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Fire report 5-31-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/31/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 29 n Medical assists were made at 4:36 p.m. on South Spring Avenue; and 5:01 p.m. on South West End Boulevard. n At 5:22 p.m., hazardous condition on Hickory Street.
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Lisa Payne
(Obituary ~ 05/31/23)
Lisa Payne, 56, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 29, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 10, at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday, June 10, at the funeral home, with Elder Scott Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Joan Gohn
(Obituary ~ 05/31/23)
Joan A. Gohn, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 27, 2023, at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley, Alabama. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, June 5, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at noon Monday, June 5, at the funeral home. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Evelyn Ricketts
(Obituary ~ 05/31/23)
Evelyn Ruth Ricketts, daughter of the late Edward Lee and Marion Heflin Cruce, was born July 27, 1948, in Cape Girardeau and departed her life Monday, May 29, 2023, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 74 years. She was of the Pentecostal faith, and a resident of Cape Girardeau. She worked as a certified nursing assistant for several years in the Scott County, Missouri, area...
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Robert Burton
(Obituary ~ 05/31/23)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Robert O. Burton, 87, of Olive Branch died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms, Illinois. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Lee Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Fayville (Illinois) Cemetery...
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Out of the past: May 31
(Out of the Past ~ 05/31/23)
Carrying banners and singing hymns proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord, more than 225 area Christians marched through the streets of Cape Girardeau yesterday morning; the March for Jesus is an international event designed to bring churches and Christians together in one spirit, without the barriers of denominational differences; the group gathered at May Greene Elementary School and ended the one-mile march at Common Pleas Courthouse; about 20 different churches were represented...
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