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Route W in Scott County closed for drainage work
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Route W in Scott County, between Highway 77 and Church Street in Oran, Missouri, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily Tuesday, Aug. 15, through Thursday, Aug. 17...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 8-10-23 meeting
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, Aug. 7, meeting Communications/reports — other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Make-ahead casseroles are ready to bake
(Community ~ 08/10/23)
I started this column thinking about school starting back in session. Once school starts back, it seems like time goes so quickly and parents need a plan for supper ideas, and often casseroles fill the bill. Many casserole-style recipes can be made or assembled ahead of time and baked when needed...
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Poplar Bluff police release more information on 2 recent shootings
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — The Poplar Bluff Police Department has released more information about a pair of shootings that occurred Friday, Aug. 4, and Monday, Aug. 7. The first shooting was called in at 5:36 p.m. Friday. According to police reports, officers responded to a residence in the 1900 block of Sanders Street for a report someone had been shot. ...
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Local bands connect for metal concert
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
A metalheads night of music is coming to Cape Girardeau. The Summer Sacrament concert will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Plaza Billiards & Sports Bar, 2106 William St., Suite 400. The event will be hosted by local band The Void Within, which will also be playing at the show...
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Juvenile shot, injured on South Hanover Street in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a juvenile at a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound after an incident Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the 100 block of South Hanover Street. The juvenile was not able to provide any information on a suspect at the time, public information officer Robert Newton stated in an email, The officers received a report at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday of a single gunshot fired on South Hanover Street. When the police responded, there were no victims on the scene...
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Parents: Waited until the last minute to buy school supplies? Here are school lists and 2 giveaway events
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
School-supply lists for the start of the 2023-2024 school year have been given to stores in the area as well as being posted online for easy access. Below are several area school supply lists that are up to date for the 2023-2024 school year. n Cape Girardeau: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2961/CGPS/3343277/School_Supply_List_2023-2024_-_Sheet11_.pdf...
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Catching the big one and other fun at the Downtown Farmers Market
(Community ~ 08/10/23)
It's that time of year again — back to school! With all the big and little changes on the horizon, it can be easy to jump back into "Go! Go! Go!" mode leaving the relaxation of summer far behind. Before you switch back into full steam ahead gear, I want to take a moment to gently remind you we only have a couple of months left to enjoy the Cape Riverfront Market before the season ends in October. ...
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Local party leaders react to Ohio constitution vote
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Andy Leighton of Cape Girardeau, leader of Cape Girardeau County Democratic Central Committee, said "it seems like no surprise" Ohio voters rejected Issue 1 on the Buckeye State's ballot Tuesday, Aug. 8. If approved, the initiative would have raised the level of votes needed to OK state constitutional amendments. The failure of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future such amendments in Ohio, which, like Missouri, is considered a "red," or Republican, state...
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US Sen. Eric Schmitt: Federal spending levels 'not sustainable'
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Missouri GOP U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt blames the U.S.'s recent credit downgrade on government spending rather than disputes over raising the debt limit. Schmitt spoke to reporters about the issue Wednesday, Aug. 9 during a visit to Southeast Missouri where he planned to attend the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and other stops in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Contour CEO addresses Cape Girardeau airport board on flight delays
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Airport Advisory Board members confronted Matt Chaifetz, CEO of Contour Aviation, about the 15% delay rate that affected flights over the last 90 days. Katrina Amos, airport manager, provided the board at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8, with the airport operation report for the past 90 days. ...
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One-lane bridges to be replaced near Gordonville; may affect train rides
(Local News ~ 08/10/23)
Two bridges across Hubble Creek in Gordonville are scheduled to be replaced as plans begin on a construction project along supplemental Route Z. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) held a public meeting July 13 at Gordonville Elementary School for residents to learn more about the project...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
Today in History Today is Thursday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2023. There are 143 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 10, 1945, a day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Imperial Japan conveyed its willingness to surrender provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged. (The Allies responded the next day, saying they would determine the Emperor's future status.)...
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Trump and the failures of our populist passions
(Column ~ 08/10/23)
America blew it. I generally support special prosecutor Jack Smith's indictments of Donald Trump. The classified documents case is open-and-shut, as far as I can tell. As for the charges dealing with the former president's attempt to steal the election, they are a heavier lift as a strictly legal matter. Some charges may not clear the evidentiary and legal hurdles in their path, but they are still worth bringing...
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Get creative on street repairs
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/10/23)
When the subject of discussion is street repairs in the City of Cape Girardeau, most in the community would agree: It's time for our mayor, city council members and city management to be creative and think outside the box to address this issue. Even though the city has implemented a revised pay plan to attract and retain quality employees, the city remains understaffed in many departments, especially in public works...
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Prayer 8-10-23
(Prayer ~ 08/10/23)
Lord Jesus, may our focus be on your kingdom and not our own selfish interests. Amen.
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Fire report 8-10-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/10/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 8 n Medical assists were made at 9:19 a.m. on South West End Boulevard and 9:59 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court. ...
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Police report 8-10-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/10/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Fraud and a warrant arrest were reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Broadway....
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Casey Pingel
(Obituary ~ 08/10/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Casey L. Pingel, 41, of Perryville passed away Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 15, 1982. Although Casey's life would end too soon, her memory will be with her family forever. Casey was kind and giving. She continued this by being an organ donor and helping many lives...
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Leola Baker
(Obituary ~ 08/10/23)
Leola Ludeen "Lou" Baker, beloved mother, wife and Grammie, was the daughter of James Arnold and Cleora Hill Arnold. She was born Sept. 11, 1935, in Broseley, Missouri. She entered God's kingdom Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 87...
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Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
PARIS -- A devastating fire that raged through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France left 11 people dead Wednesday, moving so quickly that people on the upper floors had no chance of escaping. Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were sleeping on the upper floor and in a mezzanine area of the private accommodation in the Alsacian town of Wintzenheim, in eastern France, were trapped by the fire, while five managed to escape...
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2 dead in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian city while a blast near Moscow kills 1 and wounds dozens
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
TALLINN, Estonia -- A Russian rocket attack on Wednesday killed two people and wounded at least seven others in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, which is near Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said. Although regional governor Yuriy Malashko initially said three people died in the attack on a residential area, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko later said two people died and one other person had been resuscitated...
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Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A dam in southern Norway partially burst Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate, officials said. Authorities initially considered blowing up part of the dam at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant on the Glåma, Norway's longest and most voluminous river. ...
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Kidnappers in Haiti release US nurse and her young daughter nearly 2 weeks after their abduction
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Kidnappers in Haiti released a U.S. nurse and her daughter Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint from the campus of a Christian-run school near Port-au-Prince, underscoring the severe security risks for visitors to a capital city largely controlled by gangs...
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Brazil's Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world's rainforests, but no measurable goals
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
BELEM, Brazil -- Brazil's Amazon Summit closed Wednesday with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests that was welcomed as an important step in countering climate change, but without the concrete commitments sought by some environmentalists to end deforestation...
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Special counsel got a search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump's account, documents say
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
Special counsel Jack Smith's team obtained a search warrant in January for records related to former President Donald Trump's Twitter account, and a judge levied a $350,000 fine on the company for missing the deadline to comply, according to court documents released Wednesday...
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Biden issues an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to block and regulate high-tech U.S.-based investments going toward China -- a move the administration said was targeted, but it also reflected an intensifying competition between the world's two biggest powers...
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Presidential candidate in Ecuador killed at event
(International News ~ 08/10/23)
QUITO -- Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country's capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said. The killing comes amid a wave of violence in the South American nation, with drug trafficking and violent killings on the rise...
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Child wounded when shots fired into home; 3rd shooting of a child in St. Louis area since Monday
(State News ~ 08/10/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Someone fired several shots into a house and wounded a 9-year-old child Wednesday, the third shooting involving a child this week in the St. Louis area, police said. The shooting happened around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday in north St. Louis County. County police said the child was hospitalized with what they described as non-life-threatening injuries...
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Wildfire on Maui kills at least 6 as it sweeps through historic town
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
KAHULUI, Hawaii -- A wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness Wednesday, reducing much of a historic town to ash and forcing people to jump into the ocean to flee the flames. At least six people died and dozens were wounded...
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Man suspected of threatening Biden shot, killed
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
PROVO, Utah -- An armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president landed in the state Wednesday, authorities said. Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when the shooting happened at 6:15 a.m., the FBI said in a statement...
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Ohio vote shows enduring power of abortion rights at ballot box, giving Democrats a path in 2024
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
CHICAGO -- Abortion wasn't technically on the ballot in Ohio's special election. But the overwhelming defeat of a measure that would have made it tougher to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution this fall was the latest indicator that the issue remains a powerful force at the ballot box...
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Donald Trump wants his election subversion trial moved out of Washington. That won't be easy
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump and his legal team face long odds in their bid to move his 2020 election conspiracy trial out of Washington, arguing the Republican can't possibly get a fair trial in the overwhelmingly Democratic nation's capital. Criminal defendants routinely try to have their cases moved to increase their chances of getting a favorable jury. Trump and his attorney say they're eyeing West Virginia, which Trump easily won in 2020...
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Virginia prison officials won't divulge complaints about facility where inmate died
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public records documenting inmate complaints about the facility...
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Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
(National News ~ 08/10/23)
Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek" mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday at 80. Robertson died surrounded by family in Los Angeles "after a long illness," publicist Ray Costa said in a statement...
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Out of the past: Aug. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 08/10/23)
Members of the Cape Girardeau police and fire departments have joined with representatives from the state fire marshal's office to combat a rash of suspicious fires that have started in the city during the past four and a half months; since April 1, 14 suspicious fires have been reported in the seven-block area stretching from the Mississippi River to South Ellis Street; most of the fires occurred between William and Morgan Oak streets; authorities are uncertain whether the fires are the work of a single individual or several people, although they have noted similarities among many of the fires.. ...
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