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NB I-55 in Cape County reduced for bridge repairs
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County -- from mile marker 92.8 to mile marker 93.4 -- will be reduced to one lane with a 14-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make bridge repairs, a MoDOT news release said. In addition, the northbound Exit 93A off ramp will be closed during the work. The release said the work will take place from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10...
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Multiple fatalities in separate accidents in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
State Highway Patrol has responded to a pair of deadly area crashes in the past week that claimed three lives. Robert L. Collette, 78, of Doniphan, Missouri, died Sunday, Aug. 20, when his 1998 Ford Ranger crossed the center line of state Highway 142, 2 miles west of Doniphan, at 8:50 a.m. and struck a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Daniel Venable, 39, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri...
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SEMO pep rally to be at Cape Riverfront Market
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Southeast Missouri State University will hold a pep rally at Cape Riverfront Market on Saturday, Aug. 26. According to a news release, the rally is sponsored by Old Town Cape in partnership with SEMO Athletics and will be from 8 a.m. to noon on the market lot at 35 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Back to school in Jackson
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Freshmen Colton Scheffer,left, and Jacob Koenig log in during teacher Sandy Walley's, background, Physical Science class on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 21, at Jackson High School in Jackson..
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Second annual Riverfront Fall Festival set for Oct. 21
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Riverfront Fall Festival will be Saturday, Oct. 21, in downtown Cape Girardeau. This will be the second year Visit Cape has held this festival. It will start at 11 a.m. and go until 6 p.m., with activities taking place in the Kellerman Foundation parking lot, Water Street, Themis Street and Riverfront Park along the floodwall...
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Oak Ridge Boys coming back to SEMO District Fair
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
The Oak Ridge Boys have been a household name with hits such as "Elvira", "Bobbie Sue" and "Thank God for Kids". Some of the faces have changed over time, but the band has been together for a half-century and has a special bond of brotherhood, according to Richard Sterban, who sings the band's iconic bass...
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City buildings to be used as cooling shelters
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
As Cape Girardeau County is under an excessive heat advisory until 10 p.m. Friday Aug. 25, city buildings are open as cooling shelters to citizens. City of Cape Girardeau public facilities -- mainly Osage Centre, City Hall, Shawnee Park Center and Arena Building -- may be used as cooling shelters during normal business hours...
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Upcoming business bringing new kind of bar to Broadway
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
The first tenant taking up residence in the former Broadway Theatre was officially revealed Tuesday, Aug. 22. Michelle Latham, an insurance agent in Cape Girardeau, announced her plans for an upscale bourbon lounge. Latham said the lounge, Bourbon + Bitters, will provide a new experience to the Southeast Missouri area...
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Saxony Lutheran High School student enjoys having mom at school every day
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
For most high school students, being summoned to the assistant principal's office in the first week of school might be bad news. But when the call came for senior Annie Adams to report to the office, she wasn't in trouble. In fact, she was laughing and so was the assistant principal, who also happens to be her mother, Missy Adams...
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New dialing procedure for 573 area code
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Missouri Public Service Commission officials have released instructions for 10-digit local dialing as part of the preparation process for a new area code in the region. The 235 area code will soon be added as an overlay to the 573 region. An overlay is the addition of another area code to the same geographic region served by an existing area code. An overlay does not require customers to change their existing phone numbers, but does require customers to dial the area code for local calls...
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SEMO's John Kraemer discusses prolonged heat
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
With a National Weather Service excessive heat warning in effect through 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, for an 11-county area of Southeast Missouri, including Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties, the Southeast Missourian reached out to an expert from Southeast Missouri State University to drill down on the phenomenon...
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Foul territory: Second-place team chunks trophies into pond
(Local News ~ 08/23/23)
Anglers fishing in the pond at Capaha Park may catch some trophies. No, not a record catfish or bucketmouth bass and not even a first-place winner. If snagged, these trophies would be for second place -- in the 2023 Babe Ruth World Series. After losing the championship game of the tournament Sunday, Aug. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2023. There are 130 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug 23, 1927, amid worldwide protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (On the 50th anniversary of their executions, then-Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted.)...
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Prayer 8-23-23
(Prayer ~ 08/23/23)
O Father God, thank you for loving us and being our generous provider. Amen.
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First principle for debaters: Connect with voters
(Column ~ 08/23/23)
As I noted in my column of several weeks ago, it's a plus for everyone that Donald Trump will not show for the Republican debate. And now it's official. He's not showing up. Now we can have a debate about issues and not about Trump. Let's also keep in mind, regarding the debate, Republican voters must be able to walk and chew gum at the same time...
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Fire report 8-23-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/23/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 21 n Medical assists were made at 11:07 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 11:34 a.m. on South Fountain Street; 12:01 p.m. on Doctors Park Drive; 2:27 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 3:01 p.m. on North Pacific Street; 3:10 p.m. on Franks Lane; 4:16 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; and 4:49 p.m. on Doctors Park Drive...
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Police report 8-23-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/23/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest for failure to appear was reported on Shawnee Parkway. n A warrant arrest for failure to appear was reported on Koch Avenue...
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Dustin Rees
(Obituary ~ 08/23/23)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Dustin Lee Rees, 44, of Centennial passed away Thursday, July 20, 2023. He was born Jan. 17, 1979, in Jackson to Danny Rees and Sandra De Kasten Boyd. Dustin was a very charismatic and outgoing person, who loved trying and exploring new things. ...
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James Logan
(Obituary ~ 08/23/23)
James "Jim" Walter Logan left this world Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Nov. 26, 1923, a Thanksgiving baby, in Cape Girardeau to James C. and Blanche Gray Logan, both university professors. He was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Catherine; and his dearly beloved wife, Rosemary...
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Lester Enderle
(Obituary ~ 08/23/23)
KELSO, Mo. — Lester Enderle, 92, of Kelso died Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at Westwood hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Prayer service will be at 5 p.m...
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Lorna Bergdolt
(Obituary ~ 08/23/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Lorna Wilhelmine Bergdolt, 90, of Perryville died Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, at the church, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Scott Ayers
(Obituary ~ 08/23/23)
Scott Roland Ayers, 63, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Dec. 6, 1959, in Cape Girardeau to Joe and Etta Perkins Ayers. He and Cassandra Stewart were married Sept. 23, 2006, at Cape Girardeau...
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Court battle begins over state's ban on gender-affirming health care for minors
(State News ~ 08/23/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey and the families of transgender children are in court this week fighting over whether a new law banning minors from receiving gender-affirming health care will take effect as scheduled Monday...
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Correctional officer at St. Louis jail freed after being held hostage by inmates
(State News ~ 08/23/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A guard was abducted Tuesday by inmates at a downtown St. Louis jail, but was freed hours later after a police SWAT team intervened. Officials with the St. Louis Department of Public Safety said the 70-year-old guard was abducted by two inmates while serving breakfast shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday. Other inmates eventually joined in, but authorities weren't sure how many, they said at a news conference. Surveillance footage is being reviewed...
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The GOP race is not quite as over as it looks
(Column ~ 08/23/23)
If it "got late early" in the old majestic Yankee Stadium with its long shadows, as the famous Yogi Berra quote had it, it's gotten late before about the fourth inning in the Republican presidential race. In 2016, Donald Trump loved to pump out the results of unreliable online polls that showed him trouncing his competitors by ridiculous margins...
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Texas' floating barrier to stop migrants draws recurring concerns from Mexico, US official says
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mexico's government has repeatedly raised concerns with the U.S. about large buoys Texas put on the Rio Grande to deter migrants and agreements between the two countries could suffer if the floating barrier remains in place, a State Department official said in court Tuesday...
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'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
MARION, Kan. -- Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny, at one point demanding: "Get out of my house!" Video released by the newspaper Monday shows Joan Meyer shouting at the six officers inside the Marion, Kansas, home she shared with her son, Marion County Record Editor and Publisher Eric Meyer. ...
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Drones downed in Moscow and surrounding region with no casualties, Russian officials say
(International News ~ 08/23/23)
Russian defenses downed Ukrainian drones in Moscow and the region around the capital early Wednesday, the defense ministry and the mayor said. No casualties were reported. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said one drone fell into a building under construction in Moscow City, a prestigious business complex hit by drones twice before. Several windows were broken in two buildings nearby and emergency services responded to the scene...
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A failed lunar mission dents Russian pride and reflects deeper problems with Moscow's space industry
(International News ~ 08/23/23)
An ambitious but failed attempt by Russia to return to the moon after nearly half a century has exposed the massive challenges faced by Moscow's once-proud space program. The destruction of the robotic Luna-25 probe, which crashed onto the surface of the moon over the weekend, reflects the endemic problems that have dogged the Russian space industry since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. ...
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UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month, putting a final seal on contentious labor negotiations that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide...
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Rescuers save 8 people trapped in cable car dangling above canyon in Pakistan
(International News ~ 08/23/23)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Eight people who got trapped in a disabled cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan returned safely to the ground Tuesday after military commandos staged a daring and delicate rescue using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift...
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Thousands of discouraged migrants are stranded in Niger because of border closures following coup
(International News ~ 08/23/23)
NIAMEY, Niger -- After three months of crossing the desert and then watching other migrants die at sea in his failed attempt to reach Europe, Sahr John Yambasu gave up on getting across the Mediterranean and decided to go back home. The 29-year-old from Sierra Leone reached Niger in June on his return journey, but United Nations officials said he had to wait for packed migrant centers to empty before he could be repatriated...
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Firefighters have discovered bodies of 18 people in area with major wildfire in Greece
(International News ~ 08/23/23)
ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece -- Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days. The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis came as hundreds of firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the country amid gale-force winds. On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece...
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Maui confronts challenge of finding hundreds of missing people
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the Maui community of Lahaina, authorities say anywhere between 500 and 1,000 people remain unaccounted for -- a staggering number for officials facing huge challenges to determine how many of those perished and how many may have made it to safety but haven't checked in...
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Eastman surrenders on charges in 2020 election case
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
ATLANTA -- John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president's 2020 election loss...
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California mountain, desert towns dig out of mud from 1st tropical storm in 84 years
(National News ~ 08/23/23)
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. -- Crews in mountain and desert towns worked to clear away mud and debris Tuesday in the aftermath of the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years. The system was dissipating as it moved over the Rocky Mountains...
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Out of the past: Aug. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 08/23/23)
Grill Guerrillas converged on Arena Park yesterday for day two of the sixth annual Cape BBQ Fest, sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's agribusiness committee; competitors came armed with aprons and tongs, not to mention pounds and pounds of ribs, pork steaks and burgers to grill; top honors in the contest went to the team from Davis Farms in Southern Illinois; that team received a $200 prize and the Charles E. ...
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Editorial: Gridiron Magazine publishes Thursday in the Southeast Missourian
(Editorial ~ 08/23/23)
Area students are heading back to the classroom. And while the temperature outside still feels like summer, the calendar says we turn the page to a new sports season. Cue the "Friday Night Lights" montage. This Friday, area teams will kick off their 2023 seasons. ...
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Improved medical access is change for the better
(Column ~ 08/23/23)
We all know that the world went through a lot of changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some changes were big, some were small. Many continue to debate whether those changes were good or bad. One thing I believe we can all agree on though, is that improved medical access is always a good change. That's why I wanted to make pharmacists' temporary permissions to administer vaccines without all the red tape, granted in 2020 by the Trump administration, a permanent option under Missouri law...
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