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Traffic blockages begin in Jackson for US 61 project
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
Barricades are in place near the North High and East Washington streets intersection in Jackson as work begins Monday, Oct. 2, on the nearly $7.1 million U.S. 61 improvement project. ...
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SEMO Chamber, University choirs to present concert
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
The Southeast Missouri State University Department of Music will present the first choral concert of the 2023-24 season Thursday, Oct. 5, at the River Campus. The Chamber and University choirs will perform "Our Own Heart's Core", a concert of music addressing issues important to the community and world...
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Jackson police seek alleged counterfeiting suspect
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
Jackson Police Department officials are seeking help identifying an alleged counterfeiting suspect. ...
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City of Cape Girardeau gets its own board game
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
Cape Girardeans can now play a game modeled after Hasbro Inc.'s classic Monopoly based in their own city. Late for the Sky Production Co., a Cincinnati-based developer, released Cape Girardeau-opoly on Sept. 20. Copies arrived at the city's Walmart Supercenter in late September...
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La Croix Church celebrates 35 years with bands, bubbles, baptisms
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
The congregation of La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau celebrated its 35th anniversary Sunday, Oct. 1. Senior Pastor Ron Watts, during his sermon Sunday morning, talked about how La Croix first began. He said he and his wife, Linda, moved from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau in 1998 to start a new church...
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Cape Girardeau officials approve portions of West Park Mall redevelopment; final action still to come
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members overwhelmingly supported most of a West Park Mall redevelopment plan at their meeting Monday, Oct. 2. In a combination of final and initial action, the group endorsed River City Centre LLC's $104 million project to reconstruct the mall and develop several parcels around the 65-acre site's perimeter...
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Round II of school safety grants awarded; Jackson receives maximum funding
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
This article is updated and expanded to note additional schools. Jackson School District will receive a $300,000 school safety grant as part of a $50 million second round of funding announced Friday, Sept. 29, by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). A total of 566 schools across the state will receive grants, with Jackson and Poplar Bluff schools among 14 Missouri districts receiving the maximum $300,000 allotment...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2023. There are 89 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 3, 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman...
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Prayer 10-3-23
(Prayer ~ 10/03/23)
Lord Jesus, thank you for your unfailing love, and the gift of eternal life through you. Amen.
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The Ukrainian Gordian Knot
(Column ~ 10/03/23)
Most Americans understandably favor the Ukrainian resistance against Russian President Vladimir Putin's naked 2022 aggression. Yet for Ukraine to break the current deadlock our generation's Verdun with perhaps 600,000 combined casualties so far and "win" the war, it apparently must have the military wherewithal to hit targets inside Russia...
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Doctors in Detroit making a difference
(Column ~ 10/03/23)
DETROIT "They say there are no atheists in foxholes. Maybe there are no atheists on operating tables." Dr. Ray Guarendi, a clinical psychologist, said this while emceeing a fundraising dinner for a new medical clinic for women and their children. ...
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Avoiding a shutdown
(Letter to the Editor ~ 10/03/23)
The governing body of almost any group, including organizations such as churches, veterans clubs or neighborhood associations, have the responsibility of determining the activities in which the group should engage, determining how much should be spent, and raising the money needed to meet expenses...
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Mall shouldn't be subsidized
(Speak Out ~ 10/03/23)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is considering legislation granting $52 million in tax subsidies to redevelop the West Park Mall. If subsidies worked as an economic development strategy, then St. Louis would be the Kuwait of the Midwest. The use of subsidies hasn't worked to grow the economy in St. Louis or anywhere else, and it won't work in Cape Girardeau...
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Fire report 10-3-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 1 n Hazardous condition calls were made at 8:47 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue and 7:20 p.m. on South Sprigg Street. n Medical assists were made at 2:54 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 3:36 p.m. on Longview Drive; 3:42 p.m. on Bloomfield Road; and 4:16 p.m. on Patricia Street...
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Police report 10-3-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/03/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Siemers Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Mitchell Shelby
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
Mitchell Ray Shelby, 77, of Cape Girardeau died peacefully Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, surrounded by his family at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born Feb. 1, 1946, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Cecil and Violet Nelson Shelby. He grew up in New Madrid, Missouri, and graduated from New Madrid High School in 1964, where he excelled in basketball, track and baseball...
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Tamara Roderique
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. Tamara "Tammy" Roderique, 64, of Perryville died Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, surrounded by her loving family at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. A rosary will be prayed at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the funeral home...
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Jesse Robinson
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. Jesse Wayne Robinson, 20, of Perryville died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Kenneth Johnson
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
Kenneth Allen Johnson, 58, of Jackson died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at Monticello House. Private family services will be Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Burial will follow at Baker Cemetery in Marble Hill...
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Michael Garland
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
SCOPUS, Mo. Michael Junior "Mike" Garland, 63, of Scopus died Thursday, Sept. 28, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation and funeral were Monday, Oct. 2, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri, with Brothers Iain Long and Jerry Stevens officiating. Burial followed at James Cemetery near Scopus...
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Roger Elledge II
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. Roger Clinton Elledge II, 46, passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, surrounded by those dearest to him in life his parents, Roger and Tamara Elledge, and daughter, Madelyn Grace Elledge...
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Betsy Dinkins
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Betsy Lee Gateley Dinkins, 82, of Champaign passed away at 9:38 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. She was born Nov. 17, 1940, in Paragould, Arkansas, the daughter of Roy and Elizabeth Douglass Gateley, and grew up in the magical town of Senath, Missouri. She married James A. Dinkins on Aug. 14, 1993, in Cape Girardeau...
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Jeffrey Collins
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
BENTON, Mo. Jeffrey Richard Collins, 62, of Benton died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dennis Lowe officiating. Burial will be at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City...
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Shirley Buck
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
Shirley Buck, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Dec. 24, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Frank and Mozuria Campbell Osborn. Shirley and Billy W. Buck were married Jan. 15, 1968, in Hillsboro, Missouri...
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Carol Bill
(Obituary ~ 10/03/23)
Carol Ann Groves Bill, 85, of Jackson entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, surrounded by her family at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 8, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Webster and Jewel Eileen McLain Groves. She and David L. Bill were married Aug. 8, 1954, in Joliet, Illinois...
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House Republican duo calls for fraud probe into federal anti-poverty program
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
JACKSON, Miss. -- The federal government should investigate potential fraud in one of its largest anti-poverty programs, two Republican members of Congress say. In a Sept. 20 letter to Comptroller General Gene Dodoro that was made public Monday by Mississippi's state auditor, U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, of Missouri, and Darin LaHood, of Illinois, said the Government Accountability Office should review non-assistance spending in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program...
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UN Security Council approves sending a Kenya-led force to Haiti to fight violent gangs
(International News ~ 10/03/23)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.N. Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational armed force led by Kenya to Haiti to help combat violent gangs, marking the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to the troubled Caribbean nation...
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Fed's Powell gets an earful about inflation and interest rates from small businesses
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
YORK, Pa. -- Federal Reserve officials typically gather many of their insights and observations about the economy from some of the top Ph.D. economists in Washington. On a visit Monday to York, Pennsylvania, Chair Jerome Powell got an earful from a group with a decidedly different perspective: Small-business people who are grappling personally with inflation, high interest rates, labor shortages and other challenges of the post-pandemic economy...
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Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Late-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors began talks that could end their own long work walk-off. CBS's " The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," ABC's " Jimmy Kimmel Live! " and NBC's " The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon " were the first shows to leave the air when the writers strike began on May 2, and now will be among the first to return on Monday night...
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Europe Union's top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc's long-term support for Ukraine
(International News ~ 10/03/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The European Union's foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine's fight against Russia...
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A 9-year-old girl who vanished from a New York state park has been found safe, police say
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
MOREAU, N.Y. -- A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York was found safe Monday following a two-day search, authorities said. Charlotte Sena was located "in good health" and "a suspect is in custody" in connection with her disappearance Saturday evening, New York State Police said in a statement...
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11 people are dead after Mexico church roof collapses. No more people believed buried in rubble
(International News ~ 10/03/23)
CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico -- Father Γngel Vargas was moving pew to pew baptizing children when a tie beam gave way bringing his church's roof crashing down on dozens of people gathered there, killing at least 11 but sparing himself and some others. Vargas recounted Sunday's harrowing collapse in northeast Mexico to Radio Formula Monday...
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Trial begins in New York lawsuit accusing Trump of lying about his wealth
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
NEW YORK -- Aggrieved and defiant, former President Donald Trump spent a day in court Monday for the sometimes testy start of a trial in a fraud lawsuit that could cost him control of Trump Tower and other prized properties. "Disgraceful trial," he declared during a lunch break, after listening to lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James excoriate him as a habitual liar. ...
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California governor chooses labor leader and Democratic insider to fill Feinstein's Senate seat
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
LOS ANGELES -- When California Gov. Gavin Newsom needed to fill the U.S. Senate seat of his late mentor Dianne Feinstein, he could have turned to a big-city mayor, a member of Congress or a powerful legislator. Instead, he chose Laphonza Butler, a former union leader and Democratic insider who heads a national organization that raises money for women candidates who support abortion rights. ...
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North Dakota state senator, his wife and 2 kids killed in Utah plane crash
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- A state senator from North Dakota, his wife and their two young children died when the small plane they were traveling in crashed soon after a refueling stop in Utah, a Senate leader said Monday. Doug Larsen's death was confirmed Monday in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader David Hogue sent to his fellow senators and was obtained by The Associated Press...
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Rep. Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House
(National News ~ 10/03/23)
WASHINGTON -- Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House of Representatives after a conservative member of his own conference, a longtime critic, moved to trigger a vote on whether he should remain at the helm...
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Route NN in Cape County closed for drainage work; NB I-55 in Cape County reduced for bridge maintenance
(Local News ~ 10/03/23)
Route NN in Cape Girardeau County between Route N and County Road 260 near Advance, 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 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4...
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Out of the past: Oct. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 10/03/23)
Local physicians want more of a voice in the proposed merger of Cape Girardeau's two hospitals; members of the Cape Girardeau County Area Medical Society voted Thursday night to elect a seven-physician negotiating team to meet with hospital officials and business leaders; if the merger between Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Hospital goes through, a new governing board would include three physicians; however, members of the society want at least four doctors on the board and want input into specifics of the merger structure.. ...
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Sponsored: What happens when you havent taken your dog to the vet in years?
(Insiders Advice ~ 10/03/23)
Almost weekly, I enter an exam room only to find a sheepish pet owner who lists several reasons why he or she has not taken their pet to the vet in years. I hope this article helps put your mind at ease and encourage you to bring your dog to the vet, no matter how long it has been...
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