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Scholarship created for physics education
(Local News ~ 10/28/23)
A new scholarship for physics education has been created for Southeast Missouri State University students. Jason LeGrand and Eric Burkholder created the scholarship through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation to support SEMO students studying to become high school physics teachers. They...
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Homemade Halloween: Families forsake store-bought costumes
(Local News ~ 10/28/23)
Halloween costumes from a store on average can cost $20 to $50, depending on the style and quality. However, not everyone buys their costumes. Some still take their time to make their own for themselves and/or family members. Rachel O'Loughlin of Chaffee, Missouri, thought of herself as a creative person and in 2015 started to create her own costumes in order to attend a previous employer's annual costume party...
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Sponsored: Pillar of the Community: How Wood & Huston Bank became a Cape Girardeau institution
(B Magazine ~ 10/28/23)
In the 1870s, Missouri was undergoing a period of modernization. Railways began to crisscross the state, full-time farm operations replaced herding and hunting, and formerly small rural towns swelled in size.
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Maine shooter found dead
(Local News ~ 10/28/23)
Media reports indicate Robert Card, wanted in connection with shootings that left 18 people dead in Lewiston, Maine, has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was found dead in woods near Lisbon, a town 8 miles from Lewiston...
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Oversight of Postal Service includes multiple layers
(Local News ~ 10/28/23)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith said he is advocating for the U.S. Post Office to improve services for his constituents in Southeast Missouri. But it's unclear exactly how much power Smith, or any single representative, has in improving postal delivery as the USPS continues to slash expenses to reduce its annual shortfall while also enduring employee shortages...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/28/23)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2023. There are 64 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 28, 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government. On this date: In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College...
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Practical versus looks
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
Couple weeks ago, Marge and I went to Cape Girardeau to watch the SEMO college band practice some songs and do some marching. It was pretty neat. Weather was perfect. Part of the time there was a lull in the band playing or marching so I watched the people come and go. Pretty much all ages from what I assume were college students up to grandparents who kind of hobbled around. What interested me was what they were wearing...
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Club news 10-29-23
(Community ~ 10/28/23)
The Town and Country club met for its Thursday, Oct. 12 meeting at Say Grace Cafe in Altenburg, Missouri, with Lois Seabaugh as hostess. Pledges to the United States flag, flag of Missouri and the Club Collect were repeated in unison by club members. Lori Quade was a guest at the meeting,...
- Scrap Sound Attraction 10-29-23 (Submitted Photo ~ 10/28/23)
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The Haas family: Last chapter of Lacey property, Part 2
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
Recently I sat down with 102-year-old Kenny Haas, along with his two nieces, Patty Lessman and Carolyn Spinner, and grandson, Mark, at the Veterans Home. Kenny is the grandson of Joseph and Helen Fischer Haas, who purchased the old Lacey home in the early 1900s. He was energized remembering various incidents of his many visits to his grandparents' farm...
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 30 through Nov. 3
(Community ~ 10/28/23)
Monday: Honey garlic meatballs or chicken cordon bleu, buttered noodles, steamed carrots, seasoned cauliflower, whole-grain bread and pears or carrot cake. Tuesday: Unstuffed pepper casserole or potato soup with half ham sandwich, Parmesan peas, yellow squash, whole-grain hot roll and Mandarin oranges or coconut delight...
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Happy Halloween!
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
I took this photo a few weeks ago and saved it for Halloween. It might not make the newspaper on the exact date, but it will be close enough. This is an arrowhead spider. It is most often found in the woods. It makes a web by attaching its silken threads to at least three points and creating an orb web by going around and around. ...
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Going on retreat
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
Do you want to just get away from it all, for a while? Does the daily hubbub of life get you down, worn out and out of sorts? Do you wonder how to accomplish your dream of a calm, peaceful and stress free life, at least sometimes? Those questions are fairly common among most people. ...
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Blanchard Elementary School first quarter 2023
(Honor Roll ~ 10/28/23)
Blanchard Elementary School A Honor Roll 3rd grade: Jeric Aden, Lillian Anderson, Penelope Estes, Tallie Frye, Vivienne Haugh, Tessa Herren, Elijah Phiffer, Caroline Poole, Kael Rains, Brandalyn Seabaugh, Caelin Sharp, Ayleigh Smith, Kyra Williams. 4th grade: Haider Farooq, Sawyer Jones, Noah Pullam, Dean Scaggs, Azalea Silvers, Arik Simmons, Lucas Stoude, Alena Walker...
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Immaclate Conception School first quarter 2023
(Honor Roll ~ 10/28/23)
Immaculate Conception Catholic School A Honor Roll 4th grade: Tucker Barlow, Dirk Barnes, Ryder Broch, Remi Bruenderman, Audra Brunke, Adam DuBois, Jr., Susan Eftink, Lyla Ford, Nolan Henderson, Madelyn Meier, Logan Moore, Caroline Rosenquist, Milo Tornetto...
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Cape Girardeau Central Middle School first quarter 2023
(Honor Roll ~ 10/28/23)
Cape Girardeau Central Middle School A Honor Roll 5th grade: Jacquelyn Adams, Muhammad Ali, Serenity Anderson, Sean Antill, Henry Baranovic, Constantine Barnett, Leah Bennett, Jada Bland, Claire Boyer, Grayson Brewer, Elijah Brink, Elizabeth Cain, Elliott Cain, Isabella Carmona, Kasen Causey, Charis Cheek, Ryder Conner, Maxwell Copsy, Indigo Criglar, Cecelia Evans, Kaleb Frazier, Jesse Garcia, Aiden Garrett, Collins Gerard, Nikko Gills, Aroan Hale, David Hamilton, Henry Hanner, Liam Hansmann, Riley Harrison, Clinton Hinton, Kylee Hottinger, John Humphrey, Tahjai Jenkins, Ja'Coralee Jones, Kizzy Jones, Remington Jones, Chloe Keys, William Koehler, Emoni Lane, Cali Mcdaniel, Serenity McWhorter, Virginia Miller, Molly Mittrucker, Annalyse Muser, Emarie Neeley, Shane Nunnery, Shain Pace, Jasmine Padilla Torres, Colt Parker, Camryn Patterson, LeNaah Pilgram, Grace Pippins, Lauren Richards, Shawnsae Rudder, Juan Salinas, Canaan Schneider, Koby Schoolcraft, Colin Schroeder, Rylan Simmons, Bonnie Smith, Jalen Stevenson, Kristopher Taylor, Duncan Thomas, A'Riyah Tillmon, Ezri Tobey, Mercedes Toeniskoetter, Joseph Tompkins, Sofia Tracy, Kyndal Tubbs, Philicity Vaughn, Chloe Voepel, Annabel Wagganer, Jasmine Walker, Jauvaris Walker, Breylynn Warner, Danielle Watson, Elijah Wehmeyer, Amariah Whitaker, Laila Williams, Johnathan Wilson, Jase Yamada, Aaron Zhang.. ...
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Guardian Angel School first quarter 2023
(Honor Roll ~ 10/28/23)
Guardian Angel School Super Students Kindergarten: Berkley Dennis, Caroline Eskew, August Graviett, Caroline Kyle, Tuck McClard, Presley Pinkston, Jude Seabaugh, Sadie Seyer, Clara Vetter. 1st grade: Brooks Curry, Gibson Curry, Sawyer Dirnberger, Fisher Gadberry, Teagan King, Lucas Luttrull, Mae Roper, Lane Seyer, Case Taylor, Tennyson VanGennip, Michael Weathers, Trase Webb, Victor Woods...
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Out of the past: Oct. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 10/28/23)
One bridge down and one to go; a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently opened Washington Street bridge in Jackson will be held tomorrow morning; the city decided to replace the bridge after the concrete support structure started eroding; construction began in August, with Dumey Excavation of Benton, Missouri, doing the work; next up is the Old Cape Road bridge over Goose Creek; work began on replacing that 1900 span in September...
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Biden talks with Chinese foreign minister as he prepares for potential meeting with Xi
(National News ~ 10/28/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden met Friday with China's top diplomat, a conversation that's viewed as the precursor to a potential sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month. The encounter was the latest in a series of high-level contacts between the two countries as they explore the possibility of stabilizing an increasingly tense relationship at a time of conflict in Ukraine and Israel...
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Iran-linked sites in Syria hit by US fighter jets
(National News ~ 10/28/23)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region that began early last week...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 10/30/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 10/28/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, Oct. 23, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Israeli air, ground strikes intensify in Gaza
(International News ~ 10/28/23)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified Israeli bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from the outside world and each other, as Israel's military said it was "expanding" ground operations in the besieged territory...
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Speak Out 10-29-23
(Speak Out ~ 10/28/23)
The St Louis Cardinal's ex-outfielder Adolis Garcia is MVP in the ALCS, ex-Cardinal's starter Jordan Montgomery won game 7 and was 3 and 0. Happy for them but shines a light on the Cardinals' decision making when it comes to players. They gave up on Garcia and didn't even try to give Montgomery a contract extension at a time when starting pitching was a weakness. ...
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Prayer 10-29-23
(Prayer ~ 10/28/23)
O Lord God, may we seek to serve one another, showing your love to others. Amen.
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A deficit of good sense
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
Joe Biden has been so good at cutting the deficit that it clocked in at $2 trillion last year. The president likes to boast about how much he's reduced the deficit -- and, in his more careless moments, the debt itself -- but he's really presiding over a historic period of fiscal profligacy...
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We must restore 'Veritas' at our universities
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
According to a survey done by the Harvard Crimson in 2022, 80% of the faculty at Harvard University self-identified as "liberal." Thirty-seven percent self-identified as "very liberal." Only 1% self-identified as conservative. This snapshot of the politics of the faculty at the nation's oldest and leading university is not exceptional. Surveys of most university faculties show them overwhelmingly on the left...
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Column: MOScholars program fulfills promise of Missouri's creed to supports the state's children with specific needs
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
In Latin, Missouri's state motto declares: "Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto." That means: "The Good of the People Shall Be The Supreme Law." The MOScholars program in the State Treasurer's Office not only fulfills that special Missouri creed -- it fills a real need to help students be their best by providing families with more education options...
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From Gaffigan to Luther: Welcome Reformation Day
(Column ~ 10/28/23)
Comedian Jim Gaffigan may not be everybody's cup of tea, but I like him. He's a clean observational comic and his standup act often mentions his wife, Jeannie, and their five children who all live in a New York City apartment. Gaffigan, 57, talks frequently about his Catholic faith but sometimes references his Protestant roots in the Midwest...
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Fire report 10-29-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/28/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 25 n Medical assists were made at 10:13 a.m. on Patricia Street; 12:13 p.m. on Doctors Park Drive; and 11:03 p.m. on Whitener Street. n At 11:15 a.m., fire alarm on Bloomfield Road...
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Police report 10-29-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/28/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests n A warrant arrest and theft were reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia were reported on North Kingshighway...
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Authorities still searching for Maine shooting suspect; 'suicide' note discovered
(National News ~ 10/28/23)
LEWISTON, Maine -- Authorities scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinized a possible suicide note Friday in the second day of their intensive search for an Army reservist accused of fatally shooting 18 people and wounding 13 at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine...
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Chester Walter
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
MILFORD, Del. -- Chester "Chet" Pheil Walter, 89, of Milford passed away Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware. Chet was born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, March 31, 1934, to the late Chester Sellers and Mary Adela Pheil Walter...
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Gary Sides
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
Gary Wayne Sides, 72, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Cape Girardeau on March 3, 1951, to the late Wilbert and Gloria Benson Sides. Gary met the love of his life, William Brake, June 19, 1976. They have been together for 47 years; they were legally married June 19, 2010...
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Juanita Roth
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
SAN DIEGO -- Juanita Heuer Roth, 96, of San Diego passed away peacefully Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. She was born Aug. 23, 1927, in Cape Girardeau to the late John C. and Iska Arsta Heuer. She and Harold A. Roth were married Nov. 20, 1943, and were together 73 years when he passed away Feb. 20, 2016...
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Saundra Myers
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
Saundra Elizabeth Myers, 71, of Jackson died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at Bethel Assembly of God in Cape Girardeau. A celebration of life will follow at 11 a.m. at the church...
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Robert McFall
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
Robert Larton McFall, son of the late Gendron McFall and Frances Diggs Lesch, was born Oct. 25, 1948, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life on his birthday, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, surrounded by family at his home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 75 years...
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Benjamin Hastings
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Benjamin "Ben" Hastings of Chaffee, son of Roger Hastings of Mayfield, Kentucky, and Caroline Byerley of Chaffee, was born Dec. 6, 2001, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at the young age of 21 years. Ben graduated from Graves County High School in Mayfield and attended Genesis Church in Mayfield...
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Deanna Estes
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
Deanna Lee Estes, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. She was born Jan. 27, 1941, in Willow Springs, Missouri, to Wade and Bertha Belshe, the youngest of three children. Deanna was an excellent golfer, a multiple-time club champion, and was happiest when on the golf course. When she wasn't playing, she could often be found teaching junior golf or actively participating in the Ladies Golf Association at Dalhousie Golf Club...
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Norman Black
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- Norman Ray Black of Farmington entered into eternal rest Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South at the age of 87. He was born Aug. 11, 1936, in Owls Bend, Missouri, to the late Charley and Fay Moss Black. Norman earned his bachelor's degree in education from Murray (Kentucky) State University and his master's degree in education from Webster University in Webster Groves, Missouri. ...
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Raymond Berry Jr.
(Obituary ~ 10/28/23)
Raymond Frank Berry Jr., 66, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. Celebration of life will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Landgraf's Red Barn, 776 County Road 542, Jackson. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Out of the past: Oct. 29
(Out of the Past ~ 10/28/23)
On Monday, Cape Girardeau's two hospitals begin a joint venture aimed at improving care for patients without a local doctor; Dr. Matt Shepard has been hired jointly by Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center as a hospitalist; he will be joined within a month by Dr. Teena Sharrock...
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