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Route P in Perry County reduced for shoulder work
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
Route P in Perry County -- from Route U to U.S. 61 near Perryville -- will be reduced to one lane as contractor crews perform shoulder work. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Wednesday, Jan. 31...
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MoDOT awards contract for Route K/Highway 25 roundabout project
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
Missouri Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for constructing a roundabout at the junction of Route K and Highway 25 near Gordonville in Cape Girardeau County. The $2.3 million contract was awarded Wednesday, Jan. 3, to Fronabarger Concreters Inc...
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Rachael Long finds place at PORCH as community initiatives manager
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
The PORCH Initiative finds its community initiatives manager in the form of Rachael Long. In her new position, Long will help people interested in PORCH's homeownership program and connect them with partners in real estate and lending and find financial advisers for them...
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Did you know? 4 BBQ celebrities coming to When Pigs Fly contest
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
It is no surprise the barbecue season is considered "dead" during the winter months. It's cold outside, gets dark early and it's just too cold to go out and stand by a grill. That said, the Smokin Brothers wanted to change this and created an indoor barbecue contest in the wintertime to keep the creativity of grilling and smoking meat alive through all months...
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Past, present City of Cape Girardeau civil workers remember Williams
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
Former City of Cape Girardeau housing assistance coordinator Steve Williams passed away Monday, Jan. 1. With his work on grants, Williams helped bring about the Cape Area Family Resource Center and also played a part in saving the Marquette building from being razed...
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CEO Ken Bateman sees bright future with Mercy acquisition
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
SoutheastHEALTH is now officially part of the Mercy organization. The acquisition process, which began in August, was completed Wednesday, Jan. 3, after the groups received all the necessary third-party approvals. Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau is now Mercy Hospital Southeast; Southeast Health Center of Stoddard in Dexter is now Mercy Hospital Stoddard...
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Commissioners updated on county projects
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
Work on several Cape Girardeau County projects is progressing as planned. During their meeting Thursday, Jan. 4, the county commissioners discussed updates on the 1908 courthouse, new jail and emergency operations center (EOC) construction projects...
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Cape FD battles downtown house fire
(Local News ~ 01/05/24)
Cape Girardeau Fire Department fights a house fire at the northwest corner of Fountain and Independence streets Friday morning, Jan. 5. This is a developing story. Check back later for more details.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
Today is Friday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2024. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 5, 1953, Samuel Beckett's two-act tragicomedy "Waiting for Godot," considered a classic of the Theater of the Absurd, premiered in Paris...
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PORCH improving community one home at a time
(Editorial ~ 01/05/24)
There is power in one, no matter if we're talking about votes or journey-beginning steps or persons changing the world. PORCH -- People Organized to Revitalize Community Healing -- is working toward improving Cape Girardeau, specifically south Cape, one home at a time...
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The fight to secure the border
(Column ~ 01/05/24)
Over the last few years, Americans have been shouting at the top of their lungs for the Biden administration to take action to end the chaos on our border. Yet time and again, leaders on the Left have claimed the border is secure and President Biden has taken actions that only made the crisis even worse. ...
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Prayer 1-5-24
(Prayer ~ 01/05/24)
O Lord Jesus, may we focus on you and share your message of love with others. Amen.
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Fire report 1-5-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 2 n Medical assists were made at 7:57 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 10:31 a.m. on Doctors Park Drive; 3:01 p.m. on William Street; and 3:29 p.m. on South Benton Street...
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Police report 1-5-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/05/24)
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 warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue...
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Gary Schaefer
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
Gary Wayne Schaefer, 71, of Scott City died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Stockhoff Memorial Nursing Home in Fredericktown. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at a later date at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Scott City. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements...
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Gloria A. Merriman
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
Gloria Ann Burchyett Merriman, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed from this life Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. She was born April 24, 1947, to Raymond and Lois Colyer Burchyett in Cape Girardeau. She was a 1965 graduate of Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake, Illinois. She worked as a dental assistant for many years before transferring to work at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was a loving wife to Kenny Merriman for 31 years...
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Michael Lamb
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
Michael Walker Lamb, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2023, at his home. He was born March 26, 1969, in Cape Girardeau to Carol and Robert "Bobby" Lamb. Michael attended Trinity Lutheran School K-8, graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Nancy Hilty
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
NEWTON, Kansas — Nancy Gross Wismer Hilty died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2023, at Newton Medical Center, surrounded and loved by her family. She was born April 23, 1938, to Norman and Laura Wismer in Abington, Pennsylvania. Some of her most vivid childhood memories included her dad's trips into Philadelphia to sell produce, her parents' care for foster children and the visit to her family's home by famed author Pearl Buck...
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Pete Goodman
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
Loren W. "Pete" Goodman, 71, of Jackson died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at his home. A memorial visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Shirley Burroughs
(Obituary ~ 01/05/24)
Shirley Ann Burroughs, 72, of Frohna died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9:15 a.m., with a rosary prayed at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the funeral home...
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Trump's lawyers want special counsel Jack Smith held in contempt in 2020 election interference case
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed to have special counsel Jack Smith's team held in contempt, saying the prosecutors had taken steps to advance the 2020 election interference case against him in violation of a judge's order last month that temporarily put the case on hold...
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Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns', dies at 100
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
NEW YORK -- Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie "Mary Poppins" and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100...
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Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont's law that allows people who are terminally ill to receive lethal medication to end their lives died in Vermont on Thursday, an event her husband called "comfortable and peaceful," just like she wanted...
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A major storm sweeping the US is expected to bring heavy rain, snow to the East Coast this weekend
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
NEW YORK -- A winter weather system moving through the U.S. is expected to wallop the East Coast this weekend with a mix of snow and freezing rain from the southern Appalachians to the Northeast -- although it's too early to say exactly which areas will get what kind of precipitation and how much...
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Vatican says no heresy in allowing blessings for same-sex couples after pushback by some bishops
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
ROME -- After pushback by some bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere, the Vatican on Thursday defended the recent move by Pope Francis to allow blessings for same-sex couples, insisting there is nothing "heretical" involved. In a five-page statement, the Holy See's office to safeguard doctrinal orthodoxy expressed understanding that some bishops' conferences need more time for "pastoral reflection" on the pontiff's formal approval for such blessings...
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South Korea views the young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his likely successor
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
SEOUL, South Korea -- The young daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as her father's likely heir apparent, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday, its first such assessment on the preteen who was unveiled to the outside world a little more than a year ago...
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Putin speeds up a citizenship path for foreigners who enlist in the Russian military
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
TALLINN, Estonia -- President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree that speeds up a path to Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the country's military amid the 22-month-old war in Ukraine. The move comes as Moscow is trying to replenish its troops in Ukraine by various methods, including the recruitment of migrants. Russia is a magnet for hundreds of thousands of people from poorer Central Asian countries, and many of them seek citizenship each year...
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Scenes of loss play out across Japan's western coastline after quake kills 92, dozens still missing
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
SUZU, Japan -- His face hidden under a humble straw hat, the man silently watched as several helmeted rescue workers carefully lifted from the rubble his wife's body, wrapped in blue plastic on a stretcher. He wiped his weary face with a rag. His eyes were red...
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for Iran suicide bombings killing at least 84 people
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, the worst militant attack to strike Iran in decades as the wider Middle East remains on edge...
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Israeli defense minister lays out vision for next steps of Gaza war
(International News ~ 01/05/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Israel's defense minister Thursday laid out his vision for the next phase of the war in Gaza, describing how Israeli forces would shift to an apparently scaled-down "new combat approach" in northern Gaza, while continuing to fight Hamas in the south of the territory "for as long as necessary."...
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Biden and Trump both make Jan. 6 riot a political rallying cry
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump will spend Saturday's third anniversary of the Capitol riot by holding two campaign rallies in leadoff-voting Iowa in his bid to win back the White House. To mark the moment, President Joe Biden plans to visit a site near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on Friday where George Washington and the struggling Continental Army endured a tough winter during the American Revolution. ...
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Houthis launch sea drone to attack ships hours after US, allies issue final warning
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
WASHINGTON -- An armed unmanned surface vessel launched from Houthi-controlled Yemen and got within a "couple of miles" of U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea before detonating Thursday, just hours after the White House and a host of partner nations issued a final warning to the Iran-backed militia group to cease the attacks or face potential military action...
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With more new documents, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged his powerful, famous connections
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
NEW YORK -- A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls was released Thursday, adding several hundred pages to the fountain of information detailing how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes...
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Police say 17-year-old killed sixth grader, wounded five in Iowa school shooting
(National News ~ 01/05/24)
PERRY, Iowa -- A 17-year-old opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school on the first day of school after the winter break, killing a sixth grader and wounding five others Thursday as students barricaded in offices, ducked into classrooms and fled in panic...
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Out of the past: Jan. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 01/05/24)
Schoolchildren are getting an extension to their holiday vacation thanks to the wintry weather that grips the area; dozens of area schools, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson public schools, canceled classes yesterday and again today; while streets are relatively clear, sidewalks are still ice covered; predictions for a slight warming trend today could mean that the vacation soon will be over...
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Do You Need A New Or Replacement Social Security Card? We're Making It Easier!
(Submitted Story ~ 01/05/24)
If you need a new or replacement Social Security card, we’ve got great news! You may be able to complete, or at least start, your application on our website – and, if necessary, use our online scheduling tool to book an appointment at a local office...
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