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The Best Books Club Column: "The Ride of Her Life," by Elizabeth Letts
(01/10/24)
It starts with a journey that has a clearly-defined starting point and a somewhat vague destination, with only a very general idea of how to get from the former to the latter and absolutely no idea as to what might happen along the way. That was the situation 63-year-old Annie Wilkins faced in 1954. ...
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Outside the Office: Ron Watts grows flowers for father-daughter business
(B Magazine ~ 01/10/24)
As a pastor, Rev. Ron Watts is always planting seeds. Scripture uses this metaphor of sowing and reaping throughout the Old and New Testaments. But for Watts, planting and harvesting are not just metaphors for the divine. Watts likes getting his hands dirty. He studies the dirt. He makes his own compost. And he nurtures the half-acre lot in the back of his Cape Girardeau home for growing plants...
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Cape Girardeau Public Library awarded $11,000 grant for summer reading program
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library received an $11,033 grant from the Missouri State Library for the institution's annual summer reading program. According to a Cape Girardeau Public Library news release, part of the funds will be used to hire part-time staff to help with special events. Funds also will be used for items such as hiking kits, board games and audiobooks...
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Buck McNeely, producer of 'The Outdoorsman', dies at 63
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Buck McNeely, a local man who produced a popular outdoors television show, died Sunday, Jan. 7, according to a Facebook post authored by his son, Max McNeely. He was 63 years old. Buck McNeely's show appeared on more than 500 television stations in the United States. McNeely in 2014 told the Southeast Missourian "The Outdoorsman" was the largest syndicated outdoor-adventure series in the world...
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Remembering former university president Bill Stacy's time with SEMO
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Former Southeast Missouri State University president Bill Stacy died at the age of 85 on Thursday, Jan. 4. The president served the university from 1979 to 1989, with many of his actions laying the foundation for present fixtures of the college. Stacy's journey at SEMO started as a student, then professor in the school's speech department, dean of graduate studies and, finally, university president...
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Missouri senator to speak at SEMO's annual MLK Celebration Dinner
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Southeast Missouri State University announced this year's keynote speaker for the university's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner. State Sen. Brian Williams will present this year's address at the dinner, which will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. The theme for this year's event is "Building CommUNITY Through Service"...
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Injured Hotshots shooting suspect faces weapon charge
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
A man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a gunfight in A man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a gunfight at Hotshots Bar and Grill in Cape Girardeau last March was booked into the county jail Monday, Jan. 8, on charges of being a felon in possession of a weapon...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 10, the 10th day of 2024. There are 356 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine anonymously published his influential pamphlet, "Common Sense," which argued for American independence from British rule...
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Speak Out 1-10-24
(Speak Out ~ 01/10/24)
A wind farm off the coast of Martha's Vineyard is producing 5 megawatts of clean electricity to the local power grid. Amazingly no one has died from "wind mill" cancer and no whales are dying and washing up on shore. Wow, you think Trump may have lied about wind turbines?...
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Prayer 1-10-24
(Prayer ~ 01/10/24)
Lord Jesus, may the desires of our heart and the words we say glorify you. Amen.
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Why Republicans have the upper hand on the border
(Column ~ 01/10/24)
The White House is losing the immigration debate. There hasn't been any question that it has deserved to lose this debate from the beginning. But for the longest time, there wasn't much focus on the border, except on the right. Now the negotiations between the White House and congressional Republicans over a package of immigration provisions and new funding for Ukraine have put the border at the center of the political discussion, and the White House is faring poorly...
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Fire report 1-10-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/10/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 8 n Medical assists were made at 11:13 a.m. on Surrey Lane; 11:35 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 12:56 p.m. on Westpoint Place; 6:28 p.m. on Linden Street; and 6:48 p.m. on Independence Street...
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Police report 1-10-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/10/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Good Hope Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. Assault n Second-degree assault and armed-criminal action were reported on Linden Street...
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Edgar Parker
(Obituary ~ 01/10/24)
CHAFFEE — Edgar Parker of Chaffee, the son of Harold and Lucille Pape Parker, was born July 26, 1942, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at Chaffee Nursing Center at the age of 81. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in the Vietnam War. Edgar was an employee of Georgia-Pacific for many years, until it closed, and then went on to work for Rose Concrete in Scott City, until his retirement...
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Unique barbecue event set Saturday in Cape
(Editorial ~ 01/10/24)
To stand out in a crowded field of things to do, an event must be different, unusual in some way. If that event raises funds for a worthy cause, all the better. The fourth annual When Pigs Fly Indoor BBQ Bash set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau checks both boxes, as it is an indoor barbecue competition to benefit area first responders. ...
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Protecting women's sports from the Left's gender ideology
(Column ~ 01/10/24)
Southeast and south-central Missouri is home to so many incredibly talented athletes. They spend hours upon hours training to be the best version of themselves while also taking care of business in the classroom, keeping up with chores at home, or going to work at night. ...
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Secret tunnel in NYC synagogue leads to brawl between police and worshippers
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
NEW YORK -- A historic Brooklyn synagogue that serves as the center of an influential Hasidic Jewish movement was trashed this week during an unusual community dispute that began with the discovery of a secret underground tunnel and ended with worshippers brawling with police...
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Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
WASHINGTON -- A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Ray Epps, a former Arizona resident who was driven into hiding by death threats, pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge. ...
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Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world's agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius (2.66 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times. That's barely below the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit the world hoped to stay within in the 2015 Paris climate accord to avoid the most severe effects of warming...
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Meta to hide posts about suicide, eating disorders from teens' Instagram and Facebook feeds
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Meta said Tuesday it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers' accounts on Instagram and Facebook, including posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The social media giant based in Menlo Park, California, said in a blog post that while it already aims not to recommend such "age-inappropriate" material to teens, now it also won't show it in their feeds, even if it is shared by an account they follow...
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Austin kept prostate cancer, surgery complications secret from everyone
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, his doctors said Tuesday. The cancer revelation answers the main question about Austin's hospitalization, which has now lasted eight days. ...
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Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during live broadcast
(International News ~ 01/10/24)
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador -- Masked men broke onto the set of a public television channel in Ecuador waving guns and explosives during a live broadcast Tuesday, and the president issued a decree declaring that the violence-plagued country had entered an "internal armed conflict."...
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Blinken urges Israel to engage with region on postwar plans
(International News ~ 01/10/24)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on Israel to work with moderate Palestinians and neighboring countries on plans for postwar Gaza, saying they were willing to help rebuild and govern the territory, but only if there is a "pathway to a Palestinian state."...
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Gabriel Attal becomes France's youngest prime minister at age 34
(International News ~ 01/10/24)
PARIS -- France saw its youngest prime minister and first openly gay one named Tuesday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right. Gabriel Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesman then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government...
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US defends its veto of call for Gaza ceasefire while Palestinians and others demand halt to fighting
(International News ~ 01/10/24)
UNITED NATIONS -- The United States defended its veto of a call for the immediate suspension of hostilities in Gaza at a U.N. meeting Tuesday and again faced demands by the Palestinians and many other countries for a cease-fire now in the Israel-Hamas war, as well as by a group of rabbis in the gallery...
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Sprawling storms wallop states; tornadoes, heavy snow reported
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A sprawling storm hit the U.S. South, with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday, while another storm buried cities across the Midwest in more than a half a foot of snow, stranding people on highways as it headed to the Northeast...
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Firefighters investigate role of gas in explosion at historic Texas hotel that injured 21
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fire investigators said Tuesday they have still not determined what caused an explosion at a historic Texas hotel that plunged two stories of debris into the basement, blew out windows and doors onto the streets of downtown Fort Worth and left more than 20 people injured, including one person who remained in critical condition...
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3 firefighters injured when firetruck collides with SUV, flips onto its side in Southern Illinois
(State News ~ 01/10/24)
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A firetruck responding to a fire at a fast-food restaurant crashed into an SUV and rolled onto its side Tuesday in Southern Illinois, injuring three firefighters, authorities said. The Belleville firetruck collided about 5:50 a.m. with an SUV near Belleville East High School and flipped onto its side. The SUV's occupant was not injured in the crash, but three firefighters suffered minor injuries, Belleville fire chief Stephanie Mills said...
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61-year-old man found 3 weeks after St. Louis nursing home closed
(State News ~ 01/10/24)
ST. LOUIS -- A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia -- who had been missing for more three weeks since the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed -- was found Tuesday about a mile away, authorities said. Northview Village Nursing Home, the city's largest nursing home, shut down suddenly Dec. 15...
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Missouri lawmaker expelled from Democratic caucus will run for governor
(State News ~ 01/10/24)
COLUMBIA -- A Missouri lawmaker is running for governor after she was kicked out of the state House Democratic caucus for her ties to a man cited by the Anti-Defamation League as a Holocaust denier. Suburban St. Louis state Rep. Sarah Unsicker announced her bid to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday in Washington, D.C. Parson is prohibited by term limits from running for another term...
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Judges express skepticism of Trump's claims he's immune from prosecution
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
WASHINGTON -- With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election...
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AP sources: Trump plans to deliver closing argument at his civil fraud trial
(National News ~ 01/10/24)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump aims to deliver his own closing argument Thursday in his New York civil business fraud trial in addition to his legal team's summations, according to two people familiar with the highly unusual plan. Trump is a defendant in the case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She claims his net worth was inflated by billions of dollars on financial statements that helped him secure business loans and insurance...
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Out of the past: Jan. 10
(Out of the Past ~ 01/10/24)
Two members of the Southeast Hospital Board of Trustees Executive Committee expressed disappointment following the decision by Saint Francis Medical Center's leadership to withdraw from merger talks; Rob Erlbacher, executive committee president, and David Hahs, committee member, both say they are disappointed by the decision...
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2023 -- the year in images
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
George Kester plays the guitar with his band, The Doubted, in January at Blue Diamond Sports Bar in downtown Cape Girardeau. See some of our favorite images from 2023 in this Weekend’s Good Times section.
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Veronica Wilke
(Obituary ~ 01/10/24)
Veronica Faye Wilke, 71, of Jackson died Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at Monticello House. She was born June 4, 1952, in Cape Girardeau to LeRoy and Alberta Biester Wilke. She worked at JC Penney for several years. She loved to do crafts and being a grandma...
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Janet Daehnert
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Janet Ruth Daehnert, 86, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at StoneBridge Senior Living. She was born March 21, 1937, to Robert and Doris Newton in Dayton, Ohio. She was a high school graduate of Ray High School in Corpus Christi, Texas...
- LETTER OF INTENT (Local News ~ 01/10/24)
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Meadow Heights senior spotlight
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Gabby Keasling is an 18-year-old senior at Meadow Heights. She is involved in FCCLA and Smokebusters. She has been involved in FCCLA since her sophomore year, and Smokebusters since her junior year. Keasling currently doesn't have any plans yet for after graduation, but does work at Circle U Bar and Grill in Sedgewickville...
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SAE spotlight
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
This week's SAE spotlight is Bella Ackman, the daughter of Bert and Brandi Ackman of Patton. Ackman is a three-year, junior member of the Meadow Heights FFA chapter and has earned her greenhand and chapter degrees. Her supervised agricultural experience includes a self-employed baking business and employment at Mary Jane's Burgers and Brew...
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Woodland senior spotlight
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Brenley Ann Canoy was born March 15, 2006. Her parents are Jessie Lincoln-Friese and Ryan Friese and Christopher Canoy. She has three siblings, Adeline, Landry and Elijah Canoy. Three words she would use to describe herself are resilient, passionate and empathetic...
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Bollinger County Stray Project
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
I am cleaning my office, tossing out old memories by the garbage bag and it hurts. I am a "collector" of some things like food, paperwork and linens. The food thing is something my mother taught me by example for two reasons. First, she was born in the Depression, so she learned this from her parents. They also lived in northern Minnesota, where snow could cause even the horses to be useless to travel for supplies. They were early-day "preppers" by necessity. Those lessons were stamped in me...
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BOLLINGER COUNTY COMMISSION MINUTES
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Bollinger County Commission met at 8 a.m. Dec. 26 with the following officers and members present: Leo Arnzen, presiding commissioner; Tim Shelby, associate commissioner; and Brittany Howard, county clerk. n The commission reviewed minutes from the Dec. 18 commission meeting and the minutes were approved...
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Sherry Graham
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Sherry Lynne Graham, 68, formerly of Zalma, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, with her family by her side. There will be a private ceremony for family and friends at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Crain Funeral Home.
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Raymond Busby
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Raymond E. Busby, 98, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 30, 1925, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Daniel Mac Homer and Cora Marie Woodard Busby. After retiring from Cook's Supermarket as a supervisor, he moved to Scopus...
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Harlan Siebert
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Harlan Alvin Siebert, 96, of Jackson was granted eternal rest in the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, after a short stay in Providence Place at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He previously resided at the Villas of Jackson...
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Foundations
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
On the farm where I grew up, there was a large barn my dad helped his father build. It had stalls on the first floor and a large hayloft on the second. As a kid that barn was one of my favorite places to play with my cousin. We would build tunnels in the hay and swing from the rope attached to the rafters. ...
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Which Jesus?
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Having just celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ, the question is: Which Jesus? I ask this question so that when we examine people groups in the United States, we find many among professing Christians and others who celebrate Christmas, but have conflicting views of who he was, and is...
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144th House District Capitol Report
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
I have finished my first week of the new year back at my office in Jefferson City. It is nice to see my colleagues and get back to the work of the people. I have filed some bills already and am working on finalizing the language of a few more. My focus is protecting citizens' rights, removing burdensome regulations and accountability of government agencies that utilize tax dollars, so we can reduce wasteful spending and tax liability of citizens...
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The visible glory of God
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Have your eyes seen the visible glory of God? You may think that is a strange question, yet the word of God spoke often of the glory of God. And there is a vast difference between the manifest presence of God and the manifest glory of God. God is present everywhere at the same time, because he's omnipresent, meaning all present. ...
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Protecting girls and women's sports from the Left's radical gender ideology
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Southeast and southcentral Missouri is home to so many incredibly talented athletes. They spend hours upon hours training to be the best version of themselves while also taking care of business in the classroom, keeping up with chores at home, or going to work at night. ...
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White oak acorns
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
I went for a short nature hike Sunday hoping to find something interesting to photograph. After searching about 30 minutes for something interesting, I sat down under a large white oak tree and enjoyed the scenery. As I was getting up to leave the tree, something red on the ground caught my eye. It was the root sprout of a white oak acorn. I carefully brushed back some leaves and found more acorns. Three of them were close together and gave me a descriptive photo opportunity...
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SCHOOL Schedules
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Jan. 12: BB vs Marquand at home, 6 p.m. (homecoming) Jan. 13: Junior Cheer Clinic, 8 a.m. Jan. 17: BB vs Meadow Heights at home, 6 p.m. (junior cheerleader performance) Jan. 8-11: GB conference tournament Jan. 12: BB vs Woodland at home 6 p.m. (homecoming)...
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SCHOOL MENUS
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Jan. 15: No school Jan. 16: Chicken, macaroni and cheese, pinto beans, fruit Jan. 17: Hamburger, potato salad, pork 'n beans, fruit Jan. 18: Spaghetti, corn, breadstick, fruit Jan. 19: Hot dog, chips, pickle, muffin Jan. 15: No school Jan. 16: Cheese Pizzaboli, vegetables with Ranch dressing, blueberries...
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FAFSA now open
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
College-bound students have always been encouraged to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) their senior year. Woodland has a tradition of helping senior families complete the FAFSA on parent-teacher conference night. This year, however, changes in the FAFSA delayed its release. But that didn't prevent rootEd college and career advisor April Brumfield from taking advantage of having parents on campus...
- ROLLER DERBY RECRUITMENT EVENT (Local News ~ 01/10/24)
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MDHEWD extends priority deadline for Access Missouri Grant to April 1 following FAFSA delay
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development (MDHEWD) announced that eligible students who complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by April 1 will receive the Access Missouri Grant. The priority deadline to file in Missouri is typically Feb. 1; however, the deadline has been extended due to the delayed release of the 2024-25 FAFSA and the U.S. Department of Education's announcement that the release is a soft launch...
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Perryville group plans agriculture conferences
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
A series of conferences produced by a Perryville organization is set for the end of the month. For 27 years, MidAmerica Farmer Grower & AgWiki.com has put together several agricultural conferences. The concurrent conferences this year are the National Conservation Systems Cotton & Rice Conference, the Southern Soybean & Corn Conference, the Delta States Irrigation Conference and the Southern Precision Ag Conference...
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County to approve budget Jan. 16
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
After weeks of struggling over budget requests, the Bollinger County Commission is scheduled to approve the 2024 budget Tuesday, Jan. 16. The meeting will be held that day because Jan. 15 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday, and the courthouse will be closed...
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Courthouse closes due to high winds
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
The Bollinger County Courthouse closed at 11 a.m. Tuesday due to expected high winds and dangerous building conditions. An administrative order was released Monday afternoon by the Circuit Court of Bollinger County. At Monday's meeting of the Bollinger County Board of Commissioners, the commission declared that it would temporarily close the building Tuesday as a safety precaution. ...
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SAR seeking John Deck descendants
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
The Allen Laws Oliver Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) wishes to contact descendants of John Deck (1765-1841). Deck was a patriot in the Revolutionary War who moved to Glen Allen after the war and raised a large family with Sarah (Klingman) Deck, according to Dr. Phil Finney, a retired professor at Southeast Missouri State University and member of the Allen Laws Oliver Chapter of the SAR...
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Document: BoCo victim found gripping knife, suspect invoked Biden statement
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Weeks before Terry Allen is alleged to have shot and killed his neighbor, Tina L. Skaggs, he told a Bollinger County Sheriff's Office sergeant that he would kill Skaggs' son if he ever saw him on his property again. He also invoked President Joe Biden's name as his reason for being permitted to shoot someone on his property...
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Learn how to start a vegetable garden
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
University of Missouri Extension horticulturists are offering a five-session webinar on how to jump-start your vegetable garden. Zoom sessions run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays in February and March. The series kicks off Feb. 5 with a session on how to plan a garden. ...
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SoutheastHEALTH now part of the Mercy organization
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
SoutheastHEALTH is now officially part of the Mercy organization. The acquisition process, which began in August, was completed Jan. 3 after the groups received all of 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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Municipal election updates
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Filing has now closed for offices to be filled in the April 2 election. Municipalities, school boards and other county boards have until Jan. 23 to certify their ballots and file them with Bollinger County Clerk Brittany Howard, who said some have already certified...
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When Pigs Fly indoor barbecue contest Jan. 13 in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
For the fourth year, the Smokin Brothers are bringing the barbecue indoors. The Cape Girardeau-based wood-pellet grill manufacturer is sponsoring the When Pigs Fly Indoor BBQ Bash, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. The event organizers promise those who attend will have unparalleled access to the celebrities and influencers in the world of barbecue...
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Letter of intent
(Local News ~ 01/10/24)
Woodland senior signs on to play softball at MAC. Page 11
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