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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 1-18-24 meeting
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, Jan. 11, meeting Communications/reports — other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Try something outside your comfort zone
(Community ~ 01/18/24)
I enjoy exploring all types of recipes, and generally speaking, I am willing to try almost any recipe. I was reminded recently of the old-fashioned classic Velveeta fudge recipe from years ago, by my co-worker Myranda Hill, and it made me think about other recipes that have unusual or unexpected ingredients. ...
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Jackson mayor expresses concerns about food sales tax bills in Missouri Legislature
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs commended Alderman Mike Seabaugh for starting discussions relating to legislative bills that would phase out sales tax for food in Missouri. As Hahs explained during the Board of Aldermen's Tuesday, Jan. 16, meeting, there are currently several proposed bills in the Missouri House and Senate that would immediately or gradually eliminate such sales tax at either a state level or, crucially to Jackson, a local level as well...
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Cape Girardeau woman charged in alleged child abuse case
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
Two children claimed that a woman choked, scratched and bit them, according to a probable-cause statement signed by a Cape Girardeau police officer. Nichole Sutterer of Cape Girardeau faces two charges of abuse or neglect of a child after a friend of Sutterer's brought the children into the police station after noticing scrapes, bruises and bite marks, according to the probable-cause statement written by a police officer whose name was redacted...
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Bringing back the glory of autumn with an apple showdown
(Community ~ 01/18/24)
I have an apple obsession. It is my favorite fruit, but I'm not sure why. Apples are not a rare food, exotic or hard to find. So my attention soon turned to discovering the best apple, an apple that can be enjoyed raw, filled with sugar, juicy, crunchy and with a wonderful flavor. ...
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Southeast Missouri’s ‘backbone’: A look at area manufacturing
(B Magazine ~ 01/18/24)
President Joe Biden, in a White House statement released July 21, said “American manufacturing has long been the backbone of [the U.S.] economy.” In the Show Me State, Missouri Business Alert reported Sept. 13 that state manufacturing growth is “exceeding expectations,” noting that while COVID-19 cost Missouri 25,000 manufacturing jobs, employment in the sector has grown 5.7% in the past three years to more than 290,000 workers...
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Salvation Army looking for warming-center overnight volunteers
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
The Salvation Army of Cape Girardeau needs overnight volunteers for its warming center while the highest temperature in the city for the rest of the week is forecast to be 33 degrees Thursday, Jan. 18. The Salvation Army Capt. Lily Reiner said the facility, 701 Good Hope St., is still short of overnight volunteers. She said that seven people were housed Monday, Jan. 15, and 21 were housed Tuesday, Jan. 16...
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Dinner celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
State Sen. Brian Williams speaks on unity in his keynote speech at Southeast Missouri State University's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. ...
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New name, same goal: Journey Gala to raise funds for cancer patients
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
The Mercy Health Foundation Southeast's seventh annual Journey Gala will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Drury Plaza Conference Center in Cape Girardeau. The gala benefits the Mercy Cancer Care Fund and has raised more than $1.25 million since its inception in 2017...
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$106K given to three area not-for-profit organizations
(Local News ~ 01/18/24)
Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO) partnered with the Children's Trust Fund (CTF) to grant $670,000 across 12 agencies in Missouri addressing child abuse, including three Southeast Missouri not-for-profit organizations. Safe House of Southeast Missouri and Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV) in Cape Girardeau, and the Regional Family Crisis Center in Perry County received a total of $106,007 as part of the Facility Improvement and Infrastructure Grant Program. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2024. There are 348 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 18, 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."...
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Prayer 1-18-24
(Prayer ~ 01/18/24)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for the gift of eternal life through you. Amen.
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Speak Out 1-18-24
(Speak Out ~ 01/18/24)
We all support giving our police and firefighters a pay raise but not on the backs of property taxes. It's hard enough now to scrape up the money for the property taxes especially at the end of the year with Christmas. Why can't these taxes be billed in June instead of December and have to the end of the year to pay them if needed. ...
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Stop marinating meat. Instead, season then sauce one-pan Florentine pork
(Community ~ 01/18/24)
Despite how commonly recipes call for marinating meat, it's rarely worth it. Marinades do a poor job of flavoring meat because the molecules of any flavorings, except for salt, are too big to penetrate the surface. Besides, you're then left cooking wet meat, which inhibits flavorful browning...
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King Charles III will have a prostate operation next week while Kate recovers from abdominal surgery
(International News ~ 01/18/24)
LONDON-- King Charles III and the Princess of Wales are both dealing with medical issues that will force them to delay previously planned public engagements over the coming weeks. Charles will undergo a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate next week, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. The palace said the king's condition is benign...
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US bars ex-Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei from entry 3 days after he left office
(International News ~ 01/18/24)
GUATEMALA CITY -- The U.S. State Department barred former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei from entering the United States, accusing him Wednesday of "significant corruption" three days after he left office. The Biden administration had become increasingly critical of Giammattei's administration as Guatemalan prosecutors sought to head off Sunday's inauguration of new President Bernardo Arevalo, who has vowed to crack down on corruption...
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Court documents underscore Meta's 'historical reluctance' to protect children on Instagram
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta underscore the company's "historical reluctance" to keep children safe on its platforms, the complaint says. New Mexico's Attorney General Raúl Torrez sued Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in December, saying the company failed to protect young users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and allowed adults to solicit explicit imagery from them...
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With merger scuttled, Spirit Airlines faces an uncertain future. Is bankruptcy a possibility?
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
Spirit Airlines hasn't made money since before the pandemic, ticket sales haven't bounced back as quickly as the carrier expected, and dozens of its planes will be grounded at times this year because of a problem with the engines. A sale to JetBlue represented a lifeline for Spirit, which faces $1.1 billion in debt maturing next year...
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Medicine for hostages, Palestinians arrives in Gaza under first Israel-Hamas deal since November
(International News ~ 01/18/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas arrived in Gaza on Wednesday, part of a France- and Qatar- mediated deal that marked the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong cease-fire in November...
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An explosion at a fireworks factory in rural Thailand kills about 20 people
(International News ~ 01/18/24)
BANGKOK -- An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand killed about 20 people on Wednesday, according to provincial officials, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain. The information office of the Suphan Buri provincial government initially announced that 23 people had been killed in the mid-afternoon blast, but on Wednesday night revised its figure to 19 dead and three missing. ...
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UN: Palestinians are dying in hospitals as estimated 60,000 wounded overwhelm remaining doctors
(International News ~ 01/18/24)
UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza's overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can't deal with the estimated 60,000 injured people and daily arrival of hundreds more hurt in Israeli's military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee called the situation in Gaza's hospitals the most extreme she had ever seen...
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Some New Hampshire residents want better answers from the 2024 candidates on the opioid crisis
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
ROCHESTER, N.H. -- Kristina Amyot's life has drastically improved since the last New Hampshire primary, but she isn't confident the current candidates will help others achieve the same success. Amyot, 36, spent more than half her life struggling with addiction, mainly to heroin, before joining Hope on Haven Hill, a comprehensive program for pregnant women and mothers that includes residential treatment, transitional housing and a wide array of support services. ...
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Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
NEW YORK -- The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck...
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DeSantis shifts his campaign away from New Hampshire days before the state's primary, AP sources say
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
HAMPTON, N.H. -- Ron DeSantis has decided to shift his presidential campaign away from New Hampshire just six days before the state's first-in-the-nation Republican primary while his leading super PAC executes another round of layoffs, moves that reflect the Florida governor's rapidly shrinking path to the 2024 GOP nomination...
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US military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military fired another wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites Wednesday, U.S. Central Command said, marking the fourth time in days it has directly targeted the group in Yemen as violence that ignited in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war continues to spill over in the Middle East...
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US Justice Department to release report on halting police response to Uvalde school massacre
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
UVALDE, Texas -- A federal report into the halting and haphazard law enforcement response to a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was scheduled to be released Thursday, reviving scrutiny of the hundreds of officers who responded to the 2022 massacre but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the gunman...
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3 killed, baby injured in Oregon ice storm, authorities say
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A power line fell on a parked car in northeast Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Shortly before noon, dispatchers started receiving frantic calls about a downed power line and people appearing to be electrocuted, according to a statement from the city's fire department. ...
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Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse...
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Trump, blending legal battles and campaign, tops long day in court with rambling New Hampshire rally
(National News ~ 01/18/24)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump journeyed to New Hampshire after spending the day in a New York courtroom, where he sat defiantly during his trial to determine damages for defaming a magazine writer after she accused him of sexual assault...
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Fire report 1-18-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 16 n Medical assists were made at 12:36 a.m. at North Sunset Boulevard and Caruthers Avenue; 7:42 a.m. on Brink Avenue; 11:31 a.m. on Minute Men Way; and 12:51 p.m. at Herman and College streets.
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Police report 1-18-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/18/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Assaults n Fourth-degree assault, resisting/interfering with arrest, detention or stop and first-degree trespassing were reported on Clark Avenue...
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Lawrence Swan
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
GARLAND, Texas — Lawrence Fleming Swan of Garland went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the age of 69 years. He was born April 4, 1954, to Marguerite Mitchell Swan and Raymond "Sully" Wilson. Lawrence graduated from Jackson High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University before joining the military, where he served honorably. After his military service, he returned to Cape Girardeau and began working at and retired from Wetterau Foods Inc. (SuperValu)...
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Mary Savoy
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
Mary Anna Savoy, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, at her home. She was born March 24, 1945, in Illinois, daughter of the Rev. Fred and Anna Young Heckathorn. She and George Savoy Jr. were married Dec. 19, 1987. He preceded her in death April 18, 2004...
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Darrell Sander
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
Darrell Wayne Sander, 83, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at Monticello House. He was born Dec. 2, 1940, in Gordonville to Edwin W. and Ida F. Wessel Sander. Darrell was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville, also the church of his union in marriage to Ruth Ann Heider on Dec. 23, 1961. One daughter, Lisa Darrellene Sander Craft, was born to their union...
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Dorothy Pilz
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
FROHNA — Dorothy M. Pilz, 95, of Frohna passed away Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at Independence Care Center in Perryville. She was born Jan. 20, 1928, in New Wells to Eugene and Clara Gerler Starzinger. Dorothy and Clarence Pilz were married April 17, 1949, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. He preceded her in death Aug. 25, 1974...
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Marilyn Neal
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
Marilyn M. Neal, 91, of Gordonville passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at her home. She was born Nov. 18, 1932, in Gordonville, daughter of Paul and Marguerite Siemers Borchelt. She and Jerry Neal were married Feb. 18, 1951, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. He preceded her in death April 21, 1990...
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Monica Lewis
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
Monica Elizabeth Lewis, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at Chateau Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., with parish prayers and rosary at 7 p.m., Monday, Jan. 22, at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson, with the Rev. Randy Tochtrop officiating. Burial will be at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Leopold...
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Carol Kutscher
(Obituary ~ 01/18/24)
Carol Lee Aufdenberg Kutscher, 83, of Jackson went to be with Jesus on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. She passed away at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, where she resided the past few years. The third of seven children, Carol was born Dec. 23, 1940, in Tilsit to William August Henry and Ruby Augusta Fluegge Aufdenberg. ...
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Birth 1/18/24
(Births ~ 01/18/24)
Daughter to Tyler Masters and Alexis Dockins of Chaffee, Mercy Hospital Southeast, 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Name, Braylnn Nicole. Weight, 8 pounds, 2.3 ounces. Third child, second daughter. Dockins is the daughter of Natasha and Deric Dockins of Cape Girardeau and Jessi Leimer of Gilmer, Texas. She works for McDonald's. Masters is the son of Danielle Masters of Madisonville, Kentucky, and Keith Masters of Morley. He is employed by Ponder Funeral Home...
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Out of the past: Jan. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 01/18/24)
More pets were taken to the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri and put to death during 1998 than in past years, according to figures released by the society; during 1998, 5,438 animals were taken into the Cape Girardeau shelter as compared to 5,141 in 1997; nearly 1,000 animals were adopted from the shelter, and an additional 237 were returned to their owners; but a growing problem of pet over population in the area meant an increase in animals being euthanized; the shelter euthanizes about 75% of the animals it receives.. ...
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VFW Post 3838 & Auxiliary Awarded Scholarships & Teachers of the Year Awards
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/24)
VFW Post 3838 & Auxiliary, Cape Girardeau, Mo awarded the winners of the Patriots Pen & Voice of Democracy Scholarships. The Teachers of the Year were also recognized. Voice of Democracy Winners: 1st Place, Jordahn Cook, 2nd Place Ava Peeler, 3rd Place Lydia Hester. Patriots Pen Winners: 1st Place Fiona Mueth, 2nd Place Joda Bess, 3rd Place. Teachers of the Year: Jessica Jansen, K-4, Advance, Mo & Patty Wamble, 9-12, Cape Central...
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VFW Post 3838 Cape Girardeau made Donation to SEMO Anthropology Club
(Submitted Story ~ 01/18/24)
VFW Post 3838 Cape donated $750 to the Anthropology Club of SEMO University. Donation presented to Dr Jennifer Bengston for her work at repatriating Lt Travis Everette’s remains.
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