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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 1-25-24 meeting
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, Jan. 22, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Hearty dishes with enough for leftovers
(Community ~ 01/25/24)
As I am writing this column, it is bitter cold outside and I am thinking about hearty, stick-to-your-ribs recipes that will warm you up on a cold day. It is nice to make recipes that will allow for leftovers to use during the week, and I think all of these recipes would provide a nice hearty meal and give you plenty of additional meals later in the week. Enjoy!...
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Immaculate Conception, Notre Dame to celebrate Catholic Schools Week
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
The next week will be a special one for students who attend Catholic private schools. Catholic Schools Week started in 1974 and was organized by the National Catholic Educational Association to highlight benefits of Catholic education. Each year since 1974, on the last Sunday of January until the following Saturday, schools celebrate the occasion...
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Pianist Brian Woods to perform Sunday
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus will welcome guest pianist Brian Woods at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Shuck Music Recital Hall. Woods, a native from St. Louis, is celebrated for his musicianship and stage presence. He has been successful in many competitions, including Verona International Piano Competition, The American Prize, Beverly Hills National Auditions and Artist Presentation Society Auditions, according to his website...
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2 Cape men suspected of murders captured by sheriff task force
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff deputies located and apprehended two Cape Girardeau men in the last three days who are accused of murder in the region. Ray Legg III, charged with second-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a weapon in Scott County, and Jimmy Hudson, 18, facing charges of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance in Mississippi County, were under nationwide extradition warrants, according to a news release issued by Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office.. ...
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Cape Girardeau Regional Airport enplanement numbers steady throughout 2023, despite falling under 8,000
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport had 7,638 enplanements in 2023, the airport's first full year with Contour Airlines. The number was below 2022's total of 8,012. The 7,638 enplanements include 7,287 from Contour, 125 from Cape Air Charter and 226 from SEMO charters, which included airfare supporting SEMO athletics transportation to championship games...
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Sedona: Getting to the heart of things with Reuben
(Community ~ 01/25/24)
Last time we met, I was at Fuel Bar + Taco in Jackson, sleuthing out what anonymous locals like to eat while trying to delve a little deeper than the dish. After indulging in the Fuel hot dog, my new friend sent me to ... Sedona Bistro located at 1812 Carondalet St. in Cape Girardeau to experience her favorite dish -- the Reuben...
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Notre Dame high school to host annual Winter Extravaganza on Saturday
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
"Escape to the Mediterranean" is the theme for Notre Dame Regional High School's annual Winter Extravaganza this weekend. According to Jordan Eastridge, Notre Dame's assistant director of Advancement for Development Services and Communications, the theme is chosen by an event committee made up of parents and staff...
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Preliminary hearing set under unusual circumstances for Allen, accused of shooting neighbor
(Local News ~ 01/25/24)
MARBLE HILL — Judge Alan Beussink scheduled a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Jan. 24, for Terry Allen, accused of first-degree murder of his neighbor Tina L. Skaggs. The hearing is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 23. Allen's appearance Wednesday took place as part of court day in the makeshift courtroom at Marble Hill City Hall because of the county courthouse's deteriorating condition. ...
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Gov. Parson reflects on past wins in final State of the State address
(State News ~ 01/25/24)
JEFFERSON CITY — Republican Gov. Mike Parson looked back on past wins in his final State of the State address Wednesday, lauding his achievements after assuming leadership in the chaotic absence of his disgraced predecessor, Eric Greitens. Parson, who at the time was serving as lieutenant governor, took over as the state's top executive in 2018 after Greitens resigned rather than continue fighting possible impeachment and allegations of personal and political misconduct...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2024. There are 341 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 25, in 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actor Sharon Tate...
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Sponsored: These bleachers are killing my back and knees
(Insiders Advice ~ 01/25/24)
Do you find yourself saying things like: "These bleachers are killing my back"; or "I wish I could get down on the floor again"; or "I want to get back to walking"? You've tried taking medications to stop the pain but it just covers it up. You've tried steroid injections but they don't last. You've been told you need surgery, or maybe you've had surgery in the past and you don't want to go that route...
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The rest of the story
(Column ~ 01/25/24)
This past week brought the early process of the legislative session to a bit of a fork in the road. Do we, the lawmakers of this state, want to trust the process that has worked for generations, get to work and pass laws that can make people's lives better? Or do we want to slide into chaos that will lead to one of the most unproductive sessions in the history of the Missouri Legislature?...
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John Fetterman cracks the code
(Column ~ 01/25/24)
John Fetterman, as someone put it, is doing a Bulworth in reverse. Bulworth was a fictional California senator in the 1990s movie of the same name who suddenly abandoned his establishment politics for an outspoken leftism, and all ended happily ever after...
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Prayer 1-25-24
(Editorial ~ 01/25/24)
Lord Jesus, may we daily seek to help and encourage others. Amen.
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North Korea says it tested a cruise missile, flaunting new nuclear-capable weapon
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Thursday it conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of deepening tensions with the United States and neighbors. The report in state media came a day after South Korea's military said it detected the North firing several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast. It didn't immediately provide more details about the numbers of missiles fired or their flight characteristics...
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Qatar, a key mediator in sensitive Israel-Hamas talks, lashes out at Netanyahu over critical remarks
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Qatar said it was appalled Wednesday by leaked remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he criticized the country's mediation efforts with Hamas, complicating already arduous negotiations meant to halt the hostilities in exchange for a hostage release...
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UN court to issue ruling Friday on South Africa's request for order to halt Israel's Gaza offensive
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The United Nations' top court will issue a decision Friday on South Africa's request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza. The decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice alleging that Israel's military action in its war with Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide. Israel strongly rejects the accusation and has asked the court to throw out the case...
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Freed Israeli hostage says she met a Hamas leader in a tunnel, where she was kept in dire conditions
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
JERUSALEM -- A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days told an Israeli TV channel Wednesday that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel where she met a Hamas leader and helped pass the time with an informal lecture series by her knowledgeable fellow hostages...
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Thousands still shelter in freezing weather after 7.1 quake in western China killed key livestock
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
UCHTURPAN, China -- Aftershocks from a magnitude 7.1 earthquake continued to rock western China on Wednesday, while more than 12,000 displaced people relying on tents and shelters lit bonfires to fend off freezing weather. The quake early Tuesday in a remote part of China's Xinjiang region killed three people and left five injured, owing both to the sparse population and efforts in recent years to improve the durability of housing around the epicenter in Uchturpan county, near the border with Kyrgyzstan.. ...
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FAA approves inspection process that could clear the way for grounded Boeing planes to fly again
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
Federal regulators have approved an inspection process that will let airlines resume flying their Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners, which have been grounded since a side panel blew out of a plane in midflight earlier this month. The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that his agency's review of the scary incident on board an Alaska Airlines Boeing jet gave him confidence to clear a path for the planes to fly again...
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'Honored to have your back, and you have mine': Biden endorsed by United Auto Workers in election
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden picked up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers union Wednesday, an important boost to the Democratic president's reelection bid as he pushes to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical auto-making swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin...
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A fire in China's Jiangxi province kills at least 39 people, state media says
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
BEIJING -- A fire broke out in a commercial building in China's southeastern Jiangxi province Wednesday, killing at least 39 people and injuring nine others, state media said. Officials for the Yushui district of Jiangxi province said that the fire broke out in the basement of a shopping area in the afternoon. In addition to rescue workers, firefighters and police, local government officials were deployed to the scene...
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2 US-flagged ships with cargo for US Defense Department come under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
JERUSALEM -- Two American-flagged ships carrying cargo for the U.S. Defense and State departments came under attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday, officials said, with the U.S. Navy intercepting some of the incoming fire. The attacks on the container ships Maersk Detroit and Maersk Chesapeake further raise the stakes of the group's ongoing attacks on shipping through the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait. ...
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HP Enterprise discloses hack by suspected state-backed Russian hackers
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
BOSTON -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hackers broke into its cloud-based email system and stole data from cybersecurity and other employees. The provider of information technology products and services said in a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing that it was informed of the intrusion on Jan. 12. It said it believed the hackers were from Cozy Bear, a unit of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service...
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Russia says a plane with Ukrainian POWs crashes, killing all aboard, and accuses Kyiv of downing it
(International News ~ 01/25/24)
A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap. Russia offered no evidence and Ukraine didn't immediately confirm or deny it...
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Federal court says Alabama can carry out first nitrogen gas execution; Supreme Court appeal expected
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, refusing to block what would be the nation's first execution by a new method since 1982. A divided panel of the 11th U.S. ...
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Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. "They knew what the harm was. They did it anyway," Attorney General Bob Ferguson told reporters Wednesday...
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Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women's and girls' participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them. The Republican-dominated Senate voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. ...
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Maine's top court dismisses appeal of judge's decision on Trump ballot status
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
PORTLAND, Maine -- Maine's top court Wednesday evening declined to weigh in on whether former President Donald Trump can stay on the state's ballot, keeping intact a judge's decision that the U.S. Supreme Court must first rule on a similar case in Colorado...
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Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
Gene therapy has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. A small study published Wednesday documents significantly restored hearing in five of six children treated in China. On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced similar improvements in an 11-year-old boy treated there. And earlier this month, Chinese researchers published a study showing much the same in two other children...
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Despite 2 losses, Nikki Haley tries to claim victory thus far in the Republican presidential race
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Despite losing both Iowa and New Hampshire to Donald Trump,Nikki Haley is nevertheless trying to frame those losses as a victory and vowing to head off a "coronation" of Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee. The path through the next states to vote, however, may not be any easier...
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Trump wins NH primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely
(National News ~ 01/25/24)
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former President Donald Trump easily won New Hampshire's primary Tuesday, seizing command of the race for the Republican nomination and making a November rematch against President Joe Biden feel all the more inevitable. The result was a setback for former U.N. ...
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Fire report 1-25-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/25/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 23 n Medical assists were made at 10:07 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road and 8:44 p.m. on North Frederick Street. ...
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Police report 1-25-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/25/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Big Bend Road. n A warrant arrest was reported on Linden Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street...
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Carlos Ratliff
(Obituary ~ 01/25/24)
Carlos Eugene Ratliff, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, at Ratliff Care Center. He was born May 20, 1940, in Burdine, Kentucky, to Carl and Juanita Rogers Ratliff. He and Emmagene Roberts were married Aug. 7, 1960, at Scott City. He was a 1958 graduate of Cape Central High School and 1966 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. ...
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Betty Payne
(Obituary ~ 01/25/24)
Betty Sue Payne passed away Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Cape Girardeau. She was born Betty Sue Kindred on Aug. 13, 1934, in Oilton, Oklahoma, to Jesse Columbus and Parthenia Tudor Kindred. She was an amazing, hard-working, selfless woman and a beloved role model for her children and grandchildren...
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Out of the past: Jan. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 01/25/24)
More than 60 people gathered beneath a funeral tent Sunday afternoon in Cape Girardeau to pray together and sing hymns of faith; behind them stood rows and rows of white crosses representing the abortions that have taken place in the United States since the historic 1973 Roe v. ...
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SEMO-NASV receives Inclusion and Belonging grant
(Submitted Story ~ 01/25/24)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has selected the latest recipients of the Inclusion & Belonging Grants for the 2023–24 grant cycle. The program supports small grant requests to ensure equitable participation and engagement in local communities...
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