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Jackson man facing felony charges
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
A Jackson man faces several charges after witnesses told police he punched a man and threw a phone at him after threatening a woman at an apartment. Nicholas A. Zuccarini, 30, faces two Class E felony charges of third-degree assault and misdemeanor charges for fourth-degree assault, second-degree property damage and stealing of less than $150...
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Jazz night coming to Scout Hall
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
Jazz enthusiasts and newcomers alike are in for a treat Friday, March 29, as Scout Hall opens its doors for an evening dedicated to the art of jazz. The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30 p.m. Attendees of all ages are welcome...
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Reviving history, Cape Girardeau reclaims lost Civil War cannon
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
The recent return of the Woodruff cannon to Cape Girardeau has ignited historical reflection and interest from local Civil War reenactors. This artifact, named George after George Thilenius by the Friends of Fort D, has made its way home to Cape Girardeau after disappearing from the public eye since 1942...
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Cape Girardeau school board candidates participate in forum ahead of April 2 election
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education candidates took the stage to discuss their platforms Monday, March 18, at Cape Central High School's Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall. Incumbent board members Paul Cairns and Kyle McDonald made their cases for reelection while Kristal Flentge eyes a first term on the board, which has two seats to fill for three-year terms at the upcoming Tuesday, April 2, general municipal election...
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Texas' migrant arrest law is back on hold after briefly taking effect
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Texas' plans to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally were again on hold Wednesday after setting off uncertainty along the border and anger from Mexico flared during a brief few hours that the law was allowed to take effect...
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Cape PD investigates shooting
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
Police are investigating a Tuesday evening, March 19, shooting that injured a victim who was taken to a local emergency room for injuries not considered life threatening...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2024. There are 286 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun slayings of their wealthy parents. (They were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)...
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Prayer 3-20-24
(Prayer ~ 03/20/24)
Lord Jesus, we praise you for you are the Light of the World. Amen.
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Elite heaven or real hell on earth?
(Column ~ 03/20/24)
The horrific murder of Laken Riley by a repeated felony offender and illegal alien Jose Ibarra, 26, a Venezuelan citizen, was preventable -- had federal immigration laws simply been enforced by the Biden administration. When called out in his recent State of the Union address, President Joe Biden referenced the deceased Riley. But Biden misidentified her as "Lincoln Riley" -- the USC football coach!...
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Fire report 3-20-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/20/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 18 n Medical assists were made at 7:34 a.m. at Independence and William streets; 11:51 a.m. at Independence and William streets; 1:12 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 2:03 p.m. on Lacey Street; and 3:56 p.m. on William Street. ...
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Police report 3-20-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/20/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Spring Avenue. Theft n Theft of a motor vehicle/aircraft/watercraft was reported on Lakeshore Drive...
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Barbara Kellum
(Obituary ~ 03/20/24)
Barbara Jean Kellum, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Saturday, March 23, at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Cornell Braxton will conduct the funeral at noon Saturday, March 23, at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. ...
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LaWanda Ice
(Obituary ~ 03/20/24)
LaWanda Ann Ice, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 14, 2024, at her home. She was born July 3, 1933, in Marion, Illinois, to Claude and Carrie Howell. She married Thomas “Gene” Ice in 1969, and he preceded her in death in 1997. LaWanda is survived by two daughters, Sheryl Cameron of Marion and LaGina (Kevin) McVay of Cape Girardeau; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. ...
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Janet Hopkins
(Obituary ~ 03/20/24)
Janet Sue Hopkins, 77, formerly of Burfordville, died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 22, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, with the funeral following at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.
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Dwayne Flanigan Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/20/24)
BENTON — Duel Dewayne Flanigan Jr., son of Mable Finney Flanigan of Oran and the late Duel Dewayne Flanigan Sr., was born Feb. 28, 1971, in St. Louis and departed his life Saturday, March 16, 2024, at his home in Benton at the age of 53 years. He was a former employee with Armor Lite Trailer Manufacturing and most recently worked construction in the Scott County area. Dewayne was a member of the National Guard and Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Oran. ...
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As electric vehicle sales slow, US relaxes plans for stricter auto emissions standards for a while
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed tailpipe limits for three years but eventually reach the same strict standards set out by the Environmental Protection Agency...
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JetBlue will drop some cities and reduce LA flights to focus on more profitable routes
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
JetBlue Airways will end service at several cities and reduce flying out of Los Angeles in a move to retrench and focus on stronger markets after years of losing money. The changes will also help the airline cope with the grounding of some of its planes for inspections of their Pratt & Whitney engines, an executive told employees Tuesday...
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Heavy fighting rages around Gaza's biggest hospital as Israel raids it for a second day
(International News ~ 03/20/24)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead were combatants...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status
(International News ~ 03/20/24)
SAO PAULO -- Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released by the Supreme Court alleged that Bolsonaro and 16 others inserted false information into a public health database to make it appear as though the then-president, his 12-year-old daughter and several others in his circle had received the COVID-19 vaccine.. ...
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US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill
(International News ~ 03/20/24)
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the front. "The United States will not let Ukraine fail," said Austin, addressing more than 50 defense leaders from Europe and around the world who are meeting at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany. ...
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North Korea claims progress in developing a hypersonic missile designed to strike distant US targets
(International News ~ 03/20/24)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the region...
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Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve another law giving government more power to curb dissent
(International News ~ 03/20/24)
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019...
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A teenager faces a new felony charge over the shooting at the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration
(State News ~ 03/20/24)
KANSAS CITY -- A 16-year-old boy is facing a new felony charge over the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration that killed one person and wounded almost two dozen others, local juvenile authorities said Tuesday. Authorities said the teenager was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon in shooting at a person. ...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to dismiss case charging him with plotting to overturn 2020 election
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to dismiss an indictment charging the former president with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election, renewing their arguments that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken in the White House...
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Peter Navarro is 1st Trump White House official to serve prison time related to Jan. 6 attack
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
MIAMI -- Former White House adviser Peter Navarro reported to prison Tuesday for a contempt of Congress conviction, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to be locked up for a crime related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House committee that investigated the riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump...
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Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, praises 'very valuable' potential of Gaza's 'waterfront property'
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the "very valuable" potential of Gaza's "waterfront property," suggesting that Israel should remove civilians while it "cleans up" the area. "Gaza's waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods," Kushner said in an interview dated Feb. ...
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Trump suggests he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he'd support a national ban on abortions around 15 weeks of pregnancy, voicing for the first time support for a specific limit on the procedure. The Republican former president has taken credit for striking down a federally guaranteed right to abortion by appointing three U.S. ...
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Mississippi 'Goon Squad' deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker sat on the front row of a packed courtroom Tuesday and watched as a federal judge handed down yearslong sentences to two of the white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who tortured the two Black men last year in a brutal attack that began on the basis of race...
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Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
WASHINGTON -- The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time...
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Supreme Court allows Texas to begin enforcing law that lets police arrest migrants at border
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally as a legal battle over the measure continues to play out. The conservative majority's order rejected an emergency application from the Biden administration, which says the law is a clear violation of federal authority that would cause chaos in immigration law...
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Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight
(National News ~ 03/20/24)
TEMPE, Ariz. -- As Joe Biden and Donald Trump moved closer to a November rematch, primary voters around the country on Tuesday urged their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worried about what might happen if their side loses this fall. There was little suspense about Tuesday's results as both candidates are already their parties' presumptive nominees. ...
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Out of the past: March 20
(Out of the Past ~ 03/20/24)
The new waterfall in front of Kent Library on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University has been activated, while university construction crews continue their work on it; water cascades over limestone boulders five feet into a reflection pool...
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Donald Parris
(Obituary ~ 03/20/24)
Donald Ray Parris, 76, of Scott City died Sunday, March 17, 2024, at his home. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the chapel, with the Rev. Rennie Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery in Commerce.
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CDC COVID-19 guidance change is step toward normalcy
(Editorial ~ 03/20/24)
COVID-19, a virus responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths in the United States, continues to recede, morphing from societal disrupter to ever-present nuisance.
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Gunshot detection technology leads to arrest of Sikeston man
(Local News ~ 03/20/24)
SIKESTON — Sikeston’s new gunshot detection technology has led to the arrest of a man on charges of illegally possessing a firearm. On Monday, March 18, officers with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety were alerted to gunfire within the city using a new technology known as ShotSpotter, according to Capt. ...
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Eucharistic Procession at Guardian Angel Parish
(Submitted Story ~ 03/20/24)
Several Knights of Columbus members from the Newman Center on SEMO's campus, in Cape Girardeau, MO, along with Deacon Tom Schumer and student photographers, used their spring break from SEMO to participate in the Anima Christi '24 Pilgrimage. They started the pilgrimage in Joplin, MO on Sunday, March 10 and headed east through several communities throughout the week and returned back to Cape Girardeau on Sunday, March 17. ...
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St. Joseph's Table
(Submitted Story ~ 03/20/24)
The annual tradition of a St. Joseph's table was started by Father Joseph Kelly at Guardian Angel Parish on the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19, 2024. The tradition of St. Joseph's Table originated in Sicily, Italy. It was started as a thank you to St. ...
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