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Annie Laurie’s owners open eclectic new eatery in downtown Cape (7/22/24)Soiree by Annie Laurie’s is in the midst of its soft opening, but the idea for this new lounge at 111 William St. in Cape Girardeau spans years into the past. Laurie and Rob Ray, the same couple behind Annie Laurie’s emporium and The Indie House retail space on Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau, own the eatery. ...
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Former Secret Service agent, Cape native shares thoughts on Trump assassination attempt (7/22/24)Former Secret Service agent Paul Nenninger — a native of Cape Girardeau who has served on the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education — weighed in with thoughts about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, July 13, in Butler, Pennsylvania. ...
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Shivelbines Music Store marks 75 years of family ownership (7/23/24)For three generations, members of the Shivelbine family have provided the sound of music to Southeast Missouri and the surrounding states. Shivelbines Music Store in downtown Cape Girardeau, an instrument supplier to hundreds of schools and hobbyists, turned 75 this July. ...
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Knights of Columbus Hall in Cape burgled Friday night, Saturday morning (7/23/24)An unidentified person allegedly stole cash and damaged property Friday evening, July 19, at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 318 S. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Two physician assistants join Mercy Southeast facilities (7/22/24)On Thursday, July 18, Mercy Southeast announced the hiring of two physician assistants to work at two separate care facilities. Dava Hoffman will see patients at Mercy Primary Care, 817 Mount Auburn Road in Cape Girardeau. Aaron Koehler will join the team at Mercy Convenient Care-Jackson, 2432 E. Main St. Both physician assistants are Southeast Missouri State University alumni. ...
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Bollinger County search related to girl missing since 1989 (7/26/24)Law enforcement officials recently searched a rural Bollinger County property in connection with the case of a girl who disappeared in 1989...
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Strategies, community voices highlight first Gun Violence Task Force meeting (7/25/24)The City of Cape Girardeau’s first Gun Violence Task Force meeting focused on an introduction to work being done by the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri to prevent gun violence and the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s Gun Crime Taskforce and overview of crime data. ...
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SEMO alumnus returns as director of Public Safety (7/24/24)Southeast Missouri State University announced Tuesday, July 23, that it has named Richard Flotron III as its new director of Public Safety.
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Cape Girardeau man arrested for unlawful possession of firearm after possible overdose (7/26/24)A Cape Girardeau man was arrested after allegedly being found to possess a firearm illegally after a Cape Girardeau police officer responded to a possible drug overdose Monday, July 22...
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Pie prank leads to shots fired (7/20/24)One hundred years ago, on a late Thursday night in July, the guys hanging around a small eatery on Good Hope Street had too much time on their hands. In idle mischief, they hassled Melvin Miller’s son, a Black youth, who came in, ordered a sandwich and a piece of pie. The pranksters hid Miller’s pie, and told him a patrolman had taken it. Oddly, the pie incident was reported in both the St. Louis Argus and the Southeast Missourian newspapers.
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President Joe Biden exits presidential race; supports VP Harris (7/21/24)20Media reports early Sunday afternoon, July 21, indicate President Joe Biden will exit the 2024 presidential race. The presumptive Democratic nominee has said he will remain president.
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Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally (7/23/24)16WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents...
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Let voters decide, not federal agencies, others (7/23/24)14When Donald Trump seemed to have a lock on the 2016 Republican primary, the Democratic Party concluded that the people could not be counted on to do the "right thing" of electing the Democratic candidate in waiting Hillary Clinton. ...
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Strategies, community voices highlight first Gun Violence Task Force meeting (7/25/24)12The City of Cape Girardeau’s first Gun Violence Task Force meeting focused on an introduction to work being done by the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri to prevent gun violence and the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s Gun Crime Taskforce and overview of crime data. ...
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Democrats lied about Biden, and got caught (7/25/24)11They didn’t soulfully consider President Joe Biden’s marked decline and decide, for the good of him, his party and the country, that he had to step down. They lied, and they got caught. The Democratic Party line on Biden was that he had turned in an exceptionally effective State of the Union address. He might mess up a name here or there, but he had gotten better with age. He should be judged on his achievements, which rivaled those of LBJ. Anything suggesting he was in decline was a paranoid lie, or — in a truly ridiculous neologism — "a cheap fake.
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Harris tells roaring Wisconsin crowd November election is 'a choice between freedom and chaos' (7/24/24)10WEST ALLIS, Wis. — A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November's election will be "a choice between freedom and chaos.”...
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City management critical of estimates in MI2's water plant proposal (7/24/24)9As the City of Cape Girardeau administration responded to MI2 operating system’s $109 million proposal to include a new water plant, it cited issues with MI2’s estimates for improvements...