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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 1/6/20
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for Jan. 2 meeting Communications/reports n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 1/6/20
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Presentation n Presentation of the MIRMA Risk Management Grant award to the Jackson Police Department for a car camera and police training award for 2018. Public hearings n Hearing to consider a special-use permit request for a temporary mobile medical office, in a C-2 (general commercial) District, at 2130 E. Jackson Blvd., as submitted by Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda 1/6/20
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Study session n No action will be taken during the study session Presentations n None at this time Communications/reports n City Council staff Items for discussion n Appearances regarding items not listed on the agenda...
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Three-car wreck partially closes William Street in Cape
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a crash in Cape Girardeau involving three passenger vehicles Sunday, which partially closed William Street near Interstate 55 for about 20 minutes. ...
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Stabbing at apartment complex in 900 block of Hackberry
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
An adult male victim was taken to the hospital early Sunday night with a non-life threatening wound to his left arm after a stabbing at an apartment complex on Hackberry Street. Officers responded to 909 Hackberry St. at 5:25 p.m. after a caller saw the man bleeding profusely from the arm and reported a shooting, Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann stated via text message...
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Business Notebook: Prather retires after long career as Saint Francis CFO
(Business ~ 01/06/20)
After nearly a quarter-century with Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, David Prather has retired as the medical center's chief financial officer. His retirement became effective last Tuesday...
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From the Business Desk ...: Post-Dispatch changes delivery options for area subscribers
(Business ~ 01/06/20)
The 2020s will be a decade of transition for printed newspapers. Southeast Missourian publisher Jon K. Rust has written an insightful column about the newspaper industry's future that appeared in last Thursday's edition. In it, he cited several reasons why more and more newspapers are transitioning away from printed formats in favor of digital platforms. If you haven't read it, it's well worth a read ...
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STEM University offers hands-on learning for Scouts, opportunity for merit badges
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Southeast Missouri State University welcomed more than 200 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts for STEM University on Saturday. STEM University is an all-day event allowing member of Boy Scouts of America (BSA) of the Greater Saint Louis Area Council to earn awards and badges in science-, technology-, engineering- or math-related fields...
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Local farmer creates app for irrigation info
(Business ~ 01/06/20)
Local farmer creates app providing real-time info on irrigation For Nathan Holmes of Oran, keeping track of agricultural irrigation was "like trying to unscramble an egg." Between employee miscommunications, sometimes tedious record-keeping and uncertainty about irrigation pump status, he said he felt frustrated with the system of irrigating his family's farmland...
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Jackson church celebrates Epiphany with blessing of Hubble Creek
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
As the Rev. Daniel Morton cast a line Sunday afternoon in Jackson City Park, one may have mistaken the priest for a fisherman. In actuality, the fisher of men was casting a cross into the waters of Hubble Creek for the first time as part of St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church’s annual ceremony to commemorate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River...
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Crazy Horse family elder and author to visit Osage Centre on Jan. 16 and 17
(Local News ~ 01/06/20)
Crazy Horse family elder Floyd Clown Sr. and author/filmmaker William Matson will be in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 16 and 17 to discuss and sign their book, “Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior’s Life and Legacy,” an exploration of the family’s oral history, and anticipation is high — the event outgrew its original space at the public library, and will instead be held at the Osage Centre...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/06/20)
Today is Monday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2020. There are 360 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of "Four Freedoms": Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God in their own way; freedom from want; freedom from fear...
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Local New Year's Eve celebration provided fun party for a good cause
(Editorial ~ 01/06/20)
If you want to support a cause and have a good time doing so, there are plenty of opportunities locally. And on New Year's Eve, more than 400 people turned out for the 10th annual St. Jude New Year's Eve Benefit held at Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center...
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Speak Out 1/6/20
(Speak Out ~ 01/06/20)
First, let me say I don't think the minimum wage increase is a bad thing. A working person needs to make a decent wage. There are consequences, as the companies required to increase the pay for employees are not going to absorb the added cost. For example, one year ago, I could go to a local fast food restaurant and get a large drink, one small fry and two hamburgers for $4.11. ...
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Police: Psychic said girl was possessed, scammed mom of $70K
(National News ~ 01/06/20)
SOMERSET, Mass. — A woman claiming to be a psychic stole more than $70,000 from a client by telling the woman her 10-year-old daughter was possessed by a demon and she needed the money to banish the spirit, police in Massachusetts said. Tracy Milanovich, 37, of Somerset is charged with obtaining property by trick, along with larceny and witness intimidation, Somerset police said in a statement Thursday. ...
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2020 brings higher costs for small businesses
(National News ~ 01/06/20)
NEW YORK -- Small business owners have plenty of changes to deal with as 2020 begins -- higher labor costs for many companies, and some owners will discover they have to comply with new laws that aren't on the books in their own states. A look at a handful of the 2020 changes in laws and regulations:...
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Trump doubles down on striking cultural sites in Iran
(National News ~ 01/06/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian official...
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Dennis Turner
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
Dennis W. Turner, 71, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Sept. 6, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Homer and Frances Holloway Turner, Jr. Dennis owned Turner Carpet Service for 30 years, worked for Advanced Pest Control and Drury Southwest, West Park Lanes...
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Shirley Roth
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Shirley A. Roth, 81, of Benton passed away Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Martin and Ruby Huettig Meyer. She and Shirley L. Roth were married Nov. 23, 1957. He preceded her in death July 29, 2010...
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Jason Hutson
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
Jason Lynn Hutson, 45, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, in Dania Beach, Florida. He was born Oct. 3, 1974, in Cape Girardeau to Glenn Jefferson and Anne Louise Baumann Hutson. He was baptized in 1987 at First Baptist Church and was a 1992 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School...
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Ruth Hadler
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth L. Hadler, 76, of Perryville died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, with the Rev. Matthew Marks officiating. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Crosstown...
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Patricia Farrar
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
Patricia V. Farrar, 81, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, at her daughter's home. She was born Nov. 18, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to the late George and Theresa Kimmich Helton. Pat worked in sales at Sears for 40 years. After retirement, she went to work for Physician's Associates at Saint Francis Medical Center. She also volunteered many hours at Saint Francis...
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Mary Clements
(Obituary ~ 01/06/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Mary S. Clements, 56, of Perryville died Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at her home. She was born June 12, 1963, in Heidelberg, Germany, to Ralph R. and Euline P. Barber Clements-Hamlin. Mary was a call center representative for Drury Co. Survivors include her brothers, Ralph (Carol) Clements and Wain F. (Kelly) Hamlin, both of Perryville; nieces and nephews, Wade and Bailey Hamlin and Colton and Callie Clements; and life partner, Gill Welsch of Murray, Kentucky...
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Prayer 1/6/20
(Prayer ~ 01/06/20)
O Lord, may we be careful how we live -- not as unwise but as wise. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 01/06/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Cristy Baker-Neel discharged an assistant prosecutor and a clerk yesterday to confront what she calls inefficiencies in her office; a new assistant prosecutor and an administrative clerk will begin work Monday...
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Emily Kellum of Cape Girardeau, Missouri awarded a $4,000 scholarship from the University of Illinois Springfield
(Submitted Story ~ 01/06/20)
SPRINGFIELD – Emily Kellum of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for fall semester 2020 and awarded a $4,000 Lincoln Merit Scholarship for tuition over two years. At UIS, she plans to major in pre-nursing...
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River City Rodders Supports Voices for Children/CASA
(Submitted Story ~ 01/06/20)
James Frank with the River City Rodders stopped by Voices for Children/CASA to present Sharon Hileman, Executive Director with a donation. The River City Rodders have been donating to Voices for Children/CASA for a number of years. Their continued support is greatly appreciated...
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