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The Information Superhighway: 20% of Missourians -- more than a million people -- without high-speed Internet
(B Magazine ~ 05/11/20)
It's often referred to as the "Information Superhighway," and over the past few decades, the internet has become an indispensable part of our daily lives -- from information and communications to entertainment and online shopping. Most people use the internet every day in one form or fashion, and in homes and businesses across the nation, it has become as common as electricity and indoor plumbing...
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Cape Girardeau man charged with fleeing, attempting to disarm an officer
(Local News ~ 05/11/20)
After allegedly fleeing from police in mid-April, a 24-year-old Cape Girardeau man now faces additional charges for attempting to disarm an officer and resisting arrest. The first set of charges against the suspect, Deion Phillips, stem from an April 19 call in the 1100 block of Cousin Street...
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Business Notebook: Mall lists safety precautions as some retailers reopen
(Business ~ 05/11/20)
As the Southeast Missourian reported over the weekend, West Park Mall has reopened after being closed more than a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About a dozen mall tenants opened Friday with additional retailers opening in the coming days, according to Stacey Keating, senior director of public relations and corporate communications with CBL Properties in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which owns the shopping center. ...
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From the (Home) Business Desk ... Future uncertain for J.C. Penney
(Business ~ 05/11/20)
J.C. Penney has been part of the business community in Cape Girardeau for nearly a century, but its future here could be in doubt because of the company's uncertain financial picture. According to published reports, the company is planning to file for bankruptcy protection, possibly later this week, and will close about 200 of its 846 locations in the United States. J.C. Penney has closed about 250 stores since 2012, when the retailer had more than 1,100 U.S. locations...
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Crawfish boilhouse to open in Jackson
(Business ~ 05/11/20)
A Jackson family is bringing a bit of Cajun culture to Southeast Missouri through SEMO Crawfish Co. Boilhouse & Market, set to open later this month. For more than 20 years, AmyJo and Ben Hunter have farmed and sold crawfish from their Sikeston, Missouri, farm, producing some 10,000 pounds each year. They own a 180-acre farm, 10 acres of which are used for crawfish...
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Coronavirus cases increase slightly Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/11/20)
Several new COVID-19 cases were reported in the region Sunday by state authorities in Missouri and Illinois. Cape Girardeau County’s positive cases grew by two, to 50. Scott County’s total increased by one to 80. In Illinois, Union County reported 63 virus cases, up from 62 on Saturday. Alexander County’s total grew by one, to seven...
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Missouri Counts: 2020 Census
(B Magazine ~ 05/11/20)
The 2020 Census is our chance to make sure our hard-earned tax dollars make their way back to Southeast Missouri. According to Melissa Stickel, chairman of the Cape Girardeau Census Complete Count Committee, "For every adult and every child that is not counted in the census, Missouri will lose $1,300 in federal dollars every year. That's money that can go into roads and bridges, hospitals and schools...
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Opening up at Lighthouse United on Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/11/20)
Alexandra House uses an infrared thermometer to take keyboardist Gregory Johnson's temperature before a Mother's Day service at Lighthouse United on Sunday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
Today is Monday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2020. There are 234 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere. On this date: In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union...
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To be Late is to be Selfish
(05/11/20)
Barbara Rose Rust is a Cape Girardeau native writing vignettes about her childhood for her children and grandchildren, considering her growing up was very different from theirs. This is the third in a three-part series in which she shares these anecdotes with TBY readers, too...
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Prayer 5-11-20
(Prayer ~ 05/11/20)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for by your wounds we are healed. Amen.
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Everyone deserves to live under the Biden standard
(Column ~ 05/11/20)
Why should Joe Biden get due process, but not others accused of sexual misconduct? That’s the question raised by the progressive reaction to Tara Reade’s accusation against Biden on the one hand, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ new rules for handling sexual harassment cases on college campuses on the other...
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We remember Charles C. Clippard
(Editorial ~ 05/11/20)
Cape Girardeau lost a respected man and educator late last month in Charles C. Clippard. Clippard, 90, was a principal at Hawthorn Elementary School. When the school was renamed after him in 1991 following his retirement, he told the Southeast Missourian it was “the greatest honor any school district can bestow.” And he didn’t think he was worthy of the honor. But the many students, faculty, staff and community members who knew him correctly disagreed, knowing it was appropriate and well deserved...
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Program that collects devices for COVID-19 patients expands
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
NORTHFIELD, N.H. -- It's one of the many cruelties of the pandemic: Many people hospitalized with COVID-19 are cut off from loved ones who are not allowed to visit them, for fear of the disease spreading. Kaya Suner came up with a solution. The 19-year-old Rhode Island man figured out a way to recycle used smartphones and tablets, getting them into the hands of patients suffering from the virus so they can communicate with friends and family. And the idea has taken off...
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Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
ATLANTA -- Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a neighborhood. Arbery was shot and killed Feb. 23. No arrests were made until this month after national outrage over the case swelled when video surfaced that appeared to show the shooting...
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U.S. census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's not meant to be a trick question, but many filling out their 2020 U.S. census form struggle to answer: How many people were staying at your home on April 1? The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced...
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U.S. virus patients and businesses sue China over outbreak
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Before the coronavirus outbreak, Saundra Andringa-Meuer was a healthy 61-year-old mother of six who never smoked or drank alcohol. Then she became seriously ill with the disease after traveling from her Wisconsin home to help her son move from college in Connecticut...
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Leaders balance optimism with threat of second virus wave
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
HOUSTON -- Trump administration officials spoke optimistically about a relatively quick rebound from the coronavirus Sunday as life within the White House reflected the challenges still posed by the pandemic, with Vice President Mike Pence "self-isolating" after one of his aides tested positive...
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Becoming 'King of Ventilators' may result in unexpected glut
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
WASHINGTON -- As requests for ventilators from the national stockpile reached a crescendo in late March, President Donald Trump made what seemed like a bold claim: His administration would provide 100,000 within 100 days. At the time, the Department of Health and Human Services had not ordered any new ventilators since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in January. ...
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Not giving it up cold turkey: Bird hunters just winging it
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
FALMOUTH, Maine -- The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, from college basketball's Final Four to Easter Sunday services, but there's one rite that's going on largely unfettered -- turkey hunting. Every state except Alaska, which is the only state with no turkeys, hosts a spring turkey hunt each year. The birds, whose domesticated cousins grace Thanksgiving tables from Hawaii to Maine, are among America's greatest conservation success stories...
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Pence spends weekend at home after exposure to infected aide
(National News ~ 05/11/20)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence was self-isolating Sunday after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week, but he planned to return to the White House today. An administration official said Pence was voluntarily keeping his distance from other people in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 since his exposure but was following the advice of medical officials...
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Mary Wampler
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
Mary Aleene Wampler, 88, of Jackson died Friday, May 8, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 30, 1931, in Whitewater to Thomas O. and Ida Idell Kinder Morgan. She and Norvel E. Wampler were married Jan. 20, 1950, in Whitewater. He preceded her in death Nov. 2, 2016...
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Elizabeth Shawan
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Elizabeth Ann Harris Shawan, 85, of Poplar Bluff passed away at 2:35 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Crowley Ridge Care Center. Lovingly being held by her son, Jeff Shawan, and beloved granddaughter, Christina Shawan, she slipped away peacefully, hearing how much she was loved by family members and friends and what a wonderful mother she was...
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Mary Mullinax
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
PACIFIC, Mo. -- Mary Jo Mullinax, 86, of Pacific, formerly of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020, in St. Louis. She was born July 1, 1933, in Mount Vernon to the late Vance Sr. and Lucy Brookman Skinner. Mary married William "Junior" A. Mullinax on March 20, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas. They were blessed with 42 years of marriage before he preceded her in death April 7, 1992...
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Daniel Mueller
(Obituary ~ 05/11/20)
Daniel Mueller, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, May 9, 2020, at the Missouri State Veterans Home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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College class of 2020 will graduate into wobbly economy
(State News ~ 05/11/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With graduation looming, the future is looking a lot less bright than it did just a few months ago for college seniors. They are entering a job market flooded with tens of millions of workers who have lost their jobs amid the coronavirus, The Kansas City Star reports...
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St. Louis area outpaces Kansas City in virus cases, deaths
(State News ~ 05/11/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Experts aren't clear why the coronavirus is striking the state's two largest metropolitan areas so differently, although the geography of the areas might provide a clue. Johns Hopkins University reported 494 deaths and 9,900 cases in Missouri as of Sunday, with the bulk of them in the St. Louis region. As of late last week, around 470 had died in the St. Louis area, compared to about 160 in greater Kansas City, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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U.S. governors aim to boost production of medical supplies
(State News ~ 05/11/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Frustrated by scarce supplies and a chaotic marketplace amid the coronavirus outbreak, some U.S. governors are seeking to bolster their home-state production of vital medical and protective equipment to ensure a reliable long-term source for state stockpiles...
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Little Richard, flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87
(Entertainment ~ 05/11/20)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock 'n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died Saturday after battling bone cancer. He was 87...
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Out of the past: May 11
(Out of the Past ~ 05/11/20)
Cape Girardeau's revenue from property taxes has nearly doubled over the past 10 years because of levy hikes and an ever-growing assessed valuation; property taxes brought in $685,000 in 1985-86; in 1993-94, they brought in $1.25 million; this fiscal year, property taxes will generate an estimated $1.3 million, a 6% increase...
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