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Road work 5/19/20
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Southern Expressway east of Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau is closed until further notice. A large amount of diesel fuel from a commercial tanker was spilled on the roadway, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, and Hazardous Materials crews were en route as of Monday afternoon. Motorists may use West End Boulevard as a detour...
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Missouri courts information now readily available online
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Missouri courts information is more readily available now at courts.mo.gov/pandemic, according to a news release. Missouri Courts' main COVID-19 alerts page now allows users to quickly determine the phase courts are operating in as courts begin a phased reopening, the release stated...
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Governor touts testing in Monday coronavirus briefing; will not stop Barton execution
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Two weeks out from the May 4 lifting of Missouri’s “stay-at-home” order, Gov. Mike Parson continued to accentuate the positive in his daily COVID-19 briefing Monday in Jefferson City. Parson reported 1,200 additional vials of remdisivir, the much-touted experimental antiviral drug, were sent on to 33 Missouri hospitals and were used on 115 patients Friday...
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Jackson man allegedly chases ex-girlfriend, flees from police in high-speed pursuit
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
A 33-year-old Jackson man is facing charges including fleeing from police, domestic assault and armed criminal action after allegedly chasing his ex-girlfriend in a miles-long pursuit through Cape Girardeau before fleeing from police and crossing into Illinois...
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Seven new coronavirus cases reported in Stoddard County
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Seven new COVID-19 cases were reported Monday in Stoddard County, Missouri. The county Public Health Center reported the new cases and put out more information about a nursing home outbreak in the county. A release stated 30 cases stem from the unnamed nursing home, with 24 of the cases involving patients and six involving staff. Six of those patients have been hospitalized, and are reportedly in stable condition...
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Delayed leadership program begins Wednesday in Jackson
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Leadership & Development program, which was scheduled to start March 18 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will kick off Wednesday with the first of eight monthly workshops. The daylong programs will take place at the Jackson Civic Center the third Wednesday of each month through December...
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Congraduations! SEMO fountain serves as backdrop for photos
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Mallory Westerman of Chester, Illinois, poses for a photo taken by fellow Southeast Missouri State University graduate Adrienne Webery of St. Mary, Missouri, on Monday in front of a fountain near Kent Library on the Southeast campus. ...
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Charges filed against armed driver after crash near intersection of William, West End
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
A 22-year-old woman from Cape Girardeau is facing charges for firing shots at a vehicle after a crash in the intersection of William Street and South West End Boulevard on Thursday afternoon. Deandra L. Patterson is charged with one Class B felony count of unlawful use of a weapon, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, and she is being held on a $25,000 cash- or surety-bond...
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Construction begins on Cape Girardeau VA Health Care Center
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Officials at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, announced work has begun on the new VA Health Care Center in Cape Girardeau. The clinic will be located on Mount Auburn Road, immediately north of the Southeast Health Cancer Center...
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Jackson aldermen waive utility late fees; approve hotel construction extension
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
Acknowledging the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on area residents and businesses, the Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday night voted to waive penalties on late utility payments for the March, April and May billing periods. The board also approved a request from the owners of a new hotel to extend the deadline for the hotel’s completion under the terms of a special financing district agreement...
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Cape Council unanimously approves aquatics project, emergency funding measures
(Local News ~ 05/19/20)
After years of discussion and debate, the Cape Girardeau City Council on Monday unanimously endorsed an aquatics project to build a new leisure pool at Jefferson Elementary and renovate the existing Central Municipal Pool facility. Under the current timeline, the Jefferson facility would be completed in 2021 and the full project is projected for completion by fiscal year 2024-2025...
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Navigating COVID challenges and addressing aquatics center
(Column ~ 05/19/20)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis around the world. It has drastically affected our country and our state. Comparably, here in our county and in Cape Girardeau we have fared better than most. As we begin to reopen our city and local businesses, please continue to follow the guidelines where possible. Social distancing, wearing masks and sanitizing will be with us for awhile. It is still a matter of common sense and individual responsibility...
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Covid-19 in Southeast Missouri: The good news in the numbers
(Column ~ 05/19/20)
I picked up carryout at a couple restaurants last week, and in both cases the restaurant was either open for inside business or preparing to open. Tables had been separated to provide required social distancing. Wait staff was in masks. It was affirming to see the restaurants implementing public health guidelines, which have been stressed and reinforced by all levels of government from the White House to the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. ...
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Don't believe the [non]hype: It's not too late
(Column ~ 05/19/20)
"Don't believe the hype!" We've all heard that expression. But what about the [non]hype? How many of us believe that? I challenge each of us, instead, to reject it and do the thing we think is too big, too late, too good to be true. Hyping, to keep it simple, is exaggerating. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/19/20)
Today is Tuesday, May 19, the 140th day of 2020. There are 226 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 19, 1943, in his second wartime address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan; that evening, Churchill met with President Franklin D. ...
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Prayer 5/19/20
(Prayer ~ 05/19/20)
O God, may we be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. Amen.
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Important lessons we need to learn
(Column ~ 05/19/20)
Perhaps you listened to the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Catholic school case on C-SPAN? Even with it happening over the phone and us listening in live, it added a whiff of that longed-for "normalcy" to the week and a little nostalgia, too, for the days when we had debates outside of pandemics...
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Dems: Fired watchdog looking into Saudi arms sale
(National News ~ 05/19/20)
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats say the State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump last week was investigating possible impropriety in a massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia last year, adding new questions to the watchdog's abrupt dismissal...
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Hospitals, health care sector reel from virus
(National News ~ 05/19/20)
The global coronavirus pandemic has created a huge need for health care in the U.S., but it also is delivering a devastating financial blow to that sector. COVID-19 worries have kept patients away from doctors' offices and forced the postponement and cancellation of non-urgent surgeries. The pandemic also has shut down large portions of the American economy, leaving many would-be patients without insurance or in a financial pinch that makes them curb spending...
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'Extreme caution' urged for reopening nursing homes
(National News ~ 05/19/20)
NEW YORK -- Federal authorities are urging governors to use "extreme caution" in deciding when to resume visits at nursing homes, saying it shouldn't come before all residents and staff have tested negative for the coronavirus for at least 28 days. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' criteria for relaxing restrictions at nursing homes come more than two months after the agency ordered homes to ban visitors. ...
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U.S. autoworkers return to work; possible vaccine shows promise
(National News ~ 05/19/20)
WARREN, Mich. -- More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and extremely early test...
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Ralph Drum Sr.
(Obituary ~ 05/19/20)
Ralph Edward Drum Sr., 87, of Friedheim died Sunday, May 17, 2020, at his home. He was born May 2, 1933, in Friedheim to Avery Lee and Alice Edna Hanners Drum. Ralph and Martha Rose Laxton were married Oct. 21, 1962, in Patton, Missouri. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Korea...
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Joseph Dockery
(Obituary ~ 05/19/20)
Joseph Eugene Dockery, 57, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 17, 2020. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Clarence Dockery Jr., officiating...
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Carmon Collier
(Obituary ~ 05/19/20)
Carmon Collier, 84, of Scott City died Monday, May 18, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.
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Jeffrey Bierman
(Obituary ~ 05/19/20)
Jeffrey L. Bierman, 57, of Jackson passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 12, 1963, in Sparta, Illinois, to Arkel and Nola Williamson Bierman. He and Paula Rhodes were married Sept. 23, 1989, in Jackson...
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Out of the past: May 19
(Out of the Past ~ 05/19/20)
Battering an already battered area, a tornado roared through a rural stretch of southern Cape Girardeau County and northern Scott County yesterday afternoon, damaging barns and a home; no injuries were reported; while Cape Girardeau was pounded with rain and hail for a second straight day, it avoided being hit by the tornado, which instead struck south of Chaffee, Missouri, destroying the barn and ripping through the David Landewee family farm...
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Cape police report 5/19/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/19/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported in the 1900 block of Broadway. Assaults n Assault was reported at South Sprigg and Linden streets. n Assault was reported in the 200 block of St. Francis Drive...
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Music Students Honored
(Submitted Story ~ 05/19/20)
Students of the Marge Main Music Studio performed two piano solos at the Junior Federated Music Festival. The following students earned top ratings: Brock Compton, Eliza Criblez, Eleanor Dean, George Dean, Marianne Dean, Eden Dehne, Anthony Kearns, Kyah Kidd. Grace Morgan, Samuel Norman, Isabella Palmer, Griffin Rieger, Jackson Rieger, Willow Rieger, Henry Rusten and Erin Spencer...
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Sponsored: How to Safely Remove a Tick From Your Pet’s Body
(Insiders Advice ~ 05/19/20)
With all of the wonderful ways to enjoy the great outdoors this time of year, it’s also easy to forget to inspect your pets for ticks and other parasites. Contact with a tick’s blood could transmit infection to both you and your pet. That infection can lead to dangerous, even fatal conditions, like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, to name a few...
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