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Domestic assault at Village on the Green apartment complex leaves juvenile injured
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
An investigation is underway after a domestic assault occurred Tuesday between a mother and her juvenile son, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann. Members of the Cape Girardeau Police Department were observed outside the doorway of an apartment building at 8 Village Drive shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officers escorted a woman to a patrol vehicle before leaving the scene, and a pool of blood was observed inside the doorway to the apartment building and on the steps...
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Cape man charged after armed robbery in 1000 block of Sturdivant Street
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old Cape Girardeau man for his alleged involvement in a series of events over the weekend surrounding an armed robbery and the theft of a firearm. A suspect was located by police and identified as Justin D. Gray, according to according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann. Officers obtained a search warrant and gathered evidence from Gray’s residence before he was arrested and transported to the Cape Girardeau Police Department, Hann stated...
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Producing produce at Centenary United Methodist in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Marilyn Kingree of Cape Girardeau, left, with FISH Volunteers of Cape Girardeau, smiles while helping distribute free 25-pound boxes of produce Tuesday at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Few new coronavirus cases reported in region
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Only five new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday in the region. Scott County officials reported two new cases, bringing the total number of virus cases in the county to 124. Eighty-five county residents have recovered from the disease associated with the coronavirus, and 13 deaths have been attributed to the virus in the county...
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Kohn named student regent at Southeast
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Lauren Kohn of Fenton, Missouri, was appointed Monday by Gov. Michael Parson to serve as the student representative to the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents. Her term will run through Jan. 1, 2022. She replaces Luke LeGrand of Cape Girardeau, whose term has expired...
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Woodland graduate wins Bright Idea Contest for manure-based skeet targets
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
For competitive skeet shooting, the future may be in a product called Shiskeet. It’s an invention by Judson Mayfield, 18, of Marble Hill, Missouri, that he said provides a safe, environmentally friendly way to practice skeet shooting. The skeet targets Mayfield developed, which are created out of manure and soy polymer, break down outdoors after two rains and won’t harm wildlife...
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$500K in renovations to Altenburg Museum to be unveiled this week
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Altenburg, Missouri, is a small town rich in regional history. A dedicated group now aims to showcase that history in a newly updated museum, reopening to the public in limited numbers Thursday. Groups of up to 10 people will be allowed, and hand-washing, masks and social distancing will be required...
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Jackson friends say black lives (and businesses) matter
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Two white friends who graduated together from Jackson High School say their consciences are newly awakened thanks to the Black Lives Matter protest May 31 in Cape Girardeau. “I thought ‘Wow,’ we have more of a sense of community (in Cape Girardeau) than I realized,” said attendee Samantha Smiley, 22, a 2016 JHS alumna and recent Southeast Missouri State University graduate...
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Flood conditions expected to linger longer
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
Remnants of Tropical Depression Cristobal, coupled with rainfall earlier this week along the Mississippi River basin, have combined to keep the river above flood stage at Cape Girardeau longer than originally forecast. The National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky, had predicted the river at Cape Girardeau would drop below the 32 feet flood stage on the Cape Girardeau gage by the end of this week...
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Coronavirus delays Missouri's full implementation of Real ID
(Local News ~ 06/10/20)
COVID-19’s tentacles have attached themselves to much in people’s daily lives, including something many Missourians don’t seem to know much about — the Real ID program. Due to the pandemic, the federal government this spring quietly pushed back the implementation of Real ID nationwide for a full year — to Oct. 1, 2021...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
Today is Wednesday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2020. There are 204 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China. On this date: In 1692, the first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged...
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Now Read This: “The Secrets of Wishtide,” by Kate Saunders
(06/10/20)
In “The Secrets of Wishtide” by Kate Saunders, scandal threatens to ruin Sir James Calderstone’s family when his son Charles falls for Helen Orme, a woman below his social class. Despite his father’s distrust of the young lady, Charles declares his intent to marry her. ...
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June election a reminder that every vote counts
(Editorial ~ 06/10/20)
Area voters gave several tax measures a yes vote last week, giving schools and municipalities a mechanism to fund projects ranging from law enforcement to roads to capital improvements. And races for city council, board of alderman and school boards proved once again that every vote does count...
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Revisiting William McKinley's victory through the lens of 2020
(Column ~ 06/10/20)
NILES, Ohio -- Truth be told, neither the home William McKinley was born in nor the front porch 55 miles west of his birthplace from which he conducted his presidential campaign exist anymore. The small, wood-plank-sided home here on state Route 46 is a replica of where the 25th president of the United States was born. ...
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Dalai Lama to release meditational album in July
(Entertainment ~ 06/10/20)
NEW YORK -- Stressed out while working at a bank in New Zealand, Junelle Kunin began searching for music paired with teachings from the Dalai Lama to calm herself down and allow herself to focus. But she couldn't find it online. That's when the musician and practicing Buddhist proposed an idea to The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Let's make an album fusing music with mantras and chants from the Tibetan spiritual leader...
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Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69
(Entertainment ~ 06/10/20)
LOS ANGELES -- Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of the next two decades, died Monday. The Grammy winner died of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, publicist Roger Neal said. She was 69...
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Employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
BALTIMORE -- U.S. employers laid-off 7.7 million workers in April -- a deep the economic hole that was created by the closure of thousands of offices, restaurants, stores and schools during the pandemic. The Labor Department also said in a Tuesday report that job openings plummeted and hiring all but disappeared in April. The number of available jobs fell 16% from March, to 5 million. Hires declined 31% to 3.5 million...
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After George Floyd killing, Trump avoids talk of racial bias
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
WASHINGTON -- In his comments since George Floyd died, President Donald Trump has shared lots of opinions about the need for "law and order," about fighting crime and the dangerous ideas of the "liberal left." When it comes to addressing racism, not so much...
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Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
HOUSTON -- Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral of George Floyd, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death has led to a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice. "George Floyd was not expendable. ...
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Masks reveal partisan split among lawmakers on coronavirus
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- To the issues creating a partisan divide in state legislatures across the U.S., add this one: masks. Many Democratic lawmakers are wearing them amid the coronavirus outbreak while many Republicans refuse. "Public health has become partisan," bemoaned South Carolina state Rep. Kambrell Garvin, a Democrat who recently became ill from COVID-19...
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Video evidence disproves some police narratives about incidents
(National News ~ 06/10/20)
Minneapolis police initially told the public that George Floyd died after a "medical incident during a police interaction." The Buffalo, New York, department said a protester "tripped and fell." Philadelphia police alleged a college student who suffered a serious head wound had assaulted an officer...
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Priscilla Wadley Dowdy
(Obituary ~ 06/10/20)
Peacefully at home, Priscilla Rose Wadley Dowdy, 82, of Jackson made her final journey to her Lord and Savior on Monday, June 8, 2020. She and her twin sister, Patricia, were born July 12, 1937, in Mound City, Illinois, to George and Allie Caldwell Caywood. She and Mike Wadley were married Sept. 18, 1963, in Cairo, Illinois. Four children were born to their union...
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Melba McCall
(Obituary ~ 06/10/20)
Melba J. McCall, daughter of the late John W. and Dorothy J. Stroder, was born May 13, 1943, in Burfordville and ended her earthly journey Sunday, June 7, 2020, at the age of 77 at her daughter's home in Jackson. Before retiring, Melba had been a supervisor at Columbia Sportswear in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Carrie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/10/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carrie Ann Johnson, 50, of Perryville died Monday, June 8, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Services are private for the family only. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Jerry Hardin
(Obituary ~ 06/10/20)
Jerry D. Hardin, 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 7, 1950, in Cairo, Illinois, to Alvie Elvis and Goldie Marie Moore Hardin. He and Linda Campbell were married Nov. 30, 1981, in Cape Girardeau...
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Joseph Farrow
(Obituary ~ 06/10/20)
STE, GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Joseph Andrew Farrow, 56, of Ste. Genevieve, formerly of Jackson, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2020, at his home. Joseph was born Feb. 3, 1964, to Charles Truman and Elsie Moore Farrow in Cape Girardeau. He was united in marriage to his childhood sweetheart Connie Ann Koehler on July 29, 1995...
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Missouri reports another triple-digit jump in coronavirus cases
(State News ~ 06/10/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri health officials reported 179 new confirmed coronavirus cases Tuesday, as the state continues to see daily triple-digit increases. The state has recorded 14,913 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. KMIZ reported that Tuesday was only the second time in the last nine days the daily total was less than 180...
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Federal appeals court axes Satanic Temple abortion lawsuit
(State News ~ 06/10/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday filed by a member of the Satanic Temple against a Missouri abortion law. At issue is a law requiring women, before they can get an abortion, to receive a pamphlet that states: "The life of each human being begins at conception. Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being."...
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Hundreds gather for slain ex-police captain slain in looting
(State News ~ 06/10/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Hundreds of people waited in line outside a St. Louis church to attend the public visitation for a retired police commander who was fatally shot last week during the looting of a pawn shop. Political leaders and police officers were among those who showed up to pay their respects to the family of retired St. Louis Police Capt. David Dorn at Hopewell Missouri Baptist Church, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Prayer 6/10/20
(Prayer ~ 06/10/20)
Bless us, O God, when we try to do the very best that we can. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/10/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/10/20)
We have over a million Americans who have COVID-19 right now. We have just reached 100,000 deaths as a result of COVID-19. But Trump says we are doing just fine. But we have more active cases and more dead then any other country in the world. How are we doing just fine?...
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Cape police report 6/10/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/10/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported on South Sprigg Street. n Assault was reported in the 1200 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Theft n Theft was reported in the 500 block of Cape Meadows Circle...
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Out of the past: June 10
(Out of the Past ~ 06/10/20)
Following a stormy Thursday night, blue skies reappeared over Cape Girardeau yesterday as Riverfest '95 got off to a sunny start; although a crowd count wasn't available Friday, the crowd started braving the 95-degree weather for the festival's 3 p.m. opening; three hours later and 10 degrees cooler, downtown streets started filling up; by the time vintage rock group Rare Earth took the stage, the streets and Common Pleas Courthouse lawn and steps were filled...
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