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Murder suspect found in Arkansas
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
Another person has been taken into custody in connection with a July 20 murder in Cape Girardeau According to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department, Clarence J. Smith was apprehended in Newport, Arkansas, last Thursday. Smith, 28, of Cape Girardeau was the fourth person arrested in connection with the killing. Friday, Jaden Young, 20, of Cape Girardeau turned himself in to the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office...
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Two dozen new coronavirus cases reported in region
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
Slightly more than two dozen new COVID-19 cases were reported in the region Tuesday. Scott County accounted for nearly half of those new cases — 12. The county’s health department has reported 411 cases of the disease associated with coronavirus. Of those, 283 residents have recovered from the virus, and 13 deaths have been attributed to it...
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Southeast plans to give coronavirus kits to students this fall
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
Students may begin to move into Southeast Missouri State University’s 18 residence facilities as early as Saturday. Many of Southeast’s students commute but at least 2,350 are scheduled to live on campus when classes resume Aug. 24 for the 2020-2021 academic year, according to the university...
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Parson announces money for SEMO Electric project
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson traveled to Southeast Missouri on Tuesday afternoon, attending a broadband development event at SEMO Electric Cooperative. During his visit, Parson announced 16 projects from eight providers will be getting $3 million toward their respective projects. SEMO Electric was one of those...
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Galloway: Containing virus is 'most important' issue
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
Much has changed in Missouri and the nation since Nicole Galloway announced her bid to unseat Gov. Mike Parson on Aug. 12, 2019, exactly a year ago. “When I launched this campaign, I never could have imagined where we would be today, but I knew then Missouri’s working families needed change and I am even more certain of it now,” said the Democratic state auditor during a socially-distanced and masked campaign stop Tuesday in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson district rated 'most equitable' in Missouri
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
A new study of Missouri’s public schools has named a school system in Cape Girardeau County as the “most equitable” in the state. Results of the study, released last week by the personal finance website WalletHub, ranked the Jackson School District at the top of Missouri’s school districts in terms of providing an “equitable” education to the district’s 5,400-plus K-12 students...
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Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, first Black woman
(Local News ~ 08/12/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump...
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A Look Back
(08/12/20)
An old-time threshing was a rarity in Cape Girardeau County in August 1958, when this photograph was taken. But not so many years before, this was the only threshing method. The scene is on the J.A. Young farm east of Oak Ridge, and in the separator, from the left, is Payton Miller and Albert Tuschhoff, owner of the threshing rig. ...
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Drury Hotels recognized (again) by national study
(Editorial ~ 08/12/20)
Drury Hotels took home a prestigious recognition recently for the 15th consecutive year. The national hotel chain, with its roots in Cape Girardeau, was recognized with the highest rating for guest satisfaction in the "Upper Midscale Hotel Chains" category by the J.D. Power 2020 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study...
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Speak Out 8/12/20
(Speak Out ~ 08/12/20)
There were three stories on the front of Saturdays sports page. One telling of SEMO canceling practice due to COVID-19 concerns, one telling of the Cardinals canceling a series because of COVID and the third telling of Jackson Football traveling across two states for a game. If professional teams and universities are canceling, maybe the high schools shouldn't be traveling almost 200 miles. Jackson R2 did such a good job with everything else, why did they do this?...
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Prayer 8/12/20
(Prayer ~ 08/12/20)
Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Amen.
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The economy is struggling, but gun sales are soaring
(Column ~ 08/12/20)
OAKMONT, Pa. Long before you find yourself standing in front of the Smoke N' Guns shop, the delicate aroma of coffee beans and hand-rolled cigars beckons your senses as you walk along Allegheny River Boulevard. Outside the shop, four black leather chairs spread a respectable 6 feet apart are waiting for either the overflow of customers or locals such as Marcello Frollo to hold court. ...
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Summer jobs for young people are vanishing with the pandemic
(Community ~ 08/12/20)
Sara Buie lined up a summer lifeguard job to help pay for a new laptop, textbooks and a backpack for her freshman year at Virginia's James Madison University. But the coronavirus pandemic closed her community pool. She tried offering online tutoring to middle school and high school students. But only one parent responded before disappearing...
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Scientists uneasy as Russia approves 1st coronavirus vaccine
(International News ~ 08/12/20)
MOSCOW -- Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international skepticism and unease because the shots have only been studied in dozens of people. President Vladimir Putin announced the Health Ministry's approval and said one of his two adult daughters already was inoculated. ...
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In Seattle, a Black police chief resigns over budget cuts
(National News ~ 08/12/20)
SEATTLE -- Efforts to cut spending on police -- a key demand of anti-racism demonstrators across the nation -- have claimed an unlikely target: Seattle's first Black police chief, who enjoyed deep support in its minority communities, is stepping down in protest...
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Sources: Man shot near White House had shouted threats
(National News ~ 08/12/20)
WASHINGTON -- A man shot and wounded by a uniformed Secret Service officer, prompting President Donald Trump to be abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference, had been threatening to kill people near the White House, two officials familiar with the matter said Tuesday...
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Powerful storm leaves 1 dead, heavy crop damage in Midwest
(National News ~ 08/12/20)
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without power on Tuesday after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region a day earlier, causing widespread damage to millions of acres to crops and killing a 73-year-old woman found clutching a young boy in her storm-battered mobile home...
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Virus surge makes U.S. weak link in global recovery
(National News ~ 08/12/20)
FRANKFURT, Germany -- People in China are back to buying German luxury cars. Europe's assembly lines are accelerating. Now the global economy is waiting for the United States to get its coronavirus outbreak under control and boost the recovery, but there's little sign of that...
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Worldwide virus cases top 20M, doubling in six weeks
(National News ~ 08/12/20)
It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus. It took just over six weeks for that number to double. The worldwide count of known COVID-19 infections climbed past 20 million on Monday, with more than half of them from just three countries: the U.S., India and Brazil, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University...
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Timothy Schrum
(Obituary ~ 08/12/20)
PERKINS, Mo. -- Timothy Harold Schrum, 47, of Perkins passed away Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at his home. He was born Oct. 14, 1972, in Chaffee, Missouri, son of Sam and Cathy Hunter Gaines. He and Nicole White were united in marriage Aug. 18, 2014. Survivors include his wife, Nicole Schrum; mother and father, Sam and Cathy Gaines of Advance, Missouri; son, Austin Schrum of Perkins; daughters, Samantha Schrum of Jackson, Brittany Schrum of Scott City, Shelby Brown of Bloomfield, Missouri, Angela Hahn of Jackson and Sarah Goodson of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; brother, Ron Schrum of Kelso, Missouri; sisters, Nicole Kinder of Chaffee, Missouri, Faith Anne Drake of Maine and Sherry Bryant-Irons of Tacoma, Washington; and 15 grandchildren.. ...
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Arleen Lohmann
(Obituary ~ 08/12/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Arleen Lillian Lohmann, 89, of Perryville died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Graveside service was Monday at Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Farrar, Missouri, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating...
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Karen Diamond Killebrew
(Obituary ~ 08/12/20)
FENTON, Mo. -- Karen Sue Diamond Killebrew, a loving wife, mother, sister and grandmother, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, at her home at the age of 78. She was born April 10, 1942, in Sikeston, daughter of the late Andy and Sarah Henson Kappler. On April 16, 1960, she married Larry Diamond. He preceded her in death July 26, 2003. On May 10, 2010, in Sikeston in the City Park Gazebo, she married Cary Killebrew. He survives of the home in Fenton...
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Alma Bradshaw
(Obituary ~ 08/12/20)
Alma Gertrude Bradshaw, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. The funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Lynwood Baptist Church, with Dr. Mark Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Missouri, is in charge of arrangements...
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Officials: Train hauling rock derails in Festus
(State News ~ 08/12/20)
FESTUS, Mo. -- A train hauling rock derailed in Festus, officials there said. The derailment happened Monday evening on Union Pacific Railroad tracks, when about 10 rail cars overturned. None were hauling any hazardous material, and no one was injured, the Festus Fire Department said...
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Missouri balks at state mandates despite 'red zone' status
(State News ~ 08/12/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's top health official has insisted a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn't make sense, even though the federal government has designated the state a "red zone" for new coronavirus cases. The designation is cause for concern, said Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services...
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Out of the past: Aug. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 08/12/20)
Signs bearing the image of a wind-chilled American Indian are expected to begin appearing along area roads in the next few weeks as part of a National Park Service effort to commemorate the historic Trail of Tears; the new signs recognize the sacrifices of 15,000 Cherokees in 1838, forced to march from their homes as far east as the Carolinas to Oklahoma reservations...
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Births 8/12/20
(Births ~ 08/12/20)
Son to Heath Ryan and Jennifer Lynn Falkenrath of Oran, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 2:59 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2020. Name, Cyrus Revan. Weight, 6 pounds. Third son. Mrs. Falkenrath is the former Jennifer Clark, daughter of Randy and Linda Clark of Arnold, Missouri. She works at Domino's Pizza in Jackson. Falkenrath is the son of Steve and Jo Payne of Jackson. He is a consultation agent with Geek Squad at Best Buy...
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Cape police report 8/12/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/12/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 400 block of South Mount Auburn Road. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 3200 block of William Street. n Larceny was reported in the 1800 block of Oak Hills Drive...
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