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Schnucks says employee tested positive for coronavirus
(Local News ~ 08/21/20)
Schnucks reported Thursday afternoon an employee at its Cape Girardeau store has tested positive for COVID-19. A release from the store said the employee was last at the store Aug. 8 and is now quarantining. The release included a list of measures the store is taking to prevent spread of coronavirus.
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Public input sought for state parks at Sept. 3 meeting
(Local News ~ 08/21/20)
An informational meeting for both Trail of Tears State Park and Bollinger Mill State Historic Site will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 3 on the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse lawn, 100 Court St. in Jackson. Representatives from the park and site will be on hand to provide information, answer questions, and hear comments from members of the public, according to a news release...
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Notre Dame senior scores perfect 36 on the ACT
(Local News ~ 08/21/20)
Claire Southard, daughter of Steve and Julie Southard and a senior at Notre Dame Regional High School, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36, the school announced Thursday. Southard also achieved a perfect score of 36 in each subject area: English, mathematics, reading and science...
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Cape County's CART fund benefits from boost in car, fuel sales
(Local News ~ 08/21/20)
Sales of cars, trucks, gasoline and diesel fuel in Cape Girardeau County apparently increased significantly in July, based on tax revenue generated by those sales the county received this week. Appearing Thursday at the Cape Girardeau County Commission meeting, County Treasurer Roger Hudson said the county received more CART (County Aid Road Trust) funding this month than almost any other month in recent memory...
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Two area bankers say no hurry on PPP forgiveness
(Local News ~ 08/21/20)
Those who received pandemic-generated Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) money through the Small Business Administration may wonder whether those low-interest loans will be forgiven. The advice from First Missouri State Bank’s Jay Knudtson and Montgomery Bank’s Jim Limbaugh to recipients is the same — sit tight and wait...
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EDITORIAL: SEMO takes prudent steps to prevent spread of COVID-19
(Editorial ~ 08/21/20)
Southeast Missouri State University students have been returning to Cape Girardeau over the last couple weeks in preparation for the start of the fall semester. Classes begin Monday, and the university is taking prudent steps to mitigate risk and prevent the spread of COVID-19...
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Post office paranoia
(Column ~ 08/21/20)
At this rate, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will be lucky if he isn't arrested and tried for treason before a people's tribunal. DeJoy has quickly replaced Vladimir Putin as the man that progressive opinion will hold responsible if President Donald Trump wins a second term in November...
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There's a reason they call it juvenile
(Column ~ 08/21/20)
The "Raise the Age" law, signed in 2018, was to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021. The Raise the Age law states that if a juvenile under the age of 18 committed a crime, they would go into the custody of the juvenile system. If the offense is severe enough, the juvenile could undergo a transfer hearing for a judge to decide if the juvenile would be tried as an adult. ...
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New research confirms wealth tax's deleterious effects
(Column ~ 08/21/20)
Politicians are renowned for their shortsightedness. During the post-war period, for example, Republicans have very publicly opposed most tax increases. I like small government, so I'm good with that. Where I part ways with the Grand Old Party is with its failure to oppose big spending that's funded with debt, meaning future tax hikes...
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Study: Craft distillers see sales evaporate amid pandemic
(Community ~ 08/21/20)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For five months, no rum has flowed for visitors at Jaime Windon's distillery in Maryland, drying up a crucial part of her revenue stream. Windon's tasting room remains shuttered by the coronavirus, another victim of the pandemic's devastating impact on the world economy...
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Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness spread
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus. The plan approved this week by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District calls for a pilot project in 2021 involving the striped-legged Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is not native to Florida. ...
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U.S. demands restoration of Iran sanctions
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
UNITED NATIONS -- The Trump administration Thursday formally notified the United Nations of its demand for all U.N. sanctions on Iran to be restored, citing significant Iranian violations of the 2015 nuclear deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the notification to the president of the U.N. ...
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Ex-Trump adviser Bannon charged in wall scheme
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, and three associates were arrested Thursday on charges they ripped off donors to an online fundraising effort to build a privately funded southern border wall, making him the latest in a list of Trump allies to be charged with a crime...
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Trump appeals as judge OKs Manhattan DA getting tax returns
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge Thursday cleared the way for Manhattan's top prosecutor to get President Donald Trump's tax returns, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena issued to his accounting firm. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero's decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals...
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California firefighters 'taxed to the limit'
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- More than two dozen major fires were scorching California on Thursday and taxing the state's firefighting capacity, sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege that dropped nearly 11,000 strikes over several days. The fires have destroyed 175 structures, including homes, and are threatening 50,000 more, said Daniel Berlant, an assistant deputy director with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured...
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Rise in U.S. jobless claims reflects economy still struggling with virus
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
WASHINGTON -- The coronavirus recession struck swiftly and violently. Now, with the U.S. economy still in the grip of the outbreak five months later, the recovery looks fitful and uneven -- and painfully slow. The latest evidence came Thursday, when the government reported the number of workers applying for unemployment climbed back over 1 million last week after two weeks of declines...
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Coronavirus pandemic pushes expansion of 'hospital-at-home' treatment
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
As hospitals care for people with COVID-19 and try to keep others from catching the virus, more patients are opting to be treated where they feel safest: at home. Across the U.S., "hospital at home" programs are taking off amid the pandemic, thanks to communications technology, portable medical equipment and teams of doctors, nurses, X-ray techs and paramedics. That's reducing strains on medical centers and easing patients' fears...
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Howard Powles
(Obituary ~ 08/21/20)
Howard Ray Powles, 93, of Dongola, Illinois, formerly of Tamms, Illinois, died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, Illinois. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Brent Gordon officiating. Interment will follow at Beechwood Cemetery in Mounds, Illinois, with full military honors provided by the Illinois Honor Guard and local veterans...
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Cape police report 8/21/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/21/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of North Fountain Street. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of Asher Street. n Assault was reported at Maple and South Ellis streets...
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Audit: Lack of oversight played role in St. Louis County pay-to-play scandal
(State News ~ 08/21/20)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A blistering report has found that weak oversight contributed to a pay-to-play scandal that led to the downfall of St. Louis County's former top elected official. Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway's staff presented a draft of the audit Tuesday to the St. Louis County Council during a closed-door meeting. The council has 30 days to respond to the findings, which the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has obtained. The final report is scheduled to be issued this fall...
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Coronavirus cases in Missouri prisons spike 50% this month
(State News ~ 08/21/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri prisons have spiked more than 50% so far this month, an increase a spokeswoman attributes to heightened testing. There have been 333 new cases among prisoners and Department of Corrections staff so far this month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Previously, the prison system reported 661 cases cumulatively...
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Missouri doctor loses license for amputating toe on porch
(State News ~ 08/21/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A western Missouri doctor has lost his state medical license after amputating a patient's gangrenous toe on the porch of his rural office that doubled as a machine shed. The Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts revoked John Ure's physician and surgeon license in June, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Bidding for Pennsylvania, Trump trolls Biden in old backyard
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
OLD FORGE, Pa. -- Determined to keep Pennsylvania in his column, President Donald Trump took the fight to Joe Biden's old backyard Thursday and insisted his Democratic rival would be the state's "worst nightmare" if elected president. In a particularly in-your-face bit of campaign trolling, Trump staged a small rally just outside the former vice president's birthplace in Scranton mere hours before Biden formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination...
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Biden vows to unite America, end 'season of darkness'
(National News ~ 08/21/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Joe Biden vowed to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt Thursday night, accepting the Democratic presidential nomination that had eluded him over three decades because of personal tragedy, political stumbles and rivals who proved more dynamic. Contrasting himself with President Donald Trump, he declared, "I'll be an ally of the light, not our darkness."...
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Prayer 8/21/20
(Prayer ~ 08/21/20)
O Lord, we praise you and are grateful for all the blessings you have bestowed on us. Amen.
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Out of the past: Aug. 21
(Out of the Past ~ 08/21/20)
The Cape Girardeau City Council is expected to name Michael G. Miller as new city manager; Miller, 58, is a management consultant from Ferguson, Missouri, who previously directed city governments in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. Cape Girardeau doesn't have a junior college, but this fall it will have two community colleges classes; Shawnee Community College at Ullin, Illinois, will offer two freshman-level courses in Cape Girardeau: English composition and intermediate algebra; the night classes will be held at either the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School or at Cape Girardeau Central High School.. ...
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A Virtual Poultry Contest backed by Hands-on Learning
(Submitted Story ~ 08/21/20)
A Virtual Poultry Contest backed by Hands-on Learning By Marsha Birk, 4-H Youth Program Associate in Cape County A quick Google search on owning backyard chickens finds articles such as - “Raising Backyard Chickens for Dummies” or “Beginner's Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens” or “A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO RAISING CHICKENS” or “Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners” - Farmers' Almanac or “10 Tips for Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners” just to name a few. ...
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