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Cape County approves more CARES Act reimbursements
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
As the 2020-2021 school year begins this week for many districts in Cape Girardeau County, the County Commission on Monday approved proposals from several public and private schools, reimbursing them for various expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Cairo bridge to reopen ahead of schedule
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
The bridge carrying U.S. 51 over the Ohio River between Cairo, Illinois, and Wickliffe, Kentucky, commonly known as the Cairo Bridge, will reopen to one-lane traffic sometime Wednesday afternoon, five days ahead of schedule. According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), the bridge will “most likely” reopen around 3 p.m. Wednesday, “but that could vary based on the addition of new pavement striping and other factors.”...
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A walk on the wild side: 'Wild caving' class offered in Perryville next month
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
A class on “wild caving” will take participants through a cave in Perry County, Missouri, next month — no lighted walkways, no guard rails, just equipment and exploration, guide Gerry Keene said. Perry Park Center will host the two-session class, for a $7 fee. Participants may be age 7 and up, but those younger than 18 must have a parent or guardian along...
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Former Cape mayor praises Humane Society, speaks at groundbreaking
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
Thinking back on his eight years as mayor of Cape Girardeau, Jay B. Knudtson recalled an unforgettable encounter with the city’s pet lovers. Knudtson, who served in the Cape Girardeau mayoralty from 2002 to 2010, said that during his tenure, the City Council began to review and discuss putting a limit on canines and felines within individual households...
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A good man, 'Mickey' Roper, whose influence is cherished
(Column ~ 08/25/20)
Cape Girardeau lost a good man on Monday. LaRoy "Mickey" Roper died after a long and valiant battle with COVID-19. He was 77. Friends of the family have been praying for him for several weeks as he went on and off and then back on a ventilator. I grew up with the Roper family and remember him as an intense businessman in my younger years. ...
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Seventh coronavirus death reported in Cape County
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
A 77-year-old man became Cape Girardeau County’s seventh COVID-19 fatality Monday. The death was confirmed by relatives, though the county’s Public Health Center had not recorded the death as related to coronavirus as of Monday afternoon. The health center’s report counted 32 additional cases of the disease associated with coronavirus since its report Friday, making the county’s total case count 893. Seven hundred fourteen county residents have recovered from the virus...
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Cape School District video welcomes students 'Back to Their Future'
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
Cape Girardeau School District students were welcomed back to their futures late last week with a video produced by the district, starring some familiar faces. A welcome-back video directed by Randy McWilson of the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center parodies “Back to the Future,” a time-travel adventure film series. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2020. There are 128 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 25, 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. On this date:...
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Prayer 8-25-20
(Prayer ~ 08/25/20)
Though we may not always understand, O God, we trust in you and your unfailing love. Amen.
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Lying, murder are not from God
(Letter to the Editor ~ 08/25/20)
To the belief by some that one party has God's backing while the other has Satan's; I make these points. First, I believe our actions begin as a thought. These thoughts have an origin. I think that is the point Paul is making to the Corinthians when he emphasizes the need to "bring every thought into captivity." Identify its source and let its source determine what you do with it...
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Speak Out 8-25-20
(Speak Out ~ 08/25/20)
Joe Biden's theme song WAP by Cardi B tells me all I need to know about him. I will be voting for Trump as all God fearing people should. The song is pure trash! I wish Missouri had all mail voting. By the way, only registered voters receive ballots. Sometimes that is not made clear...
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The re-emergent war on America's suburbs
(Column ~ 08/25/20)
The Trump administration recently rescinded the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, adopted in the early months of the Obama administration. The rule was an add-on to the 1968 Fair Housing Act. The act was about preventing discrimination in the sale, rental or financing of housing...
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Families confront mosque shooter at sentencing
(International News ~ 08/25/20)
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Families and survivors had their first chance to confront the white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers in a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques as his four-day sentencing hearing began Monday. "You killed your own humanity, and I don't think the world will forgive you for your horrible crime," said a tearful Maysoon Salama, the mother of 33-year-old Atta Elayyan, who was killed in March 2019 attacks. "You thought you can break us. You failed miserably."...
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Police in Belarus detain opposition activists
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
MINSK, Belarus -- Police in Belarus on Monday detained several leading opposition activists as well as a handful of protesters taking part in a wave of demonstrations challenging the reelection of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in balloting that they say was rigged...
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German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident
(International News ~ 08/25/20)
BERLIN -- Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate danger. The Charite hospital said in a statement that the team of doctors who have been examining Navalny since he was flown from Siberia and admitted Saturday have found indications of "cholinesterase inhibitors" in his system...
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How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test
(International News ~ 08/25/20)
BERLIN -- Germany held a pop concert Saturday to see how those attending could spread coronavirus if they had it. German researchers studying COVID-19 packed part of a Leipzig arena with volunteers, collecting data in a "real life" simulation of a pop concert but one with strict health and safety controls...
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UK leader urges parents to let their children go to school
(International News ~ 08/25/20)
LONDON -- Britain's prime minister is asking parents to set aside their fears and send their children back to school next month when schools in Britain fully reopen for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut then down more than five months ago...
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On first day of school for thousands of students, video-conference program Zoom gets glitchy
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
NEW YORK -- Zoom experienced partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing technology to connect with educators. The company said Monday that it began receiving reports of disruptions around 9 a.m. Eastern time. It resolved the issue around 11:30 a.m., it reported on its status page...
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To-go drinks offer a lifeline for business
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
DETROIT -- The coronavirus is shaking up America's liquor laws. At least 33 states and the District of Columbia are temporarily allowing cocktails to-go during the pandemic. Only two -- Florida and Mississippi -- allowed them on a limited basis before coronavirus struck, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States...
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Big California wildfires burn on as death toll reaches 7
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- Firefighters battling three massive wildfires in Northern California got a break from the weather early Monday as humidity rose and there was no return of the onslaught of lightning strikes that ignited the infernos a week earlier...
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U.S. stocks join global rally amid COVID treatment hopes
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
NEW YORK -- Stocks plowed higher on Wall Street Monday, as hopes for a COVID-19 treatment and vaccine had investors looking ahead to the possibility of a healthier economy that has shed the virus. The S&P 500 rallied 34.12, or 1%, to 3,431.28 and added to the all-time high it set last week, when it erased the last of its losses from the coronavirus pandemic. It followed up on solid gains for stock markets across much of Europe and Asia...
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Guard called after police shoot Black man
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
KENOSHA, Wis. -- Wisconsin's governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man under murky circumstances turned Kenosha into the nation's latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest...
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John Stephens
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- John Thomas Stephens received his Heavenly reward Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Oklahoma City. He was born Sept. 20, 1937, in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Illmo-Fornfelt High School in 1956. He served in the Army from 1956 to 1959. He had a career in the lumber business from 1959 to 2015...
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Mickey Roper
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
LaRoy R. "Mickey" Roper Jr., 77, native son of Cape Girardeau, went home to the arms of his Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, after a valiant battle with COVID-19. Mick was born Jan. 15, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to LaRoy Sr. and Leone Roper, who preceded him in death. Mick and Susan Campbell were married Aug. 23, 1964, and enjoyed a loving marriage for 56 years...
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Joann Reiker
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
Joann Elizabeth Reiker, 80, of Jackson, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at The Villas of Jackson. Visitation is tentatively scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral is tentatively scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Brenda Pope
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Brenda Jean Pope, 68, of Marble Hill died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at a later date in Baker Cemetery...
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John Nation
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
John "Junior" Nation, 86, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lightner Cemetery in Scott City...
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Dr. Wayne Ewbank
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
Dr. Wayne Franklin Ewbank, 86, died Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, when he peacefully slipped into the arms of Jesus after a long struggle with heart and kidney failure. Visitation will be from noon until 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at Lynwood Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau...
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Edward Dow
(Obituary ~ 08/25/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Edward Ray Dow, 73, of Perryville died Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Following the service, military honors will be provided by U.S. Navy and American Legion...
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Storm Marco closes in on Louisiana as Laura buffets Cuba
(International News ~ 08/25/20)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- After a day as a hurricane, Tropical Storm Marco brought a surge of high water to the Louisiana coast on Monday, setting the stage for Tropical Storm Laura to enter the Gulf of Mexico and move toward the same stretch of U.S. coast later in the week, most likely as a hurricane...
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Man charged with Malden murder now in custody
(Local News ~ 08/25/20)
A man charged with a Saturday night murder in Malden, Missouri, has been arrested. Steven Michael Kirkwood, 38, of Malden was arrested early Monday morning for the murder. Law enforcement officers found Kirkwood in a Marston, Missouri, motel, where he was arrested without incident...
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GOP convention showcases rising stars, dark warnings
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
WASHINGTON -- Two of the Republican Party's rising stars, both people of color, offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump's leadership Monday night, closing the opening night of the GOP's scaled-back convention with a positive message at odds with the dark warnings that dominated much of the night...
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First lady opens art exhibit on women's suffrage
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
WASHINGTON -- Melania Trump is marking the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote with an art exhibit based on works by children from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The first lady called adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution that granted women voting rights a "turning point" in the women's rights movement...
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Out of the past: Aug. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 08/25/20)
PATTON, Mo. -- Cheri Fuemmeler is the new school superintendent at Meadow Heights, having served the past six months as interim superintendent; the school district has been in turmoil for years, culminating in July when Tom Waller resigned as superintendent...
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Cape police report 8/25/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/25/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1300 block of Broadway. n Assault was reported at Green Acres Drive and North Main Street. n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Lacey Street...
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Birth 8/25/20
(Births ~ 08/25/20)
Son to Brandon Skaggs and Cassidy Scott of Kennett, Missouri, Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, 12:16 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Name, Braydon Aaron. Weight, 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Second son. Scott is the daughter of LaDonna and Bradley Parker of Sikeston and Michael and Lisa Scott of Bell City, Missouri. Skaggs is the son of Kathie Davis of Kennett and Randy Skaggs of Illinois...
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DeJoy says Trump attacks on mail-in ballots 'not helpful'
(National News ~ 08/25/20)
WASHINGTON -- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers Monday that he has warned allies of President Donald Trump that the president's repeated attacks on mail-in ballots are "not helpful," but denied that recent changes at the Postal Service are linked to the November elections...
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The cruelty of coronavirus quarantine on the elderly
(Column ~ 08/25/20)
This seems like a time to remain on the subject of politics, as the Democratic National Convention took place last week, but I will pass on going that route. Though I stayed aware, I didn’t watch one second of it. I have a more pressing issue to discuss (although, honestly, I believe it may have politics at its root also), such as the ongoing response to the coronavirus and, specifically, the disservice it is doing to the elderly. ...
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