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Chester Bridge repairs begin
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
Repairs to Missouri Highway 51 over the Mississippi River (Chester Bridge) began Tuesday by the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT crews have reduced the bridge to one lane, using a temporary signal to guide traffic through the work zone, according to a MoDOT news release. Because of deteriorated conditions found during a recent inspection, the bridge is currently load posted at 25 tons...
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Felony charges filed against 18-year-old man after armed robbery in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
An 18-year-old Cape Girardeau man was taken into police custody over the weekend after allegedly robbing a juvenile at gunpoint Thursday. Kaydence K. Robertson is charged with one Class A felony count of first-degree robbery and one unclassified felony count of armed criminal action in connection to the incident, according to an arrest warrant signed Saturday by Judge Scott A. Lipke...
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Residence Life at Southeast revamps cleaning procedures
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
This semester, all of Southeast Missouri State University is implementing cleaning procedures to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff. Residence Life is one department on campus taking extra precautionary steps to ensure dormitories stay clean and free of COVID-19...
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SEMO Votes prepares students for election season
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
With the November elections quickly approaching, many are planning to cast their ballots. But students may have questions about how to register, how to make sure they are registered or what methods of voting are available to them. Southeast Missouri State University art professor Emily Denlinger founded SEMO Votes to help students navigate the voting process...
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Saliva test for coronavirus not available for SEMO
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
Getting your saliva examined to get a quick answer about coronavirus depends on where you live — and more to the point, at what university you attend. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has an emergency-use authorization for what it calls a rapid, saliva-based COVID-19 test...
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The scoop on Capaha Park's dirt pile
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
A large mound of dirt in Capaha Park will go toward several projects over the next few months, said Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation director Julia Jones. Jones said Tuesday that over the next few months, earth will be moved to develop Americans with Disabilities Act accessible seating areas and walkways for the Dan Cotner Amphitheater (formerly known as the band shell), and will also establish proper site elevations for a new playground, restroom and pavilion...
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United Way moves campaign kickoff online
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
Normally around this time every year, the United Way of Southeast Missouri would host a lunch or similar event with hundreds of attendees to start its annual fundraising campaign. But this isn’t a normal year. The COVID-19 pandemic has kept many large gatherings — such as the annual United Way campaign kickoff — from happening...
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13th Cape Co. resident dies of coronavirus
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
The holiday weekend brought more than a hundred new COVID-19 cases in the region, and one new death, according to health officials. The fatality involved a Cape Girardeau County resident in the 90-99 age bracket. Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center officials recorded 67 new cases in the county Saturday through Tuesday. ...
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Charles Drury Sr. — businessman, entrepreneur — dies at 92
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
Charles L. Drury Sr. — a visionary businessman known for his work ethic, philanthropy and a national chain of hotels that bears his family name — died Monday night in St. Louis at the age of 92. Along with his brothers, Drury established the Drury hotel brand in 1973. Over the past 47 years, Drury Hotels has grown to more than 150 locations in 27 states and is one of the most respected and recognized names in the hospitality industry today...
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Cape Girardeau City Council gives preliminary OK to drop pet licensing
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
By a 6-1 vote, with Fifth Ward Councilwoman Shannon Truxel dissenting, the Cape Girardeau City Council took the first step Tuesday to eliminate the municipal dog and cat license program. During the council’s study session, Anna Kangas — the city’s interim building and code enforcement manager — told Mayor Bob Fox and the six councilmembers the city was effectively “double charging” pet owners and earning “very little revenue” for city coffers — an estimated $4,000 per year...
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How to enact a diversity, equity and inclusion strategy in your workplace
(B Magazine ~ 09/09/20)
Imagine this: two groups of three people of differing heights, reaching to pick apples from the same tree. In one group, each person is given a box to stand on that is the same height as they reach to try to pick the apples, causing two people in the group to remain too short to reach the fruit. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2020. There are 113 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term "United States" official, replacing "United Colonies."...
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Column: Scamology 101
(09/09/20)
My niece Haley recently left for college -- such an amazing time for kids. So many changes, so much learning to do. We can all use this time to educate ourselves about more scams that are circulating in our area. No matter what happens, the scammers have a way to take advantage of it...
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Speak Out 9/9/20
(Speak Out ~ 09/09/20)
Fact: The chemical Roundup causes cancer! Yes, it causes cancer! Question everyone asks: Why are farmers still spraying it on the crops? Then if it wasn't any worse, seed companies for the farmers are genetically putting the chemicals in the seed itself and in return that chemical is in the produced seed or crop. ...
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You gotta have faith
(Column ~ 09/09/20)
I used to be one of those people who argued with the talking heads on television. I was a political junkie from my earliest days, so there I would be on a Saturday morning, thanking Bill Buckley on the other side of the screen for correcting his "Firing Line" guest's wayward thinking or telling Eleanor Clift on "The McLaughlin Group" that there is another way to think about things (as if she didn't know that on her own, or, well, could hear me). ...
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Prayer 9/9/20
(Prayer ~ 09/09/20)
O God, thank you for the blessing of work, and we pray for those seeking employment. Amen.
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Not too late to watch local 'stars' dance
(Editorial ~ 09/09/20)
Nate Gautier and Shelia King recently took home the mirror ball trophy in Dancing with the Show Me Stars. If you missed the live event, there's an opportunity this week to watch the show through a Pay Per View style airing on Thursday. The event raises money for the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri. ...
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House to probe possible campaign law violations by postmaster gen.
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats said Tuesday they will investigate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy encouraged employees at his former business to contribute to Republican candidates and then reimbursed them in the guise of bonuses, a violation of campaign finance laws...
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California fire sparked by gender reveal
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
LOS ANGELES -- A couple's plan to reveal their baby's gender went up not in blue or pink smoke but in flames when the device they used sparked a wildfire that burned thousands of acres and forced people to flee from a city east of Los Angeles. The fire prompted evacuations in parts of Yucaipa, a city of 54,000, and the surrounding area. ...
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Trump supporters rally near Portland and at Oregon's Capitol
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
SALEM, Ore. -- Hundreds of people gathered Monday afternoon in a small town south of Portland for a pro-President Donald Trump vehicle rally -- just over a week after member of a far-right group was fatally shot after a Trump caravan went through Oregon's largest city...
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Computer glitches disrupt classes as schools return
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
MIAMI -- As millions of American youngsters start the school year with online classes at home because of the coronavirus, they are running into technical glitches and other headaches that have thrust many a harried parent into the role of teacher's aide and tech support person...
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McConnell: Senate to vote Thursday on 'targeted' virus aid
(National News ~ 09/09/20)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, under pressure from GOP senators in tough reelection races, said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief package, though it has a slim chance of passage in the face of Democrats' insistence for more sweeping aid...
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Cletus Schmitt
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Cletus Robert Schmitt, 76, of Chaffee passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at Cape Girardeau Health and Rehabilitation Center in Cape Girardeau. Cletus was born March 24, 1944, in Chaffee to the late Linus and Maudie Biby Schmitt. He proudly served as a corporal in the Army...
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Robert Morris
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Robert Earl Morris, son of the late Earl Barnett Morris and Ruby Healy Morris James, was born Jan. 11, 1945, in Zanesville, Ohio, and departed this life Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 75...
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Thomas Miller
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
Thomas S. Miller, 87, of Millersville passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to service time Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Burial and graveside military honors will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Mildred Mahnken
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Mildred Bernice Mahnken, 91, of Frohna died Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at Independence Care Center in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Kathryn Kemper
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
ALTENBURG, Mo. -- Kathryn W. Kemper, 93, of Altenburg passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at her home. She was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Chicago, daughter of Joseph C. and Aileen Howell Woodbury. After her first marriage, Kathryn lived in St. Louis for 25 years and worked for Paramount Pictures, a travel agency, several family newspapers and Monsanto World Headquarters...
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Jean Kaiser
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
Jean Newton Kaiser, 87, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at Lifecare Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born July 11, 1933, in Vanduser, Missouri, to John Oscar and Bertha Lee Johnson Newton. In 1952, she married Elvis Lee Kaiser, who preceded her in death...
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Opal Eaker
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- Opal Eaker passed away Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in her home. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly Church, 4750 N. Service Road, in St. Peters, Missouri, where Opal was a member. Opal was born June 25, 1942, in Zalma, Missouri, the daughter of Maurice and Ruth Proffer. She married Jacob Webster Eaker, and he survives...
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Lisa Dunger
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
Lisa Ann Dunger of Scott City, beloved by many, passed Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau from her temporary earthly home to her eternal home in heaven, where she met her Savior, Jesus Christ, face to face. She was born Sept. ...
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Raymond Buhs
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
Raymond George Buhs, 94, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1926, to George and Mary Wiedefield Buhs. Ray was a loving and devoted husband for nearly 74 years to Evelyn Henderson. Together, they built a beautiful, loving family that they proudly watched grow for more than seven decades. Ray was a hard-working man who was devoted to his family, country and his community...
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Cape police report 9/9/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/09/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 600 block of North Fountain Street. n Assault was reported in the 700 block of South Pacific Street. n Assault was reported in the 300 block of South Kingshighway...
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Out of the past: Sept. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 09/09/20)
A group of Cape Girardeau leaders gathered yesterday to hear Mid-America Teen Challenge announce a three-year building fund campaign to raise more than $500,000 from the area, part of a $3 million statewide goal; the money will be used to improve deteriorated, outdated and overcrowded residential dorms and administrative offices at the 312-acre campus 5 miles north of Cape Girardeau...
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Sherry Williams
(Obituary ~ 09/09/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Sherry Kaye Williams, 51, of Perryville died Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, at her resident. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Apostolic Promise Church in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the church with the Rev. Timothy Lee officiating. Burial will be at Hillview Memorial Gardens Crematory in Farmington, Missouri...
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National Merit semifinalists announced
(Local News ~ 09/09/20)
Four area students were named semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, NMSC announced today: Emma McDougal of Cape Girardeau Central High School, Claire Southard of Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, Noah Sparks of Jackson High School and Megan Benkendorf of Saxony Lutheran High School in Jackson...
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Guardian Angel's National Junior Beta Club Elects New Officers
(Submitted Story ~ 09/09/20)
The National Jr.Beta Club of Guardian Angel School held their first meeting of the school year on Thursday, September 3. The main topic of business for the meeting was to elect officers for the 2020-21 school year. Newly elected officers are: President, Parker Bryant; Vice-President, Reid Hobbs; Treasurer, Altyn Timlin; Secretary, Cora Woods; Chaplain, Michael Eftink; and Shusher, Ryder Siebert. ...
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Wonder Woman at Riverside Regional Library
(Submitted Story ~ 09/09/20)
Traci Rhodes of Jackson created this Wonder Woman stand up to accompany a book display at the Riverside Regional Library Main Branch in Jackson. Traci is an 8th grader at Jackson Junior High and is interested in graphic design. DC Commic's Wonder Woman is promoting libraries this month as the spokesperson for National Library Card Sign Up Month. ...
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