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Emergency gas line repairs ongoing in Jackson
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Emergeny repairs to a natural gas line are affecting traffic in Jackson. According to a social media post, Liberty Utilities officials notified the city of the necessary repairs at the intersection of Route D and Tanglewood near the campus of Jackson Middle School located on the northwest side of Jackson...
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Coming this weekend: Photos from Little Britches Rodeo
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Avery Wilburn twirls her lasso while pursuing a calf in the junior girls breakaway competition during the Missouri Heartland Little Britches Rodeo on Sunday at Flickerwood Arena in Jackson. ...
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Positive case in Cape County Courthouse reverts court to Phase Zero of reopening
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
According to an administrative order by 32nd Judicial Circuit Court Presiding Judge Benjamin F. Lewis, the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson is operating under Phase Zero functions effective at the close of business Thursday due to one or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 among courthouse personnel...
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Jackson schools student enrollment growing faster than expected
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Jackson School District superintendent John Link says the overall year-to-year enrollment gain in Cape Girardeau County’s largest district is 3.2%, adding that six of its individual schools are expanding in number “at a faster clip” than anticipated. ...
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Coronavirus means Christmas must come early for Salvation Army
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Look for those familiar red donation kettles sooner than ever before this year, thanks to the coronavirus. Lt. Matt DeGonia, corps officer of the Cape Girardeau office of the Salvation Army, said local residents should expect to hear the familiar ring of bells outside store entrances before the usual start of its holiday charitable fundraising season...
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Chaffee Junior/Senior High, Bell City schools move to off-site learning
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Because of a COVID-19 exposure, Chaffee Junior and Senior High and Bell City schools have transitioned to off-site learning. Chaffee announced the “red plan” on Thursday morning and intends to use off-site learning through Sept. 30. “The decision to pivot to our red plan of instruction is due to the overwhelming number of students being placed on quarantine, in addition to several quarantined students exhibiting COVID-19 like symptoms,” superintendent Brad Blackman said in a statement posted to the school’s website. ...
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Cape County will help fund technology training program
(Local News ~ 09/18/20)
Thousands of people in Cape Girardeau County lost their jobs — either temporarily or permanently — due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and while many of them have been rehired or have found new jobs, some could qualify for new “dislocated worker” training programs...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
Today is Friday, Sept. 18, the 262nd day of 2020. There are 104 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 18, 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which created a force of federal commissioners charged with returning escaped slaves to their owners...
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Don't expect our elites to learn from the LA horror
(Column ~ 09/18/20)
The attempted assassination of two Los Angeles County deputies, caught on a security video, is chilling and enraging enough. A man walks up to the parked black-and-white cruiser, and fires point-blank through the passenger window, then runs away. The stricken officers manage to stagger out of the vehicle and call for assistance. They are whisked away to the hospital for emergency surgery (and are now, thankfully, recovering)...
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Business visionary Charles Drury left an inspiring legacy
(Editorial ~ 09/18/20)
Charles Drury, the business trailblazer behind Drury Hotels, among other ventures, died earlier this month in St. Louis. He was 92. Those of us in Southeast Missouri and St. Louis are well aware of Drury's business success and leadership. He was a visionary, and the hotel chain he founded with his brothers has been a national leader in hospitality with more than 150 locations in 27 states...
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First volume of Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17
(Entertainment ~ 09/18/20)
NEW YORK -- The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office. The publication date for the second volume has not yet been determined...
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COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness; 860K new claims
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high number of people that illustrates the broad economic damage still taking place nine months after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S...
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Lightning storm, easterly wind: How the wildfires got so bad
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
SALEM, Ore. -- It began as a stunning light show on a mid-August weekend -- lightning bolts crackling in the skies over Northern and Central California, touching down in grasslands and vineyards. The National Weather Service warned that the dry lightning striking a parched landscape "could lead to new wildfire."...
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Students' return leads to rise in infection rates
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Just two weeks after students started returning to Ball State University last month, the surrounding county had become Indiana's coronavirus epicenter. Out of nearly 600 students tested for the virus, more than half have been positive. Dozens of infections have been blamed on off-campus parties, prompting university officials to admonish students...
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AP-NORC poll: Trump faces deep pessimism as election nears
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
WASHINGTON — Less than seven weeks before Election Day, most Americans are deeply pessimistic about the direction of the country and skeptical of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 7 in 10 Americans think the nation is on the wrong track, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. ...
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FBI director says antifa is an ideology, not an organization
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- FBI director Chris Wray told lawmakers Thursday that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony putting him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group. Wray did not dispute antifa activists were a serious concern, saying antifa was a "real thing" and the FBI had undertaken "any number of properly predicated investigations into what we would describe as violent anarchist extremists," including into individuals who identify with antifa.. ...
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Barr takes aim at prosecutors inside Justice Department
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at his own Justice Department, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as "headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of the criminal justice system to launch what he said were "ill-conceived" political probes...
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U.S. judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
SEATTLE -- A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service" before the November election. Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service...
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Gulf Coast braces for 2nd round of flooding in Sally's wake
(National News ~ 09/18/20)
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Rescuers along the Gulf Coast used high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as the region braced for a delayed, second round of floods in the coming days from rivers and creeks swollen by the storm's heavy rains...
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Gregory Hadler
(Obituary ~ 09/18/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Gregory W. Hadler, 58, of Perryville died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Missouri, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be at Point Rest Cemetery in Menfro, Missouri...
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Thelma Eaker
(Obituary ~ 09/18/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thelma Burns Eaker, 95, of Marble Hill died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, at Woodland Hills. A memorial service will be held at a future date. Hutchings Funeral Chapel is assisting the family.
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David Aufdenberg
(Obituary ~ 09/18/20)
David Wayne Aufdenberg, 63, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the church, with the Rev. Jason Shaw officiating. Interment will follow at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Cape police report 9/18/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/18/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported in the 100 block of South West End Boulevard. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 2900 block of Pine Hill Spur. n Theft was reported in the 2700 block of Lynwood Hills Drive...
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Births 9/18/20
(Births ~ 09/18/20)
Son to Matthew and Kelsea Pickens of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 10:46 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Name, Jonathan David. Weight, 8 pounds, 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Pickens is the daughter of Rick Chappelle and Darla Chappelle of Carmi, Illinois. She is a first-grade teacher with the Cape Girardeau School District. Pickens is the son of David Pickens and Sarah Pickens of Cape Girardeau. He works for Inter Rail Systems...
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Scott County woman pleads not guilty to illegally killing elk
(State News ~ 09/18/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Scott County woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to illegally killing a protected elk and leaving its carcass in a field. Deborah Flanigan, 50, was charged with a misdemeanor Sept. 10 after an investigation by the Missouri Department of Conservation...
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Ex-Washington University chancellor William Danforth dies
(State News ~ 09/18/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- William Danforth, a member of a prominent St. Louis family and the leader who oversaw Washington University's rise to national prominence during his 24-year career as chancellor, has died. He was 94. Washington University confirmed Danforth died Wednesday at his home in the St. Louis suburb of Ladue, Missouri. No cause of death was released...
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Poll workers told to 'act surprised' if asked about no mask
(State News ~ 09/18/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Poll workers who signed up to work the November election in a county near St. Louis were urged in an email to "act surprised" if voters ask why they aren't wearing masks given the coronavirus threat, but the elections director said Thursday the message was misinterpreted...
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Top bills fail in Missouri governor's special crime session
(State News ~ 09/18/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Republican Gov. Mike Parson's contested proposal to give the Missouri attorney general the power to intervene in St. Louis homicide cases failed Wednesday when the GOP-led House finished a special session focused on curbing violent crime without taking action on the bill...
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Motorcycle rally at Lake of the Ozarks spurs concerns
(State News ~ 09/18/20)
ST. LOUIS -- A gathering at the Lake of the Ozarks is bringing tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to Missouri, generating worry the state's already fast-growing number of coronavirus cases could spike even higher. Bikefest Lake of the Ozarks drew about 125,000 people last year. ...
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Prayer 9/18/20
(Prayer ~ 09/18/20)
O God. we worship you today, giving thanks for your many blessings in our lives. Amen.
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Speak Out 9/18/20
(Speak Out ~ 09/18/20)
We have 2 choices on Nov. 3, One choice is for a pro-life, pro-law enforcement and pro-Second Amendment candidate. The other is for abortion, defunding the police and gun confiscation. The choices are clear and will be long lasting. I plan to vote for the pro-life, law enforcement and Constitution-protecting candidate. Please join me in re-electing President Trump...
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Out of the past: Sept. 18
(Out of the Past ~ 09/18/20)
Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel recently opened in its new quarters at 829 N. West End Blvd., only the fourth site in the 85-year history of the Cape Girardeau business; the facility, built in the mid-1950s, previously housed First Christian Church and includes two chapels...
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Gov. Parson Signs Proclamation Declaring October National Chiropractic Health Month in Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 09/18/20)
PRESS RELEASE October 1, 2020 For Immediate Release For More Information: Anne Fehr, Executive Director 573-636-2553 anne@mcpachiro.org Gov. Parson Signs Proclamation Declaring October National Chiropractic Health Month in Missouri Jefferson City, Missouri. ...
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