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Cape parks department cancels Thursday dance because of coronavirus
(Local News ~ 12/02/20)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department has canceled Thursday's planned Community Dance and Social scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. at the Arena Building. "Out of concern for the health of our senior population, we regretfully must cancel (the event). We hope to resume our socials in February," the city's website stated Tuesday...
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Planning continues for hoped-for Jackson bridges
(Local News ~ 12/02/20)
Surveying work has begun on a possible Mary Street Bridge project in Jackson as officials investigate options to bring to the city's Board of Aldermen with an eye toward building a two-way span over Hubble Creek in 2022. According to previous reporting by the Southeast Missourian, the estimated cost of engineering, design and construction of a 38-foot-wide double-lane bridge with two 4-foot-wide walkways along each lane is $975,543...
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Hahs to seek reelection as mayor; highlights areas of emphasis
(Local News ~ 12/02/20)
Dwain Hahs has decided to seek a fourth two-year term in office in 2021 as mayor of Jackson, the Cape Girardeau County seat. Hahs, who succeeded long-tenured mayoral incumbent Barbara Lohr in 2015, informed the city's Board of Aldermen of his decision via email Monday...
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Cape County Court working to reduce jail population despite suspending jury trials through February
(Local News ~ 12/02/20)
The Cape Girardeau County Court enacted an administrative order Monday extending its suspension of jury trials through Feb. 26 because of increased COVID-19 activity in the area. The extension leaves the Cape Girardeau County Detention Center over capacity for the time being...
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Missouri senators advance $1.2B virus aid package
(Local News ~ 12/02/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Missouri Legislature resumed work Tuesday after a special session had been delayed because several lawmakers tested positive for the coronavirus. Senators were scheduled to begin work mid-November. The Senate leader pushed off the session after he announced several senators and staffers caught the virus causing COVID-19. Lawmakers have declined to say who tested positive...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2020. There are 29 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device...
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Jarilyn Southard
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Jarilyn "Jari" Sue Southard, 72, of Jackson, died Nov. 30, 2020 at her home. There will be a private family memorial service held at a later date. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson are in charge of arrangements.
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Michael Schlick Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Michael Lee Schlick, Sr. passed away on Nov. 28, 2020, at the age of 64. He is survived by his two sons, Michael (Evangeline) Schlick Jr., Christopher (Emily) Schlick; daughter, Jennifer (Jason) Rezabek; two sisters, Susan (David) Wallis, Nancy (Brian) Gibson; two brothers, Steven (Linda) Schlick, Eugene (Deborah) Schlick; nine grandchildren, Jacob, Joseph, Andrew, Alex, Peyton, Alene, Ethan, Cole and McKenna; and great-grandson, Lucas...
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William Phillips
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
William "Bill" Difani Phillips, Sr., 95, of Perryville, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home...
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David Mize
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
David Louis Mize, 59 of Jackson, was born Jan. 15, 1961, to Tommy Dale and Geraldine Marie Welter Mize in Cape Girardeau and departed this earth on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at his home. He served his country proudly in U.S. Navy. He is survived by his wife, Maxine Mize of the home; sons, Brandon (Samantha Campbell) Yamnitz of Jackson, Justin L Mize of Gainesville, Georgia, Christopher D Mize, of Canton, Ohio; daughter, Haily N (Kaleb) Webb of Jackson; two grandchildren, Kylie Jo Yamnitz and Vaida Rielle Webb; brothers Tom Mize of Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Mize of Shreveport, Louisiana; sisters Cathy (Bob) Mize Dieltl of Cape Girardeau, Teresa Mize of Ludowici, Georgia, and sister-in-law Connie Mize; father-in-law, Gary(Geneva) Brandes, and in-laws Terry (Pam) Brandes, Lisa (Richard) Winter, and Tim (Shirley) Brandes. ...
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Helen L'hote
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Helen Annette L'hote, 97, of Perryville, Missouri, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020 at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be 9:15 to 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church with the Rev. Rich Wehrmeyer officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Iris Likens
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Iris J. Likens, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Nov. 30, 2020 at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Oct. 13, 1929, in Flint, Michigan, daughter of Plutarch P. and Lucille Beckman Conrad. Iris was a life-long educator who began her own education in Marble Hill, Missouri, where she attended both elementary and high school graduating in 1947. ...
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Abby Jansen
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Abigail (Abby) Katherine Jansen, 17, of Kelso, Missouri, passed away Nov. 29, 2020, in a tragic car accident near her family home. She was born Oct. 27, 2003, in Saint Louis to Tom and Amy Berkbuegler Jansen. She was a junior at Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau and member of St. ...
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Kevin Graham
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Kevin Lee Graham, 41, of Blue Eye, Missouri, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at his home. He was born Jan. 23, 1979, in Cape Girardeau to Steve Graham and Tammy Powers Curtis. Survivors include his father, Steve Graham of Cape Girardeau; mother, Tammy Curtis of Cape Girardeau; a son, Noah Graham of Lee's Summit, Missouri; a daughter, Isabella Graham of Lee's Summit; three brothers, Justin (Melissa) Graham of Cape Girardeau, Austin Tyler Graham of Carbondale, Illinois and Dillion Graham Breaker of Cape Girardeau; nephews, Jace and Jaxx Graham both of Cape Girardeau; and a niece, Jada Graham of Cape Girardeau.. ...
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John Gaines
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
ORAN, Mo. -- John Robert Gaines, 63, of Oran passed away Nov. 29, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 18, 1957, in Hayti, Missouri, to the late Robert Taylor and Emma Anna Eftink Gaines. He was a 1975 graduate of Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau, a member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church, St. Joseph Men's Club and the Knights of Columbus Council 4311 of Oran. He was a lifetime farmer until his retirement in 2017...
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Robert Cranmer
(Obituary ~ 12/02/20)
Robert Murray Cranmer, 72, of Jackson died Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson. Private funeral service will be Saturday at the funeral home in Jackson with the Rev. Bryan Wendling officiating...
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Births 12/2/20
(Births ~ 12/02/20)
Son to Dahlia Sebastian of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:59 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Name, Psalm Lee. Weight, 5 pounds, 7 ounces. Second son. Ms. Sebastian is the daughter of Mary Sebastian of Cape Girardeau. Son to Ronnie and Danielle Woodfin of Marble Hill, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 7:05 p.m. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 12/02/20)
Cape Girardeau residents can expect to pay 3% more for city water, effective Jan. 1; the City Council will consider approving the rate hike when it meets Monday night; the hike was included in the fiscal 1996 budget approved by the council earlier this year; city officials say the rate hike is needed to offset increased operating costs for the water system...
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Prayer 12-2-20
(Prayer ~ 12/02/20)
O God, today we celebrate the hope we have in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Biden's immigration radicalism
(Column ~ 12/02/20)
One of Joe Biden's first priorities as president will be to risk stoking a new migrant crisis. After much trial and error, President Donald Trump came up with cooperative arrangements with Mexico and Central American countries that drastically diminished the pressure from asylum-seekers on our southern border...
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Speak Out 12/2/20
(Speak Out ~ 12/02/20)
Congratulations to the Jackson football team on a tremendous season. Will be rooting them on Saturday as they go for the Class 5 championship. For all the hard-core Trumpists: How is it plausible that a Red state like Georgia could let Democrats run rampant with alleged voter fraud? You would have to suspend reality (which Trump apparently did) to believe something as farcical as that. ...
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Toybox, Christmas for the Elderly seeking support
(Editorial ~ 12/02/20)
The Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly programs will operate a little differently from previous years this Christmas, but the need for support is still great — more so this year with the challenges of COVID-19. Toybox is collecting toy donations at several area businesses, including the Southeast Missourian. And there is coordination between Toybox and Toys for Tots, meaning donations can be made at drop boxes labeled for either of the drives...
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Brothers write a love letter to a food we all love — pizza
(Community ~ 12/02/20)
NEW YORK -- Let Thanksgiving have the turkey. Let Christmas have fruitcake. Every other day, it's got to be pizza. So argue Thom and James Elliot, brothers and pizza makers from England who have written a book celebrating the worldwide phenomenon of roundish dough cooked with toppings...
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Glimmers of hope for world economy, but dangers lurk
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
PARIS -- Vendors broke out in applause in the flagship Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris as eager shoppers returned for the first time in a month, after yet another virus lockdown. The reopening won't be enough to make up for sales lost during the pandemic -- but reflects the glimmer of hope forecasters are starting to see in the global economy...
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Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said 'leave no trace'
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
SALT LAKE CITY -- New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert. A Colorado photographer told KSTU-TV he saw four men come to the remote Utah site Friday night and push over the hollow, stainless steel object...
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Senate GOP leader sticking with partisan COVID relief plan
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he's largely sticking with a partisan, scaled-back COVID-19 relief bill that has already failed twice this fall, even as Democratic leaders and a bipartisan group of moderates offered concessions in hopes of passing pandemic aid before Congress adjourns for the year...
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AG Barr says no widespread election fraud
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- Disputing President Donald Trump's persistent claims, Attorney General William Barr declared Tuesday the U.S. Justice Department has uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could change the outcome of the 2020 election. Barr's comments, in an interview with the The Associated Press, contradict the concerted effort by Trump, his boss, to subvert the results of last month's voting and block President-elect Joe Biden from taking his place in the White House...
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U.S. panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
NEW YORK -- Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. The panel voted 13-1 to recommend those groups get priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program, when doses are expected to be very limited. The two groups encompass about 24 million people out of a U.S. population of about 330 million...
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'Very dark couple of weeks': Morgues and hospitals overflow
(National News ~ 12/02/20)
Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity of morgues, funeral homes and hospitals. Amid the resurgence, states have begun reopening field hospitals to handle an influx of patients pushing health care systems -- and their workers -- to the breaking point. ...
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No contact meetings for suspect in brothers' deaths
(State News ~ 12/02/20)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- A Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin will not be allowed to meet in person with his lawyers until health officials testify on the issue, a judge ruled Tuesday. Garland Nelson of Braymer is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and abandoning a corpse in the deaths of 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel and Justin Diemel, 24, of Shawano County, Wisconsin. The brothers disappeared in July 2019 after visiting Nelson's farm to discuss a cattle deal...
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St. Louis area in 'crisis mode' as virus surges
(State News ~ 12/02/20)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned area residents Monday the county is in "crisis mode" as COVID-19 cases keep rising and hospitals strain to treat new patients. Page said area hospitals could run out of intensive care beds sometime this week and the National Guard could be asked to help with response to the pandemic...
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