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One post-holiday gift, courtesy of the city of Cape
(Local News ~ 01/04/21)
With Christmas and New Year’s now in the rearview mirror, residents in Cape Girardeau who find themselves with extra holiday trash will get an assist from municipal officials. Cape Girardeau residents who have too much garbage to fit in the city-provided cart may put out a few extra bags of trash until Saturday, depending on their scheduled pickup day...
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Breaking a rule for 100,000 good reasons
(Business ~ 01/04/21)
As a rule, I try not to include "check passing" photos on the Business pages. But rules, they say, are made to be broken, especially when the photos are of $100,000 worth of corporate donations in response to the region's coronavirus needs. Buzzi Unicem, which operates the quarry and cement production facility on South Sprigg Street, made large, and much needed, contributions to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank, the United Way of Southeast Missouri and the SoutheastHEALTH Foundation as part of the Italian corporation's worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic.. ...
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Prosperity in the pandemic — Some industries have seen increases in business because of COVID-19
(Business ~ 01/04/21)
Since March, many businesses have shut down temporarily or permanently as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study done by business-review website Yelp found roughly 160,000 businesses, large and small, closed between April and September. The impact felt on communities is substantial. ...
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March for Trump Bus Tour makes stop in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/04/21)
With the Electoral College prepared to certify President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, some citizens and members of Congress continue to protest the results. The March for Trump Bus Tour made a stop Saturday in Cape Girardeau.
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Coronavirus-driven sales of musical instruments up, including in Cape
(Local News ~ 01/04/21)
Bill Shivelbine said the pandemic has been a challenging time for family-owned and operated Shivelbine’s Music Store of Cape Girardeau, which has served customers in Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois from its downtown location at 533 Broadway since 1949...
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Business Notebook: County jobless rate steady, but creeping up elsewhere; ice cream franchise returning
(Business ~ 01/04/21)
The latest county-by-county unemployment numbers from the Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations shows Cape County's jobless rate held steady in November. However, in most other Southeast Missouri counties, the percentage of jobless workers began inching up from their October levels. Only in St. Francois County did the unemployment rate drop slightly in November...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/04/21)
Today is Monday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2021. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his State of the Union address in which he outlined the goals of his "Great Society."...
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New monitors allow paramedics to work faster
(Editorial ~ 01/04/21)
Time is of utmost importance when tending to heart attack or stroke patients. Cape County Private Ambulance Service paramedic Fred Gross said, "The more time you waste, the more muscle is going to be unrepairable." In an effort to minimize the damage that can be done, whether to the brain or the heart, CCPA recently acquired eight Philips Tempus ALS monitors and eight defibrillator units that are used together to replace the ambulance service's current machines...
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95-year-old interrupts mask making by surviving coronavirus
(Community ~ 01/04/21)
MARYSVILLE, Ohio -- When the coronavirus pandemic began, Miriam Looker sprang into action at the behest of her stepson, a central Ohio doctor. Looker, 95, used her supply of quilting materials and soon was making up to 10 masks a day at her assisted living facility in Marysville, about 30 miles northwest of Columbus. Then, as she pushed well more than 1,000 masks, Looker took a break -- to recover from COVID-19 herself...
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Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in U.S.
(National News ~ 01/04/21)
Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her home hard. Her grandfather was affected by recent wildfires in neighboring Orange County. "It's just that constant reminder, 'Oh, yeah, we live somewhere where there's natural disasters and they can strike at any time,'" said the 29-year-old marketing executive...
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Margaret Strack
(Obituary ~ 01/04/21)
Margaret Pearl Strack, 96, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at home, with family by her side. She was born Aug. 20, 1924, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Leo Pearl and Ida Alice Welker. She and Warren Strack were married Aug. 22, 1943, in Cape Girardeau. Warren preceded her in death March 4, 2002...
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Virginia Morrison
(Obituary ~ 01/04/21)
Virginia Lee Morrison, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at her home. She was born July 14, 1927, in Drum, Missouri, to the late George and Daisy Winters Huffman. She and Leston Morrison were married Sept. 18, 1946, in Drum. He preceded her in death June 7, 2012...
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June Mahy
(Obituary ~ 01/04/21)
June E. Mahy, 98, of Cape Girardeau died of natural causes Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in San Diego. She was born June 24, 1922, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Emma Perry Farrow and George E. Farrow. At the age of 19, June graduated from the Normal School, with a two-year teaching certificate and taught grades one to eight at Old Egypt Mills School...
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Irline Brucker
(Obituary ~ 01/04/21)
Irline Brucker, daughter of the late Martin T. Menz and Magdaline Halter Menz, was born Dec. 10, 1923, in Oran, Missouri, and departed her life Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 97. Mrs. Brucker was a former employee of Inland Shoe Manufacturing and Tri County In Home Services. She was a member of Guardian Angels Church and a resident of Advance, Missouri...
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Kenneth Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 01/04/21)
Surrounded by his family, Kenneth Lee Borgfield, 87, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at his home. He was born April 18, 1933, in Jackson to Clarence and Edna Eakins Borgfield. He and Peggy Martin were married June 7, 1953, in Oak Ridge. They had been married 67 years when Peggy passed away Nov. 22, 2020...
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Prayer 1/4/21
(Prayer ~ 01/04/21)
O Lord Jesus, may we live self-controlled, upright and godly lives for your glory. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 01/04/21)
As the area digs out from the year's first winter storm, forecasters already are calling for more light snow today and Friday; the National Weather Service in St. Louis says light snow is expected over Missouri and Illinois and sub-freezing temperatures will prevent much melting...
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Congress opens new session; Smith votes against Pelosi
(National News ~ 01/04/21)
WASHINGTON -- Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump and the coronavirus surges. Democrat Nancy Pelosi was reelected as House speaker by her party, which retains the majority in the House but with the slimmest margin in 20 years after a strong GOP performance in the November election...
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