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Business Notebook: Area jobless rates jump; website features job postings
(Business ~ 02/01/21)
Unemployment rates throughout Southeast Missouri — and much of the state — rose significantly at the end of 2020, according to data obtained Friday by the Southeast Missourian. The new numbers might be an indication the state's economic recovery from layoffs and business closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could be slowing as nearly 51,700 Missourians filed initial unemployment claims in December...
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Spilling the tea: 'Nutrition clubs' in Cape, Jackson offer teas loaded with vitamins, nutrients
(Business ~ 02/01/21)
Brightly colored, layered drinks with flavors such as Gator Bite, Carnival and Bombpop, and ranging from red to purple and every color in between have taken social media by storm. But, what exactly are loaded teas? They are stevia-sweetened drinks with a kick of caffeine sold at shops, known as "nutrition clubs," which are popping up all across the U.S., including six in a 30-mile radius of Cape Girardeau, including Jackson, Perryville and Sikeston. ...
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A Grape-Nuts shortage? Say it ain't so!
(Business ~ 02/01/21)
First it was disinfectant and hand sanitizer. Then there was a run on toilet paper, and for a while it was difficult to find N-95 masks and certain other pieces of personal protective equipment. Among other things, we've had shortages of building supplies (I know from experience, having just gone through a major home renovation), vaccines and, in come cases, patience...
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Missouri bicentennial: Mormon order of 1838 'one of the saddest stories in American political history'
(Local News ~ 02/01/21)
Frank Nickell calls the 1838 extermination order directed at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), issued by then-Gov. Lilburn Boggs, “one of the saddest stories in American political history.” The order, officially Executive Order 44, was issued Oct. 27, 1838, after the Battle of Crooked River, a clash between a unit of the Missouri State Militia and Mormons in Ray County, Missouri. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/01/21)
Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2021. There are 333 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space...
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The left's ongoing campaign to denigrate Trump supporters
(Column ~ 02/01/21)
If the first week of leftist insanity gushing from President Joe Biden’s executive pen doesn’t vindicate Donald Trump’s supporters in full measure, I don’t know what could. Scratch that. There is much more to come. Trump supporters have long touted the former president’s impressive policy achievements as proof they were wise in supporting him and correct that an outsider could get results...
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Congress bows to the pen and the phone
(Column ~ 02/01/21)
President Joe Biden has proved that, if nothing else, he has a pen and a phone. According to The Economist, he signed more executive orders in his first two days than President Donald Trump signed in nearly his first two months. And he was just getting started...
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Uptown Jackson hires new executive director
(Editorial ~ 02/01/21)
Jackson native Janna Clifton has been named the new executive director of the Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization. Clifton, who replaces recently retired Steve Turner, is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and has retail management experience from stores in Cape Girardeau and Paducah, Kentucky. She’s also been active with the Jackson North Elementary PTO and church committees, among other community involvement...
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Sea shanties are having a moment amid isolation of pandemic
(Community ~ 02/01/21)
PORTLAND, Maine -- There once was a tune that tickled the Internet's fancy When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty The views came fast, the fad could last Go, read about it go: People are stuck at home, toiling away, getting bored, going stir crazy...
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Reports: Military stages coup in Myanmar, leader Suu Kyi detained
(International News ~ 02/01/21)
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar -- A military coup was taking place in Myanmar early today and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was detained under house arrest, reports said, as communications were cut to the capital. Phone and internet access to Naypyitaw was lost and Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party could not be reached...
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More than 5,100 arrested at pro-Navalny protests across Russia
(International News ~ 02/01/21)
MOSCOW -- Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 5,100 people were detained by police, according to a monitoring group, and some were beaten...
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Major storm heads to Northeast after blanketing Midwest
(National News ~ 02/01/21)
After days of frigid temperatures, the Northeast on Sunday braced for a whopper of a storm that could dump well over a foot of snow in many areas, create blizzard-like conditions and cause travel problems for the next few days. It was already impacting coronavirus vaccinations in New York and New Jersey, with appointments for today needing to be canceled and rescheduled...
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Trump names 2 lawyers to impeachment defense team
(National News ~ 02/01/21)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump announced Sunday a former county prosecutor and a criminal defense lawyer with a background in civil rights work will lead his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys...
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Russian hack brings changes, uncertainty to U.S. court system
(National News ~ 02/01/21)
PHILADELPHIA -- Trial lawyer Robert Fisher is handling one of America's most prominent counterintelligence cases, defending an MIT scientist charged with secretly helping China. But how he'll handle the logistics of the case could feel old school: Under new court rules, he'll have to print out any highly sensitive documents and hand-deliver them to the courthouse...
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Biden invites GOP lawmakers to White House virus relief talk
(National News ~ 02/01/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though congressional Democrats are poised to move ahead without Republican support...
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Alvin Turner
(Obituary ~ 02/01/21)
Alvin "Al" F. Turner, 88, of Cape Girardeau, son of Elmer and Sylvia Puhse Turner, passed away as a result of COVID-19 on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Sept. 5, 1932, in Granite City, Illinois. He and Mary Janet Grebing were married April 21, 1957, at Trinity Lutheran Church. They were married 63 years at the time of his death...
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Robert Smith
(Obituary ~ 02/01/21)
Robert Benjamin Smith, 90, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 1, 1930, in St. Louis to the late Louis Jefferson and Marie Elisabeth Meyer Smith. He and Edna T. Greaser were married April 25, 1953, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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Lucille James
(Obituary ~ 02/01/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Lucille James, 93, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at Woodland Hills. She was born Nov. 3, 1927, in Zalma, Missouri, daughter of William "Mac" and Ora Moore Prater. She and Estel Elvin James were united in marriage Feb. 14, 1946, and he passed away Feb. 10, 2016...
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Paul R. Friedrich
(Obituary ~ 02/01/21)
Paul Ray Friedrich, 90, of Jackson passed away Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 9, 1930, on the family farm north of Jackson, son of Ray Henry and Elsie Ruby Rapp Friedrich. Paul R. and Wanda Maxine Webb were married March 25, 1950. She preceded him in death April 21, 2017...
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Charles Daniel
(Obituary ~ 02/01/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Charles Parker Daniel, 73, of St. Louis passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at Garden View Care Center in Chesterfield, Missouri. He was born July 22, 1947, in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Howard Eugene and Loagene Parker Daniel. He and Mary Ann were married May 8, 1981. She preceded him in death March 19, 2016...
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Missouri man charged in the storming of U.S. Capitol
(State News ~ 02/01/21)
MISSION, Kan. -- A Missouri man has been arrested on charges accusing him of taking part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol and livestreaming it from inside the building. FBI agents and police in Springfield arrested Zachary Martin without incident Thursday on charges of engaging in illegal activities on Capitol grounds, disorderly conduct and demonstrating inside the Capitol, FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said in a news release...
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Prayer 2/1/21
(Prayer ~ 02/01/21)
Lord Jesus, we give you praise and honor, for through you we have victory. Amen.
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Speak Out 2/1/21
(Speak Out ~ 02/01/21)
Donald Trump was the most energetic cheerleader for our country that we have seen in many years. And what did we do? We threw him out of office when he could have given us four more years of great advances and accomplishments. It reminds me of what the British did to Winston Churchill in 1945. ...
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Out of the past: Feb. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 02/01/21)
Pipes are freezing, car batteries are dying, and there's very little red stuff visible in the thermometer; it's darn cold out there, and forecasters don't expect a warm-up anytime soon; low temperatures and stiff winds from the west and northwest are combining to put the region in the deep freeze; the low temperature yesterday was a bone-chilling 8 degrees, with wind chills making it feel like 25 to 30 below zero...
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Highlighting My Story as a Gun Violence Survivor
(Submitted Story ~ 02/01/21)
I am a gun violence survivor. I left an abusive husband who continued to threaten me even after I escaped to a shelter in another part of the state.My ex husband posted pictures of himself with a gun and contacted me telling me that he was going to kill me.He threatened my mother, telling her he would find me at the safe house where I was residing. ...
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