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Man in critical condition following rollover crash on South Sprigg
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
A man suffered critical injuries after a rollover crash Monday afternoon on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. According to Sgt. Joey Hann of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, at 4:29 p.m., officers responded to a wreck in the 1500 block of South Sprigg Street where they discovered a small pickup truck had overturned and the driver had been ejected from the vehicle...
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Burglary suspect escapes police, remains at large in Cape
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
A burglary suspect remains at large following a police chase Monday evening in Cape Girardeau. According to Sgt. Joey Hann, Cape Girardeau police officers responded to a report of a burglary near Bellevue and Fountain streets Monday evening. Upon the officers’ arrival, the suspect fled the vicinity in a red SUV...
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Jackson aldermen adjust city's 2020 ledger
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen on Monday night approved several hundred thousand dollars-worth of adjustments to the city’s 2020 budget to accurately reflect actual income and expenditures. “We’re required by law at the end of the year to explain where our budget had overages,” Jackson Mayor Dwain Hahs said. “In some areas, we had more money coming into accounts (than what was budgeted) and in some cases we had more expenses.”...
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Driven to donate blood
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
Donald Dannenmueller donates blood during an American Red Cross blood drive at the Knights of Columbus Council 6420 building Monday in Scott City. ...
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Woman found dead Monday morning on South West End Boulevard
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
A woman was found dead late Monday morning on South West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau. According to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a report of a deceased person in a wooded area near 1200 South West End Boulevard. Upon arrival, officers discovered a dead woman outdoors in the area...
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Cape schools to follow SEMO's lead and adopt Canvas LMS
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
Jamie Russell, technology instructional specialist for the Cape Girardeau School District, has had an extraordinarily busy 11 months since the pandemic started. The Tigers@Home virtual program has enabled many students to study and file classwork online from home, and now, with COVID-19 not abated, the district is beta testing Canvas, a new learning management system (LMS)...
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Cape County commissioners approve contract to replace two bridges
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners approved a contract Monday to replace two bridges in the county’s road system. Commissioners approved the use of Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation (BRO) funds to pay for a negotiated contract with Koehler Engineering and Land Surveying to replace bridges on county roads 420 and 436...
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'Get right with God -- and do it now'
(Column ~ 02/02/21)
I find myself reflecting quite a bit lately. I believe I've had an understanding for a long time of the fragility of life, but it seems to be screaming at me more than usual, especially with the loss of people with whom we are all acquainted. Some of this consciousness results from the dark times we entered in 2020 with the coronavirus and its accompanying questions and quarantines, pain and pandemic; we have all been shaken. ...
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Sander lauded for 'calm, common sense' in leading health board
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
Leo Roland “Rollie” Sander is being praised for his 22 years of service on the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees and particularly his tenure as chairman during the ongoing pandemic. Sander, 81, died Saturday at Saint Francis Medical Center after experiencing breathing difficulty earlier in the day while watching a basketball game in which his grandsons were playing...
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Drug store owners hope to avoid future accidents
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
Jones Drug Store in Jackson doesn’t have a drive through lane and store owners want to make sure it won’t “accidentally” have one in the future. On three occasions in the past 50 years, drivers have lost control of their vehicles and crashed into the store on Court Street next door to Jackson City Hall and across the street from the old Cape Girardeau County Courthouse. ...
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SoutheastHEALTH, Saint Francis selected as high-throughput vaccinators; active cases continue downward trend
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
SoutheastHEALTH and Saint Francis Healthcare System were selected as high-throughput vaccinators by the state Department of Health and Senior Services and the Missouri Hospital Association as active COVID-19 cases in the area continue to trend downward...
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New Cape deer ordinance passes initial hurdle
(Local News ~ 02/02/21)
This story is updated. After an extensive presentation and ensuing discussion lasting over two hours, Cape Girardeau City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to advance on first reading an ordinance establishing a managed urban bowhunt to thin the whitetail deer population in the city...
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Age Spots: Planning for the Future
(02/02/21)
My Mom just turned 72. She is healthy, she still drives and she has no plans to slow down any time soon. I am so glad she is still able to do most things on her own and she can have her independence. We have talked about what could happen in the future, and that we need to have a plan. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/02/21)
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2021. There are 332 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa’s Black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela...
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A shameful day
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/02/21)
January 6 will be remembered as a shameful day in American history. As more information and videos come to light, it becomes more and more clear that this was an orchestrated attempt to attack our government by individuals using the purposeful iconography and rhetoric of Donald Trump and the Confederacy to incite violence...
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Old views from new administration
(Column ~ 02/02/21)
"(W)e will never again sow division. Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid." That's from Amanda Gorman's poem, "The Hill We Climb," which she read at the recent inauguration...
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No-compromise politics
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/02/21)
Some of the great politicians of the past were good at compromising with members of the opposite party. That's part of what made them great. Examples include Presidents Johnson and Reagan and House Speaker Tip O'Neill. These men and others like them reached across the aisle and helped craft and pass major legislation. You don't see that now. Politics has become so partisan that compromise is a bad word, which leads to the gridlock and bad behavior we see...
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Cape vaccination experience
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/02/21)
Our personal thanks to the Cape Girardeau Public Health Center, the members of the Cape Girardeau National Guard, SEMO, and all the many healthcare workers and volunteers for the excellent job in administering the COVID vaccination shots at the Show Me Center...
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Rita Weidner
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
Rita Sue Weidner, 72, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 5, 1948, in Oran, Missouri, daughter of Oshal and Lillie Cummins Hogan. She and Alan Weidner were married Feb. 29, 2004. He preceded her in death...
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Robert Wade
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Robert "Bob" Wade, 86, of Columbia, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Bob was born June 17, 1934, in Mason City, Iowa, the son of Floyd and Esther Matthews Wade. On Oct.10, 1981, he married Norma Pini in Joliet, Illinois, and she survives...
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Cecil Varner
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Cecil E. "Gene" Varner, 68, of Tamms passed away at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born May 11, 1952, at Cairo, Illinois, the son of Betty Varner and Lavern Boyd. He was married on Aug. 22, 1969, to Mildred Browning...
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Leon Talley
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
LEESBURG, Va. -- After 12 years, Leon Burtle Talley, 87, lost his battle with cancer Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Leon Talley was born to Willard and Della Mae Statler Talley July 15, 1933, in Lixville, Missouri, before growing up in Millersville and Jackson...
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Joan Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
Alma Joan Seabaugh, age 80, of Chaffee, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lorimier Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Roland Sander
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
Leo Roland Sander, 81, of Gordonville passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 25, 1939, in Gordonville, son of Leo Rudolph and Hermina Wessel Sander. He and Sharon Kuntze Sander were married Aug. 3, 1968, at Christ Lutheran Church in Gordonville...
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George Moit Sr.
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- George Moit Sr., son of the late William and Arry Goins Moit, was born July 31, 1926, in Cape Girardeau County and departed this life Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at his residence in Benton at the age of 94 years. George was a former railroad conductor for Burlington Northern. He was of the Baptist faith...
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Jeremy Littleton
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Jeremy Lee Littleton, 33, of Perryville died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Private services to be held by the family at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Carole Frick
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
Carole Jean Frick, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 at Scriptural Lutheran Evangelical Church in Egypt Mills. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. with Pastor Mark Rogers officiating...
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Robert Adams
(Obituary ~ 02/02/21)
Robert "Bob" Wayne Adams, 72, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at home surrounded by his beloved family. Bob was born June 14, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Leonard Miles and Anna Elizabeth Eftink Adams. He was united in marriage to Pamela Sue Blankenship on August 2, 1974, and they enjoyed 47 years raising their three children and later spoiling their grandchildren...
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Prayer 2/2/21
(Prayer ~ 02/02/21)
O Lord Jesus, our great provider, thank you for your many blessings. Amen.
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Out of the past: Feb. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 02/02/21)
A wetlands evaluation impact study must be completed before the Army Corps of Engineers can decide whether to issue a permit for a riverboat casino complex at the Headwaters Diversion Channel; the project would involve removal of some trees from the site and the filling of about 4.8 acres of wetlands adjacent to and within the Diversion Channel; the proposal by Lady Luck Gaming Corp. ...
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Area police reports 2/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1400 block of Clark Avenue. n Assault was reported in the 3700 block of Stonebridge Lane. Thefts n Motor vehicle theft was reported in the 1000 block of South Benton Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 2/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 31 n Medical assists were made at 1:51 p.m. on South Sprigg Street; 8:56 p.m. on College Street. n At 3:26 p.m., fire alarm on Northchurch Street. n At 5:05 p.m., lift assist on Fairview Drive...
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Sponsored: What to do when retirement is right around corner
(Insiders Advice ~ 02/02/21)
If you’re like many people, the majority of your retirement strategy has been putting money in your 401(k) or IRA and maybe doing a little forecasting. But what about when you’re almost ready to retire? Here are a few top-of-mind things to address...
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