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Going Next Gen: Kangas leads Cape’s development services into a new era
(B Magazine ~ 04/28/21)
If you talk to people who work directly with Anna Kangas, the City of Cape Girardeau’s newly named director of development services, they seem to run out of laudable adjectives to describe the licensed architect, a 2003 Jackson High School graduate...
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SEMO cyber defense team takes third at midwest regional collegiate competition
(Local News ~ 04/28/21)
Southeast Missouri State University's cyber defense team has once again added to its list of wins. The team took third place at the virtual Erich J. Spenger Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) last month. Southeast's team advanced to the CCDC competition after winning the Missouri Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in February for the ninth year in a row. Twelve students and four alternates competed against 10 other university teams...
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Cape Girardeau School District to award Jefferson project bid in June
(Local News ~ 04/28/21)
Cape Girardeau School District superintendent Neil Glass said Tuesday the Board of Education will award the contract for the estimated $11.3 million Jefferson Elementary civic center project at its June 28 meeting. Glass said May 25 is the target date for advertisement for bids, including requests for proposals (RFPs) to contractors...
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Cape County's jobless rate held steady last month
(Local News ~ 04/28/21)
The jobless rate in Cape Girardeau County remained at 5.3% for the second consecutive month in March, according to the latest data released this week by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The county's unemployment rate is higher than at any time in the past six months, and just over a full percentage point above the county's jobless rate of 4.2% at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Editorial: SEMO native Robert Knodell takes on key state government role
(Editorial ~ 04/28/21)
Robert Knodell, the deputy chief of staff to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, was recently named acting director of the state's Department of Health and Senior Services. Knodell, who's been quarterbacking much of the COVID-19 response for the governor, is a Southeast Missouri native with roots in Carter and Butler counties. He also earned an accounting degree from Southeast Missouri State University...
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Missouri House committee endorses proposed gasoline tax increase
(State News ~ 04/28/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri House committee has unanimously endorsed a proposal to increase Missouri's gasoline tax, sending the measure to the full House, where some Republicans oppose raising taxes. The House Transportation Committee voted 13-0 Monday to approve raising the gas tax 12.5 cents during the next five years, resulting in a tax of 29.5 cents per gallon. It would be the first increase since 1996. Missouri's current tax of 17 cents a gallon is among the lowest in the nation...
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Boil water advisory issued near SEMO campus
(Local News ~ 04/28/21)
A precautionary boil water advisory has been issued as of Tuesday morning for parts of Cape Girardeau in the vicinity of the Southeast Missouri University campus and a number of nearby homes and businesses. The order was issued in response to a "low pressure incident," according to city officials. The problem was caused by a water main break along Sprigg Street...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
Today is Wednesday, April 28, the 118th day of 2021. There are 247 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 28, 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces...
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Prayer 4/28/21
(Prayer ~ 04/28/21)
Lord Jesus, we place our hope and trust in you, our Savior. Amen.
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Boring is Biden's superpower
(Column ~ 04/28/21)
Joe Biden's first 100 days as president will be in the books Friday, and one thing is clear: Boring is a superpower. But first, let's start by noting that the whole "first 100 days" thing is a pseudo-event that's only a big deal because politicians and journalists agreed to make it one, starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt. But it's become a de facto deadline for the same crowd to talk about whether the president is off to a good start...
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Maureen Simpkins
(Obituary ~ 04/28/21)
The world lost a loving mother, caring soul and one of the strongest women to walk the earth. Maureen Kooyer Simpkins, 69, of Scott City, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2021, after a single-vehicle accident. She was born in Rockford, Illinois, and later married Don Kooyer. They had two sons, Brendon Kooyer (Jessica) of Jackson, and Daniel Kooyer (Cindy Garland) of Cape Girardeau. After Don's passing, Maureen later married Jerry Simpkins of Scott City. Jerry also preceded her in death...
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James Hirsch
(Obituary ~ 04/28/21)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- James Fitzgerald Hirsch, 91, of Jacksonville, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, April 26, 2021, at Community Hospice at Baptist Medical Center-South in Jacksonville. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home...
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Births 4/27/21
(Births ~ 04/28/21)
Son to Jason and Kelly Westbrook of Advance, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 9:56 a.m. Thursday, March 11, 2021. Name, Colter Luke. Weight, 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Westbrook is the former Kelly Irvin, daughter of Jeff and Sheila Irvin of Leopold, Missouri. She is a stay-at-home mother. Westbrook is the son of Kenneth and Mary Gayle Westbrook of Advance. He is a farmer for Jenkins Farms...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 4/28/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/28/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 26 n Medical assists were made at 1:43 p.m. on Lacey Street; 7:38 p.m. on South West End Boulevard. n At 11:52 a.m., on Linden Street. n At 1:03 p.m., lift assist on Pear Tree Court...
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Cape Girardeau police report 4/28/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/28/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Thefts n Motor vehicle theft was reported in the 200 block of Capaha Trail. n Motor vehicle theft was reported in the 400 block of Bellevue Street. n Larceny was reported in the 300 block of North Kingshighway...
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Arizona third-grader holds food drives to help in pandemic
(Community ~ 04/28/21)
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Neighbors walked by during their morning stroll, passing families waved from their bikes and drivers slowed down long enough to read the hand-drawn sign -- "Dylan's Food Drive." The poster was taped to two PVC pipes that were stuck inside construction cones for support...
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U.S. orders big drawdown at Kabul embassy as troops leave
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- The State Department on Tuesday ordered a significant number of its remaining staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to leave Afghanistan as the military steps up the pullout of American troops from the country. The order came as the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan told lawmakers it no longer made sense to continue the 20-year deployment of American troops there. ...
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Scientist: Extent of DDT dumping in Pacific is 'staggering'
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
SAN DIEGO -- Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be more than 25,000 barrels possibly containing DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected...
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Biden signs $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors, providing a pay bump to hundreds of thousands of workers. Biden administration officials said the higher wages would lead to greater worker productivity, offsetting any additional costs to taxpayers...
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U.S. marks slowest population growth since the Depression
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said, as Americans continued their march to the South and West and one-time engines of growth, New York and California, lost political influence...
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U.S. farmers finally see better outlook after 2 odd years
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
MADRID, Iowa -- In 43 years of farming, Morey Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but not until last year had he endured it all in one season. Now, as Hill and other farmers begin planting the nation's dominant crops of corn and soybeans, they're dealing with another shift -- the strongest prices in years and a chance to put much of the recent stomach-churning uncertainty behind them. ...
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'Cannon fodder': Medical students in India feel betrayed
(International News ~ 04/28/21)
NEW DELHI -- Since the beginning of the week, Dr. Siddharth Tara, a postgraduate medical student at New Delhi's government-run Hindu Rao Hospital, has had a fever and persistent headache. He took a COVID-19 test, but the results have been delayed as the country's health system implodes...
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'Go get the shot': Biden highlights path back to normal
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. His task for the next 100 days will be to lay out the path back to normal. When he entered office, Biden moved to overcome problems with vaccine supply and more than tripled the country's ability to administer them. ...
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CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask
(National News ~ 04/28/21)
NEW YORK -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated may go outside without masks in some situations, too...
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Missouri COVID-19 cases top 500,000; more than 8,700 deaths
(State News ~ 04/28/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- The number of Missourians who have been infected with the coronavirus has topped the half-million mark. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Tuesday cited 524 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 500,071. ...
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Out of the past: April 28
(Out of the Past ~ 04/28/21)
Footings are being poured for the Osage Park Community Center, which city fathers hope will come to symbolize Cape Girardeau, much the way the Show Me Center and the Arena Building do; the 33,728-square-foot building along North Kingshighway, which should open in October or November, will boost conventions and recreation...
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Alarming amount of false call-outs pushes Cape's new fee program
(Local News ~ 04/28/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau is implementing a new program to reduce the number of false alarms the police and fire departments respond to. According to a news release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department, the police and fire departments respond to thousands of false-alarm calls per year, including 2,300 in the past year alone. ...
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Devil Dogs honor local engraver
(Submitted Story ~ 04/28/21)
On APR 24 2021, Pound 330 of the Military Order of the Devil Dogs presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Daniel Tuschhoff of Harold's Jewelry Store in Jackson, Missouri. Mr. Tuschhoff has engraved the dog tags, of all our members, for 20 years. Each Devil Dog has a dog tag that is engraved with their unique membership number. Thank you Mr. Tuschhoff for your outstanding work over the years...
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