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Rehder clarifies residency
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
State Senator Holly Rehder (R-27) acknowledges she is currently living outside the borders of her six-county district but said this will not last long. Rehder, in a text Monday to the Southeast Missourian, said she is living with her son in District 25 but the situation is "temporary" and her "permanent address and home" remains in Scott City, inside district boundaries...
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Rotary Club honors Dragoni for WWII service
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Rotary Club member David Rigdon, left, presents John Dragoni with a commemorative certificate and picture of the pave stone with Dragoni's name and service details that is featured in the Road to Victory at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans ...
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Julie Triller is Cape County's new HR director
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Julie Triller, a veteran of 30 years of human resources experience in government and the private sector, is Cape Girardeau County's new human resources and payroll director. Triller, a graduate of St. Vincent dePaul High School in Perryville, Missouri, comes to the county administration building in Jackson after 3 1/2 years as an HR generalist for Jefferson County, experienced in workers compensation, benefits, retirement issues and leave-of-absence policy. ...
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Looking for ham radio enthusiasts in Perry County
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
After 39 years in law enforcement, the last 29 as the Perry County sheriff, Gary J. Schaaf knows a thing or two about how vital rapid communications are. Schaaf is among the organizers of a meeting scheduled this week to gauge the level of interest in starting a new amateur radio club...
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Report: Black drivers more likely to be pulled over than white drivers in area
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Black drivers are far more likely to be pulled over and arrested by Missouri police, according to a report released June 1. By law, the office of Missouri's attorney general has produced a yearly vehicle stops report since 2000. The most recent report showed Black drivers in Missouri are 71% more likely to be pulled over than white drivers and 25% more likely to be arrested...
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Cape Council OKs ARP strategy, considers internet sales tax election date
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
By a 6-0 vote, the Cape Girardeau City Council endorsed a "strategy" for spending American Rescue Plan (ARP) federal funds once the municipality gets the estimated $8.28 million. Dustin Ziebold, the city's finance director, said he and his staff pored through 151 pages of federal guidance, called an "interim final ruling," to local government entities in constructing the proposed spending plan...
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Jackson officials begin planning for next round of COVID relief
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
The City of Jackson expects to receive approximately $2.75 million in federal funds as part of the American Rescue Plan, but at Monday night's meeting of the Jackson Board of Aldermen there were more questions than answers about when the funds will be available, what the city must do to obtain the money and how it may be used...
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Missouri becomes final state to adopt medication database
(State News ~ 06/08/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Monday to make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring database aimed at flagging possible opioid misuse. Missouri for years has been the only state without such a program because of pushback from primarily Republican lawmakers concerned about patient privacy...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/08/21)
Today is Tuesday, June 8, the 159th day of 2021. There are 206 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 8, 1968, authorities announced the capture in London of James Earl Ray, the suspected assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
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Meet Me In Saint No Place
(06/08/21)
Many people endure a great many meetings as part of their jobs. Meetings seem ubiquitous no matter what profession one pursues. I certainly had to participate in plenty of them during my academic career. Humor writer Dave Barry described meetings better than I could when he said, “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’”...
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Letting our young people down
(Column ~ 06/08/21)
You may have heard by now about Paxton Smith, the high-school valedictorian in Texas who switched out her expected speech to decry the recent heartbeat law passed in that state, which restricts abortions early on in pregnancy. "I have dreams and hopes and ambitions," she said. "Every girl graduating today does. ... And without our input and without our consent, our control over that future has been stripped away from us...
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Prayer 6/8/21
(Prayer ~ 06/08/21)
O God, comfort us and protect us. Give us hope and spiritually nourish us. Amen.
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Sponsored: Are we in a housing bubble?
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/08/21)
One of the questions we hear most in today’s market is, “Are we in a housing bubble?” It’s no secret the housing market has sky-rocketed throughout the past year — prices are up, interest rates and inventory are down, and materials are more costly than ever...
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Two injured in motorcycle incident
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Two Stoddard County, Missouri, residents were injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday afternoon. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated Logan Crowley, 29, and Samantha Crowley, 29, both of Dexter, Missouri, were traveling east near the intersection of Highway 114 and County Road 785 on a 2003 Harley-Davidson Fatboy motorcycle when Logan Crowley lost control and hit a guardrail. The crash occurred at about 12:30 p.m...
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PB man arrested for alleged drug offenses
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, man was taken into custody Saturday evening for several alleged drug violations. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, troopers arrested Michael Taylor, 51, for alleged possession of a controlled substance (three types of narcotics and marijuana), driving while intoxicated, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to drive on the right side of the roadway. The arrest occurred about 7 p.m...
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Poplar Bluff woman arrested
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
A Poplar Bluff, Missouri, woman was arrested Sunday for alleged driving while intoxicated. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated Kristy Brannum, 33, was arrested in Butler County, Missouri, and cited for driving while intoxicated and improperly stopping a vehicle in a roadway...
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Marble Hill man arrested
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Marble Hill, Missouri, man Sunday night for alleged driving while intoxicated. A Patrol report stated Aaron Simmons, 46, was taken into custody in St. Francois County, Missouri, shortly after 9 p.m. and cited for driving while intoxicated and driving while revoked...
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Warrant leads to Charleston woman's arrest
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Charleston, Missouri, woman on a felony warrant Sunday. A Patrol report stated the arrest of Desiree Allen, 28, occurred at about 6 p.m. in Mississippi County, Missouri, and involved a felony warrant from Mississippi County. Allen was also cited for failure to display valid plates, no insurance and excessive window tint, according to the report...
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Benton man arrested in Cape Co.
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Benton, Missouri, man Friday night for alleged driving while intoxicated. A Patrol report stated Darin Tuleja, 47, was arrested in Cape Girardeau County and cited for driving while intoxicated, no valid driver's license and failure to display valid plates. He was taken to Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office and held for 12 hours. The arrest took place about 10 p.m...
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Cape man arrested for alleged gun violation
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested a Cape Girardeau man Saturday for an alleged firearm violation. A Patrol report stated troopers took into custody Calvert Staten, 32, at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday for alleged felon in possession of a firearm and misdemeanor possession of marijuana...
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Cape teen hurt in crash
(Local News ~ 06/08/21)
A 17-year-old Cape Girardeau teen suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle crash Monday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the accident occurred on County Road 645 north of Cape Girardeau when a southbound 2006 Mazda 3 failed to negotiate a curve, left the right side of the roadway, overturned and struck an embankment...
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Births 6/8/21
(Births ~ 06/08/21)
Daughter to Brooks and Allison Bradshaw of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 2:52 p.m. Sunday, May 9, 2021. Name, Ella Grace. Weight, 7 pounds, 3 ounces. First child. Mrs. Bradshaw is the daughter of Greg and Mary Ann Heinsman of Cape Girardeau. She is a fourth-grade teacher at Clippard Elementary School. Bradshaw is the son of Eric and Stephanie Bradshaw of Cape Girardeau. He is a sixth-grade teacher at Cape Girardeau Central Middle School...
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Richard Pender
(Obituary ~ 06/08/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Richard N. Pender, 81, son of the late William and Edna Church Pender was born Feb. 26, 1940, in Texas County, Missouri, and departed this life Sunday, June 6, 2021, at the Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston. Richard retired from Operating Engineers Local 513. On Dec. 24, 1970, he married Janet Thompson Hoots, and she survives of the home...
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Dr. Edwin Burford Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/08/21)
Dr. Edwin K. Burford Jr., 87, died Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at his home after a brief illness. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 235 Broadway in Cape Girardeau, with visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. before the service...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/8/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/08/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 6 n Medical assist was made at 4:21 p.m. on South Benton Street.
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Cape Girardeau Police report 6/8/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/08/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 300 block of North Kingshighway. n Assault was reported in the 800 block of Good Hope Street. n Assault was reported on South Main Street...
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France fines Google for abusing 'dominant' ads position
(International News ~ 06/08/21)
PARIS -- Google is being fined 220 million euros ($268 million) by France's antitrust watchdog for abusing its "dominant" position in online advertising. The search engine giant is also promising to overhaul the way its platform is used for buying and selling digital ads, at least in France, which could have repercussions on its ongoing legal fights with regulators elsewhere in Europe, the U.S. and around the world...
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Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time
(National News ~ 06/08/21)
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began. And the average rate of increase is faster than ever, scientists reported Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average carbon dioxide level for May was 419.13 parts per million. ...
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FDA approves Alzheimer's drug panned by experts
(National News ~ 06/08/21)
WASHINGTON -- Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer's disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers the much-debated treatment hasn't been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease...
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U.S. recovers most of ransom paid after Colonial Pipeline hack
(National News ~ 06/08/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has recovered most of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment made to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday...
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Harris seeks 'hope at home' for Guatemalans
(National News ~ 06/08/21)
GUATEMALA CITY -- Vice President Kamala Harris offered an optimistic outlook for improved cooperation with Guatemala on addressing the spike in migration to the U.S. after her meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday. She also delivered a direct warning to migrants considering making the trek: "Do not come. Do not come."...
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Out of the past: June 8
(Out of the Past ~ 06/08/21)
One of two B-17 Flying Fortresses owned by Confederate Air Force is on display at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport today and tomorrow; for Melvin Kasten, the visit brings back memories of World War II, when he was a 19-year-old bombardier, dropping bombs on Nazi Germany from a B-17...
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