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Animal in roadway causes crash
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
A Dexter, Missouri, man sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle crash. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Kenneth Pullum, 50, was eastbound on Route AB east of Bloomfield, Missouri, when his 2001 Harley-Davidson collided with an animal crossing the roadway...
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Illinois man arrested for alleged drugs
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
An Illinois man was arrested in Scott County for alleged drug violations. According to a Misouri State Highway Patrol report, troopers arrested James Dunn, 30, of Marsilles, Illinois, shortly after 2 p.m. Monday for alleged felony possession of a controlled substance (hallucinogens), three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and driving while suspended...
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Cape man sentenced to prison on firearms conviction
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison on a felony firearm possession conviction. Garrick B. Madison, 25, received the sentence in the federal courtroom of U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp. On June 7, 2020, an officer with the Sikeston (Missouri) Department of Public Safety made a traffic stop on a vehicle for having a defective license plate lamp. ...
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Chaffee PD gets new bulletproof vests, seeks body cameras
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
The Chaffee City Council was told Monday new bulletproof vests have been received for Police Chief William Sullivan and his five-person department. According to city administrator Lee Horton, the city received a 50% grant reimbursement to defray costs...
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On the Fashion catwalk in Cape
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
Angel Hahn models an edgy outfit during Tuesday's Aesthete Luxury Retail fashion show at Le Bistro at The Bar in Cape Girardeau. Local models wore a combination of luxury and vintage finds styled by Alejandra Humphrey.
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Blunt, other U.S. senators, release Jan. 6 report, make recommendations
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and three of his U.S. Senate colleagues have released a bipartisan report on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Sen. Blunt was joined in unveiling the report by fellow Republican Rob Portman (Ohio) and Democrats Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) and Gary Peters (Michigan)...
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Sponsored: An infectious disease expert explains facts of COVID-19 vaccine
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
All of the COVID-19 vaccines currently available are safe and effective. This has been verified by the FDA, the CDC and numerous doctors, researchers and medical professionals. They've gone through a rigorous testing and clinical trial phase using a wide cross section of participants. ...
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Autism Support Now opens new location
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
A new location of Autism Support Now hosted its grand opening Tuesday night. This is the only location of Autism Support Now in Southeast Missouri. The organization is one of a handful of autism-support institutions providing care to children eligible for Medicaid, according to president Susan Johnson...
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Jackson students sing national anthem at Busch Stadium
(Local News ~ 06/09/21)
About an hour and half before Sunday's St. Louis Cardinals home game, Jackson Junior High School and Jackson Senior High School choir students were led down the right field tunnel at Busch Stadium where they practiced a few times before stepping onto the field...
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Food and Mood: A Special Recipe
(06/09/21)
Sometimes, food tastes better than it really does. (Say what?) I later realized the popcorn I popped into my mouth down in the Cape Central High School Tiger Den below the gym at halftime was not necessarily the best popcorn I’ve ever eaten. Yet, nearly 60 years later, it still seems that way. ...
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Manchin taking heat for what should be political normalcy
(Column ~ 06/09/21)
It's official: In the great existential battle between a return to normalcy and a new progressive era, normalcy is winning. Recall that Joe Biden ran as a moderate in 2020, not just in the general election but also in the Democratic primaries. Biden triangulated off the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren wing of the party, rejecting "defund the police," "Medicare for All" and the socialist label. ...
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The smear campaign against Joe Manchin
(Column ~ 06/09/21)
Joe Manchin is being pilloried for the offense of being consistent on the filibuster. Back in 2017, when Senate Democrats were desperate to stop Donald Trump's agenda, 33 of them, including Manchin, signed a bipartisan letter backing the filibuster in ringing terms...
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SEMO wins OVC Commissioner's Cup for the first time
(Editorial ~ 06/09/21)
Southeast Missouri State University has quietly put together several impressive athletic performances in recent years. That success culminated this year with stellar athletic performances and a first-time award: the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner's Cup...
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Prayer 6/9/21
(Prayer ~ 06/09/21)
For those who are fearful or have experienced tragedy, we pray to you, O God. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/9/21
(Speak Out ~ 06/09/21)
The Department of Education should be dismantled. Over the years it has become more political and now its bureaucrats are teaching our children to be racist with their teaching of Critical Race Theory. We as parents and grandparents should take back our schools. ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/9/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 7 n Medical assists were made at 11:38 a.m. on Hazel Street; 1:44 p.m. on Broadway.
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Area Police report 6/9/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/09/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assault n Assault was reported. Miscellaneous n Property damage was reported in the 2800 block of Whitener Street. n Property damage was reported in the 200 block of North Middle Street...
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Minister Lee Treadwell
(Obituary ~ 06/09/21)
Minister Lee Arthur Treadwell of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the age of 61 years, 7 months and 29 days. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Faith Temple Church of God in Christ in Wyatt, Missouri, with Superintendent Steve Betts officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery with the Williams Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements...
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Wilmer and Jacqueline King
(Obituary ~ 06/09/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Wilmer Dean and Jacqueline Ann Allen King of St. Louis have both passed away. Bill died in St. Louis Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, and Jackie died in Vincennes, Indiana, Thursday, June 3, 2021. Bill was born July 20, 1938, in Cape Girardeau, and Jackie was born Aug. 31, 1940, in Oriole. They were married in 1957 and moved to the St. Louis area in the mid 1980s...
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Adria Brewer
(Obituary ~ 06/09/21)
Adria Sheree "Dria" Brewer, 33, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, May 31, 2021, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until noon Saturday at St. Matthew's Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri. The funeral will be at noon Saturday, with Pastor Floyd Wade officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery immediately following the service...
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Gov. Parson replaces administrative judge who heard abortion case
(State News ~ 06/09/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson has replaced the administrative law judge who ruled against the state health department in a significant abortion case. In 2020, Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi turned aside Missouri's effort to close the state's last abortion provider, a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis. Dandamudi also ruled against the state in a medical marijuana case...
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No charges for drivers who hit people at Columbia protests
(State News ~ 06/09/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Two drivers who collided with protesters during racial injustice protests last year in downtown Columbia will not be charged with any crimes, the Boone County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday. Assistant prosecutor David Hansen said in a letter to Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones evidence did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt either driver intentionally injured the people hit June 1, 2020, during racial injustice protests, KMIZ-TV reported...
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Missouri officials urge vaccinations before Fourth of July
(State News ~ 06/09/21)
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to spike in southwestern Missouri, and residents there are being urged to get vaccinated before gathering for Fourth of July activities. Springfield-Greene County Acting Health Director Katie Towns said 142 new cases of the coronavirus were reported Tuesday, and the seven-day average has reached 62, the highest level since Feb. 10. Meanwhile, 76 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in Greene County...
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Vinyl records surge during pandemic, keeping sales spinning
(Entertainment ~ 06/09/21)
PORTLAND, Maine -- Vinyl record sales surged during the pandemic as music lovers fattened their collections, and audio cassettes began a comeback as well, keeping business spinning at record stores. Easing restrictions on indoor shopping and continued interest in vinyl records provide stores -- and shoppers -- something to cheer Saturday, the first of two Record Store Day dates. ...
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Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage early Tuesday
(International News ~ 06/09/21)
LONDON -- Dozens of websites went down briefly around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain's government home page, after an outage at the cloud computing service Fastly, illustrating how vital a small number of behind-the-scenes companies have become to running the internet...
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Pipeline CEO defends paying ransom amid cyberattack
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- A pipeline company CEO on Tuesday defended his decisions to abruptly halt fuel distribution for much of the East Coast and pay millions to a criminal gang in Russia as he faced down one of the most disruptive ransomware attacks in U.S. history...
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Senate passes bill to boost U.S. technology industry, counter rivals
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday aiming to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China...
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3,900 children separated at border under Trump ID'd
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
SAN DIEGO -- The Biden administration said Tuesday it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal crossings, providing one of the more detailed accounts of a chapter in U.S. immigration history that drew widespread condemnation...
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AP analysis: COVID prolonged foster care stays for thousands
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
SEATTLE -- Leroy Pascubillo missed his daughter's first step, her first word and countless other milestones. After being born addicted to heroin, she'd been placed with a foster family, and he counted the days between their visits as he tried to regain custody. But because of the pandemic, the visits dwindled and went virtual, and all he could do was watch his daughter -- too young to engage via computer -- try to crawl through the screen...
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U.S. increasingly unlikely to meet Biden's July 4 vax goal
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to meet his target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4...
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Harris tells Latin Americans the U.S. can offer them hope
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
MEXICO CITY -- Vice President Kamala Harris sought to assure poor and threatened populations of Latin America on Tuesday the United States has "the capacity to give people a sense of hope" in the region so they can make better lives without fleeing to the U.S. border...
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Global sting began with message service for crooks
(National News ~ 06/09/21)
SAN DIEGO -- When the FBI dismantled an encrypted messaging service based in Canada in 2018, agents noticed users moving to other networks. Instead of following their tracks to rivals, investigators decided on a new tactic: creating their own service...
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"Together We Are "Turning Awareness into Action"
(Submitted Story ~ 06/09/21)
"Together We are "Turning MG Awareness into Action" At age 9, while learning to play the piano, I learned to have perseverance to keep on keeping on, turning the negative in life to a positive attitude, and never give up or say, "I can't do that." I had no idea the lesson to persevere was preparing my life for the journey of walking the shoes of Myasthenia Gravis...
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Out of the past: June 9
(Out of the Past ~ 06/09/21)
Lynn Crader, a native of Marble Hill, Missouri, recently graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, receiving a doctor of ministry degree; he is senior pastor of Macon United Methodist Church at Macon, Missouri; his wife Kathleen is a reading and drama teacher at Macon Middle School...
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St Jude Benefit - It's For The Kids!
(Submitted Story ~ 06/09/21)
St. Jude benefit poker run, Saturday, June 26th, 2021. Lefty's Place, 101 Highway 61, Kelso MO Registration starts at 10:30 am, ride leaves at noon. Come have a good time and support a great cause! "It's For The Kids!"
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