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Water main break leaves Advance, Mo., without water
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
A water main break left the city of Advance, Missouri, without water Tuesday morning. The break occurred at approximately 7 a.m. Reena Robinett, accounting clerk of the City of Advance, said the cause of the break is unclear. It's also unclear when the water will turn back on, "but hopefully today," Robinett said...
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SEMO campus area boil-water advisory issued
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau issued a precautionary boil-water advisory notice Tuesday afternoon for parts of the Southeast Missouri State University campus and some nearby homes and businesses. It has been issued in response to a low-pressure incident earlier in the day...
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Having fun at Vacation Bible School
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
Cole Enderle, 9, and Owen Wildauer, 8, play a game involving putting a foam pool noodle into a plastic cup Monday night at Trinity Lutheran Church's Vacation Bible School in Cape Girardeau.
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NB I-55 in Cape County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
NB I-55 in Cape County reduced for pavement work Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County -- from mile marker 105 near Fruitland to mile marker 108 -- will be reduced to one lane with a 11-foot width restriction as contractor crews make pavement repairs. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will be done July 12 through July 16, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily...
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Cape Girardeau Fire promotes three members
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department recently announced the promotions of Dustin Koerber, Shawn Morris and James Baker, according to a news release. Koerber was promoted from battalion chief of B-platoon to the role of deputy fire chief. He has served with the department since June 2007 and has worked within each rank up to his new role...
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Mental health facility administrators charged with misconduct
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
A grand jury in Union County has issued felony indictments against three administrators at the Clyde L. Choate Mental Health and Development Center in Anna, Illinois, in connection with a probe into alleged patient abuse there. According to Union County State's Attorney Tyler Tripp, indictments were served Monday on Teresa A. Smith, Bryant T. Davis and Gary K. Goins in connection with their work at the state-run mental health facility...
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Arts Council to host work of Southeast alum Marjorie Suedekum
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
Starting Friday, the work of legendary local artist Marjorie Suedekum will be on display at the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri’s gallery located off North Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau. Suedekum boasts a decadeslong career in the arts. She is one of the longest-running members of the arts council, and organized the Southeast Missourian Art Show from 1967 to 1982...
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A unified Cape Girardeau? One local artist says art is the answer.
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
Where most people saw a gray concrete wall, Malcolm McCrae saw a blank canvas. McCrae's mural, "A Wish of Hope," is hard to miss when traveling along Cape Girardeau's riverwalk downtown. Just south of the Themis Street floodgate, the 20-by-30-feet mural -- which McCrae finished this past month -- depicts a young girl blowing dandelion seeds into a gust of wind...
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Southeast OKs raises, drops hiring 'delay'
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
In an email to Southeast Missouri State University faculty and staff Tuesday, Southeast president Carlos Vargas announced the university's Board of Regents has approved a 2% merit increase for all employee groups effective Thursday. "I believe this investment in you -- the employees of Southeast Missouri State University -- is critically important," Vargas wrote. ...
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Cape School District sends letter opposing 'empowerment scholarship' accounts
(Local News ~ 06/30/21)
The Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education is hoping Gov. Mike Parson will heed its advice and not sign a recently passed General Assembly bill creating the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program. In its meeting Monday, board members reiterated their opposition to House Bill 349, which passed the Missouri House on a vote of 82-71 Feb. 25 with Southeast Missouri's legislative contingent divided on the issue...
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Tim Cockrell provides medical, business perspectives in role with behavioral health hospital
(B Magazine ~ 06/30/21)
Cape Girardeau’s new behavioral health hospital is now treating patients, and at the helm of the operation is a seasoned health care administrator who has a clinical and business background. Tim Cockrell started Aug. 1, 2020 as chief executive officer and managing director of the Southeast Behavioral Health Hospital, a joint effort between Universal Health Services (UHS) and SoutheastHEALTH, and he is focused on making the facility’s rollout a success...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/30/21)
Today is Wednesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2021. There are 184 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that the government could not prevent The New York Times or The Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers...
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Prayer 6/30/21
(Prayer ~ 06/30/21)
Lord Jesus, precious Savior, may our lives reflect your love for the world. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/30/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/30/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 28 n Medical assists were made at 4:20 a.m. on Boutin Drive; 8:18 a.m. on Earleen Drive; 11:15 a.m. on Independence Street; 11:22 a.m. on Centennial Drive; 3:40 p.m. on Siemers Drive; 6:48 p.m. on North Water Street...
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Ralph Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Ralph L. Seabaugh, 88, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021, at his home near Piedmont. He was born June 28, 1933, near Sedgewickville, Missouri, the son of Wilburn Seabaugh and Ruby Propst Seabaugh. Ralph was an Army veteran and retired as a Central Telephone Systems Installer for AT&T. ...
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Rowe Rice
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Rowe Pullen Rice entered into this world June 1, 2021. He spent 26 days at Children's Hospital in St. Louis before coming home to be surrounded in love by his family. Rowe slipped into the arms of his loving Savior Sunday, June 27, 2021...
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Keith Harris
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
Keith J. Harris, 54, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau.
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Edwin Dambach
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
Edwin Clarence Dambach, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 25, 2021, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 25, 1939, in Grand Tower, Illinois, to Clarence E. and Ruby Lowes Dambach. He and Judith A. Smith were married Aug. 21, 1959, at Cape Girardeau...
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Danny Barks
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
Danny L. Barks, 73, of Jackson, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 30, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Loy V. and Lillie L. Wallis Barks. He and Kathy Holmes were married Jan. 30, 1999. Danny was a 1965 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau, and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard on Aug. 21, 1966, and was honorably discharged Aug. 20, 1972...
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Joan Anderson
(Obituary ~ 06/30/21)
Joan Rae Anderson, 88, of Jackson passed away Saturday, June 26, 2021, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 3, 1933, daughter of the late Ray and Mary Pigman Perkins. Survivors include her son, Russell (Julie) Anderson of Cape Girardeau; daughter, Rose Marie (Michael) Altom of Fernly, Nevada; brother, Bob Perkins of Britt, Iowa; and seven grandchildren...
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The greatest revolution the world has ever known
(Column ~ 06/30/21)
It’s been a hard time for the American Revolution. It’s been smeared by The New York Times 1619 project as a fight to preserve slavery. Juneteenth, a worthy event in its own right, is considered by some as a candidate to replace July 4, marking a supposedly more palatable and less flawed Independence Day. Statues of leaders of the Revolution have been vandalized and torn down...
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Infrastructure battle bodes well for our politics
(Column ~ 06/30/21)
The ongoing infrastructure drama in Washington is a perfect illustration of how, when dysfunction becomes normal, normal politics looks dysfunctional. Let’s set the context. For most of U.S. history, major legislation worked its way up the committee system in Congress. ...
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SoutheastHEALTH construction projects a positive for patients, region's economy
(Editorial ~ 06/30/21)
Another round of major health care construction projects is coming to Cape Girardeau. Topping the list is a 70,000-square-foot multiphase expansion by SoutheastHEALTH that will be home to an orthopedics and sports medicine center and a women’s integrated health services facility. The $75 million development will be located on the east side of South Mount Auburn Road south of Highway 74. Meanwhile, the main hospital campus will also experience some renovations, and a $20 million ambulatory surgery center on South Mount Auburn Road will be constructed. ...
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Ala. teen donates his hair for children with cancer
(National News ~ 06/30/21)
Kieran Moise's afro was a splendid 19 inches, a huge part of his personality. But after six years of growth, the 17-year-old Alabamian knew he and his hair would soon be parted: He was bound for the U.S. Air Force Academy. So in memory of a friend who died from cancer, he cut it off and donated it to the not-for-profit Children With Hair Loss, which provides human hair replacements to children and teenagers facing medically related hair loss because of cancer treatments, alopecia and burns...
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Blackouts in Northwest because of heat wave
(National News ~ 06/30/21)
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The unprecedented Northwest U.S. heat wave that slammed Seattle and Portland, Oregon, moved inland Tuesday -- prompting a electrical utility in Spokane, Washington, to resume rolling blackouts amid heavy power demand. Officials said more than a half-dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to the intense heat that began late last week...
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Millions skipped church during pandemic. Will they return?
(National News ~ 06/30/21)
WALDOBORO, Maine -- With millions of people having stayed home from places of worship during the coronavirus pandemic, struggling congregations have one key question: How many of them will return? As the pandemic recedes in the United States and in-person services resume, worries of a deepening slide in attendance are universal...
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Florida officials pledge multiple probes into condo collapse
(National News ~ 06/30/21)
SURFSIDE, Florida -- Elected officials pledged Tuesday to conduct multiple investigations into the collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo tower, vowing to convene a grand jury and to look closely "at every possible angle" to prevent any other building from experiencing such a catastrophic failure...
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State to offer tax breaks to help fix up Capitol, other government buildings
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri taxpayers wanting to help fix up the state Capitol soon will be able to claim a tax break for making donations to the cause. Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Tuesday authorizing up to $10 million of tax credits annually for individuals and entities that make donations to a new fund to make improvements at the Capitol and four nearby old buildings in Jefferson City -- the Supreme Court building, the former federal courthouse, the Governor's Mansion and the headquarters for the Missouri Department of Transportation.. ...
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Mo. Supreme Court sides against state in open records case
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Public governmental bodies in Missouri cannot charge fees for the time attorneys spend redacting documents prior to their release to the public, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the court ruling noted the Missouri Sunshine Law allows officials to charge requestors for "research" and "staff" time, but not attorney review...
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Official: Teenager's death at shut-ins proves danger of bluffs
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
CENTERVILLE, Mo. -- The weekend death of a Kansas City teenager at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park highlights the dangers of the towering bluffs at the popular Southeast Missouri attraction, officials say. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported 18-year-old Mariah Brielle "Elle" Schramm died of an apparent head injury Saturday afternoon after slipping atop the rocky bluffs and falling into the Black River...
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Hospital in hard-hit Springfield turns away COVID patients
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Some COVID-19 patients are being turned away from an overwhelmed Springfield hospital where cases are surging and taken to less-stressed hospitals hundreds of miles away in Kansas City and St. Louis. CoxHealth system president Steve Edwards said Tuesday the hospital in Springfield was on "COVID diversion" as the Delta variant gains momentum in the southwest part of the state, where large swaths of residents aren't vaccinated, the Springfield News-Leaders reported...
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Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library set to reopen later this week
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- After nearly two years of renovations complicated by COVID-19 restrictions, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is ready to welcome visitors back with an updated focus on how Truman's legacy resonates today. The museum opens to the public Friday, with hours and visitor numbers initially restricted because of pandemic regulations...
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New Missouri law makes it a crime to reveal lottery winners
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Lottery winners will be kept secret — unless they ask for publicity — under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mike Parson that reverses the lottery’s long-time promotional policy. The new law, which takes effect Aug. 28, makes it a misdemeanor crime for lottery officials and contractors to publicly release the names, addresses or other identifying information about winners. Violations are punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of as much as $2,000. ...
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Missouri Republicans face heat over Planned Parenthood money
(State News ~ 06/30/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri anti-abortion advocates on Tuesday continued to push Republican lawmakers to use a special legislative session on a Medicaid funding tax to also block Planned Parenthood funding. But with only days left before GOP Gov. Mike Parson's Thursday deadline for lawmakers to renew the Medicaid tax, it seems unlikely the Republican-led Legislature will succeed on the Planned Parenthood front...
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Out of the past: June 30
(Out of the Past ~ 06/30/21)
Jackson police are hitting the streets on two wheels these days; for the next six months, bicycle patrols will be utilized in selected neighborhoods and city parks on an experimental basis, said Police Chief Marvin Sides. Kevin Lossing is young at heart; the Cape Girardeau teenager is 13, but his new heart is only 8 years old; Lossing turned 13 on May 20 in St. ...
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WGU Missouri Awards more than $6,400 in Grants to Four Teachers in Southeast Missouri
(Submitted Story ~ 06/30/21)
Four preK-12 teachers from the Southeast Missouri area have received grants totaling $6,400 through WGU Missouri’s “Fund My Classroom” initiative. The grants will be used to fund innovative classroom projects that foster learning in new, unique ways. The four teachers who received the funding include:...
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