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14 flags added to Avenue of Flags memorial
(Local News ~ 07/05/21)
Fourteen new flags were added to the Avenue of Flags on Sunday. Dozens gathered to observe and speak about their veteran. Three out of the five times a year that the flags fly, new ones are added. Each flag represents a deceased Cape Girardeau County veteran who served in a foreign war. The current total is 819 flags...
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The Big Idea: The past and future of Doctors’ Park on its 50th anniversary
(B Magazine ~ 07/05/21)
It’s 1967 in Cape Girardeau. West Park Mall is 14 years from completion. Mount Auburn Road is nothing but a narrow gravel path. Cars zoom past a wheat field on the newly constructed Interstate 55 near Route K. Where most people saw empty land, Dr. Charles P. McGinty saw potential. This year marks the 50th anniversary since McGinty and several others transformed a 20-acre plot of farmland adjacent to Interstate 55 into Doctors’ Park.
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Fireworks Excitement
(Submitted Story ~ 07/05/21)
Picture of Jane Lambert, her grandsons, and granddaughter Annabelle Duffield as they enjoy the excitement of July 4th Fireworks!
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Out of the past: July 5
(Out of the Past ~ 07/05/21)
Fireworks didn't put folks in the emergency room Thursday, but they did get a few in trouble with the law; Ken Bullard, a telecommunicator with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, says calls started streaming into headquarters around 9:30 p.m.; most of them were about kids shooting fireworks at cars or homes; other calls dealt with disorderly conduct, usually alcohol related...
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