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State senator from Sullivan announces bid for U.S. Senate
(State News ~ 11/17/21)
SULLIVAN, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri state senator is joining the long list of Republicans running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt. The Springfield News- Leader reported Dave Schatz, who is from Sullivan and is president pro tem of the state Senate, made the announcement Tuesday...
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U.S. population center moves 11.8 miles; still in Missouri
(State News ~ 11/17/21)
HARTVILLE, Mo. -- Some people might describe Hartville as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday announced it's the closest town to the middle of the nation. The hamlet of about 600 people in the Missouri Ozarks is located about 15 miles from the center of the U.S. population distribution, according to the Census Bureau...
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Meat processing plant could bring 1,300 jobs to Missouri
(State News ~ 11/17/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Wisconsin-based company plans to build a meat processing plant in eastern Missouri next year that could bring 1,300 jobs to the region, officials announced Tuesday. American Foods Group, which has factories in seven other states, would build the plant between Wright City and Foristell in Warren County, west of St. Louis, if a final agreement can be approved...
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Route O in Scott Co. closed for culvert work
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
Route O in Scott County between U.S. 62 and County Road 532 will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway, according to a MoDOT news release. The work will begin at 6 a.m. Monday, and the road will re-open at 4 p.m. Tuesday...
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Boil-water advisory issued for parts of Scott City
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
A precautionary boil-water advisory has been issued for a 48-hour span starting Wednesday in part of Scott City. The affected area is east of Pennington and south of Main Street (all of old Illmo). Residents in the affected area could experience some water outage Wednesday...
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Cape managed hunt totals 13 harvested deer after 2 weeks
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau announced Monday there have been a total of 13 deer harvested after the second week of the managed deer hunt. Week one brought in six does, two bucks and two donated deers. Week two had one doe, two bucks and one donated deer...
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Stoddard County woman named new leader of area American Red Cross chapter
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
The American Red Cross (ARC) has hired Puxico, Missouri, native Jennifer Sokolowski as executive director of its newly expanded Southeast Missouri/Northern Arkansas (SEMO NEAR) chapter. Sokolowski, who has worked as regional development director for the past two years for the St. Louis Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), told the Southeast Missourian she is not intimidated by the larger geographic size of the chapter...
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SoutheastHEALTH to host bone marrow event today
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
SoutheastHEALTH College of Nursing and Health Sciences is hosting Be The Match from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the college to raise awareness about the need for bone marrow donors and get more possible donors registered.
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Jackson's mayor tells city aldermen his ideas for use of federal ARP monies
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
This story is updated. The City of Jackson is in line for a total of $2.9 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) -- with roughly half the amount already deposited in the city's coffers in August. The second payment is anticipated in 2022. The use of the money, appropriated by Congress as part of the government's COVID-19 relief efforts, now is under scrutiny by Mayor Dwain Hahs and the city's aldermen...
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St. James Church's People's Shelter puts out call for help as winter nears
(Local News ~ 11/17/21)
For the volunteers of The People's Shelter at St. James AME Church, the needy who come into the shelter are family. The shelter has provided warmth and food in the basement of St. James AME at 516 North St. in Cape Girardeau since 2018. It opens its doors every year when temperatures reach below 32 degrees and provides food year-round...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2021. There are 44 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 17, 1997, 62 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed when militants opened fire at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt; the attackers, who also hacked their victims, were killed by police...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 11/17/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/17/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Nov. 15 n Medical assists were made at 2:33 a.m. on Grant Street; 3:13 a.m. on Carolina Lane; 7:11 a.m. on Albert Street; 10:21 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 11:27 a.m. at North Main Street and Broadway; 11:50 a.m. ...
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Joy White
(Obituary ~ 11/17/21)
BROWNWOOD, Mo. -- Joy Lee Shirrell White, 87, peacefully passed away Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Brownwood. She was born July 11, 1934, in Arab, Missouri, to Delbert and Pauline Bain Shirrell. Her siblings were Ruby Deckard, Kenneth Shirrell and the Rev. James Shirrell, and she is survived by Patsy Slocum of Puxico, Missouri...
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Bob Vines
(Obituary ~ 11/17/21)
Bobby Joe Vines, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at his home. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Barry Pfanstiel officiating. Burial will be at Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Egypt Mills...
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Donald Verseman
(Obituary ~ 11/17/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Donald W. Verseman, 88, of Perryville died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville and from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville...
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Charles Smith
(Obituary ~ 11/17/21)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Charles D. Smith, 69, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, at his home near Sikeston. He was born Oct, 18, 1952, at Advance, Missouri, to James Charles and Dora Dixon Smith. On Oct. 28, 1988, he married Debra Jean Jones, who survives of the home...
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Mabel Clendenin
(Obituary ~ 11/17/21)
Mabel Pauline Clendenin, 103, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Dec. 4 at McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Dec. 4 at the funeral home, with the Rev. Eric Schmidt officiating. Interment will follow in Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Springfield schools sued over critical race theory request
(State News ~ 11/17/21)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued the Springfield School District on Tuesday over its response to his office's requests for records related to critical race theory and anti-racist teaching. Schmitt's office submitted a Sunshine Law request in October seeking records from the district relating to how and whether it teaches critical race theory...
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Prayer 11-17-21
(Prayer ~ 11/17/21)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for your unfailing love and grace. Amen.
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Joe Biden's incredibly shrinking presidency
(Column ~ 11/17/21)
Joe Biden was never exactly a colossus bestriding the Earth, but he's been getting smaller by the day. A Washington Post poll over the weekend suggested his presidency is, for now, a smoking political crater. It had him at a 41% approval rating, despite the passage of his long-sought infrastructure bill that was supposed to buoy him and his party...
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Zonta to recognize five women at annual luncheon
(Editorial ~ 11/17/21)
The local Zonta Club is one of the really impressive organizations that empowers area women on a local level while also using their collective efforts to make a big difference worldwide. On Friday, the organization will hold its annual luncheon to recognize several impressive ladies for their efforts...
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'Sesame Street' debuts Ji-Young, first Asian American muppet
(Community ~ 11/17/21)
What's in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of "Sesame Street," her name is a sign she was meant to live there. "So, in Korean, traditionally the two syllables, they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise. And Young means, like, brave or courageous and strong," Ji-Young explained during a recent interview. "But we were looking it up and guess what? Ji also means sesame."...
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House to vote today on censuring U.S. Rep. Gosar over video
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
WASHINGTON -- The House will vote today on a resolution to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video depicting him striking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with a sword. Democratic lawmakers said Gosar's actions amounted to threating another member's life, calling the video "so beyond the pale." Republicans warned Democrats to be careful about dictating the punishment of those who serve in the minority because of the precedent it will set. ...
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Russia rejects accusations of endangering ISS astronauts
(International News ~ 11/17/21)
MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test creating more than 1,500 pieces of space junk but a White House official said the move by Russia would threaten activities in space "for years to come."...
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Yellen extends to Dec. 15 date for potential debt default
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Tuesday she believed she would run out of maneuvering room to avoid the nation's first-ever default soon after Dec. 15. In a letter to congressional leaders, Yellen said she believed Treasury could be left with insufficient resources to keep financing the government beyond Dec. 15...
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Northwest Storm: 'Devastating' flood damage near border
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- More people were urged to leave their homes Tuesday and officials in a small Washington city near the Canada border are calling the damage devastating after a storm that dumped rain for days caused flooding and mudslides. Sumas city officials said Tuesday on Facebook hundreds of people had been evacuated and they estimated 75% of homes had water damage in a soaking that reminded people of western Washington's record, severe flooding in November 1990 when two people died and there were more than 2,000 evacuations.. ...
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Second group of states challenges federal health worker COVID vaccine mandate
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
NEW ORLEANS -- A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The latest suit, dated Monday, was filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states and comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule was filed in Missouri by a coalition of 10 states...
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Drugmaker Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill
(International News ~ 11/17/21)
LONDON -- Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world's population. In a statement issued Tuesday, Pfizer said it would grant a license for the antiviral pill to the Geneva-based Medicines Patent Pool, which would let generic drug companies produce the pill for use in 95 countries, making up about 53% of the world's population...
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Boosters for all adults in U.S. closer with panel meeting set
(National News ~ 11/17/21)
NEW YORK -- An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the shots available nationwide as early as this weekend. Some cities and states already allow all adults to get boosters of Pfizer's vaccine, but it is not official U.S. policy. In the last week, California, New Mexico, Arkansas, West Virginia and Colorado expanded the shots to all adults. New York City made a similar move...
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Cori Bush: White supremacists shot at Ferguson protesters
(State News ~ 11/17/21)
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush has claimed on social media white supremacists shot at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, but the city's police chief said he was unaware of any such incident. Bush, a first-term Democrat from St. Louis, made her name as an activist leader in Ferguson after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. ...
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Out of the past: Nov. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 11/17/21)
Dr. John Tudor of Brighton, England, speaks at both worship services at Centenary United Methodist Church in the morning; Tudor also shares information concerning the youth ministry in England with the junior and senior high school youth during Sunday school...
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John Guild Chapter NSDAR Honors Good Citizens
(Submitted Story ~ 11/17/21)
On October 21, 2021 at the Jackson Civic Center the John Guild Chapter NSDAR honored Good Citizens from local high schools in Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties. Students honored were Ashley Gruenke from Meadow Heights High School, Ty Seabaugh from Saxony High School, Chloe Goodwin from Woodland High School and Lydia Pobst of Jackson High School. ...
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