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COVID-19 hospitalizations up dramatically in Missouri
(State News ~ 12/09/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. — COVID-19 cases are rising sharply again across Missouri, prompting renewed concerns about overcrowding at hospitals and long waits for emergency services and hospital beds. Data posted on the state's COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday showed 1,637 people hospitalized with the virus. ...
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Christmas cookies galore
(Community ~ 12/09/21)
Every year I look forward to the annual cookie recipe column in early December. I start looking for recipes that I want to try early in the season and compile them into a file and then can hardly wait to share them with you. For many years running now, the cookie column is the longest of the year and probably one of the more popular ones for sure...
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Burnt, Baby, Burnt
(Community ~ 12/09/21)
Heard about the cook who was so bad his chicken cordon bleu had to be renamed cordon noir? That quip is only marginally more sophisticated than the jokes Henny Youngman used to make about what a bad cook his wife was because she burned everything. Lots of things can go wrong when cooking a dish, like putting in too much of something or too little of something or leaving out something entirely. ...
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Smoked ribs on your plate, 'Quick as a Wink'
(Community ~ 12/09/21)
Fast food is a necessary evil, and sometimes I just want something fast that doesn't come between two pieces of bread. You know, what I refer to as "real food." (I still love you, fast food, don't be hatin'.) And I've found the ultimate place to get fast, real food. ...
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Cape man found dead after early morning fire
(Local News ~ 12/09/21)
The body of a man was found after an early morning fire Wednesday in Cape Girardeau. According to a release from Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office, Arno Raymond Southard, 81, was found dead inside a residence at 4809 Route W after a fire consumed the home at about 4 a.m...
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Sen. Rehder prefiles bill to protect witnesses in sex-abuse cases
(Local News ~ 12/09/21)
State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder of Scott City (R-27) believes it is difficult enough for victims of sex abuse to speak out. The first-term senator has prefiled legislation in Jefferson City to be taken up when the General Assembly convenes again Jan. 5 aimed at shielding such victims from too vigorous intrusions into their pasts...
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Local public holiday displays decrease in Cape, increase in Jackson
(Local News ~ 12/09/21)
If it seems there are fewer holiday displays this month at Cape County Park North than in years past, your eyes do not deceive you. Three years ago, Cape Girardeau County parks superintendent Bryan Sander said 105 displays were confirmed for the "Holiday of Lights" exhibit, which began in 1987 as a project of the SEMO Arts Council...
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Rebuild begins — Stadium renovation starts at Southeast Missouri State University’s Houck Field
(Local News ~ 12/09/21)
Several years in the making, the path to a renovated football stadium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University cleared a bit Wednesday. Workers began demolishing the south grandstand at Houck Field as part of the first phase of a multiphase project to revamp the 91-year-old structure...
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Jackson planning and zoning rejects permit for day care in residence
(Local News ~ 12/09/21)
Jackson Planning and Zoning commissioners unanimously voted against a permit request for a day care in a residential area Wednesday. The proposed address of the day care, Little Buttercups LLC, would be located at 804 E. Main St. at the intersection of South Bellevue Street...
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Sponsored: Shop Local: My Daddy’s Cheesecake
(Shop Local ~ 12/09/21)
Since 1987, My Daddy’s Cheesecake has baked award-winning, decadent cheesecake and bakery items. My Daddy’s Cheesecake is the ultimate indulgence. Along with our delicious breakfast items, soups, salads, and sandwiches, My Daddy’s menu offerings are all made by hand from only the finest ingredients. Voted the #1 Bakery in Southeast Missouri, we take pride in serving the community top-notch breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert!...
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Speak Out 12-9-21
(Speak Out ~ 12/09/21)
Southeast Missouri is very proud of our Hayti Indian football team! You played with dignity, class, and grit. You embodied everything good and great about this part of the state. You didn't need to hype yourselves or wear 10 different uniform combinations. You just played the game and played it right. What a year! What a program!...
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Prayer 12-9-21
(Prayer ~ 12/09/21)
O Heavenly Father, may daily speak of your faithfulness and gift of salvation. Amen.
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Democrats' tax-and-spend bill promises more economic pain for Missouri families
(Column ~ 12/09/21)
After the pandemic forced many families to alter or cancel plans for get-togethers last year, many of us were looking forward to a more traditional holiday season this year. Instead, people are realizing they're either going to have to scale back their celebrations or be prepared to pay a lot more for them. ...
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A River Campus gem
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/09/21)
My wife and I so enjoyed a wonderful Friday night at the foot of Bill Emerson's congressional contribution to my hometown: his beautiful lighted bridge, which started the night with a Christmas feeling of epic proportions. Inside the River campus, a very meaningful American art exhibit opened at the Crisp Museum featuring Hayti native Alfonso Branch; a master of pastel and charcoal, if you like your art silky smooth refraining from the abstract, this is the exhibit for you. ...
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James Tuckus
(Obituary ~ 12/09/21)
James Wayne Tuckus, 31, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born April 21, 1990, in Gainesville, Florida, to Wayne Tuckus and Connie Cullum Dotten. He worked at DHL Logistics in Jackson. He enjoyed playing soccer, Disney World, kayaking, hiking, snorkeling, boating and fishing. He loved spending time with his niece and nephews...
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William Stricklin
(Obituary ~ 12/09/21)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- William Leon "Lum" Stricklin, 83, of Chaffee passed away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, peacefully in his sleep at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 28, 1938, in Flat River (Park Hills), Missouri, to Lloyd and Omilee Stricklin. He and Margie Ruth Stricklin were married on June 28, 1971. She survives...
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Gary Hurst Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/09/21)
Gary Lane Hurst Sr., 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at his home. Gary was born June 25, 1943, to Hubert C. and Helen V. Crader Hurst in Jackson. He and Vickie Keller were married Aug. 4, 1977, in Cape Girardeau. She survives of the home...
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Penny Ford
(Obituary ~ 12/09/21)
Penny Jo Ford, 58, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at her home. She was born Jan. 12, 1963, in Peoria, Illinois, to Charles Ray and Patricia Louise Dean Diekhoff. She and Cleties Ford were married Feb. 2, 1983, in Jackson. Survivors include her husband, Cleties Ford of Cape Girardeau; son, Christopher Ford of Cape Girardeau; daughter, Miranda Ford of Cape Girardeau; brother, Trent Diekhoff of Colorado; sister, Sheri Federice of Florida; and several grandchildren...
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Robert Coomer
(Obituary ~ 12/09/21)
Robert B. "Bob" Coomer, 72, passed away peacefully with his family and friends by his side Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, at his home in Scott City. Robert was born Jan. 18, 1949, in Advance, Missouri, to James Robert and Berdean Moore Coomer. He married Barbara Lou Uhrhan on Aug. 9, 1969, in Scott City...
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Fire report 12-9-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/09/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 7 n Medical assists were made at 6:24 a.m. on Themis Street; 7:44 a.m. on Southern Expressway; 3:34 p.m. on North Street; 8:49 p.m. on Whitener Street.
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Instagram head faces senators amid anger over possible harms
(National News ~ 12/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- The head of Instagram on Wednesday met with deep skepticism on Capitol Hill over new measures the social media platform is adopting to protect young users. Adam Mosseri appeared before a Senate panel and faced off with lawmakers angry over revelations of how the photo-sharing platform can harm some young users. Senators are also demanding the company commit to making changes and increase its transparency...
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California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned
(National News ~ 12/09/21)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a "sanctuary" for those seeking reproductive care, including possibly paying for travel, lodging and procedures for people from other states...
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Explainer: What caused Amazon's outage? Will there be more?
(National News ~ 12/09/21)
Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn't start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The Associated Press had trouble publishing the news. A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a range of U.S. companies for hours, raising questions about the vulnerability of the internet and its concentration in the hands of a few firms...
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Senate rejects Biden administration's vaccine mandate for businesses
(National News ~ 12/09/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration's requirement businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. The vote was 52-48. ...
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COVID cases spike even as U.S. hits 200M vaccine milestone
(National News ~ 12/09/21)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holiday-season spike in cases and hospitalizations that has hit even New England, one of the most highly inoculated corners of the country...
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Police: Missouri man cited Rittenhouse in school threat
(State News ~ 12/09/21)
FESTUS, Mo. -- An eastern Missouri man has been charged after he allegedly threatened on social media to shoot high school students in the name of Kyle Rittenhouse. Mitchell Lovelace, 27, of Festus was charged with making a terrorist threat after police were notified Saturday about the posting on social media. He was being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail...
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Possible serial killer pleads not guilty in 2 St. Louis deaths; suspected in 4 others
(State News ~ 12/09/21)
ST. LOUIS -- A man suspected of a total of six killings in Missouri and Kansas pleaded not guilty Wednesday in two deaths in St. Louis. Perez Reed, 26, appeared via video to face charges he shot and killed 49-year-old Pamela Abercrombie on Sept. 16 and 24-year-old Carey Ross on Sept. 19 in St. Louis....
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Preliminary hearing held for 3 charged in duck boat accident that killed 17
(State News ~ 12/09/21)
GALENA, Mo. -- Three men charged after a tourist boat sank in Missouri during a 2018 storm, killing 17 people, were in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing to determine whether the criminal case against them will proceed. Kenneth Scott McKee, 54, the captain of the vessel known as a duck boat; Curtis P. ...
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Missouri raises ACT score needed for top college scholarship
(State News ~ 12/09/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri high school students will have to score a little higher on the ACT exam in the future to receive the state's main merit-based college scholarship. The state higher education department said Wednesday the ACT score needed to receive the maximum $3,000 from the Bright Flight scholarship will increase from 31 to 32 for high school students graduating in 2023. That means the change will kick in for this year's junior class...
- Signature Homestyles raises $720 for Shop with a Hero (Submitted Story ~ 12/09/21)
- Cape Walmart gives $2000 to Shop with a Hero (Submitted Story ~ 12/09/21)
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Out of the past: Dec. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 12/09/21)
A man waiting for services to begin yesterday at First Presbyterian Church found signs of arson at the Common Pleas Courthouse, next door to the church; according to a police spokesman, the church member found a gasoline can by an outside electrical box; gasoline had apparently been dumped on the box and set on fire...
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Guardian Angel School Christmas Program
(Submitted Story ~ 12/09/21)
The Christmas program returned to the halls and gym of Guardian Angel School after being virtual last year. Family and friends of the students traveled to Guardian Angel to hear another great performance on Monday, December 6. At the center of the gym was the most important part, the nativity, portrayed by the Kindergarten students. ...
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