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GOP groups to honor former officials
(Local News ~ 12/14/21)
Area Republicans will gather Thursday in part to honor former elected officials in the region. The celebration is planned at the annual Christmas party of the three Republican Auxiliaries in Cape Girardeau County. Invited legislators to be honored are Mary Kasten, David Schwab, Mark Richardson, Jim Graham, Patrick Naeger and Bill Foster, as well as Peter Kinder, former state lieutenant governor and state senator...
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Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
(National News ~ 12/14/21)
MAYFIELD, Ky. Residents of Kentucky counties where tornadoes killed dozens of people could be without heat, water or electricity in frigid temperatures for weeks or longer, state officials warned Monday, as the toll of damage and deaths came into clearer focus in five states slammed by the swarm of twisters...
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Storm victims include Missouri girl, aunt's 'special angel'
(Local News ~ 12/14/21)
Trey and Meghan Rackley and their three daughters sought shelter in a windowless bathroom in their Southeast Missouri home as storms raged across the middle of the country. To prove they were in their "safe space" with the storm approaching Friday evening, the girls' mom texted her Aunt Sandy a photo of the three in and next to the bathtub all of them smiling, 9-year-old Annistyn holding her favorite doll...
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Cape parent alleges Junior High student threatened daughter with knife
(Local News ~ 12/14/21)
A parent at a Cape Girardeau School Board meeting Monday night alleged a male student threatened her 13-year-old daughter with a knife. According to Veronica Langston, a male student in the same class as her daughter at Central Junior High School threatened her daughter with a knife on at least three occasions on the same day...
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Helping the region's tornado victims give, but don't go, not yet
(Local News ~ 12/14/21)
Cape Girardeau County Emergency Management Agency director Mark Winkler, acknowledging the charitable spirit of residents in the wake of weekend's deadly tornadoes, made a plea during Monday's regular meeting of the County Commission. "Please do not self-deploy. The primary issues at the moment in Mayfield, Kentucky, in particular, are around lifesaving," Winkler said, noting the Federal Emergency Management Agency is "on the ground" in Mayfield and in the Missouri Bootheel...
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Common sense health measures
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/21)
Contrary to Linda Reutzel's letter to the editor, I don't believe the average informed citizen would describe all the anti-science, anti-public health, and anti-health care speakers at the county health board meeting as "impressive." Advocating for a goat wormer therapeutic to fight Covid isn't "knowledgeable." Describing face covering and vaccination recommendations as tyranny isn't "articulate." Googling isn't scientific "research." And while the Internet provides a wealth of useful information, it's also where conspiracy theorists claim Elvis isn't dead, the Earth isn't round, and the COVID vaccine isn't safe and effective. ...
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Prayer 12-14-21
(Prayer ~ 12/14/21)
O Father God, grant us discernment that we may do what is right. Amen.
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The tarnishing of the Golden State
(Column ~ 12/14/21)
The State of California has declared that it wants to be a "sanctuary" for abortion. The Golden State powers-that-be have assembled the California Future of Abortion Council (FAB) to make that wish a reality. Someone should have checked the acronym. ...
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Congratulations to Ford, Waltz
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/14/21)
Congratulations to Jerry Ford and J. Fred Waltz on their book celebrating 100 years of the Cape Girardeau Country Club. I can hardly wait to purchase a copy. If I lived in Cape today, my first priority would be to arrange a video camera and interview Jerry and J. Fred. Future generations need to be able to see and hear the amazing stories that these two community leaders have been a part of and witnessed...
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The 'woke' got what they wanted -- and then what?
(Column ~ 12/14/21)
The "woke" movement was giddy after Jan. 20, 2021. The Left controlled both houses of Congress. Joe Biden was drafted as the necessary veneer of 1980s Democratic normality to ram through an otherwise hard Left agenda. All the major cultural, financial, economic, entertainment, and media institutions had played various roles in seeing former President Donald Trump not just defeated, but also impeached, twice. He was written off as persona non grata after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 12/14/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/14/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 12 n Medical assists were made at 9:08 a.m. on South Benton Street; 10:05 a.m., on Broadway; 3:50 p.m. on Sapphaire Lane; 6:17 p.m. on South Ellis Street; 11:20 p.m. on Good Hope Street...
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Don Wiseman
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Don Charles Wiseman, 86, of Arab, Missouri, passed away Dec. 12, 2021, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance. He was born Feb. 2, 1935, near Arab, the son of Raymond and Jewell George Wiseman. Don and Linda Stilts were united in marriage on July 2, 1957 in Hernando, Mississippi and she survives...
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Robert Tyler
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Robert Edward Tyler, 78, son of the late Ernest Clayton and Jennie Christina Sanders Tyler, was born Sept. 28, 1943, in Fornfelt and departed this life Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Robert was a communications technician for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 33 1/2 years. ...
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Ray Southard
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Ray Southard, 81, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at his home. He was born April 11, 1940, in Cape Girardeau to Herman R. and Roberta Gross Southard. He graduated from Patton (Missouri) High School in 1959. Ray owned and operated Cape United Auto since 1960. He was a member of Masonic Lodge Excelsior No. 441 in Jackson. He was also a member of the Cape Jaycees...
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Tamara Silvey
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Tamara "T.K." Silvey, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Eagles Aerie 3775 in Cape Girardeau with the Eagles Ladies Auxiliary performing the service...
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Bobby Powers
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
MORLEY, Mo. -- Bobby Powers, 60, son of the late, Robert Lee Powers and Edith Mae Peel Dollins was born on May 8, 1961, in Marshall, Missouri, and departed this on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Morley. He was a former truck driver for SEMO Ready Mix and a resident of Morley...
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Phyllis Oliver
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Phyllis M. Oliver, 82, of Jackson went to Heaven Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. She passed away at Aspire Senior Living in Advance, Missouri. Phyllis was born June 16, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Guy Eugene and Laura Edith Propst Swaim. She and Jerry L. Oliver were married Dec. 10, 1956, in Cape Girardeau...
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Jack McDonough
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Jack McDonough, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Jack was born Jan. 21, 1945, in Morrilton, Arkansas, to Elmo E. and Sue Crow McDonough. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Jack grew up...
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Linda Kramer
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Linda Sue Kramer, 68, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 5, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to Delmar and Lillian Aurich Pohlman. Linda was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. She was a graduate of the former Trinity Lutheran Church Parochial School in Friedheim and a graduate of Oak Ridge High School...
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Pat Guilliams
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Patricia Uldene "Pat" Guilliams, 85, of Perryville died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7:30 p.m...
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John Edmonds
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
John Jules Edmonds, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Mae Dickerson
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Mae L. Dickerson, 91, of Sedgewickville died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at her home. Visitation and funeral service were held Friday at Heartland Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Kiefer officiating. Burial was at Valhalla Gardens of Memory in Belleville, Illinois...
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Tena Davenport
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Tena Ann Davenport, 57, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 17, 1964, in Kennett, Missouri, the daughter of Alfred and Faydale Wilson Jaques. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith...
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Shirley Coomer
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
WENTZVILLE, Mo. -- Shirley Jean Coomer, 80, formerly of Jackson and most recently of Wentzville, passed away Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, at Twin Oaks Senior Living in Wentzville. She was born Jan. 17, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Alvin and Edna Creibaum Nagel. She and Gus W. Coomer were married Dec. 30, 1961, at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau. He passed away Sept. 19, 2012...
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Verna Boyd
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
Verna Jean Boyd, 92, of Jackson passed away Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at the Lutheran Home. Verna was born Aug. 15, 1929, to Earl and Sidonia Bangert Seabaugh in Sedgewickville, Missouri. She and Thomas Boyd were married Aug. 17, 1947, in Sedgewickville. He preceded her in death Sept. 22, 2001...
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Kimberly Amschler
(Obituary ~ 12/14/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Kimberly Ann Amschler of Perryville passed away at 61 years young surrounded by her loving family at home Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Kim was born June 18, 1960, in Perryville to Elmer and Mary Glen-Rose Wengert Renaud. After graduating from Perryville High School, she married her soul mate, Gregory Eugene Amschler, on May 5, 1979 at St. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 12/14/21)
The flow of information concerning recent burglaries in Cape Girardeau continues to increase steadily, say police; the increase in calls to the police department is partly due to the enticement of a reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprits; the reward fund is at $6,600...
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Sponsored: Shop Local: House of Paws
(Shop Local ~ 12/14/21)
House of Paws Grooming Salon is located at 2031 Cape LaCroix Road, in LaCroix Village. We offer full-service dog grooming in a fun and loving atmosphere. Whether its a simple bath or full groom, we groom your dog to breed standard or your preference. We take care of your furry family member like our own!...
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