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Missouri AG's mask mandate suits draw some strong rebukes
(State News ~ 01/26/22)
Forty-five mask-requiring school districts in Missouri face lawsuits from Attorney General Eric Schmitt, and some school leaders and elected officials are questioning whether he really has the best interest of the state at heart. Schmitt on Friday filed suit seeking to halt 36 districts from requiring masks amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases. On Monday, he added nine more. Most of the districts are in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas...
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Businesses, Missouri GOP divided over vaccine rules
(State News ~ 01/26/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri Republicans and business groups clashed during a Tuesday state House hearing over more than a dozen bills to limit COVID-19 vaccine mandates by employers. Republican Missouri lawmakers are typically closely aligned with business interests. But business groups, including the influential Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, chafed at GOP proposals to forbid employers from making their workers get vaccinated or risk getting fired...
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Redistricting plan in Mo. speeds toward Senate debate
(State News ~ 01/26/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A proposal to redraw Missouri's eight U.S. House districts is speeding toward an expected divisive debate in the state Senate, where some conservative Republicans want to further bend the district boundaries to their advantage...
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MoDOT hires consultant for I-55 Exit 93 project
(Local News ~ 01/26/22)
The Missouri Department of Transportation has hired Garver USA's Kansas City office to help the agency come up with ideas for a reconfigured Exit 93 along Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau. A few years ago, MoDOT was looking at replacing a bridge connecting southbound traffic on Kingshighway to I-55 or Highway 74...
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American Red Cross at critical low levels for blood supplies
(Local News ~ 01/26/22)
The American Red Cross is currently experiencing a critically low blood supply. This is the first time the organization has announced an official blood crisis and its levels sit at enough supply for less than a day's need for individuals. According to the Red Cross website, "The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis -- its worst shortage in over a decade, posing a concerning risk to patient care. ...
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Search process for next Cape Girardeau chamber leader in late stages
(Local News ~ 01/26/22)
The seven-member panel looking for a successor to longtime and now-retired Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO John Mehner expects to have identified two or three finalists by the end of this week, said The Bank of Missouri regional president Aaron Panton, who is chairman of the search committee...
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Cape mayoral candidates detail views on public safety, city unity at forum
(Local News ~ 01/26/22)
In February, the City of Cape Girardeau will hold a primary for mayor for the first time in more than a decade. All three mayoral candidates -- incumbent Bob Fox, Ward 6 representative Stacy Kinder and businesswoman Ramona Bailey -- responded to citizen's questions at a forum Tuesday night hosted by the Cape Girardeau County Democratic Club...
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Cape County health board asked to lift COVID-19 recommendations
(Local News ~ 01/26/22)
On Tuesday, public commenters once again pleaded with members of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center Board of Trustees to resolve the board's COVID-19 recommendations. One speaker at the board's January meeting equated the board of trustees to Nazis and said "one day" board members "will be held accountable."...
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Prayer 1-26-22
(Prayer ~ 01/26/22)
O Lord Jesus, we take comfort in knowing that joy comes in the morning. Amen.
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The worst ally
(Column ~ 01/26/22)
President Joe Biden's press conference last week was atrocious, but one of his worst missteps amounted to telling the truth about Germany, if not by name. Biden said that there'd be divisions within NATO over a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine. This is true enough and the chief cause would be a Germany that is staking a strong claim to be our worst European ally...
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Joe Biden could learn a lot from Bill Clinton
(Column ~ 01/26/22)
"You and my husband think so similarly when it comes to politics," Hillary Clinton once told Joe Biden. "You guys were almost separated at birth." It's interesting to think about how Biden's first year as president would have gone differently if this were in fact true...
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Cape Public Library celebrates 100 years
(Editorial ~ 01/26/22)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library turns 100 later this year, and the facility will host programs and events throughout the coming months to celebrate the facility's centennial. Today the library's location is 711 Clark St., but it first opened at the Common Pleas Courthouse Park on June 15, 1922, thanks to local contributions and support from the Carnegie Corp...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 1/26/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests n A warrant arrest was made. Miscellaneous n Leaving the scene of an accident was reported on Themis Street. n Property damage was reported on Perryville Road...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 1/26/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 24 n Medical assists were made at 1:51 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 7:51 a.m. on Good Hope Street; 8:02 a.m. on South Kingshighway; 8:25 a.m. on Boxwood Drive; 10:52 a.m. on Perryville Road; 10:57 a.m. at Doctors Park; 1:12 p.m. on Broadway; 10:39 p.m. on North Main Street...
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Verna Whitticre
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
Verna M. Whitticre, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Feb. 18, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to Marvie and Stella Statler Smith. She and Lester Paul Whitticre were married March 27, 1948, at Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death March 19, 2017...
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Ivan Moore
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Ivan D. Moore, 85, died Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, surrounded by his loving family at his home. He was born July 15, 1936, at Hornersville, Missouri, to the late Carl and Pearl Trentham Moore. On Oct. 1, 1983, he married the love of his life, Lawanna Lohmann, who survives of the home...
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Alma Heisserer
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
Alma Clara Heisserer, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Rick Jones officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Sue Harvey
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
BRANDON, Miss. -- Mary Sue Harvey, 58, left this earthly life Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, surrounded by her loving family and friends at her home in Brandon. She was born Sept. 12, 1963, in Cairo, Illinois, to the late Robert Ryan and Marla Lingle McAdoo. On Dec. 29, 2003, she married Lonnie J. Harvey, who survives of the home in Brandon...
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Mac Downs
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
FRISCO, Texas -- Willis McCracken "Mac" Downs, 74, of Frisco passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Plano, Texas, after a long illness. Mac was born May 1, 1947, in Cairo, Illinois, to Willis Andrew and Jo Ann Frazier Downs...
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Rare, pristine coral reef found off Tahiti coast
(National News ~ 01/26/22)
Deep in the South Pacific, scientists have explored a rare stretch of pristine corals shaped like roses off the coast of Tahiti. The reef is thought to be one of the largest found at such depths and seems untouched by climate change or human activities...
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Delay in creating cybersecurity board prompts concern
(National News ~ 01/26/22)
RICHMOND, Va. -- It's a key part of President Joe Biden's plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns: creating a board of experts that would investigate major incidents to see what went wrong and try to prevent the problems from happening again -- much like a transportation safety board does with plane crashes...
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Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
(National News ~ 01/26/22)
Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine matching the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced the study Tuesday. COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide the change is needed...
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Ukrainian leaders: Stay calm, Russian invasion not imminent
(International News ~ 01/26/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's leaders sought Tuesday to reassure the nation an invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and received a shipment of U.S. military equipment to shore up their defenses...
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COVID-19 vaccine booster drive faltering in the US, concerning health experts
(National News ~ 01/26/22)
NEW YORK -- The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant. Just 40% of fully vaccinated Americans have received a booster dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
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Out of the past: Jan. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 01/26/22)
Two sacred cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach are presented in the afternoon at St. Mark Lutheran Church; contralto Marsha Caughlan, a graduate student in music at Southeast Missouri State University, is principal soloist; she organized the performance as a creative project in partial fulfillment of requirements for a master's degree in music education...
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Donna Daugherty
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donna Sue Daugherty, 79, daughter of the late William Allen and Margaret "Maggie" Hickey Houston, was born Aug. 23, 1942, in Carthage, Missouri, and departed her life Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at her home in Chaffee. On Sept. 23, 1961, she was united in marriage to Clarence Daugherty. He preceded her in death May 16, 2008...
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William O'Kelly Jr.
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
William "Bill " Joseph O'Kelly Jr., 56, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at Life Care in Cape Girardeau. Cremation rites will be accorded, and no services will be held...
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Mary Newberry
(Obituary ~ 01/26/22)
KATY, Texas -- Mary Suzanne Bray Newberry on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, was called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to her eternal rest following a brief hospitalization for cancer. The memory of her sweet spirit and sweet smile remains in the grateful hearts and minds of family, friends and former students whose lives she touched with her joy and kindness...
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