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Rotary Club to host youth leadership summit Sunday
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Local Rotarians will honor students of academic excellence at an event Sunday. The Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau will hold their first leadership summit from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Century Casino-Cape Girardeau. The club will honor the top 10% of seniors from Cape Girardeau Central, Saxony Lutheran and Notre Dame Regional high schools with a certificate and training transitioning into college according to Abbie Crites-Leoni, chairwoman of the John Blue Academic Leadership Committee...
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All-Greek ceremony recognizes Greek Week 2022
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Students in Greek Life at SEMO gathered Sunday, April 10, in Academic Hall to celebrate the end of Greek Week in a traditional all-Greek chapter meeting. Greek Week took place from April 3 through 10. In this event, SEMO's Greek Life students were recognized for their work during Greek Week and the overall year's accomplishments...
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Commission sets deposit for old Cape Girardeau County courthouse bathroom use
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners Thursday approved a new $500 per day mandatory deposit, effective immediately, for use of bathrooms by approved organizations in the mainly vacant 1908 county courthouse in uptown Jackson. "We've had several occasions in which the restrooms were left pretty dirty," said Second District associate commissioner Charlie Herbst...
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Next Project honors, mentors Southeast Missouri's brightest
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Southeast Missouri's most outstanding high school students were acknowledged Thursday by The Next Project. Since 2020, The Next Project has recognized young Southeast Missourians with awards, acknowledgments and features on nextprojectmo.com. At Thursday evening's reception, Jamie Phillips, project and event manager at rustmedia, sponsor of the project, explained the principles behind the program and how it has been coordinated...
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Crash kills 2 Southern Illinois students, Missouri woman
(State News ~ 04/23/22)
REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. -- Two Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduate students and a Missouri woman died Thursday after their vehicles collided on a highway, police said. The crash that occurred about 4:15 a.m. on Illinois Route 3 in Union County killed Marie A. Meunier, 32 of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and students Pavan Swarna and Vamshi K. Pechetty, both 23, of Carbondale, state police said...
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The road to progress: Completion of Center Junction leads to business upswing, potential for future development
(B Magazine ~ 04/23/22)
The diverging diamond interchange constructed off mile marker 99 between Jackson and Cape Girardeau was completed ahead of schedule, but not without creating some setback for local businesses during construction. Its opening has now led to an upswing, say some business owners...
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Fallen tree closes portion of Bertling Street
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
A fallen tree closed the portion of Bertling Street between West End Boulevard and North Sprigg Street on Saturday. Municipal crews responded to the scene and worked to clear the tree.
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Schuessler ran pest control business by a biblical principle
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Gene Schuessler spent much of his adult life engaged in the business of keeping homes and businesses pest-free and lived by a simple New Testament motto. Schuessler, who opened Cape Girardeau's family-owned Advanced Pest Control in 1980, died Monday at age 81...
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Out of the past: April 23
(Out of the Past ~ 04/23/22)
Complaints from three Southeast Missouri State University students prompted a judicial committee to order another election for some student government candidates; Loren Rullman, director of the University Center and faculty adviser to student government, said an election for only student senate positions will be held in Group Housing and Towers on May 7; student government off-campus senator Tom Shupe brought his list of complaints to an open judicial hearing Monday night; he told the five-member committee he doesn't believe the April 2-3 election was intentionally tampered with, but the inefficient handling of polling centers, ballots and lack of rigid compliance with university bylaws made election results highly suspect.. ...
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Senior Center Menus for April 25-29
(Community ~ 04/23/22)
Monday: Smothered steak or smoked sausage, stewed potatoes, vegetable blend, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free peach crisp or applesauce cake. Tuesday: Chef salad with meat, eggs and cheese or turkey burger, pickled beets, whole-grain crackers or bun and sugar-free banana pudding or pineapple cake...
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Just the facts -- vital records
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
The essential "facts" about our ancestors are their dates of birth, marriage and death. The collective name for these is "vital records." Vital records are kept under governmental authority and include such documents as birth certificates, marriage licenses (or certificates) and death certificates. Genealogists usually add divorce records to this list...
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Searching for answers: Part II
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
Part 1 of this article focused on three places for historical research in Cape Girardeau. This part is about three facilities in Jackson. The Cape Girardeau County Courthouse, which includes only public records of the county and no personal collections, was left off the list...
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Egyptian Elementary School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/23/22)
Egyptian Elementary School High Honor Roll 3rd grade: Gracelyn Gowin. 4th grade: Jesse Arnhart, Wyatt Goines, Macen Henderson, Ashlee Kaegi, John Livingston, Avery Parker, Taylor Thompson, Journey Webb. 5th grade: Brayden Bagby, Brian Cox, Vanessa Greenley, Bentley Mathis, Erabella Peach, Reece Turner...
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Egyptian Middle School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/23/22)
Egyptian Middle School High Honor Roll 6th grade: Kialah Bell, Dynastee Carthell. 7th grade: Adaline Turner. 8th grade: William Lessar, Madison Neal, Aubrey Schultz, Landon Thompson. Honor Roll 6th grade: Braysen Dillow, Lacie Goines, Billy Seals. 7th grade: Gabina Dare, Lillyana Levins, Mason Vaughn...
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Egyptian High School third quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 04/23/22)
Egyptian High School High Honor Roll 9th grade: Trenton Bagby, Pearl Burton, Alesha Knupp, Brandon Plott, Elijah Sitton, Chasidy Vaughn, 10th grade: Elaina Abercrombie, Mary Cox, Katie Dodson, Natalie Grace, Kiersten Holloway, Hailee Holm, Hallie Huffman, Elijah Price, Cyrus Robbins, Allison Turner, Peyton Vaughn, Chelsea Wilson...
- Mary Kay donates to Safehouse of Southeast Missouri 4-24-22 (Community ~ 04/23/22)
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Who could you be ... you be?
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
This is a juvenile great horned owl estimated to be close to 2 months old. My biologist son took this photo April 12. Great horned owls, along with bald eagles, are the earliest of birds to lay their eggs in Southeast Missouri. Because they are large bodied birds, they are able to lay their eggs in February and still incubate them...
- Adopt Elspeth 4-24-22 (Community ~ 04/23/22)
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Club news 4-24-22
(Community News ~ 04/23/22)
Kage Club met on April 14 at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. Jobyna Daume called the meeting to order. A prayer was read titled "I pray" by Daume. Sarah Ross gave a devotional "Drinking from our Saucers." Drinking from saucers was a habit years ago. This refers to our cups overflowing with blessings...
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A man died for me
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
There's a line from one of Taylor Swift's earliest songs "Cold as You" that's been echoing in my head this Easter season. It's a sad song about a boy who takes in a relationship but doesn't reciprocate the love he is given, and the line I've been thinking of says, "And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you."...
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Interrupted
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
Simon of Cyrene's life was interrupted. He traveled more than 180 miles from North Africa to Jerusalem. Unfortunately, the New Testament does not give us his backstory nor tell us why Simon was in Jerusalem. What we know is that the reason he came to Jerusalem was interrupted. An interruption that completely changed his life now and for eternity...
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Learning briefs 4-24-22
(Community ~ 04/23/22)
n William Matlock of Scott City has accepted an invitation of lifetime membership in The National Society of Collegiate scholars, the nation's leading certified honor society for high-achieving first- and second-year college students with a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average...
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FYI 4-24-22
(Community ~ 04/23/22)
A Spring festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23 and 24 in Brazeau, Missouri. The Brazeau Historical Society will serve ham and beans on Saturday and stew on Sunday. Baked goods and drinks will be available. On Saturday, there will be craft fair/garage sale booths with all sorts of treasures. There will be live music from 2 to 5 p.m. at Hemman Winery...
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Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33, Taliban say
(International News ~ 04/23/22)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban official says a bombing at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan on Friday killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's deputy culture and information minister, said the bombing in the town of Imam Saheb, in Kunduz Province, also wounded another 43 people, many of them students...
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Possible mass graves found near Mariupol as Russia attacks in east
(International News ~ 04/23/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Satellite photos of what appeared to be rows upon rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol brought the horrors of the war increasingly into focus, as Russia pounded away Friday at Ukrainian holdouts in the city's steel mill and other targets in a drive to seize the country's industrial east...
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Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign
(National News ~ 04/23/22)
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show...
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Shanghai easing virus rules, while Hong Kong ending entry ban
(National News ~ 04/23/22)
BEIJING -- Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade, while Hong Kong's government announced the end of a 2-year-old ban on non-residents flying into the city as its outbreak fades...
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Police report 4-24-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Sturdivant Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Births 4/24/22
(Births ~ 04/23/22)
Daughter to Derek and Kalli Brucker of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 10:22 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Name, Collins Kate. Weight, 7.4 pounds. Second daughter. Mrs. Brucker is the daughter of Kent and Jean Gibbs. She is employed by the Lutheran Home. Brucker is the son of Gary and Beverly Brucker. He works at Southeast Hospital...
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Fire report 4-24-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 20 n Medical assists were made at 1:15 a.m., on Bloomfield Street; 10:31 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 12:44 p.m. on Masters Drive; 1:09 p.m. on William Street; 1:45 p.m. on Marlin Drive; 4:29 p.m. on Walnut Street; 8:26 p.m. on North Kingshighway...
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Doris Wheatley
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
ANNISTON, Mo. -- Doris E. Wheatley, 86, of Anniston died Friday, April 22, 2022, at Bertrand (Missouri) Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 10, 1935, at Anniston to the late John and Pearl Dodge Combs. On Dec. 4, 1950, she married Irvin Wheatley, who preceded her in death Oct. 3, 1995...
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Richard Roberts
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
Richard Leon Roberts, 80, of Jackson died April 21, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment with military honors will follow at 2 p.m. at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from fire
(National News ~ 04/23/22)
SEATTLE -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to press for more action on the environment. Although Biden has struggled to make progress on his most ambitious climate goals, he drew a sharp contrast with his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, who unraveled the country's fight against global warming...
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James Mansfield
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- James C. Mansfield, 77, of Perryville died Friday, April 22, 2022, at The Estates of Perryville. Services will be private Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Jean Hogan
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
Jean C. Hogan, 93, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, April 22, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Memorial visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. A private graveside service will be held at a later date at Garden of Memories in Sikeston, Missouri...
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Helena Ernst
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
ORAN, Mo. -- Helena Ernst, daughter of the late Michael and Anna Litwyn was born on Oct. 05, 1948, in the Ukraine and departed this life on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at her home in Oran at the age of 73. On June 3, 1972, she Married Kenneth Franklin Steimle Sr. in Rochester, New York. He preceded her in death on May 16,1980...
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Robert Chronister Sr.
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
Robert Arlie Chronister Sr., 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 7, 1939, in Dyersburg, Tennessee, to the late Rueben Jefferson Chronister and Sadie Woodard Briton. He married Anna Marie Marmon on July 1, 1963, and she passed away in February 2005...
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Vivian Brown
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Vivian Brown, 80, of Chaffee died Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements are with McCombs Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.
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Wilda Broeker
(Obituary ~ 04/23/22)
Wilda Marie Broeker, 68, of Scott City died Friday, April 22, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements.
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Charleston man jailed on drug charges
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- A Charleston, Missouri, man faces drug-related charges following a routine traffic stop in Scott City, Missouri. On Monday, Scott City Police Officer Justin Bodendieck conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for defective equipment at the 92-exit ramp, according to a news release from the Scott City Police Department. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 4/25/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of April 21 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...
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Man arrested after chase through hospital
(Local News ~ 04/23/22)
Authorities arrested a man Thursday after he fled the scene of a traffic stop and led them on a chase through a Cape Girardeau hospital. Cpl. Ryan Droege of Cape Girardeau Police Department said the man was a passenger in a vehicle stopped at about 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Mount Auburn Road and William Street. Droege said the man ran from the scene in into Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Speak Out 4-24-22
(Speak Out ~ 04/23/22)
MoDOT is seeking input on the redesign of the exit ramps, etc. at mile marker 93 on I-55. Here's my input. 1. Don't let whoever designed the exit at "center junction" have anything to do with this one. 2. Make something far more simple, less confusing, and less dangerous than the exit at "center junction." 3. Use some common sense this time!...
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Let Disney be an example
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
Just like that, tyranny has descended on Florida. The state legislature, with the support of Gov. Ron DeSantis, voted to repeal the "special independent district" enjoyed by Disney for half a century. This is a sign, we are told, of the advent of an American authoritarianism that brooks no dissent. Disney criticizes a measure supported by the Florida GOP, the so-called Don't Say Gay bill, and immediately gets targeted...
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Will France move further toward authoritarianism?
(Column ~ 04/23/22)
On Sunday, French voters will decide on their next president. While most of the country and the rest of the world are united, for valid reasons, against populist Marine Le Pen, the truth of the matter is that voters have a choice between two shades of illiberalism: the aggressively populist one of Le Front National and its authoritarianism-light version represented by incumbent President Emmanuel Macron...
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Prayer 4-24-22
(Prayer ~ 04/23/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for grace and the gift of eternal life through you. Amen.
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Out of the past: April 24
(Out of the Past ~ 04/23/22)
The region's ABC television affiliate plans to air the coming-out-of-the-closet episode of the "Ellen" sitcom Wednesday night despite opposition from some viewers; the Rev. Mark Anderson of Lynwood Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau has asked officials at WSIL-TV in Harrisburg, Illinois, not to run the episode and has urged his congregants to write to the station's general manager to voice their opposition...
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Guardian Angel School goes bowling
(Submitted Photo ~ 04/23/22)
Submitted by Debbie Gaines Since Catholic Schools Week, which occurred from Jan. 30 to Feb. 4, ended with ice for Guardian Angel School in Oran, Missouri, a planned bowling trip was postponed until March 11. This annual event at West Park Lanes in Cape Girardeau is a favorite activity for the students. They get to bowl two games and buy snacks at the snack bar. When the students returned to school, they were dismissed at noon to enjoy the rest of the day at home.
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