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Sponsored: Saxony Lutheran High School preparing for the future
(B Magazine ~ 05/18/22)
Saxony Lutheran High School is located on a beautiful 40-acre campus outside of Jackson. Since opening its doors in 1999, the school is proud to celebrate over 22 years of academic and athletic success with more than 800 graduates. Saxony Lutheran High School offers a well-rounded high school experience for its student Crusaders. Students are encouraged to participate in the competitive academic program, athletics, along with many clubs and organizations — including FFA and an Esports club...
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Smoke detector campaign takes place in south Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
A simple device, powered by a 9-volt battery, can help keep a family alive in case of fire. This message was carried to south Cape Girardeau Saturday in physical form as American Red Cross volunteers partnered with Cape Girardeau's not-for-profit PORCH Initiative to install 42 smoke detectors...
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Cape Martial Arts hosts Tuesday health fair
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
Ready to talk health are Stacy Skidmore, left, Christy Sprengle, middle, and Dotty Golson at the Cape Girardeau County Public Heath Center booth at Tuesday's Cape Health Fair hosted by Cape Martial Arts in Cape Girardeau. The health fair featured local vendors and professionals providing information on health issues and what to do to lead a better and healthier life.
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Officials say project to ease 177 flooding to finish in Nov.
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
Work is continuing to alleviate flooding along a mile-long section of Highway 177 on the northeastern edge of Cape Girardeau. Kevin Plott, an engineer with the state Department of Transportation, said the project will ultimately raise the roadway. The work is taking place in two sections -- a north area, 1,325 feet long in the Scism Creek area, and a south area, 3,855 feet long in the Juden Creek area...
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Historic Jackson water tower reaches landmark status
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
The Depression-era water tank at Eastview Street and Sawyer Lane in Jackson, reportedly America's oldest water tower constructed of all welded steel and still in use, has been designated a "water landmark." Kent Peetz, Jackson's public works director, informed city aldermen Monday about the award from American Water Works Association (AWWA)...
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Visit Cape organization to host city's Juneteenth celebration
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
Organizers from Visit Cape will hold a celebration of humanity and unity to honor Juneteenth on June 18 at Iver's Square -- Juneteenth: Doin' it Together. Executive director of the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau Brenda Newbern said the event will celebrate the end of slavery and be used to bring the community together...
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Sponsored: Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners picks up 2 national awards following 2020 merger
(B Magazine ~ 05/18/22)
Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners have tons of tractors. SNP says they have what their customers need even with the current equipment shortage. “Just because you may not see it sitting at our Scott City location, we can probably get it for you at one of our other 26 locations,” said Jeff Dunlap, retail manager at the Scott City dealership...
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Cape Girardeau to host Midwest Conference on the Unknown
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
From Aug. 5 to 7, Cape Girardeau will host a Midwest Conference on the Unknown at the Drury Conference Center. Local UFO expert Michael Huntington, a 45-year veteran of unexplained phenomena, said he hopes the conference will be the first of what will become an annual event...
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Car accidents claim 2 lives
(Local News ~ 05/18/22)
A Sedgewickville, Missouri, man and the wife of a Marble Hill, Missouri, Public Works Department employee recently died in car accidents. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On this date: In 1652, Rhode Island became the first American colony to pass a law abolishing African slavery; however, the law was apparently never enforced...
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Former MLB player Granderson to hold Fitness Sports Clinic for PORCH
(Editorial ~ 05/18/22)
A big event will be held in Cape Girardeau on Saturday, connecting area youth with a former Major League Baseball player who will conduct a one-day Fitness Sports Clinic at Capaha Field. People Organized to Revitalize Community Healing (PORCH) will host former MLB outfielder Curtis Granderson who will lead the clinic, set for 9 a.m. to noon. Up to 125 youth between the ages of 7 and 17 are invited to participate, with priority given to kids who live in the south side of Cape Girardeau...
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Don't weaponize demographic change
(Column ~ 05/18/22)
The horrific massacre in Buffalo, New York, has created a debate about the "great replacement theory," the rancid theory adopted by white supremacists that Jewish people are conspiring to destroy the influence of white Americans by importing nonwhite immigrants...
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The shifting language of abortion
(Column ~ 05/18/22)
For about a half-second after the leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion in the case that may throw out Roe v. Wade, people who support Roe dropped the talking points and told the truth. California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted that if men could get pregnant, of course abortion would be legal. Joe Biden talked about the right to abort a child. The dropping of the filter was a refreshing reprieve from the typical euphemisms...
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Prayer 5-18-22
(Prayer ~ 05/18/22)
O Lord, give us wisdom, that we may be the leaders you would have us to be. Amen.
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Mary Ann Rankin
(Obituary ~ 05/18/22)
CAMPBELL HILL, Ill. -- Mary Ann Rankin, 84, of Campbell Hill died Sunday, May 15, 202,2 at Chester Memorial Hospital in Chester, Illinois. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...
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Area Police report 5/18/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Park Avenue. Assaults n Third-degree assault was reported on South Kingshighway...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 5/18/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/18/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 17 n Medical assists were made at 2:45 a.m. on William Street; 4:25 a.m. on North Park Avenue; 6:08 a.m. on South Farrar Drive; 9:34 a.m. on Monterra Drive; 1:35 p.m. on Broadway; 4:57 p.m. on Capaha Trail; 10:25 p.m. on South Minnesota Avenue; 10:52 p.m. on North Street...
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Besties and former 'The Office' co-stars write on friendship
(Community ~ 05/18/22)
NEW YORK -- Spoiler alert: Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey obviously knew how "The Office" ended its nine-year run on NBC, because, after all, they filmed it -- but revisiting that time for their new book, "Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There," was still something they put off...
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Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
WASHINGTON -- Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday underscored the Federal Reserve's determination to keep raising interest rates until there is clear evidence inflation is steadily falling -- a high-stakes effort that carries the risk of causing an eventual recession...
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Conspiracy theorists flock to bird flu, spreading falsehoods
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
Brad Moline, a fourth-generation Iowa turkey farmer, saw this happen before. In 2015, a virulent avian flu outbreak nearly wiped out his flock. Barns once filled with chattering birds were suddenly silent. Employees were anguished by having to kill sickened animals. The family business, started in 1924, was at serious risk...
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Global pollution kills 9 million people every year, study finds
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55% since 2000. That increase is offset by fewer pollution deaths from primitive indoor stoves and water contaminated with human and animal waste, so overall pollution deaths in 2019 are about the same as 2015...
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Congress dives into UFOs, but no signs of extraterrestrials
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
WASHINGTON -- Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. And no, there is still no government confirmation of extraterrestrial life. Testifying before a House Intelligence subcommittee, Pentagon officials did not disclose additional information from their ongoing investigation of hundreds of unexplained sightings in the sky. ...
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FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward. Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest coronavirus variants -- and some people, including those 50 and older, can choose a second booster...
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Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; Ukrainian fighters leave steel plant
(International News ~ 05/18/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city...
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Prosecutor: Church gunman had 'diabolical plan' to massacre
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- The man charged with opening fire on a Taiwanese church congregation of mainly elderly people in Southern California wanted to "execute in cold blood as many people in that room as possible," a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing murder, attempted murder and other charges for the shooting that killed one person and wounded five...
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Buffalo suspect: Lonely, isolated — with a troubling sign
(National News ~ 05/18/22)
CONKLIN, N.Y. -- In the waning days of Payton Gendron's COVID-altered senior year at Susquehanna Valley High School, he logged on to a virtual learning program in economics class that asked: "What do you plan to do when you retire?" "Murder-suicide," Gendron typed...
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Lawsuit: Students taunted Black student, threatened lynching
(State News ~ 05/18/22)
Administrators at a Missouri school district that is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation failed to protect a Black teen from repeated racial taunts that culminated with him being threatened with a lynching, a lawsuit alleges. The suit filed this month in state court described what happened as "outrageous" and sought unspecified damages against the 3,500-student Kearney School District, which is just north of Kansas City. ...
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Workers vote on forming Missouri's only active library union
(State News ~ 05/18/22)
Workers at a public library system based in Columbia are voting this week on whether to become the only active public librarians union in the state. If employees at the Daniel Boone Regional Library, which has branches in Columbia, Fulton, Ashland and Holts Summit, ratify the union, they would join a growing movement toward unionization across the country, sparked in part by the coronavirus pandemic...
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Out of the past: May 18
(Out of the Past ~ 05/18/22)
A memorial plaque honoring Mary Pruente is dedicated at St. Mary's Cemetery in the afternoon with the Rev. Randy Tochtrop, associate pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral, presiding; St. Mary's Council of Catholic Women, at the suggestion of the former associate pastor of St. Mary's, the Rev. Glenn Eftink, purchased the plaque honoring Pruente, whose grave had been unmarked since her death in 1941; the bronze marker was installed by Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel...
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8th Grade Graduation at Guardian Angel School
(Submitted Story ~ 05/18/22)
It's onto the next chapter of life for five 8th grade students at Guardian Angel School in Oran, MO. They finished their education at GA and walked the halls for the last time as students on Wednesday, May 11. The day was spent in reflection as Father Kelly and Mrs. ...
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