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Memorial Day: Gung-ho: Remembering Jeremy Shank
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
Army Cpl. Jeremy Shank was just weeks into his deployment in Iraq before his life was taken at the age of 18. Shank, a graduate of Jackson High School, enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 31, 2005. His father, Jim, said his son was made for military service and always enjoyed the outdoors...
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Memorial Day: Remembering a fallen Scott County Marine this Memorial Day
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
This story has been updated. Michael Boardman, a 1966 graduate of Sikeston (Missouri) High School, had a dream of becoming a draftsman or an architect. It was a vision of the future tragically cut short at age 19 when the Marine lance corporal was killed in action in Vietnam, nearly 55 years ago...
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Hospital, TRC to offer new programs
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and Three Rivers College are working together to better meet the health care needs of the greater Poplar Bluff area. They have partnered to bring new programs to TRC and on site training opportunities at the medical center, which officials say will prepare students for high-demand health care positions locally and beyond...
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Mulling a solution to prevent future crash damage to uptown Jackson businesses
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
Accidents happen. Perhaps no one in Jackson's central business district understands a particular circumstance more clearly than Brian Thompson, co-owner of Jones Drug Store at 125 Court St. in uptown Jackson, situated between City Hall and Cape Girardeau County Courthouse...
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Sprigg Street Improvement Project underway
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
A street renovation project funded by a voter-approved tax has started in Cape Girardeau. The Sprigg Street Improvement Project from William Street to Broadway is underway with Lappe Cement Finishing at the helm of the improvement, according to municipal officials. The Friedheim, Missouri-based company will be adding a new curb, sidewalk and pavement to the stretch of Sprigg Street...
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Point of Interest: The Hadler Shoe Tree
(05/28/22)
It’s a simple story, Kari Buerck says: Her grandparents, the late Glenda and Willard Hadler, went on a trip to Nevada and saw a tree with shoes hanging from the branches. When they came home, Willard decided he wanted to create a tree like the one they’d seen for his own family. ...
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Soldier killed in Revolutionary War was ancestor to local residents
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
Nearly 250 years ago, a man who had never set foot in the Cape Girardeau area died in service to his country. Even though he would never see the Missouri town overlooking the Mississippi River, his life, and death, would leave a name -- or rather names -- and lasting impact on Southeast Missouri.
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Southeast Missourian seeks nominations for 20th annual Spirit of America Award
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
The Southeast Missourian is seeking nominations for its annual Spirit of America Award -- the 20th year for the award. The award recognizes individuals who embody the spirit of the nation in a variety of ways, ranging from volunteerism and civic engagement to patriotism and military service as well as local business leadership...
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Lieutenant's military path included 'band of brothers'
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
An oak tree grows in the front yard of Jill and Riley Bock, planted at their New Madrid (Missouri) property when Jill was pregnant with her son, Amos Camden Riley Bock.
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Mound City National Cemetery
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
Visiting a national cemetery can be a humbling experience, especially around holidays such as Memorial Day. You stand there looking at thousands of white marble headstones realizing what lies before you are the bodies of people who were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, and many did make the sacrifice...
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Sponsored: PC Medical Centers offers a different approach to living a life without pain
(B Magazine ~ 05/28/22)
A life free of pain — that’s what patients with the following problems seek: Back pain and degeneration, knee pain and degeneration, shoulder pain and degeneration, sciatica, peripheral neuropathy, arthritis, hip pain and degeneration, neck pain and degeneration, headaches and plantar fasciitis...
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Out of the past: May 28
(Out of the Past ~ 05/28/22)
Officials with Union Planters Bank, 101 W. Main St., in Jackson hope to be open again this afternoon; the bank has been without power since Sunday, when "something happened to the circuit breaker," said Brenda Proffer, branch manager; electricians worked on the breaker Sunday evening and again yesterday morning...
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Huey - 65 years
(Anniversary ~ 05/28/22)
George "Dude" and Schirley Jo Huey of Egypt Mills celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on May 19 with a dinner with their daughters and their spouses. Huey and the former Schirley Jo Sinn were married May 19, 1957, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau by the Rev. Walter Keisker...
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Cramsey-Wells
(Engagement ~ 05/28/22)
Mr. and Mrs. David Cramsey of Quincy, Illinois, take pleasure in announcing the engagement of their daughter, Emily Cramsey, to Justin Wells, both of St. Louis. He is the son of Linda Wells of Cape Girardeau and the late John Wells. Emily graduated form Maryville University with a degree in graphic design. She is the art director at St. Louis Magazine...
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FYI 5-29-22
(Community ~ 05/28/22)
Memorial Day weekend will be celebrated 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 28 through 30 at Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau. First observed after the end of the Civil War, Memorial Day honors the memory of U.S. soldiers who have died in military service. Local re-enactors will honor the memory of veterans past and present. The renovated stone building known as the blockhouse will be open for visitors...
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Obtaining vital records from cemetery research
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
The burial sites of ancestors are often of great interest to family historians. We may wish to pay tribute to our family members at their place of rest, but from a research standpoint, we can obtain a lot from gravestones and burial records. Oftentimes this information is available in no other source...
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A Missouri state symbol
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
I was out scouting with a couple friends early on the morning of May 22, after heavy rain crossed Southeast Missouri the day before. We spotted this adult bullfrog in wet grass and approached it from three sides. I thought this would cause the frog to remain in place, and it did. One of my friends was able to very slowly stalk the bullfrog and catch it with his bare hands as I videoed the catch...
- Flag donated to Cape Girardeau Senior Center (Community ~ 05/28/22)
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Adopt Waldorf 5-29-22
(Community ~ 05/28/22)
If you're a fan of Grumpy Cat, Waldorf the Blue Persian is the feline for you! Seen here sporting his stylish summer 'do, he's the cat that will convince you that cats used to be worshipped as gods. Human subjects to be ruled, need apply online or in person at Safe Harbor. ...
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Learning Briefs 5-29-22
(Community ~ 05/28/22)
Ann Long of Oak Ridge was initiated into The Honor Soeity of Phi Kappa Phi at Arksans State University. She is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be iniated into the society each year. It is the naiton's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society...
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Senior Center Menus for May 30-June 3
(Community ~ 05/28/22)
Monday: Center closed for Memorial Day holiday. Tuesday: Smothered steak or smoked sausage, stewed potatoes, vegetable blend, whole-grain hot roll and sugar-free peach crisp or cherry cake with chocolate icing. Wednesday: Oven-fried chicken with potatoes or ham and scalloped potato casserole, glazed carrots, whole-grain hot roll and chilled applesauce or coconut delight...
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Nell Holcomb School fourth quarter
(Honor Roll ~ 05/28/22)
A Honor Roll 6th grade: Kamryn Bourbon, Makenna Dougherty, Alisa Kinder, Acasia Mosley, Heidi Probst, Kaydence Wallace. 7th grade: Lauren Brockmire, Tyler Craig, Natalie Hahs, Lukas Haupt, Briley Hollis, Shaylee Mathes, Shelby Prokopf, Paige Rice, Presley Sumner, Molly White...
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Another school shooting, another call for thoughts and prayers
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
It's happened again. Another inexplicable school shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen elementary students, including one who got an award at an assembly earlier in the day, died Tuesday along with two adults. The 18-year-old gunman is also dead -- shot by responding law enforcement...
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Don't be too busy to live
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
Living, to live, to have life. What do those words and phrases mean to you? We think we know what living means to us, but does everyone have the same expectations about life? Does living simply mean "drawing our breath?" Well, that is probably the first and most important part of the definition--but what are we doing while we breathe? What quality of life do we have? Do we spend the biggest part of our days and nights trying to be productive, and what do we mean by being productive? That question varies, according to whom you ask. ...
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Outer Road 55 in Scott County closed for pavement repairs
(Local News ~ 05/28/22)
Outer Road 55 in Scott County closed for pavement repairs Outer Road 55 -- Sandywood Lane -- in Scott County from Route H to the end of Sandywood Lane will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews seal the roadway with a mixture of rock and oil. A MoDOT news release said the work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, from June 13 through 16...
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A new hotel at Century Casino Cape Girardeau
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
Editor's note: The following remarks were delivered by Lyle Randolph at the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the new downtown hotel at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. They have been edited for length. By Lyle Randolph Today, we meet here to celebrate with our friends and colleagues. ...
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Corporations' 'woke' signaling won't override profit
(Column ~ 05/28/22)
Many people on the Right fear "woke capitalism" and the idea that corporate executives will bend to pressure to advance a vision of the world that replaces their values with progressive ones. To those who are worried, I say, be grateful for the profit motive. To the progressives pushing for such practices, I say, be careful what you wish for...
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We will never forget
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/28/22)
In 1922, Chief Nathaniel Hutson, Cape Girardeau PD was killed in the line of duty. 100 years later, five generations have passed, and Chief Hutson's great, great granddaughter, Natalie Meyers played Amazing Grace on her violin to honor his memory. We will never forget. ...
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Prayer 5-29-22
(Prayer ~ 05/28/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for our veterans and bless those currently serving. Amen.
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Deadly abstract 'theories'
(Letter to the Editor ~ 05/28/22)
Americans are dying because of abstract "theories." Most Americans couldn't tell you what "critical race theory" or "replacement theory" are. But these nebulous and largely meaningless media generated buzz terms are killers. Most recently, 10 fine human beings died in Buffalo, New York because an 18-year-old boy bought in to a money making strategy by a cable news network. ...
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Key inflation gauge slowed but still high
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 6.3% in April from a year earlier, the first slowdown since November 2020 and a sign that high prices may finally be moderating, at least for now. The inflation figure that the Commerce Department reported Friday was below the four-decade high of 6.6% that was set in March. ...
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Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit, allowing New York probe to go on
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
NEW YORK -- A federal judge on Friday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, rejecting the former president's claim that she targeted him out of political animus and allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue...
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McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making clear that he will defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers' testimony. "For House Republican leaders to agree to participate in this political stunt would change the House forever," the California lawmaker wrote Thursday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio...
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Police waited 45 minutes before pursuing shooter in Texas school
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
UVALDE, Texas -- Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him, authorities said Friday...
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G-7 nations pledge to put coal on notice, could boost climate aid
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
BERLIN -- Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035, making it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date...
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Citizens demand end to Shanghai lockdown
(International News ~ 05/28/22)
BEIJING -- On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave. The triumphant story quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of those who remained under lockdown: Shouldn't we do the same?...
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Iran seizes two Greek tankers in Persian Gulf, tensions spike
(International News ~ 05/28/22)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers on Friday in the Persian Gulf, just after Athens assisted the U.S. in seizing an Iranian oil tanker over alleged sanctions violations in the Mediterranean Sea...
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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield. Top diplomats from NATO met in Berlin with the alliance's chief and declared that the war "is not going as Moscow had planned."...
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Biden tells U.S. Naval Academy grads Russia's Putin 'NATO-ized Europe'
(National News ~ 05/28/22)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland -- President Joe Biden told Naval Academy graduates Friday that they will be "representatives and defenders of our democracy," as free societies are under threat from Russia's invasion of Ukraine to China's maritime expansion. Delivering a commencement address to more than 1,000 newly commissioned ensigns and second lieutenants at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Biden said the Western response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's "brutal" war in Ukraine shows the world is aligning not on geography, "but in terms of values.". ...
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Police report 5-29-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Cordova Lane. n A warrant arrest was reported on Siemers Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue...
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Fire report 5-29-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 25 n Medical assists were made at 10:10 a.m. on Beavercreek Drive; 11:16 a.m. on William Street; and 3:02 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road. n At 3:53 a.m., lift assist on Hackberry Street...
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Out of the past: May 29
(Out of the Past ~ 05/28/22)
After rejecting 14 outside applications, the Cape Girardeau Public Library Board chose one of its own -- adult services coordinator Betty Martin -- as its new director; the library has been without a director since February, when Elizabeth Ader moved to Kansas City, Missouri, for personal reasons...
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Kevin VanGilder
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
Kevin Clark VanGilder, 63, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, at his home. He was born May 24, 1959, to Clifford and Violet (Gosnell) VanGilder in Middletown, Ohio. Kevin worked in management at Procter & Gamble for more than 20 years. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing, bike riding and making up stories to tell his children and grandchildren...
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William Stortz
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- William Melvin James Stortz, 68, of Perryville died Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Paul Winningham officiating. Burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville...
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Bill Mansell
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
Billie Dean "Bill" Mansell, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, May 20, 2022, at Lutheran Home. He was born Feb. 3, 1939, to the late Genevieve Stuckey Menz in Benton, Missouri. After graduating from Oran (Missouri) High School, he joined the U.S. Army. He married Rita Leona Meyer from Benton, and they had five children...
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Marlene Honaker
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
Marlene Mary Dumont Honaker passed away peacefully Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Jackson Manor. She was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 5, 1943, to Bernard and Catherine Gregan Dumont. In 1951, the family moved to Crawfordsville, Iowa, where she spent most of her raising...
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Mary Buchheit
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Jane Buchheit, 97, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. June 6 at United Methodist Church in Perryville. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. June 6 at the church, with the Rev. Kevin Barron officiating. Burial will be at Home Cemetery in Perryville...
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Judith Birk
(Obituary ~ 05/28/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Judith Ann Birk, 80, of Charleston passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, while surrounded by her loving family in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 14, 1941, in Sikeston, Missouri, to the late Lyman and Monteen McCann Dame. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. She retired as a bookkeeper at John Deere in Sikeston. She had also been a real estate agent with Bollinger Real Estate and had previously worked as a teacher's aide at Kelly Elementary School...
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