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Free dental care available to veterans Saturday
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
On Saturday, Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. This will be the 18th Day of Service for the company, which provides dental care for veterans at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care...
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Flesh Hound: an artist's permanent story
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
"I tattoo people. I answer phones. I pay bills. I clean toilets," said Renee Roark Gordon, owner and artist at Flesh Hound Tattoo Studio. Running a tattoo parlor isn't always glamorous, but it's what allowed Gordon to find herself. "I've been an artist my whole life," Gordon said...
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Discovery Playhouse: more than day care
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
"Most people, if they don't have kids, don't know what happens here," said Michael Toeniskoetter, executive director at Discovery Playhouse. Located at 502 Broadway, Discovery Playhouse is often falsely dismissed as day care. "The general perception of who and what we were, kind of an indoor playground, has spilled over into the modern day. ...
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Capitol riot panel blames Trump for 1/6 'attempted coup'
(National News ~ 06/10/22)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an "attempted coup" and a direct result of the defeated president's effort to overturn the 2020 election...
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Sponsored: Bootheel Fence Company a local, reliable partner in the area for two decades
(B Magazine ~ 06/10/22)
Traditional values and a solid work ethic while providing American-made products have been a long-standing tradition for Bootheel Fence Company. For more than 20 years, Bootheel Fence Company has offered both commercial and residential products that include, but are not limited to, decorative and security fencing, estate gates and operators...
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Schnucks goes back to masks for dozens of its stores, but not Cape
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, because of a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, is again requiring its employees and vendor suppliers to wear face coverings in 42 of its 112 grocery outlets in the St. Louis area. According to company's website, "to help maximize protection from COVID-19, Schnucks is requiring all teammates and vendor partners -- regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status -- to wear a face covering in stores that are located in counties where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider COVID community levels to be high," the advisory posted this week read.. ...
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Cape Girardeau County picks 'short list' for renovation/expansion plans
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners voted to invite three design-build firms to submit proposals for renovation of the now-vacant 1908 courthouse and expansion of the frequently overcrowded county jail, both in Jackson. All three companies -- Little Dixie Construction of Columbia, Missouri; Penzel-Construction of Jackson; and River City Construction of Ashland, Missouri -- had previously responded to the county's call for a request for qualifications, an initial step in the bidding process...
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Shots fired result in Cape arrest
(Local News ~ 06/10/22)
A suspect was in custody Friday for alleged shots fired in Cape Girardeau. According to Cpl. Ryan Droege of Cape Girardeau Police Department, an officer was on Whitener Street and heard gunfire. Witnesses directed officers to a nearby apartment, where they arrested a subject and located a firearm...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/10/22)
Today is Friday, June 10, the 161st day of 2022. There are 204 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 10, 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq ended as Israel and Syria accepted a United Nations-mediated cease-fire...
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Growing public pressure around disappearances in the Amazon
(International News ~ 06/10/22)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Top news editors, U.S. lawmakers, soccer superstars and Hollywood celebrities are urging Brazilian authorities to intensify their search for British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous official Bruno Pereira, who disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon last weekend...
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Three foreign fighters get death sentence
(International News ~ 06/10/22)
BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death Thursday for fighting on Ukraine's side, in a punishment handed down by the country's pro-Moscow rebels. The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of war...
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Iran pulls UN nuclear-watching cameras in possible 'fatal blow' to deal
(International News ~ 06/10/22)
VIENNA -- Iran has started removing 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites across the country, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog said Thursday, warning this could deal a "fatal blow" to the tattered nuclear deal as Tehran enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels...
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No way out as Iraq's dangerous impasse deepens
(International News ~ 06/10/22)
BAGHDAD -- Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn't have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock. Political elites are embroiled in cutthroat competition for power, even as the country faces growing challenges, including an impending food crisis resulting from severe drought and the war in Ukraine...
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An appreciation for law enforcement officials
(Editorial ~ 06/10/22)
June 11-18 is Law Enforcement Appreciation Week. This is a career path many of us don't want to even remotely consider. It's certainly not for the faint of heart. And many of the positions come with little pay, mountains of stress and ultimately putting your life on the line for the sake of public safety...
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Remote work needs to end
(Column ~ 06/10/22)
America needs to go back to work. Elon Musk ordered Tesla employees back to the office full time last week. Tesla will "create and actually manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth," Musk said. "This will not happen by phoning it in."...
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Prayer 6-10-22
(Prayer ~ 06/10/22)
O Lord Jesus, may we look for opportunities to be a blessing to others. Amen.
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Challenge for Biden is to rally Americas around a shared vision
(National News ~ 06/10/22)
LOS ANGELES -- President Joe Biden tried to present a unifying vision for the Western Hemisphere on Thursday even as the Summit of the Americas has been wracked by divisions and absences that make it hard to bring North and South America together around shared goals on migration, the economy and climate...
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Fire report 6-10-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/10/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 8 n Medical assists were made at 10:18 a.m. on Old Hopper Road; 3:03 p.m. on Bertling Street; 3:50 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 7:23 p.m. on North Kingshighway. n At 10:36 a.m., fire alarm on Linden Street...
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Justice announces probe into La. State Police
(National News ~ 06/10/22)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights investigation into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene...
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Michigan Republican candidate Kelley charged for Capitol riot role
(State News ~ 06/10/22)
DETROIT -- Ryan Kelley, one of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor and an ardent defender of former President Donald Trump, was charged with misdemeanors Thursday for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kelley, 40, was arrested in western Michigan and awaits a court hearing in Grand Rapids, FBI spokeswoman Mara Schneider said...
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House approves 'red flag' gun bill; passage unlikely through Senate
(National News ~ 06/10/22)
WASHINGTON -- The House approved a "red flag" bill Thursday that would allow families, police and others to ask federal courts to order the removal of firearms from people at extreme risk of harming themselves or others. It's the Democratic-controlled chamber's latest response to U.S. mass shootings and likely stands little chance in the Senate...
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Privately owned drinking water wells at more risk
(State News ~ 06/10/22)
ST. LOUIS -- After a record-setting Midwestern rainstorm that damaged thousands of homes and businesses, Stefanie Johnson's farmhouse in Blandinsville, Illinois, didn't have safe drinking water for nearly two months. Flood water poured into her well, turning the water a muddy brown and forcing Johnson, her husband and their two young children to use store-bought supplies. ...
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Police report 6-10-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/10/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Saint Francis Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported on Kingsway Drive. Assault n Third-degree assault was reported on Bellevue Street...
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Ted Elliott
(Obituary ~ 06/10/22)
Theodore "Ted" Alton Elliott, 80, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Sikeston, Missouri, died Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Ford & Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Ron Watts officiating. Burial will be at Garden of Memories in Sikeston...
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Out of the past: June 10
(Out of the Past ~ 06/10/22)
Area municipal pools have been getting the cold shoulder from residents since Memorial Day because of unseasonably cool weather; Doug Gannon, recreation and aquatics coordinator for the Cape Girardeau Parks Department, said attendance was down by a third during this Memorial Day weekend compared to last year...
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Cape Girardeau Pilots' Club
(Submitted Story ~ 06/10/22)
Katrina Amos, the Cape Girardeau Airport Manager, visited the Tuesday, June 7 meeting of the Cape Girardeau Pilots' Club as the Guest Speaker. Ms. Amos discussed the new terminal building, airport improvement projects, and proposed airline changes. The Club recognized Ms. Amos for her contributions to the Cape Girardeau Airport and support of the Club by Awarding her with lifetime Honorary Membership...
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