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Sponsored: Heisserer provides chiropractic care, acupuncture to help patients live pain-free
(B Magazine ~ 06/21/22)
Since childhood, Dr. Anne Heisserer has always been interested in helping others. Her father set the example working as a pharmacist. Throughout college, Dr. Heisserer investigated several avenues of study before deciding that chiropractic care best suited her personality and goals...
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Cape Girardeau-based HIV partnership forms
(Local News ~ 06/21/22)
Local survivors of sexual assault who may have had exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, will be able to access help from multiple agencies via a new partnership announced Monday by Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO NASV)...
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Jackson aldermen OK large ARPA allocation to senior center
(Local News ~ 06/21/22)
By a unanimous vote Monday, Jackson Board of Aldermen approved a $109,000 payment to the Jackson Senior Center Foundation, 2690 Travelers Way — which was hit hard by COVID-19. The money comes from the municipality's share of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds...
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Facebook removes Eric Greitens's Senate campaign 'RINO hunting' video
(State News ~ 06/21/22)
WASHINGTON — Facebook on Monday removed a campaign video by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens that shows him brandishing a shotgun and declaring he's hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. In the ad, Greitens, a former Missouri governor who resigned in disgrace in 2018, is flanked by a tactical unit outside a home on a tree-lined street as he whispers, "The RINO feeds on corruption and is marked by the stripes of cowardice," using a term popularized by former President Donald Trump and his allies to deride moderate or establishment Republicans.. ...
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Cape City Council approves airport carrier change
(Local News ~ 06/21/22)
The decision over the airline for the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport took up the majority of the Cape Girardeau City Council meeting for the second time this month. Council members voted unanimously to change service from current provider SkyWest. Contour Aviation will serve as the airport's new carrier service, pending approval of the change from the U.S. ...
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Speak Out 6-21-22
(Speak Out ~ 06/21/22)
With inflation rising weekly all the Democrats and Biden can do is look to blame anyone but their reckless spending and assault on oil companies. As far as the spending, they are not totally at fault. This has been going on for decades and now we will feel the pain for many years to come, but their regulations on oil companies along with stopping key pipelines from being built is the reason for everything we buy skyrocketing and has made oil companies profits soar -- which is not what the Democrats intended. ...
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Prayer 6-21-22
(Prayer ~ 06/21/22)
O Lord God, may we lovingly tell others about your gift of salvation. Amen.
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What do we prefer?
(Column ~ 06/21/22)
Do we prefer abortion? That's the question we should be asking right now as Americans. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recoils when asked about her position on abortion. If the reporter who asks her is a man, she tends to try to put him in his place by pointing out that she is a mother and a grandmother. ...
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A consummate con artist
(Letter to the Editor ~ 06/21/22)
During his testimony at the Jan. 6 Congressional Committee, Trump's former Attorney General Barr said, among other things, that Trump was out of touch with reality, as no amount of evidence to the contrary changed his belief that the election was stolen from him. The fact is, Trump was never delusional. He knew that he lost the election...
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Area Police report 6/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Star Vue Court. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Benton Street...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/21/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/21/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 19 n Medical assists were made at 1:57 p.m. on South Frederick Street; 4:21 p.m. at Doctors Park. n At 5:04 p.m., lift assist on South West End Boulevard.
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Mike Schmittzehe
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
BALLWIN, Mo. -- David Michael "Mike" Schmittzehe was baptized into the hope of Christ's resurrection, passing away Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Mike was the son of Donald Eugene and Wanda Allene Below Schmittzehe. He is survived by his sister, Susan Schmittzehe Wilcox (David Boudinet); nephew, Marshall Werner Joseph Wilcox (Alexa Clarevjo); and niece, Hilary Marshall Wilcox...
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Gloria Miller
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Gloria Jean Miller, 80, of Tamms passed away at 5:21 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Gloria was born June 9, 1942, to Ralph and Nellie Wehrenberg Wilson. In her early years, she worked as a beautician and then began her career as a shipping clerk for Servicemaster in Cairo, Illinois...
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Dorris Mason
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
Dorris Mason, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, June 17, 2022, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born Feb. 25, 1928, in Cape Girardeau to Arthur C. and Hattie B. Harper Vogelsang. She and Dennis G. "Gene" Mason were married July 31, 1948, in Arkansas. They had been married 69 years when Gene passed away Oct. 17, 2017...
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James Martin
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
BENTON, Mo. -- James Dale Martin, 78, of Benton died Sunday, June 19, 2022, at his home. He was born March 22, 1944, in Cairo, Illinois, to William Ray and Agatha McDaniel Martin. He and Tamara Wachter were married May 24, 1989, at Jackson. Jim was a graduate of Charleston (Missouri) High School...
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Chandler James
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
BLOOMSDALE, Mo. -- Chandler Adolph James, 83, of Bloomsdale, formerly of Marion and Cahokia, Illinois, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois. He was born May 31, 1939, in Brownwood, Missouri, to the late Max Adolph and Mary Kate Chandler James. He married Carol Shirrell Dougan on June 16, 2014...
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Frances England
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
Frances Marie England, 86, of Oak Ridge stepped through the gates of heaven and into the arms of Jesus on Sunday, June 19, 2022. She passed peacefully at her home, with family at her side. She was born March 30, 1936, in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Elmer and Aletha Hardaway. Frances was a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force...
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Gleeda Bruhl
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
Gleeda Dorothy Bruhl, 95, of Jackson died Sunday, June 19, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson and from 10 a.m. until service time on Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas...
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Martin Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Martin "Shorty" V. Bohnert, 91, of Perryville died Friday, June 17, 2022, at Holiday Residential Care surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. The American Legion wake service will take place at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Jerry Beaver
(Obituary ~ 06/21/22)
Jerry Raymond Beaver, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home Mount Auburn in Cape Girardeau. A private service will be held Friday at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum, in Cape Girardeau with Pastor Loren Boettcher officiating. Burial will be at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau at a later date...
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Cambodian catches world's largest recorded freshwater fish
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
BANGKOK -- The world's largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States. The stingray, captured on June 13, measured almost 13 feet from snout to tail and weighed slightly under 660 pounds, according to a statement Monday by Wonders of the Mekong, a joint Cambodian-U.S. research project...
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Petro faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as president, but the slim victory is a cue that a large portion of the country rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro, who will have to consider their concerns and negotiate with a divided Congress to deliver on promises...
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Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Authorities in India and Bangladesh struggled Monday to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in days of flooding that have submerged wide swaths of the countries. The floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people, marooned millions and flooded millions of houses...
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Japan court says ban on same-sex marriage constitutional
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
TOKYO -- A Japanese court ruled Monday that the country's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union and equality has been violated. The Osaka District Court ruling is the second decision on the issue, and disagrees with a ruling last year by a Sapporo court that found the ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional. ...
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Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
NEW YORK -- The Nobel Peace Prize auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. A spokesperson for Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale, could not confirm the identity of the buyer but said the winning bid was made by proxy. The $103.5 million sale translates to $100 million Swiss francs, hinting that the buyer is from overseas...
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Arizona fires sweep land rich with ancient sites, artifacts
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- As Jason Nez scans rugged mountains, high desert and cliffsides for signs of ancient tools and dwellings unique to the U.S. Southwest, he keeps in mind that they're part of a bigger picture. And, fire is not new to them. "They have been burned many, many times, and that's healthy," said Nez, a Navajo archaeologist and firefighter. "A lot of our cultural resources we see as living, and living things are resilient."...
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Crypto investors' hot streak ends as harsh 'winter' descends
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
NEW YORK -- The wealth-generating hot streak for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has turned brutally cold. As prices plunge, companies collapse and skepticism soars, fortunes and jobs are disappearing overnight, and investors' feverish speculation has been replaced by icy calculation, in what industry leaders are referring to as a "crypto winter."...
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Sweltering streets: Hundreds of homeless die in extreme heat
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
PHOENIX -- Hundreds of blue, green and grey tents are pitched under the sun's searing rays in downtown Phoenix, a jumble of flimsy canvas and plastic along dusty sidewalks. Here, in the hottest big city in America, thousands of homeless people swelter as the summer's triple digit temperatures arrive...
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How much for gas? Around the world, pain is felt at the pump
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
COLOGNE, Germany -- At a gas station near the Cologne, Germany, airport, Bernd Mueller watches the digits quickly climb on the pump: 22 euros ($23), 23 euros, 24 euros. The numbers showing how much gasoline he's getting rise, too. But much more slowly. Painfully slowly...
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Despite Western arms, Ukraine is outgunned in the east
(International News ~ 06/21/22)
BAKHMUT, Ukraine -- Holed up in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops keep a careful accounting of their ammunition, using a door as a sort of ledger. Scrawled in chalk on the door are figures for mortar shells, smoke shells, shrapnel shells, flares...
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Shots for tots: COVID vaccinations start for little US kids
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: "Is today vaccine day?" For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes. The nation's infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots this week. Shipments arrived in some locations over the weekend and some spots, including a Walgreens in South Carolina and another in New York City, opened up appointments for Monday...
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Yellowstone Park aims for quick reopening after floods
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
GARDINER, Mont. -- Most of Yellowstone National Park should reopen within the next two weeks -- much faster than originally expected after record floods pounded the region last week and knocked out major roads, federal officials said. Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said the world-renowned park will be able to accommodate fewer visitors for the time being, and it will take more time to restore road connections with some southern Montana communities...
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Georgia's Raffensperger among witnesses for next 1/6 hearing
(National News ~ 06/21/22)
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is set to testify today at the House Jan. 6 committee about the pressure he faced from former President Donald Trump to "find 11,780" votes that could flip the state to prevent Joe Biden's election victory...
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Father of teen killed on Florida ride fears death forgotten
(State News ~ 06/21/22)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a towering Florida amusement park ride said Monday that he fears his son's death will be forgotten, with tragic consequences for future ride patrons...
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Out of the past: June 21
(Out of the Past ~ 06/21/22)
Southeast Missouri State University plans to construct new athletic fields at Sprigg and Bertling streets; the improvements include three soccer fields, two recreational softball fields and an intercollegiate softball field; all the fields will be lighted, and restrooms and a concession area will also be built, along with parking for 200 vehicles; the project is estimated to cost $2 million...
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Confirmation at Guardian Angel Parish
(Submitted Story ~ 06/21/22)
Thursday,June 16 was a joyous day at Guardian Angel Parish as 21 (20 GA and 1 St Ambrose) teens received their Sacrament of Confirmation. The 7th, 8th, and 9th graders had been studying under the guidance of Fr Joseph Kelly and Mrs. Michelle Priggel over the past several months. The Guardian Angel students took the classes along with the teens of St Ambrose. St Ambrose held their Confirmation on Wednesday, June 15...
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