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Sponsored: Local VFW marks 80 years, seeking new members
(B Magazine ~ 06/28/22)
The Clippard Wilson Taylor, Post 3838 is celebrating its 80th year supporting veterans and their families. VFW Post #3838 and its Auxiliary are committed to initiatives to provide funds for The Avenue of Flags in Cape County Park, Homeless Awareness and solutions in our community, the Legacy Wall memorializing our loved ones and supporting youth through various contests promoting patriotism, scouting, and JAFROTC at Central High School...
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Early morning shooting in Cape leaves one injured
(Local News ~ 06/28/22)
A man was shot multiple times at approximately 1:20 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of South Sprigg and William streets in Cape Girardeau, according to the police department. Cape Girardeau police officers are investigating the case and no one has been taken into custody, police Cpl. Ryan Droege said via text message...
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Fireworks sales begin in Cape Girardeau, Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/28/22)
The sale of fireworks in Cape Girardeau and Jackson officially began Monday as Fourth of July celebrations will kick off around the cities this week. Residents could buy fireworks starting at 8 a.m. Monday and will be able to buy them from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day until Fourth of July. Fireworks can be sold only from licensed stands and people must be at least 17 years old to purchase them...
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CrossRoads Church to host food distribution
(Local News ~ 06/28/22)
CrossRoads Church will be partnering with Southeast Missouri Food Bank to help feed hungry Cape Girardeau County residents. The food distribution will occur from 10 a.m. to noon today at the church, 4400 E. Jackson Blvd. in Jackson, with eligibility to receive food supplies determined by residency and household size. The distribution effort is hosted regularly by CrossRoads Church on the fourth Tuesday of every month...
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Summer Exercise Challenge: Have fun experiencing new ways of moving
(06/28/22)
It’s officially summer on June 21, and we’re in a summer state of mind. With the free time and warmer weather of summer comes the opportunity to experience new ways to exercise, and our region offers a plethora of fun ways to move. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends individuals get 150 minutes of moderate physical activity each week, with two days of muscle-strengthening activity. ...
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Supreme Court backs coach in praying on field after games
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Monday a high school football coach who knelt and prayed on the field after games was protected by the Constitution, a decision opponents said would open the door to "much more coercive prayer" in public schools...
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Shaping a Space: A look inside a synagogue-turned-pottery-studio
(Community ~ 06/28/22)
Until 1938, Cape Girardeau’s Jewish community had no permanent home. Instead, worship services were held in rented, public spaces such as the Elks Building on Themis Street or Houck Field House. By 1930, with approximately 15 Jewish families living in Cape Girardeau, a Hebrew school was organized. Classes were conducted each Sunday on the second floor of the Cape Girardeau Building and Loan Association building on Main Street, with a teacher traveling to Cape Girardeau from St. Louis...
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Jackson official outlines details of wastewater bond issue
(Local News ~ 06/28/22)
In just a little over a month, Jackson residents will have the chance to vote on possible improvements to the city's wastewater treatment facility. The $10.1 million bond issue is over a proposed no-tax 10% increase on sewer rates for the city in order to pay for replacements and upgrades to the facility and will appear on the ballot Aug. 2...
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Prayer 6-28-22
(Prayer ~ 06/28/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for servant leaders. Bless them, Lord. Amen.
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Post-Roe America begins now
(Column ~ 06/28/22)
"Nights of Rage" are how some pro-abortion activists described their plans for the days following the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. By the time you read this, I hope we will know it was all talk from extremists. But in the weeks after the draft leak of the decision, there was violence. In a country of division, can we at least stand up against more violence — even beyond the violence of abortion?...
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Shared parenting should get more attention by state legislature
(Column ~ 06/28/22)
The 2022 Missouri legislative session ended with not much getting done. With redistricting, it seemed as though opposing factions were fighting the entire session. Shared parenting legislation did not even get on the House floor. In the past, this legislation has passed the full House and Senate committees with overwhelming majorities...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 6/28/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Assault n First-degree assault/attempt serious physical injury, unlawful use of a weapon, shooting from a motor vehicle at person, motor vehicle or building resulting in death or injury and armed criminal action were reported on Lacey Street...
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Roberta Ulrich
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Roberta L. Ulrich, 89, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Fountainbleau Lodge nursing home. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. July 31 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 4 p.m. July 31 at the funeral home. Burial will follow in New Bethel Church Cemetery in Pocahontas...
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Carol Mouser
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Carol Lee Mouser, 73, of Jackson died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at her home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Cape Girardeau with Pastor Eddie Mouser officiating. Burial will be at Whitener Cemetery in Marquand, Missouri...
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Thomas Meyer
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Thomas Michael Meyer, 73, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at his home. He was born Feb. 16, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Thomas L. and Helen Giroir Meyer. He and Mary E. Griffith were married June 2, 1973, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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Ralph Maxton
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Ralph C. Maxton, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, June 24, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 25, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Wallace Albert and Adele Wilhelmina Obrock Maxton. He and Martha Lou Weiss were married Dec. 3, 1961, at Emanuel United Church of Christ in Jackson...
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Marilyn LeVan
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
ST. LOUIS -- Marilyn LeVan of St. Louis and formerly of Kelso, Missouri, and Cape Girardeau, died Sunday, June 19, 2022. She was born Aug. 14, 1933, to Theon and Cornetta Seyer. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Curtis; son, Kent; sister, Judy Bane; nephews, Kevin Scott and John Spitler; and several cousins...
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David Kunz
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
David Allen Kunz died Friday, June 24, 2022, in Cape Girardeau at the age of 76. He was born in St. Louis June 7, 1946, the son of August Frank Kunz and Mary Ruth Kunz. He was the oldest of six children. David attended Kirkwood (Missouri) High School and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969 with a marketing degree. Post-graduation, he served 3 years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in Vietnam...
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Irven Kidd
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Irven Edward Kidd died Sunday, June 26, 2022. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, Missouri. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Minister Bobby Stout officiating. Burial with full military honors will follow at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...
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Sammie Hise Sr.
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sammie Presson Hise Sr., 68, died Monday, June 27, 2022, at his home near Sikeston. Born Nov. 30, 1953, to the late Otis Hise and Ruth Mae Brenton White, Sammie kept his home in the Bootheel. On Dec. 15, 1972, he married Judy Myers Hise, who survives of the home...
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Barbara Herring
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Barbara Ann Herring died Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Ste. Genevieve at the age of 85 years. The daughter of the late Arthur George and Edna Juanita Barfoot Bentley Sr., she was born March 10, 1937. On Dec. 26, 1960, in Gideon, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Robert Louis Herring. He preceded her in death March 17, 2020...
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Patricia Furey
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Patricia Ann Furey, 88, of Jackson died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. July 6 at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral Mass will be at 9:30 a.m. July 7 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson with the Rev. Randolph Tochtrop officiating. Interment will follow at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis...
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Delores Eifert
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
SCOTT CITY -- Delores S. Eifert, 84, died Sunday, June 26, 2022, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Mark Boettcher officiating. Interment will follow in the Eisleben Lutheran Cemetery in Scott City...
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Edna Crader
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
Edna M. Crader, 84, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at noon at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Lorimier Cemetery...
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James Abernathy
(Obituary ~ 06/28/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- James "Jimmy" Benjamin Abernathy, 59, of Perryville died Saturday, June 25, 2022. He was born Dec. 23, 1962, in Inglewood, California, to Robert E. and Linda Reinke Abernathy. He served in the Army. James was a forklift operator at Gilster-Mary Lee in Perryville...
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They danced and died: Tragic teen party mystery in S. Africa
(International News ~ 06/28/22)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African authorities were seeking answers Monday, a day after 21 underage teenagers partying after the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a nightclub. The bodies of many of the victims, the youngest a 13-year-old girl, were discovered by police lying on tables, slumped in chairs and couches, and sprawled on the dancefloor of the club in the early hours of Sunday morning...
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US grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match recent changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus. Moderna and Pfizer have tested updated shots against the super-contagious omicron variant, and advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will debate Tuesday if it's time to make a switch -- setting the stage for similar moves by other countries...
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Supreme Court's abortion ruling sets off new court fights
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
NEW ORLEANS -- Judges temporarily blocked abortion bans Monday in Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect there immediately as the battle over whether women may end pregnancies shifted from the nation's highest court to courthouses around the country...
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Families brace for changes to pandemic-era free school meals
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
ESSEX, Vt. -- Before the pandemic, there was no room in the budget for Kate Murphy's children to buy lunch at school. She and her husband would buy in bulk and make bag lunches at home. So the free school meals that were made available to students nationwide amid the crisis have brought welcome relief, especially since her husband lost his job last year at a bakery company that closed...
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Crowded shopping mall in Ukraine takes hit from Russian missile strike
(International News ~ 06/28/22)
KREMENCHUK, Ukraine -- Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an "unimaginable" number of victims in "one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history."...
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Jan. 6 panel calls surprise hearing to present new evidence
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- The House Jan. 6 panel is calling a surprise hearing this week to present evidence it says it recently obtained, raising expectations of new bombshells in the sweeping investigation into the Capitol insurrection. The hearing scheduled for noon today comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week recess. Lawmakers on the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said last week that there would be no more hearings until July...
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3 killed, dozens injured in truck-train crash in Northwest Missouri
(State News ~ 06/28/22)
MENDON, Mo. -- An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said...
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Out of the past: June 28
(Out of the Past ~ 06/28/22)
Cape Girardeau's Safe House for Women received a public boost yesterday afternoon from House Speaker Newt Gingrich; the Georgia Republican spoke to a gathering of about 30 Safe House supporters at the Holiday Inn prior to a fund-raiser for Rep. Jo Ann Emerson; Gingrich routinely couples charity events with political fund-raisers in his trips around the country; Emerson also spoke and presented two checks totaling $1,500 to the women's shelter...
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UPDATED: Voters switch lopsidedly to GOP, in warning for Dems
(National News ~ 06/28/22)
WASHINGTON — A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party’s gains in recent years are becoming Republicans. Across 31 states, about two-thirds of voters who have switched their official party registrations in the past year have switched to the Republican Party, according to voter registration data analyzed by The Associated Press. ...
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