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Sponsored: Pre-planning final wishes with Ford & Sons Is the smart and caring decision
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Arranging the details of your funeral and cemetery services sounds difficult, but having a plan in place is smart and caring. It allows your loved ones to celebrate your life without the added stress of planning during an already-difficult time. Whether considering a traditional funeral, cremation services or a service that represents your unique interests, pre-planning guarantees your memorial is done your way. You also have the chance to “freeze” prices, saving your family money in the future...
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Scott City issues boil-water advisory
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
Scott City officials issued a boil-water advisory Thursday afternoon for all Scott City water users. A release from the city stated the advisory was to be in effect for 48 hours, according to Cletus Glueck, Public Works Department supervisor. The release noted residents may check the city's website and social media for updates...
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Stoddard County man sentenced to 50 years in prison
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
A Stoddard County, Missouri, man, Shawn Yount, was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday by Judge Joe Z. Satterfield. Yount was convicted May 5 of five counts of burglary and stealing. "Shawn Yount has been a menace to Stoddard County business owners and residents. ...
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Campbell Trust makes $4M in additional charitable gifts
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The trustees of the trust established by the late Harryette Campbell of Sikeston recently announced $4 million in gifts to higher education and national not-for-profits. These gifts are in addition to previous gifts specified in Campbell's Trust of over $2.3 million to local and national not-for-profits and higher education made in March 2022...
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Ice cream break
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
Whitney Rowley, middle, and her children, Laurel and Tag, enjoy their ice cream Wednesday on the Cape Girardeau riverfront while they watch a ship dock.
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Jackson sworn in, becomes first Black woman on Supreme Court
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court's 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement was effective at noon...
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River City Players presenting locally written play this summer
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
"KatyDid," a "whimsical, short summer comedy" play written and directed by Roseanna Whitlow-Greenwood is the summer production of River City Players. The play will be presented July 14 through 17. Performances, accompanied by buffets, will be held on the second floor of Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant and Lounge, 19 N..Water St...
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Missouri roadway fatalities down from 2021
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
Missouri traffic fatalities have dropped a "modest" 7% in the first half of this year compared to 2021, according to a news release from the state Department of Transportation. There were 413 fatalities from Missouri crashes from Jan. 1 to June 22 compared to 445 people killed in crashes in the same time frame last year...
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Downtown Cape businesses receive grant money for facade improvement
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
A total of 10 Cape Girardeau businesses received a portion of a $9,000 grant raised by Old Town Cape with matching funds of up to $1,500. Every business which applied for the grant received a portion of the funding. A news release from the organization on Tuesday stated, "Old Town Cape and its Design Committee created the 2022 Facade Improvement Grant to improve the appearance and curb appeal of commercial buildings in Cape Girardeau, stimulate the economic performance of downtown businesses, attract new investment, and inspire community pride.". ...
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Abandoned puppies find homes; SEMO Pets holding adoption event
(Local News ~ 07/01/22)
All the neglected puppies abandoned at an area high-traffic intersection in May have been fully rehabilitated and sent to loving homes within only a few weeks of being rescued, according to Tracy Poston, executive director of Southeast Missouri Pets in Cape Girardeau...
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Parson signs $48B Missouri budget, cuts tax refund program
(State News ~ 07/01/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday approved most of a roughly $48 billion state budget while cutting $500 million lawmakers had set aside for tax refunds. The budget outlines spending on state programs and services for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins today...
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Businesses, organizations tackle food insecurity in the ‘land of plenty’
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Food insecurity continues to be an issue in the United States, including in agriculturally-rich Southeast Missouri. Some of the area’s most rural communities continue to be the hardest hit, with the COVID-19 pandemic also contributing to the challenges...
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Business Briefs
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
TRUCKERS LOSE THEIR RIDES DUE TO CANNIBIS Marijuana violations, according to stacker.com, have taken more than 10,000 truckers off the road thus far in 2022. A total of 10,276 commercial vehicle drivers have tested positive for marijuana use, an increase of nearly one-third year-to-year from 2021...
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Sponsored: Community Counseling Center Leader Says Mental Health Is Just as Important as Physical Health
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Experts say your mental health is just as important as your physical health. Wendy Ice, Chief Executive Officer of the Community Counseling Center (CCC), believes seeking mental health treatment should be just as common as going to your primary care physician to care for your physical needs...
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Century Casino directors attend hotel groundbreaking in Cape Girardeau
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Century Casino Cape Girardeau held a groundbreaking ceremony on May 26 for its new $26 million, nine-story hotel. According to Lyle Randolph, vice president of operations and general manager at Century Casino Cape Girardeau, the hotel will have 69 rooms — with most featuring a view of the Mississippi River...
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Sponsored: Natural Health Organic Foods owner talks importance of locally produced items
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Since 1996, Natural Health Organic Foods has been a source of locally produced items, including eggs from Family Friendly Farm, honey from Riverbend Honey and Shady Lane, rice from Cahokia Rice and Inland Cape, gluten-free baked goods from Mandy’s Gluten-Free Bakery, milk and poultry products from Farmstead Farms and grass-fed beef from Sunny Ridge Farm...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
Today is Friday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2022. There are 183 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 1, 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program went into effect. On this date: In 1863, the pivotal, three-day Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, resulting in a Union victory, began in Pennsylvania...
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Prayer 7-1-22
(Prayer ~ 07/01/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you that in you we find strength, for you are our fortress. Amen.
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Several events on schedule for Independence Day weekend
(Editorial ~ 07/01/22)
Americans will celebrate our country's 246th birthday this weekend, and there are several events on the schedule in Southeast Missouri. The Great American Fourth of July will be held at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau on Monday evening. The grandstand opens at 7:30 p.m. ...
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The CDC is deceiving the public again
(Column ~ 07/01/22)
If you have to go to the hospital, you don't want to end up in a dangerous one. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knows which hospitals are riskiest, but it's hiding that information from you -- your safety be damned. The feds seem to think they work for the hospital industry, not for you...
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Linda Elledge
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
Linda Kay Elledge, 71, of Scott City died Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Oct. 7, 1950, to Paul Eugene and Bessie Magdlene Robinson Noland. She married Robert Lawrence Elledge on Feb. 24, 1990. He preceded her in death Dec. 23, 2020...
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Troy Dooley
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
DEER PARK, Wash. -- Troy Dooley of Deer Park, formerly of Jackson, passed away Thursday, June 9, 2022, at his home. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Wilma Tackett Dooley, and two daughters, Judi Poynor of Deer Park and Jeri Cole of Moscow Mills, Missouri; eight grandchildren, Robyn Hofmeister of Wentzville, Missouri; Josh Cole of Wright City, Missouri; Patrick Cole of O'Fallon, Missouri; Brennon Poynor Millwood of Washington; Jordon Poynor of Walla Walla, Washington; Morgan DeAnda of Warrenton, Missouri; Evan Poynor of Post Falls, Indiana; and Cody Cole of St. ...
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Paula Chapman
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
Paula Marie Chapman, 74, daughter of the late Paul and Janet Eden Moore, was born March 12, 1948, in Anoka, Minnesota, and departed her life Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. On July 5, 1968, she married Ellston Chapman in Anoka at the Anoka Assembly of God. He survives...
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John Biler
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- John Edward Biler, 89, son of the late Eugene and Luella Thompson Biler, was born July 22, 1932, in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed his life Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at his home in Chaffee. On Jan. 22, 1955, he was united in marriage to Donna Lee Denton in Chaffee. She preceded him in death...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 7/1/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Marlin Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Perryville Road. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 7/1/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 28 n Medical assists were made at 12:05 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 6:31 a.m. on William Street; 11:11 a.m. on Doctors Park Drive; 12:18 p.m. on William Street; 5:10 p.m. on South Lorimier Street...
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Crypto rules to make Europe a global leader as prices plunge
(International News ~ 07/01/22)
LONDON -- Europe has moved to lead the world in regulating the freewheeling cryptocurrency industry at a time when prices have plunged, wiping out fortunes, fueling skepticism and sparking calls for tighter scrutiny. European Union negotiators hammered out the final details for a provisional agreement late Thursday on a sweeping package of crypto regulations for the bloc's 27 nations, known as Markets in Crypto Assets, or MiCA...
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NATO vows to guard 'every inch of territory' as Russia fumes
(International News ~ 07/01/22)
MADRID -- An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labeled Russia "a direct threat" to the security of their nations...
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Alabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youths. The case marks one of the first known instances in which a conservative state has tried to apply the abortion ruling to other realms, just as LGBTQ advocates and others were afraid would happen...
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Fourth of July: All eyes are on airlines as holiday weekend nears
(Community ~ 07/01/22)
DALLAS -- Airlines that have stumbled badly over the last two holidays face their biggest test yet of whether they can handle big crowds when July Fourth travelers mob the nation's airports this weekend. Problems were popping up well before the weekend, with some disruptions caused by thunderstorms that slowed air traffic...
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Buttigieg launches $1B pilot to build racial equity in roads
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday launched a $1 billion first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities despite the program's limited dollars...
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OPEC+ oil boost likely not much help to high gasoline prices
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
NEW YORK -- The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing nations decided Thursday to boost production of crude by an amount that will likely do little to relieve high gasoline prices at the pump and energy-fueled inflation plaguing the global economy. The increase of 648,000 barrels per day in August still leaves the world thirsty for oil as it rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic and runs up against the inability of the 23-member OPEC+ alliance to meet its production quotas...
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Arizona county had largest white, Black, Hispanic growth
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
Metro Phoenix's Maricopa County had among the biggest population growth in white, Black, American Indian and Hispanic residents last year, as well as the biggest increase overall of any U.S. county. Meanwhile, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in California's Inland Empire also had some of the largest jumps in Hispanic and American Indian residents, according to population estimates released Thursday...
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From stocks to crypto, a punishing six months for investors
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
Americans with stock portfolios or retirement investment plans would likely prefer to forget the last six months. The S&P 500, Wall Street's broad benchmark for many stock funds, closed the first half of 2022 with a loss of more than 20% after starting the year at an all-time high. It's the worst start to a year since 1970, when Apple and Microsoft had yet to be founded...
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Judge to block Florida abortion ban; Kentucky ban on hold
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida judge said Thursday that he will temporarily block a 15-week ban on abortions in his state, but his bench ruling won't take effect before the ban becomes law Friday -- an issue that could cause confusion for patients as well as abortion providers...
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US official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
SAN ANTONIO -- The tractor-trailer at the center of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead had passed through an inland U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with migrants inside the sweltering rig earlier in its journey, a U.S. official said Thursday...
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'We cannot pause our lives': Ukrainians begin rebuilding
(International News ~ 07/01/22)
YAHIDNE, Ukraine -- On the outskirts of a Ukrainian village stand the remnants of a small school that was partially destroyed in the early weeks of the Russian invasion. Surrounded by tall pine trees, the school's broken windows offer glimpses of abandoned classrooms that are unlikely to see students again anytime soon. It is just one of many buildings in Yahidne that were shattered by the war...
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Russian forces leave strategically significant Snake Island, keep up eastern assault
(International News ~ 07/01/22)
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine -- Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk...
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Biden can end Trump-era asylum policy, Supreme Court says
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Thursday the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era immigration policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration courts, a victory for a White House that still must address the growing number of people seeking refuge at America's southern border...
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Supreme Court decision may slow transition to cleaner energy
(National News ~ 07/01/22)
NEW YORK -- The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could have far-reaching consequences for the energy sector -- and make it harder for the Biden administration to meet its goal of having the U.S. power grid run on clean energy by 2035...
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Speak Out 7/1/22
(Speak Out ~ 07/01/22)
I wish the city would be more honest about these city raises for all the employees. They don't tell you that employees that have worked for the city 20-plus years at most only will get a 2% raise while all the new hires and employees that have worked for the city a year to five years are getting the almost 12% raise. ...
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Out of the past: July 1
(Out of the Past ~ 07/01/22)
Some M&W Packaging employees are being laid off with two weeks of severance pay, a senior employee at the plant says; although employees of M&W, which produces much of nearby Procter & Gamble Paper Products' plastic packaging, say they have been told by plant officials that recent layoffs are a result of an end-of-the-fiscal-year slowdown at P&G and are only temporary, some suspect they may be permanently terminated; "Two weeks severance pay isn't a layoff; that is termination," says a senior employee, who speaks only on condition of anonymity.. ...
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Rosie Choate
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
Rosie L. Choate, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at Southeast Hospital. She was born March 14, 1943, in San Antonio, Texas, to Nieves and Carlota Arocha Lara. She was a member of the Church on the Rock in Sikeston, Missouri. Survivors include a son, Edward H Jaco of Cape Girardeau; brother, Felix Lara of Texas; eight grandchildren, Jason Jaco of Jackson, Jessica Jaco of Jackson, Stephanie Jaco of Michigan, Catherine Jaco of Cape Girardeau, Allison Jaco of Cape Girardeau, Robert Griffith of Cape Girardeau, Amber Seeley of Jackson and Jennifer Howard of Cape Girardeau; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.. ...
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Sponsored: Spurlock talks diversity and inclusion
(B Magazine ~ 07/01/22)
Co-owner of the Digital Foundry Robert Spurlock spoke with B Magazine writer Nate Gautier about his marketing agency and why diversity and inclusion are important. What is important for people to know about diversity and inclusion (D&I)? Spurlock: “People can be LGBTQ+ in Cape Girardeau and successful. The reason I want to share this piece with the community is multifaceted. There are local companies who are trying to create proactive public spaces for this regionally...
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Thomas Froemsdorf
(Obituary ~ 07/01/22)
Thomas, "Tom", Henry Froemsdorf was a generous and loving husband, father, pawpaw, brother, uncle and friend. He died suddenly on June 29, 2022, at age 80. He was born in Cape Girardeau to Henry and Elizabeth Froemsdorf on Feb. 24, 1942. Tom was a 1959 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau. ...
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