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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 7/7/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of June 30 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...
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Route M, U.S. Business 61 in Scott County reduced for sidewalk construction; Improvements to close south Highway 177 in Cape County
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
Missouri Route M in Scott County — from Wheeler Street to Crites Street in Scott City — will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews construct sidewalks and update existing signals with pedestrian features. ...
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MSHP reports six traffic fatalities, one drowning over July Fourth holiday
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six traffic fatalities and one drowning occurred over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The state Highway Patrol on Tuesday released its 2022 July Fourth holiday statistics for the counting period of 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday...
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Bar cookies are good for summer get-togethers
(Community ~ 07/07/22)
Summer is the perfect time to have a few recipes for easy-to-serve bar cookies and treats. Whether going on a picnic, keeping the grandchildren or taking a treat to a get-together, bar cookies can be a delicious treat or dessert after a meal. Today I have found some recipes for you to have available whenever you need a sweet-treat pick-me-up. ...
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Cape Police Department respond to ShotSpotter detection
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
Cape Girardeau police responded Tuesday night to a gunshot detected by the city's ShotSpotter system, which was set up last month. Officers were dispatched at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday to the 900 block of College Street for the gunshot. No injuries were reported from the incident. Officers found damage to a vehicle caused by a bullet, according to Cpl. Ryan Droege...
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Trial of former Sikeston DPS officer involved in fatal crash delayed to 2023
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. — A court case concerning a former Sikeston Department of Public Safety officer involved in a deadly crash in early 2020 will now go to trial in 2023. Sikeston DPS Capt. Andrew Cooper was the driver in an accident that occurred around 9:15 p.m. Feb. 29, 2020, at East Salcedo and Columbine streets in Sikeston. A Sikeston woman died in the accident, and Cooper, along with three others, were seriously injured...
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SoutheastHEALTH’s Ken Bateman outlines a path to the future of health care
(B Magazine ~ 07/07/22)
Rising costs and increased competition are ramping up pressure on health care organizations across the country, including SoutheastHEALTH, which first opened as Southeast Missouri Hospital in 1928, a private not-for-profit hospital located in Cape Girardeau.
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A world-class way to celebrate World Chocolate Day
(Community ~ 07/07/22)
Though the last new episode aired 65 years ago, in reruns "I Love Lucy" still draws 40 million viewers every year. So even people who were not yet born when the show started have their favorites. There are plenty to choose from, including the grape stomping sequence (Lucille Ball's favorite), the Vitameatavegamin commercial, or the one where Lucy raises chickens. ...
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Bayou Cajun Smokehouse: something old, something new
(Community ~ 07/07/22)
In the beginning swells of the Mississippi River Hills, in a tiny town named after a Native American princess, lies a cinderblock building with a robust pavilion behind it. For many years, this was a business built and owned by a wonderful couple, who founded a restaurant called the Bayou Bar and Grill. ...
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Michael Rushing and Soap Box Derby: A generation spent building kids
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
"It's about building kids," explained Mike Rushing, a Jackson man soon to be inducted into the International Soap Box Derby Hall of Fame. "A kid builds the car, the car builds the kids." "The car builds the kids" is a motto directly from the All-American Soap Box Derby, a youth organization behind American racing events since 1934. Although he didn't come up with the slogan, Rushing framed his commitment to Soap Box Derby primarily around the task of developing youngsters...
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Parson visits Cape County, touts mental health efforts; partnerships between state, local agencies
(Local News ~ 07/07/22)
Gov. Mike Parson made two stops Wednesday in Southeast Missouri. The chief executive of the state stopped at Missouri's National Veterans Memorial in Perryville before traveling to Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office in Jackson as part of his tour this week focusing on veterans and public safety...
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Sponsored: Strickland Engineering continues to expand
(B Magazine ~ 07/07/22)
Strickland Engineering has excelled for more than 40 years at helping clients overcome a variety of mechanical, electrical, civic, industrial and structural engineering challenges, as well as surveying services. The company has enjoyed tremendous growth over the last few years, and its team continues to expand...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
Today is Thursday, July 7, the 188th day of 2022. There are 177 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 7, 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980...
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Prayer 7-7-22
(Prayer ~ 07/07/22)
O Lord God, we praise you, for your words will never pass away. Amen.
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The choice ahead
(Column ~ 07/07/22)
"The real question today is not when human life begins, but what is the value of human life?" President Ronald Reagan asserted this on the 10th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, in his piece "Abortion and the Conscience of America." (It was first an unsolicited submission to The Human Life Review before it became a book with other commentaries.)...
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Biden's shameful gas-station attack
(Column ~ 07/07/22)
For Joe Biden, the buck stops with small independent business owners trying to make ends meet. Over the holiday weekend, the president slammed gas stations for the purported sin of not passing along declining oil prices to motorists. Biden took to Twitter to urge "the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump" to heed his message: "Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you're paying for the product."...
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Lessons from Jan. 6 hearings
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/07/22)
The hearings of the House of Representatives Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have from an evidentiary point of view produced material which should convince a reasonable person that: n Trump attempted to convince Americans that significant levels of fraud had stolen the election from him despite knowing that he had, in fact, lost the 2020 election;...
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Speak Out 7-7-22
(Speak Out ~ 07/07/22)
Can someone tell us the logic behind the interchange at center junction? It makes no sense to me. Mitch McConnell just accused Joe Biden of acting "beneath the dignity of the president." So where was ol' Mitch during Trump's term? A recent Speak Out caller blamed Biden for the deaths of 46 migrants at the border. ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 7/7/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 5 n Medical assists were made at 3:07 a.m. on Cuesta Drive; 5:20 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 7:15 a.m. on North Street; 8:51 a.m. at County Road 217 and Highway AB near Scott City; 9:21 a.m. on Doctors Park Drive...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 7/7/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/07/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Thefts n Second-degree burglary was reported on North Kingshighway. n Theft was reported on William Street. n Theft was reported on Whitener Street. n Theft was reported...
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Terri Simpson
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Terri Lynn Simpson, 63, of Perryville died Sunday, July 3, 2022, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Janet Seabaugh
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
Janet Sue Seabaugh, daughter of the late Curtis and Martha "Aline" Chiles, was born Nov. 9, 1959, in Jackson and departed this life Sunday, July 3, 2022, at the Aspire Living Center of Advance, Missouri, at the age of 62 years. On Oct. 11, 1985, she married Ronald "Ronnie" James Seabaugh. He survives...
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Charles Markland Jr.
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
Charles Edward Markland Jr., 62, of Scott City died Sunday, July 3, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 21, 1960, in Centerville, Illinois, to Charles Edward and Charlene Moore Markland Sr. He married Rebecca Caldwell on May 26, 1979...
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Thomas Enderle
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
Thomas Dean Enderle of Scott City was born and died Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. His loving parents brought him into this world at 6:51 p.m., and he went to eternal rest with Jesus around 10:21 p.m., living a beautiful life of love and mercy. He was baptized and confirmed -- confirmation name of John -- immediately after birth...
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Patsy Dover
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
EUREKA, Mo. -- Patsy Dover, 86, of Waterloo, Illinois, died Monday, July 4, 2022, at St. Andrew's at Francis Place in Eureka. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville with Pastor David Eckstadt officiating...
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Brandon Coomer
(Obituary ~ 07/07/22)
Brandon "B-Man" Coomer, 42, of Scott City, passed away peacefully Monday, July 4, 2022, surrounded by family at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City...
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Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
Amazon will give its U.S. Prime members free access to meal delivery service Grubhub for a year under a deal announced Wednesday. The Grubhub Plus membership — which normally costs $9.99 per month — lets customers order from thousands of restaurants with no delivery fees on most orders. Amazon Prime membership costs $139 per year...
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Iranian TV: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying
(International News ~ 07/07/22)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of "espionage" and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones...
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EXPLAINER: Factors behind Sydney's recent flood emergencies
(International News ~ 07/07/22)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Parts of Australia's largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year, leaving weary residents questioning how many times they can rebuild. The latest disaster follows Sydney's wettest-ever start to a year with dams overflowing and a sodden landscape incapable of absorbing more rain that must instead run into swollen waterways...
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Biologists' fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
DENVER -- For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he'd been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn't belong there. "Give me a call when you get this!" he messaged a colleague, snapping photos...
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Favorable weather helps fight against California forest fire
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
JACKSON, Calif. -- Favorable weather early Wednesday aided the fight against a wildfire in California's Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties. The Electra Fire had burned 6.4 square miles of rural terrain but it was now 40% contained without any buildings burned, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported...
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Russia pounds rebel-claimed region, Ukraine pushes back
(International News ~ 07/07/22)
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine -- Russia redoubled its push for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region Wednesday, with the Ukrainian military claiming to have repelled some advances and both sides reporting casualties. The Ukrainian armed forces General Staff said troops stopped enemy units advancing towards Sloviansk, a city in Donetsk, one of two provinces in the Donbas whose capture is among Moscow's main goals. ...
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New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique released Wednesday on the tactical response to the May tragedy...
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Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated second shooting
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. -- The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday...
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States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere
(National News ~ 07/07/22)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure -- along with the providers who help them -- from being prosecuted by their home states...
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Out of the past: July 7
(Out of the Past ~ 07/07/22)
In the aftermath of the floods of 1993 and 1995, Cape Girardeau bought 81 properties as part of a federally funded flood buyout program; for the first time, someone has put some of those properties to use; Americorps has started a community garden on three lots in the 1100 block of Main Street in the Red Star neighborhood...
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