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Bicycle memorial to Johnny Thurman
(Local News ~ 07/18/22)
A bicycle, in remembrance of John "Johnny" Thurman, sits on the side of the road at the corner of Lexington Avenue and Abbey Road on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Governor says no to calling special session on abortion
(State News ~ 07/18/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson won't call a special session to address questions about the state's new abortion ban, he said late last week. The Missouri law outlaws abortion except in medical emergencies and when necessary to save the life of the mother, but it's unclear what medical issues qualify under that exemption...
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Hot Sauce Werks store coming to Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Hot Sauce Werks, a specialty store featuring 350 to 400 hot sauces for sale, is expected to open within the next month in the River & Rails building in the 100 block of William Street in Cape Girardeau. Robert Palleja has operated successful businesses in St. Charles, Missouri, since 2009 -- first opening an olive oil store, then two years ago, launching Hot Sauce Werks on the city's Main Street...
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Cape PD, other agencies hold active shooter drill
(Local News ~ 07/18/22)
On Friday, personnel of Cape Girardeau Police and Fire departments partnered with other agencies to participate in an active shooter drill. The yearly drill took place at Cape Girardeau Junior High School and prepares the departments for a combined response in the case of an actual emergency taking place at a school, business or other public space. ...
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Knaup Floral owner reflects on century-old family business as she seeks buyer
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Kathryn Knaup is entertaining offers to sell family-owned Knaup Floral, 838 William St., a fixture in Cape Girardeau since the enterprise was launched 102 years ago. Knaup said her pioneering paternal grandparents, John and Clara Knaup, bought the Gelven greenhouses on a handshake agreement June 10, 1920, and the Knaups have operated their successful floral enterprise ever since...
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Storms cause damage, power outages in Cape County
(Local News ~ 07/18/22)
This story is updated. Severe storms that rolled through the area Sunday night damaged structures throughout Cape Girardeau County. Buildings in Jackson and Cape Girardeau sustained damage, according to reports. Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles were reported
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Prayer 7-18-22
(Prayer ~ 07/18/22)
O Lord God, may our lives glorify you, our Father in heaven. Amen.
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Shed no tears for the floundering global tax cartel
(Column ~ 07/18/22)
Implementing a global tax cartel is hard. This lesson is being learned by the bureaucrats who dreamt up an effort to prevent businesses from taking advantage of the fact that some countries impose lower taxes than do other countries. A year after 130 jurisdictions agreed in principle to institute a global minimum tax rate of 15% on corporate profits and make it harder for companies to shift their tax liabilities from higher- to lower-taxing countries, the early result is a delay and buyers' remorse.. ...
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Trump 2024 is too risky for Republicans
(Column ~ 07/18/22)
Donald Trump is out there speaking and drawing fired-up crowds in places such as Illinois. It's obvious that he's still the most popular figure and dominant force in the Republican Party. But I'm worried that despite his lasting popularity among most Republicans, he's a liability to the GOP's chances to retake the White House in 2024...
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Take Me Home program is valuable service for families of those with cognitive disabilities
(Editorial ~ 07/18/22)
If you have a family member with a cognitive or developmental disability, there's a program being implemented by the Cape Girardeau Police Department you may want to consider. Called "Take Me Home," the program allows individuals to enroll those with autism, Down syndrome, dementia and/or other medical conditions who need special assistance so that if they go missing, their photo will be part of a registry including a photo and basic information...
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Ice cream truck seeks Cape business licenses
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
The City of Cape Girardeau's Community Services Department has received one business license application, from Anthony J. Bartkoski of Cape Girardeau for Poppy's, a mobile truck with prepackaged ice cream treats.
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Area chambers to hold ribbon-cuttings this week
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce and Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce will hold ribbon-cuttings this week. n 9 a.m. today, Miracle-Ear Center, 1465 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. n 2 p.m. Wednesday, American Family insurance-Nick Rapisardo Agency, 77 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau...
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Daniel Belken named to St. Mary's in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Daniel Belken was appointed July 1 as parochial vicar of St. Mary of the Annunciation Cathedral Parish and Old St. Vincent Chapel of Ease in Cape Girardeau. Belken will also assume the role of lead chaplain at Notre Dame Regional High School, said the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau...
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Angie Menz joins Cape Girardeau's EBO MD
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Angie Menz, MSN, FNP-C, a nurse practitioner, is joining EBO MD in its direct primary care clinics in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Menz, a Cape Girardeau native, comes to EBO from Parkland Health Center in Farmington, Missouri, where she was a provider in the emergency department...
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Local Red Cross seeking new leader
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
American Red Cross — Missouri/Arkansas Region is advertising for a new executive director for its operations headquartered in Cape Girardeau. According to an online job posting, Southeast Missouri & Northeast Arkansas Red Cross (SEMO NARS) is seeking a new leader to oversee an area involving several counties in the two states...
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Schnucks to use DoorDash at Cape Girardeau store
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Schnucks said July 11 it is partnering with California-based DoorDash to deliver prepared foods to customers from its Cape Girardeau store at 19 S. Kingshighway, in addition to 15 other stores in Missouri, eight in Illinois and one in Indiana...
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Save A Lot opens in Perryville
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Save A Lot grocery, 609 N. Kingshighway in Perryville, Missouri, held its grand opening event Friday. ...
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SEMO Food Bank receives donation
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Sikeston-based Southeast Missouri Food Bank, which plans to open a satellite office in Jackson this fall, announced Friday it had received a $25,000 grant and 40,000 pounds of chicken from Tyson Foods. "We hear from people we serve that they often can't afford healthy proteins like chicken at grocery stores. Protein is also among the most expensive for the food bank to purchase," said Joey Keys, the food bank's CEO...
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Local home prices, inventory up
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
According to St. Louis-based Mid America Regional Information Systems (MARIS), the median sale price for a residential property in Cape Girardeau, Scott, Bollinger and Stoddard counties has gone up 2.6% since June 2021. Interest rates are helping to put upward pressure on prices...
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Out of the past: July 18
(Out of the Past ~ 07/18/22)
The Regional Commerce and Growth Association yesterday presented Loyd Ivey, a businessman from Marble Hill, Missouri, with the John T. Crowe Award; Ivey has started a number of businesses in Marble Hill after returning home to Bollinger County from Chicago last year...
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Hasbro, NYT create Wordle board game
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/22)
The company that makes some of the world's most iconic board games including Scrabble, Monopoly and Clue is developing a new one based on Wordle, the obsessively popular digital word-guessing game. Hasbro Inc. and The New York Times -- which purchased Wordle earlier this year -- announced Thursday that Wordle: The Party Game will be available for purchase in North America in October, with preorders already being accepted...
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'Thor' stays No. 1, while 'Crawdads' opens strong
(Entertainment ~ 07/18/22)
NEW YORK -- The Marvel sequel "Thor: Love and Thunder" dropped a hefty 68% in its second weekend of release but still held the top spot at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday, while the bestseller adaptation "Where the Crawdads Sing" debuted with a better-than-expected $17 million...
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NerdWallet: Need to make a big purchase this year? Consider your timing
(Community ~ 07/18/22)
When Brandy Baxter needed to replace her home's entire heating and air conditioning system several years ago, she asked contractors if they offered deals at certain times of the year. She learned that if she waited until February, the slow season for such work, she could get a lower price. Baxter, a financial coach based in Dallas, said she saved around $6,000 as a result...
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No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds
(National News ~ 07/18/22)
ATLANTA -- The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the results...
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Ukraine's President Zelenskyy fires top security chief and prosecutor
(International News ~ 07/18/22)
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine -- As Russian troops pressed their offensive in Ukraine's east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his state security chief and prosecutor general on Sunday, citing hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by people within their departments and other law enforcement agencies...
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Uvalde report: 376 officers but 'egregiously poor' decisions
(National News ~ 07/18/22)
UVALDE, Texas -- Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but "egregiously poor decision-making" resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday...
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Mo. swimmer likely infected with amoeba in Iowa dies
(State News ~ 07/18/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri resident who was infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that likely happened after swimming in a southwestern Iowa lake has died, health officials said Friday. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the patient died because of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and usually fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri ameba...
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Convenience store customer kills armed robber in Missouri
(State News ~ 07/18/22)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Police said a convenience store customer shot and killed an armed robber in a St. Louis suburb early Saturday. The QuikTrip customer, who St. Charles police identified only as a 26-year-old man from St. Louis, grabbed a gun from his vehicle and confronted the robber after he saw the man grab the clerk and hold a knife to her throat, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
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Lawsuit: Bass Pro won't honor lifetime warranty on socks
(State News ~ 07/18/22)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his "Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks" every time they wore out, the Springfield-based company changed its policy in 2021 before he tried to return four pairs of socks. ...
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Gas prices have dropped for over the last month
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Gasoline prices have fallen for more than 30 days despite Wednesday's Bureau of Labor Statistics report of inflation hitting a new 40-year high in June with costs up 9.1% from one year ago. U.S. -- $4.527 Missouri -- $4.305 Lowest statewide price in the nation is $4.019 in South Carolina, while California has the highest per-gallon price at $5.914...
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Scott City Chamber to host candidate meet-and-greet Thursday
(Business ~ 07/18/22)
Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly coffee Thursday afternoon featuring Scott County candidates on the Aug. 2 ballot, at Front Porch Rental Hall, 1408 Main St. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with a question-and-answer session to follow at 5:30 p.m. Appetizers are provided by event sponsor, The Bank of Missouri.
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