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Route B in Bollinger County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Route B in Bollinger County reduced for pavement work Route B in Bollinger County -- from Highway 72 to Route M near Sedgewickville, Missouri -- will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday...
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Escaped inmate back in custody
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Dewayne Woods Jr., an escaped inmate from Dunklin County, Missouri, has been captured and returned to custody. At about 8 p.m. Monday, Hayti, Missouri, police officers, with the assistance of Pemiscot County (Missouri) Sheriff's deputies and Caruthersville, Missouri, police officers, located and arrested Woods without incident in the 1600 block of North Oates in Hayti...
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Support group for loved ones of homicide victims to hold its first meeting
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
A support and advocacy group for loved ones of homicide victims in Southern Illinois and Southeast Missouri will have its first meeting at 3 p.m. Aug. 14 at First Baptist Church of Thebes in Thebes, Illinois. Debra Goins, a founding member of the group, said she saw a need for help and support while processing the murder of her brother in 2019. ...
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Cooking up another win: New Madrid native tests skills on Food Network
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
New Madrid, Missouri, native Nick Hunter admits to always being competitive -- as a child racing against his sister, Natalie, or playing games with his neighbors and into high school where he was a member of the New Madrid County Central High School Eagles basketball team...
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Schnucks asks customers to return store item due to allergy concerns
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, with 112 stores in four states including an outlet in Cape Girardeau, issued an "allergy alert" Thursday. Company officials said a single lot of Schnucks's "Fruit & Trail Mix" may contain undeclared milk, which has been described as a "known allergen."...
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Cape firefighters participate in public safety diver class
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Four members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department (CGFD) took part in a "Public Safety Diver" class last week. The training included diving skills with focuses on evidence recovery, body recovery, search patterns and safe diving practices in blackout water areas, such as the Mississippi River...
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Tunes at Twilight returns today
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Old Town Cape's Tunes at Twilight series will crank up again today at Ivers Square in Cape Girardeau. The concerts will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Friday through Sept. 9. The musical lineup is: today, Cheley Tackett; Aug. 12, VLS Jazz Syndicate; Aug. 19, Jimmy Davis; Aug. 26, Miss Jenny and The Howdy Boys; Sept. 2, Rip Lee Pryor; and Sept. 9, Logan Chapman...
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Chester Bridge MoDOT shortlist OK'd
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Missouri Department of Transportation's Southeast region office Wednesday announced four firms have been "prequalified" to develop design-build proposals to replace World War II-era Chester Bridge. The continuing truss span, connecting Perryville, Missouri, to Chester, Illinois, over the Mississippi River, is safe, said MoDOT, but is in poor condition...
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Jason Smith cheered by Trump endorsement
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-8) has represented 30 southern and southeastern Missouri counties in Congress since 2013 and on the eve of Tuesday's primary, Smith received former President Donald Trump's backing to continue doing so. Trump's office issued three congressional Show Me State endorsements Monday afternoon...
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Child literacy forum turns into referendum on state education system
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
A forum hosted by three Missouri state senators on child literacy Thursday quickly turned into a referendum on government response to education. Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (Dist. 27) along with Sens. Karla May and Karla Eslinger hosted a forum at Bedell Performance Hall at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus...
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Cape First Church sponsors summer camp for area children in foster care
(Local News ~ 08/05/22)
Cape First Church will sponsor a summer camp for children who have been victims of abuse and are currently in the Missouri foster care system. Chad Fisher, lead pastor at Cape First Church, has been running point on partnering with For the Children, an organization working with churches across the country to create camps for children who have experienced relational trauma...
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Faces of Southeast Missouri: Charlie Cai
(08/05/22)
Connect the world through pickleball. That’s the motto of Charlie Cai’s organization Pickleball Lovers, which he founded in 2021.
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WNBA's Griner convicted at drug trial, sentenced to 9 years
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
KHIMKI, Russia — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years behind bars in a politically charged case that could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow...
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Prayer 8-5-22
(Prayer ~ 08/05/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for coming that we may have eternal life through you. Amen.
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Stuff the Bus is good opportunity to support students
(Editorial ~ 08/05/22)
Local schools will be back in session later this month, and the United Way of Southeast Missouri is gearing up to help students in need with supplies as they had back to the classroom. On Saturday, donations will be accepted at participating Walmart stores. Volunteers will be on hand to pass out a list of needed supplies to shoppers, and donations will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and online at unitedwayofsemo.org...
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The Democrats' Lifespan Reduction Act
(Column ~ 08/05/22)
Across the pond, Brits are demanding their next prime minister do something to reduce the U.K.'s notorious cancer death rates. But here in the U.S., Democrats are doing the opposite. They're pushing for European-style price controls on drugs that will slow cancer cures and lead to more deaths. Americans enjoy the highest cancer survival rates in the world -- but maybe not for long...
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Viola Wilkinson
(Obituary ~ 08/05/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Viola Pauline Wilkinson, 91, of Marble Hill passed away Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at StoneBridge Senior Living Center in Marble Hill. She was born June 1, 1931, in Patton, Missouri, the daughter of W.C. "Chan"and Delphia Green Angle. She and John Jennings Wilkinson were united in marriage on Nov. 25, 1954...
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Charles Moeller
(Obituary ~ 08/05/22)
MORGANTON, N.C. -- Charles "Charlie" Frederick Moeller, 88, of Morganton passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Born in Sikeston, Missouri, April 24, 1934, he was the son of the late Walter W. and Stella M. Moeller of Cape Girardeau. He was committed to serving his church, New Covenant Lutheran Church. His hobbies included family, camping, canoeing, fishing and gardening...
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Dorothy Glastetter
(Obituary ~ 08/05/22)
Dorothy Elizabeth Glastetter, 91, of Scott City died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 7, 1931, in Leopold, Missouri, to Gerhard and Anna Thiele Vandeven. She married John Zeno Glastetter on Jan. 17, 1953, and he preceded her in death Dec. 30, 2016...
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Tamra Andrews
(Obituary ~ 08/05/22)
Tamra Gay Andrews, 61, of Jackson died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. There will be no funeral service at this time. Ford and Sons Funeral Home--Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Missouri man charged with bringing gun to Jan. 6 riot
(State News ~ 08/05/22)
WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities have charged a central Missouri man accused of taking a weapon with him to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Jerod Thomas Bargar, 36, of Centralia was arrested Wednesday in Osage Beach, Missouri, the U.S. Justice Department said. He was charged with entering a restricted building or grounds with a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds or buildings, along with related misdemeanors...
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Missouri Dems turn to Illinois, Kansas for abortion help
(State News ~ 08/05/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A top Democratic state lawmaker from Republican-led Missouri on Wednesday wrote to the Democratic Illinois and Kansas governors asking for help paying for abortions for out-of-state Medicaid patients. Missouri House Democratic Minority Leader Crystal Quade called on Illinois and Kansas to apply for Medicaid waivers to cover abortions for out-of-state patients...
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Japan PM meets Pelosi, calls China drills 'grave problem'
(International News ~ 08/05/22)
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that China's military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a "grave problem" that threatens regional peace and security after five ballistic missiles launched as part of the drills landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone...
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Russians shell city near Europe's largest nuclear plant
(International News ~ 08/05/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces shelled a Ukrainian city close to Europe's biggest nuclear power plant Thursday, reinforcing warnings from the U.N. nuclear chief that the fighting around the site could lead to a disastrous accident. Dnipropetrovsk's regional governor said Russia fired 60 rockets at Nikopol, across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been under Russian supervision since Moscow's troops seized it early in the war...
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US says Russia aims to fabricate evidence in prison deaths
(International News ~ 08/05/22)
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Thursday said new intelligence suggests Russia is working to fabricate evidence concerning last week's deadly strike on a prison housing prisoners of war in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine. U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia is looking to plant false evidence to make it appear that Ukrainian forces were responsible for the July 29 attack on Olenivka Prison that left 53 dead and wounded dozens more, according to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. ...
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China conducts 'precision missile strikes' in Taiwan Strait
(International News ~ 08/05/22)
KEELUNG, Taiwan -- China conducted "precision missile strikes" Thursday in waters off Taiwan's coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
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'Stray' cat video game brings some benefits to real cats
(Entertainment ~ 08/05/22)
NEW YORK -- The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation "Stray" doesn't just wind along rusted pipes, leap over unidentified sludge and decode clues in a seemingly abandoned city. The daring orange tabby is helping real world cats as well...
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Trump White House lawyers subpoenaed by 1/6 probe grand jury
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election has subpoenaed the White House counsel under then-President Donald Trump and his top deputy, according to a person familiar with the matter...
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Dirty tricks in Kansas via text: Does yes actually mean no?
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
In the thick of Kansas' contentious debate over abortion rights, the anonymous text messages arriving on the eve of the big referendum this week seemed clear enough. "Voting YES on the Amendment will give women a choice." The only problem: It was a lie, transmitted by text message Monday, a day before voters were to decide a ballot amendment seen as the first test of voter sentiment after the U.S. ...
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Autocratic Hungarian leader Orban hailed by US conservatives
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
DALLAS -- Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged cheering American conservatives on Thursday to "take back the institutions," stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration and fight for the next U.S. presidential election as a pivotal moment for their beliefs...
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Forecasters trim hurricane season outlook a bit, still busy
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
This hurricane season may be a tad quieter than initially projected, but it is still likely to be busier than normal, government forecasters and others say. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday trimmed their hurricane season outlook from a 65% chance for above normal activity to 60% and increased the odds of a normal season from 25% to 30% because of uneven sea surface temperature, including a patch of cooler water off Portugal. ...
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California crews make fire gains; Washington town evacuated
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. -- California firefighters made gains against the state's deadliest and largest wildfire of the year just as an eastern Washington town was being evacuated Thursday because of a blaze that was burning homes. At about 1:30 p.m. the Adams County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that homes in Lind had burned...
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Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that rocked the nation in 2020...
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South Korean spacecraft launched to the moon, country's 1st
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- South Korea joined the stampede to the moon Thursday with the launch of a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots. The satellite launched by SpaceX is taking a long, roundabout path to conserve fuel and will arrive in December...
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Update to electors law desperately needed, senators declare
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Joe Manchin made the case on Wednesday for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act, pushing for quick passage of a bipartisan compromise that would make it harder for a losing candidate to overturn legitimate results of a presidential election...
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Trump-aligned challengers ousting GOP legislative incumbents
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
MADISON, Wis. -- As Wisconsin's longest-serving Assembly speaker, Republican Robin Vos has presided over efforts to restrict abortions, weaken unions, expand gun rights and push back against COVID-19 mandates. Despite that, he's facing a primary challenger who claims he's not conservative enough...
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Police: No victims found in shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Someone fired shots Thursday at the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis, sending shoppers running for cover, but police said they did not immediately find a victim. Bloomington police also said they were still searching for a suspect after securing the scene shortly before 6 p.m. They said a lockdown that had forced some shoppers to shelter in place, while others fled, was in the process of being lifted, but that the mall would not reopen Thursday...
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Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas jury Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million -- significantly less than the $150 million being sought -- in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax...
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US declares public health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
(National News ~ 08/05/22)
WASHINGTON -- The federal government declared a public health emergency Thursday to bolster the response to the monkeypox outbreak that has infected more than 7,100 Americans. The announcement will free up money and other resources to fight the virus, which may cause fever, body aches, chills, fatigue and pimple-like bumps on many parts of the body...
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Out of the past: Aug. 5
(Out of the Past ~ 08/05/22)
The federal government has no plans to build Interstate 66, but if it does, the Cape Girardeau City Council will commit $10,000 to lobby government officials to route the interstate through the city; the council last night unanimously approved money for the lobbying effort...
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