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FBI: 'Top secret' docs seized from Trump
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI recovered documents that were labeled "top secret" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the unprecedented search this week...
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Highway 25 in Cape County reduced for pavement work
(Local News ~ 08/13/22)
Highway 25 in Cape County reduced for pavement work Highway 25 in Cape Girardeau County, from Jackson Trail to County Road 318 in Jackson, will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. According to a MoDOT news release, the work take place from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Aug. 18...
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The ghost town at Z and F
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
Cape Girardeau County has its share of ghost towns -- unincorporated communities where few if any residents dwell. One such town is Houk -- not Houck -- where highways F and Z meet, south of Tilsit, west of Gordonville. The town is Solado on a map at the county's Recorder of Deeds office, and at least one person I asked called it Bugtown or Bucktown...
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Scott Co. officials confirm recount for prosecutor, after request
(Local News ~ 08/13/22)
Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda Oesch has filed for a recount of the Aug. 2 Republican primary, which results show she lost by two votes. Officials in the County Clerk's office confirmed the recount request Friday. Oesch lost the election to Donald Cobb 2,579 to 2,581. The two were separated by 0.02% of the votes cast in the race. A hearing on the recount has been scheduled for Monday...
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TBY Column: A look at the musically talented Mel Gilhaus
(08/13/22)
Mel Gilhaus was an instrumental music teacher in Cape Girardeau Public Schools from 1964 to 1991. At age 83, he remains an active performer and string instrument repairman in the Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Western Kentucky and Western Tennessee regions. In 1970, I became one of his students in the boiler room at Alma Schrader Elementary School...
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O'Connor-60 years
(Anniversary ~ 08/13/22)
Michael and Patty O'Connor of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 12. O'Connor and the former Patty Anderson were married Aug. 12, 1962, in Cape Girardeau. The couple has two children, David (Shelly) O'Connor and Kelly O'Connor, both of Dallas. They also have two grandchildren, Chris O'Connor of New York City and Jennifer Meli of Rye, New York, and two great-grandchildren, Maisie and Callie Meli, both of Rye...
- Adopt Isabell 8-14-22 (Community ~ 08/13/22)
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FYI 8-14-22
(Community ~ 08/13/22)
n Adult coloring will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. Join library staff for a casual adult coloring session where the pages, colored pencils and fun atmosphere to color and socialize are provided. n Let's talk Tween books: Coming of age stories will be held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. ...
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Prayer overcomes evil
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
Have you been concerned about the state of our nation? We are alarmed by stories of brutality in our inner cities. While people are being attacked, others stand by videoing with their phones. No one tries to stop the assault. It is as though they are watching a movie with no sense of personal responsibility...
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Give to gain
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
Service. Sacrifice. Surrender. Those words speak volumes to us, and we admire those who possess those traits; however, most of us do not want to be the model of those traits. Most would rather conquer than surrender. We would rather be the guest of honor than the one servicing the tables. ...
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Life before electricity
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
I came along in the middle of the 1900s so most everyone had or was getting electricity. The only person I knew who had electricity before this lived 2 to 3 miles east of us. Lester had some kind of generator with a fan blade or windmill kind of blade to run it. Seems like it was mounted on a kind of windmill frame. It must not have worked real well because when public power electric came along Lester went to it...
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Senior Center Menus for Aug. 15-19
(Community ~ 08/13/22)
Monday: Meatballs or sweet and sour chicken, brown rice, peas and carrots, seasoned cauliflower, whole-grain hot roll and chilled plums or iced cherry cake. Tuesday: Pulled pork or beef taco, sweet potato fries, garden salad, whole-grain bun or taco shell and tropical fruit or banana cake...
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FBI, R.I.P.?
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
The FBI is dissolving before our eyes into a rogue security service akin to those in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Take the FBI's deliberately asymmetrical application of the law. This week the bureau surprise-raided the home of former President Donald Trump -- an historical first...
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The dwindling difference between our two parties on spending
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
For a few years, I have sounded the alarm that a growing wave of conservatives are working to make Republicans indistinguishable from Democrats on social spending. Some say that to win elections, Republicans need to pay more attention to families -- by which they mean dole out ever more money to families like the Democrats do. Exhibit A for this development is the newly reintroduced New Parents Act...
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T.W. Shannon, a leader we need in Washington
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
A runoff election will take place in Oklahoma Aug. 23, which will decide who the Republican candidate will be to run for the Senate seat held by James Inhofe since 1994. Thirteen candidates ran in the primary. But no one got 50% of the vote, hence the Aug. 23 runoff...
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Prayer 8-14-22
(Prayer ~ 08/13/22)
Lord Jesus, thank you for loving us and providing eternal salvation through you. Amen.
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Speak Out 8-14-22
(Speak Out ~ 08/13/22)
The Biden administration is denying we are in a recession when the GDP has been in negative territory for the last six months. A good leader recognizes problems and does what it takes to solve it, and a great leader sees problems in the future and tries to do things before it develops. But if a leader fails to even admit there is a problem it will get worse than it should, and in the private sector that leader would be fired...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 8-15-22
(Local News ~ 08/13/22)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday Adoption of agenda n Motion adopting the Regular Meeting Agenda. Public Hearings n Hearing to consider the proposed 2022 Parks and Recreation, General Revenue, Cemetery, and Band Tax Rates...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for 8-1--22
(Local News ~ 08/13/22)
Cape Girardeau city council 5 p.m. Monday, City Hall Presentations n Beautiful Business Property of the Month n Heritage Manor Tax Credit Project -- MACO Development Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants n Planning and Zoning Commission Report...
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Drought dries Euro rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
LUX, France -- Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France's Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux. From dry and cracked reservoirs in Spain to falling water levels on major arteries like the Danube, the Rhine and the Po, an unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of Europe. ...
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Ship reaches Ukraine to load up with wheat for hungry Africa
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A ship docked in a Ukrainian Black Sea port on Friday to begin loading up with wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia. It will be the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N. plan to unblock grain trapped by Russia's war on Ukraine and bring relief to some of the millions worldwide who are on the brink of starvation...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 8-15-22 meeting
(Local News ~ 08/13/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of Aug. 8 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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Trump Organization, CFO's tax fraud trial set for October
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
NEW YORK -- Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump's post-presidency, a New York judge ordered Friday that his company and its longtime finance chief stand trial in the fall on tax fraud charges stemming from a long-running criminal investigation into Trump's business practices...
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Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, three days after the lawmaker beat a primary opponent whom the investigator and former President Donald Trump had endorsed...
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India to miss renewable energy goal
(International News ~ 08/13/22)
BENGALURU, India -- India will miss its renewable energy target for the end of the year, with experts saying "multiple challenges" including a lack of financial help and taxes on imported components are stalling the clean energy industry. The country has installed just over half of its planned renewable energy capacity, a high level parliamentary report found last week...
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Donald Gregory
(Obituary ~ 08/13/22)
Donald Ray Gregory, 85, of Whitewater, passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 6, 1936, in Granite City, Illinois, son of Johnie and Rebecca Greenlee Gregory. He and Shirley Scholz were married Oct. 15, 1953, in Whitewater. They would have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary this year...
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Rev. Dr. Thomas Bass
(Obituary ~ 08/13/22)
The Rev. Dr. Thomas N. Bass, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at his home. He was well-known throughout the region as the "Bishop of Southeast Missouri" and served as a minister of the Presbyterian Church USA for 62 years. Tom attended the Austin Theological Presbyterian Seminary, was ordained in 1962, and served Missouri churches in Clarkton, Parma, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Perryville, Marble Hill and Dexter before serving in Monroe, Iowa, for five years...
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Police report 8-14-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/13/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest for failure to appear was reported. n A warrant arrest and shots fired were reported on East Cape Rock Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Births 8-14-22
(Births ~ 08/13/22)
Son to Derek and Tracy Lewis of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:27 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Name, Theodore Cary. Weight, 8 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. Lewis is the daughter of Gary and Carol Burk of Cape Girardeau and Donna and Steve Brant of Cape Girardeau. She is an instructor at SoutheastHEALTH College of Nursing and Health Services. Lewis is the son of Emma and Cary Lewis of Cape Girardeau. He is a physical education teacher at Lynwood Christian Academy...
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Congress OKs Dems' climate, health bill, a Biden triumph
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
WASHINGTON -- A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats' flagship climate and health care bill, handing President Joe Biden a back-from-the-dead triumph on coveted priorities that the party hopes will bolster their prospects for keeping their hold on Congress in November's elections...
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Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating
(State News ~ 08/13/22)
NEW YORK -- The polio virus has been found in New York City's wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn't been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the poliovirus in the city's wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health departments said...
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Gas prices dip just below $4 for the first time in 5 months
(National News ~ 08/13/22)
DALLAS -- Gasoline prices have dipped under $4 for the first time in more than five months -- good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many other essentials. AAA said the national average for a gallon of regular was $3.99 on Thursday, down from the mid-June record of $5.02. However, that's still about 80 cents higher than the average a year ago...
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Ford Groves -- a historical perspective
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
"Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." This famous quote from Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Co. in 1903, also describes the philosophy of Cape Girardeau's oldest car dealership -- The Fred A. Groves Motor Co. Inc., better known as Ford Groves. The 108-year-old business now owned by Bob and Bari Neff, purchased from Neff's father-in-law, William J. Schicker, in 1987, has a solid history in Cape Girardeau...
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Are those flowers?
(Column ~ 08/13/22)
While walking a trail through a wooded area recently, I came upon a small area covered with a beautiful kind of grass. The sun lit up the grass nicely. My photo here does not show the leaves/blades of the grass. It shows the actual flower heads of a special kind of grass known by several common names: wood oats, Indian wood oats, wild oats, spangle grass and even fishing grass...
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Out of the past: Aug. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 08/13/22)
The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission did a poor job of putting together its 15-year highway plan in 1992, says a report by Missouri's Total Transportation Commission; first off, the project started $1.4 billion in the hole; that deficit could grow to 10 times that amount by the time the project is completed in the new century without new funding, says the report; in addition, the plan didn't allow for construction cost increases from inflation, said the report...
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Out of the past: Aug. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 08/13/22)
A portrait of Rush Limbaugh that is a part of the Missouri Wall of Fame mural on Water Street was spray-painted with, among other things, the number 666, a swastika and the word Nazi; the words appeared to be carefully sprayed with black paint on the fingers and shirt of the yellow-and-black mural; Mary Miller, director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, says this is the first time one of the city's murals has been vandalized...
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