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Motorcycle crash leaves one in serious condition
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
A Cape Girardeau man was involved in a one-vehicle crash at approximately 6:25 p.m. Sunday on Highway C, 1 mile south of Pocahontas. According to a state Highway Patrol crash report, Brian P. Meyer, 49, failed to navigate a curve and ran off the roadway, overturning the motorcycle he was driving...
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Cape Central seniors paint their parking spaces
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
Cape Girardeau Central High School senior Savanah Baker, middle, paints her parking spot Monday with the help of her friends, Madison Morris, left, and Yuliana Rust, at the school. ...
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1 killed, 9 injured in Wyatt house explosion
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
WYATT, Mo. — A house explosion Monday morning in Wyatt left one dead and several more injured. According to Charleston (Missouri) Department of Public Safety Chief Robert Hearnes, emergency personnel received the call of the explosion with several people injured at around 7 a.m...
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Cape Central's Strothmann named Advisor of the Year by rootEd
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
Nancy Strothmann, a college and career adviser at Cape Girardeau's Central High School, was awarded the first Advisor of the Year prize from rootEd Missouri. Strothmann was chosen to receive the inaugural award by rootEd Missouri following a statewide nomination and selection process...
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Cape College Center reopens for fall with Mineral Area in lead
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
With classes set to begin next week, Cape College Center reopened Monday with Mineral Area College leading the way. The MAC-branded center, located next door to Cape Girardeau Central High School, serves as a conduit for secondary and post-secondary students to receive general education courses and technical training, though at this time the center will only offer academic courses. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council members disagree over potential ARPA fund allocations
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
A preliminary conversation at Monday's Cape Girardeau City Council meeting on how to allocate the city's remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act ballooned into a contentious, redundant — and oftentimes confusing — hour-plus discussion among council members...
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Suspect arrested in connection to Hillcrest robbery
(Local News ~ 08/16/22)
One individual was arrested by the Cape Girardeau Police Department on Friday in connection with an incident on Aug. 9. Officers arrested Emma E. Stroup, 20, for alleged armed criminal action and first-degree robbery...
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Sponsored: How to Spot and Calm Your Dog’s Separation Anxiety
(Insiders Advice ~ 08/16/22)
With kiddos heading off to school and many adults heading back into the office during this pandemic, we veterinarians are seeing more cases of separation anxiety in dogs. After all, our pets have been used to having the people they love around them for so long...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2022. There are 137 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington in what was considered a turning point of the Revolutionary War...
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A different kind of gender war
(Column ~ 08/16/22)
Boston Children's Hospital offers a "full suite of surgical options for transgender teens and young adults," a video made by hospital explains. A cheerful woman doctor in the video says, "A gender-affirming hysterectomy is very similar to most hysterectomies that occur," and goes into more detail I won't belabor here...
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Prayer 8-16-22
(Prayer ~ 08/16/22)
Lord Jesus, we pray for the strength to run the race you've set before us. Amen.
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Speak Out 8-16-22
(Speak Out ~ 08/16/22)
Claire McCaskill's insane statement about Republicans wanting dogs at airports searching for women who seek abortions is why she is a "former" U.S. senator. Cape's mayor made a glaring error in her otherwise excellent "State of Cape Girardeau" speech. ...
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Why is the FBI choosing Biden's opponent for him?
(Column ~ 08/16/22)
Donald Trump has more than $100 million in his political war chest. But he has something even more valuable -- an active FBI investigation against him. Anyone can raise money. Few can dominate the nation's political consciousness, cleaving the country into two passionately opposed sides and giving rise to perfervid theories and counter-theories, based on being the target of a law enforcement action. That's the quality that Trump has brought to the table for years, and it is boosting him still...
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Area Police report 8/16/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/16/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Middle Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Luce Street. Assaults n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on South Ellis Street...
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Births 8/16/22
(Births ~ 08/16/22)
Daughter to Chad and Laura Robinson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:16 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Name, Josie Kate. Weight, 6 pounds, 10 ounces. First child. Mrs. Robinson is a teacher at St. Vincet de Paul School in Cape Girardeau. Robinson is in sales at Cape Electrical Supply...
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Jerry Suedekum
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
Jerry Suedekum, 78, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, at the Lutheran Home after complications from a stroke and pneumonia. He was born Aug. 12, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to the late Herb and Elaine Niemeier Suedekum. Jerry married Linda Lindy Musgraves June 4, 1994...
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Anthony Schott
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
KELSO, Mo. -- Anthony "A.J." Schott, son of the late John and Catherine Burger Schott Sr., was born Oct. 28, 1935, in Oran, Missouri, and departed his life Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at his residence in Kelso at the age of 86. On Nov. 24, 1960, he was united in marriage to Helen Mae Ressel in Kelso. She survives of the home in Kelso...
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Helen Myracle
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
Helen O. Myracle, 98, of Jackson died Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete at this time with McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Hubert L'Hote Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Hubert A. "Louie" L'Hote Jr., 73, of St. Louis died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. American Legion wake will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday...
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Janet Keesee
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
Janet Elois "Speedy" Sturm Keesee, daughter of the late Morris "Bunior" and Laura Glenn Biggs Sturm, was born May 29, 1944, and gained her Angel wings Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 78. She attended Illmo-Fornfelt-Ancell High School...
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Maxine Gerlach
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
Maxine L. Gerlach, 90, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, at the Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at noon at the funeral home with the Rev. Rod Benkendorf officiating. Entombment will take place at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum...
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Donna Coram
(Obituary ~ 08/16/22)
LOWNDES, Mo. -- Donna T. Coram, daughter to James Caldwell and Vickie Raby Hammon, was born Oct. 24, 1972, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and departed this life Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Lowndes at the age of 49 years. She was united in marriage to Randy Coram on Aug. 28, 1991, and he survives of the home...
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PM Modi pledges to make India developed country in 25 years
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to raise millions out of poverty and turn India into a developed country in the next quarter-century as he marked 75 years since independence from British rule. Wearing a flowing, cream-colored turban printed with small stripes of orange, white and green, the colors of the country's flag, Modi addressed the country Monday from New Delhi's 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort, saying the world was looking toward India to help resolve global issues...
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Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- An Iranian official Monday denied Tehran was involved in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, though he sought to justify the attack in the Islamic Republic's first public comments on the bloodshed. The remarks by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, came three days after Rushdie was wounded in New York state. The writer has been taken off a ventilator and is "on the road to recovery," according to his agent...
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China announces new drills as US delegation visits Taiwan
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- China announced more military drills around Taiwan as the self-governing island's president met with members of a new U.S. congressional delegation on Monday, threatening to renew tensions between Beijing and Washington after a similar recent visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi angered China...
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Ukrainian military says it repelled more than dozen attacks
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian military said Monday that it had repelled more than a dozen Russian attacks in the country's east and north, including attempts to advance on key cities in the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas. In its regular Facebook update, the military's general staff said Russian troops had attempted to push towards Kramatorsk, one of two major cities in the eastern Donetsk province that remain under Ukrainian control, but "they failed completely and chaotically retreated to their previous positions.". ...
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Urban combat and beyond: Ukrainian recruits get UK training
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
A BRITISH ARMY BASE, England -- A few weeks ago, Serhiy was a business analyst at an IT company. Zakhar was a civil engineer. Now they are soldiers, training to liberate Ukraine from Russia's invasion -- but doing it more than 1,000 miles away in Britain...
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Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
(International News ~ 08/16/22)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country...
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AP-NORC poll: Many in US doubt their own impact on climate
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally -- and about how their personal choices affect the climate -- than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening...
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Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and drier. More than two decades of drought have done little to deter the region from diverting more water than flows through it, depleting key reservoirs to levels that now jeopardize water delivery and hydropower production...
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Evansville house explosion victims died of trauma, asphyxia
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Preliminary autopsy results released Monday for the three victims of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood show they died of blunt force trauma and compression asphyxia. A married couple who lived at the center of the Wednesday explosion in Evansville, 43-year-old Charles Hite and 37-year-old Martina Hite, both died of blunt force trauma to their chests, and 29-year-old neighbor Jessica Teague died of compression asphyxia, the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office said in a news release.. ...
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Kraft Heinz recalling contaminated Capri Sun juice pouches
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of pouches of Capri Sun after some cleaning solution accidentally mixed with the juice on a production line. The company said it's recalling about 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry flavored juice blend. The "Best When Used By" date on the packages is June 25, 2023...
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'Don't Say Gay' law confuses some Florida schools
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call "Don't Say Gay" -- and some teachers have worried that family pictures on their desks could get them in trouble. As students return from summer break, educators are cautiously adjusting and waiting to see how the new law governing lessons on gender and sexual orientation will be interpreted and enforced...
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Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. That's "very nerve-wracking" when you're grazing 600 to 700 cattle, said Kemp, who manages an organic beef farm in Sudbury. He describes the weather lately as inconsistent and impactful, which he attributes to a changing climate...
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Feds oppose unsealing affidavit for Mar-a-Lago warrant
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Monday rebuffed efforts to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump's estate in Florida, saying the investigation "implicates highly classified material" and the document contains sensitive information about witnesses...
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Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case
(National News ~ 08/16/22)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running investigation into the former president's company, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press...
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Out of the past: Aug. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 08/16/22)
Thunderstorms and heavy rain that pounded the region Thursday night resulted in power outages in Cape Girardeau and isolated flooding in Poplar Bluff, Missouri; the storms, brought in on 20-to-25 mph winds, hit areas of south-central Illinois, Southeast Missouri and parts of northwest Tennessee; they dumped 2.15 inches of rain on Cape Girardeau; power was out yesterday for up to three hours in the vicinity of Route K and Interstate 55 in west Cape Girardeau...
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Anything But Hair
(Submitted Story ~ 08/16/22)
Cosmetology and Esthetics Students prepared for our But Hair student competition and hiring event! 🎉 How it worked! ⬇️ First, they paired up with other students and chose a theme. We went along with this year’s @vintagenowfashionshow themes!...
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