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Suspect arrested in connection with August hit-and-run
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
Cape Girardeau Police Department officers arrested a suspect wanted in connection with an August hit-and-run. William Ransom was apprehended Thursday for a hit-and-run incident that took place Aug. 19 on Ranney Street in Cape Girardeau, according to a news release from CGPD. The vehicle involved in the incident was also located during the arrest...
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World War II buff to speak on new book at Scott City event Tuesday
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
Terry Irwin of Gordonville will be discussing his new book, "Sgt. Dinwiddie's War", at a meeting of the Scott City Historical Society on Tuesday. The event, hosted by society member Gail Crader, will be held in two sessions from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. and then again at 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the Scott City Historical Museum located at 1514 Main St...
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Jackson prepares to build a second bridge
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
Fresh off the summer completion of one-lane Hubble Ford Bridge in Jackson City Park, work on a new two-lane span replacing the city's West Mary Street low-water crossing is scheduled to start Tuesday. Safety concerns drive the new project with city administrator Jim Roach earlier noting two vehicles have washed off the crossing in the past 20 years...
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Contractors making headway on streets
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
Works signs dot the roadways of Cape Girardeau as contractors work to complete a slew of street improvement projects. Repairing the streets in Cape Girardeau has long been a priority for city officials. More than $20 million has been dedicated to street improvements in the current fiscal year alone...
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Difference Maker: Barbara Kohlfeld values culture, student success at Blanchard Elementary
(B Magazine ~ 09/03/22)
When Dr. Barbara Kohlfeld graduated from high school, she hadn’t put much thought into what she wanted to do for a career.
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Difference Maker: John Gary provides people with ‘hand up’ through Gibson Center, Habitat for Humanity
(B Magazine ~ 09/03/22)
John Gary has spent his career seeing people hit rock bottom and giving them a hand up. Today, Gary is the CEO of the Gibson Center for Behavioral Change, but back in 1985 he was first hired there as a part-time cook.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
Today is Saturday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2022. There are 119 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 3, 1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War...
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Out of the past: Sept. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Politics could stand in the way of a state prison for this job-starved town, some lawmakers suggested; State Sen. Peter Kinder of Cape Girardeau says three lawmakers have implied he could hurt Charleston's chances to land a new state prison if he proceeds to push the Legislature to override Gov. Mel Carnahan's veto of a bill to ban partial-birth abortions...
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Hopkins-Hall
(Engagement ~ 09/03/22)
Matthew and Barbara Hopkins of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa N. Hopkins to John N. Hall, both of Madison, Wisconsin. He is the son of Barb Caverly-Arnot of St. Louis and Steve Hall of Las Vegas. Melissa is a 2015 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. ...
- Adopt Abbedon 9-4-22 (Community ~ 09/03/22)
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A Missouri rainbow
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
The rainbow trout was first introduced into Missouri in the 1880s. The cold water of spring-fed south central Missouri streams was believed to be a perfect place to try to establish this fish that thrives in cold, clear water. In the years after 2000, Missouri developed two of its own strains of the rainbow trout, the Missouri Strain and Missouri Arlee Strain. ...
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Senior Center Menus for Sept. 5-9
(Community ~ 09/03/22)
Monday: Center closed for Labor Day holiday. Tuesday: Scrambled eggs with sausage patty or chicken tenders, hash-brown potatoes with onions, whole-grain biscuit and gravy, apple juice and citrus-salad dessert. Wednesday: Open-faced turkey and gravy or pork chop and gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, whole-grain bread of hot roll and Emerald Isle dessert or almond cake...
- Generosity Glenn Family 9-4-22 (Community ~ 09/03/22)
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We all need God's grace
(Community ~ 09/03/22)
When I completed my education in 2005, I had already paid off all of my academic debt. Like many people, I relied on my family to pay the majority of my expenses so that I could gain an education. I did not attend the most expensive schools. I commuted to a nearby university for my undergraduate degree, and I worked while earning the next two fully accredited degrees...
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Revisitinig memories 'back in the day'
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
The phrase "back in the day" is an American idiom that refers to an earlier time one remembers, usually fondly. I recently thought of a close relative and his journey, back in the day. Leon seemed to be stuck in the past. He had fond recollections of a time filled with unrealistic memories. ...
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FYI 9-4-22
(Community ~ 09/03/22)
The Neuro-Therapy and Stroke Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Among the topics discussed will be the SEMO District Fair information booth.This support group is open to the public with emphasis on those hwo have survivd a brain injury or stroke, their family members and caregivers. For more information contact the gropu by email at tristate.group@yahoo.com...
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VFW Post No. 3838, Auxiliary scholarships available
(Community ~ 09/03/22)
VFW Post No. 3838 and Auxiliary has scholarships area children may be interested in. The is open to students in grades nine through 12 and has a top national award of $15,000. Students must attend school in Missouri. This is for two-dimensional patriotic artwork on canvas or paper using various media. ...
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Saving seed for next year
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
If you haven't saved seed for next year, now would be a good time to get after it. Seed that I've saved seems to germinate a lot better than seed purchased from the store. Not sure why. It seems like it comes up quicker, as well as a bigger percentage of seed germinates. It doesn't take that long and is really easy. I store my seed in small envelopes, about 2.5 by 4 inches and have a flap to seal...
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Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
WASHINGTON -- FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump's Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners but nothing inside and more than 10,000 other government records with no classification markings, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday...
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Firefighters gain on California wildfires
(State News ~ 09/03/22)
CASTAIC, Calif. -- Firefighters were making progress Friday against two big Southern California wildfires despite dangerously hot weather. Containment of the Route Fire along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles increased to 37% and it remained at just over 8 square miles in size, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection statement said...
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Jackson's new worry: Water pressure could break pipes
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Water pressure continued to improve in Mississippi's capital city Friday as repairs continued at a long-troubled water plant, but some in the city of 150,000 still had little or no water flowing from taps, officials said. And there was a new concern: Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said success in increasing the water pressure could strain the city's aging water pipes...
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Trump White House lawyers arrive for Jan. 6 grand jury
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
WASHINGTON -- The White House counsel under then-President Donald Trump and his top deputy arrived at a federal courthouse on Friday to appear before a federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election. Pat Cipollone was the top White House lawyer at the end of the Trump administration as Trump and outside allies pressed for ways to overturn the Republican's loss to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol...
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Extremist lawmaker surges ahead of elections in Israel
(International News ~ 09/03/22)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir calls his Arab colleagues "terrorists." He wants to deport his political opponents, and in his youth, his views were so extreme that the army banned him from compulsory military service. Yet today, the populist lawmaker who was once relegated to the margins of Israeli politics is surging ahead in the polls ahead of November elections. ...
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Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including pro-Taliban cleric
(International News ~ 09/03/22)
HERAT, Afghanistan -- An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people. including a prominent cleric close to the Taliban, Taliban officials and a local medic said. At least 23 people were hurt...
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To counter UN report, Beijing taps into anti-West resentment
(International News ~ 09/03/22)
BEIJING -- Hours after yet another assessment by outside observers that China's crackdown in its far-west Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stepped up to a podium to go on the offensive...
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Lower US job gain in August could aid Fed's inflation fight
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
WASHINGTON -- America's employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hiring enough to potentially help the Federal Reserve in its fight to reduce raging inflation. The economy gained 315,000 jobs in August, a still-solid figure that pointed to an economy that remains resilient despite rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending. ...
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Russian pipeline to Germany switched off
(National News ~ 09/03/22)
BERLIN -- Russian energy giant Gazprom said Friday that it can't resume the supply of natural gas through a key pipeline to Germany for now because of what it said was a need for urgent maintenance work, just hours before it was due to recommence deliveries...
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Police report 9-4-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Park Avenue. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street...
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Fire report 9-4-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/03/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 31 n Medical assists were made at 7:41 a.m. on Stoddard Street; 9:08 a.m. on Aspen Drive; 11:47 a.m. on William Street; and 6:51 p.m. on Bellevue Street. n At 10:02 a.m., fire alarm on South Ellis Street...
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Nancy Pleimann
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
Nancy A. Pleimann, 76, of Oak Ridge passed away peacefully Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. She was born Sept. 11, 1945, in St. Louis, daughter of John and Gloria Adams. She and Greg Pleimann were married Nov. 11, 1966. Nancy and Greg moved to the area in 1973 for Greg's job at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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Randy Miesner
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
FROHNA, Mo. -- Randy Michael Miesner, 64, of Frohna passed away Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 7, 1958, in Perryville, Missouri, to Theodore Oscar and Mildred Magdalena Burroughs Miesner. He and Connie Sue Lorenz were married June 29, 1985, at Salem Lutheran Church...
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Dr. Martha McGraw
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
Dr. Martha Louise McGraw passed away quietly Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Martha's younger sister as well as her faithful companion, Lucky, were by her side. Martha was born Jan. 2, 1946, to the late V.A. and Anna Bell Brock McGraw. Martha is survived by her sister, Marilyn (Gene) Morgan of Cape Girardeau; nephews, Jason (Kelly) Morgan and daughter, Hannah of Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. ...
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Brenda Davis
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
THEBES, Ill. -- Brenda Davis, 74, of Thebes, formerly of Cairo, Illinois, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, followed by a funeral service at noon, at Crain Funeral Home in Cairo. The Rev. Larry Potts will officiate. Interment will follow in Mound City (Illinois) National Cemetery...
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Kate Bond
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
CEDAR HILL, Mo. -- Kate Pauline Bond, 93, of Cedar Hill died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, at her home. She was born June 20, 1929, in Chester, Illinois, to William and Freida Dunnerman Menke. She was baptized and confirmed at Evangelical Peace Lutheran Church in Chester. She and John Franklin Bond were married July 3, 1953, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. He preceded her in death Jan. 2, 2009...
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Janice Bohnert
(Obituary ~ 09/03/22)
Janice Marie Bohnert, 75, of Affton, Missouri, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022 at Mercy South Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 8 to 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda 9-4-22
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday ADOPTION OF AGENDA n Motion adopting the Regular Meeting Agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES n Motion approving the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Aug. 15. PUBLIC HEARINGS n Motion rescheduling a public hearing for Monday, October 3, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., to consider a Special Use Permit for a towing business in aC-2 (General Commercial) District at 1405 South Farmington Road, as submitted by Land Escapes, LLC...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for 9-4--22
(Local News ~ 09/03/22)
Cape Girardeau city council 5 p.m. Tuesday, City Hall Presetations n Recovery Month Proclamation n Hunger Action Month Proclamation n St James AME Church 159th Anniversary Proclamation n Polio Vaccinations - Robin Cole Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants...
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City not in charity business
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/03/22)
City government cannot be all things to all people all of the time. Rarely will there be adequate financial and human resources available to meet all the existing needs of the city and requests made for additional services and programs. Some have requested the City of Cape Girardeau provide home renovation grants, utility bill assistance, homeless services, affordable housing and residential rent control...
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The mysteries of Long COVID
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
When the original strain of COVID-19 arrived in spring 2020, a pandemic soon swept the country. By far most survived COVID. But hundreds of thousands did not. American deaths now number well over 1 million. Amid the tragedy, there initially was some hope that the pernicious effects of the disease would all disappear upon recovery among the nearly 99% who survived the initial infection...
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Government the problem, not solution, on college costs
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
No sooner had President Joe Biden announced his plan for student loan debt forgiveness -- $10,000 for non-Pell grant recipients and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients -- the president of the NAACP was complaining that it should be more than twice as much. At least $50,000...
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Speak Out 9-4-22
(Speak Out ~ 09/03/22)
I was recently fortunate to meet a Vietnam Veteran. While in Vietnam he was exposed to Agent Orange. He served two tours as a Navy SEAL. He has battled many illnesses caused by his exposure to Agent Orange. I asked him what he thought of our country today. ...
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Who says bipartisan cooperation is dead?
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are proving that even sworn enemies can cooperate to promote one another's political interests. President Biden, with his criticism, and his Department of Justice, with its search of Mar-a-Lago and related investigation, have boosted Trump's profile to the benefit of both Biden and his party and of Donald Trump...
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Prayer 9-4-22
(Prayer ~ 09/03/22)
O Father God, may we be diligent in prayer and spend time in your Holy Word. Amen.
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Would you pass a faith sincerity test?
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
The state of Israel is a small country on the world stage numerically but boasts the most contested real estate on Earth. With 8.9 million people, Israel has 3 million more people than Missouri yet 4 million fewer than Illinois. It is a country comparatively few Americans have visited due to distance and concerns about security (read: terrorism)...
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Robert Sturdivant: Cape's banking pioneer -- Part 1
(Column ~ 09/03/22)
It is said that after business hours, "Colonel" Robert Sturdivant loved to walk down to the river and watch the steamboats come and go. He was a people person, and everyone knew him. Arriving as a young lad of 17 on horseback from Virginia, Robert jumped into one business venture after another, some successful, some not. He first joined his brother-in-law, Edwin White, in a merchantile business. They went bankrupt in 1839...
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Let Your Hands Do The Talking for Speaking in Silence
(Submitted Story ~ 09/03/22)
The Neuro-therapy & Stroke Support Group is honored to introduce Rev. John Reinke at their October seminar entitled 'Let Your Hands Do The Talking'. Rev. Reinke leads the Deaf ministry and teaches ASL (American Sign Language) to deaf and hearing as well. He leads the establishing of Jesus Signs Workshops to train both hearing and Deaf leaders on multiple levels. His workshops are weekend and week-long immersion events and progress into ongoing training...
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Out of the past: Sept. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/22)
Southeast Missouri State University has suspended the local chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity for three years for hazing prospective members; on top of that, fraternity members could face criminal charges if Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle decides the situation warrants it; Swingle won't make that determination until campus police complete an investigation into the hazing allegations; it is the third serious hazing incident involving a fraternity or sorority at Southeast in the last three years.. ...
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