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New judge lets Missouri boarding school stay open for now
(State News ~ 09/28/22)
A Missouri judge on Tuesday allowed a Christian boarding school to remain open for now, scheduling two days of hearings in October to determine its fate after multiple current and former students alleged widespread abuse. Cedar County Associate Circuit Judge Thomas Pyle's ruling came a day after he took over the case involving Agape Boarding School in Stockton. ...
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Hayti man killed in Caruthersville
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
A Hayti, Missouri, man was shot and killed Friday night in Caruthersville, Missouri. Authorities responded to Shultz Avenue at about 9:30 p.m. and found Herschel Grant Jr., 19, with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and then airlifted to a trauma center in Memphis, Tennessee, where he died early Saturday morning...
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Updates on Cape summer school, improvement plan given to board
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
An update regarding the Cape Girardeau School District's summer school program was given to school board members Monday. Howard Benyon, deputy superintendent for elementary education, reported there were improvements in the reading and math scores for a majority of students in all grade levels, elementary through high school...
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Cape School Board discusses future city park near Jefferson, Career Ladder Plan for teachers
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
Cape Girardeau School District Board of Education members approved authorization for superintendent Neil Glass to negotiate a contract with Brockmiller Construction to install a concrete retaining wall at Jefferson Elementary School for $74,850. Josh Crowell, assistant superintendent for support services, reported at the board's meeting Monday that a retaining wall will be built on three sides of a city park now under construction next door to Jefferson Elementary. ...
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Getting all of Missouri connected goal of broadband conference next week
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
State officials are calling Tuesday's in-person "Connecting All Missourians" broadband summit in Jefferson City a "first-of-its-kind event." Cape Girardeau Central and SEMO graduate BJ Tanksley, director of the state's Office of Broadband Development, will help lead the summit and will be joined by Gov. Mike Parson and at least two other state officials...
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Inflation and asphalt — the impact on MoDOT's Southeast region
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
The costs of virtually all construction materials have gone up in this year's inflationary spiral. The price of asphalt is no exception. Michael Brandon, Missouri Department of Transportation project designer for the 25-county Southeast District, told Southeast Metropolitan Planning Organization (SEMPO) stakeholders this month the increase is marked and substantial...
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New program will allow local law enforcement live video feeds of 911 calls
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
Local law enforcement and first responders will now be able to use 911 callers’ cellphones to see live video feeds and pictures. The new system, Prepared Live, allows dispatchers to text a web link to emergency callers that, if followed, will allow them to take video of emergency situations to provide responders with the Cape Girardeau Police Department, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department and 911 call centers with better knowledge of situations at the scene and real-time GPS coordinates ...
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Central Municipal Pool to close to general public
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
Mechanical issues will force the closure of Central Municipal Pool for the general public likely until 2024. The culprit is a problem with the heating and air system that cannot be repaired at this time, according to a news release from the City of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Multiple organizations partner to offer severe-weather homeless shelter in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/28/22)
Multiple not-for-profit organizations announced Tuesday they will be partnering to provide an overnight shelter for homeless people in cases of extreme weather this winter. The shelter will be at The Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau. The plan is to open the newly renovated gymnasium at The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope St., when a winter storm is imminent, providing food and shelter to those who need it...
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Justin Davison named president and CEO of Saint Francis
(Editorial ~ 09/28/22)
Saint Francis Healthcare System formally announced its new president and chief executive officer earlier this month. Justin Davison, who assumed the role in February on an interim basis, first joined Saint Francis in November 2019 as the health system's chief financial officer. He served in a similar role for Mercy in Springfield, Missouri prior...
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Crime is a legitimate issue
(Column ~ 09/28/22)
There's been a wave of violent crime the last couple of years, and the best way to address the issue is for everyone to pass over it in silence. That's the implication of the liberal pushback against the GOP attacks on Democrats as soft-on-crime in the closing weeks of the midterms...
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Prayer 9-28-22
(Prayer ~ 09/28/22)
Father God, we praise you, for every good and perfect thing comes from you. Amen.
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The Air Force goes for woke
(Column ~ 09/28/22)
Well, there goes the U.S. Air Force. The wokesters who have been wrecking our colleges for years with their insane diversity and inclusion codes have infiltrated the Air Force Academy. Cadets there now have to take a training class that includes a slide presentation titled, "Diversity & Inclusion: What it is, why we care, & what we can do."...
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Fire report 9-28-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 26 n Medical assists were made at 2:51 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 10:33 a.m. on Terry Lane; and 3:57 p.m. on Keystone Drive. n At 1:01 a.m., fire alarm on Towers Circle...
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Police report 9-28-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. Thefts n Theft of a vehicle was reported on North Kingshighway...
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Rev. Ellston Chapman
(Obituary ~ 09/28/22)
The Rev. Ellston Elmer Chapman, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at his home. He was born Jan. 26, 1945, in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania. He married Paula Marie Moore on July 5, 1968, in Anoka, Minnesota. She preceded him in death June 26, 2022...
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More than 194,000 Russians flee call-up to neighboring countries
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
TALLINN, Estonia -- It took Vsevolod four days to drive from Moscow to Russia's southern border with Georgia. He had to abandon his car at one point and continue on foot. On Tuesday, he finally finished his 1,100-mile journey and crossed the frontier to escape being called up to fight in Russia's war in Ukraine...
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Jan. 6 panel delays hearing as Hurricane Ian aims at Florida
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced Tuesday that it had postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtled toward the Florida coast. The committee had planned to hold what was likely to be its final investigative hearing Wednesday afternoon, but members decided at the last minute to delay it as it became clear that Hurricane Ian was churning on a collision course toward Florida, where it was expected to strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm.. ...
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Teen interest in long-lasting birth control soars after Roe
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to ban or severely limit abortion...
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Libertarian group sues to block student debt cancellation
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden's plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven. The lawsuit, believed to be the first targeting Biden's plan, was filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation, a Sacramento legal advocacy group. ...
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Kremlin announces vote, paves way to annex part of Ukraine
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The Kremlin paved the way Tuesday to annex more of Ukraine and escalate the war by claiming that residents of a large swath overwhelmingly supported joining with Russia in stage-managed referendums the U.S. and its Western allies have dismissed as illegitimate...
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Senators push to reform police's cellphone tracking tools
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
NEW YORK -- Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies' ability to buy cellphone tracking tools to follow people's whereabouts, including back years in time, and sometimes without a search warrant...
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Jan. 6 sedition trial underway for Oath Keepers leader
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol...
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Study tries to see whether child vaccines and asthma are linked
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
NEW YORK -- A number of scientists have wondered if aluminum, a vaccine additive that has been used for decades, had a role in allergies and asthma in children. A new federally funded study has found a possible link, but experts say the research has important shortcomings and is not a reason to change current vaccine recommendations. ...
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Biden keeps US target for refugee admissions at 125,000
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
SAN DIEGO -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday kept the nation's cap on refugee admissions at 125,000 for the 2023 budget year, despite pressure from advocates to raise it even higher to meet the need after falling far short of that target this year. Refugees advocates have been pushing the Biden administration to do more to restore the U.S. ...
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Chicago police charge man who infiltrated SWAT training
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
CHICAGO -- Chicago police filed eight felony counts Tuesday against a man who climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a police facility while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise. Donald Patrick, 47, of Waukegan was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer and three counts of burglary in the attack Monday at the facility in Homan Square on Chicago's West Side. He's due in bond court Wednesday...
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California murder suspect, teen daughter killed in shootout
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
LOS ANGELES -- An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father -- a fugitive wanted in the death of the teen's mother -- were both killed amid a shootout with law enforcement Tuesday on a highway in California's high desert, authorities said. San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus did not specify whether Savannah Graziano was shot by the responding deputies or her father. Anthony John Graziano, 45, had allegedly killed his estranged wife the day before and abducted their daughter...
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Funds to aid Jackson's water system held up as governor rose
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Years before people in Jackson were recently left without running water for several days, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves claimed to have helped block money to fund water system repairs in the capital city. Reeves, a Republican, blames Jackson's water crisis on mismanagement at the city level. ...
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Recreating Marilyn Monroe's iconic outfits in 'Blonde'
(Community ~ 09/28/22)
Marilyn Monroe's on-screen costumes are almost as iconic as her. Think of the hot pink strapless gown she wore to sing "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." Or the white halter cocktail dress that billowed up over a subway grate in "The Seven Year Itch."...
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Iranian lawmaker slams protesters; cleric appeals for calm
(International News ~ 09/28/22)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A hard-line Iranian lawmaker Tuesday slammed female protesters who have taken off mandatory headscarves as prostitutes, doubling down on the government stance amid the dramatic demonstrations following the death of a 22-year-old woman detained by the country's morality police...
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Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage
(International News ~ 09/28/22)
WARSAW, Poland -- Explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered on two natural gas pipelines running underwater from Russia to Germany, seismologists said Tuesday. Some European leaders and experts are pointing to possible sabotage during an energy standoff with Russia provoked by the war in Ukraine...
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Japanese former leader Abe honored at divisive state funeral
(International News ~ 09/28/22)
TOKYO -- Japan's assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, was given a rare state funeral Tuesday that was full of military pomp and surrounded by throngs of mourners as well as by widespread protests, with thousands taking to the streets in opposition...
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Millions of Americans will save on Medicare fees next year
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare's Part B plan, which covers routine doctors' visits and other outpatient care. The rare 3% decrease in monthly premiums is likely to be coupled with a historically high cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits -- perhaps 9% or 10% -- putting hundreds of dollars directly into the pockets of millions of people...
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Meta disables Russian propaganda network that was targeting Europe
(National News ~ 09/28/22)
A sprawling disinformation network originating in Russia sought to use hundreds of fake social media accounts and dozens of sham news websites to spread Kremlin talking points about the invasion of Ukraine, Meta revealed Tuesday. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said it identified and disabled the operation before it was able to gain a large audience. ...
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Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for winds, floods
(International News ~ 09/28/22)
HAVANA -- Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday, knocking out power to the entire country and leaving 11 million people without electricity, before churning on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm...
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Out of the past: Sept. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 09/28/22)
The annual meeting on the grounds of Old McKendree Chapel near Jackson is held in the afternoon and is open to the public; guest speaker is Kevin Drollinger, executive director of Epworth Children and Family Services. A groundbreaking service was held last Sunday at Maple United Methodist Church at Jean Ann and Cape Rock Drive for an addition which will include a nursery, two classrooms, offices and a large foyer; a paved parking lot is also being constructed; completion of the project is expected early next spring.. ...
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Connected Communities-Thriving Families, Child Welfare Transformation Initiative
(Submitted Story ~ 09/28/22)
Families Belong Together Missouri Coalition for Children is excited to announce the launch of Connected Communities-Thriving Families, the Coalition’s initiative to help more children stay safely with their families and in their communities. Missouri has 13,689 children in foster care, twice the per capita national average, and too many for reasons unrelated to harm or neglect...
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