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Build My Future: Nearly 2,000 Southeast Missouri high school students take part in construction career expo
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nearly 2,000 Southeast Missouri high school students spent the day in the construction industry, learning about the various options in the trade while also gaining hands-on experience during the Build My Future event Wednesday in Sikeston...
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Cape water declared safe; officials lift boil advisory
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
Cape Girardeau officials lifted the boil water advisory in the city Friday after test results showed no sign of contaminants in the water. "It is not necessary to flush your pipes or appliances since contamination was not detected. To flush household pipes in an abundance of caution, a few minutes of running all household water would be an adequate safeguard," a city news release said...
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Robert Sturdivant: Cape's banking pioneer -- Part 2
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
Robert Sturdivant was a devoted benefactor to Cape Girardeau through education, fair association and evolvement of the railroad. In March 1873, Louis Houck heard through friends in Jefferson City the state wanted to establish a college somewhere in the southeastern part of the state. The town which offered the highest monetary incentive would acquire the institution. Houck, who over the years sought the wise counsel of Sturdivant, asked his advise on the matter...
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Notre Dame students set fundraising record of $282,000 during annual Activity Week
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
Notre Dame Regional High School students set a record during this year's Activity Week, an annual fundraiser that helps the school with operation costs. Students raised more than $282,000 for the school, a record of $680.38 per capita, dusting the previous record of $550.27 per capita, according to a news release from the school...
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Mayor highlights debt repayment, crime prevention efforts in city
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
JACKSON -- Cape Girardeau Mayor Stacy Kinder touted debt repayment and investments in crime prevention while speaking to a Republican women's group Friday. Kinder told the group city officials have lowered the city's debt by about $8 million and continuing to show such "discipline" will help the city's financial condition in the future...
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Neil Glass, Tim Garner discuss education before Cape Chamber
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
The men leading two prominent school systems in Cape Girardeau County agree the business community can help students find their place in today's working world -- a world where there doesn't seem to be enough takers for available jobs. Neil Glass, superintendent of Cape Girardeau Public Schools, and Tim Garner, principal of Notre Dame Regional High School, participated in a question-and-answer forum at Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's October First Friday Coffee at Century Casino Event Center.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/08/22)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2022. There are 84 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted; fires also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and in several communities in Michigan...
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A plant called goldenrod
(Community ~ 10/08/22)
There are many kinds of goldenrods. Some are tall, reaching a height of 6 feet or more. Some are short, growing no more than 2 feet tall. Several are native to North America and Missouri. Many more have origins from across the world. To complicate things concerning the goldenrod plant, because of its elegant beauty, many cultivars have been developed. Some of these can become invasive in Southeast Missouri...
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Plan ahead for success
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
When we were starting our tomato plants last spring we started probably 50 Stupice Tomato plants. I hadn't planned on planting that many in our garden but I figured we would give a few away which we did. We ended up planting 15 Stupice tomatoes in our North high tunnel. We have had problems with fungus in this high tunnel but I really thought we had it controlled. We didn't...
- Adopt Cooper 10-9-22 (Community ~ 10/08/22)
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 10 through 14
(Community ~ 10/08/22)
Monday: Center closed for Columbus Day. Tuesday: Scrambled eggs and sausage patty or chicken tenders, pancakes and syrup, baked hash browns, bran muffin, hot baked apples and orange juice. Wednesday: Chicken pot pie or country-fried steak and potatoes, Lima beans, whole-grain biscuit and Mandarin oranges or iced orange cake...
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FYI 10-9-22
(Community ~ 10/08/22)
St. Denis Catholic Church in Benton, Missouri, will celebrate St. Denis Day with a dinner from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 9. The menu includes kettle beef, chicken and dumplings, chicken and dress, sweet potatoes, buttered potatoes, green beans, slaw and dessert. Dine in and carry out available...
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The extravagance of a letter
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
A man who attended a funeral that I officiated wrote me a letter. He could have sent an email or a text message. Yet by sending a handwritten letter, he communicated more value than just the words on the page. Paul, who by the Holy Spirit wrote most of the New Testament, shared, "I, Paul, write this greeting with my hand. ...
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Living water
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
There are many things we take for granted, such as clean running water. A water main broke in Cape Girardeau this week. Many residents had no running water, and a boil water advisory was in place. Schools and businesses were affected. What would you do if you no longer had access to clean water? For many people in the world, this is a struggle...
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Prayer 10-9-22
(Prayer ~ 10/08/22)
Lord Jesus, may our focus be on things with eternal value, building your kingdom. Amen.
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An epidemic of cognitive impairment?
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
President Joe Biden, the nominal head of the Democratic Party, is 79. But he increasingly acts and sounds 89. Recently, Biden has pivoted repeatedly on stage with his arm outstretched to shake the hand -- of someone not there. On one recent occasion Biden called out for Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., who passed away in a car crash in early August. He was insistent, shouting to the crowd, "Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I think she wasn't going to be here -- to help make this a reality."...
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Don't fear Elon Musk
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
Elon Musk is about to pollute the country's discourse, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop him. This is the alarm going up about the eccentric billionaire's on-again, off-again, on-again-if-it-looks-like-a-Delaware-court-is-going-to-insist-on-it acquisition of Twitter...
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Are deficits actually going down?
(Column ~ 10/08/22)
The president is annoyed. On Saturday, during a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, he complained that "I'm so sick of Republicans saying we're the 'big spenders.' Give me a break. Give me a break." He all but said in one portion of the speech that he is spending a lot of money on special interests and yet "doing all of this while reducing the deficit -- last year, $350 billion, and this year by $1 trillion." It's magic...
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Route AB in Cape County reduced for shoulder work
(Local News ~ 10/08/22)
Route AB in Cape County reduced for shoulder work Route AB in Cape Girardeau County -- from the Exit 91 interchange at Scott City to County Road 217 -- will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform shoulder work and pavement repairs. ...
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Uvalde schools suspend police force
(State News ~ 10/08/22)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Uvalde's school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former state trooper who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response during the May shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 21 dead...
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Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos
(International News ~ 10/08/22)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday...
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Russia strikes annexed area; More bodies found in Kharkiv
(International News ~ 10/08/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia concentrated attacks Friday in its increasingly troubled invasion of Ukraine on areas it illegally annexed as the death toll from earlier missile strikes on apartment buildings in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 12...
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Another month of solid hiring suggests more big Fed hikes
(National News ~ 10/08/22)
WASHINGTON -- America's employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs, a solid figure that will likely keep the Federal Reserve on pace to keep raising interest rates aggressively to fight persistently high inflation. Friday's government report showed that hiring fell from 315,000 in August to the weakest monthly gain since April 2021. The unemployment rate fell from 3.7% to 3.5%, matching a half-century low...
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Police report 10-9-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Water Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. Assaults n Third-degree assault was reported on Northwoods Court...
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Mildred LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 10/08/22)
BENTON, Mo. -- Mildred Dorothy LeGrand, 97, of Benton died peacefully in her sleep early Thursday morning, Oct. 6, 2022, at her home. She was born July 8, 1925, in Benton to Andrew "Andy" Calvin and Agnes Mary Welter LeGrand. She and Gilbert Henry LeGrand of New Hamburg, Missouri, were married Oct. 24, 1944, in Benton. He preceded her in death May 7, 2003...
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Fire report 10-9-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/22)
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 5 n Medical assists were made at 1:01 p.m. on Northwoods Court; 11:37 p.m. on McKenna Drive; and 11:40 p.m. on Broadway. n At 9:03 p.m., hazardous condition on Themis Street...
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As search goes on, Floridians await OK to survey Ian's wrath
(National News ~ 10/08/22)
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. -- William Wellema has been living under a bridge for four days, waiting to get to Fort Myers Beach on Florida's Estero Island to see if his vacation home survived Hurricane Ian. On Friday, he was beyond frustrated as he continued to await permission to drive across...
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Jimmy Kinsey
(Obituary ~ 10/08/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Jimmy Edward Kinsey, son of the late James Washington and Lorene Emma White Kinsey, was born Nov. 16, 1952, in Chaffee and departed his life Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at his home in Chaffee at the age of 69 years. He is survived by a sister, Pat Hutson of Chaffee; three sons, Daniel and Will Robertson and Shawn Kinsey; three daughters, Angela Tate, Tabitha Kinsey and Amanda Pobst; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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Robert Killian
(Obituary ~ 10/08/22)
Robert Dale Killian, 66, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at his home. He was born March 4, 1956, in Cape Girardeau to John Russell and Jewell Eveline Carter Killian. He married Cindy Boyett, and she survives. He was a laborer for Union Local 1104. He was a 1974 graduate of Scott City High School, where he was an all-state football player...
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Randy Barrow
(Obituary ~ 10/08/22)
Randy Alen Barrow, 62, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at his residence. He was born Oct. 9, 1959, to Alda and Billie Faye Charlton Barrow in Detroit. On Oct. 11, 2008, he married Carmella Gaither in Murray, Kentucky. Randy and Carmella lived in Cape Girardeau...
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Out of the past: Oct. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/22)
The vacancy created by Cape Girardeau Councilman Jack Rickard's resignation Monday night will be filled in the April municipal election; council members voted to accept Rickard's resignation and approved Mayor Al Spradling III's suggestion that the Ward 3 seat be added to the ballot; seats in Wards 1, 2 and 6 -- now held by J.J. Williamson, Tom Neumeyer and Richard Eggimann, respectively -- and the mayor's post will be up for election...
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Out of the past: Oct. 9
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/22)
A 38-year-old Scott City woman and her 3-year-old son died yesterday in a house fire; Norma and Adam Eads were found in the upstairs bedroom of their home at 110 E. Cherry St.; Adam was found on a floor near the front window, and Norma Eads was on the floor nearby...
- Saint Francis Healthcare System gifts sculpture (Community ~ 10/08/22)
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