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Oak Ridge man sent to prison on firearm charge
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
An Oak Ridge man has been sentenced to prison on a felon in possession of a firearm charge. U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark sentenced Joseph Lopez, 40, to 112 months in prison on the charge, which stemmed from a search of his residence in November. A release from U.S. District Attorney Sayler Fleming states authorities located a 9 mm pistol in a safe in the man's bedroom. They also found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia...
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Chinese national sentenced to prison for child porn
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to prison for possessing child pornography. A release from U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming indicated Haoyu Wang, 29, a student at Southeast Missouri State University, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark to 84 months in prison...
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Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau to honor Trudy Lee with Lifetime Achievement Award
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau will honor Trudy Lee with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its Women of Achievement Luncheon and Expo 2022 on Friday, Nov 18. The luncheon and expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center, 3351 Percy Drive in Cape Girardeau...
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Local DAR again plans decoration of graves in Jackson
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
For a second year, the local John Guild chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will take part Dec. 17 in National Wreaths Across America Day. In remarks Monday during Jackson Board of Aldermen's study session, DAR's Pam Johnson said wreaths again will be laid on veterans' graves at Jackson City Cemetery on South High Street and at Russell Heights Cemetery, 435 S. Farmington Road...
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Veteran SEMO prof Hamner Hill to be given faculty honor; 4 alumni will receives merit awards
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Hamner Hill, a philosophy professor at Southeast Missouri State University, will receive the Faculty Merit Award from Southeast's alumni association later this month. Hill, who has taught at SEMO for 36 years, will be honored Oct. 28, along with four Southeast alumni, at the annual Copper Dome Society and Merit Award dinner during Homecoming weekend...
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Cairo port development gets state grant
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that $3.4 million has been released for a new inland port under development in Cairo, Illinois. The funding is part of the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois capital program approved by the state legislature in 2019 — with the majority of funding earmarked, according to Pritzker's office, for upgrading Illinois's aging transportation system, creating jobs and promoting economic growth...
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Contour Airlines makes first flight from Cape Girardeau airport to Nashville
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Exactly 34 minutes and 3 seconds after liftoff, the first Contour Airlines flight emanating from Cape Girardeau Regional Airport touched down at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee. The flight, and surrounding festivities, were a joyous occasion for city officials and Contour staff after a monthslong endeavor to secure commercial service in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Jackson School District to host 'Bus Driver University'
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Jackson School District needs bus drivers, and will host its second "Bus Driver University" on Saturday, Oct. 22. Those interested can learn more information, and even test drive a bus, from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Jackson High School Events Center at 315 S. Missouri St. in Jackson...
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Prayer 10-19-22
(Prayer ~ 10/19/22)
O Father God, thank you for grace and the gift of eternal life through your Son Jesus. Amen.
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Why is Peter Thiel, a GOP megadonor, pursuing a Maltese passport?
(Column ~ 10/19/22)
"The elites plunder this country and then blame us for it in the process," J.D. Vance, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, declared when he announced his bid for the seat from Ohio. Elsewhere, he's insisted that America faces a stark choice. "We can have an American Republic or a global oligarchy, and it's time for choosing."...
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Biden deserves what he's going to get on the economy
(Column ~ 10/19/22)
The S&P 500 is down more than 5% since Joe Biden's inauguration, and the Dow Jones Industrial more than 4%. The Federal Reserve is ratcheting up interest rates, raising borrowing costs across the board. And one of the most respected bankers in the country is warning of a recession, telling a conference that "this is serious stuff."...
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Fire report 10-19-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/19/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 17 n Medical assists were made at 3:18 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 3:25 a.m. on North Main Street; 5:09 a.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 8:18 a.m. on Broadway; 10:42 a.m. on Broadway; 3:38 p.m. on Whitener Street; 4:08 p.m. on Christine Street; 5:19 p.m. on South Minnesota Avenue; and 7:45 p.m. on Linden Street...
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Police report 10-19-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/19/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. Thefts n Theft from a motor vehicle was reported on Woodland Hills Drive. n Burglary was reported on Lexington Avenue...
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Euldine McWilliams
(Obituary ~ 10/19/22)
CENTERTON, Ark. — Euldine Catherine McWilliams, 92, longtime resident of Jackson and recently of Centerton, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. She was born Dec. 21, 1929, in Cape Girardeau to the late Purve and Myrtle Biffle Jones. Euldine retired from a long career with Superior Manufacturing. She enjoyed being outdoors, travel, playing cards and visiting with friends, and she cherished the time shared with her family...
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Carlene Gilliland
(Obituary ~ 10/19/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Lettie Carlene Gilliland, 84, passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, at Chaffee Nursing Home in Chaffee. She was born Aug. 14, 1938, in Canalou, Missouri, daughter of the late Carl and Willie Mae Hilton-Greenlee. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Scott City and had been an ombudsman for home health care and a nurse's aide in different nursing homes before retiring. She loved crafting and sewing and frogs...
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Ronald Conner
(Obituary ~ 10/19/22)
Ronald Lewis Conner of Cape Girardeau was born June 25, 1951, in Bell City, Missouri, to the late Roberta Weakley-Conner and Ross Conner Sr. He departed this life Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, peacefully in his sleep at the age of 71 years. Ronald was a 1969 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He then went on to attend Southeast Missouri State University, where he was active in Association of Black Collegians...
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Review: 'Black Adam', a superhero franchise born on a Rock
(Entertainment ~ 10/19/22)
Not long into "Black Adam," a preteen boy looks up at the muscled hulk of Dwayne Johnson and begs for his help: "We could use a superhero right now." Speak for yourself, kid. Do we need another superhero with another convoluted origin story that stretches back thousands of years and fulfills a whacko destiny? Do we really need another clutch of secondary level heroes to muddy focus? We're almost 40 deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a dozen in the DC universe. ...
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Turkey group is sending SC museum's collection to Missouri
(State News ~ 10/19/22)
EDGEFIELD, S.C. -- The Winchester Museum in Edgefield has for decades celebrated the wild turkey and its preservation, but the collections there are soon to be packed up, shipped out and installed at the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium in Springfield, Missouri...
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Realtors apologizing for past discrimination, urging change
(State News ~ 10/19/22)
ST. LOUIS -- When Abdul-Kaba Abdullah decided to sell his home two years ago, he listed the neatly-kept, four-bedroom house at $175,000 based on presale evaluations. But once a buyer made an offer, an appraiser valued the home at only $150,000, and the bank wouldn't give a loan for the original asking price...
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February execution date set for Missouri man who killed four
(State News ~ 10/19/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. _ The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a February execution date for a suburban St. Louis man who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three young children nearly 18 years ago. Leonard Taylor, 58, is scheduled to be executed on Feb. ...
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Missouri school to close after radioactive waste report
(State News ~ 10/19/22)
FLORISSANT, Mo. -- A Missouri school board decided Tuesday to shut down a grade school that sits near a contaminated creek after a study funded by law firms involved in a class-action lawsuit found high levels of radioactive material inside the school...
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Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The case against Igor Danchenko was the third and possibly final case brought by Special Counsel John Durham as part of his probe into how the FBI conducted its own investigation into allegations of collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Kremlin...
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Patagonia condor repopulation drive faces wind farm threat
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
SIERRA PAILEMAN, Argentina -- It was a sunny morning when about 200 people trudged up a hill in Argentina's southern Patagonia region with a singular mission: free two Andean condors that had been born in captivity. The emotion in the air was palpable as conservationists got ready for a moment that so many had been working toward for months. But the joyous moment was also bittersweet...
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USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the farm loan relief program funded from $3.1 billion set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act allocated toward assisting distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA. ...
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First lease sale to be held for offshore wind on West Coast
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Biden administration will hold the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy on the West Coast, officials said Tuesday. The Dec. 6 sale will target areas in the Pacific Ocean off central and northern California-- the first U.S. auction for commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development. The administration hailed the upcoming sale at at a conference for offshore wind developers and experts in Providence, Rhode Island...
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Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants
(International News ~ 10/19/22)
MEXICO CITY -- As migrants, especially Venezuelans, struggle to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings, one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border...
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Truss' waning power brings political plots, jokes
(International News ~ 10/19/22)
LONDON -- Powerless, humiliated, labeled a "ghost" prime minister and compared unfavorably to a head of lettuce -- this is not a good week for Liz Truss. Britain's prime minister was scrambling to recover her grasp on power Tuesday after her economic plans were ripped up and repudiated by a Treasury chief whom she was forced to appoint to avoid meltdown on the financial markets...
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As Russia strikes power plants, Ukrainians brace for winter
(International News ~ 10/19/22)
KIVSHARIVKA, Ukraine -- Nine-year-old Artem Panchenko helps his grandmother stoke a smoky fire in a makeshift outdoor kitchen beside their nearly abandoned apartment block. The light is falling fast and they need to eat before the setting sun plunges their home into cold and darkness...
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EU faces battle to keep energy prices from tanking economy
(International News ~ 10/19/22)
BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies don't further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Biden vows abortion law as top priority for next Congress
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade -- if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law -- in a speech designed to energize his party's voters just three weeks ahead of the November midterms...
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Millions of cookies: MacKenzie Scott gives Girl Scouts $85M
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
NEW YORK -- Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said Tuesday, calling it a vote of confidence. "Her support of our organization means honestly just as much as the donation," Sofia Chang, CEO of GSUSA, said in an interview...
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Mosquito magnet? It could be your smell
(National News ~ 10/19/22)
NEW YORK -- A new study finds that some people really are "mosquito magnets" and it probably has to do with the way they smell. The researchers found that people who are most attractive to mosquitoes produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin that are tied to smell. And bad news for mosquito magnets: The bloodsuckers stay loyal to their favorites over time...
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Out of the past: Oct. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 10/19/22)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Shiloh Baptist Church, situated on a knoll about two miles west of Villa Ridge, is rich in Southern Illinois heritage; its membership, numbering around 80, observes its 180th anniversary with a number of special activities; some members of the Sunday school and church dress in historic costumes; the Rev. ...
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Riverfront Fall Festival will have something for everyone on Saturday
(Editorial ~ 10/19/22)
Each spring, we shake off winter and look forward to sunny, warm weekends when festivals and events reinvigorate us. In reverse, a bustling window in the fall also features festive events, offering an opportunity to gather together for fun, food and fellowship before Thanksgiving and Christmas dominate everyone's schedule...
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Women of Achievement nominee: Lisa Newcomer, RRT, MBA, FACHE
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Lisa Newcomer currently serves as Vice President of Regional Operations at St. Francis Medical Center. As a member of the Saint Francis Executive Team, Newcomer is involved in executing strategic plans for primary and secondary service lines. In 2014, she received her master’s degree from William Woods University. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives...
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Women of Achievement nominee: Leasa Stone, R.N.
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Leasa Stone is a Registered Nurse at Saint Francis Medical Center and the Education & Training Coordinator at Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence. She is also the founder of the Green Bear Project created in 2002 in memory of Baby Tylen, a child Stone cared for in foster care who was killed by his biological parents 3 short months after returning home. ...
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Women of Achievement nominee: Katrina Amos
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Katrina Amos is the City of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager. As a certified member of the American Association of Airport Executives, she has a tremendous responsibility in our community including extensive involvement in planning for the construction of a new terminal at the airport...
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Women of Achievement nominee: Danette Miller, M.D.
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
With boundless appreciation for her own mentors and an aptitude for science, Dr. Danette Miller chose the field of medicine as the place for making her contributions to the world. Through grit and gumption, she was admitted into the rigorous accelerated medical school program at UMKC and never looked back...
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Women of Achievement nominee: Amy Emmenderfer
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Amy Emmenderfer is not just the principal of Clippard Elementary School, she is the biggest cheerleader for and inspiration to her faculty, staff, and students. She encourages and inspires her staff, which includes 56 women–many of whom are just starting their careers in education–to reach their full potential. Inspired by teachers and administrators that came before her and encouraged her, Amy is committed to success at Clippard Elementary...
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Zonta Celebration Award: Dr. Nancy Blattner
(Local News ~ 10/19/22)
Dr. Nancy H. Blattner assumed her role as the first female president of Fontbonne University in July 2020, but her inauguration was delayed until September 19, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Blattner previously served as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Fontbonne from 2004 to 2009 and went on to serve as the President of Caldwell University, a Catholic Dominican university in Caldwell, New Jersey, where she served for 11 years...
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TLS Student of the Quarter
(Submitted Story ~ 10/19/22)
Here at Trinity Lutheran School we have awarded our Students of the Quarter. These students were recently recognized by our teachers and staff for being outstanding students that have made a positive impact on our lives here at Trinity. We are proud of their accomplishments and would like to recognize each of them for doing so, may God bless them and continue to let His light shine for all to see! front row R to L Kendall Deneke 1st grade, Genevieve Brandhorst 3rd grade, Natalie Wilson 4th grade, Libby Wulfers 7th grade, Jaegen Pickel 5th grade, back row R to L Addy Rhodes 1st grade, Brett Gaebler 4th grade, Nehemiah Comeau Kindergarten, Korbin Koch 2nd grade, Elaina Volkerding 5th grade, Journee Mele 6th grade, Carsyn Faught 8th grade, Brayden Davidson 8th grade.. ...
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