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Cairo bridge to close
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
The U.S. 60/62 bridge over the Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois, will be closed to all traffic Tuesday, Nov. 1, and Wednesday, Nov. 2, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. A message board will be in place to direct traffic...
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Police: Gun taken away earlier was used in St. Louis school shooting
(State News ~ 10/28/22)
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police have confirmed that the gunman who forced his way into a high school, killing a student and a teacher and leaving seven others wounded, used an assault rifle that had been taken away from him earlier this month. A police statement Wednesday night ...
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Cape County promotes virtual program aimed at concerned parents of teens
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center is renewing its participation, for the first time since 2019, in a November program for parents and educators called "Hidden in Plain Sight". The program promises to offer insights into current trends in youth substance abuse, drug paraphernalia and concealment of alcohol and drugs — and offers advice on how parents can talk to underage youth suspected of using substances...
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Islamic Center purchases Masonic Temple to be used as mosque
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
It has been more than two years since the Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau was damaged by a fire, allegedly caused by arson April 24, 2020. Since then, prayer services have been held in the undamaged portion of the mosque at 298 N. West End Blvd., and little progress has been made to either demolish and rebuild the center, or find a new facility...
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One in custody after shots fired north of Cape
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
One person is in custody after reports of possible shots fired at a residence north of Cape Girardeau on Thursday, Oct. 27. According to a social media post from Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office, the scene at a home along Highway 177 has been secured and one person was taken into custody. ...
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Jackson School District holds ‘Bus Driver University’ for prospective employees
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
Hoping to find new drivers, Jackson School District offered test drives in their school buses Saturday, Oct. 22. In the empty parking lot at Jackson High School, 11 people came out to take advantage of the opportunity. Keenan Kinder, assistant superintendent, said the district needs 12 drivers to fill out the roster, and he hoped giving people a shot at driving a bus would tempt them into joining the team...
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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87...
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Three in custody after Cape chase
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
Three people are in custody after they allegedly fled from police Thursday night in Cape Girardeau.
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Local residents take advantage of Missouri's new no-excuse early voting
(Local News ~ 10/28/22)
People are taking advantage locally of the state's brand-new no-excuse absentee voting, which went into effect Tuesday, Oct. 25. Gov. Mike Parson signed House Bill 1878 into law June 29. The legislation permits voters to cast in-person absentee ballots before Election Day without having to give a reason...
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Prayer 10-28-22
(Prayer ~ 10/28/22)
O Lord God, may we seek to serve one another, showing your love to others. Amen.
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Homecoming weekend an opportunity to celebrate SEMO
(Editorial ~ 10/28/22)
Cape Girardeau will be buzzing with Southeast Missouri State University students, faculty and alumni clad in red and black over the coming days for Homecoming weekend. The schedule contains several events, ranging from The Copper Dome Society and Alumni Awards Dinner on Friday night to the parade on Saturday morning and, of course, the football game -- with the No. 15-ranked Redhawks who are 6-1 this season -- on Saturday afternoon at Houck Stadium...
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Virginia Welker
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
Virginia Welker of Millersville died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson, and from 9:30 a.m. to service time Monday, Oct. 31, at Calvary United Pentecostal Church in Jackson...
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Dale Watkins
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
Dale Watkins, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 31, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jeff Long officiating...
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Nellie McGill
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
Nellie Louise McGill, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center. She was born Nellie Louise Pollock on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1935, to James Creighton and Augusta Pearl Pollack in Ironton, Missouri. Nellie fondly remembered growing up on the farm in the valley. ...
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Keith Kelley
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
CHATHAM, Ill. — Shannon "Keith" Kelley, 74, of Chatham passed away at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, at Lutheran Towers Hospice in Orlando, Florida. He was born Feb. 12, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, son of Shannon and Eva Kelley. Keith graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He received his master's degree in fine arts from Ohio University...
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Janet Casper
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Janet Lynne Casper, 66, of Perryville, formerly of Jonesboro, Illinois, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, surrounded by her family. A memorial visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Crain Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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US economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6%
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, snapping two straight quarters of contraction and overcoming high inflation and interest rates just as voting begins in midterm elections in which the economy's health has emerged as a paramount issue...
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FBI probing ex-CIA officer's spying for World Cup host Qatar
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
A former CIA officer who spied on Qatar's rivals to help the tiny Arab country land this year's World Cup is now under FBI scrutiny and newly obtained documents show he offered clandestine services that went beyond soccer to try to influence U.S. policy, an Associated Press investigation found...
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ACLU seeks halt to ballot hand-counting in rural Nevada
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
PAHRUMP, Nev. -- Volunteers conducted a first-of-its-kind hand count of mail-in votes for a second day Thursday in a rural Nevada county, while opponents asked the Nevada Supreme Court to halt the process. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed an emergency request for action Thursday accusing Nye County officials of violating a Supreme Court order issued last week that requires the count to be conducted in a way that prevents public release of early results before polls close to in-person voting on Nov. ...
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GOP's Cheney endorses Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday endorsed and plans to campaign for Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, the first time that the critic of former President Donald Trump, who lost her GOP primary, has crossed party lines to formally support a Democrat...
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Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- Election Day is 12 days away. But in courtrooms across the country, efforts to sow doubt over the outcome have already begun. More than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year around the Nov. 8 elections. The legal challenges, largely by Republicans, target rules for mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of mismarked absentee ballots and access for partisan poll watchers...
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Explainer: Why election results may not be known right away
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
It's the night of the election. Polls have been closed for hours. Why don't Americans know the winners? In 2020, President Donald Trump proclaimed that the lack of final results on election night could be an indicator of something nefarious and used it to assert without evidence that the election was stolen: "We don't want them to find any more ballots at 4 o'clock in the morning and add them to the list," he said...
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Russia's Putin says he won't use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any intentions of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine but described the conflict there as part of alleged efforts by the West to secure its global domination, which he insisted are doomed to fail...
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Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
DETROIT -- All summer long, Aleen Hudson kept looking for a new minivan or SUV for her growing passenger shuttle service. She had a good credit rating and enough cash for a down payment. Yet dealerships in the Detroit area didn't have any suitable vehicles. Or they'd demand she pay $3,000 to $6,000 above the sticker price. Months of frustration left her despondent...
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Europe's energy crisis raises firewood prices, theft fears
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
CHISINAU, Moldova -- Tudor Popescu swings his ax down on a log, then feeds the split wood into a stove that heats his home in the capital of Moldova. As the nights turn chilly, the stack of firewood has been growing higher around him -- his provisions for the coming winter...
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UN report: Climate pollution reductions 'highly inadequate'
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains "far behind" and is not doing nearly enough -- not even promising to do enough -- to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said. That "highly inadequate" inaction means the window is closing, but not quite shut yet, on efforts to keep future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree from now, according to Thursday's Emissions Gap report from the United Nations Environment Programme...
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Pentagon: Despite Russia's war, China still top threat to US
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- China remains the greatest security challenge for the United States despite Russia's war in Ukraine, and the threat from Beijing will determine how the U.S. military is equipped and shaped for the future, according to a new Pentagon defense strategy...
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'Burn boss' arrest inflames Western land use tensions
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
SALEM, Ore. -- When U.S. Forest Service personnel carried out a planned burn in a national forest in Oregon on Oct. 13, it wound up burning fencing that a local family, the Hollidays, uses to corral cattle. The crew returned six days later to restart the burn, but the flames then spread onto the family's ranch and resulted in the arrest of "burn boss" Rick Snodgrass...
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US mortgage rates top 7% for the first time in two decades
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate topped 7% for the first time in more than two decades this week, a result of the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes intended to tame inflation not seen in some 40 years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the key 30-year rate jumped to 7.08% from 6.94% last week. ...
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Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two NASA spacecraft at Mars -- one on the surface and the other in orbit -- have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. The high-speed barrages last year sent seismic waves rippling thousands of miles across Mars, the first ever detected near the surface of another planet, and carved out craters nearly 500 feet (150 meters) across, scientists reported Thursday in the journal Science...
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Ukraine attacks Russia's hold on southern city of Kherson
(International News ~ 10/28/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's hold on the southern city of Kherson on Thursday while fighting intensified in the country's east. The battles came amid reports that Moscow-appointed authorities have abandoned the city, joining tens of thousands of residents who fled to other Russia-held areas...
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Hawaii's Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
HONOLULU -- Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt. Scientists say an eruption isn't imminent, but they are on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the volcano's summit. Experts say it would take just a few hours for lava to reach homes closest to vents on the volcano, which last erupted in 1984...
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WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years
(International News ~ 10/28/22)
GENEVA -- The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency said more than 10 million people worldwide were sickened by tuberculosis in 2021, a 4.5% rise from the year before. About 1.6 million people died, it said. WHO said about 450,000 cases involved people infected with drug-resistant TB, 3% more than in 2020...
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AP sources: Musk in control of Twitter, ousts top executives
(National News ~ 10/28/22)
Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company's general counsel, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday night. The people wouldn't say if all the paperwork for the deal, originally valued at $44 billion, had been signed or if the deal has closed. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 10/28/22)
A disappointing turnout on the last day of the first-ever City of Roses Festival hasn't discouraged the promoter from planning to stage another festival next year; while the first two nights were big successes, the final night was a different story; only about 1,000 persons paid the $10 admission to a concert featuring such nationally known acts as Memphis' Rufus Thomas and the blues-rock band Tora Tora along with a popular retro-disco band from St. ...
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Mar'Yah Rodgers
(Obituary ~ 10/28/22)
Mar'Yah Martine Rodgers, age 14 hours, daughter of MyQuille Anderson and Hali Rodgers of Jackson, died Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
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Elite Travel, Inc. attends exclusive Travel Leaders Golden Circle Cruise
(Submitted Story ~ 10/28/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. --- Carolyn Sandgren (Kempf), President/CEO, and Shannon Thompson, Sales Manager, had the honor of attending the 20th Travel Leaders Network Golden Circle Cruise. This is an exclusive trip to recognize a small group of agencies in the United States for superior work in the travel industry. ...
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