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What's Past is Prologue: Recalling Hong Kong's handover a quarter century ago from UK to China
(Local News ~ 12/27/22)
Twenty-five years ago this past summer, 156 years of British rule of Hong Kong ended with the July 1, 1997, formal handover of the colony to the People's Republic of China. Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, had been in office two months at the time...
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Student Santas
(Local News ~ 12/27/22)
Vivek Malik distributes food on Christmas Day during the Student Santas lunch held at Clippard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Notable business stories in 2022
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
The year 2022 was a active one for the Southeast Missouri business community. Ten stories from the past calendar year, not arranged in any order of perceived importance, received considerable reader comment and are noted in brief: Arch Nemesis LLC in May sold all 18 of its McDonald's restaurant locations in Southeast Missouri...
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Cape Girardeau County's Ground-A-Bout adds third location
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
The Ground-A-Bout, a Jackson-based coffee company, will take over operations in January of Parengo Coffee, 114 E. Front St., in downtown Sikeston, Missouri, according to the Facebook accounts of both Parengo and The Ground-A-Bout. The Ground-A-Bout's owner and founder, Bob Schooley, has purchased Parengo's building and will honor all leftover Parengo gift cards, according to a social media post...
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State declines to fund Jackson pavement improvement project
(Local News ~ 12/27/22)
Citing the high price tag contained in recent bidding, the state's Highways and Transportation Commission has decided not to fund a project to upgrade a 3.55-mile stretch of West Jackson Boulevard in Jackson. Missouri Department of Transportation had planned pavement improvement and other work on the roadway between the Highway 34/72 "Starlite" intersection and the Highway 61/25 intersection at Goose Creek near Harps supermarket...
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South Side Farms groundbreaking planned for early next year
(Local News ~ 12/27/22)
South Side Farms, the Saint Francis Foundation's ambitious revitalization project for southern Cape Girardeau, will break ground in early 2023, foundation vice president Jimmy Wilferth said. Last week, Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Committee voted unanimously to approve final plans for the development — one member did abstain from the vote...
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Year end 2022: Leaders passed
(Local News ~ 12/27/22)
Leadership. Volunteerism. Excellence. Southeast Missouri lost more than a few exceptional people in 2022. Among them (listed chronologically) ... Rex Dearmont Rust, co-president of Rust Communications, parent of the Southeast Missourian, died Jan. 6 after a yearlong battle with cancer...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2022. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal...
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Cape Girardeau podiatrist closes office
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
Zenon M. Duda, D.P.M., has announced he is closing his podiatry practice in Cape Girardeau for health reasons. Duda, a board certified foot surgeon, also spent time on staff at various hospitals, including Southeast Hospital, Saint Francis Medical Center, Perry County Memorial Hospital, Twin Rivers Hospital in Kennett, Missouri, the former Chaffee General Hospital, Mayfield Community Hospital in Kentucky and at Doctors Park Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau...
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Personal credit card debt up in 2022
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
WalletHub, a personal finance website, said U.S. credit card debt increased by $39.6 billion during July to September, in the latest available statistics on consumer spending using plastic. In an article suggesting Americans had returned to lamentable bad habits when it comes to deferring payment on consumables, Miami-headquartered WalletHub said that in this year's second quarter, April to June, average credit card debt rose 6.4% to $9,260, compared to the same period a year ago...
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Missouri middle of the pack in charity
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
The Show Me State ranks No. 29 overall out of the 50 U.S. states when it comes to charity donations of volunteerism and financial gifts, according to financial website WalletHub. Compared to the rest of the nation, Missouri is No. 32 in volunteer hours and No. 23 in money gifts...
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SEMO Food Bank receives donation from Midwest Sterilization
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
Officials of Midwest Sterilization Co. of Jackson joined Southeast Missouri Food Bank representatives for the recent presentation of a $35,000 cash donation in support of the "Feed More" campaign. ...
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Gas prices at Christmastime
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
As 2023 approaches, regular gasoline prices keep falling, with the U.S. average price Monday, Dec. 26, 19 cents cheaper than one year ago. Saturday's $3.10 average compares to $3.29 on Dec. 26, 2021. U.S. pump prices have fallen 4 cents in a week and 46 cents in the past month...
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New Masonic Temple site in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
Cape Girardeau Masonic Temple Association has purchased a lot at 108 West Drive in Cape Girardeau, on the southeast corner of West and Independence Street. Kyle West, association president, said the design concept for the new building will need approval by both his organization and state-level Masonic bodies, including Grand Lodge of Missouri, before an architect and builder are identified...
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Scott City firm puts on free roof
(Business ~ 12/27/22)
Reed's Metals, under the auspices of its "Covering the Community" program, has paid for the installation of a new residential roof, free to the homeowner, in the 900 block of East Olive Street in Scott City. Roof work began Tuesday, Dec. 20, and will be completed this week, said Nick Reynolds, general manager of the Reed's Metals's Scott City office and manufacturing facility at 1616 E. Outer Road, who added that the company spent in excess of $10,000 on the project...
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Prayer 12-27-22
(Prayer ~ 12/27/22)
Lord Jesus, we worship you, for your name is above all others. Amen.
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Boyd Summers Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
Boyd Summers Jr., 96, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 19, 1926, in Millersville to Boyd Sr. and Bertha Sander Summers. He and Juanita Statler were married July 7, 1950, in Chaffee, Missouri. They had been married 69 years when Juanita passed away Aug. 16, 2019...
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Pearl Powderly
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
Pearl Louise Powderly, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at Life Care Center. She was born Jan. 13, 1935, in Hecker, Illinois, to Roland and Hilda Weideman Staufenbiel. Pearl and Aloysius Powderly were married April 11, 1953, at Fort Lewis, Washington...
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Bobby Payne
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
SEDGEWICKVILL, Mo. — Bobby Lee Payne, 79, of Sedgewickville passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at his home. He was born Aug. 3, 1943, to Lowell and Ruby Hahn Payne. Bobby and Teresa McIntyere were united in marriage in March 1969. Bobby served in the U.S. ...
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Betty Kitchen
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
WICKLIFFE, Ky. — Betty Jean Kitchen, 88, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at Countryside Rehab and Nursing in Bardwell, Kentucky. She lived most of her life in McClure, Illinois. Betty was born Nov. 20, 1934, in Cairo, Illinois, to her parents, Aaron and Pauline Harr Smith...
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Alan Wayne Jones
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
Alan Wayne Jones, 68, of Jackson passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1954, in Cape Girardeau, son of Alan Kenneth "Rack" and Irene Wunderlich Jones. Wayne was a 1972 graduate of Jackson High School. During high school, he worked for Straightway Farm Service. ...
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Ralph Horneker
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Ralph William Horneker, 79, of Perryville died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, at Fountainbleau Lodge. A celebration of life will be held at a later date at Faith Presbyterian Church in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Irma Esselman
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Irma Ann Esselman, 95, of Perryville died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Perryville. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, at the church, with the Rev. Mark Pranaitis, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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James Darby
(Obituary ~ 12/27/22)
James L. Darby, 95, formerly of Dexter, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. James was born near Essex, Missouri, on Jan. 14, 1927, to Grace M. Grim Darby and John "Albert" Darby. James graduated from Essex High School, then served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1946...
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Are universities doomed?
(Column ~ 12/27/22)
In a famous exchange in the The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway wrote: "How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually, then suddenly." "Gradually" and "suddenly" applies to higher education's implosion. During the 1990s "culture wars" universities were warned that their chronic tuition hikes above the rate of inflation were unsustainable...
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Congress has a fiscal road map — it just needs to use it
(Column ~ 12/27/22)
Dealing with high inflation and an increasingly shaky economy, Americans are forced to make tougher spending choices. With public debt at an all-time high, government should do the same. This feat isn't that hard now that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released a series of budget options showing Congress how to do it...
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Blunt leaves Senate championing the promise of America
(Editorial ~ 12/27/22)
At the end of the year, Roy Blunt will leave the United States Senate, a career in public policy that has spanned six decades. His 26 years in Washington, D.C. — 14 in the House and the last 12 in the Senate — were defined by his efforts to find solutions, both with members of his own party as well as with those across the political aisle, to problems facing the American people...
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GOP stumbles with independents contributed to midterm woes
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
EAGAN, Minn. -- As Republican Tyler Kistner's closing ad aired last month in one of the most competitive congressional districts in the U.S., Vickie Klang felt that something was missing. The 58-year-old veterinary technician and self-described independent voter watched as the 30-second spot showed grainy black-and-white images of President Joe Biden with two-term Democratic Rep. ...
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Long COVID: Could mono virus or fat cells be playing roles?
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
A British historian, an Italian archaeologist and an American preschool teacher have never met in person, but they share a prominent pandemic bond. Plagued by eerily similar symptoms, the three women are credited with describing, naming and helping bring long COVID into the public's consciousness in early 2020...
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China to scrap COVID-19 quarantine for incoming passengers
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
BEIJING -- China will drop a COVID-19 quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from abroad starting Jan. 8, the National Health Commission announced Monday in the latest easing of the country's once-strict virus-control measures. Currently, arriving passengers must quarantine for five days at a hotel, followed by three days at home. That is down from as much as three weeks in the past...
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Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone near air base
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The Russian military reported Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an air base deep inside Russia, the second time the facility has been targeted this month -- again revealing weaknesses in Russia's air defenses. Russia's Defense Ministry said debris killed three servicemen at the Engels air base, which houses Tu-95 and Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bomber planes that have struck Ukraine with missiles in the 10-month-old war...
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Explainer: 2023 tax credits for EVs will boost their appeal
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
WASHINGTON -- Starting Jan. 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit, part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions...
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Heavy snow in Japan leaves 17 dead, dozens injured
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
TOKYO -- Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday. Powerful winter fronts have dumped heavy snow in northern regions since last week, stranding hundreds of vehicles on highways, delaying delivery services and causing 11 deaths by Saturday. ...
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Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
PARIS -- Members of France's Kurdish community and anti-racism activists joined together in mourning and anger on Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors say was racially motivated...
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S. Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones
(International News ~ 12/27/22)
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's military fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Monday, after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years in a fresh escalation of tensions...
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Smith opposes spending plan that passed House
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
WASHINGTON -- A $1.7 trillion spending bill financing federal agencies through September and providing more aid to a devastated Ukraine cleared the House on Friday as lawmakers raced to finish their work for the year and avoid a partial government shutdown...
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4th Washington state electrical substation vandalized
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
By 7 a.m. Monday, more than 10,500 Puget Sound Energy customers were without electricity across the region, KOMO-TV reported. The suspects broke into a fenced area and vandalized equipment, causing a fire, officials said. The fire was extinguished and power was later restored, but no suspects are in custody, officials said...
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Holiday sales up 7.6% despite the squeeze of inflation
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
NEW YORK -- Holiday sales rose this year as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure. Holiday sales rose 7.6%, a slower pace than the 8.5% increase from a year earlier when shoppers began spending the money they had saved during the early part of the pandemic, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks all kinds of payments including cash and debit cards...
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NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo residents hovered around space heaters, hunted for cars buried in snow drifts and looked for more victims Monday, after 28 people died in one of the worst weather-related disasters ever to hit western New York. The rest of the United States also was reeling from the ferocious winter storm, with at least another two dozen deaths reported in other parts of the country...
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The AP Interview: Ukraine FM aims for February peace summit
(National News ~ 12/27/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's foreign minister said Monday that his nation wants a summit to end the war but he doesn't anticipate Russia taking part, a statement making it hard to foresee the devastating invasion ending soon. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told The Associated Press that his government wants a "peace" summit within two months at the United Nations with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as mediator...
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Investigator in notorious Missouri murder case faces charges
(State News ~ 12/27/22)
TROY, Mo. -- A former Missouri deputy who investigated a murder case that became the subject of an NBC show starring Renee Zellweger is now accused of harassing and stalking a detective who was investigating him for potential misconduct. Mike Merkel, 42, was charged Tuesday and accused of photographing and sending threatening messages to the detective, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Police: Missouri woman tracked stolen car, killed two men
(State News ~ 12/27/22)
ST. LOUIS -- A St. Louis County woman is charged with two counts of first-degree murder after she tracked down her stolen car and allegedly killed two men outside a gas station, police said. Demesha Coleman, 35, of Spanish Lake, was charged Thursday in the deaths of Darius Jackson, 19, and Joseph Farrar, 49. Another man was shot in the head during the shootout but survived...
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Out of the past: Dec. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 12/27/22)
Kadin Boardman, 20, of Jackson and his 17-year-old brother, Cimarron, make up one of 800-plus teams vying in a team roping competition this weekend at Flickerwood Arena; ropers are here from eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee; the top team will drive away with cash and a horse trailer. ...
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The Arrival of the Bookmobile
(Submitted Story ~ 12/27/22)
The Arrival of the Bookmobile By Mary Koeberl Rechenberg Abraham Lincoln once said, “The things I want to know are in books, my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.” For the people who felt the same way about books as Abraham Lincoln in Perry, Cape Girardeau and Scott counties, the acquisition of the first bookmobile was a godsend. Schools were not reorganized, so one-room schools in the counties was the rule. Books were few and far between, as...
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