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Kennett teacher charged with felony sexual contact with student
(Local News ~ 01/23/23)
KENNETT, Mo. — Kennett police were notified Friday, Jan. 20, by Kennett school officials concerning a high school teacher having an inappropriate relationship with a student. According to Kennett Police Chief Kenny Wilson, the investigation led to the arrest of 24-year-old Lindsey B. Marshall of Kennett...
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Double homicide under investigation in Sikeston; public assistance requested
(Local News ~ 01/23/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Police are investigating the double homicide of a married couple early Sunday, Jan. 22, in Sikeston, and seeking the public's assistance for any information in the matter. "We are currently about 12 hours into a double homicide investigation that occurred around 3 a.m. in the 800 block of Southwest Street," Sikeston Department of Public Safety said in a social media post at 3 p.m...
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Magnolia Soap and Bath to open in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Magnolia Soap and Bath Co. will open its first Missouri location Friday, Jan. 27, with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting at 440 S. Mount Auburn Road, Suite 108, in Cape Girardeau. Giveaways, door prizes and fun for kids will be held until 6 p.m. that day, according to local franchisee Marnie Ward of Jackson...
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Kathy Swan puts experience to work in new role on state commission
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Kathy Swan has occupied many roles in her life — small-business owner, nurse, Cape Girardeau city councilwoman, member of the state House of Representatives and church musician, among others. As of Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Cape Girardeau resident added another title — commissioner — after having been confirmed by the Missouri Senate to a six-year term as the employer representative on the state Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC)...
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Clark Terry Jazz Fest returns next month to River Campus
(Local News ~ 01/23/23)
The 23rd annual Clark Terry/Phi Mu Alpha Jazz Festival will return Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4, to Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus. Joseph Jefferson, director of Jazz Studies at SEMO, said 26 visiting middle and high school jazz bands from around the state will perform during the event. He said it will be a noncompetitive festival geared toward growth and development of the bands...
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Annual Children's Arts Festival set for February First Friday
(Local News ~ 01/23/23)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri will celebrate the 23rd annual Children's Arts Festival exhibition during the First Friday Art Walk from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at 16B N. Spanish St. in Cape Girardeau. According to a news release, the exhibit will feature visual and literary art pieces from more than 20 regional schools, and will be on display throughout February...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
“Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.” ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
The City of Cape Girardeau Community Development Department has received six business license applications: n Latoya L. Parker of Cape Girardeau for Bubble & Barks, 429 Optimist Drive, a pet day care spa and boarding business. n Kevin Walker of Auburn, Alabama, for Auto Trim Acquisition, d/b/a ATD Midwest, 606 S. Kingshighway, specializing in aftermarket auto parts and accessories...
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Perryville, Cape Girardeau ribbon-cuttings
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Four ribbon-cuttings are scheduled during the coming week: n 12:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Daily Flowers, 8 S. Jackson St. in Perryville, Missouri. n 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Southeast Missouri State University Bookstore, 388 N. Henderson Ave. in Cape Girardeau...
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Annual 'Doomsday Clock' reveal this week
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Bulletin for Atomic Scientists, as it has every January since 1947, will reveal its 2023 "Doomsday Clock" prediction at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24. The purpose, say organizers, is to warn the public about how close — or how far — humanity is to the brink of worldwide destruction...
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Area man named to head key committee of Cattleman's group
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Charlie Besher of Bollinger County has been appointed by National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) as chairman of its Property Rights and Environmental Management (PREM) Committee. Besher, a cow-calf producer in Southeast Missouri, is a 10-year member of NCBA...
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Kim Voelker hired by state chamber
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Kim Voelker has joined Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry as director of investor relations, effective Dec. 27. Voelker is former vice president of Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce. In her new role, Voelker will focus on membership development in the eastern side of the Show Me State...
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Vivek Malek becomes Missouri state treasurer
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Vivek Malek, an immigration attorney who most recently served on the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors, took the oath of office Wednesday, Jan. 18, and became Missouri's 48th state treasurer. Malek succeeds Scott Fitzpatrick, who was elected in November as state auditor...
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Student-athlete progress at SEMO
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Brady Barke, director of athletics at Southeast Missouri State University since 2015, touted the athletic successes of SEMO student athletes during remarks Friday, Jan. 20, before attendees of Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's Business Breakfast at Jackson Civic Center...
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Cape Riverfront Market update
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Old Town Cape has a new shed for its 2023 seasonal Cape Riverfront Market, which launches Saturday, May 6, at its traditional location, 35 S. Spanish St. in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cape Riverfront Market this year will run 8 a.m. to noon each Saturday beginning May 6 and running through Oct. 28...
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Gas prices continue to seesaw
(Business ~ 01/23/23)
Another week, another fluctuation in pump prices — this time, upward. Auto club federation AAA said late last week, "robust gas demand bucks seasonal trend [and is] pushing prices higher." The average national price for regular gasoline increased to $3.40 per gallon Saturday, Jan. 21...
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Darryl Stratman
(Obituary ~ 01/23/23)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. — Darryl Stratman, 70, of Glen Allen died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at his home. He was born June 19, 1952, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to Sheldon Stratman Jr. and Bernadine C. Stratman. He and Pamela Diane Stratman were married Oct. 27, 1976...
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Gary Dodd
(Obituary ~ 01/23/23)
Gary A. Dodd, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The family will have a private memorial service at a later time...
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Kenneth Barrett
(Obituary ~ 01/23/23)
Kenneth Ray Barrett, 81, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at his home. Born to Cecil R. and Cora C. Elfrank Barrett on Sept. 19, 1941, in Painton, Missouri, Kenneth was their only child. He was a 1959 graduate of Chaffee (Missouri) High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball...
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Israel's Netanyahu fires Cabinet ally, heeding court ruling
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired a key Cabinet ally on Sunday, heeding a Supreme Court ruling commanding him to do so and deepening a rift over the power of the courts. Netanyahu announced he was firing Aryeh Deri, who serves as Interior and Health Minister, at a meeting of his Cabinet. Israel's Supreme Court decided last week Deri could not serve as a Cabinet minister because of a conviction last year over tax offenses...
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Sanders' Latinx ban wades into community's generational rift
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- One of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' first acts as Arkansas governor was to ban most state agencies from using the gender-neutral term Latinx, tapping into a debate that's divided Hispanics along generational lines. Sanders called the word "culturally insensitive" in an order that's prompted complaints from some critics who view it as yet another attack by Republicans on the LGBTQ community. ...
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AP sources: Biden to pick Zients as his next chief of staff
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is expected to name Jeff Zients, who ran the administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of Biden's term, as his next chief of staff, according to two people familiar with the matter. Biden's current top aide, Ron Klain, is preparing to leave the job in the coming weeks...
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Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil's incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency's headquarters -- even its coffee room -- as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing. The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Brazil's first Indigenous woman to command the agency charged with protecting the Amazon rainforest and its people. ...
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Time's Up to halt operations, shift resources to legal fund
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
NEW YORK -- The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018: The ballgowns were black, and the night's key accessory was a pin that read "Time's Up." Onstage, Oprah Winfrey brought guests to their feet with a warning to powerful abusers: "Their time is up!"...
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In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
ACAMPO, Calif. -- On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door of his Jeep after yet another heavy rain storm drenched California. Emergency crews showed up with boats to float Starks and other residents of his rural mobile home park in Acampo to safety...
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Afghan soldier seeks asylum after arrest at US-Mexico border
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
HOUSTON -- Abdul Wasi Safi kept documents detailing his time as an Afghan soldier who worked with the U.S. military close to him as he made the monthslong, treacherous journey from Brazil to the U.S.-Mexico border. He fled Afghanistan fearing retribution from the Taliban following the August 2021 American withdrawal, and hoped the paperwork would secure his asylum in the U.S. Despite thick jungles, raging rivers and beatings, he kept those documents safe...
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Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline -- including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions...
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China rings in Year of Rabbit with most COVID rules lifted
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
BEIJING -- People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict "zero-COVID" policy, marking the biggest festive celebration since the pandemic began three years ago...
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Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Democratic lawmakers in a handful of states are trying to send a message two years after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol: Those who engage in an attempted overthrow of the government shouldn't be allowed to run it. New York, Connecticut and Virginia are among states where proposed legislation would prohibit anyone convicted of participating in an insurrection from holding public office or a position of public trust, such as becoming a police officer...
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Harris rallies against GOP push to roll back abortion rights
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Kamala Harris railed against efforts in Washington and in Republican-led states to restrict abortion on what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, invoking fundamental American values such as freedom to make the case for protecting abortion access despite the Supreme Court's decision to eliminate constitutional protections for it...
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Suspect in California dance club shooting killed self in van, sheriff says
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. -- The hunt for a gunman who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations ended Sunday when authorities found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting...
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Minister: Germany won't block Poland giving Ukraine tanks
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The German government will not object if Poland decides to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany's top diplomat said Sunday, indicating movement on supplying weapons that Kyiv has described as essential to its ability to fend off an intensified Russian offensive...
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'Here again': Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe v. Wade
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
MADISON, Wis. -- From beach cities to snow-covered streets, abortion supporters rallied by the thousands on Sunday to demand protections for reproductive rights and mark the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure...
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Gyms that survived pandemic steadily get back in shape
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
NEW YORK -- One day in January, a once-regular customer at Fuel Training Studio in Newburyport, Massachusetts, stopped in to take a "shred" class. She hadn't stepped foot in the gym since before the pandemic. The customer told owners Julie Bokat and Jeanne Carter that she had been working out at home alone in her basement but had slowly become less motivated and sometimes exercised in pajamas without breaking a sweat...
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NerdWallet: How to prepare your finances for a breakup
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
Breaking up sucks -- even if it's necessary and you're better off without them. Emotions loom large and life changes. Your to-do list fills up with loaded logistics, such as figuring out who gets the cat or how the heck you'll afford to live alone. We don't know what to tell you about the cat, but we can speak to the financial aspect. After all, splitting can get sticky if you and your partner share money in some way or rely on each other financially...
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Democrats: Biden should be 'embarrassed' by classified docs case
(National News ~ 01/23/23)
WASHINGTON -- Senior Democrats, dismayed by a steady stream of startling disclosures, expressed criticism Sunday of how President Joe Biden handled classified material after leaving office as vice president and disappointment that the White House has not been more forthcoming with the public...
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'Avatar' marks six straight weeks at No. 1, crosses $2B
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/23)
NEW YORK -- James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009's "Avatar". The Walt Disney Co.'s "The Way of Water" added $19.7 million in U.S. ...
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New this week: Jennifer Lopez, Sam Smith and 'You People'
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/23)
Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. n Jennifer Lopez, rom-com queen, returns to the genre she's most identified with in "Shotgun Wedding", premiering Friday, Jan. ...
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Fans, celebs gather to mourn Lisa Marie Presley
(Entertainment ~ 01/23/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Lisa Marie Presley, a singer, songwriter and the daughter of Elvis Presley, was remembered during a funeral service Sunday as a loving mother and an "old soul" who endured tragedy but persevered as a dedicated protector of her father's legacy as a rock 'n' roll pioneer and pop icon...
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Prayer 1-23-23
(Prayer ~ 01/23/23)
O Heavenly Father, our Redeemer, may we walk in the Light. Amen.
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The struggle to protect life continues
(Column ~ 01/23/23)
Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, pro-life Americans attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands marched, as they have marched since 1973. But this year, it was different. This year, the march took place, for the first time, in an America where Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land...
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Al Gore's global warming meltdown
(Column ~ 01/23/23)
Is Davos over yet? Is it safe to turn on our TVs without being scolded by formerly important environmentalists like old Al Gore or creepy young climate warriors like Greta Thunberg? Not quite (as of writing this column). All the virtuous public talk about stopping climate change, saving the planet and putting the dirty fossil fuel industry out of existence at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland officially won't end till Friday, Jan. 20...
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Paint for a Cause organizers launch new mural campaign
(Editorial ~ 01/23/23)
Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey of Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau are back at it with another Paint for a Cause project. And this time they have teamed up with Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship (MVTH), a not-for-profit in Oak Ridge that offers therapeutic horseback riding...
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Out of the past: Jan. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 01/23/23)
A new cable franchise agreement reached last November between Cape Girardeau and TCI Cablevision of Missouri will mean more cable television stations being available by April in the Cape Girardeau-Jackson area; plans announced by TCI this week include the addition of 36 channels to its programming when it launches its new digital entertainment system April 1; that will bring the total number of available channels to 77, plus 10 music stations through Digital Music Express...
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Missouri Connections Academy Recognizes Cape Girardeau Student
(Submitted Story ~ 01/23/23)
Kyndric Flye of Cape Girardeau was recently named one of Missouri Connections Academy’s (MOCA) Students of the Month for January in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the virtual classroom. “Our students of the month demonstrate leadership and an extraordinary commitment to learning while serving as strong role models for their peers,” said Lynsie Hunt, School Leader at Missouri Connections Academy. ...
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