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Free smoke alarms offered by local Red Cross
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
A one-day coordinated effort to place free smoke alarms in Cape Girardeau residences will take place Saturday, March 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. According to a release from American Red Cross, fires are America's most frequent disaster, and the problem locally seems especially acute...
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Clippard Elementary educator on 1-year Ukraine anniversary
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
Friday, Feb. 24, marked the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tetiana Dronova and Viktoriia Kisil, who came to the U.S. in 2021 to attend Southeast Missouri State University, have not returned home to Ukraine since the start of hostilities...
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Southeast Missourian seeks records from district
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
In response to a state Sunshine Law request, Cape Girardeau Public Schools officials are compiling records regarding the Board of Education's search for a superintendent. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Southeast Missourian requested two types of information relating to the search: "Other than the Feb. ...
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Accreditation guides police policies, accountability
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
Before a Jackson police officer uses force to apprehend someone, or engages in a car chase, he or she has policy to think about. Chief James Humphreys said his department's policies would stack a few feet tall if they were printed out. It's an ongoing job, and commitment, for the officers to study, remember and apply the policies, but training and policy are at the forefront of the police department in Jackson. ...
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Major Cape roadway improvements bumped up to 2023
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
A "noticeable deterioration" in recent months and a stream of resident complaints have pushed Cape Girardeau municipal officials to reshuffle upcoming street projects to expedite improvements to a major roadway. Lexington Avenue -- from Carolina Lane to Sherwood Drive and from West Cape Rock Drive to Sprigg Street -- was originally slated for improvements in 2024. Renovations to the roadway will now begin in 2023, according to a news release from the city...
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Sponsored: SoutheastHEALTH offers cardio-oncology services to benefit cancer and heart patients
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
When the diagnosis is cancer, medications and radiation therapy can save your life. However, these treatments can also lead to cardiovascular complications, including heart failure, hypertension or make your risk of heart disease greater. SoutheastHEALTH's new Cardio-Oncology Program is designed to prevent or reduce the risks of cardiac events in patients taking medications or treatments for cancer...
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Is Asbury Revival the start of next 'Jesus Revolution' in America?
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
Earlier this month in a small Kentucky town, a small group of college students met informally at a school chapel. It wasn't flashy. The music was simple. There wasn't high production level of video and lights. But something unusual happened -- or should I say didn't happen. The service, which began on Feb. 8, didn't stop for two weeks...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/25/23)
Today is Saturday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2023. There are 309 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach...
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Lynn - Kebel
(Engagement ~ 02/25/23)
Danny and Tammy Lynn of Kansas City, Missouri, formerly of Cape Girardeau, announce the engagement of their daughter, Lorrin Alicia Lynn of Alkmaar, The Netherlands, formerly of Cape Girardeau to Nick Kebel of Alkmaar. He is the son of Roland Kebel and Kathleen Worwood, both of Alkmaar...
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The Himmelberger family: Turning timber into lumber
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
The Himmelberger lumber business dates back to 1867 when John "Isaac" Himmelberger started a large sawmill operations near Logansport, Indiana, on the Wabash River. The business was expanded in 1880 to Buffington, Missouri, in Stoddard County. (Mr. Buffington was the owner of the local sawmill.)...
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Here's your sign
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
Every year about the middle of February, a small native tree called the American hazelnut tree takes it upon itself to ride like Paul Revere announcing quietly, "Spring is coming! Spring is coming!" The American hazelnut tree is one of the first plants in Southeast Missouri to flower each year. This spindly tree is more like a tall bush. It doesn't grow very tall, and it often forms a small thicket. This plant has both male and female flowers. A single plant can pollinate itself...
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Senior Center Menus for Feb. 27 through March 3
(Community ~ 02/25/23)
Monday: Scrambled eggs and sausage patty or chicken tenders, pancakes with syrup, baked hash browns with onions, bran muffin, hot-baked apples and orange juice. Tuesday: Chicken pot pie or country fried steak with potatoes, Lima beans, lettuce salad, whole-grain biscuit and Mandarin oranges or iced orange cake...
- Adopt Dreams 2-26-23 (Community ~ 02/25/23)
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FYI 2-26-23
(Community ~ 02/25/23)
A breakfast buffet will be held from 7:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, Feb. 26 at St. Maurus Catholic Church in Biehle. The menu includes pancakes, ham, sausage, scrambled eggs, German-fried potatoes, milk gravy, biscuits and homemade coffee cake. A Black History Month extravaganza program will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at St. James AME Church in Cape Girardeau. For more information, contact Debra Mitchell-Braxton at (573) 275-6814 or mitchellbraxtond@capetigers.com...
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Club news 2-26-23
(Community News ~ 02/25/23)
Members of the Lamplighters FCE met Thursday, Feb. 16, at Tokyo Restaurant in Jackson for their monthly meeting. Their meeting was conducted by Jo Ann Hahs, president, while lunch was being eaten. Members repeated the Club Collect and the Membership Pledge...
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Who is the greatest?
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
Do you follow sports? Who do you think was the greatest athlete of all time? We see records broken in professional sports. Some athletes are achieving feats that may never be matched. However, most records are broken at some point. Many Missourians were happy to see the Kansas City Chiefs become Super Bowl champions for the second time in four years. However, the quest for the top spot will begin all over again next season...
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Making it through the tough spots
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
There are some lies and some truths we believe about God. Often, the truth and lie become so intertwined that it is hard to distinguish between them. Statements such as "the apple of your eye", "God helps those who help themselves" or "He will never give you more than you can handle." Yet when the recently released Hebrews left Egypt enslavement, they quickly learned that God could give them more than they could handle...
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It's time to garden
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
I got some tomatoes, Chinese cabbage and some Kohlrabi seed planted a couple weeks ago. Most of the tomato seed germinated as did the Chinese cabbage but only part of the Kohlrabi. I usually have trouble with all of them germinating. I simply replant the kohlrabi seed that didn't come up, so we'll see. ...
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Prayer 2-26-23
(Prayer ~ 02/25/23)
O Lord Jesus, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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A solution to the coming demographic challenge
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and South Korea. Some expect China's population, for example, to be cut in half by 2100. If current trends continue, some of the same problems will sooner or later hit the United States, and they won't be fixed with family-style entitlement policies that cost huge amounts of money and distort the economy without increasing fertility...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 2/27/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 02/25/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, Feb. 23 meeting n Approval of closed-session minutes of Thursday, Feb. 23 meeting Communications/ reports -- other selected officials/ department heads...
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Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah
(National News ~ 02/25/23)
NEW YORK -- A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean partly under steam power...
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Snow, rain slam California; Michigan suffers without power
(National News ~ 02/25/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of the West on Friday in the nation's latest winter storm, while thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures through extended power outages wrought by one of the worst ice storms in decades...
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China issues peace plan; Zelenskyy says he will await details
(International News ~ 02/25/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- China called for a cease-fire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on Friday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautiously welcomed Beijing's involvement -- but said success would depend on actions not words. Beijing claims to have a neutral stance in the war that began one year ago, but has also said it has a "no limits friendship" with Russia and has refused to criticize Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, or even refer to it as an invasion. ...
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Police report 2-26-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/25/23)
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 Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Plaza Way. n A warrant arrest was reported on Siemers Drive...
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Births 2/23/23
(Births ~ 02/25/23)
Son to John Paul and Amanda Marie Hamm of Benton, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:42 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. Name, George James. Weight, 7 pounds, 13 ounces. Fifth child, third son. Mrs. Hamm is the former Amanda Essner, daughter of Ralph and Donna Essner of Kelso, Missouri. Hamm is the son of Larry and Paulette Hamm of New Hamburg, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hamm are both nurse practitioners at Saint Francis Healthcare System...
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Fire report 2-26-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/25/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 22 n Medical assists were made at 1:02 a.m. on South Minnesota Avenue; 8:34 a.m. on Independence Street; 911 a.m. on Bloomfield Street; 11:36 a.m. on Rusmar Street; 11:44 a.m. ...
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Chuck Robinson
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chuck Robinson, son of the late Charles "J.C." and Marie LaGrand Robinson, was born Feb. 13, 1952, in Flint, Michigan, and departed his life Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at his home in Chaffee at the age of 71. He was a former plant chemist for Leggett and Platt Incorporated for 54 years and past state president for Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge No. ...
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Diane Morgan
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
Diane Morgan was born Aug. 16, 1930, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Dr. Elmo and Bessie Carter Biddison. She passed away Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. She married Dr. Willard J. Morgan in Newcastle, Wyoming, on June 20, 1954. He preceded her in death on May 1, 2021...
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Wanda Moore
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
Wanda Faye Moore, 64, of Cape Girardeau died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 10, 1958, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Hansel Rudolph and Velma Marie Zanatell Arnac. After graduating from Poplar Bluff (Missouri) High School, she and Joe Moore were married July 6, 1979, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff...
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David McDowell
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
David Price McDowell, 82, of Jackson died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19, at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Fruitland, with the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer officiating. Inurnment will be at the church cemetery...
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Cynthia Holloway
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
Cynthia Lynn "Cindy" Holloway, 60, of Jackson died Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to service time Monday, Feb. 27, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Jimmie Corbin will conduct the funeral service at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, at the funeral home. At a later date, Cindy will be privately interred next to her parents at Russell Heights Cemetery in Jackson...
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Harold Hicks
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
Harold David Hicks, son of the late Joseph Edward and Edith C. Cowan Hicks, was born Feb. 6, 1950, in Granite City, Illinois, and departed this life Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 73 years. Harold was a veteran of the U.S. ...
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Leona Butler
(Obituary ~ 02/25/23)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Leona Pauline Butler, 92, of Fort Collins died Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Arrangements are incomplete and pending. Ford Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Reducing regulations for rural health care
(Column ~ 02/25/23)
Did you receive a flu shot this year? Where did you get it? If you're like a lot of people, you stopped in at your local pharmacy to get it while you were running your other errands. The fact that you were able to get your routine flu shot at the local drugstore is a relatively new thing. It wasn't always this easy...
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Out of the past: Feb. 25
(Out of the Past ~ 02/25/23)
Cape Girardeau writer Aileen Lorberg, 88, died yesterday at a local hospital; Lorberg had written a language column -- Lend Me Your Ear -- since 1982; the column appeared in the Southeast Missourian; based on a similar affection for the English language, Lorberg and nationally-syndicated column James J. Kilpatrick became friends years ago; his second book on writing is dedicated to her...
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Out of the past: Feb. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 02/25/23)
The Old Appleton bridge is $200,000 closer to restoration, thanks to a check from the Missouri Department of Transportation; the state funding, coupled with money raised by volunteers, should cover costs of rebuilding and replacing the bridge across Apple Creek, says Renee Dellamano, one of the committee members organizing the restoration; the iron bridge, which is more than a century old, was destroyed by a flash flood in 1982...
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