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Missouri House members debate ban on LGBTQ education for all grades
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers argued Wednesday over a bill that would ban most LGBTQ education subjects for all grades in the state's public schools. The proposal is modeled after a Florida education law passed last year, touted by supporters as protecting "parent's rights" and dubbed by opponents as a "Don't Say Gay" law...
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Lawmakers back ban on Chinese ownership of land in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House voted Thursday to ban entities from China and four other perceived adversarial countries from purchasing land in the state, citing a need to protect farms from the possibility of falling under hostile control...
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Legislators try to ease access to breast cancer screenings in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri patients won't be charged a copay for a second mammogram to diagnose breast cancer or another illness under a bill the state House approved Thursday. The GOP-led chamber voted 126-29 to send the measure to the Senate. Some female lawmakers noted most of those opposed are men...
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More Medicaid for moms gets nod after abortion deal
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — New mothers in Missouri could gain Medicaid health care coverage for up to a year under legislation passed Thursday by the state Senate, part of a national movement of expanded care that began during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill also would extend coverage to those who have miscarriages or abortions necessary to save their lives. ...
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Cape Anime Con returns next month
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
The two-day schedule for Cape Girardeau's Cape Anime Con on Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2, at Drury Plaza Hotel Cape Girardeau Conference Center is set. The event will include a cat cafe, cosplay photography, costume contest and a ramen noodle eating contest...
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Successful rootED student addresses Cape school board
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education met for a special meeting Monday, Feb. 27, to hear a presentation regarding the rootED Missouri program at Cape Girardeau Central High School. This was Central's first year using rootED, and Nancy Strothmann, a college and career adviser at the school, told board members about the program and her role in helping students create plans for what they want to do after they graduate...
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Old Town Cape to host annual dinner to celebrate downtown businesses
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
Old Town Cape will hold its annual dinner to celebrate downtown Thursday, March 9, when major accomplishments and outstanding contributions from the past year will be recognized. This year's theme for the dinner, which will be at Century Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center, is "Volunteers are Our Heroes"...
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Hecht promoted to deputy chief at Cape Girardeau Fire Department
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
The Cape Girardeau Fire Department has found a new deputy chief. Current battalion chief Greg Hecht will receive a promotion from the department, officially taking over as deputy chief Saturday, March 4. "His attention to detail, work ethic and commitment to ongoing education has made a positive impact on both our department and community," Chief Randy Morris Jr. said in a news release...
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What's Past is Prologue — The life and times of Jimmy Carter
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
Jimmy Carter, 98, the nation's 39th president now living out his final days in hospice care, never came to Cape Girardeau for any campaign events during his two runs for the White House in 1976 and 1980. ...
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New tornado sirens fill in gaps in Cape Girardeau's coverage
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
Some gaps in tornado siren coverage in Cape Girardeau have been sured up by recent installations. Using a portion of American Rescue Plan Act funds from the City of Cape Girardeau's General Fund, four new tornado sirens have been added to various parts of the city. The efforts cost around $150,000, including installation...
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SEMO to kick off university's 150th anniversary this month
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
Southeast Missouri State University will launch a yearlong 150th birthday celebration Wednesday, March 22, with a midday street fair along Normal Avenue between Academic Hall and Kent Library from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Cape Girardeau campus...
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Cape school bus in collision, narrowly avoids hitting house
(Local News ~ 03/03/23)
A bus carrying Cape Girardeau Public Schools students collided with another vehicle and nearly hit a house Thursday afternoon, March 2. A Robinson Transport bus, contracted to provide transportation services for Cape Girardeau Public Schools, collided with the vehicle at the corner of Themis Street and North West End Boulevard...
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Biden's 'America last' health treaty
(Column ~ 03/03/23)
President Joe Biden's diplomats are negotiating a treaty with the World Health Organization to promote so-called global health equity. The premise is that in a pandemic or other worldwide disease emergency, Americans should not get better or faster health care than inhabitants of third-world countries. If Biden rams this through, Americans will suffer and die needlessly...
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SEMO medical team provides important care to Indiana basketball player
(Editorial ~ 03/03/23)
Everyone plays to win. But there are times when the final score is not the biggest storyline. That was the case last month when the SEMO men's basketball team won its final home game of the year over Southern Indiana. With 17.7 seconds left in the game, USI player Tyler Henry collapsed on the bench. The player was stretchered off the court but was talking with teammates as he was taken to the hospital...
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Prayer 3-3-23
(Prayer ~ 03/03/23)
Father God, may we seek unity with one another through you our Savior. Amen.
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Documents detail EMTs' failure to aid Tyre Nichols
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technicians who were fired and had their licenses suspended for failing to give aid to Tyre Nichols for 19 minutes while he struggled with injuries from being brutally beaten by police, did not check his vital signs or perform other basic medical examinations, documents released Thursday showed...
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Rep. George Santos under investigation by House Ethics panel over embellishments on resume
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is launching an investigation into embattled Republican Rep. George Santos, the New York congressman whose lies and embellishments about his resume and personal life have drawn deep scrutiny...
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'Forever chemicals' about to get first US limits
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources...
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Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 riot harm, Justice Dept. says
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump's legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot...
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Half of California freed from drought thanks to rain, snow
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Tremendous rains and snowfall since late last year have freed half of California from drought, but low groundwater levels remain a persistent problem, U.S. Drought Monitor data showed Thursday. The latest survey found that moderate or severe drought covers about 49% of the state, nearly 17% of the state is free of drought or a condition described as abnormally dry. The remainder is still abnormally dry...
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No bail for Pennsylvania man with explosives in suitcase
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
PHILADELPHIA -- A Pennsylvania man admitted packing explosive materials, fuses and a lighter in a suitcase he checked for a commercial flight to Florida and fled the Lehigh Valley airport when he feared arrest, federal authorities said in a court document filed Thursday...
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Black Vietnam vet at last getting his due: Medal of Honor
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
WASHINGTON -- Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation's highest award for bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, will receive the prestigious Medal of Honor on Friday...
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Warrant: Bomb materials at home of alleged July 4th gunman
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
CHICAGO -- A federal warrant unsealed Thursday says agents found bomb-making materials at the apartment of the alleged gunman charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago last year, a newspaper reported. Among the items found in the Highland Park-area home of Robert Crimo III days after the attack were commercial components used for explosions and a timer, according to the Chicago Tribune report...
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Deadly Greek train crash prompts strike
(International News ~ 03/03/23)
THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Family members awaited the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous. The government has blamed human error, and a railway official was charged with manslaughter...
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MI5 lost chance to stop Grande concert attack, inquiry finds
(International News ~ 03/03/23)
LONDON -- Britain's domestic intelligence agency didn't act swiftly enough on key information and missed a significant opportunity to prevent the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in northwest England, an inquiry found Thursday...
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Kremlin accuses Ukrainian saboteurs of attack
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- The Kremlin on Thursday accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing on villagers. Ukraine denied the claim and warned Moscow could use the allegations to justify stepping up its own attacks in the ongoing war...
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Netanyahu denounces protesters after salon siege of his wife, Sara
(International News ~ 03/03/23)
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies Thursday denounced protesters as "anarchists" after they massed outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done -- a chaotic end to a day of demonstrations against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary...
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Jury quickly finds Murdaugh guilty
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
WALTERBORO, S.C. -- Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and son in a case that chronicled the unraveling of a powerful Southern family with tales of privilege, greed and addiction...
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Man to be executed in June for killing 2 Missouri jailers
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a June execution date for a man convicted of killing two Missouri jailers during a botched attempt to free a friend. Michael Andrew Tisius is scheduled to be executed June 6 at the state prison in Bonne Terre for the shooting deaths of Randolph County jailers Jason Acton and Leon Egley...
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Former 'Sweetie Pie's' star Tim Norman gets life in killing of nephew
(State News ~ 03/03/23)
ST. LOUIS — The former star of St. Louis-based television reality show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for arranging the shooting death of his nephew to collect a life insurance payment. James "Tim" Norman did not speak on his own behalf at the sentencing hearing in the March 2016 killing of his 21-year-old nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr. Both men had starred in the long-running OWN reality show about the family's soul food business in the St. Louis area...
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Fire report 3-3-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/03/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 1 n Medical assists were made at 4:15 a.m. on Whitener Street; 9:10 a.m. on North Pacific Street; and 9:45 a.m. on Megan Drive. n At 9:50 a.m., fire alarm on North Spring Avenue...
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Police report 3-3-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/03/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Rose Ann Scherer
(Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Rose Ann Scherer, 84, of Benton went to meet her loving husband, Charlie, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born Oct. 22, 1938, in Oran, Missouri, the daughter of the late Roman and Marie Ressel. She married the love of her life, Charlie Scherer, on June 8, 1958, at Guardian Angel Church in Oran...
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Byron McDowell
(Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Byron Wilson McDowell, 91, a resident of Charleston, died Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 19, 1931, at Fruitland to the late C. Wilson and Mildred Tant McDowell. Byron was a 1950 graduate of Charleston High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1950 to 1954, and was stationed at the Azores Islands and Colorado Springs Air Force Base. Byron was honorably discharged in 1954...
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Clifford Keller
(Obituary ~ 03/03/23)
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. — Clifford Layne Keller, 69, of Excelsior Springs passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. He was born March 29, 1953, to Roy and Eldora Simpher Keller in Biloxi, Mississippi. He graduated from Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, and attended Iowa State University. He was self-employed...
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Out of the past: March 3
(Out of the Past ~ 03/03/23)
The Cape Girardeau City Council tabled action on a controversial road assessment policy to gather more public input; the council voted last night to hold a public hearing March 16 to give residents a chance to comment on the proposed policy; it outlines how much property owners would be assessed for new roads or widening of residential, commercial and residential-commercial streets designated under the Transportation Trust Fund; the Hopper Road extension project was the center of discussion at last night's meeting.. ...
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Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89
(National News ~ 03/03/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than a half-century of American music, has died. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. No cause of death was given...
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