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Kenny Rogers Children's Center marks 50 years ahead of 42nd telethon
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Kenny Rogers Children's Center, which has provided occupational, physical and speech therapy to children throughout the area at no cost to the families served. The Kenny Rogers Children's Center Telethon will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at Miner Convention Center, and there will be many activities to partake in throughout the day...
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Man accused of killing Mo. officer faces charges
(State News ~ 03/15/23)
HERMANN, Mo. -- A man accused of fatally shooting one officer and wounding another at a small-town Missouri convenience store was charged Tuesday with murder and four other crimes. Prosecutors charged 35-year-old Kenneth Lee Simpson of St. Louis County with first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm. A judge ordered him held without bond...
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Jackson High School Interact Club hosts run
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
The Jackson High School Interact Club, an extension of the Jackson Rotary Club will be sponsoring the annual Purple Paw 5K on Saturday, March 25. The race will be held at Jackson East Elementary School. Participants may compete in the 5K or can choose to participate in a 1-mile fun run/walk. Runners and walkers may bring along their dogs to run with but it is not required...
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Cape Girardeau's school board candidates to address voters
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
Candidates running for Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education will be addressing voters at a forum at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 20. The event is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Community Teachers' Association (CTA) and will be held in the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall at Cape Girardeau Central High School located at 1000 S. Silver Springs Road. The forum is open to the public...
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Date set for groundbreaking ceremony for new Cape Girardeau Airport terminal
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport manager Katrina Amos announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the new terminal at the Airport Advisory Board will be next month. The ceremony for the eventual 20,000-square-foot terminal will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the airport...
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Lynwood poised for growth with building expansion project
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
Sitting on a 45-acre site off U.S. 61 not far from Cape County Park North, Cape Girardeau's Lynwood Baptist Church is preparing for expansion. Mark Anderson, senior pastor of the 1,300-member congregation, said Lynwood -- which launched in 1959 and has been at its current site since 1996 -- needs additional space but will take a careful approach in accommodating its growing ministries...
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Cape Girardeau moving to suspend Hotshots liquor license in wake of shooting
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
The City of Cape Girardeau is moving to suspend Hotshots Bar and Grill’s liquor license in the wake of the March 4 shooting on the premises. The suspension will go into effect Friday, March 24, according to city officials. Additional details including length and the exact reasoning for the suspension have not been released at this time...
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Trauma can continue after gunshots stop
(Local News ~ 03/15/23)
The shots triggered chaos. And they might continue to trigger anxiety for the foreseeable future. Hotshots Bar and Grill in Cape Girardeau was packed March 4, even more than usual, when gunshots sounded near the pool tables. That's according to Matthew Canady, who was among as many as 100 people to experience the mass shooting. ...
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Mandatory paid time off: 'a strain' for Illinois business
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
CHICAGO -- Doug Knight's family has owned Springfield amusement park Knight's Action Park since 1930, himself for 43 of those years. The pandemic was a bear -- Knight fought to keep his doors open, and when they closed for COVID-19, he pushed to reopen as soon as possible. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
Today is Wednesday, March 15, the 74th day of 2023. There are 291 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius. On this date:...
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Prayer 3-15-23
(Prayer ~ 03/15/23)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that we have victory through you, our precious Savior. Amen.
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Fire 3-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 13 n Medical assists were made at 3:53 p.m. on La Mesa Drive; 5:45 p.m. on Walnut Street; and 8:44 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road. March 14 n At 8:01 a.m., hazardous condition was reported on North Sprigg Street...
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Police 3-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Saint Francis Drive. Thefts n Theft was reported on North Broadview Street...
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Leroy Moore
(Obituary ~ 03/15/23)
Everett "Leroy" Moore, 89, on Millersville died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, at his home. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 23, at Caney Fork Baptist Cemetery on County Road 472, with Jim Matthews officiating.
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Elisabeth Martin
(Obituary ~ 03/15/23)
Elisabeth Baerbel "Babs" Martin, 79, of Jackson passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023, at Villas of Jackson. Babs was born July 26, 1943, in Bickenbach, Hesse, Germany, to Valentin and Erna Klinge Assmus. Babs met her future husband, James R. "Jim" Martin, at a pizza parlor in Germany while he was serving in the U.S. Air Force in Germany. They were married Jan. 18, 1964, at First Baptist Church in Jackson...
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Mary Johnson
(Obituary ~ 03/15/23)
ALTENBURG, Mo. — Mary Elizabeth Johnson, 75, of Altenburg died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri, and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday March 17 at Pine Hill Methodist Church in Patton, Missouri...
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Norma Brigman-Collins
(Obituary ~ 03/15/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Norma Lee Brigman-Collins, 93, of Perryville died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 16, and from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 17, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 17, at the funeral home, with Larry Hudson officiating. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Louis...
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There's much to celebrate in downtown Cape Girardeau
(Editorial ~ 03/15/23)
Downtown Cape Girardeau has much to celebrate. There is a growing list of fun events for people of all ages. New businesses are popping up. Developers are investing in some of the historic and, in some cases, blighted buildings and repurposing them for new ventures. There's certainly momentum. And part of that momentum can be attributed to the ongoing work of Old Town Cape...
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Shakespeare is not about whiteness
(Column ~ 03/15/23)
Shakespeare has long been dismissed, with others in the Western canon, as a dead white male. Now, there's another, worse charge against the bard — he created the concept of whiteness. Yes, instead of standing in the line of literary giants such as Dante, Chaucer, and Goethe, Shakespeare is to be associated from now on with the likes of the 19th century French apostle of scientific racism Arthur de Gobineau, George Wallace, and — why not — the Oath Keepers...
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Australia says nuclear subs needed to counter militarization
(International News ~ 03/15/23)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II. Australian officials said the deal will cost up to $245 billion over the next three decades and create 20,000 jobs. It comes at a time that China is rapidly building up its own military...
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Hundreds dead as Cyclone Freddy wrecks Malawi, Mozambique
(International News ~ 03/15/23)
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- The devastating Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has ripped through southern Africa in a rare second landfall has killed at least 219 people in Malawi and Mozambique since Saturday night, with the death toll expected to rise. Heavy rains that triggered floods and mudslides have killed 199 people in Malawi, authorities said Tuesday. ...
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US says Russian warplane hits American drone over Black Sea
(International News ~ 03/15/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday in a "brazen violation of international law," causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle, the U.S. said. But Russia insisted its warplanes didn't hit the MQ-9 Reaper drone. Instead, it said the drone maneuvered sharply and crashed into the water following an encounter with Russian fighter jets that had been scrambled to intercept it near Crimea...
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Washington reacts on the fly to Silicon Valley Bank failure
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- After the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters started furiously working the phones to find out what was going on with the failed lender -- and what would happen to its panicked depositors. Waters, former chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, had her doubts another bank would step up as a savior and buy the defunct institution...
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Biden says Carter has asked him to deliver his eulogy
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
ATLANTA -- President Joe Biden says he plans to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia. Biden told donors at a California fundraiser Monday evening about his "recent" visit to see the 39th president, whom he has known since he was a young Delaware senator supporting Carter's 1976 presidential campaign...
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Biden on gun control: 'Do something, do something big'
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. -- The grief is still suffocating, the anger still visceral, President Joe Biden said Tuesday, in this suburban Los Angeles community where a gunman stormed a dance hall and killed 11 in January. He announced fresh federal measures to curb gun violence but emotionally declared there must be more...
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Late-winter storm pummels NE with heavy, wet snow
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- A winter storm dumped heavy, wet snow in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, causing tens of thousands of power outages, widespread school closings, dangerous driving conditions and a plane to slide off a taxiway. The storm's path included parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey. Snow totals by the time it ends Wednesday were expected to range from a few inches to a few feet, depending on the area...
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San Francisco board receptive to ambitious reparations plan
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These were some of the more than 100 recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked with the thorny question of how to atone for centuries of slavery and systemic racism. ...
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What do race and ethnicity mean? The US government is asking
(National News ~ 03/15/23)
Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than East Asians with roots in places like China or Japan. And Byron Haskins wants the U.S. to toss racial and ethnic labels altogether...
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Out of the past: March 15
(Out of the Past ~ 03/15/23)
U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond was the keynote speaker yesterday at the 28th Cape Girardeau County Lincoln Day dinner; about 300 tickets were sold for the annual event sponsored by the Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club; in his remarks, Bond said President Bill Clinton should tell the truth so government and the nation can get on with the work at hand...
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Rotary Club donates to SEMO Food Bank
(Submitted Story ~ 03/15/23)
Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service donated $2125 to the SEMO Food Bank. Rotary District 6060 supplied $1000 in a Grant and $1125 was donated from Club Members. Our Club also won the District Wide Hunger Campaign, including 50 Rotary Clubs, by volunteering the most hours at the SEMO Food Bank and donating the most money. ...
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