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Route Z in Scout County closed for drainage work; Route PP in Bollinger County closed for culvert replacement
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
Route Z in Scott County between U.S. 61 and County Road 437 near Vanduser, Missouri, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, March 27...
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Scott City High School group to teach tech day for seniors
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
Scott City High school's AMPLIFI organization will host its first tech day Thursday, March 23. Senior citizens aged 55 and older in the area will have the chance to meet with local students to help learn about cellphone apps, how to create and use social media or anything else they have questions about dealing with technology...
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Chief Blair: Major crime in Cape down nearly 11% in 2022 compared to 2021
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
Cape Girardeau police Chief Wes Blair touted the success of community engagement and force multipliers as he reported both cases and calls for service were down last year. Blair presented a 2022 annual report before Cape Girardeau City Council members Monday, March 20. The report showed calls for service — ShotSpotter alerts included — dropped 5% in 2022 and cases fell 9% compared to the previous year...
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Sponsored: The impact of nonprofits in Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
What comes to mind when you think of charities and nonprofits? Likely you think of organizations that make a difference in our communities by supporting education through scholarships, by providing health care and social services to residents in need, by bringing cultural experiences to the community, and by offering aid in times of crisis...
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Renovation of old Cape Girardeau County Courthouse to start next week
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
Demolition work is expected to begin Monday, March 27, in preparation for a $7,712,717 remodel at the now-vacant 1908 Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson. County commissioners March 13 OK'd a change order from Jackson's Penzel Construction, permitting the renovation to go forward...
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$63M in capital improvements expected in next fiscal year
(Local News ~ 03/21/23)
The City of Cape Girardeau has more than $63 million in capital improvements planned for next fiscal year, according to a recent update of the program list extending through 2028. Cape Girardeau City Council members voted unanimously to adoption of the 2023-28 Capital Improvements plan at their meeting Monday, March 20. Councilwoman Shannon Truxel was absent from the meeting...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
Today is Tuesday, March 21, the 80th day of 2023. There are 285 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 21, 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third, successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama...
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Prayer 3-21-23
(Prayer ~ 03/21/23)
O Heavenly Father, may we seek your holy and perfect will in all things. Amen.
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Are we the Byzantines?
(Column ~ 03/21/23)
When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the Byzantine Empire and its capital had up to that point survived for 1,000 years beyond the fall of the Western Empire at Rome. Always outnumbered in a sea of enemies, the Byzantines' survival had depended on its realist diplomacy of dividing its enemies, avoiding military quagmires, and ensuring constant deterrence...
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Speak out 3-21-23
(Speak Out ~ 03/21/23)
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is horrifying. Countries are donating weapons and money to support Ukraine. What Ukraine really needs is a core economic policy to generate increased GDP to fund this battle. Donating countries do not have this core economic policy themselves, so this is a never ending story...
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Opinion: Kenneth Bender: 'The happy warrior'
(Column ~ 03/21/23)
While departing the Noon Lion's Club Meeting this past Wednesday, I walked out with Dr. Tim Talbert and Judge Stephen Limbaugh, Sr. I had just reported that our dear friend, Kenny Bender, was in the ICU at Saint Francis Hospital with multiple ailments, and I was worried about him. (You see, Kenny Bender was 97 years old.) I indicated that in spite of all of these health challenges, Kenny's spirits were good and he was concerned about how everyone else was doing ...
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Fire report 3-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 19 n Medical assists were made at 3:16 p.m. on Maria Louise Lane; 5:28 p.m. on South Ellis Street; 6:59 p.m. on Karen Drive; and 7:10 p.m. on Brenda Kay Court. n At 2:17 p.m., fire alarm was reported on Towers Circle...
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Police report 3-20-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/21/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. Thefts n Theft was reported on Kingsway Drive...
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Glenda Swafford
(Obituary ~ 03/21/23)
LOWNDES, Mo. — Glenda Mae Swafford of Lowndes died Monday, March 13, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau after a brief illness. She was born Jan. 2, 1931, in Lilbourn, Missouri, to parents Louis Van and Lula Croell Barks. Glenda was a loving mother and grandmother. ...
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Carmen Robertson
(Obituary ~ 03/21/23)
Carmen Louise Robertson, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born July 5, 1930, in Marble Hill, Missouri, to Ora T. and Beulah Baker Tallent. She and Hal F. Robertson were married in September 1950. He preceded her in death in 2003...
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Alberta Gross
(Obituary ~ 03/21/23)
Alberta L. Gross, 96, of Gordonville passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the home of her daughter in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 12, 1926, in Cape Girardeau to Albert L. and Hannah H. Hargens Ahrens. She was baptized Feb. 22, 1927, at Zion Methodist Church in Gordonville...
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Karen Drury
(Obituary ~ 03/21/23)
Karen J. Drury, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Southeast Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., with a rosary at 5 p.m., Monday, March 27, at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau, with the Rev. Allan Saunders officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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Births 3/19/23
(Births ~ 03/21/23)
Son to Ryan and MaKenzie LaRose of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 8:47 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Name, Maddox James. Weight, 11 pounds. Second child, first son. Mrs. LaRose is the daughter of Kenneth and Tina Schirmer of Cape Girardeau. She is a nurse practitioner and owner of Reviving Wellness. LaRose is the son of David and Holly LaRose of Cape Girardeau and Brenda Hicks of Cape Girardeau. He works in security at SoutheastHEALTH...
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In Trump probe, grand jury hears from final witnesses
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
NEW YORK -- A New York grand jury investigating Donald Trump appeared to be hearing from final witnesses as law enforcement officials accelerated security preparations Monday in advance of a possible indictment and as fellow Republicans staked out positions in a criminal probe expected to shake up the 2024 presidential race...
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Trump silent on abortion as 2024 campaign pushes forward
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
DAVENPORT, Iowa -- No elected Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights in the U.S. than Donald Trump. But in the early days of the 2024 presidential contest, no Republican has worked harder to avoid the issue than the former president. Far more than his GOP rivals, Trump is sidestepping the issue just nine months after he and his party celebrated the Supreme Court's decision to strip away women's constitutional right to abortion...
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With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
RENO, Nev. -- State lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. Imposing longer prison sentences for possessing smaller amounts of drugs represents a shift in states that in recent years have rolled back drug possession penalties. ...
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US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move carries no immediate U.S. policy implications but lends weight to calls for such allegations to be prosecuted...
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French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions
(International News ~ 03/21/23)
PARIS -- Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government. But the bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron without lawmakers' approval still faces a review by the Constitutional Council before it can be signed into law. The council has the power to reject articles within bills but usually approves them...
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Putin welcomes China's Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine fighting
(International News ~ 03/21/23)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, sending a powerful message to Western leaders that their efforts to isolate Moscow over the fighting in Ukraine have fallen short. Xi's trip -- his first abroad since his re-election earlier this month -- showed off Beijing's new diplomatic swagger and gave a political lift to Putin just days after an international arrest warrant was issued for the Kremlin leader on war crimes charges related to Ukraine.. ...
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Credit Suisse-UBS deal offers hope, but bank doubts persist
(International News ~ 03/21/23)
LONDON -- Credit Suisse shares plunged Monday after Swiss authorities cut a deal with its bigger rival UBS to acquire the troubled bank at a marked-down price. But European bank stocks and the wider market gained as investors watch whether moves to shore up banks will stem further upheaval in the global financial system...
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Japan's Kishida heading to Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy
(International News ~ 03/21/23)
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is heading to Kyiv early Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Japan's public television NHK showed Kishida riding a train from Poland heading to Kyiv. Kishida's surprise trip to Ukraine comes just hours after he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi...
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Adam Sandler gets Mark Twain prize for humor surrounded by celeb pals
(Entertainment ~ 03/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- Adam Sandler placed his hand on the bronze bust of Mark Twain and speculated that it "one day might be the weapon used to bludgeon me in my sleep." A host of comedic and entertainment royalty gathered at Washington's Kennedy Center as Sandler was presented with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor...
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Mae Muller wrote a song, now represents UK at Eurovision
(Community ~ 03/21/23)
LONDON -- Mae Muller wrote a song. Only a few days later, Eurovision came calling. "I Wrote a Song" is representing the U.K. at the Eurovision Song Contest, whose semifinals start in 50 days. When she first came up with the song, she said she felt like she had "just written like a Eurovision bop." So to have it compete in the real thing?...
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New this week in entertainment: 'Top Gun', Lana Del Rey, 'Rabbit Hole'
(Entertainment ~ 03/21/23)
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 The Oscar-nominated "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" was one of the high points in documentary in the past year. ...
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1 dead, 1 hurt in Texas school shooting; suspect arrested
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
ARLINGTON, Texas -- A student opened fire at a Dallas-area school Monday morning, killing one student and injuring another before being arrested on a capital murder charge, police said. The shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring break, according to police and school district officials...
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Biden issues first veto, taking on new Republican House
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday in an early sign of shifting White House relations with the new Congress since Republicans took control of the House in January -- a move that serves as a prelude to bigger battles with GOP lawmakers on government spending and the nation's debt limit...
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World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
BERLIN -- Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change's future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so requires quickly slashing nearly two-thirds of carbon pollution by 2035, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. The United Nations chief said it more bluntly, calling for an end to new fossil fuel exploration and for rich countries to quit coal, oil and gas by 2040...
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School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material. Sara Hayden Parris says that whatever you want to call it, it's wrong for some parents to think a book shouldn't be readily available to any child if it isn't right for their own child...
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Top Israeli minister: 'No such thing' as Palestinian people
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- A firebrand Israeli minister claimed there's "no such thing" as a Palestinian people as Israel's new coalition government, its most hard-line ever, plowed ahead on Monday with a part of its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition said it was pushing a key part of the overhaul -- which would give the coalition control over who becomes a justice or a judge -- before the parliament takes a monthlong holiday break next week...
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New law puts Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Wyoming has pushed to the front of state efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion by instituting the nation's first explicit ban on pills that terminate pregnancies. In many states women can get abortion pills prescribed online and delivered to their homes. ...
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Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom's crown prince, his son said. Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials immediately confirmed the release of Saad al Madi, a longtime Florida, resident. But progress on his release had been rumored since last week...
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Digital literacy: Can the republic 'survive an algorithm'?
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
SEATTLE -- Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons on the internet akin to a kind of 21st century driver's education, an essential for modern life. Lee has tried to bring that kind of education into his classroom, with lessons about the need to double-check online sources, to diversify newsfeeds and to bring critical thinking to the web. He's also created an organization for other teachers to share resources...
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US aid worker and French journalist freed in West Africa
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
NIAMEY, Niger -- An American aid worker and a French journalist kidnapped and held by Islamist extremists were freed and flown to Niger's capital Monday, four days after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited the country. U.S. officials said no ransom was paid for aid worker Jeffery Woodke, who was held for more than six years, and praised Niger's government for helping secure his release. ...
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'Ted Lasso' visits White House, promotes mental health care
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to "ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely,"...
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Trump indictment would be unprecedented in US history
(National News ~ 03/21/23)
The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies with a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks. An indictment of Trump, who is seeking the White House again in 2024, would be an unprecedented moment in American history, the first criminal case against a former U.S. president...
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Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for minors
(State News ~ 03/21/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican attorney general Monday said he will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors, sidestepping the GOP-led Senate as it struggles to pass a law banning the practice for children completely. As hundreds of activists rallied at the Capitol to pressure lawmakers to act on the bill, Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to file an emergency rule...
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Out of the past: March 21
(Out of the Past ~ 03/21/23)
Winter weather greeted Missourians yesterday on what officially was the first day of spring; a seemingly confused Mother Nature dumped snow on parts of the state and soaking rain on an already soggy Southeast Missouri; the region saw snow flurries; the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau reached flood stage for the first time since June, and the Main Street Levee District has closed the Themis Street floodgate in anticipation that the river would rise to 35 feet on the gauge by tomorrow...
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Memories of Cape's Movie Theaters
(Submitted Story ~ 03/21/23)
My family and I were long-time residents of Cape Girardeau; born and raised. Since moving away, I have acquired radio, TV stations and built movie theaters in Paragould, AR and Kearney, NE. I was asked to write a commentary about the development of the Paragould Cinema 8. In the column, I recalled growing up in Cape Girardeau and attending the Esquire, Rialto, Broadway and Star-VU Drive-In...
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Oak Ridge Attends FCCLA State Competition
(Submitted Story ~ 03/21/23)
Students from Oak Ridge High School attended the 2023 Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference, March 12-14, 2023 at Tan-Tar-A Conference Center in Osage Beach. Over 1,400 delegates from across the state represented 8603 members of Missouri FCCLA...
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