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Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate advanced a pair of bills to prohibit gender-transitioning health care treatments for minors and restrict them from competing in sports, a hard-fought GOP win Tuesday following intense pressure from protesters to act...
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Woodstock fundraising event to help Care to Learn
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
Dust off your bell bottoms and throw on your love beads for a night to help fundraise for the community as Cape Girardeau Care to Learn Chapter will be holding a Woodstock Night on Friday, March 31. The event will be held at Drury Plaza Conference Center, with cocktails starting at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and the program shortly after. There will be live music from The Remedies of Nashville, Tennessee...
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Fence comes down around Capaha Park Pond
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
Renovations to Capaha Park have come to a close and the fence has finally come down round the Capaha Park Pond in Cape Girardeau.
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Jackson puts North Elementary gym in ballot language for Prop N
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
If Proposition N passes Tuesday, April 4, North Elementary will finally get its new gymnasium. Voters there were disappointed when the school did not get the gym built as part of Proposition J, the district's previous tax initiative. Jackson officials, in their communications prior to that tax initiative, had told voters a gym in that school would be built, but the district ultimately decided just prior to construction that the need for a middle school gymnasium was more urgent...
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Prop N would fund new performing arts center in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
The old auditorium at Jackson High School was built in 1939. It was built for elementary school children. What that means is that the auditorium wasn't built for those with long legs or a wider posterior. It also wasn't built for people requiring a wheelchair, which is why the city's annual Veterans Day tribute is no longer held there...
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Teacher pay at core of Jackson School District tax proposal
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
The Jackson School District is the fastest-growing school district in the region, having added nearly 1,000 students to its rolls in the last decade. However, teacher salaries are slipping in the opposite direction. The district is asking voters to help boost teacher pay and overall operations with two propositions on the Tuesday, April 4, ballot. ...
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ALDI preparing for site prep work in Jackson
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
A long-awaited retail development is about to come to fruition as ALDI is expected to begin site development work for a new Jackson grocery next week at 2502 E. Jackson Blvd., adjacent to Alliance Bank. Surveyors from Cole & Associates in St. Louis spent Monday, March 20, and Tuesday, March 21, marking off the building footprint for the planned 21,682-square-foot store...
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State House approves cut to income tax amid surpluses
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Just six months after passing what was billed as the largest tax cut in Missouri history, the Republican-led state House voted Tuesday for an even bigger income tax cut that could return over $1 billion annually to individuals, corporations and retirees...
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Cape Girardeau assistant chief honored at state level
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
A member of the command staff at the Cape Girardeau Police Department received a statewide honor this week. Cape Girardeau assistant police Chief Rodney Barker was named the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Missouri Crisis Intervention Team in a ceremony Tuesday, March 21...
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Candidates for Cape Giradeau school board double-down on their positions
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
The five candidates running for three seats on the Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education addressed voters during a forum Monday, March 20. The forum, held at the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall at Cape Girardeau Central High School, was hosted by the CGPS Community Teacher's Association (CTA)...
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SEMO moves 150th anniversary street fair indoors
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
Following all-day rain Tuesday, March 21, and with a forecast for winds up to 20 miles per hour Wednesday, March 22, Southeast Missouri State University has announced a change for Wednesday's planned 150th anniversary party street fair. According to a news release from Tonya Wells of SEMO Marketing and Communications, all activities connected with the sesquicentennial kickoff have been moved inside to University Center, 975 Normal Ave. ...
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Cape Girardeau County 'Century Farms' noted
(Local News ~ 03/22/23)
Missouri Century Farms program recognizes farms owned by the same family for 100 or more consecutive years. In its 17-page 2022 annual report presented Monday, March 20, to the Cape Girardeau County Commission, University of Missouri Extension officials said seven Cape Girardeau County farms are newly named to the list...
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Sponsored: Spring Checklist for Pet Owners
(Insiders Advice ~ 03/22/23)
Spring is one of the most enjoyable seasons for pet lovers and our furry best friends. Its time to get outside, after all! These are a few things to keep in mind when enjoying the great outdoors with your pet: 1. Protect your pet from fleas, ticks and heartworm disease...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2023. There are 284 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On March 22, 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1. On this date:...
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Felony charges filed March 21, 2023
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/22/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Some of the recent charges filed by Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney. A charge is not a conviction. All individuals are presumed innocent unless/until convicted. March 1-12 n Robert Scott: drunkenness in a courthouse; had an active case for misuse of 911 at the time of alleged offense; $2,500 cash-only bond...
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Fire report 3-22-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/22/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 20 n Medical assists were made at 9:27 p.m. on South Benton Street and 9:34 p.m. on North Fountain Street. n At 8:54 p.m. fire alarm was reported on Towers Circle...
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Police report 3-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/22/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Thefts n Theft was reported on North Sprigg Street. n Theft was reported on Themis Street. n Theft was reported on South Sprigg Street.
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Harlan Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 03/22/23)
SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. Harlan W. Tuschhoff, 89, of Sedgewickville passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 1, 1933, near Friedheim to Oscar and Mary Kester Tuschhoff. Harlan attended grade school in Arnsberg and Trinity Lutheran School in Friedheim, and was a 1951 graduate of Perryville (Missouri) High School...
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Comonia Schuessler
(Obituary ~ 03/22/23)
UNIONTOWN, Mo. Comonia "June" Schuessler, 80, of Uniontown passed away Monday, March 20, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 14, 1942, in Lixville, Missouri, to Roy and Trula Statler Mouser. She and Charles E. Schuessler were married on May 10, 1969. He preceded her in death Aug. 4, 2017...
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Michael Lampkins
(Obituary ~ 03/22/23)
Michael Ray Lampkins, 68, of Scott City died Monday, March 20, 2023, at his home. There will be so services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel of Scott City was in charge of arrangements.
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Darrel Black
(Obituary ~ 03/22/23)
ORAN, Mo. Darrel Black, 83, died Monday, March 20, 2023. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Missouri...
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Prayer 3-22-23
(Prayer ~ 03/22/23)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for through you there is salvation. Amen.
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On the media
(Column ~ 03/22/23)
As I write, I'm about to speak for the second time in a week about the media. I almost turned down both invitations to speak at two very different conferences, because, despite working in the press, I don't think much about the media. But early on in my life as an opinion journalist, I realized criticizing the mainstream media "the liberal media" could be something of an easy parlor game among conservatives. ...
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Alvin Bragg prepares to cross the rubicon
(Column ~ 03/22/23)
How much does a mug shot mean to you? To Alvin Bragg, it apparently means quite a lot. All signs point to Bragg, the progressive prosecutor in Manhattan, indicting Donald Trump for his 2016 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels. The old Karl Marx line is that history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. This historic first-ever indictment of a former president of the United States would skip straight to farce...
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Southeast recognized for supporting veterans through education
(Editorial ~ 03/22/23)
Southeast Missouri State University received a nice recognition recently. The university is one of the Top 10 Military Friendly school. A survey by the Military Friendly program listed SEMO at No. 4 on the list for Large Public schools. SEMO moved up on the list from the Gold level where it was listed the previous two years...
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Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour -- minus animals
(Entertainment ~ 03/22/23)
NEW YORK -- The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus has been reimagined and reborn without animals as a high-octane family event with highwire tricks, soaring trapeze artists and bicycles leaping on trampolines. Feld Entertainment, which owns the "Greatest Show on Earth," revealed to The Associated Press what audiences can expect during the show's upcoming 2023 North American tour kicking off this fall...
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Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
BEIJING -- When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn't ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space...
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Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
NEW YORK -- U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the paper published Monday by Annals of Internal Medicine. Hospital workers were strained by coronavirus patients, and that likely shifted their focus away from disinfecting some other kinds of germs, they said...
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Oklahoma court OK's abortion to preserve mother's life
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state's near total ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in a medical emergency. It was a narrow win for abortion rights advocates since the U.S. Supreme Court s truck down Roe v. Wade...
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Biden to designate national monuments in Nevada, Texas
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden is establishing national monuments in Nevada and Texas and creating a marine sanctuary in U.S. waters near the Pacific Remote Islands southwest of Hawaii. The Democratic president is set to announce the measures Tuesday at a White House summit on conservation action at the Interior Department...
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Army of lobbyists helped water down banking regulations
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- It seemed like a good idea at the time: Red-state Democrats facing grim reelection prospects would join forces with Republicans to slash bank regulations -- demonstrating a willingness to work with President Donald Trump while bucking many in their party...
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Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old: 'I thought I had died'
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said it has changed her life and she has vivid memories and nightmares about that day. "I just will never forget the look on his face that he gave me while he pointed the gun directly at me," first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie about the student. "It's changed me. It's changed my life."...
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Fox, Dominion face off over airing of false election claims
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Fox News and a voting machine company that claims the conservative network defamed it by amplifying baseless allegations of fraud following the 2020 presidential election faced off in a courtroom Tuesday during a key hearing over whether journalists have a responsibility to be cautious with explosive and implausible allegations...
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Yellen says bank situation stabilizing, different from 2008
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements "could be warranted" if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardize financial stability...
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US speeds up Abrams tank delivery to Ukraine war zone
(International News ~ 03/22/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone by the fall, the Pentagon said Tuesday...
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Japan's PM offers Ukraine support as China's Xi backs Russia
(International News ~ 03/22/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, engaging in dueling diplomacy with Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to promote Beijing's peace proposal for Ukraine that Western nations have all but dismissed as a non-starter...
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Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol
(International News ~ 03/22/23)
PARIS -- Garbage. Heaps, mounds and piles of it are growing daily -- and in some places standing higher than a human being. A strike by Paris garbage collectors, which began its 16th day Tuesday, is taking a toll on the renowned aesthetics of the French capital, a veritable blight on the City of Light...
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'Winnie the Pooh' film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
(International News ~ 03/22/23)
HONG KONG -- Public screenings of a slasher film featuring Winnie the Pooh were scrapped abruptly in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions over increasing censorship in the city. Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook the release of "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" on Thursday had been canceled with "great regret" in Hong Kong and neighboring Macao...
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Trump waits out grand jury as New York braces for protests
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
NEW YORK -- Facing the possibility of criminal charges, Donald Trump waited it out in Florida on Tuesday as New York braced for disruptions that could follow an indictment. Republican contenders in the 2024 race sized up the impact a prosecution could have on a campaign in which the former president is a leading contender...
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Top Missouri lawmaker moves to strip library funding
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A powerful Missouri state lawmaker Tuesday moved to strip state funding for public libraries over a fight about books. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith's budget proposal, unveiled Tuesday, would cut all $4.5 million in state funding libraries were slated to get next fiscal year...
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Mo. man dubbed 'Package Killer' admits to 2 murders
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri man dubbed the "Package Killer" for his method of disposing of bodies received two life sentences Tuesday after admitting to killing two women in the St. Louis area more than 30 years ago. Gary Muehlberg, 74, has now pleaded guilty to killing three women and faces a hearing next week in the death of a fourth. Remains of all four women were found in 1990 or 1991, packed into various types of containers...
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Nuclear contamination testing planned at St. Louis-area park
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
ST. LOUIS -- The Army Corps of Engineers plans to test for radioactive contamination at a suburban St. Louis park that sits along a notoriously toxic creek, a Corps official said Tuesday. The Corps of Engineers is seeking permission from St. Louis County to test soil and water at Fort Belle Fontaine Park, a popular spot for hikers with high bluffs and panoramic views. The park sits about 3 miles from where the Missouri River flows into the Mississippi River...
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Attorney seen on video groping clients avoids disbarment in Missouri
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court decided Tuesday not to disbar a defense attorney, who was caught on video groping six clients in a jail interview room, in a courthouse and while behind the wheel. The 4-3 ruling to indefinitely suspend 86-year-old Dan Purdy will allow him to apply for reinstatement after a year, The Kansas City Star reported. ...
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Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits
(State News ~ 03/22/23)
Missouri's attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in Missouri and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment...
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Los Angeles schools shut down as staff strike for better pay
(National News ~ 03/22/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation's second-largest school system. Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers' aides, special education assistants, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff, walked out amid stalled contract talks...
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Out of the past: March 22
(Out of the Past ~ 03/22/23)
Charles W. and Janet Bass Smith perform a flute and piano recital at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; the Smiths were formerly music directors at the church, and their Cape Girardeau performance is part of an international tour. It's hard to picture the Cape Girardeau landscape without Southeast Missouri State University in its midst; but 125 years ago, Cape Girardeau nearly lost out to Arcadia, Missouri, in its bid to land what was then called the Third District Normal School; Gov. ...
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