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Vehicle possibly damaged in shots-fired incident
(Local News ~ 03/27/23)
A news release from Cape Girardeau Police Department says officers responded just before noon Sunday, March 26, to a shots-fired incident in the 500 block of South Middle Street. Officers found several shell casings at the scene and located a vehicle with possible damage from gunfire. The vehicle was taken from the scene as evidence...
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Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo entertainment announced
(Local News ~ 03/27/23)
Sikeston Jaycee Ethan Vasquez speaks to the crowd during the first public Rodeo Kickoff event Friday, March 24 at the Sponsor Building at the rodeo grounds. ...
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Three area students selected in top 100 in state
(Local News ~ 03/27/23)
Three seniors from Cape Girardeau and Notre Dame Regional high schools have been selected as Missouri Scholars 100 for 2023, a statewide program honoring Missouri's top 100 academic students in the graduating class of 2023. Henry Rusten and Samuel Cairns of Cape Girardeau Central and William Dodson of Notre Dame, as well as their parents and principals, have been invited to a luncheon Sunday, April 30, at Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Missouri, to celebrate their achievements...
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Local bankers react to latest Fed move
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Cape Girardeau banking leaders are weighing in on the Federal Reserve Board's decision Wednesday, March 22, to raise its key interest rate for the ninth time since March 2022. The latest hike, 0.25%, like the others before it, is designed to discourage inflation by increasing the cost of borrowing...
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Rising in Cairo: New co-op market aims to erase Illinois river town's 'food desert'
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
CAIRO, Ill. — It is a massive understatement to suggest Cairo and Cape Girardeau are two river cities that in living memory have been trending in opposite directions. To wit: A century ago, Cairo had a population 48% larger than Cape Girardeau, 15,203 residents compared to 10,252, according to 1920 U.S. Census Bureau figures...
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Lowndes woman found dead in water recovery incident in Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 03/27/23)
A Lowndes, Missouri, woman was found dead in a water recovery incident Saturday night, March 25, in Bollinger County. Debbie Barks, 70, was driving home on Route H, north of Zalma, Missouri, and did not see the road was covered with water, according to Bollinger County Coroner Calvin Troxell...
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3 children, 3 adults killed at Christian school in Nashville
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A female shooter wielding two "assault-style" rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday in what marks the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country growing increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
Today is Monday, March 27, the 86th day of 2023. There are 279 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 27, 1977, in aviation's worst disaster, 583 people were killed when a KLM Boeing 747, attempting to take off in heavy fog, crashed into a Pan Am 747 on an airport runway on the Canary Island of Tenerife...
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Prayer 3-27-23
(Prayer ~ 03/27/23)
O Heavenly Father, guide us along the paths of righteousness for your glory. Amen.
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President Biden leads America to defeat
(Column ~ 03/27/23)
Everyone in the national media last week was worrying about whether Donald Trump was going to be arrested in New York. Not me. In a radio interview with San Diego talk show host Mark Larson, I said I didn't care what was going to happen to Trump. "What I'm really worried about," I said to my old friend, "is the meeting going on in Moscow between the two most dangerous men in the world — Xi and Putin."...
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The one where Matthew Perry is sober
(Column ~ 03/27/23)
I waited 14 weeks on the library waiting list to listen to the audiobook version of Matthew Perry's much-anticipated memoir, "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing". The first thing I loved about the book was learning that Chandler Bing and Perry have a lot of personality similarities. Chandler Bing has always been my favorite "Friend". And truth be told, while he was crushing on Jen, I was crushing on him. I love a man who can make me laugh...
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A second Trump administration would be bonkers
(Column ~ 03/27/23)
If Donald Trump's Truth Social posts about his supposedly impending arrest make it feel like our politics are about to reach another level of insanity, just wait. The potential Alvin Bragg prosecution offers a taste of what our national politics will be like post-November 2024 if Donald Trump wins the presidency again...
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Thompson Rehder legislation reduces 'bureaucratic regulations'
(Editorial ~ 03/27/23)
There's legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly that would reduce regulations for patients seeking vaccinations. Senate Bill 41, filed by Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R-District 27), would allow pharmacists to administer routine vaccinations, such as those for influenza, group A streptococcus and COVID-19. It also allows pharmacists to administer vaccines approved by the FDA to address a public health need during a public health emergency...
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Business quote
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Some people dream of success while others get up every morning and make it happen. ...
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Cape Girardeau business licenses
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
City of Cape Girardeau Community Relations Department has received five business license applications: n Yunfans Liu of Cape Girardeau for Happy Ride at West Park Mall, opening Saturday, April 1. n Pamela Cook for Lil Country Store Food Truck, with a physical address of 202 Cornflower Drive in Jackson...
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Cape Girardeau Chamber news
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 29, at Leet EyeCare, 3140 Blattner Drive in Cape Girardeau. n The chamber will hold its annual dinner Friday, March 31, at Show Me Center, 1333 N. Sprigg St., with doors opening at 5:30 p.m., dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. and program at 7 p.m...
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Dan Hecht named director of Perryville Area Career and Technology Center
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Current Thomas W. Kelly High School principal Dan Hecht has been named the director of the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center for the 2023-2024 school year. Hecht, who has served as the principal at Kelly High School for the past 14 years, submitted his letter of resignation to the district Feb. 15, effective at the end of the 2022-2023 school year...
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Jerry Winberry hired as next Thomas W. Kelly High School principal
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
BENTON, Mo. — The Scott County Board of Education has hired Jerry Winberry as the next Thomas W. Kelly High School principal. After several rounds of interviews, the hiring committee comprised of high school teachers recommended finalists to the Board of Education for official approval, according a news release issued Saturday, March 25, by superintendent Bradley Kolwyck...
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Andy McGill named assistant superintendent of human resources and support services at Sikeston
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Andy McGill has been hired by Sikeston Public Schools to serve as its assistant superintendent of human resources and support services. McGill returns to the Sikeston school district -- where he previously worked for 16 years — after serving as the assistant principal at Cape Girardeau Central High School the past two years. McGill previously served as the athletic director for Sikeston Public Schools...
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Cape Girardeau County 4-H report details participation
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
University of Missouri Extension reports 223 youth were involved in Cape Girardeau County 4-H programs for the fiscal year ending in 2022, according to a report received March 20 by the County Commission. One hundred of the participants were girls, with 4-H providing the following in-county statistics...
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Target changing return service
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Target has announced that, by the end of this summer, it will accept returned items through a drive-up service at all of the retailer's 2,000 stores. "Our journey to expand our fulfillment options starts with making it easier for our guests to shop with us," Mark Schindele, Target's executive vice president and chief stores officer, said in a news release. ...
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Gas prices 'stuck in neutral'
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Auto club federation AAA said gas prices Saturday, March 25, were "stuck in neutral" amid recession fears and with more Americans hitting the road with the advent of better weather. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in the U.S. fell to $3.44, with Missouri's average recorded at $3.03, with the Show Me State price down 2 cents in the past week and down 75 cents from a year ago...
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Bollinger County 'cottage food' producer takes advantage of a new state law
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Southern Curiosity Kitchen, a Bollinger County-based seller of in-home produced baked goods, is marketing its wares online to customers in the Cape Girardeau-Jackson area, thanks to a 2022 law passed by Missouri lawmakers. Miranda Wilcut, proprietor, is a mother of four homeschooled children who bakes bread with a sourdough starter in addition to dinner rolls, muffins, cookies and other items in her home kitchen...
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Cape Girardeau County March tax receipts show mixed bag of results
(Business ~ 03/27/23)
Missouri Department of Revenue figures for March indicate four Cape Girardeau County fund balances are down compared to the same month in 2022. General sales tax revenue for the month, according to figures released through the office of County Treasurer Roger Hudson, reveal a 7.4% decrease in receipts to $703,765.43, compared to $760,109.63 in March 2022...
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Larry Young
(Obituary ~ 03/27/23)
Larry Lee Young, 84, of Jackson passed away Friday, March 24, 2023, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home, after a stay of only 11 days. He was born March 27, 1938, in Millersville to Zeddie and Mary Crafton Young. He and Saundra Kay Stearns were married Aug. 8, 1970, at First Baptist Church in Jackson. Their union was blessed with a daughter and a granddaughter...
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Clarence Greaser Jr.
(Obituary ~ 03/27/23)
Clarence J. Greaser Jr., 97, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 25, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 2, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau, with parish prayers and rosary starting at 7 p.m....
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NerdWallet: Make your credit cards less vulnerable to fraud
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
Last year, one of my family's credit cards was used to rack up hundreds of dollars in bogus charges at Apple.com. Another card was compromised four times in a row, as thieves repeatedly charged merchandise and Uber rides. We ultimately got our money back, but repeated credit card fraud can be frustrating and disheartening. Dealing with the aftermath taught me to prize security over convenience, and to change some bad habits that made me an easier target...
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Mass protests erupt after Netanyahu fires defense chief
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
JERUSALEM -- Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities across the country Sunday night in a spontaneous outburst of anger after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abruptly fired his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader's judicial overhaul plan...
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Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that vulnerable adults and not just children can be victims of abuse when they are unable to freely consent...
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Voting rights effort targets those held in jails across US
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
CHICAGO -- The voting precinct could have been any one of hundreds throughout Chicago, except that these voters in the first round of the mayoral election were all wearing the same beige smocks. And the security at this polling place wasn't intended to keep disrupters and campaigners out, but the voters in...
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Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan break
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
BEIJING -- Honduras established diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states. Foreign ministers from China and Honduras signed a joint communique in Beijing -- a decision the Chinese Foreign Ministry hailed as "the right choice."...
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GOP states press voter photo ID rules, with unclear effects
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As Ohio's primary approaches, a strict new photo ID requirement is stirring concerns for military veterans and out-of-state college students, in Amish communities and among older voters. Other Republican-led states are moving in the same direction as they respond to conservative voters unsettled by unfounded claims of widespread fraud and persistent conspiracy theories over the accuracy of U.S. ...
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Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
WACO, Texas -- Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement...
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Veto puts Kentucky in thick of fight over transgender rights
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care puts the state in the middle of a national fight, but with more immediate consequences as the state's looming election offers an early test on the state-by-state assault on gender-affirming care for minors...
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In Ghana, Harris 'excited about the future of Africa'
(International News ~ 03/27/23)
ACCRA, Ghana -- Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted by schoolchildren, dancers and drummers as she arrived Sunday in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa intended to deepen U.S. relationships amid global competition over the continent's future...
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States' divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A group of Tennessee Republicans began this year's legislative session hoping to add narrow exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, armed with the belief that most people -- even in conservative Tennessee -- reject extremes on the issue...
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New Russian campaign tries to entice men to fight in Ukraine
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
TALLINN, Estonia -- Advertisements promise cash bonuses and enticing benefits. Recruiters are making cold calls to eligible men. Enlistment offices are working with universities and social service agencies to lure students and the unemployed. A new campaign is underway this spring across Russia, seeking recruits to replenish its troops for the war in Ukraine...
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Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
(International News ~ 03/27/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to "counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail" after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus...
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North Korea test-fires 2 more missiles as US sends carrier
(International News ~ 03/27/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern waters Monday, continuing its weapons displays as the United States moved an aircraft carrier strike group to neighboring waters for military exercises with the South...
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Debt, expenses stress lower income households: AP-NORC poll
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NEW YORK -- Personal finances are a major source of stress for about half of the lower income households in the U.S., a new poll shows, illustrating the toll of high inflation and economic uncertainty on those who can least afford it. About half of U.S. ...
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Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NEW YORK -- Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout. Five planets -- Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars -- will line up near the moon. The best day to catch the whole group is Tuesday. You'll want to look to the western horizon right after sunset, said NASA astronomer Bill Cooke...
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Casualties mount in Pa. chocolate factory explosion
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
WEST READING, Pa. -- A fifth body has been recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory in a small town in eastern Pennsylvania and two remained unaccounted for Sunday. West Reading Mayor Samantha Kaag said in an email to the Associated Press that the fifth body was found Sunday morning by first responders and confirmed dead by the Berks County Coroner's Office. The coroner was unable to confirm the identity of that person, Kaag said...
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Gap grows between TikTok users, lawmakers on potential ban
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NEW YORK -- On the one side are dozens of lawmakers on Capitol Hill issuing dire warnings about security breaches and possible Chinese surveillance. On the other are some 150 million TikTok users in the U.S. who just want to be able to keep making and watching short, fun videos offering makeup tutorials and cooking lessons, among other things...
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Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump getting gang-tackled by riot-gear-clad New York City police officers. Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison grays behind the bars of a dimly lit concrete cell. The highly detailed, sensational images have inundated Twitter and other platforms in recent days, amid news Trump faces possible criminal charges and the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Putin...
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Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parents
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
ROME -- The Florence museum housing Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece the David on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign. Florence Mayor Dario Nardella also tweeted an invitation for the principal to visit so he can personally honor her. Confusing art with pornography was "ridiculous," Nardella said...
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As South bans abortion, thousands turn to Illinois clinics
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Dr. Colleen McNicholas is fresh off performing two abortions when a ringing phone quickly stops her. "Oh, ugh," she said, eyes widened, before she darted off to another room. Just the day before, 58 women had abortions at the Fairview Heights' Planned Parenthood clinic, 15 miles east of St. Louis. But the new day is still stacked with appointments; as many as 100 abortion and family planning patients might walk through the doors...
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Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
ROLLING FORK, Miss. -- As a deadly tornado tore through the lower Mississippi Delta, the Rev. Mary Stewart clung to a door in the hallway of her Rolling Fork home, shielding herself from the branches and chunks of debris that came flying through her shattered windows...
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Recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi
(National News ~ 03/27/23)
ROLLING FORK, Miss. -- Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South...
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Out of the past: March 27
(Out of the Past ~ 03/27/23)
Burglars have taken more than 100 telephones and complete telephone systems from four Southeast Missouri Job Service Offices, including the Cape Girardeau office on two occasions; telephone systems were taken this week from Missouri Job Service offices at Sikeston, Poplar Bluff and Kennett; the Cape Girardeau office was burglarized twice in one week in February by thieves who took the telephones and systems both times...
- Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago (Submitted Story ~ 03/27/23)
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Cairo Historical Group to hold Annual Fundraiser
(Submitted Story ~ 03/27/23)
Cairo, IL— MARCH 27, 2023 — The Cairo Historical Preservation Project, Inc. (TCHPP) will be hosting their 2nd Annual Cairo Magnolia Celebration on Saturday, May 6. The fundraiser will once again be held on the grounds of the historic 1869 Magnolia Manor at 2700 Washington Avenue in Cairo. Individual and group tickets are on sale now through April 22 on the TCHPP website and in person at the Cairo Public Library, 1609 Washington Avenue...
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