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Nurse pleads guilty to taking fentanyl
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
A registered nurse faces up to four years in prison and a hefty fine after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining and using fentanyl from the hospital at which she worked. A release from U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau said Lindsey Francis, 35, on several occasions since June or July 2021 had taken and injected leftover fentanyl from Saint Francis Medical Center. ...
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Fallen law enforcement officers to be remembered
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
There will be a memorial ceremony for fallen law enforcement officers at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at Cape Bible Church, located at 2911 Kage Road in Cape Girardeau. The ceremony is being sponsored by Seniors and Lawmen Together (S.A.L.T.), and the community is invited to attend...
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ACLU sues amid Missouri GOP spat over abortion measure cost
(State News ~ 05/05/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri ACLU on Thursday sued statewide officials for stonewalling a constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights as the attorney general pushes for a price tag on the proposal that is 1 million times higher than what the state auditor has estimated...
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Judge extends suspension of Missouri AG's transgender rule
(State News ~ 05/05/23)
A judge has extended her order barring the enforcement of a unique rule pushed by Missouri's Republican attorney general that would require adults and children to undergo more than a year of therapy and fulfill other requirements before they could receive gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones and surgery...
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Embattled St. Louis prosecutor Gardner resigns
(State News ~ 05/05/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, the city's first Black prosecutor and a Democrat, announced Thursday that she will resign, following allegations of negligence and calls for her ouster by Republican leaders. In a letter to Republican Gov. ...
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Saluting a fallen firefighter in Jackson
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
Firefighters from the Cape Girardeau and Jackson fire departments gathered Thursday, May 4, at the Jackson Fire Rescue 9/11 Memorial, 525 S. Hope St., in Jackson, to dedicate a walkway brick in memory of late Cape Girardeau Fire Capt. Ivan LaGrand, who died with COVID-19 while on duty Dec. 1, 2021...
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Sikeston authorities investigate shooting
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Police are investigating a shooting that injured a man Thursday afternoon, May 4, in Sikeston. At about 2:15 p.m. Thursday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to Malone and Southwest streets in reference to multiple calls stating a subject was shot, according to DPS. Upon arrival, officers found one male with a gunshot wound to his back. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment, and an investigation is underway...
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Southeast Missouri man sentenced to prison
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
The federal government has prosecuted and sentenced another Southeast Missouri person on machine gun weapons charges. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Thursday, May 4, sentenced Lamad Cross, 24, of Kennett, Missouri, to five and one-half years in prison for selling seven devices that convert AR-15-style rifles into fully automatic weapons...
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Locals participate in National Day of Prayer
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
Cynthia Vann is prayed over by the Rev. Benjamin Porter, right, evangelist James Rowe, left, and community members on the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 4, at the Cape Girardeau City Hall in Cape Girardeau...
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Sponsored: Cuba Financial Group continues planning legacy, moves into new office building
(B Magazine ~ 05/05/23)
Cuba Financial Group officially moved into their new Cape Girardeau office at 3224 Independence Street. CEO and Senior Wealth Advisor Tyler Cuba says this new office allows the company to expand and continue providing clients with the best overall wealth management experience...
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Brady Barke named to enhanced athletics role at SEMO
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
Brady Barke, Southeast Missouri State University's athletics director since 2016, has been named vice president for intercollegiate athletics, according to a Thursday, May 4, release from the school. "Southeast Athletics operates like any other division within the university," SEMO president Carlos Vargas said, "so the vice president title both better aligns with our own organization structure and mirrors a change we see in other athletic departments nationally. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission OKs spending more money on new jail
(Local News ~ 05/05/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission has OK'd a $940,332 change order for the new jail project in Jackson, after discussions among Penzel Construction, the Jackson-based general contractor, commissioners and Sheriff Ruth Ann Dickerson's office. A groundbreaking for the new $48 million lockup -- needed, officials say, due to overcrowding -- is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 9...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
Today is Friday, May 5, the 125th day of 2023. There are 240 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight aboard Mercury capsule Freedom 7...
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Prayer 5-5-23
(Prayer ~ 05/05/23)
O Father God, may our faith bear fruit by helping those in need. Amen.
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How comment section trolls took over the GOP
(Column ~ 05/05/23)
Is the GOP becoming a dysfunctional chat room? In economics, Gresham's law on currency markets holds that "bad money drives out good." That same principle also applies to the comment sections on online sites. In comments sections -- including such mega-versions like Twitter -- the nastiest commenters post more, and more obnoxiously, than the decent ones until, eventually, the decent folk just decide not to hang out anymore. ...
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Fire report 5-5-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 3 n Medical assists were made at 3:57 a.m. on North Fountain Street; 8:21 a.m. on East Summerfield Way; 11:34 a.m. on William Street; 11:45 a.m. on Bellevue Street; 11:51 a.m. at North Middle and North Frederick streets; 3:07 p.m. on Independence Street; and 11:21 p.m. on South Spring Avenue...
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Police report 5-5-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/05/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Broadway. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Lou Taylor
(Obituary ~ 05/05/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Mildred "Lou" Taylor, 96, of Perryville passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at Independence Care Center. She was born March 4, 1927, in Risco, Missouri, to James Thurston and Jewel Hamlett Terry. Lou and James D. "Jim" Taylor were married May 9, 1947, in Alton, Missouri...
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Gary Amschler
(Obituary ~ 05/05/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Gary "Rudy" Amschler, 66, of Perryville died Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at his home. A private service will be held by the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ban social media for kids? Fed-up parents in Senate say yes
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Katie Britt says she hears about it constantly when she is at home in Alabama -- at school track meets, basketball tournaments and on her regular morning walks with friends. And when she was running for the Senate last year, Britt says, "parent after parent" came up to her wanting to discuss the way social media was harming their kids...
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Atlanta shooting suspect has been charged with murder
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
ATLANTA -- The suspect in a mass shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, Fulton County Jail records show. Deion Patterson waived his first court appearance Thursday, a day after police say he opened fire in the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice. ...
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How Oklahoma rapist got out of prison early, then killed 6
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
Questions mounted Thursday about why an Oklahoma sex offender who authorities say shot to death his wife, her three children and their two friends and then killed himself was freed from prison early, despite facing new sex charges in a separate case...
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US to control land sales to foreigners near 8 military bases
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles of eight military bases, under a proposed rule change that follows a Chinese firm's attempt to build a plant near an Air Force base in North Dakota...
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'Not my king': UK republicans want coronation to be the last
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
LONDON -- On his way to be crowned this week, King Charles III will travel by gilded coach through streets swathed in red, white and blue Union flags -- and past a warning from history. At Trafalgar Square stands a large bronze statue of King Charles I, the 17th-century monarch deposed by Parliament and executed in 1649. On Saturday, more than 1,500 protesters, dressed in yellow for maximum visibility, plan to gather beside it to chant "Not my king" as the royal procession goes by...
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Debt limit deadline looms as Democrats, GOP spar on spending
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the increasingly menacing debt ceiling impasse Thursday, focusing on what they say will be painful reductions in government services if a bill the GOP recently pushed through the House becomes law...
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Zelenskyy wants Putin trial; Russia accuses US on drones
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes, and the Kremlin alleging that the U.S. was behind what it called an assassination attempt against the Russian president...
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Oil boom transforms Guyana, prompting a scramble for spoils
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
ANN'S GROVE, Guyana -- Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the microphone and shared their grievances as someone in the crowd yelled, "Speak the truth!" And so they did. One by one, speakers listed what they wanted: a library, streetlights, school buses, homes, a grocery store, reliable electricity, wider roads and better bridges...
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Tyre Nichols died of blows to the head, autopsy shows
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tyre Nichols died of blows to the head suffered when he was beaten by Memphis police during a January arrest, an autopsy report released Thursday showed. The autopsy said the manner of death was homicide. The report released by the medical examiner in Memphis described brain injuries, cuts and bruises to the head and other parts of the body...
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Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
LOS ANGELES -- The union representing 11,500 writers of film, television and other entertainment forms are now on strike. It's the first writers' strike -- and the first Hollywood strike of any kind -- in 15 years. Here's a look at the storylines the fight has spawned...
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8 fatally shot in Serbia town a day after 9 killed at school
(International News ~ 05/05/23)
BELGRADE, Serbia -- A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack near a town close to Belgrade late Thursday, the second such mass killing in Serbia in two days, state television reported. The attacker shot randomly at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 30 miles south of the capital, the RTS report said early Friday. Police were looking for a 21-year-old suspect who fled after the attack, the report said...
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Justice Thomas let GOP donor pay child's tuition
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- A Republican megadonor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose the payments, a lawyer who has represented Thomas and his wife acknowledged Thursday. The revelation of tuition payments made by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow is the latest example of Crow's generosity to Thomas and his family that has raised questions about Thomas' ethics and disclosure requirements more generally. ...
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Proud Boys' Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
(National News ~ 05/05/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were convicted Thursday of a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 presidential election...
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Out of the past: May 5
(Out of the Past ~ 05/05/23)
Members of the local legal community gather at the Cape Girardeau City Hall for a judicial forum, defending plea bargaining as an important, though often misunderstood, component in the judicial process; in the first panel discussion of its kind in the area, two circuit court judges, the prosecuting attorney, the chief public defender, the circuit clerk and a representative from the police department join in a forum to discuss the problems and challenges of the judicial system...
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FEMA falls short, but other resources available for Bollinger County
(Editorial ~ 05/05/23)
The Bollinger County, Missouri, community continues to recover from the deadly tornado that ripped through the area last month.
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Cape Kiwanis scholarship night
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/23)
Local seniors get $1500 each from the Cape Kiwanis for the first year of college
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Pups in Bloom Rotary Charity Dog Show
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/23)
Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service had a successful first annual Dog Show. The plans are to be at Jackson Bloom every year now to feature all the wonderful dogs in the area. We want to thank our sponsors Modern Woodmen, Southeast Missourian, Heartland Veterinary Care, Kim Wengert-Edge Realty, Linda Puchbauer, Dave Hitt, Maria Stiffler and Cowboy & Belle Parsons (cats of Adelaide Parsons). ...
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Rotary Youth Leadership Academy
(Submitted Story ~ 05/05/23)
Madison James-Kessler, a sophomore at Jackson High School, has been selected by the Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service as the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy recipient. The Rotary Club pays the $500 scholarship for the student to attend "RYLA" the four day/3 night Academy at University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg MO. ...
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