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Two shot at Legends apartments
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Two people were shot at the Legends apartment complex on North Sprigg Street shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, according to Cape Girardeau Police Department...
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NB I-55 in Cape County reduced for pavement work; Route A in Cape County closed for bridge replacement; Highway 34 in Bollinger County reduced for pavement improvements; Light installation to impact Highway 72 in Cape County
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Northbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County from mile marker 107.8 to mile marker 108.8 will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place daily from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 31, through Friday, June 2...
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Local 5K race for furry friends coming soon
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Red Runner Racing will be holding a Furry 5K and a 1-mile fun run/walk Saturday, June 3, in Cape Girardeau. The race starts at 8 a.m. at Missouri Running Company, with on-site registration from 7 to 7:45 a.m. Packet pick-up will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, June 2, at Missouri Running Company or on race day during registration...
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Cape Municipal band returns to band shell for summer concerts
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Residents of Cape Girardeau can enjoy weekly live concerts presented by Cape Municipal Band -- and featuring local artists -- starting Wednesday, June 7, through Wednesday, July 26. The concert series will be held at Dan Cotner Amphitheater at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. Each concert will begin at 7:30 p.m...
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Kennett man sentenced to prison for drugs, firearm
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
A Kennett, Missouri, man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for drug and firearm offenses. A release from the U.S. Attorney's Office says Steven Chunn, 40, will serve the sentence for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime...
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Community transportation update to be announced at free picnic
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Updates regarding community transportation in Cape Girardeau County will be announced at a free picnic Tuesday, May 23, at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau. According to a news release, the picnic will be sponsored by the Transportation Coalition, led by the United Way of Southeast Missouri (UWSEMO) in partnership with the Cape Girardeau Transit Authority (CTA)...
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Allergy care severely lacking in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Allergies are a big deal in this part of the world. The air is known to be humid. The river region, a swamp just a few generations ago, provides an abundance of opportunities for all kinds of plants and molds to germinate and grow. When the wind blows in the spring, pollen creates big problems for allergy sufferers. ...
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Bishop meets with local departing Methodist churches
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Representatives of six area congregations who have voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church met Monday, May 15, in Cape Girardeau with Bishop Scott Jones of the Heartland Conference of the newly- organized Global Methodist Church (GMC)...
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County archives under budget on digitizing records
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
It is not every day the Cape Girardeau County Commission hears a project it authorized has come in under budget. Marybeth Niederkorn, director of Cape Girardeau County Archive Center, reported Monday a planned $35,000 program to digitize more than 200 years of county records has come in approximately $4,500, or nearly 13%, under estimates...
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Cape Girardeau council members approve SEMO logo for city water tower
(Local News ~ 05/17/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members showed their support for Southeast Missouri State University in more ways than one at their meeting Monday, May 15. In addition to pledging up to $10.2 million over the course of 17 years for the university's push to reconstruct Houck Field, the group also unanimously approved a measure to display the SEMO logo on the city water tower at North Cape County Park...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
Today is Wednesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2023. There are 228 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional...
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Prayer 5-17-23
(Prayer ~ 05/17/23)
O Lord Jesus, thank you that through you we can have eternal life. Amen.
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Several outdoor concerts to enjoy this summer
(Editorial ~ 05/17/23)
Warmer weather brings with it a number of opportunities to get outdoors and enjoy fun activities. One of our favorites this time of year is live music. Old Town Cape kicked off the first half of its summer concert series Tunes at Twilight on Friday with a performance from John Long. The weekly series is held each Friday night at 7 at the gazebo at Ivers Square near City Hall in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Democrats' new rule: migrants first, everyone last
(Column ~ 05/17/23)
Democrats' new rule: If you're not a migrant, go to the back of the line. Gary Moretti and his fiancee booked 30 rooms at The Crossroads Hotel in Newburg, New York, for their bridesmaids and guests for a June 24 wedding. But New York City Mayor Eric Adams' migrant-first policy demolished their plans...
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Fire report 5-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/17/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 14 n Medical assists were made at 4:02 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 8:47 p.m. on South Broadview Street; and 11:53 p.m. on Bloomfield Road. May 15 n Medical assists were made at 4:48 a.m. ...
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Police report 5-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/17/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on Normal Avenue. Assaults n An assault was reported on North Spanish Street. n Second-degree domestic assault was reported on Patricia Street...
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Georgia Howe
(Obituary ~ 05/17/23)
Georgia Marie Howe, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, May 14, 2023, at The Arbors at Capetown. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, May 22, at St. Mary's Cathedral, with the Rev. Tom Kiefer officiating. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery...
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Aileen Dosenbach
(Obituary ~ 05/17/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Aileen Dosenbach, 90, of Perryville died Monday, May 15, 2023, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 18, at Grace Lutheran Cemetery in Uniontown, Missouri, with the Rev. Paul Winningham officiating...
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Lawmakers warn leaky, crumbling UK Parliament at risk of 'catastrophic' event
(International News ~ 05/17/23)
LONDON -- Britain's Parliament building is an architectural masterpiece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by 1 million people a year. It's also a crumbling, leaky, asbestos-riddled building at "real and rising" risk of destruction, lawmakers said Wednesday...
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Elizabeth Holmes loses latest bid to avoid prison and gets hit with $452 million restitution bill
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes appears to be soon bound for prison after an appeals court Tuesday rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing hoax that brought her fleeting fame and fortune...
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'Taco Tuesday' trademark tiff flares anew between fast food competitors
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Declaring a mission to liberate "Taco Tuesday" for all, Taco Bell is asking U.S. regulators to force Wyoming-based Taco John's to abandon its longstanding claim to the trademark. Too many businesses and others refer to "Taco Tuesday" for Taco John's to be able to have exclusive rights to the phrase, Taco Bell asserts in a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing that is, of course, dated Tuesday...
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YouTube's recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos and gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S. They simulated two nine-year-olds who both liked video games. The accounts were identical, except that one clicked on the videos recommended by YouTube, and the other ignored the platform's suggestions...
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Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- Debt-limit talks shifted into an encouraging new phase Tuesday as President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy named top emissaries to negotiate a deal to avert an unprecedented national default. Biden cut short an upcoming overseas trip in hopes of closing an agreement before a June 1 deadline...
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N.C. GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state's Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor's veto late Tuesday. The House completed the second and final part of the override vote Tuesday night after a similar three-fifths majority voted for the override earlier Tuesday in the Senate. ...
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Stage set for Ecuadorian president or lawmakers to be booted out of office
(International News ~ 05/17/23)
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador was locked in a showdown Tuesday between its conservative president and its opposition-led legislature that was turning the country into the latest Latin American nation torn between rival constitutional powers. The opposition leadership's confidence in getting the 92 votes necessary to remove President Guillermo Lasso some time this week appeared to weaken during an hours-long legislative session in which lawmakers presented what they characterized as evidence of wrongdoing.. ...
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21 pieces of jewelry worth $129 million were stolen. A court convicts 5 men in museum heist
(International News ~ 05/17/23)
BERLIN -- A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry containing more than 4,300 diamonds. The men ages 24 to 29 received prison sentences ranging from four years and four months to six years and three months, German news agency dpa reported. One defendant was acquitted...
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Trump-backed Cameron to face Kentucky Gov. Beshear in November
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor Tuesday, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state's history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron, the state's attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed a convincing victory over a 12-candidate field that included Kelly Craft, who served as United Nations ambassador in the Trump administration, and state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. ...
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DeSantis criticizes Trump for implying Florida abortion ban is 'too harsh'
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Donald Trump on Tuesday for implying Florida's new six-week abortion ban is "too harsh," stepping up his attacks on the former president as he prepares to challenge him for the 2024 Republican nomination. DeSantis was responding to a question about Trump's comments in an article published Monday by The Messenger about the six-week ban the Florida governor recently signed into law. ...
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Girl allegedly abducted by mother without custody found safe in North Carolina
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
ST. CHARLES, Ill. -- A girl who was allegedly abducted by her mother in suburban Chicago nearly six years ago has been found safe hundreds of miles away in North Carolina after she was spotted at a business, authorities said. Officers found a woman and a minor child at the business in Asheville, North Carolina, and were able to confirm their identities, police said. They said the woman, Heather Unbehaun, 40, was wanted on an extradition warrant out of Illinois for child abduction...
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Police say New Mexico high school student killed 3 women in 'random' shooting rampage
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
FARMINGTON, N.M. -- The gunman who killed three people and wounded six others as he fired randomly while roaming his northwestern New Mexico neighborhood was a local high school student and his victims include a 97-year-old woman and her daughter, police said Tuesday...
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New Washington law keeps drugs illegal, boosts resources for housing and treatment
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington lawmakers approved and Gov. Jay Inslee quickly signed a major new drug policy Tuesday that keeps controlled substances illegal while boosting resources to help those struggling with addiction. A compromise reached a day earlier by Democratic and Republican leaders sought to bridge a gap between liberals who believe drugs should be decriminalized and conservatives who insist the threat of jail is necessary to force people into treatment...
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Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins to resign after Justice Department watchdog probe
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
BOSTON -- Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins will resign following a monthslong investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general into her appearance at a political fundraiser and other potential ethics issues, her attorney said Tuesday...
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Durham report takeaways: A 'seriously flawed' Russia investigation and its lasting impact on the FBI
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- Bungled applications to eavesdrop on a former aide of then-candidate Donald Trump. Flawed research by a former British spy tasked with a sensitive, and political, assignment. And an FBI scrambling against the election-season clock to untangle suspicions about foreign government collusion that it feared could have grave national security implications...
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Biden speaks out against 'antisemitic bile' during Jewish American Heritage Month celebration
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden marked Jewish American Heritage Month on Tuesday by highlighting his administration's efforts to combat rising antisemitism, at a White House reception that featured performances from the stars of the Broadway revival of "Parade."...
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Missouri terminates emergency rule to limit trans care for minors, some adults
(State News ~ 05/17/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri officials on Tuesday abruptly terminated an unusual emergency rule proposed by the Republican attorney general that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The move was announced without explanation on the Missouri Secretary of State's website, which said "This emergency rule terminated effective May 16, 2023."...
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Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis prosecutor 2 weeks sooner than planned
(State News ~ 05/17/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who this month announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday she is leaving office immediately, ending a turbulent tenure marked by frequent criticism, especially from Missouri's Republican leaders...
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Missouri teacher who used racial slur resigns
(State News ~ 05/17/23)
A Missouri high school teacher who was videotaped repeatedly using a racial slur in class has resigned from the district, while the student who took the video finishes serving a school suspension. Mary Walton, a 15-year-old sophomore at Glendale High School in Springfield, Missouri, will be allowed to return to school Wednesday after a three-day suspension for what the school district said was improper use of an electronic device...
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Democrats keep Pennsylvania House majority, positioning party to prevent limits on abortion rights
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. Heather Boyd won a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, beating Republican Katie Ford for a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel. Zabel quit the Legislature in March, shortly after a lobbyist accused him of sexually harassing her...
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Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
NEW ORLEANS -- Legal arguments over women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion move to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday, in a case challenging a Food and Drug Administration decision made more than two decades ago...
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Democrat Cherelle Parker wins primary for Philadelphia mayor
(National News ~ 05/17/23)
Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia's mayoral primary on Tuesday, likely setting her up as the city's 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role. Parker, 50, who served for 10 years as a state representative for northwest Philadelphia before her election to the city council in 2015, asserted herself as a leader whose government experience would allow her to address gaping problems with public safety and quality of life in the nation's sixth-largest city. ...
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Out of the past: May 17
(Out of the Past ~ 05/17/23)
It was standing room only at the Show Me Center yesterday as degrees were conferred on 921 graduates of Southeast Missouri State University; friends and families of the graduates filled every available seat, and some found seats on the steps and in the aisles; commencement speaker was Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon...
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Sponsored: Ritter Communications announces Cape Girardeau expansion project
(B Magazine ~ 05/17/23)
Business is better with Ritter Communications, the largest privately held telecommunications provider serving exclusively the Mid-South. In November 2022, the company began serving the Cape Girardeau business community after announcing a $5.5 million expansion project to bring its telecom service and advanced cloud solutions to businesses, manufacturers, healthcare and schools in the area. This was their first expansion project in Missouri...
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