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Missouri movie premiere coming to Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
Southeast Missouri will have its chance to roll back in time while experiencing a movie premiere Saturday, August 26, in Jackson. The premiere will be for the film "All Nite Skate", directed by Nick Murphy, who returned to his hometown to tell the story of the Jackson Skate Center...
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'An Enchanted Evening' scheduled for July
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
The Jackson Municipal Band will be having "An Enchanted Evening at the Park" with Storybook Entertainment company. This free event is part of the Jackson Municipal Band's Concert in the Park Series to be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13, at the Jackson Band Shell. If the weather causes the event to be canceled, it will be rescheduled for Friday, July 21...
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Groups team up to help students
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
The Perryville (Missouri)FFA Chapter has started a partnership with Agriculture Education on the Move (AEOTM). The partnership helps third grade students learn agricultural literacy at the Perryville Primary Center. AEOTM is a program by the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation (MFCF). The Missouri Farmers Care news release stated the educational program teaches "agricultural-based knowledge and activities" in classrooms...
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Jackson police adds new canine after marijuana legalization
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
A German shepherd named Riggs was put into service Tuesday, June 13, by City of Jackson police to replace Beny, who has served on the K-9 unit in the Cape Girardeau County seat town since the fall of 2015. Beny was trained to sniff out cannabis, which is legal in Missouri after the Nov. 8 passage of Amendments 3's Marijuana Legalization Initiative...
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Family still searching for girl taken from Cape Girardeau porch
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
The family of Elizabeth Gill believes "Beth", who disappeared 58 years ago, might still be alive. Elizabeth Gill vanished from Cape Girardeau late afternoon June 13, 1965, and was never seen again. She was only 2 1/2 years old, the youngest of 10 children. Known by her family as Beth, the toddler was last seen playing on the front porch as her siblings were getting ready for church...
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Cape's Miracle Bird touts renewable energy via Renew Missouri
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
Cape Girardeau Central High School and 2022 Southeast Missouri State University graduate Miracle Bird said she believes in Renew Missouri's mission. Renew Missouri, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit advocacy organization, advances efficiency and renewable energy policy in the Show Me State...
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Cape Girardeau school board builds Community Engagement plan
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools (CGPS) Board of Education considered items to be included in the district's Community Engagement policy at a special meeting Thursday morning, June 15. The meeting was a follow-up to input received from community members who attended listening sessions Monday, June 12, as well as a survey posted on the district website...
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Bridge celebration in Jackson
(Local News ~ 06/16/23)
Millersville's Putz Construction workers are seen on Jackson's new West Mary Street Bridge on Thursday, June 15. The $1.71 million project, which includes a block-and-a-half of new sidewalks, was opened to the public May 17...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
Today is Friday, June 16, the 167th day of 2023. There are 198 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."...
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Prayer 6-16-23
(Prayer ~ 06/16/23)
O Father God, thank you that through Jesus Christ we have victory. Amen.
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Against the pride flag
(Column ~ 06/16/23)
It's June, when one can be forgiven for thinking we live in the United States of LGBTQIA2S+. Old Glory is, at best, supplemented with, and sometimes supplanted by, the pride flag in all its varieties. The flag, which has become more and more unsightly, is ubiquitous. Its increasingly elaborate jumble of clashing stripes -- whether seen shopping, at a ballgame or on U.S. government buildings -- is a reminder to get with the program, and that the program is always changing...
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The importance of fathers in the lives of their children
(Editorial ~ 06/16/23)
This weekend we celebrate Father's Day. The importance of dads in the lives of their children cannot be overstated. Statistics in recent years indicate that as many as one in four children in America live without their biological, step or adoptive father in the home. This is a contributing factor to many of the societal problems we face...
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Fire report 6-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 14 n Medical assists were made at 7:31 a.m. on Pioneer Drive; 9:57 a.m. on Randol Avenue; 3:09 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; and 10:04 p.m. on South Spring Avenue. n At 5:16 a.m., hazardous condition at South Kingshighway and South Silver Springs Road...
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Police report 6-16-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Hickory Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Walnut Street...
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Eugene Wilkins
(Obituary ~ 06/16/23)
MODESTO, Calif. — Eugene "Gene" George Wilkins passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto. He was born June 22, 1940, in Lubbock, Texas, to Clyde and Alice Wilkins. Gene graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock and joined the U.S. Navy, where he was selected for the electronics program. Following his honorable discharge, he attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering...
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James Turnbough
(Obituary ~ 06/16/23)
James "Jim" Albert Turnbough, 68, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at his home. He was born Aug. 6, 1954, in Perryville, Missouri, son of Arthur and Evelyn Eichorn Turnbough. Jim was a 1972 graduate of Perryville High School. He worked for Central Packing in Cape Girardeau and Fruitland Dressed Meats, and then he began his own timber business, Highland Timber Co. in Jackson...
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John Springer
(Out of the Past ~ 06/16/23)
John Paul Springer, 86, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 12, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 24, 1937, in Jasper, Arkansas, son of Paul and Lucille Owens Springer. He and Bernice Mary Horrell were married Aug. 3, 1968...
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Wardell Coleman Jr.
(Obituary ~ 06/16/23)
Wardell "Bo" Coleman Jr., 52, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, June 5, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, Missouri. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 17, at the church, with Superintendent Steve Betts officiating and Elder Elvin Greer eulogizing...
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Man dies in exchange of gunfire with deputies in Mo.
(State News ~ 06/16/23)
LOCKWOOD, Mo. -- A man found hiding in a Missouri barn died in an exchange of gunfire with deputies, authorities said. The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday near the small town of Lockwood in southwestern Missouri. Names of the man killed and the deputies involved in the shooting were not immediately released...
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KC warehouse blaze hospitalizes 3 firefighters
(State News ~ 06/16/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Workers at a massive Kansas City wood-pallet warehouse fire escaped to safety Thursday, but three firefighters have been hospitalized, a spokesman said. The firefighters were hospitalized for minor burns and heat exposure after battling flames at Pioneer Pallet's warehouse, Kansas City Fire Department spokesman Jason Spreitzer said. Another seven firefighters were treated at the site of the fire...
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Missouri doctor's death steeped in mystery, speculation
(State News ~ 06/16/23)
CASSVILLE, Mo. -- John Forsyth was known as a hard-working doctor who cared deeply for his patients and often teased nurses in the emergency room to ease tension. He was a father of eight and newly engaged. He also co-founded a cryptocurrency business with his brother...
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Cyclone Biparjoy pushes into India, Pakistan
(International News ~ 06/16/23)
MANDVI, India -- Wind-driven rain pelted the shores of western India and southern Pakistan as Cyclone Biparjoy pushed into the coast with the potential for a significant storm surge and flash floods from heavy rain. The two nations had moved 173,000 people to shelters ahead of the cyclone, and preparations were made to provide water and maintain communications after the storm passed. Pakistan's southern province in Sindh, devastated by floods last summer, lies in the cyclone's path...
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Students meet under trees as schools shelter villagers displaced by Philippine volcano
(International News ~ 06/16/23)
MALILIPOT, Philippines -- Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting Philippine volcano and taken shelter in schools, disrupting education for thousands of students, many of whom are having classes in chapels and tents or under trees, officials said Friday...
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Hope dims for missing migrants amid questions about Greece's actions
(International News ~ 06/16/23)
KALAMATA, Greece -- Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers, and attention turned to Greece's failure to act before the overcrowded ship capsized...
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Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled UK Parliament over 'partygate'
(International News ~ 06/16/23)
LONDON -- A committee of U.K. lawmakers harshly rebuked former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate those investigating his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic...
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Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson dies at 87
(International News ~ 06/16/23)
LONDON -- Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at 87. Jackson's agent, Lionel Larner, said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness. He said she had recently completed filming "The Great Escaper", in which she co-starred with Michael Caine...
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Guardsman indicted on charges of disclosing classified national defense information
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents has been indicted on federal felony charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Jack Teixeira faces six counts in the indictment of willful retention and transmission of national defense information...
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FDA advisers endorse updating COVID vaccines to target latest omicron strain
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today's vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic -- even though that was long ago supplanted by mutated versions as the virus rapidly evolved...
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Supreme Court preserves law keeping Native American children with tribal families
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from some Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race...
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How much prison time could Trump face?
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI investigators who searched Harold Martin's Maryland property in the fall of 2016 found classified documents -- including material at the top secret level -- strewn about his home, car and storage shed. Unlike former President Donald Trump, the former National Security Agency contractor didn't contest the allegations, ultimately pleading guilty in 2019 and admitting his actions were "wrong, illegal and highly questionable." But his expressions of contrition and guilty plea to a single count of willful retention of national defense information didn't spare him the harsh punishment of nine years in prison.. ...
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Tornado devastates Texas Panhandle town, killing one person and injuring dozens
(National News ~ 06/16/23)
PERRYTON, Texas -- A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing one person, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said. "There are still reports of ongoing rescues," he said...
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Out of the past: June 16
(Out of the Past ~ 06/16/23)
Residents who use Cape Girardeau's taxi coupon service will get one less round-trip a month under a cost-cutting measure; the City Council last night voted to cut the maximum number of coupons sold to each household from 16 coupons to 14 monthly; the council also agreed to use a pending report on mass transportation from the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission and other information to start looking for alternatives to the popular coupon program...
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