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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 6/29/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Thursday, June 29 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, June 22, meeting Communications/reports — other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Man sentenced to 12 1/2 years for arson, multiple other offenses
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Wednesday, June 28, sentenced Lucas G. Henson of Iron County, Missouri, to 12 1/2 years in prison for committing arsons at Mark Twain National Forest in Rolla, Missouri, and assaulting a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer...
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Recipes for your Independence Day spread
(Community ~ 06/29/23)
Happy Independence Day! I grew up with parents who really enjoyed this holiday. We always had company with plenty of food, and always had blackberry cobbler, peach cobbler and homemade ice cream. Mom made the cobblers and Dad hand cranked the ice cream and everyone had a wonderful time. My Dad loved cleaning off the dasher from the ice cream freezer and it would be clean as a whistle when he was finished with it...
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Two Cape Girardeau residents arrested on felony warrants in Marble Hill
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
Two Cape Girardeau residents were arrested Sunday, June 25, in Marble Hill, Missouri, on felony warrants. The Bollinger County Sheriff's Office and the Marble Hill Police Department received information two people with active warrants were in a residence at Lauren's Place Apartment in Marble Hill, according to a Facebook post by Bollinger County Sheriff Casey A. Graham...
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Neelyville School Board member calls for resignations
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. — A member of the Neelyville Board of Education asked three of its other members to resign Tuesday, June 27, after a former board president spoke out concerning the current state of the organization. Former board member John French addressed the board members during the meeting, expressing his dissatisfaction with their performance. French emphasized the importance of considering all the facts and making decisions based on what is right, rather than popular...
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Southeast Missouri farmers face drought conditions, raising per acre costs
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
As summer temperatures reach triple digits, Southeast Missouri farmers are coping with a lack of rain that some are already defining as a drought. Gov. Mike Parson has already taken some steps to relieve drought conditions, allowing emergency access to water and hay for farmers...
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Former Cape Girardeau Junior High staff reunite
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
Retired Cape Girardeau Public Schools teachers and staff members reunite Wednesday, June 28, at Terry W. Kitchen Central Junior High School. ...
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Capaha Park pond project reaches its final phase
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
The Capaha Park pond has reached the final phase of its renovation project with the placement of aquatic plants in the water. Along with adding aquatic plants, more fish — bass, catfish and bluegill — were added to the pond for the upcoming Youth Catch and Release event...
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Security recommendations made to Dogwood Social House by city manager
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
The Cape Girardeau city manager's office has recommended Dogwood Social House implement several security measures following a reported incident over the weekend at the family entertainment establishment. According to a release from the Cape Girardeau Police Department, shots were fired inside a business at about 11 p.m. Saturday, June 24. The release did not identify the business but noted the incident occurred in the 0-100 block of South Plaza Way...
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Celebrating 16 Difference Makers in Southeast Missouri
(B Magazine ~ 06/29/23)
When you hear the words Difference Maker, what comes to mind? For many of you it could be a former teacher or coach, someone who invested in you early in life. It could be a business mentor, pastor, an extended family member or someone else. We all define this term in a way that’s personal to us...
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Developer buys Himmelberger House in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
The Himmelberger House on Southeast Missouri State University's Cape Girardeau campus had been slated for demolition by the university as recently as May 2022, but the historic home was formally purchased Tuesday, June 27, by a local developer who plans to repurpose the property...
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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions, says race cannot be a factor
(Local News ~ 06/29/23)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies. In a 6-3 decision, the court overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively. The two programs violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent that the decision “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
Today is Thursday, June 29, the 180th day of 2023. There are 185 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 29, 1613, London's original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of "Henry VIII."...
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How to grill the best kebabs for July 4 and all summer
(Community ~ 06/29/23)
Grilling food on sticks is one of the most primal and satisfying ways to cook dinner in the summer -- frankly, any time you are willing to cook outside -- and is a particular Fourth of July favorite. We're talking here about kebabs, or as you might find them spelled, kebobs, kabobs or shish kebabs. And depending on where you are in the world, you might be talking about pinchos, sate or yakitori...
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Prayer 6-29-23
(Prayer ~ 06/29/23)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, for you are the Alpha and the Omega. Amen.
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A crack in Putin's power
(Column ~ 06/29/23)
Like many people, I was glued to the news for much of Saturday, watching what seemed, at least for a moment, to be the first stages of a coup d'etat — and it still might be. The only thing we know for certain is that if this is the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin's rule, that story won't begin with the mutinous mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin leading an armored column of troops, guns a-blazing, into Moscow...
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Fire report 6-29-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 27 n Medical assists were made at 11:41 a.m. on Good Hope Street; 2:09 p.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 2:55 p.m. on William Street; 3:03 p.m. on Oakley Drive; 5:12 p.m. on Kingsbury Drive; and 8:09 p.m. on North Kingshighway.
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Police report 6-29-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/29/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and theft were reported on William Street...
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Scarlett Rose
(Obituary ~ 06/29/23)
Scarlett Summer Rose, 24, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at her home. She was born June 22, 1999, in St. Louis, daughter of Daniel E. and Robin Israel Rose. Scarlett was born early and struggled with her disability, but that did not slow her down. She graduated from Bridgeway Academy in 2017. Scarlett enjoyed singing and art, and doing digital art was one of her favorite hobbies. She loved horses and her dogs. One day she hoped to go on a trip with her best friends to Australia...
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Sandra Dell
(Obituary ~ 06/29/23)
WASHINGTON, Mo. — Sandra Kay Webb Dell, 78, of Washington, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, June 24, 2023. Funeral services will be held at a later date, and interment will be held privately. The Dell family is served by Oltmann Funeral Home in Washington...
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Births 6/29/23
(Births ~ 06/29/23)
Son to Nathan and Courtney Turner of Sikeston, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 11:26 p.m. Thursday, June 22, 2023. Name, Samuel Glenn. Weight, 7 pounds, 9.5 ounces. First child. Mrs. Turner is the daughter of Kevin and Cindy Teegarden of Jackson. She is a pharmacist at Sikeston Pharmacy. Turner is the son of Jon and Jonell Turner of Sikeston and the late Pam Turner. He is a training specialist with the Missouri Family Support Division...
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2nd Missouri man sentenced in death of woman who was caged, dismembered
(State News ~ 06/29/23)
BUFFALO, Mo. -- A second man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of a woman who was kept in a cage and dismembered in Southwest Missouri in 2021. Timothy Norton was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in Dallas County court to first-degree murder in the death of 33-year-old Cassie Rainwater. As part of his plea agreement, charges of kidnapping and abandonment of a corpse were dropped...
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Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
PORTLAND, Maine -- Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday. The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic, had arrived in St. John's, Newfoundland. Twisted chunks of the submersible were unloaded at a Canadian Coast Guard pier...
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Police release body camera video of an officer killing the gunman who killed 8 at a Texas mall
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
ALLEN, Texas -- Police released video footage on Wednesday of an officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman, quickly ending a mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others wounded at a Dallas-area shopping mall. The edited five-and-a-half-minute video details the final moments of Mauricio Garcia, 33, after he unleashed a rain of bullets from an AR-15-style rifle at the Allen Premium Outlets on May 6...
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Trump's GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump's criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans -- but only slightly --- according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
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President touts 'Bidenomics'
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
CHICAGO -- President Joe Biden made his pitch Wednesday to a skeptical public that the U.S. economy is thriving under what he now touts as "Bidenomics" -- even as a new poll showed that could be a hard sell as the foundation for his 2024 reelection campaign...
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Travelers suffered through another day of cancellations
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
Hundreds of thousands of summer travelers suffered through another day of delayed and canceled flights Wednesday, a troubling glimpse into what could happen over the long July 4 holiday weekend as airlines struggle to keep up with surging numbers of passengers...
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Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities
(National News ~ 06/29/23)
DETROIT -- Smoky air from Canada's wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution...
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Russian missile kills 11 in a pizza parlor; man accused of directing strike arrested
(International News ~ 06/29/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian authorities Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three teenagers, at a popular pizza restaurant in eastern Ukraine. The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded 61 other people, Ukraine's National Police said. It was the latest bombardment of a Ukrainian city, a tactic Russia has used heavily in the 16-month-old war...
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Muslims at Hajj brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil
(International News ~ 06/29/23)
MINA, Saudi Arabia -- Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday braved intense heat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. With morning temperatures rising past 107 degrees Farenheit, huge crowds of pilgrims walked or took buses to the vast Jamarat complex just outside the holy city of Mecca, where large pedestrian bridges lead past three wide pillars representing the devil...
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French police, protesters clash after Macron calls police fatal shooting of teen 'inexcusable'
(International News ~ 06/29/23)
NANTERRE, France -- Police clashed with protesters overnight just hours after French President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting death of a 17-year-old delivery driver by police "inexcusable" and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course. It was the second night of violence in the Paris suburb of Nanterre even as the government heightened the police presence in Paris and other big cities Wednesday after the killing triggered a night of scattered violence...
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Professor and 2 others stabbed in gender issues class at Canadian university. Suspect is in custody
(International News ~ 06/29/23)
TORONTO -- A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday during a class on "gender issues" at a university in the Canadian city of Waterloo and a suspect has been taken into custody, police said. The wounds were non-life threatening, police said, adding that the motive for the attack at the University of Waterloo was not immediately clear. The suspect was being questioned by investigators...
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Out of the past: June 29
(Out of the Past ~ 06/29/23)
Sixteen gambling casinos in Missouri reported revenues of $15.3 million in April while Illinois' revenues for nine casinos topped $20.9 million for the same month; if you add revenues from slot machines, the totals jump to $65 million in Missouri and more than $90 million in Illinois; but slot machines, which account for almost 70 to 75% of gambling revenues, are suddenly on the endangered list in Missouri; last week, the Missouri Gaming Commission voted to begin action to remove slots and other games of chance from so-called "boats in moats.". ...
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Sponsored: How regenerative medicine is used to treat arthritis
(Insiders Advice ~ 06/29/23)
Arthritis is inflammation of the joints. The main symptoms are stiffness or pain in the joints, and sometimes swelling may also be present. The most common type of arthritis is osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis, which is caused by wear and tear on the joints. This can be due to over use or improper use of the joints. The most common symptoms are pain, stiffness and swelling of the affected joints...
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Men will compete against men, and women against women
(Column ~ 06/29/23)
After months of research, debate and negotiation, there is always a huge sense of accomplishment and pride when a proposed bill reaches the finish line and the governor signs his name, enshrining that bill as law. I certainly felt this last Wednesday when Senate Bill 39 was signed into law...
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