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Heavy rain floods portions of Chaffee
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Heavy rains flood Willow Grove Roller Rink parking lot Thursday, Aug. 3, in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Summer garage sale returns to the Osage Centre
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation will hold its annual summer garage sale Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau. The garage sale will be from 7 to 11 a.m. According to the Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation's PlayCape, the "sales typically include 70-plus booths."...
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Escape from 'The History of Cape Girardeau' at the library
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Cape Girardeau Public Library has created an escape room and has opened it to the public. The escape room's theme is "The History of Cape Girardeau". There are puzzles that include Burrito-Ville, Southeast Missouri State University, lockboxes and more for those of all ages...
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Renew Missouri hosts Energy Assistance seminar
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Renew Missouri will host a program in partnership with East Missouri Action Agency to inform consumers about how to reduce their utility bills and enhance energy efficiency in their homes. The event will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Greater Dimension Ministries church, located at 723 Hackberry St. in Cape Girardeau...
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Jason Smith supportive of Trump over latest indictment
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith remains steadfastly in support of former President Donald Trump despite Trump's third criminal indictment in the past six months. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, a federal grand jury meeting in Washington, D.C., indicted the nation's 45th president on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election...
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Cape's young professionals group rebrands, plans new events
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Cape Girardeau's young professionals organization is getting a rebrand and a revitalization. Formerly known as Chamber Young Professionals, the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's new group will be called Young Professionals of Cape Area (YCP)...
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SEMO's Gum Tree continues to live on
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
The tradition of sticking gum to a tree at the top of "Cardiac Hill" on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University dates back to the 1960s and continues to this day. However, the Gum Tree appears to be cursed. In fact, there have been four "gum trees" planted in the little patch of dirt at the intersection of Pacific and Alta Vista streets, all of which were killed by humans, weather or simply a failure to thrive...
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SEMO Food Bank to offer update on 2023 farm bill
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Southeast Missouri Food Bank is planning to host a 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, update on the 2023 Farm Bill called "Field Rows to Food Bank" at its headquarters at 600 Route H in Sikeston, Missouri. Congress is in its August recess on Capitol Hill, permitting staff from Missouri's two U.S. senators to be present, as well as state Sen. and lieutenant governor hopeful Holly Thompson Rehder of Scott City...
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he tried to overturn the 2020 election
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating a brazen and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
Today is Friday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2023. There are 149 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History On Aug. 4, 1944, 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank was arrested with her sister, parents and four others by the Gestapo after hiding for two years inside a building in Amsterdam. (Anne and her sister, Margot, died at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.)...
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Prayer 8-4-23
(Prayer ~ 08/04/23)
O Heavenly Father, may your power be made known to all in our weakness. Amen.
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The zero carbon flimflam
(Column ~ 08/04/23)
When politicians go green, vowing zero carbon, the public should see red. We all want to protect the environment. But lefty pols are making reckless promises to "transition" entirely to renewables -- wind and solar -- within a few years. Never mind that Joe Public will get clobbered with huge electric bills, blackouts, unaffordable car prices and layoffs in many industries. Getting to green nirvana on the Left's timetable will be hell for ordinary people...
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Cape Catfish looking to reel in championship of Prospect League
(Editorial ~ 08/04/23)
Southeast Missourians love their baseball, and the Cape Catfish have not disappointed this year. In the first half of the Prospect League season, the Catfish rolled to not only a sizable Prairie Land Division lead but also a percentage-points lead over all other teams, with a blistering 22-6 record...
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Out of the past: Aug. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 08/04/23)
The Cape Girardeau City Council last night heard from proponents and opponents of a proposal to increase and extend the city's hotel and motel tax to help fund Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus project; the council will vote Aug. 17 on whether to put the tax package on the Nov. ...
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Fire report 8-4-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 2 n Medical assists were made at 7:03 a.m. on Bloomfield Street; 11:04 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 3:15 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 5:43 p.m. at Shawnee Parkway and South Minnesota Avenue; and 6:02 p.m. on North Ellis Street...
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Police report 8-4-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/04/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on Whitener Street. DWI n Driving while intoxicated, unlawful use of a weapon, discharging along highway or into outbuilding, alcohol content more than .02% and failure to maintain single lane, causing an accident were reported on Mississippi Street...
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US may put armed troops on ships in Strait of Hormuz
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, American officials told The Associated Press on Thursday...
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Appeals court allows Biden's asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
WASHINGTON -- An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision is a major win for the Biden administration, which had argued that the rule was integral to its efforts to maintain order along the U.S.-Mexico border...
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Both expelled members of 'Tennessee Three' win back their state House seats
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the "Tennessee Three", reclaimed their legislative seats Thursday after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor...
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White ex-officers in Mississippi plead guilty to racist assault on 2 Black men during raid
(National News ~ 08/04/23)
JACKSON, Miss. -- Six white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who called themselves the "Goon Squad" pleaded guilty Thursday to a racist assault on two Black men in a home raid that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth. The officers entered the house without a warrant Jan. ...
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Marjorie Swan
(Obituary ~ 08/04/23)
Marjorie Bernice Sample Loberg Swan, 100, of Pocahontas died Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at Villas of Jackson. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. The Rev. Steven Theiss will conduct the funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6, at the church. Interment will follow at the church cemetery...
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SoutheastHEALTH announces August's event schedule
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
SoutheastHEALTH has announced the schedule for several classes, support groups and events to be held this month. n Tobacco cessation programs: The free event will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, and again at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at HealthPoint Fitness in Cape Girardeau. Reserve a space by calling (800) 800-5123...
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Phyllis Bolin
(Obituary ~ 08/04/23)
Phyllis F Bolin, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, July 31, 2023, at Heartland Care and Rehab. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Steve Vester officiating...
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Living with the Consequences
(Local News ~ 08/04/23)
Choices. As I read the first 95% or so of “I Know an Old Lady: A coming of age novel,” by Margaret Standafer, I couldn’t help but focus on the theme of choices. The consequences of our choices and how they shape our lives. In the novel, Standafer outlines the decisions made by Billy Tupper, a grieving and angry teenager living in small-town Munroe, Kan., that lead to his being sentenced by a local judge to spend the summer of 1972 working for Old Lady Baxter...
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