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See You at Shipyard: The music festival is back for its fifth year with 16 bands
(09/06/23)
Back for its fifth year, Shipyard Music Festival takes the stage Friday, Sept. 22, and Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. This year, 16 regional and nationally-touring bands come to downtown Cape for two days of music, food and fun on the Main Stage and The Scout Session Stage.
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Manifolds on Main Street returns to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
Manifolds on Main Street, billed as the largest annual car show between St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee, returns to Cape Girardeau on Sunday, Sept. 17. River City Rodders Car Club and Old Town Cape will host the 45th annual event. More than 250 cars and trucks will be displayed along Main Street and in the downtown parking lot across from Hutson's Big Sandy Superstore...
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MoDOT to host Car Seat Check events this September
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
Missouri Department of Transportation, Cape Girardeau Safe Communities and other community safety partners will host free car seat check events throughout the region. These free events are part of National Child Passenger Safety Week and will occur Sunday, Sept. 17, through Saturday, Sept. 23...
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SEMO football sets record for most season tickets sold ahead of stadium upgrade debut
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
The success of Southeast Missouri State football in recent years has ignited a growing interest in the Cape Girardeau and SEMO communities, as the Redhawks will have their most season tickets sold in program history for the 2023 season. While the official number of tickets sold was not released, SEMO vice president for Intercollegiate Athletics Brady Barke said that number is around 1,200...
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Lawsuit filed over dog killed by Stoddard County deputy
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
The owners of a dog allegedly shot by a Stoddard County, Missouri, deputy sheriff have filed a lawsuit that intends to compel the sheriff and his custodian of records to release body cam footage of the incident. The lawsuit was filed by Russel D. Oliver, former longtime prosecuting attorney in the county, on behalf of Bryan and Tylla Pennington and their children...
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MDC to implement additional deer-hunting days in some locales
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
Missouri deer hunters in several counties will have some extra time to hunt with firearms this year. The Missouri Department of Conservation has opened two new hunting seasons, one antlerless season prior to the traditional November hunt, and one immediately after, to help control the deer population and specifically reduce chronic wasting disease...
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Subdivision residents raise safety concerns to Jackson aldermen
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
A dozen residents of Jackson's Annwood Estates are asking City Hall to help make their small subdivision located off East Jackson Boulevard safer. The group has submitted a signed petition aimed at reducing the speed limit from 30 to 20 miles per hour within Annwood Estates and installing a stop sign at the intersection of Dana Drive and Nicole Lane/Leming Lane...
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Jackson seeks more input for top Fulenwider award
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
Paul Sander, former longtime mayor of Jackson and current Ward 1 alderman, is asking the public's help to identify potential nominees for Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce's most prestigious honor, the R.A. Fulenwider Meritorious Community Service Award...
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New business bringing natural goods to Broadway
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
After a successful opening closer to home, an Illinois woman is launching the second store of her natural goods business in Cape Girardeau. Breeanna Pearl, owner of The Well by Girly Nature, said her new location at 827 Broadway is aiming for a Friday, Sept. 15, opening. She will sell homemade hair and body wash, home cleaning supplies, dish soap, laundry detergent and other items...
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Cape Girardeau City Council appropriates unbudgeted expenditures
(Local News ~ 09/06/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members unanimously approved an ordinance appropriating unbudgeted expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30 at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5. The appropriation ordinance is routinely submitted each year after the year end to cover expenditures incurred during the fiscal year that were not originally included in the adopted budget. It appropriates funds for operating expenditures, capital expenditures, debt service expenditures and transfers...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2023. There are 116 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later.)...
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Prayer 9-6-23
(Prayer ~ 09/06/23)
O Father God, may we be diligent in prayer and spend time in your Holy Word. Amen.
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Speak Out 9-6-23
(Speak Out ~ 09/06/23)
All of you anti-vaxxers seem to really love the Wygovy shot. I guess you don't care what's in the jab if you're tired of being fat. Trump's lawyers are arguing that he did nothing illegal because he truly believed he won the 2020 election. I wonder how many people tried that same defense when they robbed a bank because they thought the money in it truly belonged to them?...
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Go Redhawks! New stadium to host home football opener
(Editorial ~ 09/06/23)
Nothing matches the pageantry, tradition and energy of college football. From setting up a tailgate hours before kickoff to reuniting with old friends, gamedays are special. A buzz is in the air. It's palpable. When a marching band's drum corp cranks up for the alma mater ... well, there's nothing like it...
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From one unapologetic media hoax to the next
(Column ~ 09/06/23)
Joe Biden lied repeatedly when he claimed he knew nothing of his son Hunter's influence-peddling businesses. The president further prevaricated that he had no involvement in Hunter's various shake down schemes. Yet, the media continued to misinform by serially ignoring these facts...
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Politicians' brains are a bipartisan problem
(Column ~ 09/06/23)
Seriously folks. Maybe we Republicans better stop banging on Old Joe Biden for the serious cognitive issues he obviously has. Unless we hold the players on our own team responsible for their cognitive issues, we have to stop harping on the obvious mental declines of President Biden, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Diane Feinstein, my home state's ancient senator...
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Fire report 9-6-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 4 n Medical assists were made at 9:10 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 3:19 p.m. on North Kingshighway; 6:24 p.m. on Sherwood Drive; 7:45 p.m. on Barberry Street; and 9:44 p.m. on South Benton Street...
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Glenda Tankersley
(Obituary ~ 09/06/23)
Glenda Fay Tankersley, daughter of the late Robert and Valera Carter Moore, was born May 14, 1948, in Cape Girardeau and departed her life Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau at the age of 75. She was raised in Chaffee, Missouri, where she graduated from Chaffee High School in 1966. She loved to dance, go to the VFW and spend time with her grandchildren...
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Blake Patterson
(Obituary ~ 09/06/23)
Blake Alyn Patterson, 24, of Scott City died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 18, 1998, in Cape Girardeau to Keith F. and Donna Louise Davis Patterson. Blake was an organ donor. He is survived by his mother, Donna (Patrick LeGrand) Patterson; brother, Josh Patterson of Farmington, Missouri; paternal grandfather, Vince Fernandez; aunt, Melissa (Dave) Cherry of Scott City; sister-in-law, Alicia Heise; and niece and nephew, Cadence and Evander Patterson.. ...
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Brian Meier
(Obituary ~ 09/06/23)
Brian C. Meier, 44, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 1, 1979, in Cape Girardeau to Paul "Butch" and Eileen Hartmann Meier. Brian was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson. He was a 1997 graduate of Jackson High School. He and Paula Eftink were married Nov. 1, 2003, in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Justin Gallamore
(Obituary ~ 09/06/23)
Justin L. Gallamore, 46, of Whitewater died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at his home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Burial will follow in United Methodist Church Cemetery in Patton, Missouri...
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Sherry Cissell
(Obituary ~ 09/06/23)
EUREKA, Mo. — Sherry Seabaugh Cissell of Eureka — loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother — passed away Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Chesterfield, Missouri, at the age of 74 of complications from breast cancer. Sherry was born March 31, 1949, in Cape Girardeau. ...
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United Airlines says the outage that held up departing flights was not a cybersecurity issue
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation's biggest carriers on a busy travel day. Federal officials said United crews had been unable to contact airline dispatchers through normal means...
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Oil prices spike as Saudi Arabia, Russia extend 1.3 million barrel a day oil cut through end of year
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Tuesday to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices. The dual announcements from Riyadh and Moscow pushed benchmark Brent crude above $90 a barrel in trading Tuesday afternoon, a price unseen in the market since November...
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Democrat Amo could be 1st person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress after primary win
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
Former White House aide Gabe Amo could become the first person of color to represent Rhode Island in Congress after his win Tuesday in the crowded Democratic primary for the state's 1st Congressional District special election sent him on to the general election in the heavily Democratic state...
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61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
ATLANTA -- Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility in the Atlanta area critics call "Cop City". In the sweeping indictment released Tuesday, Republican Attorney General Chris Carr alleged the defendants are "militant anarchists" who supported a violent movement prosecutors trace to the widespread 2020 racial justice protests...
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McConnell's health episodes show no evidence of stroke or seizure disorder
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell's health episodes show "no evidence" of a stroke or seizure disorder, the Capitol physician said Tuesday, but his statement still left questions about the apparent freeze-ups that have drawn concerns about the 81-year-old's situation...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with accusations of corruption that went unchecked for years and the Republican pleading not guilty as his party confronts whether to oust one of former President Donald Trump's biggest defenders...
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No longer stranded, thousands clean up, head home after Burning Man floods
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
RENO, Nev. -- The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered another day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days. A pair of brothers from Arizona who took their 67-year-old mother with them to Burning Man for the first time spent 11 hours into early Tuesday morning just getting out of the festival site about 110 miles north of Reno...
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Alaska couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into river swollen by glacial outburst
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house collapsed into a river swollen by a glacial-outburst flood and their cat went missing. Elizabeth Wilkins was holding onto hope that if any animal would survive the house falling into the Mendenhall River on Aug. 5, it would be Leo, the couple's resilient big-eyed, black-and-white cat who shows no fear of bears...
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Proud Boys' Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating a failed plot to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost the 2020 election, capping the case with the stiffest punishment that has been handed down for the U.S. Capitol attack...
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Special counsel: Trump's comments risk tainting a jury in federal election subversion case
(National News ~ 09/06/23)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump's "daily" statements risk tainting a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election...
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Out of the past: Sept. 6
(Out of the Past ~ 09/06/23)
Former funeral director and Cape Girardeau civic leader Willard H. “Dutch” Estes died Friday at age 89; Estes was a funeral director and embalmer with Brinkopf-Howell Funeral Home between 1941 and 1974; active with the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, Estes originated the Cobblestone Award, which is presented yearly to civic leaders. ...
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Supper Church at Grace United Methodist
(Submitted Story ~ 09/06/23)
Supper Church at Grace United Methodist Food, story and community will be the focus of Gather at Grace: Supper Church, starting Sunday, September 24 at Grace United Methodist Church. Rev. Linda Gastreich describes Gather at Grace as place to gather around a table for a simple meal and a place to belong. It is free and will begin as a six-week series...
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Police report 9-6-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/06/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Woodbine Place. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Benton Street...
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