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Video of Neelyville school board meeting provides reasons behind resignations
(Local News ~ 09/27/23)
A video of the Neelyville Board or Education meeting Thursday, Sept. 21, when four board members resigned was provided Monday, Sept. 25, to the Daily American Republic newspaper. The video revealed comments from each person on why they were resigning...
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Second annual Riverfront Fall Festival coming to downtown Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 09/27/23)
This year's Riverfront Fall Festival will be Saturday Oct. 21. It is the second year Visit Cape will be holding this festival, which will start at 11 a.m. and go until 6 p.m., with activities taking place in the Kellerman Foundation parking lot, Water Street, Themis Street and Riverfront Park along the floodwall...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board approves funding for completion of indoor athletic facility
(Local News ~ 09/27/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education authorized superintendent Howard Benyon to negotiate a contract with Brockmiller Construction for the completion of the final phase of the indoor athletic facility at the Cape Central High School campus...
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PORCH begins rehab on multiple south Cape Girardeau homes
(Local News ~ 09/27/23)
Cape Girardeau's PORCH Initiative has begun to rehab four houses the not-for-profit purchased in south Cape Girardeau to make them available for first-time homebuyers. PORCH, an acronym standing for People Organized to Revitalized Community Healing, announced Friday, Sept 22, family-owned-and-operated Perez Home Construction has begun renovation on the first of the quartet of homes, located at 1143 S. Pacific St., utilizing funds received from private donations...
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Despite occasional flare-ups, COVID cases remain low in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 09/27/23)
Forty-two months ago, COVID-19 was perhaps the best known acronym in America. Not so much these days. News of the perilous and sometimes lethal coronavirus disease, which burst onto the American scene in March 2020, plunged the United States into lockdowns, remote work and distance learning...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 27, the 270th day of 2022. There are 95 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 27, 1996, in Afghanistan, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Najibullah...
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Prayer 9-27-23
(Prayer ~ 09/27/23)
Lord Jesus, thank you that there is forgiveness through you, our Redeemer. Amen.
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Seeing a Duran Duran concert with my sister
(Column ~ 09/27/23)
I've seen Duran Duran in concert once before, in August of 1993. I was 18 years old and bought myself a front-row center ticket for their show at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati. It was a birthday present to myself, and I went alone. Everyone has a band that feels more like the soundtrack to their formative years. Duran Duran was that band for me. Bass guitar player John Taylor was my favorite of the fab five, and Duran Duran posters were my bedroom wallpaper...
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RIP to a real one: Father William Holt
(Column ~ 09/27/23)
I never encountered Father William Holt — Billy Holt, as some who loved him referred to him -- without smiling. His joy was contagious. Holt died in Ireland earlier this month, while on a trip that was paid for by someone whose life had been touched by his ministry...
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St. James AME Church marks 160 years of service
(Editorial ~ 09/27/23)
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace." — 1 Peter 4:10 Earlier this month, St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau celebrated its 160th anniversary. In itself, that's a testament to generations of leaders and members of the congregation seeing the church through thick and thin...
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Fire report 9-27-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/27/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Sept. 25 n Medical assists were made at 8:34 a.m. on Good Hope Street; 10:46 a.m. on North Middle Street; 11:16 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 1:11 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 2:14 p.m. on Themis Street; and 3:24 p.m. on Karen Drive...
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Police report 9-27-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/27/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n Resisting/interfering with arrest, detention or stop and a warrant arrest were reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street...
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Chad Ramsey
(Obituary ~ 09/27/23)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Robert Chad Ramsey, 39, of Fayetteville passed away Friday, April 28, 2023, in Fayetteville. He was born Nov. 5, 1983, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Robert "Bob" Charles Ramsey and Jana Barnes Wolfe. Chad graduated from high school and went on to serve in the U.S. Army, serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He graduated from Ozark Technical College and worked for Case New Holland as an industrial maintenance technician...
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AG sues school for closed-door debate on transgender bathroom use
(State News ~ 09/27/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican attorney general Tuesday sued a school district for allegedly secretly discussing transgender students' bathroom access, in violation of the state's open-meeting law. The lawsuit by Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who is campaigning to keep his seat in 2024, claimed a suburban St. Louis school board went into a closed session to talk about a student's request to use a different bathroom...
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What is saltwater intrusion and how is it affecting Louisiana's drinking water?
(State News ~ 09/27/23)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- For months, residents in the southeast corner of Louisiana have relied on bottled water for drinking and cooking, with the water from the faucet coming out salty. Plaquemines Parish Councilman Mark "Hobbo" Cognevich, who represents the affected area, said grocery stores are constantly having to restock plastic water bottles, neighbors have reported getting rashes after showering, and, overall, the community is "fed up" with the situation...
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More schools are adopting 4-day weeks
(State News ~ 09/27/23)
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- It's a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7-year-old Hudson fiddles with a balloon and 10-year-old Keegan plays the piano...
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India and Canada steer clear, in UN speeches, of their dispute over Sikh separatist leader's killing
(International News ~ 09/27/23)
UNITED NATIONS -- Indian and Canadian diplomats didn't directly address their countries' row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday...
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Russian drone strikes on Odesa region hit port area and cut ferry service to Romania
(International News ~ 09/27/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia struck the Black Sea region of Odesa in a drone barrage that damaged a warehouse, charred dozens of trucks and injured two drivers in fiery explosions that led to the suspension of the ferry service between Romania and Ukraine, officials said Tuesday...
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Canada's House speaker resigns over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit to Parliament
(International News ~ 09/27/23)
TORONTO -- The speaker of Canada's House of Commons resigned Tuesday for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to Parliament to attend a speech by the Ukrainian president. Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him. ...
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California governor signs law raising taxes on guns and ammunition to pay for school safety
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court's new standard for interpreting the Second Amendment...
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Eddie Irizarry's relatives distraught after charges dropped against officer who fatally shot him
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
PHILADELPHIA -- A judge dismissed murder and other charges Tuesday against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up window -- a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside the car...
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Biden urges striking auto workers to 'stick with it' in picket line visit unparalleled in history
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- President Joe Biden grabbed a bullhorn on the picket line Tuesday and urged striking auto workers to "stick with it" in an unparalleled show of support for organized labor by a modern president. Donning a union ballcap and exchanging fist bumps, Biden told United Auto Workers strikers that "you deserve the significant raise you need" as he stopped in the Detroit area just a day ahead of a planned visit by former President Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination in next year's election.. ...
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Authorities: Fire at northern Iraq wedding hall kills at least 100
(International News ~ 09/27/23)
MOSUL, Iraq -- A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise higher. The fire happened in Iraq's Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. That's a predominantly Christian area just outside of the city of Mosul, some 205 miles northwest of the capital, Baghdad...
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Amazon sued by FTC, 17 states over allegations of inflating online prices, overcharges sellers
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
U.S. regulators and 17 states are suing Amazon over allegations the e-commerce behemoth abuses its position in the marketplace to inflate prices on and off its platform, overcharge sellers and stifle competition. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Amazon's home state of Washington, is the result of a yearslong investigation into the company's businesses and one of the most significant legal challenges brought against it in its nearly 30-year history...
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Hollywood writers strike over
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Leaders of the screenwriters union declared their nearly five-month-old strike over Tuesday after board members approved a contract agreement with studios, bringing Hollywood at least partly back from a historic halt in production. The governing boards of the eastern and western branches of the Writers Guild of America and their joint negotiating committee all voted to accept the deal and, afterward, declared the strike would be over and writers would be free to work starting at 12:01 a.m. ...
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Congress moves into crisis mode as Senate hopes to avoid government shutdown
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
WASHINGTON -- Congress rushed headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it meant halting pay for the military and curtailing federal services for millions of Americans...
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Calls mount for Menendez to resign as Democrats grapple with 'shocking' bribery allegations
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez came under heavy pressure to resign Tuesday as a surging number of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, including fellow New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, urged him to step aside over the federal bribery allegations against him...
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Judge rules Trump defrauded banks, insurers
(National News ~ 09/27/23)
NEW YORK -- A judge ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House, and he ordered some of the former president's companies removed from his control and dissolved...
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Out of the past: Sept. 27
(Out of the Past ~ 09/27/23)
Isaac and Regina Egbuka and their children, Isaac, Joshua and Kimberly, receive the keys to their newly constructed, three-bedroom house during a dedication service with First Baptist Church and the Cape Area Habitat for Humanity; the completion of the Egbukas' home at 50 Green Acres Drive makes the 12th Habitat for Humanity house build in Cape Girardeau...
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