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Racing Mototrials: Couple passes love for sport to son, grandchildren
(10/07/23)
When Tony Glueck started riding mototrials bikes in the late 1970s, he didn’t know he would pass on his interest in the sport not only to his son Joshua Glueck, but also to his three grandchildren, Hailey, Maximus and Kylie Glueck. His grandchildren, now all teenagers, began riding trials bikes and competing in competitions approximately 10 to 12 years ago. ...
- Project Hope returns to serve needy (Local News ~ 10/07/23)
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CTA changes ride rate structure
(Local News ~ 10/07/23)
Cape Girardeau County Transit Authority (CGCTA) has announced a new rate structure, making its on-demand cab service rates less confusing and more affordable. Under the new rate structure, traveling within the city limits of Cape Girardeau and Jackson is now a flat fee of $7...
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Notre Dame students raise nearly $320K during Activity Week
(Local News ~ 10/07/23)
Notre Dame Regional High School students broke a fundraising record during their Activity Week this year. Students raised a net profit of $318,397.94 -- $749.17 per capita. Among the classes, the senior class, with 86 students, claimed the top spot by raising $76,781.55 in total profit, translating to a $892.81 per capita. ...
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Four injured in Stoddard County crash
(Local News ~ 10/07/23)
A Kennett, Missouri, woman sustained serious injuries in a one-vehicle crash Thursday, Oct. 5, in Stoddard County, Missouri. Monica Mendes, 19, was driving southbound on Highway 153, 3 miles north of Parma at about 11:30 a.m. when her 2019 Dodge Charger left the left side of the roadway and overturned, according to a state Highway Patrol report...
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Jackson school officials tightening fiscal belt
(Local News ~ 10/07/23)
The Jackson R-2 School District continues to evaluate and adjust to its budgetary situation following the defeat of two tax initiatives in March. The district has made approximately $500,000 in cuts this year, including about $182,000 from staff attrition. The rest was made through reducing supplies, equipment and delaying capital projects...
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Sponsored: Meet the Expert Renee Clements: Help your daughter or granddaughter find her dream wedding dress
(10/07/23)
Since opening the doors in the heart of downtown Cape Girardeau in 2016, Renee Clements, owner of Magnolias Bridal Boutique, has worked to create an experience that focuses on the bride as she finds her dream wedding gown. By appointment only, each bride receives one-on-one attention with their wedding consultant and loved ones...
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Senior Moments Column: Under the Surface
(10/07/23)
Imagine this: You finally start falling asleep after spending quite a long time fighting it. After descending into the thin line between sleep and awake, you start to relax after a hard day full of stress. All of a sudden, you’re ripped into a space that starts to swallow you whole. ...
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Music Memories Column: Peg Meyer and William Shivelbine
(10/07/23)
Peg Meyer and William Shivelbine were two influential figures in Cape Girardeau’s music community in the first half of last century. Peg Meyer was born in Oak Ridge in 1903. As a Cape Central High School student, he began playing the saxophone and formed his first band, which performed in the lunchroom...
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Poem: Friends
(10/07/23)
The tall cactus that sits in my window has dropped its pink blossoms onto the smaller cactus sitting beside it, giving rich color to a plant that never blooms. I reach to discard the fallen petals, but then decide not to. Charity should be respected...
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The Best Books Club Column: "Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption," by Ellen Hillenbrand
(10/07/23)
If it hadn’t been for the results of a what’s-your-favorite-nonfiction-genre poll in The Best Books Club Facebook group, I wouldn’t have chosen a biography of the reader’s choice for this month’s selection. You see, I’m not a fan of biographies. More on that during our October Facebook Live chat!...
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Rural Perspective Column: Education
(10/07/23)
The United States Department of Education has placed an increased emphasis on rural communities and the outcomes of students, partly driven by declining numbers regarding student performance outcomes and the relative importance of historical and regional talent that has derived from these areas in the past...
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Pop Culture Happenings: October
(10/07/23)
Israel fights back, Richie can’t slow down and Glenn shuttles back to space. 1973 50 years ago On Oct. 6, 1973, a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria jointly launched a surprise attack against Israel on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2023. There are 85 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 7, 1991, University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill's allegations and would go on to win Senate confirmation...
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Cape students attend prestigious program at Mizzou
(Community ~ 10/07/23)
Four students from Cape Girardeau attended the Missouri Scholars Academy (MSA) in June at the University of Missouri. These students are: n Dulina Senuk Dias, Cape Girardeau Central High School; n Caitlin M. Hill, Cape Girardeau Central High School;...
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LaPierre's patents
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
"Have you ever seen a federal patent?" the Jackson Heritage Association's collection archivist, Cathi Stoverink, asked me that very question earlier this week, and I had to admit I had not, so she handed me a folio containing United States patents in the name of Cramer W. LaPierre, who was born in Jackson on March 31, 1904, to Mazuret and Margaret Struthers LaPierre...
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Now what?
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
Have you ever been asked "What do we do now?" or simply "What now?" These words could apply to most anything. There are times I sit down to write and wonder "What do I write this week?" Most of the time I have an idea or two and a start. Then there are times when I have an idea but not sure how to write the article, like this week. ...
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Change is all around us
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
In the New Testament letter Titus, the namesake is charged to be a change agent in the church and the place he serves. The instructions he is given lend us a model of how to bring change in our lives and the places we live. Two of the several critical components of change are impact and culture...
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 9-13
(Community ~ 10/07/23)
Monday: Closed for Columbus Day. Tuesday: Beef stroganoff over noodles or white chicken chili with half sandwich, green peas, steamed carrots, whole-grain bread and chilled pears or fresh baked cookies. Wednesday: Chicken and cornbread casserole or ham and cheese casserole, seasoned cabbage, black-eyed peas, whole-grain bread and applesauce or iced spice cake...
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The pink ladybug
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
Your greatgrandmother probably had a garden. And she probably knew the tiny ladybug you see here. This is one of three variants of native North American ladybugs called pink ladybugs. This one is known as the 12-spotted lady beetle. It is widespread across most of the eastern half of the United States...
- Adopt Iris 10-8-23 (Community ~ 10/07/23)
- Scholarships awarded (Submitted Photo ~ 10/07/23)
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Auto workers stop expanding strikes against Detroit Three after GM makes battery plant concession
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union has decided not to expand its strikes against Detroit's three automakers after General Motors made a breakthrough concession on unionizing electric vehicle battery plants. Union President Shawn Fain told workers in a video appearance Friday that additional plants could be added later. The delay came shortly after GM agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the UAW's national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized...
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US employers added a surprisingly strong 336,000 jobs in September in a sign of economic resilience
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
WASHINGTON -- The nation's employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain and the largest monthly rise since January, evidence that many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy...
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Funerals held in Syria for dozens of victims killed in deadliest attack in years
(International News ~ 10/07/23)
HOMS, Syria -- Family members of victims of a deadly drone attack on a crowded military graduation ceremony gathered outside a military hospital in the central city of Homs on Friday to collect bodies of loved ones who died in one of Syria's deadliest attacks in years...
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EU summit points to reforms the bloc needs in order to welcome Ukraine and others as new members
(International News ~ 10/07/23)
GRANADA, Spain -- European Union leaders acknowledged Friday that just as aspiring members must meet exacting criteria to join the bloc, the 27 member nations also must work hard to reform the EU to make sure it can work smoothly with 30-plus nations...
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A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother
(International News ~ 10/07/23)
KHARKIV, Ukraine -- A Russian missile attack killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother Friday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said. Elsewhere in the region, villagers prepared to bury their dead after a strike the previous day killed at least 52 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months...
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Lawyers say election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell is out of money, can't pay legal bills
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Attorneys who've been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can't pay the millions more that he'll owe in legal expenses going forward...
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Donald Trump's lawyers seek to halt civil fraud trial and block ruling disrupting real estate empire
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's lawyers asked a New York appeals court Friday to halt his Manhattan civil fraud trial while they fight a court ruling that calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president's most prized assets, including Trump Tower...
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Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump is backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. "Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Washington, D.C., representing Ohio's 4th Congressional District," Trump wrote on his Truth Social site early Friday. "He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!"...
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Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day
(National News ~ 10/07/23)
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's Capitol building is one of the most open in the country, which made it easy for a man to walk inside with a loaded handgun this week in search of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The man was arrested for illegally openly carrying a weapon, but after posting bail, he returned outside the Capitol that same night with an AK-style semi-automatic rifle. He was placed in protective custody. As of Friday, no charges had been filed...
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Prayer 10-8-23
(Prayer ~ 10/07/23)
O Heavenly Father, may we share your message of hope and redemption. Amen.
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Trump's courtroom campaign
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
Donald Trump is getting indicted and tried all the way into a third Republican presidential nomination, and perhaps a second term in office. Trump's court dates and legal entanglements aren't a distraction from his campaign, as some observers predicted; in large part, they are the campaign...
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Kevin McCarthy is not the problem
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley got to the heart of the government shutdown fireworks in her appearance on Fox News Sunday. "Let's be clear what the Freedom Caucus is really trying to do; they are trying to cut spending." That's of course correct. One would be hard-pressed to find any Republican, Freedom Caucus member or not, who does not understand the gravity of the state of our federal budget and spending...
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House Republicans need to grow up
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
OK, my fellow Republicans, you got rid of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Eight of you joined with every Democrat in the House of Representatives -- the only part of the federal government we control -- to vote McCarthy out, 216-210. In the process you threw the House into chaos, killed any hope of passing important bills anytime soon and made yourselves the laughing stock of the political world...
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Police report 10-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and theft were reported on South Kingshighway...
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Fire report 10-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 4 n Medical assists were made at 12:35 a.m. on Pemiscot Street; 5:40 a.m. on Pioneer Drive; 7:52 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 8:45 a.m. on William Street; 10:09 a.m. on North Street; 3:48 p.m. on Bloomfield Street; 5:40 p.m. on Greenbrier Drive; and 6:26 p.m. on Derbyshire Lane...
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Police report 10-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/07/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest and theft were reported on South Kingshighway...
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Loma Woodfin
(Obituary ~ 10/07/23)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Loma Loris Woodfin, 87, of Glen Allen died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the funeral home, with Brothers Aaron Allen and T.J. Null officiating. Burial will follow at Baker Cemetery near Marble Hill...
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Mary Ann Webb
(Obituary ~ 10/07/23)
Mary Ann Nixon Webb, 78, of Advance, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at her home. She was born Dec. 15, 1944, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Arby and Gertrude Rothman Nixon. She and Michael Webb were married on April 23, 1997, in Jackson. He preceded her in death in 2012...
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Steve Ryan
(Obituary ~ 10/07/23)
John Steven "Steve" Ryan, 41, of Cape Girardeau passed away Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at his home. He was born March 19, 1982 in Carbondale, Illinois, to Jerry Ryan and Ann Jordan. Steve attended high school at Egyptian Community School District in Tamms, Illinois...
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Jerry McClanahan
(Obituary ~ 10/07/23)
Jerry Thurman McClanahan, 86, of Cape Girardeau passed away Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 3, 1937, to Victor T. and Lilly Steakley McClanahan. He and Phyllis Jean Sperling were married April 17, 1960, at Zion Lutheran Church in Gordonville. Four children -- Bradley, Kimberly, Tammy and Sherry -- were born to their union. Jerry and Phyllis had been married for 60 years when Phyllis passed away Nov. 17, 2020...
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Richard Crader
(Obituary ~ 10/07/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Richard Crader, 89, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau,. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Cook Cemetery in Scopus, Missouri. Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill is overseeing arrangements...
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Jason Smith's words on speaker ouster are deceptive
(Column ~ 10/07/23)
As an editor, you know that printed words are important and that words have definitions. Words can either inform or deceive the reader. This seems to be particularly true nowadays in the use of words by politicians. If a politician is using a word to deceive or mislead or lie to his constituents, a newspaper should not blindly print that word without some explanation of the lie or deception. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 10/07/23)
Southeast Missouri, drenched by heavy rains this week, could see some dry weather as early as today, forecasters say; but heavy rain in Missouri and elsewhere in the Midwest river basis is expected to send the Mississippi River over flood stage at Cape Girardeau this week; the river, at 18.3 feet today, is expected to rise to 32.2 feet on Saturday and crest Sunday at 33 feet, a foot above flood stage...
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Out of the past: Oct. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 10/07/23)
In 1989 Lone Star Industries Inc. became the second industry to accept the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Commitment to Excellence Award as the city's Industry of the Year; last night, Lone Star Industries was in the industrial spotlight again, becoming the first Cape Girardeau industry to repeat as Industry of the Year...
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