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Cape Girardeau County man charged with sex crimes spanning many years
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Cape Girardeau County authorities have charged a man with various alleged sex crimes. According to Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Welker, Adam Kerr, a Cape Girardeau County resident, has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree domestic assault, three counts of armed criminal action and two counts of second-degree domestic assault...
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Dunklin County man killed in two-vehicle mishap near Morehouse
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
A pre-dawn crash Wednesday has taken the life of a Malden, Missouri, man. According to investigators, 23-year-old Steven W. Childers II died at the scene when a 2006 Ford F-150 truck failed to yield on U.S. 60 and Route E near Morehouse, Missouri, and struck Childers' 2012 Nissan Altima at 6:25 a.m...
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Cape PD investigating shooting injury
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Cape Girardeau police are investigating a shooting that injured one and left bullet holes in two residences. At about 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, Cape Girardeau officers responded to the 100 block of Hanover Street for a report of shots fired. Once there, officers collected evidence "indicating shots had been fired", according to a news release issued by the department. Officers were notified that a victim had arrived at a local hospital with a non-lethal gunshot wound...
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SEMO uses programs, location to prepare for enrollment cliff
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
While student enrollment has declined at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) over the last decade, it's far from the only university showing such trends. Full-time and equivalent enrollment at SEMO has declined 18% since a high in 2014, according to Debbie Below, vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Success. This equates to a drop from 9,478 students then to 7,748 in 2022...
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SEMO set to screen Faulkner documentary next month
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Southeast Missouri State University is known across the globe for its William Faulkner collection. That collection, housed in Kent Library as part of the Center for Faulkner Studies, is now part of a documentary. Retired university professor and active author Dr. Bob Hamblin and former director of the Center for Faulkner Studies, Christopher Rieger, were interviewed among other world-renowned scholars for the film...
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Cape Council to consider final portions of West Park Mall project
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members will consider the potential final step in their process of approving a West Park Mall redevelopment plan at their meeting Monday, Oct. 16. In a departure from routine, the second and third readings of an ordinance approving a redevelopment agreement between the City and River City Centre LLC, the mall's ownership group, will occur in regular business, instead of as an item on the council's consent agenda. ...
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Jason Smith laments Missouri woman's death in Israel
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
This story is updated. Calling it "barbaric, pure and simple", Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith has condemned the deaths of at least 25 Americans in Israel this past week, including 50-year-old Deborah Matias, born in Boone County, Missouri. Matias and her husband, Shlomi, died after Hamas troops broke into the family's safe room and fired on the couple and their 16-year-old son, Rotem...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/14/23)
Today is Saturday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2023. There are 78 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. On this date: In 1066, Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings...
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Cape Girardeau has rich restaurant history
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
Good food, served up fast, at a decent price -- Cape Girardeau has long been the regional restaurant destination for this area. No less at the turn of the last century than now. Main Street offered hungry diners several choices in the 1890s -- The St. Charles Hotel, Shivelbine's Saloon, Abe Byas' restaurant -- but Scott's Lightning Restaurant was favored and regularly promoted by The Cape Girardeau Democrat newspaper's editor, Ben Adams...
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Seeking a better rote response? Consider the Jesus example
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
My wife and I have been fortunate enough to travel -- to the British Isles, continental Europe and the Middle East. I've noticed at least one rhetorical difference between the U.S. and these far-flung locales. In our country, we don't like to pass one another in a hallway, in the street or in a marketplace without saying something...
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Let's do this
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
There have been times back through the years when something had to be done, but I didn't want to do it. I remember one time when I was doing maintenance work while going to college. Some of the wood shingles had come off the roof of a two-story wing on a nice house of one of the executives who worked at Phillips Petroleum. ...
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Inserting love into the lives of others
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
Jenney sat forlornly on the front doorsteps feeling neglected and unloved. No one had taken the time to take note of and to celebrate Jenny's birthday. Her family, if they remembered, verbally told her, "Happy birthday" and possibly would make an effort, later on, to make a meager effort to celebrate it. ...
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Senior Center Menus for Oct. 16-20
(Community ~ 10/14/23)
Monday: Scrambled eggs and sausage patty or chicken tenders, potatoes and onions, sliced tomatoes, whole-grain biscuit and citrus fruit salad. Tuesday: Chili with 1/2 peanut butter sandwich or turkey burger on bun, veggie blend, carrots and celery sticks with ranch dip and sugar-free gelatin with pears or German chocolate cake...
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A bad dragonfly?
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
At first glance this photo might appear to be just an unfortunate monarch butterfly lying dead in the grass. A closer observation shows something going on that might make you unhappy. A green dragonfly is eating the butterfly. Most people love the beautiful monarch butterfly and know its story of migration and habitat concern. The dragonfly is less known. It is called the common green darner. The common green darner is a native North American insect. It, too, is a migratory insect...
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Glenn Family Foundation donates to St. Jude
(Community ~ 10/14/23)
The Glenn Family Foundation, a non-profit organization, recently donated the $10,000 proceeds from the 2023 Larry Glenn Memorial Golf Tournament to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The Glenn Family Foundation and Larry Glenn Memorial Golf Tournament were established to honor the family patriarch, Larry Glenn...
- Adopt Betty 10-15-23 (Community ~ 10/14/23)
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Campbell - 68 years
(Anniversary ~ 10/14/23)
Frank and Alfredia Campbell of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary with family. Frank Campbell and Alfredia Scott were married Oct. 15, 1955, in Marion, Indiana. The couple has eight children, Frank Campbell Jr., Loraine Campbell, Gloria Campbell, Freddie Campbell and Beverly Campbell, all of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Floreda Saffold of Texas and the late Sandra C. ...
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The cult of 'Forever Low' interest rates had to end
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
Countless financial soothsayers and Wall Street wizards were once members of a curious cult. Their doctrine? The unshakable belief that interest rates had managed to find something resembling the fabled Fountain of Youth, leaving their numbers eternally low and never rising. The "Forever Low" brigade dismissed those of us who argued that high government debt was unsustainable and, partly because low repayment rates would not last forever, we should control spending...
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College kids flunk their morals test
(Column ~ 10/14/23)
It turns out that some of our smartest college kids aren't just stupid about things like microaggressions and gender pronouns. The reaction on many campuses to the slaughter of innocent Israelis by Hamas terrorists last week showed that many students are just as a stupid about Israel and the rest of the world...
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Prayer 10-15-23
(Prayer ~ 10/14/23)
O Heavenly Father, we praise you for there is no God besides you, our precious Savior. Amen.
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Pavement work to reduce NB I-55 in Scott County
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Pavement work to reduce NB I-55 in Scott County Northbound Interstate 55 in Scott County, from Mile Marker 66 to Mile Marker 7,5 will be reduced to one lane with an 10-foot width restriction as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. A MoDOT news release said the work will take place daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, through Friday, Nov. 3...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen agenda for Oct. 16, 2023
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 Adoption of agenda n Motion adopting the regular meeting agenda. Approval of minutes n Motion approving the minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, Oct. 2 Financial affairs...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for Oct. 16, 2023
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 City Hall Presentations n Employee Health Insurance Renewal Presentation Communications report n City Council Items for discussion n Appearances by Advisory Board Applicants n Planning and Zoning Commission Report...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 10/16/23 meeting
(Local News ~ 10/14/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Monday, Oct. 2, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Palestinians flee Gaza after Israel orders evacuation
(International News ~ 10/14/23)
JERUSALEM -- Palestinians fled in a mass exodus from northern Gaza Friday after Israel's military told some 1 million people to evacuate toward the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group...
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Republicans pick Jordan as nominee for speaker
(National News ~ 10/14/23)
WASHINGTON -- Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Jordan, of Ohio, will now try to unite colleagues from the deeply divided House GOP majority around his bid ahead of a floor vote, which could push to next week...
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US says North Korea delivered equipment, munitions to Russia
(National News ~ 10/14/23)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said on Friday that North Korea has delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine. Speculation about a possible North Korean plan to refill Russia's munition stores drained in its protracted war with Ukraine flared last month, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveled to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin and visit key military sites...
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Fire report 10-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/14/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 11 n Medical assists were made at 9:51 a.m. on Randol Avenue; 5:36 p.m. on Beavercreek Drive; 5:40 p.m. on William Street; and 6:32 p.m. on North Kingshighway. n At 8:26 a.m., fire alarm on William Street...
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Police report 10-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/14/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Hickory Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Hickory Street. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Vurnis Runnels
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- Vurnis Lee Runnels, 74, of St. Peters passed away Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. He was born June 3, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Weldon and Fern Slinkard Runnels. Vurn was an amateur photographer who loved taking nature pictures and sharing them with family and friends. As long as he was able, he was rarely caught without one of his cameras. He was a car enthusiast, enjoyed a wide range of music, spending time outdoors and was an avid bicyclist before his ALS diagnosis...
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Ralph Newberry
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Ralph Paul Newberry, 78, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Cremation services have been entrusted to Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau. At this time, no other services are planned.
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Nancy Mitchell
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Nancy Lee Mitchell, 83, was born May 28, 1940, in Licksville, Missouri, and departed this life Oct. 8, 2023, in Springfield. She married Everett Ray Mitchell on March 4, 1961, in Jackson. Four children were born to this union. Funeral service was held Friday, Oct. 13, in the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home of Mountain Grove, Missouri...
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Thomas Masterson
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
MARQUAND, Mo. -- Thomas Eugene Masterson, 50, of Marquand died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at Mercy South Hospital in Saint Louis. He was born May 8, 1973, in Cape Girardeau to Warren and Alberta Cooper Masterson. He and Mary Richards were married Sept. 5, 2010, at Clinton, Montana...
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Sheryl Masterson
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Sheryl Grace Masterson, 76, of Olive Branch passed away Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. She was born March 22, 1947, to Eugene and Alice Pilkington Grace in Cairo, Illinois. She was married March 2, 1970, to Kenny Masterson, and he preceded her in death Jan. 28, 2021...
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Sue Hall
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
Elsie Sue Hall, 90, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Sue and Floyd Edward "Eddie" Hall were married for 69 years, until his passing in April 2022. Their marriage was blessed with three daughters. They and their husbands are Dr. Karie and Brad Hollerbach, Rebecca and Charles Decker and Zara and Ronald Seabaugh, all residents of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Kathryn Decker
(Obituary ~ 10/14/23)
COPPELL, Texas -- Kathryn Sue Decker of Coppell, formerly of Jackson, passed away Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, at the age of 70 years. She was born in Springfield, Missouri, April 18, 1953, the child of Ida Mae and Bobby Dean Hensley. The family feels extremely fortunate to have had Kathryn in their lives in good health for so many years...
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Out of the past: Oct. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 10/14/23)
Gov. Mel Carnahan lost out to his father when it came to naming Southeast Missouri State University's renovated social science building; the university officially dedicated the nearly century-old structure yesterday afternoon, naming it A.S.J. Carnahan Hall in honor of the governor's father; the Carnahan family -- including Mel Carnahan and his wife, Jean, and their children -- were among the 200 guests who attended the outdoor celebration...
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Out of the past: Oct. 14
(Out of the Past ~ 10/14/23)
B.W. Harrison of Cape Girardeau, a longtime supporter of Southeast Missouri State University who provided the financial springboard for the River Campus project, will be the 1998 "Friend of the University"; the award will be presented by the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation at the annual Copper Dome Society Breakfast Oct. 31 at the Show Me Center, part of Homecoming weekend...
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