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St. Louis County prosecutor drops U.S. Senate bid, will instead oppose Bush in House race
(State News ~ 10/31/23)
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell announced Monday he will drop his bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley in 2024, and will instead make a run at a fellow Democrat — U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. Bell, 48, will oppose Bush in the 2024 Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st Congressional District seat that covers St. ...
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Kennett man held in alleged Cape incidents
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
Cape Girardeau police apprehended a Kennett, Missouri, man alleged to have pointed a loaded gun at two people and tried to break into the home of another victim in an attempt to rob them. A news release issued by Cape Girardeau Police Department stated that Shawntario Evans, 19, was charged by the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with Class B felony charges of first-degree burglary, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of attempted robbery and a Class E felony of resisting arrest. ...
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Missouri chief justice visits class at Cape Central High School
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
Supreme Court of Missouri Chief Justice Mary Russell visited the Advance Placement Government class Monday, Oct. 30, at Cape Central High School. Russell gave a presentation on how a case arrives before the state Supreme Court. Russell illustrated for the students how difficult it can be to get a case heard before the state Supreme Court. She said one job of the court is to determine whether a lower court's ruling adheres to how a state law is written...
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VintageNOW celebrates the arts
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
Models and dancers celebrate at the end of the night during the VintageNOW fashion show Oct. 21 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Local lawmakers Burger, Hovis comment on embattled Speaker Plocher
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
Days after U.S. House members chose a new speaker to lead the 435-member legislative chamber in Washington, D.C., a panel in the Missouri House is now investigating the actions of its speaker, GOP Rep. Dean Plocher of Des Peres, near St. Louis. The Missouri House Ethics Committee launched an inquiry Friday, Oct. 27, into a personnel issue linked to Plocher, the most powerful member of the 163-member state House and an announced 2024 candidate for lieutenant governor...
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Cape Girardeau County commissioners to request proposals for medical examiner
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission members unanimously approved requesting additional information about medical examiners after a public hearing Monday, Oct. 30. The hearing's purpose was to have residents give their say as to whether they prefer the county's current elected coroner system or to replace it with an appointed medical examiner...
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Did You Know? 10 things you may not know about the US Postal Service
(Local News ~ 10/31/23)
As we've heard internal reports of U.S. Postal Service workers struggling to get the local mail out on time, the Southeast Missourian has been looking more into USPS' general operations. Here are 10 things you may not know about the Postal Service: n USPS delivered 127.3 billion pieces of mail in 2022. It was expected to deliver 120.9 billion in 2023. It reached its peak in 2006 with approximately 213 billion pieces delivered. The number of pieces delivered has dropped every year since...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2023. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards. On this date: In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state as President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation...
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Prayer 10-31-23
(Prayer ~ 10/31/23)
O Heavenly Father, may we be a shining light and point others to you, our Almighty God. Amen.
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Premodern diversity vs. civilizational unity
(Column ~ 10/31/23)
Few Romans in the late decades of their 5th-century A.D. empire celebrated their newfound "diversity" of marauding Goths, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Huns, and Vandals. These tribes en masse had crossed the unsecured Rhine and Danube borders to harvest Roman bounty without a care about what had created it...
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Fighting back against the Left and Big Tech's attacks on free speech
(Column ~ 10/31/23)
Americans are growing increasingly alarmed over the Left's relentless efforts to force their values, ideals and way of life onto the rest of society, whether it's in the classroom, the media and even the health care system. And as we have seen over the last decade, Big Tech has become one of the Left's most powerful tools in forcing their radical values and beliefs on the rest of America. ...
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Anti-Israel demonstrators hate the West
(Column ~ 10/31/23)
The cataract of anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses has been shocking, but it shouldn't be surprising. It is the poisoned fruit of teaching a generation of college students to despise their own civilization. Jesse Jackson famously led a chant at Stanford University in 1987, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Western Civ has got to go." He was talking about the college course, but he might as well have been talking about the thing itself...
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Israel's economy recovered from previous wars with Hamas, but this one might go longer, hit harder
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
JERUSALEM -- Just last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted a new era of peace and prosperity in the Middle East, based on growing acceptance of Israel within the region. Today, with the Israel-Hamas war in its fourth week, that vision is in tatters...
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Disney warns that if DeSantis wins lawsuit, others will be punished for 'disfavored' views
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins a federal lawsuit in which Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by the Republican leader, the company won't be the last entity to be punished over supporting a "disfavored viewpoint," Disney said in court papers on Monday...
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Ivanka Trump testimony delayed to Nov. 8, will follow dad Donald Trump on stand at civil fraud trial
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
NEW YORK -- Ivanka Trump's testimony at her father's New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until next week so there is sufficient time for her to be questioned, a judge said Monday. Former President Donald Trump's eldest daughter had been set to take the witness stand on Friday, when the Manhattan trial typically meets for a half-day session, but lawyers in the case said her testimony is likely to take a full day, if not longer...
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Biden wants to move fast on AI safeguards and signs an executive order to address his concerns
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Monday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to balance the needs of cutting-edge technology companies with national security and consumer rights, creating an early set of guardrails that could be fortified by legislation and global agreements...
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Maine mass shooter's family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff's office says
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
LEWISTON, Maine -- Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine's history, the gunman's family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming "concerned" about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday...
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UAW reaches deal with General Motors that ends strikes against Detroit automakers pending votes
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file...
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Putin claims without proof that airport riots targeting Israelis were staged from Ukraine
(International News ~ 10/31/23)
MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin sought Monday to deflect blame from the Kremlin for a riot in the southern region of Dagestan that targeted a flight from Israel, charging without evidence that Ukrainian agents of Western spy agencies were behind the rampage...
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FDA: Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid, others carry possible infection risk
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops because of the risk of infections that could lead to blindness. The Food and Drug Administration advisory applies to lubricating drops sold by six companies, including CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and Cardinal Health. ...
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Lawyers argue whether the Constitution's 'insurrection' clause blocks Trump from the 2024 ballot
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
DENVER -- Colorado lawyers seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for the White House again argued on Monday that his role in the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol runs afoul of the Constitution's insurrection clause, opening a hearing that could break new ground in constitutional law...
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Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief plan that would target specific groups of borrowers -- those with soaring interest, for example -- rather than a sweeping plan like the one the Supreme Court rejected in June...
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Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor's apartment the night she was killed is going on trial in federal court this week for violating Taylor's civil rights during the botched 2020 raid. The trial will mark a second attempt by prosecutors to convict Brett Hankison for his actions on the night Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was shot to death by police after they knocked down the door of her apartment. ...
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Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Threatening statements about Jews on an internet discussion board have unnerved students at Cornell University and prompted officials to send police to guard a Jewish center and kosher dining hall. The menacing, anonymous messages, posted over the weekend in an online forum about fraternities and sororities, came amid a torrent of antisemitic and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has flowed on social media during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war...
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Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Shootings across the U.S. over the weekend before Halloween have left at least 11 people dead and more than 70 injured, authorities said. The deaths between Friday and Sunday included two in Tampa, Florida, three in Texarkana, Texas, and two each in Dodge City, Kansas; San Antonio, Texas; and Mansfield, Ohio, according to police. ...
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Israel pushes deeper into Gaza, frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire
(International News ~ 10/31/23)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory's main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded...
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As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
(National News ~ 10/31/23)
SAN DIEGO -- The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him at a transit station. Deng Guangsen, 28, had spent the last two months traveling to San Diego from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, through seven countries on plane, bus and foot, including traversing Panama's dangerous Darien Gap jungle...
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Fire report 10-31-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/31/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 29 n Medical assists were made at 10:21 a.m. on North Sunset Boulevard; 10:33 a.m. on Grant Street; 11:48 a.m. on Boxwood Drive; 1:02 p.m. on Walnut Street; and 2:57 p.m. on William Street...
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Police report 10-31-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/31/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Hopper Road. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A Bollinger County warrant arrest was reported on Bloomfield Street...
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Patsy Snyder
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Patsy L. Ochs Snyder, 86, of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at Independence Care Center. Visitation and funeral service were held Monday, Oct. 30, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, with the Rev. Gary Brothers officiating...
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Naomi Newman
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
Naomi Ruth Atkinson Newman, 88, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, at her home. She was born July 29, 1935, in Clarksville, Arkansas, to Homer Herbert and Emma Anna Parsons Atkinson. She married Lois Newman on May 19, 2001, in Cape Girardeau...
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Mary Masters
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
Mary Masters, 92, passed away Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, with her family at her side. She was born in 1930 in Cape Girardeau to Emil and Maude Kies. Mary married Paul Masters in Cape Girardeau, and they were married until his death in 1971. She was active on their farm prior to and after his passing...
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Deloris Mantz
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Deloris Jean Mantz, 75, of Marble Hill died Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, at StoneBridge Senior Living. She was born Sept. 9, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to Woodrow and Dorothy Hanners Price. She and Larry William Mantz were married Nov. 20, 1970, in Jackson. He preceded her in death Dec. 29, 2007...
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Bruce LaPierre
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
Bruce LaPierre slipped peacefully into his Savior's arms Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, after a courageously fought battle with dementia. Bruce was a selfless man who loved his family, art, the St. Louis Cardinals and a good country or Celtic song. He consistently modeled a good, Christian attitude and accountability to all those blessed to know him...
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Wilmar Degenhardt
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
ALTENBURG, Mo. — Wilmar W. Degenhardt of Altenburg died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Visitation will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at the church, with the Rev. Frank Lucas officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery...
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Elsa Colyer
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
SPANAWAY, Wash. — Elsa Colyer of Spanaway passed away peacefully the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, into the arms of God, with her daughter by her side. Born April 6, 1924, in Wiesbaden, Germany, she came to the United States after marrying a handsome soldier, John Lee Colyer, who swept her off her feet and was immediately embraced by his large, welcoming family. Together they had two children -- son, John Lee Jr., and daughter, Jeanette Christine...
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Harry Borgfield
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
ARNOLD, Mo. — Harry G. Borgfield went to be with the Lord pm Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Harry was born July 31, 1932, in Jackson to Elmer and Agnes Borgfield For more than 22 years, Harry was a proud member of the U.S. Air Force, working in the Staff Judge Advocate's Office beginning at the Pentagon and finishing his career at Scott Air Force Base. After retiring from the Air Force, Harry worked for United Van Lines...
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Leslie Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
Leslie Bollinger, 73, of Jackson died Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, at his home. Cremation will be arranged by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. There will be no services.
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Marilyn Bartels
(Obituary ~ 10/31/23)
Marilyn June Bartels, 87, passed away Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, at Providence Hospice at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 26, 1936, near Whitewater to Roy and Blanche Huffman Bartels. Marilyn was of the General Baptist Faith and loved attending Arbor Baptist Church...
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Out of the past: Oct. 31
(Out of the Past ~ 10/31/23)
Maligned for much of the season, the Cape Girardeau Central defense came up big when it really mattered; the Tigers forced four turnovers and held Jackson to 124 rushing yards last night in a 22-6 win at Jackson; Central improved to 4-5 overall and 2-0 in Class 5A District 1 play; the Tigers can clinch the district championship with a win over Poplar Bluff, Missouri, next weekend; Jackson slipped to 4-5 overall and 1-1 in district competition...
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