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TOP GUN: Local pilot shares stories from lifelong flying career
(Community ~ 12/08/23)
The script of Tom Trotter’s life has been like a blockbuster. It starts in the blue-collar steel town of Pueblo, Colo., in the 1960s. As a boy, Trotter didn’t dream of a future at Colorado Fuel and Iron, one of the state’s largest employers. He had loftier ambitions...
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Cape Girardeau man leaves a legacy with new city park
(Local News ~ 12/08/23)
William E. Walker III, or Bill to his friends, died at age 65 in December 2022. The Cape Girardeau resident lives on, however, in the memories of his friends and soon with the creation of a new city park. Walker donated his family's 16-acre property at 85 E. Cape Rock Drive to the City of Cape Girardeau upon his passing. One condition was that it remains as a park in perpetuity...
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Commissioners honor Cape Girardeau County's chief appraiser for service
(Local News ~ 12/08/23)
Tony Smee, Cape Girardeau County's chief appraiser, received a commendation from the Cape Girardeau County Commission on Thursday, Dec. 7, in recognition of his years of service. After eight years working for the County Assessor's Office, Smee will assume his new role as the Department of Revenue director for St. Louis County on Monday, Dec. 11...
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Cynthia Perry had violent past, family members, others allege
(Local News ~ 12/08/23)
Family members and friends of the victim and suspect in the death of John David Perry contend Cynthia Perry has a history of violence and that his recent death was a continuation of episodes that have gone unchecked for years. Cynthia Perry was charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action last week in Cape Girardeau County. ...
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Shoppers flock to ALDI for grand opening in Jackson
(Local News ~ 12/08/23)
More than 130 shoppers waited in line Thursday, Dec. 7, for the City of Jackson's new ALDI grocery store at 2502 E. Jackson Blvd. to open. They had been waiting since the crack of dawn, or even earlier, bundled in warm jackets and carrying their folding chairs in shopping carts...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2023. There are 23 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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Prayer 12-8-23
(Prayer ~ 12/08/23)
Your love, O Lord, is a priceless gift we are eternally grateful for. Amen.
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Speak Out 12-8-23
(Speak Out ~ 12/08/23)
Jim Jordan and his committee plan on using debunked conspiracy theories as their "evidence" for the impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Republicans will stop at nothing to do Trump's bidding, even if it means embarrassing themselves in front of the entire country...
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Thousands volunteer for Feed My Starving Children
(Editorial ~ 12/08/23)
Tradition plays a big part of each holiday season. Grandma's pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. Arriving early to claim "our spot" for the Christmas parade. The carols at church on Christmas. A local tradition that is nearly a decade and a half old is La Croix Church's annual event to support Feed My Starving Children...
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Fire report 12-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 6 n Medical assist was made at 10:22 a.m. on Siemers Drive. n Hazardous condition calls were made at 1:54 a.m. on South Spring Avenue; 11:33 a.m. on North Kingshighway; and 1:09 p.m. on North Street...
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Police report 12-8-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/08/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Bloomfield Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Benton Street...
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Israel designates safe zone in Gaza. Palestinians and aid groups say it offers little relief
(International News ~ 12/08/23)
MUWASI, Gaza Strip -- Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza's Mediterranean coast as a safe zone -- a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families...
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Police: UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
LAS VEGAS -- The 67-year-old gunman who killed three faculty members and wounded a fourth in a roughly 10-minute rampage at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and 150 additional rounds of ammunition, police said Thursday...
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Texas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get abortion despite state's ban
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas judge Thursday gave a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge over bans that more than a dozen states have enacted since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The lawsuit by Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, is believed to be the first time since the landmark U.S. ...
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Donald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert who sees no evidence of accounting fraud
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to spotlight his defense, renewing his complaints that the case is baseless and heaping praise on an accounting professor's testimony that backed him up. With testimony winding down after more than two months, the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner showed up to watch New York University accounting professor Eli Bartov...
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House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling fire alarm in Capitol office building
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a U.S. Capitol office building when the chamber was in session. The Republican censure resolution passed with a few Democratic votes, but most of the party stood by Bowman in opposition of an effort they said lacked credibility and integrity. ...
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Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim in federal election case
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of opportunities to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election...
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Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack return
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Ira "Ike" Schab had just showered, put on a clean sailor's uniform and closed his locker aboard the USS Dobbin when he heard a call for a fire rescue party. He went topside to see the USS Utah capsizing and Japanese planes in the air. ...
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Desperation grows among Palestinians trapped with little aid
(International News ~ 12/08/23)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Desperation grew Thursday among Palestinians largely cut off from supplies of food and water as Israeli forces engaged in fierce urban battles with Hamas militants. Strikes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah sowed fear in one of the last places where civilians could seek refuge...
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Israel, US at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
(International News ~ 12/08/23)
JERUSALEM -- The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the Hamas militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. But the allies are increasingly at odds over what will happen to Gaza once the war winds down. Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, this week announced that Israel would retain an open-ended security presence in Gaza. ...
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Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges
(National News ~ 12/08/23)
WASHINGTON -- Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of the president's son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. The new charges -- three felonies and six misdemeanors -- come in addition to federal firearms charges in Delaware alleging Hunter Biden broke a law against drug users having guns in 2018...
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Dr. Eleanor Crowell
(Obituary ~ 12/08/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — Dr. Eleanor Sue Thompson Crowell, 83, longtime Sikeston area educator, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. She was born Dec. 28, 1939, in Charleston, Missouri, daughter of William Hazzard and Edna Mae McElmurry Thompson. Eleanor taught grade school and middle school for more than 30 years at Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District in St. Louis, Southeast Elementary in Sikeston and the Sikeston Middle School...
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Out of the past: Dec. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 12/08/23)
David G. Smith wants to make sure schoolchildren have a proper learning environment and all the help they need to get ahead; Smith, one of two finalists for superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District, talked to teachers and the public during an informal forum Monday evening at Central Junior High School; 12 people attended the hour-long forum with Smith, superintendent at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, while another 80 teachers attended meetings during the afternoon; Smith also visited several buildings in the district, including construction sites for the new elementary and high schools.. ...
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Sikeston baby infected with dangerous bacteria
(State News ~ 12/08/23)
ST. LOUIS -- The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant. Federal health officials confirmed Thursday that two cases of invasive infections caused by cronobacter sakazakii have been reported in 2023, both in infants who consumed powdered infant formula made by Abbott Nutrition, the company at the center of the 2022 crisis...
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Community Support
(Submitted Story ~ 12/08/23)
The officers of Cape Girardeau Elks Lodge #639 presented a check for $6,500.00 to Chief of Police Wes Blair and Asst. Chief Rodney Barker to benefit the Shield of Armor Wellness Seminary. This 3-day seminar is open to first responders and their spouses/significant others and helps educate them on the debilitating effects of PTSD and other mental health issues associated with traumas experienced in their profession...
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