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Cape Girardeau County commissioners accept preliminary budget
(Local News ~ 12/15/23)
County Auditor Pete Frazier presented a preliminary budget to the Cape Girardeau County Commission during its regular meeting Thursday, Dec. 14. "What you see before you is a summation presentation of revenue and expenditures that are projected for 2024 for the major funds which I present each year," Frazier said. ...
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Man found guilty of murdering woman in Bollinger County
(Local News ~ 12/15/23)
A jury convicted Kyle Byington of first-degree murder and abandonment of a corpse, then sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse in Jackson...
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Cape Girardeau Public Library board hears objections to children's access to explicit materials
(Local News ~ 12/15/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Library's board of trustees heard comments from community members regarding children's access to explicit materials. More than 50 people were in attendance during the regular meeting Thursday, Dec. 14, necessitating the meeting be moved to a larger conference room...
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Former governor nominee and party chair Betty Hearnes dies
(Local News ~ 12/15/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Former political powerhouse and Southeast Missouri trailblazer Betty Hearnes died Thursday, Dec. 14. She was 96 years old. Hearnes, a longtime Charleston, Missouri, resident, was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1979 and reelected four times. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
Today is Friday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2023. There are 16 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia...
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Prayer 12-15-23
(Prayer ~ 12/15/23)
O Lord God, may we generously give to others, showing your great love. Amen.
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Congratulations to the newest SEMO graduates
(Editorial ~ 12/15/23)
About 850 people will have something extra to celebrate this holiday season -- receiving a degree from Southeast Missouri State University at the school's fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 16. Of the group, 580 will receive undergraduate degrees, 267 master's degrees and nine specialist degrees...
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St. Louis Zoo's Raja the elephant moving to Columbus
(State News ~ 12/15/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Raja the elephant has been one of the biggest attractions -- literally and figuratively -- at the St. Louis Zoo for decades. Now, he's moving away. The zoo announced Thursday that the male Asian elephant born at the zoo nearly 31 years ago will be relocated to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, probably in about a year. The hope is that he'll bond with four females in Columbus, breed and mentor a young male there...
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Michigan court rejects challenges to Trump's spot on 2024 primary ballot
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan Court of Appeals said Thursday it won't stop former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's 2024 Republican primary ballot, turning aside challenges from critics who argue that his role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him...
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Judge is considering Wyoming abortion laws, including first explicit US ban on abortion pills
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Attorneys for both sides in a challenge to Wyoming abortion restrictions that include the nation's first explicit ban on medication to end pregnancy urged a judge Thursday to uphold or strike down the new laws without holding a trial...
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Americans to pay less for some drug treatments as drugmakers penalized for big price jumps
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden administration announced Thursday. The White House unveiled a list of 48 drugs -- from chemotherapy treatments to growth hormones used to treat endocrine disorders -- whose prices increased faster than the rate of inflation this year. ...
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Big pay raise for troops in defense bill sent to Biden
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon's diversity initiatives, abortion travel policy and gender-affirming health care for transgender service members...
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Jurors deciding how much Giuliani must pay for lies in Georgia election workers' case
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- Jurors began deliberating Thursday to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them that led to a barrage of racist threats and upended their lives. The jury left for the day without announcing a decision and were expected to resume deliberations at Washington's federal courthouse Friday morning...
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Poll: Few US adults want Biden-Trump rematch
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- It's the presidential election no one is really jazzed about. Relatively few Americans are excited about a potential rematch of the 2020 election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, although more Republicans would be satisfied to have Trump as their nominee than Democrats would be with Biden as their standard-bearer, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research...
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Appeals court again upholds gag order against Trump
(National News ~ 12/15/23)
NEW YORK -- A New York appeals court has again upheld a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel in his civil fraud trial, ruling Thursday that the former president's lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction...
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Ukraine gets EU membership boost, no new European aid
(International News ~ 12/15/23)
BRUSSELS -- The European Union failed to agree Thursday on a $54.1 billion package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately needs to stay afloat, even as the bloc decided to open accession negotiations with the war-torn country. The aid was vetoed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, delivering another tough blow to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he failed this week to persuade U.S. ...
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Putin says there will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia's goals are met
(International News ~ 12/15/23)
MOSCOW -- Emboldened by battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace until Russia achieves its goals, which he says remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting...
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Hungry, thirsty and humiliated: Israel's mass arrest campaign sows fear in northern Gaza
(International News ~ 12/15/23)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to a detention camp on the beach, where they spent hours, in some cases days, subjected to hunger and cold, according to human rights activists, distraught relatives and released detainees themselves...
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Israeli defense minister says war on Hamas will last months
(International News ~ 12/15/23)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel's defense minister said Thursday it will take months to destroy Hamas, predicting a drawn-out war even as his country and its top ally, the United States, face increasing international isolation and alarm over the devastation from the campaign in Gaza...
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Guyana, Venezuela agree to refrain from using force, but fail to resolve territorial dispute
(International News ~ 12/15/23)
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -- The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela promised in a tense meeting Thursday that neither side would use threats or force against the other, but failed to reach agreement on how to address a bitter dispute over a vast border region rich with oil and minerals that has concerned many in the region...
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Fire report 12-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 13 n Medical assists were made at 8:52 a.m. at Independence and William streets; 10:57 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 12:33 p.m. on Colonial Drive; 2:39 p.m. on Hawthorne Road; and 3:37 p.m. on Megan Drive...
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Police report 12-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault, resisting/interfering with arrest for a felony and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia were reported on Boxwood Drive...
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Roy Keller
(Obituary ~ 12/15/23)
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. — Roy Fred Keller, 96, of Excelsior Springs, professor emeritus of computer science and engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Roy was born April 3, 1927, in Cape Girardeau County at home on the Oakwood Stock Farm to Fred A. ...
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Sylvia Collins
(Obituary ~ 12/15/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Sylvia Marlene Collins, 89, of Marble Hill passed away Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born Jan. 28, 1934, in Brownwood, Missouri, to William and Nora Shirrell Long. Sylvia and Raymond James Collins were married Oct. 14, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Feb. 17, 2004...
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Out of the past: Dec. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 12/15/23)
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will vote to impeach President Clinton despite pleas from White House staff and actor Robert De Niro; the Cape Girardeau Republican says she will vote for at least two of the four articles of impeachment approved last week by the House Judiciary Committee, the two that accuse the president of perjury; Emerson hasn't decided to support two other articles of impeachment; those accuse the president of obstructing justice and abusing his power...
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Larry Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/15/23)
Larry "Flipp" Eugene Wilson, 77, of Jackson died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at The Villas of Jackson. The following arrangements will be held Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Elks Lodge in Jackson. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. followed by an American Legion Honor Guard Ceremony by Altenthal-Joerns American Legion Post No. 158 at 4 p.m., followed by an Elks ceremony and concluding with a life celebration service by the Rev. Fred Burgard...
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