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Private investigator John Mackey runs for Cape Girardeau County coroner
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Burfordville private investigator John Mackey, a Republican, has joined the race for Cape Girardeau County coroner. Mackey is a former U.S. Navy hospital corpsman and a combat medic with the Missouri Army National Guard...
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Jackson alderman Dave Reiminger joins Cape Girardeau County commission race
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Dave Reiminger, a longtime member on the Jackson Board of Aldermen, is running for the 1st District Cape Girardeau County commissioner position. "I believe that in 30 years as a city alderman in Jackson, it provides me with the leadership, in a lot of cases dealing with the associate commission position," Reiminger said...
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Dwayne Kirchhoff running for Cape County Commissioner
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Former school board member and firefighter Dwayne Kirchhoff has entered the race for 1st District Cape Girardeau County Commissioner as a Republican. Kirchhoff is a lifelong Cape Girardeau County resident. His family's roots in the county stretch back to 1844...
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Remains identified as missing Poplar Bluff woman
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Human remains found last summer have been positively identified as Aimee Rose Ross, a Poplar Bluff woman reported missing in May 2023...
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Riley Green performs at the Show Me Center
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Riley Green brought his "Ain't My Last Rodeo" tour Saturday, March 2, to the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. More photos are in a gallery at semissourian.com.
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Jackson Aldermen receive bid update information
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
The Jackson Board of Aldermen received updates on several bids for projects during its meeting Monday, March 4. Parks and Recreation director Jason Lipke said his department is evaluating four bids for youth baseball and softball uniforms...
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Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Haley didn’t endorse the former president in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, she challenged him to win the support of the moderate Republicans and independent voters who supported her.
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Crowned Queen at the Queen's Ball: Attendees carry on French tradition in Ste. Genevieve
(03/06/24)
Laura Jablonski arrived at the Queen’s Ball in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., dressed as a peasant woman but went home wearing the crown of the queen. To find who would be crowned queen of the ball, the women were served cake, with one slice containing a figurine of baby Jesus. Jablonski said she went back for several pieces of cake until she found the figurine...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 66th day of 2024. There are 300 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court...
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Prayer 3-6-24
(Prayer ~ 03/06/24)
Lord God, may we share the good news of the Gospel to all. Amen.
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The day Joe Biden blew up the border
(Column ~ 03/06/24)
Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021. Less than two weeks later, on Feb. 2, he issued the executive order that began the unraveling at the border in earnest. The border crisis isn't something that happened to President Biden. It's not a product of circumstances or understandable policy mistakes made under duress. No, he sought it and created it, on principle and as a matter of urgency...
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Marian Wingerter
(Obituary ~ 03/06/24)
Marian Jo Wingerter, 84, of Perryville died Monday, March 4, 2024, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 8, at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 8, at the funeral home, with Deacon Dierk Hunt officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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David Mansell
(Obituary ~ 03/06/24)
David L. Mansell, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 3, 2024, at his home. He was born July 21, 1954, in Lawton, Oklahoma, to Billy W. Mansell and Lawana Stevenson Prestage. He and Natalie Engleman were married Oct. 29, 1983, in Cape Girardeau...
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Thomas Gibbar
(Obituary ~ 03/06/24)
Thomas Richard Gibbar, 76, of Perryville passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Saint Louis University Hospital. He was born Aug. 16, 1947, in Perryville to Harold and Zita French Gibbar, the third of their four children. Thomas and Helen Pingel Gibbar were married on Dec. 14, 1968, at St. Vincent's Catholic Church and enjoyed 56 years of marriage...
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Helen Coburn
(Obituary ~ 03/06/24)
Helen Louise Coburn, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 3, 2024, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Jan. 12, 1931, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to George and Lucile Chance Heath. She and Marion Coburn were married Jan. 23, 1950, in Arkansas. Helen was a sales associate for many years at Famous Barr, Christopher Banks and Sears, where she later retired...
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Editorial: Redhawks softball team set to open OVC play with home series
(Editorial ~ 03/06/24)
The Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks softball team will begin defense of its Ohio Valley Conference crown this weekend. Led by 10th-year head coach Mark Redburn, the Redhawks have been consistent winners in recent years, stacking up at least 30 wins in each of the past four seasons, with memorable wins against some of the nation's best programs. Since 2019, they have won three OVC regular season titles and one OVC tournament title, which earned them a trip to the NCAA Tournament...
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Missouri Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ex-Kansas City detective convicted of manslaughter
(State News ~ 03/06/24)
KANSAS CITY -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it will not hear an appeal from a former Missouri detective convicted in the 2019 shooting death of a Black man. The state Supreme Court denied former Kansas City detective Eric J. DeValkenaere's motion to hear his case. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in September...
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Homes near St. Louis County creek are being tested after radioactive contamination found in yards
(State News ~ 03/06/24)
ST. LOUIS -- A federal agency is examining soil beneath homes in a small suburban St. Louis subdivision to determine if residents are living atop Cold War era nuclear contamination. But activists say the testing needs to be far more widespread. The U.S. ...
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Teamsters vote to ratify a 5-year labor agreement with Anheuser-Busch, avoiding strike
(State News ~ 03/06/24)
ST. LOUIS -- Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch on Tuesday voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company, the union said. The five-year contract was ratified with 86% support, the Teamsters said. The deal covers 5,000 unionized employees at Anheuser-Busch, including brewers, packagers, and warehouse workers, and provides wage increases totaling 23% over the life of the contract, plus a $2,500 ratification bonus, the union said. ...
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Trump lawyers want him back on witness stand in E. Jean Carroll case
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's lawyers said Tuesday that the ex-president deserves a new trial and a fresh chance to tell a jury why he berated writer E. Jean Carroll for her sex abuse claims against him after she revealed them five years ago. The lawyers made the assertion as they renewed challenges to the $83.3 million awarded to Carroll in January by a Manhattan jury...
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Biden administration would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of campaign against junk fees
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday to cap all credit card late fees, the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year...
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US destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said early Wednesday, as the Indian navy released images of it fighting a fire aboard a container ship earlier targeted by the Houthis...
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Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones
(International News ~ 03/06/24)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv's forces take aim at targets well behind the war's front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim. The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special operations unit destroyed the large patrol ship Sergey Kotov overnight. ...
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Venezuela sets its presidential election for July 28 as the opposition candidate remains barred
(International News ~ 03/06/24)
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28 -- the birthday of the country's late fiery leader Hugo Chávez -- officials announced Tuesday, plowing ahead with a tight campaign season that deepens doubts over the participation of the opposition's leading candidate as well as of international observers...
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Haitian PM arrives in Puerto Rico after long absence as he struggles to get home to quell violence
(International News ~ 03/06/24)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, answering a key question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the world is he? The embattled Ariel Henry, who assumed power following the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has been notably absent since the country's latest and most serious outbreak of violence started last week. ...
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Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says
(International News ~ 03/06/24)
CAIRO -- Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal...
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Rewritten indictment against Sen. Bob Menendez alleges new obstruction of justice crimes
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
NEW YORK -- New obstruction of justice crimes were added Tuesday to charges against Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife that allege they accepted gold bars, cash and a luxury car in return for favors the senator carried out to assist three businessmen. The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court...
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Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday...
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Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month and could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide has reached record highs. Dozens of briefs have been filed in recent days, including from the Department of Justice, members of Congress and state attorneys general. ...
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Democrat Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey set to compete for California Senate seat
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
LOS ANGELES -- Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will compete in November for the U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Dianne Feinstein. It's a rare opportunity for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race in this Democratic stronghold...
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Alabama lawmakers advance legislation to protect IVF providers, with final approval still ahead
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama lawmakers facing public pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state advanced legislation Tuesday to shield providers from the fallout of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the state Senate and House approved identical bills that would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the "damage or death of an embryo" during IVF services. ...
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Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won't seek reelection, avoiding a 3-way race
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
PHOENIX -- Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she won't run for a second term after her estrangement from the Democratic Party left her politically homeless and without a clear path to reelection. Sinema's announcement comes after Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border and deliver military aid to Ukraine and Israel -- a deal that Sinema spent months negotiating. ...
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Arizona's Democratic governor vetoes border bill approved by Republican-led Legislature
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
PHOENIX -- An Arizona bill that would have made it a crime for noncitizens to enter the state through Mexico at any location other than a port of entry has been vetoed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the measure late last month along party lines. ...
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Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday races and move closer to a November rematch
(National News ~ 03/06/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, romped coast-to-coast on Super Tuesday, all but cementing a November rematch and increasing pressure on the former president's last major rival, Nikki Haley, to leave the Republican race...
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Out of the past: March 6
(Out of the Past ~ 03/06/24)
Cape Girardeau Board of Education's annual retreat is held at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce board room and is open to the public; members of the board discuss long-term budget projections and class scheduling; not scheduled for discussion is a proposal submitted by the Attendance Area Study Committee last month, which deals with boundary changes for the district's elementary schools...
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Meadow Heights FFA: 45 years strong
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Meadow Heights FFA is gearing up for a week full of activities in celebration of National FFA Week Feb. 17 to 24. n Tuesday, Feb. 20: Teacher appreciation breakfast at 7:30 a.m.; dress up for 'Merica Day; and chapter cornhole competition after school...
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Paul Long
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Paul Zenith Daniel Long, 95, of Marble Hill passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 1, 1928, in Scopus to Daniel F. and Nancy Francie Elizabeth Hanners Long. Paul and Ruth Annie Caroline Cook Long were married Nov. 8, 1952, at the Bollinger County courthouse...
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Births
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Son to Grant and Macey Brown of Marble Hill, Mercy Hospital Southeast, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Name, Benett Lloyd. Weight, 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Mrs. Brown is the daughter of Danny and Amy James of Marble Hill. She works as a radiological technologist. Mr. Brown is the son of Tracy and Sherilyn Brown of Union City, Tennessee. He works as an inside sales representative...
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Meadow Heights senior spotlight
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Landon McClanahand, the son of Whitney and Robert McClanahand, is new to Patton. His senior year is his first year at Meadow Heights. After transferring from Farmington, he said that he enjoys it better here. "I like the career center and how small the school is," he said. McClanahand is enrolled in the graphic design program at Perryville Area Career and Technology Center, and he is very enthusiastic about it...
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SAE spotlight
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
This week's SAE spotlight is Gavin Brown, the son of Michael Brown and Lindsey Petton of Marble Hill. Brown is a four-year, senior member of the Meadow Heights FFA chapter and has earned his greenhand, chapter and county degrees. His supervised agricultural experience includes employment at Kranawetter Transport...
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SCHOOL Schedules
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
March 7: JHVB at Scott City, 5 p.m. March 8: JHVB at Advance, 6 p.m. March 9: JHVB: Jackson Tournament March 11: JHVB vs Meadow Heights at home, 6 p.m.; Scholar Bowl at Bloomfield, 4:30 p.m. March 12: JHVB vs Greenville at home, 6 p.m. March 14: Scholar Bowl at Richland, 4:30 p.m.; JHVB vs Oak Ridge at home, 6 p.m...
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SCHOOL MENUS
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
March 11: Barbecue rib, green beans, corn, fruit March 12: Pork patty, stuffing, peas, fruit March 13: Hot dog, macaroni and cheese, pork 'n beans, fruit March 14: Cook's choice March 15: Fish, chips, cheese stick, fruit March 11: Macaroni and cheese, sweet peas, blueberry crisp (fast lane, chicken patty)...
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Donna Huff
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Donna Maria Huff, 82, of Benton, formerly of Bollinger County, died Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at her home. There will be no services. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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BOLLINGER COUNTY COMMISSION MINUTES
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Bollinger County Commission met at 8 a.m. Feb. 26 with the following officers and members present: Leo Arnzen, presiding commissioner; Tim Shelby and Chad Hulvey, associate commissioners; and Brittany Howard, county clerk. n The commission reviewed minutes from the Feb. 20 commission meeting and the minutes were approved...
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Bollinger County Stray Project
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Every bottle has a bottom and a top. The good stuff is in the middle unless it spoils without the care needed to preserve what is inside. Left open without any nurturing, stirring, cooling or maybe cooking -- whatever is needed to preserve its contents -- can become toxic...
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A donut full of jonquils
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
I planted a sweet gum seedling in my yard about 40 years ago. It grew into a tree, and I became aware that it was too close to a highline wire. I cut the tree down before it got too tall, and the stump became a perfect backdrop to ring with flowers. I chose jonquils...
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Woodland MS January leaders of the month
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Woodland Middle School leaders of the month in January are Paityn Huffman and Nolyn Dowd, eighth grade; Aaliyah Brown and Joshua Wilkinson, seventh grade; Jayde Franklin and Eli Holloway, sixth grade; and Carly Myers and Eli Huffman, fifth grade.
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JH, elementary volleyball season kicks off in Leopold
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Junior high and elementary volleyball season has kicked off in Leopold. The eighth-grade team played in its first tournament Saturday at Oak Ridge. The Wildcats were able to secure a spot in the gold bracket during pool play, but later fell to Meadow Heights in a close match-up...
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Kenneth Frymire
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Katherine A. Frymire, 58, of Jackson died Friday, March 1, 2024, at Jackson Manor in Jackson. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the funeral home, with her brother, Pastor Danny Robbins, officiating...
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Donald Pickard
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Donald Olen Pickard, 77, of Marble Hill died Friday, March 1, 2024. Visitation and funeral services were conducted Tuesday, March 5, at Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Interment was in Bernie Cemetery.
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Leopold senior spotlight
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
This week's senior spotlight is Addison Kay Engelen. She is the daughter of Scott and Melinda Engelen and has attended Leopold since second grade. She has been extremely active in her high school activities at Leopold. Her athletic abilities have enabled her to play softball and volleyball four years. And she has participated in Business Club, Pep Club and Beta Club four years as well...
- Leopold hot topic (Local News ~ 03/06/24)
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Betas bring home awards
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Woodland students made their annual trip to the Stoddard County Scholastic Meet on Feb. 22. The students, from fourth through eighth grades, had been selected for their academic strengths to compete against seven other schools in the Stoddard County Conference. ...
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Woodland senior spotlight
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Ellsie Sophia-Faith Wilkinson was born March 17, 2006, to Andy and Nickie Wilkinson. She has one sibling, Audrey Wilkinson. Wilkinson's favorite teachers, she said, are Mrs. Layton because she has gone out of her way to help her further her experience in occupational therapy and is "just so freaking cool;" and Ms. Braswell because she always puts others before herself and is "the realest person I know."...
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How to listen to a sermon
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
When I was pastoring in northern Bollinger County, the church where I served had an annual tradition of going to the Baptist Home, a Baptist retirement facility in Ironton, to conduct a worship service for the residents. I remember one of these services very well. ...
- LEOPOLD KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FISH FRY (Local News ~ 03/06/24)
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Melba Moore
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Melba Moore, 88, of Sedgewickville died Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the funeral home, with the Revs. Lewis Scott, Les Bequette and David Crites officiating...
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The sure cure
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
They say a feller spends the first half of his life cuttin' up and the second half cuttin' down. I can believe that. I just had a birthday and I ain't about to tell how old I am, but I'll slip you a little hint -- me and the Interstate 55 have an awful lot in common...
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A new Paint for a Cause
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Local artists Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey have added a new Paint for a Cause project to their list in conjunction with the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield. Horrell is the owner of Painted Wren Art Gallery located at 620 Whitelaw Ave. in Cape Girardeau. Bailey is the assistant artist and writer. (Mercy Hospital Southeast is located across from Whitelaw Ave.)...
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Missouri House aims to create fairer taxation
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
The Missouri House passed HB 2430 last week, aiming to address concerns about increasing assessed values of motor vehicles. The bill proposes adjustments to personal property assessment procedures, aligning them more closely with real estate practices to potentially lower personal property taxes for residents. ...
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A day late and a dollar short
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
On Feb. 29, Joe Biden made his second trip to the southern border since he became president. But as we all know, his visit to the border town of Brownsville, Texas, was just a photo-op and his latest attempt to try to fool Americans into believing he takes the border crisis seriously. ...
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Filing for primary election open until March 26
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Four candidates in Bollinger County have signed on to run for election in the August primary election. According to Bollinger County Clerk Brittany Howard, those seeking re-election so far are Assessor Ronda Elfrink, Coroner Calvin Troxell and Sheriff Casey Graham...
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March 20 is deadline to submit nominations for McDonald's $500 agriculture scholarship
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
McDonald's restaurants throughout the area, including Marble Hill, are now accepting nominations for the third annual McDonald's Agriculture Scholarship Awards Program. Now through March 20, members of the community can nominate students studying agriculture to be considered for a $500 scholarship...
- MINI REUNION (Local News ~ 03/06/24)
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Bollinger County Caring Council minutes
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Bollinger County Caring Council met at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, in the conference room of University of Missouri Extension-Bollinger County in Marble Hill with the following in attendance: Sue Brewer, BCCC chairman, Salvation Army; Juanita Welker, BoCo Health Center; Stephanie Wall, BCCC treasurer, BoCo Health Center; Candy Wilfong, BCCC vice chairman, Crown Hospice; Tina Buchheit, Genesis Home Care; Nikki Kraust, Building Blocks of Missouri-Southeast; Erin Cook, BoCo Health Center; Cortney Cox, BoCo Health Center; Nikki Wolfe, Southeast Prevention Resource Center; Michelle Moon, Birthright of Marble Hill; Elizabeth Shelton, United Way of Southeast Missouri; Kristy Hawkins, Community Counseling Center; Dotty Gholson, Cape County Health Center; and Jessie Green, Safe House for Women.. ...
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Fiber Festival March 22, 23
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
Mesta Meadows is gearing up for its third annual Ozark Highland Sheep and Fiber Festival. The event will be Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, at the Mesta Meadows ranch, located 1 mile west of Glen Allen on Highway 34. Following the success of last year's event, which drew over 700 attendees from across the region, this year's festival promises an even more immersive experience for visitors, according to Mesta Meadows owners Ed and Terri Crowley...
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Pet of the week Flower donut
(Local News ~ 03/06/24)
These two pups and their sister need homes. Page 3 Learn how to make one. Page 12
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