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Thebes, Illinois, man faces weapons, drug distribution charges after Cape Girardeau traffic stop
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
Albert Foutch, 52, of Thebes, Illinois, faces a slew of charges after a routine traffic stop resulted in an arrest for illegal weapon charges and accusations of drug distribution. Foutch is charged with unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of a defaced firearm and delivery of a controlled substance. ...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission approves maintenance contract
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission conducted a quick meeting Monday, April 1, when it renewed a contract with Premium Mechanical and Automation, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning company based in Jackson. ...
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Local talent, tribute bands set to perform this summer in Jackson
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
The weather is warming and with it comes live music in area parks. The Jackson Municipal Band and local artists will start their Thursday night summer series June 6 and go until Aug. 8. ...
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Cape Girardeau City Council approves 2024 asphalt program, authorizes payments for other projects
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
The Cape Girardeau City Council met to approve the city’s 2024 Asphalt Overlay Program along with authorizing payments for other projects on Monday, April 1. The members of the council authorized the city manager Ken Haskin to execute an agreement with Lappe Cement Finishing, Inc. ...
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Roundabout planned near Notre Dame; public meeting set for later this month
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
State transportation officials say they plan to build a roundabout near Notre Dame Regional High School on Route K in Cape Girardeau County. The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a public open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 18, to discuss the project with the public. ...
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Ford Groves dealership to relocate near SportsPlex
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
A new home is in the works for Ford Groves. Representatives from the 110-year-old Ford Motor Company dealership said construction on a new location by the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex should commence in the coming months. ...
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Live election results
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
Check out live elections results from today's vote {https://www.semissourian.com/election here}.
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Business owner Rex Meyr joins Cape Girardeau County Commission race
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
Fruitland-area businessman Rex Meyr, a Republican, has thrown his hat in the ring for the District 1 seat on the Cape Girardeau County Commission...
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Jackson aldermen tackle commemorative marker, road work assessment in meeting
(Local News ~ 04/02/24)
Jackson mayor Dwain Hahs proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month during the Monday, April 1, meeting of the Jackson Board of Aldermen. He presented a proclamation to two representatives from the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, executive director Kendra Eads and development director Alix Gasser...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
Today is Tuesday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2024. There are 273 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol J--zef Wojtyla, who became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th and early 21st centuries while working to build a moral foundation in the modern world and playing a crucial role in overthrowing communism, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84...
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Speak Out 4-2-24
(Speak Out ~ 04/02/24)
Flag etiquette I’m a military veteran who served 23 years defending our freedom and the rights of this great country. When you choose to fly the flag, it is proper flag etiquette to ensure you have light shining on the flag if you keep it flying during night hours. It is also proper to ensure the flag is not torn, frayed or the colors faded. When I travel throughout the county, I notice many businesses and residential houses that choose to fly the flag but unfortunately leave it fly even though it is in a degraded state as mentioned earlier. To me and all the veterans who chose to serve this great country, it is like saying “we don’t care what this flag stands for or who fought for our great country” when you continue to fly the flag that shouldn’t be flying because it is in the disrespectful condition!
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The gift of Lieberman's example
(Column ~ 04/02/24)
"The light's gone from his eyes." It was 2000, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Democrat from Connecticut, was in full campaign mode. As Al Gore's vice-presidential nominee, Lieberman was preparing to debate Dick Cheney, but Lieberman's son, Matt, was worried about him. He said the words above to Lieberman's wife, Hadassah, who later used them as a wake-up call for her husband. As Lieberman recounted in his 2011 book, "The Gift of Rest," Matt had been concerned that he was not sleeping, and maybe not praying, as he normally would. Matt had said, "His brain is all there, but his soul isn't coming through," Liberman wrote. "... It jolted me from my fatigue, and, I think, reconnected me to my soul."
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Prayer 4-2-24
(Prayer ~ 04/02/24)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for your Holy Word and that we can worship you freely. Amen.
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Fire report 4-2-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/02/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 31 n Medical assists were made at 1 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue and 7:21 p.m. on West Rodney Drive. n At 9:49 a.m., residential fire of Green Acres Drive. n At 5:42 p.m., fire alarm on South Mount Auburn Road.
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Police report 4-2-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/02/24)
Cape Girardeau Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Doctors Park Drive. Assaults n Second-degree domestic assault and stealing were reported on North Kingshighway. ...
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Wanda Wright
(Obituary ~ 04/02/24)
Wanda Lee Wright, 92, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast. She was born April 28, 1931, in Piggott, Arkansas, to Ernest and Minnie Lewis Smart. She and Walter James "Buddy" Wright were married Feb. 12, 1950, at Greenway, Arkansas. He preceded her in death Feb. 10, 2022. ...
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Randal Breece
(Obituary ~ 04/02/24)
Randal O. Breece, a cherished man, employed by Procter & Gamble for 28 years in a distinguished management position, has bid us farewell. His journey on this earth began Nov. 25, 1937, in Parma to parents Marvin Leo and Edna Viola Sanders Breece, and peacefully reached its end Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Jackson. ...
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Multiple people hurt in Texas crash as severe storms hit central US
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
MIDLAND, Texas -- Multiple people were hurt Monday in a pileup involving as many as 30 vehicles at an intersection south of Midland, Texas, as high winds blew dust that was making visibility difficult, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Texas Highway Patrol Troopers and Upton County Emergency personnel responded to the crash along State Highway 349 around 4:50 p.m...
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Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace
(International News ~ 04/02/24)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti's capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after he and other officers were forced to flee an armored car that was later set on fire...
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Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser. The massive housecleaning comes as part of a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the search giant of illegal surveillance...
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Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- For maybe the last time, Alex Murdaugh, in a prison jumpsuit instead of the suit he used to wear, shuffled into a courtroom Monday in South Carolina and was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Murdaugh was punished -- this time in federal court -- for stealing from clients and his law firm. The 55-year-old disbarred attorney is already serving a life sentence without parole in a state prison for killing his wife and son...
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Russian security agency says suspects detained in the Caucasus are linked to Moscow attack
(International News ~ 04/02/24)
MOSCOW -- Russia's top security agency said Monday it has broken up what it called a "terrorist cell" in southern Russia whose members had provided weapons and cash to suspected attackers of the Moscow concert hall. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said that on Sunday it detained four suspected members of the cell in the Russian province of Dagestan in the North Caucasus...
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US pushes alternatives to Rafah invasion in Hamas war talks with Israel
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
WASHINGTON -- Top American and Israeli officials held virtual talks Monday as the U.S. pushed alternatives to the ground assault against Hamas under consideration by Israelis in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a move the U.S. opposes on humanitarian grounds and that has frayed relations between the two allies...
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Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
Trillions of evolution's bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature's kings of the calendar...
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Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
HONOLULU -- Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Conter passed away on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, following congestive heart failure, his daughter, Louann Daley said, adding she was beside him along with two of her brothers, James and Jeff...
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Chiefs player Rashee Rice is cooperating with police after sports car crash in Dallas, attorney says
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
DALLAS -- An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini sport utility vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash on a busy Dallas highway over the weekend...
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Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food
(International News ~ 04/02/24)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- An apparent Israeli airstrike killed four international aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity and their Palestinian driver late Monday, hours after the group brought in a new shipload of food by a maritime route the United States has hoped would be an alternative lifeline for northern Gaza, isolated and pushed to the brink of famine by Israel's offensive...
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Florida Supreme Court upholds state's 15-week abortion ban, but voters will soon have a say
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant, while also giving voters a chance to remove restrictions in November. The court, which was reshaped by Republican Gov. ...
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Judge refuses to toss out tax case against Hunter Biden
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
WASHINGTON -- A judge refused Monday to toss out a tax case against Hunter Biden, moving the case closer to the possible spectacle of a trial as his father campaigns for another term as president. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi denied eight motions to dismiss the indictment accusing President Joe Biden's son of scheming to avoid paying $1.4 million in taxes while living an extravagant lifestyle...
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Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing...
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A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in clearing debris from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main shipping channel leading to the vital port, officials said Monday...
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Judge expands Trump's gag order after ex-president's social media posts about judge's daughter
(National News ~ 04/02/24)
NEW YORK -- The judge in Donald Trump's April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his family off-limits to the former president's rancor on Monday, expanding a gag order days after Trump assailed his daughter and made false claims about her on social media...
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Out of the past: April 2
(Out of the Past ~ 04/02/24)
A car driven by an 86-year-old Cape Girardeau woman crashed through the front door of the Corner Pub at Independence and Frederick streets just before 4 p.m. yesterday; two patrons of the bar were trapped briefly, but weren’t injured; the driver of the car had a minor injury; police say she was westbound on Independence when her vehicle was struck by a northbound vehicle; the collision caused her car to spin around and into the bar. ...
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International Exhibition "Spring 2024"
(Submitted Story ~ 04/02/24)
https://www.artweek.com/events/canada/art-exhibition/vancouver-bc/seasons-spring-2024-international-group-exhibition
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Delta Dental of Missouri's Land of Smiles® Show Teaches Oak Ridge Elementary Students Good Habits for Healthy Teeth
(Submitted Story ~ 04/02/24)
Delta Dental of Missouri’s popular, award-winning Land of Smiles® dental education program is on the road, taking the crusade for healthy teeth to more than 18,400 youngsters at 77 schools across the state. The cast of dynamic superhero characters made their most recent stop in Oak Ridge for a performance at Oak Ridge Elementary School, teaching good dental health habits to 91 students in kindergarten through third grade...
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