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Rep. Smith selected as Republican leader of Budget Committee
(Local News ~ 12/07/20)
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith has been elected to serve as the Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee, according to a news release from Smith’s office. Smith represents Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, which includes Cape Girardeau, Farmington, Poplar Bluff, Rolla and West Plains...
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Business Notebook: Missouri construction industry has low jobless rate; DRA invests in training
(Business ~ 12/07/20)
Nonresidential construction spending in the U.S. was virtually unchanged in October compared to September, according to a report released last week by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). However, in the report, ABC also said the construction industry in Missouri had one of the nation's lowest unemployment rates in September, the most recent month for which construction jobless data is available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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Holiday shopping trends shifting as local retail push gains traction
(Business ~ 12/07/20)
It's estimated approximately 194 million Americans shopped during the recent Thanksgiving holiday weekend that included Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Early indications on the national level are the number of Black Friday shoppers declined significantly, in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact many retailers have extended their Black Friday deals over several days or even weeks...
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Elyssa Glaus opens Humble Origins Botanical Curiosities & Apothecary to help provide relief through natural means
(Business ~ 12/07/20)
The practice of herbal medicine dates back thousands of years. In fact, researchers have found tooth scrapings from tens of thousands of years ago suggesting Neanderthals chewed on medicinal plants to soothe their ailments. According to the World Health Organization, 75% of the world's population uses herbs for basic health care needs...
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Humane Society of Southeast Missouri launches Matching Gift Challenge
(Local News ~ 12/07/20)
The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri’s Matching Gift Challenge aims to raise funds to complete construction on its new facility at 2536 Boutin Drive in Cape Girardeau. Through Jan. 31, the Matching Gift Challenge will match donor dollars one for one until the $250,000 goal is reached, generating a $500,000 combined donation to the new building construction...
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New pilot degree program set for lift off at Southeast, airport
(Local News ~ 12/07/20)
Southeast Missouri State University, which launched an unmanned aircraft systems (drone) degree program in 2017, announced Friday its students will soon be training to become aviation pilots. Inside Commander Hanger at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, Southeast president Carlos Vargas, airport manager Katrina Amos and U.S. Aviation Group (USAG) chief development officer Mark Taylor. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/07/20)
Today in History Today is Monday, Dec. 7, the 342nd day of 2020. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day...
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Prayer 12-7-20
(Prayer ~ 12/07/20)
O Father God, we pray that your hand of protection would cover those traveling. Amen.
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Project Veritas strips CNN naked
(Column ~ 12/07/20)
Project Veritas’ expose of CNN’s behind-the-scenes conference calls shows that the network’s slogan should be “We won’t fully report so you can’t knowledgeably decide.” James O’Keefe of Project Veritas, in the ultimate trolling coup of the year, monitored and recorded CNN’s morning conference call with CNN president Jeff Zucker and other company executives and reporters for some two months. ...
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Conspiracy theory that could hand Joe Biden the Senate
(Column ~ 12/07/20)
There is no evidence that Lin Wood and Sidney Powell are secretly working for the Democratic National Committee, but no one has definitively disproved it, either. That’s the kind of conspiratorial reasoning that the Wood-Powell duo, with their deep commitment to wild and unfalsifiable charges, might apply to themselves...
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A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
(Entertainment ~ 12/07/20)
Against the backdrop of a pandemic's blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job. Audience members may have been drawn to the production by the casting of Bill Murray as Job, the righteous man tested by the loss of his health, home and children, but the real star was the format. ...
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Giuliani in hospital after positive COVID test
(National News ~ 12/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Sunday his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump's inner circle to contract the disease now surging across the U.S. Giuliani was exhibiting some symptoms and was admitted Sunday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly...
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Biden picks Calif. AG Becerra to lead HHS, pandemic response
(National News ~ 12/07/20)
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration's coronavirus response. If confirmed by the Senate, Becerra, 62, will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services, a $1-trillion-plus agency with 80,000 employees and a portfolio including drugs and vaccines, leading-edge medical research and health insurance programs covering more than 130 million Americans.. ...
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UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world
(International News ~ 12/07/20)
LONDON -- Shipments of the coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech were delivered Sunday in the U.K. in super-cold containers, two days before it goes public in an immunization program that is being closely watched around the world...
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Despite promise, few in U.S. adopting COVID-19 exposure apps
(National News ~ 12/07/20)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Six months ago, Apple and Google introduced a new smartphone tool designed to notify people who might have been exposed to the coronavirus, without disclosing any personal information. But for the most part, Americans haven't been all that interested...
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Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down
(National News ~ 12/07/20)
With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans this is no time to let their guard down. "The vaccine's critical," Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "But it's not going to save us from this current surge. Only we can save us from this current surge."...
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Dorothy Lichtenegger
(Obituary ~ 12/07/20)
Dorothy Clara Lichtenegger passed away peacefully Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, on her 93rd birthday, at the Villas of Jackson. She was born Dec. 5, 1927, to Charles G. and Anita C. Metz Grebing, near Frohna, Missouri. Her baptism was at Trinity Lutheran Church, Altenburg, Missouri, and she continued her Christian education at Concordia Lutheran Church, Frohna...
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Lola Cardin
(Obituary ~ 12/07/20)
Lola D. Cardin, 89, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. She was born May 13, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, to Sam and Emily Porchie Dillender. Lola was a 60-plus year member of Red Star Baptist Church. She was a secretary for the City of Cape Girardeau...
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June Baugh Black
(Obituary ~ 12/07/20)
June F. Martin Baugh Black, 85, of Jackson passed away Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Monticello House because of complications of COVID-19. She was born March 12, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Richard C. and Addie L. Atkins Martin. She and Robert L. Baugh were married March 15, 1953. He passed away Oct. 28, 1985. She then married Robert Richard "Bob" Black on Aug. 7, 1999. He passed away July 16, 2014...
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Out of the past: Dec. 7
(Out of the Past ~ 12/07/20)
There will be at least two Cape Girardeau City Council races in the April election; Jay Purcell, who works at Dana Corp., will challenge Councilman Jack Rickard for the Ward 3 seat; in Ward 5, Lawrence Godfrey will take on incumbent Melvin Gateley; Dr. Melvin Kasten remains unopposed for re-election in Ward 4; the filing deadline is 5 p.m. tomorrow...
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Remembering Pearl Harbor and those who fought for freedom
(Editorial ~ 12/07/20)
Today marks 79 years since 2,390 American service members and civilians were killed and 1,143 were wounded during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On this day, we pause in memory and honor of the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Let it not just be an event in our country’s history, but “a date which will live in infamy,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pronounced in the first line of his speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war...
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