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Mo. candidates sign up for office without new districts
(State News ~ 02/23/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Uncertain of her district but committed to running for Congress anyway, Sara Walsh was up before dawn Tuesday to claim a spot near the front of the line as Missouri candidates began filing for office without new maps in place for the U.S. House and state Senate...
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State House backs bills against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
(State News ~ 02/23/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House passed a pair of bills Tuesday pushing back against requirements for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment or to receive an organ transplant. One of the bills would prohibit public employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, with exceptions for nursing homes and other health care facilities that need to mandate vaccines in order to get federal funding...
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State GOP rejects filing fee from candidate over views
(State News ~ 02/23/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Republican Party on Tuesday rejected a filing fee from a Kansas City-area man who has been criticized in the past for his racist and homophobic views. The party announced on Twitter it rejected a filing fee from Steve West, who has faced opposition from his own children when he ran for the Missouri House in 2018 and 2020...
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The Editorial Board: Next Project students lead, inspire with amazing stories
(Editorial ~ 02/23/22)
One of the things we do in the Southeast Missourian is not only share the hard-hitting daily news, but also the many good things happening in our community. Every day, there are stories of positive things happening locally, including musical events, sporting contests and other inspirational stories...
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Victims named in Charleston shooting
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A vigil was held Monday in Cape Girardeau for two women shot and killed at a party in Charleston early Saturday morning. Brianna Schumer, 19, and Clintayzia Clark, 23, were shot and killed and 14 others injured at the party. According to Charleston Department of Public Safety Director Robert Hearnes, at 1 a.m. Saturday officers received reports of gunshots being fired at a party in the 100 block of South Franklin Street...
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Highway 177 to close for improvements
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
In an effort to mitigate issues with flooding, contractor crews are preparing to improve two sections of Highway 177 in Cape Girardeau County by raising the roadway. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the north end of the project will improve the Scism Creek area between Rolling Hills Drive and Old Route V in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Hotel open house brings community 'out in droves'
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The community came "out in droves" to check out the newly opened EC Reed's Mercantile and Hotel in Marble Hill, according to Christy Reed, who owns the establishment with her husband, Everett. The hotel hosted an open house Friday...
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Notre Dame Regional High School embarks on strategic planning process
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
After nearly 100 years of operation, Notre Dame Regional High School seeks a new direction. School officials are working with the consulting firm Partners in Mission to form a strategic plan to guide Notre Dame Regional High School for the next five years...
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Local real estate agents react to historic national spike in home prices
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
Home prices in America continue to rise but the level of cost severity depends on where people live. According to S&P CoreLogic Case Shiller's U.S. National Home Price Index, home prices rose 18.8% in 2021, the biggest increase in 34 years and substantially higher than 2020, when it was 10.4%...
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Museum collections finding homes, foundation planning sale for public
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- As most people know, Bollinger County Museum of Natural History in Marble Hill closed Dec. 31, but the work has just begun in finding new homes for the museum's exhibit items. "Many people were surprised that we closed because they thought we were tax supported. ...
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Jackson High School alum creates business grant for students
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
Tyler Macke started his $10-million company with $1,200 at 18 years old. Now, Macke, 22, wants to help a young entrepreneur realize their goals too. Jackson High School seniors with a flair for entrepreneurship can now apply for a $5,000 business grant through Macke's e-commerce company, SendA- Friend...
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Pam Tebow to speak at Cape First Church women's event
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
Mother. Matriarch. Missionary. Pam Tebow, mother of former NFL player Tim Tebow, and missionary within the Bob Tebow Evangelistic Association, will be the honored guest speaker at Cape First Church's 18th annual Ladies Tea Party on Friday. Tebow grew up within an Army family and traveled a lot through her childhood because of her father being a colonel in the U.S. Army. Since her family was nonreligious and never stayed in one place for long, Tebow did not find her faith until the age of 12...
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Cape Girardeau's Leighton to run again for state House
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
Andy Leighton filed the necessary paperwork in Jefferson City on Tuesday to seek the Aug. 2 Democratic nomination for state representative in District 147, a currently open seat representing the City of Cape Girardeau. District 147 is vacant because of the December resignation of Republican Wayne Wallingford, who became part of Gov. Mike Parson's Cabinet as director of the state Department of Revenue...
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Cape Council approves restructuring of bonds for long-term savings
(Local News ~ 02/23/22)
A restructuring of bonds will save the City of Cape Girardeau more than $600,000. Cape Girardeau City Council gave final approval Tuesday night for city staff to refinance and restructure aspects of bonds issued in 2015. The city issued $9,625,000 in special obligation bonds in 2015 to help support a variety of projects. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/23/22)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2022. There are 311 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of schoolchildren against polio using the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh as some 5,000 students were vaccinated...
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Chelsea Clinton to launch children's book series this fall
(Community ~ 02/23/22)
NEW YORK -- Chelsea Clinton has a lot of publishing plans -- for her own books, and for books by others. The Penguin Young Readers imprint Philomel Books announced Friday that Clinton has a new picture story, "Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!", coming Sept. 13. The book is illustrated by Tania de Regil...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 2/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Assault n Third-degree assault was reported on William Street. Theft n Theft from a motor vehicle was reported on Washington Avenue. Miscellaneous...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 2/23/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/23/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 21 n Medical assists were made at 10:59 a.m. on Marietta Street; 12:43 p.m. on Hackberry Street; 7:18 p.m. on Themis Street. n At 5:14 p.m., lift assist on Bertling Street...
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Brianna Schumer
(Obituary ~ 02/23/22)
Brianna "Daisy" Schumer, 19, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in Charleston, Missouri. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Scott Johnson officiating...
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Jerry Campbell
(Obituary ~ 02/23/22)
Jerry Wayne Campbell, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at St. Clair Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. He was born Dec. 22, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Silas E. and Augusta L. Rubel Campbell. Jerry and Carolyn Sue Brown were married Jan. 7, 1961...
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Prayer 2-23-22
(Prayer ~ 02/23/22)
O Lord Jesus, may we show hospitality to others. Amen.
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Why inflation experts should embrace humility
(Column ~ 02/23/22)
As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their models and many pundits to foresee what was coming is worth highlighting. Of course, the biggest malfunction in the story was that of the Federal Reserve itself, which had a clear mandate to keep prices stable, and seems surprised by their lack of stability...
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BLM is a moral, political and policy disaster
(Column ~ 02/23/22)
The Democratic Party is finally realizing its vulnerability on culture issues, and perhaps no group better exemplifies the problem than Black Lives Matter. The group's eponymous slogan swept all before it in recent years. It was repeated by Democrats around the country. Corporate leaders paid obeisance to it. Sports leagues displayed it. Such was its totemic power that a more inclusive version of the three words — all lives matter — was considered a dangerous heresy...
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Beekeepers using tracking devices to protect precious hives
(Community ~ 02/23/22)
WOODLAND, Calif. -- For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state's most valuable crop. But as almond trees start to bloom, blanketing entire valleys in white and pink flowers, so begin beehive thefts that have become so prevalent beekeepers are now turning to GPS tracking devices, surveillance cameras and other anti-theft technology to protect their precious colonies.. ...
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Missouri senator protests punishment for wearing overalls
(State News ~ 02/23/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor blocked any work from getting done Tuesday in protest. Republican Sen. Mike Moon, a candidate for U.S. Congress who once videotaped himself gutting a chicken to make a political point, filibustered to stop even administrative tasks from moving forward...
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Biden wants to cut into China's electric battery dominance
(National News ~ 02/23/22)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China's dominance of the electric battery market Tuesday as he touted domestic efforts to mine and process lithium and rare metals necessary to create the technology that powers cars, electronics, wind turbines and more...
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COVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids
(National News ~ 02/23/22)
COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to coronavirus infection in children, according to an analysis of U.S. government data published Tuesday. The condition, formally known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, involves fever plus symptoms affecting at least two organs and often includes stomach pain, skin rash or bloodshot eyes. ...
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Arbery killers convicted of hate crimes in his death
(National News ~ 02/23/22)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery's shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday in a verdict affirming what family members and civil rights activists said all along: that he was chased down and killed because he was Black...
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Biden, Putin signal bigger confrontation ahead over Ukraine
(International News ~ 02/23/22)
MOSCOW -- The East-West faceoff over Ukraine escalated dramatically Tuesday, with Russian lawmakers authorizing President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside his country and U.S. President Joe Biden and European leaders responding by slapping sanctions on Russian oligarchs and banks...
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Out of the past: Feb. 23
(Out of the Past ~ 02/23/22)
The local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosts an evening open house at the chapel, 1048 W. Cape Rock Drive; the program includes a brief video presentation, Family History Center (genealogy library) tour, satellite broadcast from Salt Lake City and refreshments; the local event is being held in preparation for the upcoming open house of the new St. Louis Temple April 26 through May 17...
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UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI APPOINTS NEW BOARD OFFICERS, NEW MEMBERS
(Submitted Story ~ 02/23/22)
United Way of Southeast Missouri announces recent changes to its Board of Directors with the appointment of new officers and the addition of three new members. Newly appointed Board officers include Brandy McIntire as President, Jay Wolz as Vice President, and Jane Myers as Treasurer. Recent additions to the Board of Directors include WyKeshia Atkins, Brad LaBruyere, and Brooke Roth. Current Board members are Phil Roop; Jack Geissinger; Darren Burgfeld; and William (Bill) Kuecker...
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