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WB Highway 34 in Bollinger County reduced; Intersection work to reduce Highway 25 in Cape County; Highway 72 in Cape County reduced for intersection improvements; Intersection improvements to reduce Route HH in Scott County
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
Westbound Highway 34 in Bollinger County — between County Road 402 and Route B near Marble Hill, Missouri — will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction as contractor crews make intersection improvements. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, July 17, through Wednesday, July 19...
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A variety of new recipes for summer meals
(Community ~ 07/13/23)
While the evenings have been so warm and baseball has been hit or miss to watch, I've been looking at cookbooks and recipe sites finding some new recipes to share. Summer gives us so many wonderful gifts of food, and I want to enjoy all of it as long as it lasts...
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Mental health respite facilities filling care gaps in more than dozen states
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises — including suicidal thoughts — since she was 11. The 40-year-old resident of Le Mars, Iowa, has bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders...
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First Pentecostal Church to hold Kids Summer Krusade
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
On Sunday, July 23, First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau is hosting the children's event Kids Summer Krusade. According to First Pentecostal Church, the event is for children of all ages. Kids Summer Krusade will include worship, praise, music, puppets, skits and prayer time. The event will also include children's evangelist Nathaniel Molter and the L.O.L. Kid's Crew...
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Missouri lawmaker May enters race for US Senate seat held by Hawley
(State News ~ 07/13/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State Sen. Karla May is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, the St. Louis Democrat announced Tuesday in her hometown. May is vying for the Democratic nomination against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell and Marine veteran Lucas Kunce...
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SEMO to offer training for substitute teachers in August
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
Southeast Missouri State University is presenting a training seminar for substitute teachers in early August at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center. The seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1; Wednesday, Aug. 2; and Thursday, Aug. 3, at the CTC, 1080 S. Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau's Shad Burner joins Kit Bond Strategies
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
Shad Burner of Cape Girardeau has joined Kit Bond Strategies (KBS), a business development and consulting group named for former U.S. senator and ex-Missouri governor Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, according to a Wednesday, July 12, announcement. Burner most recently worked out of Cape Girardeau as director of federal initiatives for Missouri Department of Economic Development and helped the state distribute more than $500 million in American Rescue Plan Act monies...
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Cape West Rotary Duck Regatta coming this weekend to Cape Splash
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
The ninth annual Cape West Rotary Duck Regatta will be Saturday, July 15, on the Lazy River at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center in Cape Girardeau. The event, which will have three races, will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Starting at 7 p.m. will be the Big Quacker adult race. At 7:30 p.m., the Big Chief Business Battle duck race will start. After the adults have had their fun, the Duck Wild children's race will start at 8 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau County Health promotes Hidden in Plain Sight
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
Hidden in Plain Sight, a free drug and alcohol awareness event featuring a simulated youth bedroom, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the Osage Centre, 1625 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Parents, teachers and others who work with adolescents are invited to the in-person event, which is held in various locations around the nation...
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JStreet Eats serves up food, fun and a side of nostalgia
(Community ~ 07/13/23)
Marketing is that wonderful thing where complete strangers subtly try to convince us to buy things or buy into ideas. As a writer, storyteller and student of everything psychology, I appreciate a good marketing strategy. The sheer number of people who admit they watch the Super Bowl each year "just for the commercials" proves I am not alone in this regard...
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Cape police: ShotSpotter worked well around July 4
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
Cape Girardeau police officials say their gunshot detection technology worked well over the Fourth of July holiday. The technology detects the sounds of gunshots in neighborhoods, with the promise it can differentiate gunfire from fireworks. The technology is designed to alert law enforcement to gunfire and provide locations of the gunshots...
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Difference Maker: Marc Harris leads by building relationships, pointing others to God
(B Magazine ~ 07/13/23)
When a person’s eyes are opened to the real needs of another it’s hard to close them again. That’s what Marc Harris said happened to him when he started working with men, struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, through Adult and Teen Challenge Mid-America...
- Innovative Financial Solutions presents gift to Cape family (Local News ~ 07/13/23)
- Two-vehicle crash snarls Broadway/West End Boulevard traffic (Local News ~ 07/13/23)
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Community gives input, receives updates on South Side Farms
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
As the South Side Farms project continues to progress, project managers aim to give residents of southern Cape Girardeau more opportunities to provide feedback. Such was the focus of a community meeting at Cape First Church-House of Hope on Tuesday, July 11. Around two dozen area residents stopped by to learn more about the project...
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New pastor set to take over at 2 area churches
(Local News ~ 07/13/23)
The Rev. Daniel Warner will take over duties later this month as new pastor of two area churches. Warner, a recent graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, will head St. Paul Lutheran Church, 201 Gray Ave. in Chaffee, Missouri, and Zion Lutheran Church, 176 County Road 226 in Gordonville...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
Today is Thursday, July 13, the 194th day of 2023. There are 171 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 13, 1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party's convention in Los Angeles...
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Invest in city staff
(Letter to the Editor ~ 07/13/23)
I would like to thank our elected city leaders and management for upgrading the city employees' pay plan. Even though city wages are greater than they were just a few years ago, they must continue to increase to a competitive level if the city is going to attract and retain a sufficient number of quality full-time employees in today's labor market...
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Prayer 7-13-23
(Prayer ~ 07/13/23)
Lord Jesus, we lift up praises to you, the author and perfecter of our faith. Amen.
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Let kids be kids and let Barbie be Barbie
(Column ~ 07/13/23)
In the new "Barbie" movie, one of the dolls is played by a transgender actor who was assigned male at birth. It's far from the most important thing in the world, but it's one of many wake-up calls in the culture today. A 1980s ad campaign, which I can still hear in my head, had girls declaring: "We girls can do anything. Right, Barbie?" It's just a toy. But taking the girl from Barbie does seem to take away the point of it...
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The myth of Native American innocence
(Column ~ 07/13/23)
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream wants the United States to return the Blacks Hills to the Lakota. Which raises the question: Once this transfer takes place, will the Lakota turn around and give the Black Hills back to the tribes they took them from? It's never a good idea to get history lessons from an ice cream maker with a hippy vibe that sold out to a multinational conglomerate long ago, but the Ben & Jerry's July 4 condemnation of the United States as "founded on stolen Indigenous land" is a common enough hostile interpretation of our past that it's worth dwelling on.. ...
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Fire report 7-13-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/13/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 11 n Medical assists were made at 9:57 a.m. on Park Place Drive; 1:55 p.m. on Independence Street; 2:05 p.m. on Kenneth Drive; 2:33 p.m. on Independence Street; 3:12 p.m. on Westwood Drive; and 9:53 p.m. on Beavercreek Drive. ...
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Police report 7-13-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/13/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. Thefts n Theft from a vehicle was reported on South Spring Avenue. n Theft was reported on Big Bend Road...
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Charles Wagoner
(Obituary ~ 07/13/23)
Charles "Speedy" Wagoner, 87, of Oran, Missouri, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 14, 1935, in Cape Girardeau to Charles and Ada Jean Kapler Wagoner. He and Donna Mae Wagoner were married Dec. 25, 1955. She preceded him death June 23, 2022...
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Carolyn Rouviere
(Obituary ~ 07/13/23)
Carolyn Ann Rouviere, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at Fountainbleau Lodge. She was born Sept. 25, 1942, in New Wells. She was a graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. She was a certified beautician at Cape Beauty School...
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Dorothy Reece
(Obituary ~ 07/13/23)
ROLLA, Mo. — Dorothy Reece passed away Monday, July 10, 2023, in Rolla, with her family by her side. She was 102 years old. Her family is deeply saddened by her sudden death. Dorothy was born Aug. 7, 1920, to Peter and Elizabeth Helten. Dorothy is survived by sons, John Reece Jr., and wife, Deborah, of Rolla, and Don Reece and wife, Margie, of Olathe, Kansas; five grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. ...
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Births 7-13-23
(Births ~ 07/13/23)
Son to Caleb Wayne Wooden and Melanie Renee Allen of Marble Hill, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 5:44 a.m. Friday, June 9, 2023. Name, Sutton Daniel. Weight, 3 pounds, 4.5 ounces. First child. Allen is the daughter of Gerry Allen of Piedmont, Missouri, and Thelma Hendrix of Marble Hill. Wooden is the son of Daniel and Tonya Wooden of Cape Girardeau. He works at Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures Inc...
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'Succession' tops Emmy nominations with 27 as 'Last of Us' and 'White Lotus' give HBO top 3 spots
(Entertainment ~ 07/13/23)
LOS ANGELES -- HBO dominated Wednesday morning's Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of " Succession," "The White Lotus" and "The Last of Us" combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may join them in as little as a day...
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3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
WASHINGTON -- Three large tax preparation firms sent "extraordinarily sensitive" information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years, a group of congressional Democrats reported on Wednesday...
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Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
TORONTO -- Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada. A Senate report last year concluded "this horrific practice is not confined to the past, but clearly is continuing today." In May, a doctor was penalized for forcibly sterilizing an Indigenous woman in 2019...
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Russia's Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are surrendering their weapons to the military
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
MOSCOW -- Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army's brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin's authority...
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Russia's threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
LONDON -- Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country's Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling...
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Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth. NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing 50 baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles...
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Milan Kundera, renowned but reclusive Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris at 94
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
PARIS -- Milan Kundera, the renowned but reclusive author whose dissident writings transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism and explorer of identity and the human condition, has died in Paris. He was 94. Kundera died Tuesday afternoon, his long-standing publishing house Gallimard said in a one-sentence statement on Wednesday. It confirmed that he died in Paris, where he has lived for decades, but provided no further information...
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Humans' impact on Earth began a new epoch in the 1950s called the Anthropocene, scientists say
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called the Anthropocene -- and derived from the Greek terms for "human" and "new" -- this epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954, according to the scientists. ...
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Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
ANDOVER, Vt. -- Volunteers pulled out their snow shovels Wednesday to clear inches of mud after torrential rain and flooding inundated communities across Vermont, trapping people in homes, closing roadways and littering streets and businesses with debris...
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Army chief nominee would boost recruiting, but Tuberville blockade leaves his confirmation uncertain
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Army officer tapped to be the service's next chief of staff outlined for senators on Wednesday his plan to fix what he described as the service's top challenge -- rebuilding recruiting -- as it becomes clear the Army will again fall short of its enlistment goal...
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Pence would ban abortions when pregnancies aren't viable. His GOP rivals won't say if they agree
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
NEW YORK -- In a Republican presidential field full of candidates opposed to abortion rights, Mike Pence stands out in his embrace of the cause. The former vice president, who is seeking the White House in 2024, is the only major candidate who supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women know they're pregnant. ...
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Few US adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the strictest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds...
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Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
CHICAGO -- A tornado touched down Wednesday evening near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights. There were no immediate reports of injuries. A confirmed tornado was on the ground around 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Chicago...
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3 dead, 14 hurt after Greyhound bus strikes semis in Illinois; NTSB investigating
(National News ~ 07/13/23)
HIGHLAND, Ill. -- A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway rest area exit early Wednesday in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring 14 others, some seriously, state police said. The St. Louis-bound bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County when it crashed into the three semis just before 2 a.m., Illinois State Police said, citing an initial investigation...
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Out of the past: July 13
(Out of the Past ~ 07/13/23)
Expansion of Missouri's Medicaid program is putting the Caring Program for Children, a private, non-profit health care foundation, out of business; the program, established in 1987 by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri to provide free health care for children whose families couldn't afford private health insurance, will shut down in October; since its establishment, the Caring program has served more than 25,000 Missouri children...
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