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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 1/30/20
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for Jan. 27 meeting Communications/reports n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on agenda Routine business n Purchase orders n Payroll change forms...
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Super snacks for the big game
(Community ~ 01/30/20)
If you enjoy watching football on television with friends or family, there must be some good food to accompany the game and fellowship. As people gather for a big football game I find their traditions for serving their guests interesting. We usually serve finger foods, snacks, appetizers and a little bit of what each person wants or is their favorite snack...
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Cape man facing felony charges in Wednesday morning stabbing
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
Felony charges have been filed against a Cape Girardeau man who allegedly stabbed a woman early Wednesday morning. Michael V. Straughn, 27, has been charged with two unclassified felony counts of armed criminal action, one class B felony count of first-degree domestic assault and one class B felony count of first-degree assault, according to Cape Girardeau police Sgt. Joey Hann...
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Cape County health center reaccredited
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center has received a five-year accreditation from the Missouri Institute for Community Health (MICH), an achievement matched by only a handful of county health departments in the state. Accreditation is an affirmation the health center meets or exceeds the requirements necessary to provide essential public health services to the community, according to Jane Wernsman, director of the health center on Linden Street in Cape Girardeau...
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Red and Black Affair to benefit Jackson schools foundation
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
Now in its 11th year, the Red and Black Affair gala event to benefit the Jackson schools’ foundation is set for Saturday night at the Jackson Civic Center. Merideth Pobst, district communications director who also oversees the foundation, said she’s proud of what the foundation event’s proceeds can do for the district and students...
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Liquor license revocation notice sent to The River
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
A liquor license revocation notice from the City of Cape Girardeau has been sent to The River, also known as River Valley Banquet Center, where five people were shot early Sunday morning inside the business. City manager Scott Meyer revoked the establishment’s liquor license Wednesday because the “licensee did permit or fail to prevent or suppress a violent quarrel, brawl, or fight on the premises,” according to the notice...
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Proposed legislation seeks to enact statewide prescription drug monitoring program
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
Missouri is the only state in the country without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), an electronic database that tracks prescriptions for controlled substances. New legislation proposed in the Missouri House of Representatives would establish a statewide PDMP through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to monitor the prescription and dispensing of all Schedule II, III and IV controlled substances...
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M Kay Supply Deli is much better than just mmkay
(Community ~ 01/30/20)
We traveled to Benton this week to eat at a farm/hardware/anything-you-can-think-of store. M Kay Supply, located very close to the off-ramp of I-55, truly and honestly surprised me. One of you gave us a tip to go try out their deli sandwiches, and wow, are they tasty and huge...
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Political activist Angela Davis speaks about racism, criminal justice reform, among other topics during MLK Celebration Dinner
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
Many Americans today remember a sanitized version of Martin Luther King Jr., said Angela Davis, keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner, held Wednesday night at the Show Me Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau...
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Major case squad investigating Tuesday night homicide in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 01/30/20)
A homicide investigation is underway in Cape Girardeau after a Tuesday night shooting claimed the life of one victim and injured another. The Cape Girardeau/Bollinger County Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate the murder, which occurred just after 10 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Sprigg Street, according to information released by investigators Wednesday morning...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
Today is Thursday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2020. There are 336 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. On this date: In 1649, England's King Charles I was executed for high treason...
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Rehder is tireless advocate
(Paid Letter ~ 01/30/20)
Holly Rehder is the right person to represent Cape Girardeau, and Southeast Missouri, in the State Senate This month, I've joined the Holly Rehder campaign serving as treasurer for the committee. Holly has been a tireless advocate for Southeast Missouri and our values. I could not be prouder to support her efforts to be our next state senator...
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Journey Gala hits $1 million milestone for patient assistance
(Editorial ~ 01/30/20)
Journalist and author Joan Lunden gave a tremendous speech earlier this month at the Southeast--HEALTH Foundation Journey Gala, the fourth annual event that raises money for patients receiving treatment at the SoutheastHEALTH Cancer Center. Lunden's father was an oncologist, but she never imagined that one day she would be a cancer patient...
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Marxism is not the answer
(Letter to the Editor ~ 01/30/20)
I've heard it said by the likes of those including Richard Wolf that the middle man needs to be taken out of the equation and the workers should own the company themselves. Isn't that already a foundation stone of the American experience? What is to prevent a group of individuals in getting together to create a company? Why is it more important for Marxists to take away that which others have labored for in exchange for their doing the same?...
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Author tour for 'American Dirt' is canceled
(Entertainment ~ 01/30/20)
NEW YORK -- The publisher of Jeanine Cummins' controversial novel "American Dirt" has canceled the remainder of her promotional tour, citing concerns for her safety. The novel about a Mexican mother and her young son fleeing to the U.S. border had been praised widely before its Jan. ...
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Sheriff: Man stirs the pot by lighting joint in court
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
LEBANON, Tenn. — The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in the courtroom, authorities said. ...
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Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfillment of one of his top campaign promises while declining to share the moment with Democratic lawmakers whose support was essential to getting it over the finish line...
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Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
WASHINGTON -- For much of the last 20 years, John Bolton was a conservative poster child, a Republican hawk whose worldview helped shape the GOP establishment's approach to dicey foreign policy questions. Now, as President Donald Trump's former national security adviser prepares to dish on his days in the White House, some old friends and colleagues are turning on him -- and others are nervously wondering what he may be poised to reveal...
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Trump defenders: Ukraine trade no grounds for impeachment
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
WASHINGTON -- In a striking shift from President Donald Trump's claims of "perfect" dealings with Ukraine, his defenders asserted Wednesday at his Senate trial a trade of U.S. military aid for political favors -- even if proven -- could not be grounds for his impeachment...
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Donna Russell
(Obituary ~ 01/30/20)
Donna Sue Russell, 60, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, at her home. Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Monday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Donny Ford officiating. Burial will be at a later date...
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Linda Lamb
(Obituary ~ 01/30/20)
Linda Sue Lamb, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Ronald Hale
(Obituary ~ 01/30/20)
Ronald Frederick Hale, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. He was born Nov. 3, 1942, in Belleville, Illinois, to Lemro and Theresa Axtetter Hale. Ron served in the Army National Guard. He was proud to serve his country. Ron was owner and electrician of Ron Hale Electric in Cape Girardeau. He had a passion for photography, especially trains. He was a ham-radio operator and bluegrass musician and enjoyed playing the banjo and mandolin...
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Glenda Bachmann
(Obituary ~ 01/30/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Glenda Bachmann, 64, of Kansas City, Missouri, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at University of Kansas Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 6:30 to 8:15 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Missouri begins testing backlog of rape kits
(State News ~ 01/30/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Attorney General's Office has begun to send for analysis some of the state's backlog of untested rape kits. KCUR reported the state completed a full inventory of the untested kits in the fall and now has sent about 100 of the 7,019 to an out-of-state private forensic lab for testing...
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Judge vetoes plan to cut Missouri public defenders' workload
(State News ~ 01/30/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge refused approval of a deal to reduce Missouri public defenders' case workloads, saying the proposed agreement is essentially unworkable. The consent decree submitted to the court in May would have limited public defenders to no more than 174 hours of casework a month, according to KCUR-FM...
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Missouri GOP seeks to drop 'partisan fairness' in state House, Senate districts
(State News ~ 01/30/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican senators put forth a new plan Wednesday that would scrap "partisan fairness" and "competitiveness" from the criteria used to draw state House and Senate districts -- reversing a key part of a ballot initiative approved by voters just two years ago...
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Prayer 1/30/20
(Prayer ~ 01/30/20)
O Father God, may we apply your teachings in our daily lives. Amen.
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Speak Out 1/30/20
(Speak Out ~ 01/30/20)
Why does the post office need to change carriers on our streets? Why does it seem every two years they mess with the carriers' routes? Why does the local postmaster say it's Kansas City who does the changes? If so, why? Five people are shot on South Sprigg and not one of the multiple witnesses will come forward. I guess you can start another community action group, have a march and a BBQ. Nothing is going to change until the neighborhood accepts responsibility for itself...
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Out of the past: Jan. 30
(Out of the Past ~ 01/30/20)
Registered nurse Karen Eftink began work last week as a shared employee of the Zalma and Leopold, Missouri, school districts, the first time either rural district has had a school nurse; a state grant to the Bollinger County Health Department and Southeast Missouri State University pays her salary and expenses...
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Jackson police report 1/30/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/30/20)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n Hali Nanney, 25, of Chaffee, Missouri, was arrested on a Jackson warrant. Miscellaneous n Fraud was reported in the 300 block of Donald Street.
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KEN’S ACE HARDWARE ACHIEVES HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION FROM ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION FOR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE
(Submitted Story ~ 01/30/20)
KEN’S ACE HARDWARE ACHIEVES HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION FROM ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION FOR EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE Neighborhood store recognized as a top performing retail location Jackson, MO, January 2020 – Ace Hardware Corporation is pleased to announce that Ken’s Ace Hardware of Jackson achieved designation as a “Pinnacle Performance Retailing” store for its outstanding performance. ...
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The huge, tropical jackfruit catches on as a meat substitute
(National News ~ 01/30/20)
If you've never heard of jackfruit, keep your eyes open: You'll start noticing it everywhere. Jackfruit is a large, heavy tropical fruit often used as a meat substitute. It packs some nutritional wallop, and the fact that it can be cooked, chunked or shredded like chicken or pork makes it a go-to main ingredient in many vegetarian and vegan dishes...
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Sponsored: Symptoms of Cold vs. Flu
(Insiders Advice ~ 01/30/20)
The common cold and flu have similar symptoms, so it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between the two. Read on to find out how. The flu and the common cold are both respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. The flu is usually worse than the common cold. Flu symptoms are typically more intense and include fever, body aches, extreme tiredness and dry cough...
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