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Fighting Covid-19 takes individual responsibility
(Column ~ 04/02/20)
Earlier in March, both President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency based on concerns with the COVID-19 virus pandemic. These are unprecedented times in our country. We as citizens need to do everything we can to comply with the guidelines established...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 4/2/20
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes for March 30 meeting Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Jackson, Cape County dispatch centers consolidate
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
The Jackson Police Department dispatch center officially consolidated with the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Department dispatch center Wednesday morning to form the Cape Girardeau County Consolidated Dispatch Center, according to a release issued by the City of Jackson...
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A happy birthday banquet for husband Scott
(Community ~ 04/02/20)
Happy birthday to my husband, Scott. Today we celebrate his special day by cooking at home and enjoying a nice evening together. I know Scott better than the back of my own hand and can easily choose recipes that I know he will enjoy. Usually that will involve some kind of grilled meat, simple side dishes and then something chocolate for dessert. Today I have chosen a few recipes that I think he would enjoy. Some of them I will be making for him for his birthday and others in the days to come...
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Fire departments go virtual for outreach
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Fire departments in Cape Girardeau and Jackson are working to reach out to children, and are getting creative now that they aren't hosting tours. Jackson Fire Rescue firefighter Michael Gentry said "Story Time with a Firefighter" on Facebook Live started out as a way to do something a little different...
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An appealing Easter carrot cake recipe
(Community ~ 04/02/20)
In just 10 days it will be Easter, the most important holiday on the Christian calendar, a celebration whose central message of hope is perhaps more sorely needed now than ever before. This year's Easter dinner is likely to be memorable, though not for the right reasons. We might not be able to serve the foods we're used to serving or even risk sitting around the dinner table in close proximity...
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Let's take a sweet trip down Memory Lane
(Community ~ 04/02/20)
Have you or your loved ones been craving salty or sugary snacks lately? I sure have. When I'm stressed, my vice is soft drinks. Soda. "Coke" if you're a Southerner. It's easy to blame it on boredom, but did you know we have a physiological response to emotional stress? It includes terms like "hypothalamus," "adrenal glands," "cortisol" and "insulin," and it causes cravings. ...
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Burfordville man shares militaria expertise on PBS's 'Antiques Roadshow'
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Jeff Shrader owns Advance Guard Militaria in Burfordville, and appears on "Antiques Roadshow," a PBS television show produced by WGBH in Boston that's filmed all over the United States. He appeared on an episode last week, and has shared his expertise with people hopeful to learn more about their treasures for 11 seasons...
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Artists give us more than we bargain for
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
I know this is only the third week of an events column without in-person events, but it feels like it's been forever. Not much has changed for me. Not outwardly, anyway. My work routine is about the same, except it's at a table in my house instead of my desk in the newsroom. I'm still responding to messages, contacting sources, writing up news releases and articles, same as I'd do any other day...
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If someone tests positive, how would you know if you should be concerned
(Column ~ 04/02/20)
As positive COVID-19 diagnoses increase in the area, questions are pouring into the Southeast Missourian. Over my next several columns, I will try to answer some of these questions and then update as information and numbers change. If there's something you want to know, please email jrust@semissourian.com. Or ask online beneath this column...
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COVID-19 cases in Cape Girardeau County grow by one; Perry County cases total 18
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
COVID-19 patient numbers inched up Wednesday, but just barely. According to the daily report of Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, the total of confirmed cases involving Cape Girardeau County residents grew by one to 15 — Jackson, nine; Cape Girardeau, 4; Cape Girardeau County, 2...
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COVID-19 forces funeral homes to make changes to how services are conducted
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Funeral services are an opportunity for friends and families to say their final goodbyes to loved ones, but because of COVID-19, funerals and visitations are being modified in keeping with state and federal guidelines aimed at controlling the coronavirus spread...
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Cape Girardeau park facilities closed due to coronavirus
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Several municipal park facilities in Cape Girardeau were closed Wednesday and will remain closed indefinitely to help slow the spread of COVID-19 The closure applies to playgrounds, tennis courts and basketball courts in Cape Girardeau’s parks as well as the city’s skate park, dog park, FitZone and other park areas where people tend to gather. Signage will be posted and fencing will be installed in the coming days to discourage people from using those facilities...
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson restricts state spending by $176 million; Higher Education and Workforce Development see cuts
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Gov. Mike Parson cited the COVID-19-related economic slowdown in restricting state spending of $176 million Wednesday. “Up until this point in my administration, we have been very fortunate to have a booming economy with record low unemployment and high wage growth. ...
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Sponsored: Sicilian style pizza made to order at Gabriel’s, delivered to your home
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
Gabriele Ruggieri is worried about his family members in Italy, but there’s little he can do from more than 5,000 miles away. So he cooks. His friends and neighbors in Cape Girardeau are like family to him, too. And he loves to take care of them at his riverfront restaurant, Gabriel’s Food + Wine, usually recommending an exquisite bottle of wine to go with a favorite recipe from southern Italy. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 04/02/20)
Today is Thursday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2020. There are 273 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 2, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet fled the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, because of advancing Union forces...
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Bankruptcies 4/2/2020
(Business Records ~ 04/02/20)
Bankruptcies filed through March for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Tax liens March 2020
(Business Records ~ 04/02/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Tax liens and lien discharges recorded at the office of Drew Blattner, recorder of deeds, during March are filed by the Missouri Department of Revenue, except as indicated by IRS designation. For more information, contact the recorder's office at (573) 243-8123...
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National Weather Service revises Mississippi River flooding forecast
(Local News ~ 04/02/20)
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is falling slower than expected and will remain above flood stage for about another week and a half. That according to a revised forecast from the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, which last week said the river would drop below flood stage of 32 feet on the Cape Girardeau river gage by the end of this week...
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A crisis is a terrible thing to manufacture
(Column ~ 04/02/20)
On Jan. 20, the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus. The nation's political and media elite obsessed over Mitch McConnell's just-announced resolution governing the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. On Jan. 23, China locked down the city of Wuhan. Cable news in America lit up with praise for the epic, nay historic, performance by House impeachment manager Adam Schiff in the trial's opening arguments...
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Truck hauling toilet paper catches fire on Texas interstate
(National News ~ 04/02/20)
HUTCHINS, Texas — A tractor-trailer hauling toilet paper crashed and caught fire near Dallas early Wednesday, spilling the hot commodity all over an interstate. The fire shut down westbound lanes of Interstate 20 near Interstate 45 in Hutchins, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. ...
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Census Day arrives with U.S. paralyzed by virus
(National News ~ 04/02/20)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Census Day, the date used to determine where a person lives for the once-a-decade count, arrived Wednesday with a nation almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus. But census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline...
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'A battlefield behind your home': Deaths mount in New York
(National News ~ 04/02/20)
NEW YORK -- New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis...
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Bobby Wendel
(Obituary ~ 04/02/20)
Bobby Jean Wendel, 86, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 3, 1933, near Tilsit, son of Martin Henry and Nelda Elizabeth Kasten Wendel. He and Barbara Lee Schreiner were married Aug. 2, 1952. She survives...
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Mary Jane Fulton
(Obituary ~ 04/02/20)
PATTON, Mo. -- Mary Jane Fulton, 84, of Patton entered into rest Thursday, March 26, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born Sept. 26, 1935, in Patton, the daughter of Everette and Lona Reagan Yamnitz. She and Jim Fulton were united in marriage Feb. 18, 1956...
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Verna Brashear
(Obituary ~ 04/02/20)
Verna Louise Brashear, 62, of Scott City died Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 31, 1958, in Fort Worth, Texas, to James Paul and Dorothy Lee Hale Shuffit. She married Danny Edward Brashear on Sept. 5, 1976. He preceded her in death March 15, 2000...
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Bernadette Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 04/02/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Bernadette Louise Bollinger, 96, of Benton died Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Sikeston Convalescent Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born Sept. 23, 1923, in Morley, Missouri, to Herman and Mary Snyder Seiler. She married Raymond Paul Bollinger on Sept. 24, 1946. He preceded her in death May 20, 2012...
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Coronavirus sickens, kills more at Missouri nursing homes
(State News ~ 04/02/20)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The coronavirus pandemic is ravaging nursing homes in Missouri as the number of sickened and dead continues to grow. Health officials announced Tuesday a resident in his 90s at the assisted-living facility Morningside of Springfield East died of the virus, bringing the number of deaths at that facility to five, the Springfield News-Leader reported...
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Missouri coronavirus cases spike; unclear whether it's a hot spot
(State News ~ 04/02/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Coronavirus cases in Missouri are rising at an alarming rate, but health experts said Wednesday it's too soon to know whether the state is emerging as one of the next hot spots for the pandemic. Missouri has seen 1,581 confirmed cases as of Wednesday, according to the state health department, a jump of 19.1.% from Tuesday. Three more deaths reported Wednesday brought the total to 18 blamed on COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus...
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Lost Pet
(Submitted Story ~ 04/02/20)
Bruce Lee is a Chihuahua about 8 yrs old, & has been missing since 3/26/20, there is a reward of $100 with no questions asked. Please help Bruce Lee find his way home.
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Prayer 4/2/20
(Prayer ~ 04/02/20)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Amen.
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Out of the past: April 2
(Out of the Past ~ 04/02/20)
Local and area United Methodist Churches are among 13 in the Cape Girardeau-Farmington District that have been designated 1994 Five-Star Churches; they are Centenary, Grace and La Croix in Cape Girardeau, Glen Allen, Marble Hill and Fredericktown. The Cape Girardeau School Board has extended superintendent Neyland Clark's contract by one year; the extension means Clark now has a three-year contract with the district; four board members voted Friday night to extend Clark's extension after evaluating his last year as superintendent; two board members, Bob Fox and Steve Wright, voted against the extension; another board member, John Campbell, wasn't present for the vote.. ...
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Karren Osborne
(Obituary ~ 04/02/20)
Karren Osborne, 76, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully Monday, March 30, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her loved ones. She was born Nov. 29, 1943, in Advance, Missouri, the daughter of the late Leslie and Clarice Winchester Jones. Karren is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Randy Graviett; grandson, Gavin Richmond, and his wife, Laura, along with their twin sons, Reid and Rhett; stepgrandsons, Kevin and Jamie; and a very special friend, Paul McDowell...
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Social Distancing Easter Egg Hunt
(Submitted Story ~ 04/02/20)
Want to have some Easter fun, while Social Distancing? Here is a fun event for this Saturday, April 4th. Parents can print egg templates or children can create their own egg. Children color or decorate the eggs however they wish. Then, families hang the eggs in their front windows for everyone to see. ...
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