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UPDATE: Missing Bollinger County girl found
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
UPDATE: The Bollinger County Sheriff's Office contacted the Southeast Missourian on Tuesday night and said Febe Weston has been found and is safe, but could not provide any other details. ...
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Cape County jury trials suspended through Aug. 3
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
Effective today, the 32nd Judicial District courts, serving Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Perry counties, will enter Phase Two of operations, according to an order by Presiding Judge Benjamin Lewis, issued Tuesday. “The incidence of COVID-19 has remained at a relatively low level in our circuit although there has been a small increase in new cases in Cape Girardeau County,” Lewis wrote in an email. “Therefore, we are ready to enter Phase Two in our Court Operational Directives.”...
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More than 30 new coronavirus cases reported in region
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
Thirty-one new COVID-19 cases were reported in the region Tuesday. Union County, Illinois, reported the most new cases — 12 — pushing the county’s total to 165. A dozen county residents have died of the disease caused by coronavirus, an increase of one since Monday...
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Cape's black pastors' group planning a statement on Floyd protests
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
The Rev. William “Tiger” Bird Jr., pastor of Cape Girardeau’s Greater Dimensions Ministries, says the Pastoral Assembly of Cape Girardeau (PAC) will be issuing a statement soon following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. PAC, made up of 14 pastors, mainly African American, is expected to meet remotely Thursday to plan its next move...
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40 rape kits from Cape Girardeau area sent for testing
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
Untested rape kits from the Cape Girardeau Police Department are on their way for testing, according to a news release from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. A total of 40 kits were gathered Thursday and shipped from Cape Girardeau’s department and neighboring departments...
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Jackson park facilities, including pool, gradually opening
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
It’s been two months since Jackson suspended most parks and recreation activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, something Shane Anderson thought he’d never see. “It was something I’ve never experienced in my 23 years here,” the Jackson parks and recreation director said. “I never imagined we’d ever have to shut everything down, but we did, and for good reason.”...
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Arrest warrants issued after Bollinger County investigation into death of 8-year-old girl with special needs
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
More than two months after an investigation was launched into the March 22 death of an 8-year-old girl with myotonic dystrophy, arrest warrants were filed Friday by Bollinger County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Gray and signed Sunday by Judge Alan Beussink charging the girl’s parents with child abuse...
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School board members, tax issues decided in region
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
Area voters chose school board members and decided on tax proposals Tuesday, though only about one in 10 registered voters cast ballots. Jared Ritter was the top vote-getter for one of three seats on the public school district's board. He received 2,081 votes (27.9%)...
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Thomas wins Cape seat; Baker earns Jackson nod
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
Incumbent municipal officials in Cape Girardeau and Jackson held onto their seats Tuesday. In Cape Girardeau's Ward 3, Nathan Thomas edged Renita Green with 56% of the vote -- 325 to 254. Thomas was appointed to serve on the Cape Girardeau City Council in August after previous Ward 3 Councilman Victor Gunn moved to another ward. The short-tenured incumbent Thomas garnered 101 votes in the February primary. Green finished in a close-second with 73 votes to secure her place on Tuesday's ballot...
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Cape city voters renew TTF, Cape County voters OK new law enforcement tax
(Local News ~ 06/03/20)
For the sixth time since 1995, Cape Girardeau voters Tuesday approved a half-cent sales tax to fund the city's transportation improvement projects on a pay-as-you-go basis. Transportation Trust Fund 6 won approval of 63.7% of city voters. TTF5, approved in 2015, won 73.4% of the vote...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
Today is Wednesday, June 3, the 155th day of 2020. There are 211 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward H. White became the first American to "walk" in space during the flight of Gemini 4. On this date:...
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Yes, meet rioters with overwhelming force
(Column ~ 06/03/20)
Restoring order to America's cities isn't a complicated proposition. All it requires is resources and determination, and a firm rejection of the longstanding progressive fallacy that an overwhelming police presence is "provocative" and "escalatory" and must be avoided...
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Masks made in America by an all-American company
(Column ~ 06/03/20)
BRISTOL, Tenn. There is not one thing in the jeans, flannel-lined jackets, denim jackets, overalls, shirts, carpenter pants, custom uniforms or masks produced by L.C. King Manufacturing that is not made in America. Nothing -- not even the threads or the rivets...
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John Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/03/20)
ST. LOUIS — John Robert Smith, 68, of St. Louis, formerly of Scott City, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City is in charge of arrangements...
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Ruth Pohlman
(Obituary ~ 06/03/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Ruth H. Pohlman, 75, of Perryville died Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at Independence Care Center of Perry County. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Joseph Schlie officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery...
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Protests in virus hot spots ignite fears of contagion
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As demonstrators flooded streets across America to decry the killing of George Floyd, public health experts watched in alarm -- the close proximity of protesters and their failures in many cases to wear masks, along with the police using tear gas, could fuel new transmissions of the coronavirus...
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Cartoonists to thank frontline workers playfully this weekend
(Community ~ 06/03/20)
NEW YORK -- The funny papers this Sunday will have more than laughs. More than 70 comic strips and panels -- ranging from Garry Trudeau's "Doonesbury" to Jim Toomey's "Sherman's Lagoon" and Jeff Keane's "Family Circus" -- will each have six symbols hidden in the artwork to honor workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic...
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Virtual 7th-inning stretch brings ballpark feeling home
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
BOSTON -- It's 3 o'clock, about the time they'd be getting ready for the seventh-inning stretch at an afternoon Red Sox game. Josh Kantor settles onto the bench of the Yamaha Electone organ in his living room and clicks on his wife's iPhone to begin another show...
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Attorney: Report of drugs in Floyd's system is 'red herring'
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
MINNEAPOLIS -- A medical examiner's finding that George Floyd had drugs in his system when he died is a "red herring" designed to draw attention away from the responsibility of a Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes, even after he stopped moving, an attorney for Floyd's family said Tuesday...
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Missouri Medicaid expansion proposal survives lawsuits
(State News ~ 06/03/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri judge has dismissed two lawsuits against a ballot proposal to expand Medicaid health care eligibility to thousands more low-income adults. The lawsuits by conservative advocacy group United for Missouri and Americans for Prosperity-Missouri sought to knock the proposal off the Aug. 4 ballot. Both groups claimed the proposal would expand the government health insurance program without coming up with a funding source to pay for it...
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Death toll grows in national protests
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
One man was the beloved owner of a Louisville barbecue restaurant who made sure to provide free meals to officers. Another was a man known as "Mr. Indianapolis," a former star football player. Yet another was a federal officer working security during a protest...
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Biden blasts 'narcissism' in new phase of campaign
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander in chief's disregard of core constitutional values and blistering him for being "more interested in power, than in principle."...
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Police: Retired St. Louis police captain killed amid unrest
(State News ~ 06/03/20)
ST. LOUIS -- A retired St. Louis police officer was shot and killed early Tuesday by people who had broken into a pawn shop during unrest that followed a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, police said. David Dorn, 77, was found dead on the sidewalk in front of Lee's Pawn & Jewelry. Police have not released details of what led to the shooting about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday and no one has been arrested...
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Six Atlanta police officers charged after students pulled from car
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
ATLANTA -- Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling two young people from a car and shooting them with stun guns while they were stuck in traffic caused by protests over George Floyd's death, a prosecutor said Tuesday...
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Embracing faith themes, Trump visits shrine for John Paul II
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump toured a Catholic shrine Tuesday in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Critics said the president was misusing religious symbols for partisan purposes. The White House said Trump and first lady Melania Trump were observing a "moment of remembrance," laying a wreath in a quiet visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine...
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Virginia county pulls officers from DC after Trump photo-op
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Arlington County, Virginia, pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in clearing protesters from a park outside the White House so the president could walk to a church for a photo opportunity...
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Cities erupt in more violence; Trump decries 'lowlifes'
(National News ~ 06/03/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned up the pressure on governors to quell the violence set off by the death of George Floyd, demanding New York call up the National Guard to stop the "lowlifes and losers." As cities around the U.S. ...
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Speak Out 6/3/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/03/20)
Why is everything about race? Today, every liberal rag across the country claimed COVID-19 rates are highest among African Americans and stupidly blamed Trump and the GOP. Look, skin color isn't preventing anyone from wearing a homemade mask. Skin color isn't preventing anyone from staying 6 ft apart. Personal responsibility is a personal choice...
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Prayer 6/3/20
(Prayer ~ 06/03/20)
Hear our prayers, O God, for all those who are truly in need. Amen.
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Out of the past: June 3
(Out of the Past ~ 06/03/20)
COMMERCE, Mo. -- Roy Jones says he's probably the most powerful mayor in America, certainly the most powerful along the Mississippi River; Jones, mayor of Commerce, refuses to give the U.S. Coast Guard permission to resume river traffic past his town of 173 persons 16 miles south of Cape Girardeau; Jones wants assurances townspeople and their homes won't be hurt by the wake of passing boats or that a buyout offer is in the works...
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Cape police report 6/3/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/03/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 100 block of South Sprigg Street. n Assault was reported in the 600 block of Merriwether Street. n Assault was reported in the 1700 block of Lacey Street...
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Births 6/3/20
(Births ~ 06/03/20)
Daughter to Alec Mayberry and Madison Kramer of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 4:34 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2020. Name, Kylie Jo. Weight, 5 pounds, 13.8 ounces. First child. Kramer is the daughter of Jamie Kramer and Richard Kramer of Jackson. She works at East Elementary School in Jackson. Mayberry is the son of Joan and Nick Mayberry of Jackson. He is a union carpenter for Miller Drywall...
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