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Cape public schools earn statewide honor
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
The Cape Girardeau School Board is among 26 Missouri school boards to recently earn the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s 2020 Governance Team Award, according to a news release. The award is based on the schools boards’ and superintendents’ outstanding commitment to ongoing professional development in areas including student achievement, school law and finance, board operations and contemporary issues in education...
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Six new coronavirus cases reported in area counties
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
Four Missouri counties in the region reported new COVID-19 cases Thursday, but no new cases were reported in nearby Illinois counties. Scott County officials said two new cases have been discovered. The county has confirmed 128 cases of the disease associated with the coronavirus. Eighty-five of those patients have recovered, while 11 have died...
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No change in coronavirus precautions at Lutheran Home
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
Cape Girardeau’s largest skilled nursing facility has no plans to ease restrictions despite Gov. Mike Parson’s decision Thursday to fully reopen the state next week. The Lutheran Home, 2825 Bloomfield Road, has had four positive COVID-19 cases among nursing home employees since the start of the pandemic, three of them since Saturday...
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Bingo World closure affects local fundraising efforts
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
The COVID-19 pandemic is depriving local bingo enthusiasts of their favorite game — and keeping two local not-for-profit organizations 6 feet away from their fundraising goals. According to its website, Bingo World is a “charitable gambling operation,” supporting Notre Dame Regional High School and the area’s Optimist International clubs by providing a venue for their bingo night fundraisers. ...
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Officials urge caution when Missouri virus order lifts next week
(State News ~ 06/12/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The governor on Thursday lauded the end of a statewide social-distancing order next week, even as the number of coronavirus cases in the state grows. Republican Gov. Mike Parson said COVID-19 is not gone, but "at some point government has to get out of the way and let people live their lives and regulate their own selves."...
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Cape County testing results reveal more COVID positives among younger people
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
Cape Girardeau County has reported 10 new positive cases of coronavirus within a 24-hour period, said Mark Winkler, the county’s emergency management agency director. Testing reveals more younger people are being affected, he said. “We are seeing more cases in the 20 to 29 age group,” Winkler told county commissioners Thursday morning...
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EDITORIAL: Flag Day and a reminder of why we stand
(Editorial ~ 06/12/20)
Beneath the flag, we may disagree on specific paths forward. But the best ways to improve our country are those countenanced in our Constitution, symbolized by the flag, including freedom to peaceably assemble -- and protest -- and freedom of speech. It is for this Constitutional system and its rights -- and in gratitude of those who fought and died for such freedoms -- that we proudly stand: Out of many, one.
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Cape Girardeau Common Pleas courthouse project underway, groundbreaking planned
(Local News ~ 06/12/20)
Construction is underway at the Common Pleas Courthouse and Annex in downtown Cape Girardeau, and a ceremonial groundbreaking is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday. Penzel Construction CEO Phil Penzel said the project to transform the courthouse into Cape Girardeau City Hall is on schedule, and said the future parking structure site is being excavated this week. That will give the construction crews a secure place to park and store equipment, Penzel said...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
Today is Friday, June 12, the 164th day of 2020. There are 202 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home. (O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings in a criminal trial but was eventually held liable in a civil action.)...
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The Tariff Man and Lobster King could learn from Confucius
(Column ~ 06/12/20)
Apparently, the United States now has a Lobster King. This great title was bestowed upon the Trump administration's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, when the president recently threatened to impose tariffs on European Union cars if the bloc does not drop its tariff on American lobsters. Needless to say, the president is upset...
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Disney plans to reopen Calif. theme parks in July
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Disney is proposing to reopen its Southern California theme parks in mid-July after what will be a four-month closure due to the coronavirus, the company said. Disney Parks, Experiences and Products said in a statement that the goal is to reopen Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on July 17. A nearby Disney-themed shopping area would reopen on July 9...
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'Legendary' heralds ball culture
(Entertainment ~ 06/12/20)
LOS ANGELES -- FX's fictionalized hit show "Pose" introduced many to the underground world of ballroom culture, in which historically black and Latino LGBT youths compete in elaborate performances on a runway. Now "Legendary" on HBO Max is serving up real ballroom battles to the mainstream, with competitors in eight "houses" vying to be declared the best and take home $100,000. ...
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Trump OKs sanctions against international tribunal employees
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
WASHINGTON -- In a broadside against the International Criminal Court, President Donald Trump on Thursday authorized economic and travel sanctions against court workers investigating American troops and intelligence officials and those of allied nations, including Israel, for possible war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere...
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Protesters stake out festive zone in Seattle
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
SEATTLE -- Following days of violent confrontations with protesters, police in Seattle have largely withdrawn from a neighborhood that protesters have transformed into a festival-like scene. Trump taunted Gov. Jay Inslee and Mayor Jenny Durkan about the situation on Twitter and said the city had been taken over by "anarchists."...
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'It's broken': Fears grow about strength of U.S. voting system
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
ATLANTA -- The chaos that plagued Georgia's primary this week is raising concerns about a potential broader failure of the nation's patchwork election system that could undermine the November presidential contest, political leaders and elections experts say...
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Rise in virus as states roll back lockdowns
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
NEW YORK -- States are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus isn't done with the U.S. Cases are rising in nearly half the states, according to an Associated Press analysis, a worrying trend that could intensify as people return to work and venture out during the summer...
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Donald Roth
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
FARRAR, Mo. -- Donald A. Roth, 75, of Farrar died Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri. Visitation will continue from 9 to 9:50 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar...
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Paul Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
LAFLIN, Mo. -- Paul Dean Rhodes, 58, of Laflin died Monday, June 8, 2020, at his home. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Inurnment will follow in Plainview Cemetery near Patton, Missouri...
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Marvin Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
ADVANCE, Mo. -- Marvin Albert Rhodes, 70, of Advance passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at his home. He was born May 25, 1950, in Daisy, the son of Clifton and Mary Hinkle Rhodes. Marvin retired after many years as a dispatcher for WW Trucking in Advance. He was a member of the Advance Eagles...
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Billy Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
Billy Ray Rhodes, 93, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020. Billy, the son of the late Grover Lee and Erma Lucille Jones Rhodes, was born July 13, 1926, in Cape Girardeau. On Oct. 9, 1947, he married his wife, Emma Magdalene Pinkston, in Fornfelt at the now Scott City Methodist Church...
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Myrna Little
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
Myrna Gayle Knupp Little, 75, of Jackson slipped the bonds of this Earth for her Heavenly home Sunday, June 7, 2020, at her home, surrounded by her children and just a few of her closest friends. She was born March 27, 1945, in Anniston, Missouri, to Curtis H. and Amy E. Emory Knupp...
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Carrie Johnson
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Carrie Ann Johnson, 50, of Perryville died Monday, June 8, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Services will be private. Hutchings Funeral Chapel assisted the family.
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James Goodin
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
James "Jim" Goodin, 87, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Jean Cook
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
Jean Ann Cook, 75, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, June 9, 2020, at her home. She was born Nov. 4, 1944, in Cape Girardeau to Albert and Imogene Brase Martin. She and Charles N. Nance were married Nov. 15, 1962, in San Francisco. He preceded her in death Dec. 19, 1993...
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Judy Aslin
(Obituary ~ 06/12/20)
Judy Aslin, 60, of Jackson passed away Thursday, June 11, 2020, at her home. She was born March 6, 1960, in Sikeston, Missouri, the daughter of William and Juanita Stuckey South. She and Richard Aslin were married July 20, 1979. Judy was a 1978 graduate of Richland High School in Essex, Missouri. She held a bachelor's degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's degree in nursing from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky...
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Newspaper publisher resigns after printing racist cartoon
(State News ~ 06/12/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The publisher of a family-owned Missouri newspaper has resigned after publishing a racist syndicated cartoon depicting a black man stealing a white woman's purse while hailing funding cuts to police. Bill Miller Sr. on Thursday told The Associated Press he has stepped down as publisher of the Washington Missourian but is still the paper's owner. The newspaper's co-owners, his daughters, resigned Wednesday in protest...
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Speak Out 6/12/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/12/20)
If your best excuse to not wear a mask is that others aren't wearing theirs correctly ... here's your sign. Twitter should not be called a media platform or given the status of say a newspaper. If the company does not have to meet its own standards, much less those expected of other media, then call it what it is ... advertising for the right price. If Twitter was about truth and the American Way, Trump would have been kicked off years ago with his lies and vulgarity...
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Prayer 6/12/20
(Prayer ~ 06/12/20)
Give us grace, O God, to withstand our suffering with the promise of your glory. Amen.
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Historical figures under attack in aftermath of George Floyd's death
(National News ~ 06/12/20)
The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists, conquerors and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium's King Leopold II...
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Out of the past: June 12
(Out of the Past ~ 06/12/20)
Louisa Panou-Takahashi, assistant professor of music at Southeast Missouri State University, departs for Rome to begin directing Operafestival di Roma 1995, a six-week cavalcade of concerts, recitals and classes that give university singers from around the worl an opportunity to sing and study in the birthplace of opera...
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Births 6/12/20
(Births ~ 06/12/20)
Son to Tyler and Christine Zirges of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 12:09 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Name, Clark Matthew. Weight, 8 pounds, 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Zirges is the daughter of Matt and Julie Boyle of Columbia, Missouri. She is a principal with the Jackson School District. Zirges is the son of Lynette and Kenny Zirges of Staunton, Illinois. He is an engineer with Procter & Gamble...
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Petition wants Thomas Jefferson statue removed at Missouri
(State News ~ 06/12/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Organizers of an online petition drive to have a statue of Thomas Jefferson removed from the University of Missouri's campus in Columbia had a "very constructive" meeting with the university system's president Thursday, a school spokesman said...
- Jackson Municipal Band kicks off summer concert series (Local News ~ 06/12/20)
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Social Security Column: New Feature In My Social Security Puts You In Control
(Submitted Story ~ 06/12/20)
The future can be uncertain. However, Social Security’s new Advance Designation program can help put you in control of your benefits if a time comes when you need a representative payee to help manage your money. Advance Designation enables you to identify up to three people, in priority order, whom you would like to serve as your potential representative payee...
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Local Student Recognized by Duke Gifted Program
(Submitted Story ~ 06/12/20)
June 12, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cadence Probst, a 7th-grade student at Nell Holcomb, was recently honored for achieving an exceptional score on the ACT, the same test taken by college bound high school students. Cadence took this above-grade-level test as a participant in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). ...
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