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The silent majority can be silent no more
(Column ~ 06/22/20)
Lately it seems that we conservatives can’t win even when we’re winning. But the country is under siege, so we cannot indulge the luxury of being discouraged. This year has been one body blow after another to the nation we love. First, there was the coronavirus, and we thought, “How can this get any worse?” Then came the economic shutdown and the incalculable pain and suffering it brought. ...
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Poplar Bluff Senior Banquet attendee tests positive for coronavirus
(Local News ~ 06/22/20)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — An attendee of the Poplar Bluff High School Senior Banquet on Thursday has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the district and county health officials. The school district notified those in attendance with an email early Friday night after being contacted by the Butler County Health Department, which was investigating a previous positive test for the virus...
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Kennett Hospital Revitalization Project announces plans for new hospital
(Local News ~ 06/22/20)
KENNETT, Mo. — There has been a major revision in MainstreetVentures LLC’s Certificate of Need “Letter of Intent” in regards to the developer’s proposed Kennett Hospital Revitalization Project to reestablish a primary care hospital in Kennett. In a statement released Friday, Kerry Noble, consultant for MainstreetVentures, said, “I am very pleased to announce that we have modified our Letter of Intent for a Certificate of Need to reflect that the Project Development will now be comprised of the construction of a new 70,000[-square-foot] hospital structure to accommodate the planned 49 bed acute care full service hospital in lieu of using the existing hospital facility.”. ...
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Business Notebook: Cape chamber announces employment initiative; Ameren Missouri returning to normal policies
(Business ~ 06/22/20)
The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with several local agencies in an effort to identify employment opportunities for a segment of the area's population that has traditionally had difficulty finding jobs. "According to many area employers, finding great employees is challenging," said Kim Voelker, vice president of the chamber. "On the flip side, job seekers often experience frustrations when attempting to navigate obstacles to gaining employment."...
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Pandemic? Highway Construction? No Problem!
(Business ~ 06/22/20)
Opening a new business, even under the best of circumstances, is never easy. But opening a hotel during a global pandemic and in the middle of a major highway construction project can be especially challenging. In spite of those obstacles, the Patel family from South St. Louis County (no relation to Cape Girardeau restaurant owner and entrepreneur Andy Patel) is up for the challenge...
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Ron Hahs looks back at more than five and a half decades in the insurance, financial planning field
(Business ~ 06/22/20)
Ron Hahs thought it was just a summer job, something to occupy his time before starting his teaching career. Now, more than a half-century later, Hahs is the senior financial adviser at The Hahs Group in Cape Girardeau, a multigenerational insurance and financial planning agency affiliated with Northwestern Mutual...
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Cape County Commissioner Tracy promoted to captain in Navy Reserves
(Local News ~ 06/22/20)
Clint Tracy was a naval commander when he answered a call from an old Navy buddy earlier this month. He had no idea he would leave that call as a captain select. “You haven’t seen the message yet?” his friend asked, referring to the Navy’s official list of commanders who will be promoted to captain effective Oct. 1. “Well,” he told Tracy, “you’re on it.”...
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Black Lives Matter protests continue in Cape Girardeau at Freedom Corner
(Local News ~ 06/22/20)
For the fourth consecutive weekend following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, demonstrations were held in Cape Girardeau to express local support for the Black Lives Matter movement. A few dozen demonstrators gathered at Freedom Corner in Capaha Park on Sunday to support Black Lives Matter and partake in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of Floyd. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
Today is Monday, June 22, the 174th day of 2020. There are 192 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 22, 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris...
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The Movement encourages people to get outside for a good cause
(Editorial ~ 06/22/20)
The coronavirus pandemic has given us all more time at home. But that doesn’t mean people should remain inactive. Mind + Body, a health and wellness magazine produced by the Southeast Missourian and rustmedia, is encouraging area residents to get outside and exercise. And to make it a bit more fun, there’s a virtual event, Movement Mind + Body, where participants can collectively engage online and compete for prizes...
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Ralph Dirnberger
(Obituary ~ 06/22/20)
BENTON, Mo. -- Ralph Michael Dirnberger, son of Geneva Katherine Scherer and the late Cornelius Zeno Dirnberger, was born Aug. 11, 1949, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Friday, June 19, 2020, at his home in Benton at the age of 70 years. Mr. ...
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Beyonce drops surprise single 'Black Parade' on Juneteenth
(Entertainment ~ 06/22/20)
LOS ANGELES -- Beyonce did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises -- a new single called "Black Parade." "I'm going back to the South, I'm going back where my roots ain't watered down," Beyonce sings, opening the track. At several points on Friday's release, the singer tells listeners to "Follow my parade."...
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Cobain 'MTV Unplugged' guitar sells for sky-high $6 million
(Entertainment ~ 06/22/20)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Grunge became gold Saturday as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana's 1993 "MTV Unplugged" performance months before his death sold for an eye-popping $6 million at auction. The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain played in the band's rare acoustic performance and subsequent live album was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Rode Microphones, at the Music Icons event run by Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California...
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Barber offers hope in Peruvian barrios devastated by coronavirus
(International News ~ 06/22/20)
LIMA, Peru -- Once a week, barber Josue Yacahuanca makes his way up the dusty hills of Peru's capital, heading into its poorest neighborhoods carrying a treasured golden briefcase that holds his life's passion -- five clipper blades, 20 combs, four scissors and a bottle with alcohol...
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Speak Out 6/22/20
(Speak Out ~ 06/22/20)
President Trump has my total support for reelection. He's reduced North Korea to a non-issue, significantly reduced troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has increased military spending. He's led a rational approach to the COVID-19 hysteria that resulted in significantly lower death rates than predicted. His policies led to historically low unemployment until the pandemic, and has led a fast economic recovery. He signed criminal justice reform into law...
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Watchdogs: Treasury too secretive on small business loans
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
NEW YORK -- The Trump administration has relented to public pressure and pledged to provide more details about which small businesses received loans from a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program. But government watchdogs say even more transparency is needed to get an accurate picture of who was helped, and who was left out...
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Solar eclipse wows stargazers in Africa, Asia, Middle East
(International News ~ 06/22/20)
DUBAI -- Stargazers in Africa, Asia and parts of the Middle East looked to the skies this weekend to witness a partial solar eclipse. It was known as a "ring of fire" because the moon covered most, but not all, of the sun. It started at 10:45 p.m. CDT Saturday and went until 4:34 a.m. CDT Sunday...
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WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases
(International News ~ 06/22/20)
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India...
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Because of coronavirus, dads mark Father's Day from a distance
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
CHICAGO -- Wake Sharp got to see his family on Father's Day -- see them, not hug them, not kiss them, not even shake hands. Because of the terrible toll taken by the coronavirus on older people in nursing homes and other institutions, the 93-year-old Navy veteran and his loved ones had to stay on opposite sides of a plexiglass barrier and talk by phone at the assisted-living home outside San Francisco where he is a resident...
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Injuries at protests draw scrutiny to use of police weaponry
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
NEW YORK -- In law enforcement, they're referred to as "nonlethal" tools for dealing with demonstrations that turn unruly: rubber bullets, pepper spray, batons, flash-bangs. But the now-familiar scenes of U.S. police officers in riot gear clashing with protesters at Lafayette Park across from the White House and in other cities have police critics charging that the weaponry too often escalates tensions and hurts innocent people...
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A 'second wave' of coronavirus cases? Not yet, experts say
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
What's all this talk about a "second wave" of U.S. coronavirus cases? In The Wall Street Journal last week, Vice President Mike Pence wrote in a piece headlined "There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave'" that the nation is winning the fight against the virus...
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ACLU urges Missouri schools to drop resource officers
(State News ~ 06/22/20)
ST. LOUIS -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri is urging school districts to remove police officers from schools. St. Louis Public Radio reported the ACLU has circulated a letter to nine school administrators so far, mostly in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. The ACLU says money spent on school resource officers should instead go to the social-emotional needs of children, such as by hiring more social workers and counselors...
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Coronavirus dampens popular Missouri summer tradition
(State News ~ 06/22/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Bob Franklin's canoe rental shop on Missouri's Black River has withstood 43 years of history, bolstered each year by crowds interested in getting on the river during float season. But his shop has never encountered anything like a viral pandemic...
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Prayer 6/22/20
(Prayer ~ 06/22/20)
Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness and make thy way straight before my face. Amen.
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Out of the past: June 22
(Out of the Past ~ 06/22/20)
Southeast Missouri State University president Dr. Kala Stroup would take Missouri's Coordinating Board for Higher Education commissioner's job, if offered; she made that clear at a closed-door university Board of Regents meeting yesterday afternoon...
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While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted
(National News ~ 06/22/20)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Spectators in North Carolina's capital cheered Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot monument. Across the country, an initially peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon, against racial injustice turned violent early Sunday: Baton-wielding police used flash-bang grenades to disperse demonstrators throwing bottles, cans and rocks at sheriff's deputies near downtown's Justice Center...
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Puxico Goat BarBQ
(Submitted Story ~ 06/22/20)
I read the story by Sarah Harp about the goat BBQ at Puxico Homecomers. I would like to tell the story of how it started at least 60 years ago because I’m 68. My grandma, as we called her Mawmaw, was from Puxico. When I was little I can’t remember a family get together that wasn’t held at my Grandma McClure’s house in Puxico. ...
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