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32nd Circuit Court issues modification of coronavirus precautions
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
The suspension of jury trials has been extended through Aug. 31, according to an administrative order signed by 32nd Circuit Court Presiding Judge Benjamin F. Lewis, and no person will be allowed to enter any court facility without a face mask beginning Thursday...
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Walk to End Alzheimer's to be held online this year due to coronavirus
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
The Cape Girardeau Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held virtually this year, due to COVID-19, the Alzheimer’s Association recently announced. The walk will still take place Sept. 19, but instead of meeting at a central point, participants are encouraged to walk as individuals or small groups on sidewalks, tracks and trails across Cape Girardeau...
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Grammy-winning rapper Nelly to headline Sikeston Rodeo
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo has announced a new headline performer for the rodeo events Aug. 5: Grammy Award-winning rap superstar Nelly. Nelly has won three Grammy Awards and released six top-selling studio albums, according to a news release sent late Tuesday. His hit singles have included “Country Grammar,” “Hot in Herre” and “Over and Over.” His collaborations include Tim McGraw, and most recently Florida Georgia Line...
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Cape police investigate Monday night shooting; 1 injured
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
An adult, male victim was transported to a local hospital Monday night in Cape Girardeau after being shot in the thigh by a handgun, according to police Sgt. Joey Hann. Hann stated the shooting is believed to have occurred in an alley behind 16 N. Henderson Ave...
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Cape man charged for May 28 shooting in 200 block of South Hanover
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
Tiran L. Hemphill, 42, of Cape Girardeau was arrested and booked into police custody Monday for allegedly shooting his girlfriend during a May 28 argument. The incident was one of three shootings to occur overnight in Cape Girardeau during an 8-hour period May 27 and 28...
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Ground up at Wheel Park in Cape
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
Aubrey Taylor performs a grind around the lip of a bowl while skating Tuesday at Wheel Park in Cape Girardeau.
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13 new cases reported in Scott County on Tuesday
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
Cape Girardeau County will host a community testing event for COVID-19, open to all Missouri residents, later this week. Testing will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Anyone interested in being testing may register at www.health.mo.gov/communitytest...
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River Campus Summer Arts Festival canceled because of coronavirus
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus 2020 Summer Arts Festival, scheduled for Aug. 8, has been canceled, the university announced Tuesday. Increases in COVID-19 cases in Cape Girardeau County and concern for the health and safety of Southeast’s students, faculty, staff, visitors and community members led to the decision, the release stated...
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Area school-supply drives still on, just different
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
School supply drives will look different this year, but the Cape Girardeau and Jackson school districts are working to ensure students who need them will have the right equipment to start the fall term in August. Carolyn Thomas, Cape Girardeau School District social worker, said the district typically holds an in-person fair before school starts, but this year, because of COVID-19, that would not have worked...
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Local Republican candidates foursquare behind Parson as primary day nears
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
Local GOP hopefuls running for the Missouri General Assembly in the Aug. 4 primary election indicate they remain united behind Gov. Mike Parson’s reopening plan. Unlike Cape Girardeau County, which issued a face-covering order to slow the spread of COVID-19 effective Monday, there is no statewide public health order currently in effect...
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Despite rule reversal, SEMO foreign student program facing challenges
(Local News ~ 07/15/20)
The Trump administration has reversed a proposed policy announced last week that would have barred international students from staying in the U.S. while taking classes solely online. The policy, announced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would have required international university students to be enrolled in traditional "face-to-face" classes this fall in order to enter -- or remain in -- the United States. ...
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May religious liberty stand the test of time and culture
(Column ~ 07/15/20)
ENON, Pennsylvania Somewhere along the line, the little village of Enon was reclaimed by the land. For years, this was where the hopes and dreams of immigrants were realized, the dreams of many Welsh Baptists and Quakers who fled their homeland when the British government persecuted them for their dissent from the Church of England. That same government also wanted to force them to adhere to English culture...
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Immigrating from Ukraine
(07/15/20)
The fourth and final installment in a four-part series about three generations of Ukrainian women who immigrated to the United States and settled in Southeast Missouri at different times in history, this story features Anna Lipska Volodymyrivna, who came to the United States after the iPhone was invented and its usage was prevalent...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 15, the 197th day of 2020. There are 169 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 15, 1799, French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone, which proved instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs...
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Athletes, coaches offer night of inspiration at annual Semoball Awards
(Editorial ~ 07/15/20)
Saturday night's Semoball Awards, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was a bit different from previous years. But it was still an inspiring evening where many high school athletes and coaches were recognized for their efforts on the field and in the classroom...
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Serious candidate or not, Kanye raises important ideas
(Column ~ 07/15/20)
It was "a plan by the Devil to have our kids committing suicide at an all-time high." So said Kanye West, the recently declared "Birthday Party" presidential candidate. It's about the best explanation I've heard for the non-coronavirus issues that plague us. There's some serious good-and-evil combat going on, and neutrality isn't a viable option...
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Tom Bergeron, Erin Andrews exit 'Dancing With the Stars'
(Entertainment ~ 07/15/20)
NEW YORK -- The dance has ended for "Dancing With the Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. ABC said in a statement that the show is looking to "embark on a new creative direction" and host Bergeron "departs the show with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and charm that helped make this show a success."...
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Amazon unveils shopping cart that knows what you're buying
(Community ~ 07/15/20)
NEW YORK -- Amazon has a new cure for long supermarket lines: a smart shopping cart. The cart, which Amazon unveiled on Tuesday, uses cameras, sensors and a scale to automatically detect what shoppers drop in. It keeps a tally and then charges their Amazon account when they leave the store. No cashier is needed...
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China accuses U.S. of sowing discord in South China Sea
(International News ~ 07/15/20)
BEIJING -- The Trump administration's rejection of broad Chinese claims to much of the South China Sea came across in Asia as an election-year political move, with some appealing for calm amid fears of greater tensions. China accused the U.S. on Tuesday of trying to sow discord between China and the Southeast Asian countries with which it has long-standing territorial disputes in waters that are both a vital international shipping lane and home to valuable fisheries...
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White House-backed campaign pushes alternate career paths
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
WASHINGTON -- Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump on Tuesday unveiled a White House-backed national ad campaign highlighting alternative ways to start a career, an initiative targeting students, mid-career workers and the millions who are now unemployed because of the coronavirus...
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Tuberville defeats Sessions, wins Alabama Senate GOP primary
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
MOBILE, Ala. -- Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions lost the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat in Alabama to former college football coach Tommy Tuberville, likely ending a long political career with a bitter defeat egged on by President Donald Trump...
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Biden proposes overhauling nation's energy sector by 2035
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Joe Biden released a plan Tuesday aimed at combating climate change and spurring economic growth in part by overhauling America's energy industry, with a proposal to achieve entirely carbon pollution-free power by 2035. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will discuss the proposal later Tuesday near his home in Wilmington, Delaware. ...
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Quarantine loopholes bring fresh efforts to fight outbreaks
(International News ~ 07/15/20)
BRISBANE, Australia -- An Australian state is toughening its punishment for anyone caught violating coronavirus quarantines, including jailing rulebreakers for up to six months -- a warning that follows rising virus cases worldwide and violations of restrictions that are now being further tightened...
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Vaccine plan may allow rich nations to buy more
(International News ~ 07/15/20)
LONDON -- Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus vaccine that works, but the top global initiative to make that happen may allow rich countries to reinforce their own stockpiles while making fewer doses available for poor ones...
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White House virus task force member says 'none of us lie'
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
WASHINGTON -- A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that "none of us lie" to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be back in school as Trump insists, "we have to get the virus under control."...
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Masks for students?
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
On one side are parents saying, let kids be kids. They object to masks and social distancing in classrooms this fall -- arguing both could hurt their children's well-being -- and want schools to reopen full time. On the other side are parents and teachers who call for safeguards that would have been unimaginable before the coronavirus pandemic: part-time school, face coverings for all or a fully online curriculum...
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Dolores Neuling
(Obituary ~ 07/15/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dolores Neuling, 80, of Perryville died Monday, July 13, 2020, at Camelot Nursing and Rehab Center in Farmington, Missouri. Private service will be held for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Chris Metcalf Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/15/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Chris Metcalf Sr., 49, of Marble Hill, formerly of Las Vegas, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020, after a long battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). He was born July 23, 1970, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Jim and Linda Hunsaker Metcalf. Chris married the love of his life and best friend, Diane Watkins, in December 1990...
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Nelson Huffman
(Obituary ~ 07/15/20)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Nelson L. Huffman, 91, of McClure died Monday, July 13, 2020, at his home. He was born Sept. 27, 1928, in Bollinger County, Missouri, to Chalmer and Opal Jauch Huffman. He and Melba Null were married June 8, 1956, in Arbor. He served in the U.S. Army...
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Cozy Fiala
(Obituary ~ 07/15/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Cozy B. Bierk Fiala, 83, of Perryville, after a short stay at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, lost her long battle against various forms of cancer Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Cozy was born Sept. 13, 1936, to Chalmer David and Cozy Cashion Bierk. In 1966, Cozy was married to John "Jack" Fiala, and he passed away in 2014...
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Ex-governor rushes to scene of double homicide
(State News ~ 07/15/20)
ST. LOUIS -- Former Gov. Eric Greitens was on the scene of a double homicide near Saint Louis University, where he rendered first aid to the shooting victims, according to news reports. Greitens and a friend were in the area having dinner when a barrage of gunshots rang out just after 8 p.m. Monday. Greitens and the friend rushed to the scene to try to help two men who had been shot until medics arrived, St. Louis television station KTVI reported...
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Missouri reports 936 confirmed new coronavirus cases
(State News ~ 07/15/20)
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Missouri's health department reported 936 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, by far the largest number reported in the state in a single day since the pandemic began. State data also shows hospitalizations are on the rise. Around Missouri, 932 people were hospitalized for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, as of July 10, the most recent available date. That was the highest total since 984 people were hospitalized May 5...
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Prayer 7/15/20
(Prayer ~ 07/15/20)
Thank you, O Heavenly Father, for your tender mercy and gift of salvation. Amen.
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Speak Out 7/15/20
(Speak Out ~ 07/15/20)
There are approximately 79,000 residents in Cape Girardeau County. The total number of flu cases in the county were 3,804 and 1 death. There are only 176 active cases of Covid-19 and a total of 326 cases with 3 deaths according to the county health department. ...
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Confederate statue removed from Ole Miss
(National News ~ 07/15/20)
JACKSON, Miss. -- A Confederate monument that's long been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi was removed Tuesday from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus, just two weeks after Mississippi surrendered the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem...
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Out of the past: July 15
(Out of the Past ~ 07/15/20)
Sizzling hot temperatures are made even worse by the water problems Cape Girardeau is having; yesterday morning, the last of the city's three pumps, all damaged during the Mississippi River flooding, broke and a handful of water customers lost pressure; the breakdown led the city to issue a boil-water order; it also asked residents to conserve the water supply; emergency repairs to the pumps were finished last night, and today, workers are battling the heat to install a second pump...
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Cape police report 7/15/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/15/20)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 400 block of Bellevue Street. n Assault was reported in the 100 block of Siemers Drive. n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of North Missouri Avenue...
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Births 7/15/20
(Births ~ 07/15/20)
Son to James Edward and Dr. Carisa Nicole Barnhill of Tampa, Florida, St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa, 8:06 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 2020. Name, Brody Michael Leslie. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Second child. Dr. Barnhill is the former Carisa Schlosser, daughter of Gary and Becky Schlosser of Cape Girardeau. She is an internal medicine physician for BayCare Health System in Tampa. Barnhill is the son of Brenda Carter of Cape Girardeau and James Barnhill of Grandin, Missouri. He is self-employed. ...
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