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Birx: Yes to masks, no to parties
(State News ~ 08/19/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- President Donald Trump's top coronavirus adviser on Tuesday called on everyone in Missouri to wear masks and refrain from attending parties. Coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx met with Republican Gov. Mike Parson in his Capitol office. Afterward, she said political affiliations are irrelevant in the ongoing fight to slow the spread of COVID-19...
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Most counties in region report gaining ground on coronavirus
(Local News ~ 08/19/20)
For the most part, health officials in the region reported gaining ground on COVID-19 in the past few days. Officials with county health agencies reported a number of new cases of the disease associated with coronavirus, but several reported more patients recovering from the virus...
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Bivocational Strands lead relocating Bridge Church in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/19/20)
Rocky Strand of Gordonville and his wife, Laura, are part of a growing trend among U.S. church leaders. The Strands are so-called “bivocational” pastors, meaning they lead a Cape Girardeau church, but they also hold secular jobs. Rocky is a homebuilder while Laura is a part-time physical therapist at Saint Francis Medical Center...
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EDITORIAL: Sales, use tax receipts a promising sign for Cape Girardeau Co.
(Editorial ~ 08/19/20)
There was good news recently from Cape Girardeau County officials on local sales tax numbers. County treasurer Roger Hudson reported this month's sales tax receipts were nearly 31% higher than August 2019. The county received $603,401.28 this month, much of it attributed to retail sales in July. In the previous year, the figure was $460,997.58. Year to date, the county's sales tax receipts are up about 4.1% compared to the same period in 2019...
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S&P 500 closes at a record, erasing last of pandemic losses
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
Wall Street clawed back the last of the historic, frenzied losses unleashed by the new coronavirus, as the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday. The day’s move was a relatively mild one, nudging the index up 7.79 points, or 0.2%, to 3,389.78. That eclipses the S&P 500’s previous record closing high of 3,386.15, which was set Feb. 19, before the pandemic shut down businesses around the world and knocked economies into their worst recessions in decades...
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North Farmington Road improvements continue
(Local News ~ 08/19/20)
Road improvements are continuing on North Farmington Road in Jackson, according to a Jackson Public Works Department news release. The contractor -- ASA Asphalt of Cape Girardeau -- has completed the first phase of the project, from Donna Lane to West Independence Street (Route D), and phase two will begin at 7 a.m. ...
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Ceramics studio to open in former downtown Cape synagogue
(Local News ~ 08/19/20)
Rob Lorenz is nearly ready to open Riverside Pottery, a studio offering classes in methods of ceramic arts, after more than a year of work on the historic building that will house it. The B’Nai Israel Synagogue at 126 S. Main St. in Cape Girardeau was built in 1937 after a fire destroyed the Jewish community’s scrolls and meeting place in Capaha Park, according to the Southeast Missourian archives...
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Cape West Cinema prepares to reopen
(Local News ~ 08/19/20)
Move over Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and the rest of the online movie channels. Cape West Cinema on Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau is back in business. Five months after temporarily closing in March due to COVID-19, Marcus Theatres announced Tuesday that Cape Girardeau’s multiplex cinema will begin showing movies on the “big screen” again starting Friday...
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Teens struggle to balance school, family, work amid COVID-19
(Community ~ 08/19/20)
SALT LAKE CITY -- With her baby brother in her arms, Kara Apuzzo tried to follow along in an online class as he squirmed or slept. Other times, the 18-year-old rushed to get ready for work at a front-line job at Target as her virtual high school lessons were still wrapping up...
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Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if it is verified
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
California sizzled to a triple-digit temperature so hot that meteorologists need to verify it as a planet-wide high mark. Death Valley recorded a scorching 130 degrees (54.4 degrees Celsius) Sunday, which if the sensors and other conditions check out, would be the hottest Earth has been in more than 89 years and the third-warmest ever measured...
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Trump campaign's Russia contacts 'grave' threat, Senate report says
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a "grave" counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin's help...
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Pandemic-caused coin shortage hits retailers, laundromats
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
A convenience store chain is offering a free beverage or sandwich in exchange for them. A laundromat owner drove 4 hours across state lines to get $8,000 worth. A young girl in Illinois wrote the tooth fairy saying she'll gladly take dollars as a substitute if it helps...
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Dorothy Updegraff
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Dorothy Fern Updegraff, 93, of Marble Hill passed away Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at Chaffee (Missouri) Nursing Home. She was born July 6, 1927, in Columbia, Missouri, daughter of Sidney and Gladys Stover Morris. She and Samuel Daniel "Bud" Updegraff were united in marriage April 21, 1944, and he passed away Oct. 31, 1980...
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Nina Stevenson
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
LITCHFIELD, Ill. -- Nina M. Stevenson, 89, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at Copper Creek Cottages in Litchfield. She was born Feb. 27, 1931, in Crawford County, Illinois, to Vernon and Fannie Jones. She married Robert L. Stevenson of Champaign, Illinois, on July 10, 1954. She was a lifelong member of the Christian Church, (Disciples of Christ), serving as deacon and elder...
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Roselyn Owen
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roselyn M. Owen, 6 months, of Perryville died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, at her home. Services are private for the family. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Mary Kientz
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
FORT SMITH, Ark. -- Mary Elizabeth Kientz, 95, of Fort Smith died Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. She was born Aug. 24, 1924, in Fornfelt, daughter of Grover and Pearl Ennis St. Clair. Mary was reared and received her early education in Fornfelt, graduating from Fornfelt High School. She attended business college in Cape Girardeau,...
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Mark Johnson
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Mark W. Johnson, 53, of Perryville died Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the National Shrine Rosary Walk near Rosati's Cabin, with Deacon John Darin officiating...
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Carl Hurst
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Carl Edward Hurst, 83, of Marble Hill died Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at his home. Born near Marble Hill on July 16, 1937, he was the son of Homer Edward and Lillie Myrtle Bollinger Hurst. A 1955 graduate of Lutesville High School, Carl left school to work for Santa Fe Railroad at Kansas City. ...
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Russell Franke
(Obituary ~ 08/19/20)
Russell E. Franke, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, in Cape Girardeau. There will be no services. Ford Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
WASHINGTON -- Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, the new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blamed for widespread delays and warned could disrupt the November election...
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Trump angling for votes with immigration talk, nod to women
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
YUMA, Ariz. -- Grappling for votes -- and the spotlight -- as Democrats hold their national convention, President Donald Trump reached back Tuesday to the signature issue of his 2016 campaign to deliver a broadside against Democratic rival Joe Biden over immigration...
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Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
NEW YORK -- Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their candidate for president Tuesday night, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining together in a pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust President Donald Trump...
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Prayer 8/19/20
(Prayer ~ 08/19/20)
O Lord, may we do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Amen.
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Speak Out 8/19/20
(Speak Out ~ 08/19/20)
The United Sates postal Service has been failing for many years, while UPS and FedEx have been making a profit year after year. The biggest difference is government involvement in USPS, wages and retirement are comparable. Either fund the postal service entirely or privatize them and let them turn it around or fail. I'm sure UPS or FedEx would be more efficient than what we have now and employees would feel more secure...
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Suffrage commemorations highlight racial divide
(National News ~ 08/19/20)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- As the U.S. marks the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, many event organizers, mindful that the 19th Amendment originally benefited mostly white women, have been careful to present it as a commemoration, not a celebration. The amendment to the U.S. ...
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Out of the past: Aug. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 08/19/20)
As the 100-degree dog days of summer linger into the starting dates of area schools, superintendents are panting for cooler days; Cape Girardeau School District superintendent Neyland Clark says a few cool days and rain would be welcome before classes start Aug. 28; the days have been so hot for so long that district buildings don't have a chance to cool off in the overnight hours, Clark says...
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Cape police report 8/19/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/19/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 100 block of North Fountain Street. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of Asher Street. n Assault was reported at Maple and Ellis streets...
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