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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda 9/3/20
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
Approval of minutes n Minutes from Aug. 31 meetings Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Recipes to add to your outdoor grilling
(Community ~ 09/03/20)
The long Labor Day weekend is just around the corner, and you may be planning to have family or friends over for a meal on your day off from work. Many people will be grilling outdoors, so you might need some side dish ideas to go along with your planned entree...
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Perry County schools shift to online learning only
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
The Perry County School District is shifting to 100% online learning after the Labor Day weekend due to an increase in COVID-19 transmission in the county. All schools in the Perry County district will close to students at 3 p.m. Friday and will remain closed for at least two weeks...
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Call your wife and tell her you're picking up Babe's!!
(Community ~ 09/03/20)
"It's about to go down!" "We love Babe's!" Babe's is " ... the best in the country!" "Looks so good!" "Worth the drive." " ... one of my favorite stops when I'm over that way." " ... smells so freakin' good!" Those are just a few of the comments I came across when I tried to find information about Babe's Fish Wagon, which is on the Illinois side of Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge in East Cape Girardeau...
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Cape County records 12th coronavirus death
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
Cape Girardeau County’s first death attributed to COVID-19 came April 7. More than four months later, the number of county residents who died from the disease associated with coronavirus stood at five. The sixth death came Aug. 10. The seventh death was reported Aug. 24. Five additional deaths — including the county’s 12th, reported Tuesday — have come in the 10 days since...
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2020 Difference Makers: Benny Arends
(B Magazine ~ 09/03/20)
All kids can relate to the feeling of being bored. While some whine and complain about it, Benny Arends of Jackson takes action. At 5 years old, while participating in a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Hospital, Arends began asking questions. He wanted to know more about the kids who lived there; what they played with, and how they spent their time. ...
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'Dad Gum!': Local 'Cars' replica heads to museum in land down under
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
A replica of Tow Mater from Disney’s “Cars” movie series has called Jackson home for the past decade, and become a family-favorite with appearances in parades and car shows across the state. Southeast Missouri must say goodbye to the local icon next week, however, as it has been purchased to display in a new Walt Disney vehicles museum opening in Australia...
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Voting deadline approaching for 14th annual People's Choice Awards
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
For one more day, readers have the opportunity to cast their ballots in the Southeast Missourian’s annual People’s Choice Awards. Now in its 14th year, the awards aim to highlight the best businesses and service providers in the area through a crowd-driven consensus...
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Smith talks farm tour, impact of COVID on agriculture
(Column ~ 09/03/20)
For nearly 40 years, the member of Congress representing Southeast Missouri's congressional district has toured area farms in the summer. It's a tradition that started under the late Bill Emerson and was carried on by Jo Ann Emerson and now Jason Smith...
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Why are cases of COVID-19 rising in Cape and other questions about rodeo, university and current hospital capacity
(Column ~ 09/03/20)
Here we go again. After positive cases of COVID-19 receded following the imposition of a countywide mask order in early July, cases of coronavirus are back on the rise in Cape Girardeau County. Understating the results is that university students who reside in Cape Girardeau are not counted in Cape County numbers if their official residence is elsewhere...
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TGI'F' Top Picks 9/3/20
(Local News ~ 09/03/20)
Also at the River Campus, in Crisp Museum, at 1 p.m. Saturday or 4 p.m. Sunday, drop in to celebrate Archaeology Month by making an arrow point necklace. Materials and demonstrations provided. This is free and open to the public for all ages. From 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in Perryville, Missouri, the 2020 Cruise In Pin-Up Contest will be underway at Juste Moi Yoga & Spa, 21 N. Main St. in Perryville...
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20 North's grand opening weekend, plus First Friday and more
(Column ~ 09/03/20)
It is a weekend for the arts, this weekend. If you're heading to downtown Cape Girardeau or to the River Campus, you'll see the bright lights and artsy glow of First Friday. It's back in a major way this weekend, albeit socially distanced and with required masks, per Cape Girardeau County's emergency mask order...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
Today is Thursday, Sept. 3, the 247th day of 2020. There are 119 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 3, 2005, President George W. Bush ordered more than 7,000 active duty forces to the Gulf Coast as his administration intensified efforts to rescue Katrina survivors and send aid to the hurricane-ravaged region in the face of criticism it did not act quickly enough...
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Lo-Mein & the Low-down on Meal Kits
(09/03/20)
Have you seen all the advertisements for meal kits? These subscription services provide recipes along with a box of the ingredients it takes to make them and deliver them to your doorstep. In 2018, Forbes reported, "The majority of meal kit companies will experience little to no growth, resulting in serving a small number of customers."...
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Prayer 9/3/20
(Prayer ~ 09/03/20)
O Lord, we bow down in worship, kneeling before you, our Maker. Amen.
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Speak Out 9/3/20
(Speak Out ~ 09/03/20)
The unelected officials at the Cape county Health Department have extended the wearing mask order. While the numbers continue to rise, more people are wearing masks. Most are wearing cloth masks, which there is no scientific evidence they stop the spread of any virus according to the leading scientist. ...
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Chef and writer J. Kenji Lopez-Alt cooks up a delicious children's book
(Community ~ 09/03/20)
NEW YORK -- Pipo is a young girl in a new book for kids who insists that pizza is the best food on Earth. Prompted by her mom to prove it, Pipo goes across her neighborhood testing alternatives: tagine, red beans and rice, bibimbap and dumplings. Her new conclusion: Pizza is the best. But there are also a lot of other bests, too...
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Pelosi takes heat over visit to California hair salon
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting heat over a solo hair salon visit in San Francisco at a time when California businesses are limited by concern over coronavirus. But Pelosi's spokesman said she was complying with the rules as presented to her by eSalon...
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HHS canceling ventilator contracts, says nation's stockpile is now full
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is canceling some of its remaining orders for ventilators, after rushing to sign nearly $3 billion in emergency contracts as the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement Tuesday affirming that the national stockpile has now reached its maximum capacity for the life-saving breathing machines, with nearly 120,000 available for deployment to state and local health officials if needed. ...
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Depression, anxiety spike amid outbreak and turbulent times
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
Mental health therapists' caseloads are bulging. Waiting lists for appointments are growing. And anxiety and depression are rising among Americans amid the coronavirus crisis, research suggests. In the latest study to suggest an uptick, half of U.S. ...
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Biden calls for criminal charges for violent citizens and law enforcement
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Joe Biden is hammering President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak ahead of a planned trip to Wisconsin, a pivotal swing state that's become a focal point for political debate over protest-related violence, police treatment of people of color and the actions of vigilante militias...
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Trump takes jab at Biden during V-J Day visit to N.C. battleship
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- As thunderstorms threatened, President Donald Trump sped through a V-J Day speech Wednesday, trumpeting American strength and managing to squeeze in a swipe at Democratic rival Joe Biden. Trump stood before an iconic World War II-era battleship to declare the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina, a World War II "Heritage City." He pointed to a bolt of lightning and said it was God saluting the event...
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Health officials worry nation not ready for coronavirus vaccine
(National News ~ 09/03/20)
Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of this year or early next, the path to delivering vaccines to 330 million people remains unclear for the local health officials expected to carry out the work...
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Lillian Wynne
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Lillian Jean Wynne, 87, of Cape Girardeau was called to her heavenly home Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She was born March 13, 1933, in Steele, Missouri. She was the fifth-oldest child of Willie and Hattie Bell Pittman Hammonds...
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Tommy Whiteside
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
John "Tommy" Whiteside, 67, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Mounds, Illinois, passed away Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 23, 1953, to Louis and Marilyn Whiteside. He was a retired captain with the Illinois Department of Corrections at Shawnee Correctional Center. He enjoyed rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers with friends and family...
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Clara Randol
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Clara Mae Randol, 89, of McClure, Illinois, died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 30, 1931, in McClure to Thomas Fletcher and Eulah Mae Simpkins Hill. She and Almos Randol were married May 24, 1950, in Blytheville, Arkansas. Survivors include daughters, Sandra (Jim) Keller, Kathy (Bill) Keller and Lisa (Scott) Conrad, all of Cape Girardeau; son, Mike (Susan) Randol of Olive Branch, Illinois; six grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren...
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Helen King
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Helen Irene King, 96, of Scott City died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Hunter Acres Care Center in Sikeston, Missouri. She was born June 13, 1924, in Hyannis, Nebraska, to Chloe and Lola I. Ridgeway Keller. She married Arthur Keith King on Jan. 15, 1944, in Hyannis. He preceded her in death in July 1994...
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Rosa Goehman
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Rosa Ella Goehman, daughter of the late Herbert Edward Deimund and Esther Viola Shrum, was born Oct. 28, 1928, in Bollinger County, Missouri, and departed this life Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee at the age of 91 years...
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Joyce Findley
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
WOODVILLE, Texas -- Joyce Ann Cox Findley changed her address from Woodville to the wonderful world of heaven Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Joyce was a preacher's wife who worked in the medical field for more than 20 years. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Woodville...
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Pat Evans
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Patrick "Pat" Frissell Evans, 72, of Cape Girardeau peacefully passed away Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, at his home, Elmwood. Pat was born in Cape Girardeau on May 21, 1948, at the old Saint Francis Hospital. Pat was the direct descendant of the iconic Southeast Missouri Giboney/Houck families, and he resided in the more-than-200-year-old family estate, Elmwood, for the majority of his life...
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Ernest Butler
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
TAMMS, Ill. -- Ernest Butler, 69, of Tamms went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Ernest was born Nov. 18, 1950, to Ernest and Lena Sharp Butler in Cairo, Illinois. He was a faithful saint, deacon and board member of First Pentecostal Church in Cape Girardeau for more than 15 years...
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Vickie Bryant
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Vickie Sue Bryant, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, at her home. She was born Sept. 28, 1950, in Cape Girardeau to Cleman and Nadine Jackson Engelmann. She and Gary Bryant were married May 14, 1971, in Egypt Mills. She loved her grandchildren...
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Marilyn Bollinger
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Marilyn R. Bollinger, 88, of Jackson died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at Monticello House. Visitation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Chapel in Jackson. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jim Matthews officiating. Interment will follow at Cape County Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau...
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Douglas Armour
(Obituary ~ 09/03/20)
Douglas Harold Armour, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, at his home. Douglas was born Aug. 19, 1961, in Campbell, Missouri, to the late Leslie "Tator" and Betty Armor. On April 22, 2000, he married Sara Jennewein. She survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Kristen Dunivan; sons, Paul Earls and Chayse and Alexander Armour; brother, Jason Armor; sisters, Alisha Rose and Angie Acord; grandchildren, Kaylee, Preston, Abi, Paige and River; and 11 nieces and nephews...
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Missouri bill would end St. Louis police residency rule
(State News ~ 09/03/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- St. Louis police, firefighters and other first responders no longer would have to live in that city under a bill headed to Gov. Mike Parson's desk. Senators on Wednesday voted 25-5 to pass the measure, which would end a decades-long requirement police live in St. Louis...
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Missouri pays coronavirus consulting firm another $300,000
(State News ~ 09/03/20)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The State of Missouri has paid a Virginia-based consulting firm another $300,000 for its work helping officials respond to the coronavirus pandemic, according to state payroll records. The latest payment means Missouri has paid the McChrystal Group more than $829,000 out of federal funds aimed a covering the costs of pandemic-related expenses. The payments come from a controversial no-bid contract worth $248,000 a month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Out of the past: Sept. 3
(Out of the Past ~ 09/03/20)
A service of consecration is held in the morning at the new La Croix United Methodist Church facility, 3102 Lexington Ave.; Bishop Anne Sherer preaches at the service. A new program titled "Roundtable" begins on KUGT Radio 1170 AM; the Rev. Scott Lohse, senior pastor at New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson, hosts the weekly, 15-minute pre-taped program; a rotating panel of area clergy will participate, offering insights and opinions...
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Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail
(Submitted Story ~ 09/03/20)
Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail event 2020 Saturday September 26th and Sunday September 27th 10 AM-5 PM each day Southern Illinois Potters show their work Three Stops, Three Potters The fifth annual Shawnee Hills Pottery Trail event will take place Saturday, September 26th and Sunday September 27th from 10 AM to 5 PM each day. ...
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Cedarhurst Art & Craft Fair -(Mt. Vernon, IL) September 11-13
(Submitted Story ~ 09/03/20)
Cedarhurst Art & Craft Fair marks 44th year! The fair which debuted in 1976, was one of the first museum programs started by Cedarhurst’s ambitious volunteer base, and the tradition and spirit continues with a 2020 fair. Planning for this year’s event has been different from past years, as the current health situation presents all of us with new challenges...
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3rd Oldest Baptist Congregation in Missouri Turns 200
(Submitted Story ~ 09/03/20)
The congregation of Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church of Wayne County Missouri was established in 1820 and is celebrating 200 years of faithful service to the Lord in September 2020. Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church (1820) of the Wayne County Association is considered the third oldest Baptist Church in Missouri behind Fe Fe Baptist Church in Bridgeton (1807), and Black River Baptist Church (1818) of the Cane Creek/Stoddard Association near Poplar Bluff. ...
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