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Jackson P&Z Commission cancels public hearing
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
A scheduled public hearing before the Jackson Planning & Zoning Commission, scheduled for 6 p.m. today, has been canceled. According to Jackson administrative services director Rodney Bollinger, the meeting was canceled after Cambridge Estates LLC withdrew its application to rezone a 1.73 acre tract on West Independence Street immediately northwest of Cambridge Estates Subdivision, Phase III.
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Cape man charged with first-degree statutory rape, sodomy
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
Alonzo N. Jones, 40, of Cape Girardeau has been arrested on a warrant for one unclassified felony count of first-degree statutory rape and two unclassified felony counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. According to a probable-cause statement written by Cape Girardeau police Cpl. Darrin Sides, the alleged offenses were committed about seven to eight years ago in Cape Girardeau while Jones lived on Themis Street...
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Study: Cape coronavirus case rate among nation's fastest growing
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
A new study released Tuesday states Cape Girardeau has one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 case rates in the nation. The study, conducted and published by The New York Times, ranked the Cape Girardeau area as having the sixth-largest increase in cases per capita when compared to hundreds of other “metro and micro” population areas throughout the United States. Compared to a week ago, the study found the Cape Girardeau area’s coronavirus case rate had more than doubled...
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Hundreds of Cape homes advised to boil water
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
About 350 households in northern Cape Girardeau are under a precautionary boil-water advisory that is expected to continue through Thursday afternoon. The advisory, issued late Tuesday afternoon, impacts homes in the West Cape Rock/Snake Hill/Tanglewood/Cape Hills area and resulted from a water main break caused by construction activity...
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110-year-old building, former home of Rose Bed Inn, demolished
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
The more-than 110-year-old building that once housed Rose Bed Inn in south Cape Girardeau is no more. The demolition of the house at 611 S. Sprigg St. began Friday. When owner of the property Scott Blank was asked about why he chose to demolish the building, he said, “Why not?”...
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Southeast prof says Eisenhower memorial in Washington 'long overdue'
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
Pam Parry, professor of mass media at Southeast Missouri State University, calls Thursday’s planned dedication of a long-delayed $150 million permanent tribute to President Dwight D. Eisenhower near Washington, D.C.’s National Air and Space Museum “wonderful.”...
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Lynwood adjusts City2City outreach event to help community throughout pandemic
(Local News ~ 09/16/20)
Lynwood Baptist Church has looked for new ways to “bless the community” throughout the coronavirus pandemic, which members hope to continue at the second annual City2City event Saturday. Executive pastor Hayes Howell said they have organized a variety of projects for the City2City event, as well as a picnic afterwards to celebrate the church’s accomplishments...
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The perils of ideology
(Column ~ 09/16/20)
I was in New York on that Sept. 11, 19 years ago. The darkness that descended that day and the hope that rose from it are indelible parts of everyone who lived through the attacks, especially, of course, those who lost family or friends that day. The tragedy and the lessons we learned from it could come in handy at this difficult time in our nation's history...
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Speak Out 9/16/20
(Speak Out ~ 09/16/20)
Can anyone tell me why the Cape Girardeau Police quit putting the names of the people they arrest in their report? When Trump was caught in his lie about the coronavirus, he immediately did three things: Denied all responsibility for lying to the American people, blamed China for the virus and blamed Bob Woodward for writing his book. Does Trump ever own up to anything he does? Apparently not...
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Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets
(Entertainment ~ 09/16/20)
NEW YORK -- Lego said Tuesday it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and expects plastic bags to be completely phased out in the next five years. The bags are used to hold loose bricks in boxed sets...
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Gloria Estefan, Alex Rodriguez mark Latino impact on media
(Entertainment ~ 09/16/20)
LOS ANGELES -- Gloria Estefan, Alex Rodriguez and Eva Longoria will be among the participants in a monthlong online celebration of Latino contributions to television. The Paley Center for Media's tribute to the work of actors, journalists and other notable Latinos begins today and will be held virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. It's the first such event by Paley to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15...
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe resigns, clearing way for successor
(International News ~ 09/16/20)
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned, clearing the way for his successor to take over after parliamentary confirmation later today. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, announced last month that he was stepping down because of health problems...
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World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, UN report finds
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
A decade-long global effort to save Earth's disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats such as coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report Tuesday. In 2010, more than 150 countries agreed to goals to protect nature, but the new United Nations scorecard found the world has largely failed to meet 20 targets to safeguard species and ecosystems...
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Coronavirus deaths in kids echoes toll in adults, CDC says
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
NEW YORK -- A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. children and young adults released Tuesday shows they mirror patterns seen in older patients. The report examined 121 deaths of those younger than 21, as of the end of July. Like older adults, many of them had one or more medical conditions -- such as lung problems, including asthma, obesity, heart problems or developmental conditions...
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'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. -- Heavy rain, pounding surf and flash floods hit parts of the Florida Panhandle and the Alabama coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Sally lumbered toward land at a painfully slow pace, threatening as much as 30 inches of rain and dangerous, historic flooding...
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Seeping under doors, bad air from West's fires won't ease up
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dangerously dirty air spewing from the West Coast wildfires is seeping into homes and businesses, sneaking into cars through air conditioning vents and preventing people already shut away by the coronavirus pandemic from enjoying a walk or trip to the park...
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Louisville, Ky., to pay $12M to Breonna Taylor's family
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Months after the police killing of Breonna Taylor thrust her name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, the city of Louisville agreed to pay the Black woman's family $12 million and reform police practices as part of a settlement announced Tuesday...
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'Dawn of a new Middle East': Israel signs pacts with two Arab states
(National News ~ 09/16/20)
WASHINGTON -- Israel on Tuesday signed historic diplomatic pacts with two Gulf Arab states at a White House ceremony President Donald Trump declared will mark the "dawn of a new Middle East." The bilateral agreements formalize the normalization of Israel's already thawing relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in line with their common opposition to Iran. ...
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Billy Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 09/16/20)
Billy Ray Rhodes, 93, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, died Monday, June 8, 2020. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lightner Cemetery Gazebo in Scott City, with the Rev. Michael Woods officiating. Burial will be with full military honors...
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Robert Martin
(Obituary ~ 09/16/20)
Robert "Bob" Martin, 95, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Ed Rothenberger officiating. Burial will be at Anna City Cemetery in Anna, Illinois...
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Josephine Lundstrum
(Obituary ~ 09/16/20)
TYLER, Texas -- Josephine Ida Lundstrum, 84, of Tyler, formerly of Cape Girardeau and Marble Hill, Missouri, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Tyler. A memorial service will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakewood Church, 19746 State Highway 155 South in Flint, Texas, with Raymond Graham officiating...
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Erwin Lloyd
(Obituary ~ 09/16/20)
LILBOURN, Mo. -- Raymond Erwin Lloyd, 88, passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid, Missouri. He was born Aug. 5, 1932, in Lilbourn, the son of the late Raymond and Bessie Taylor Lloyd. He was a member of New Life Assembly in New Madrid and had worked as owner-editor for SEMO News in Lilbourn and the Portageville Review in Portageville, Missouri. ...
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Randy Fronabarger
(Obituary ~ 09/16/20)
Randy G. Fronabarger, 77, of Jackson passed away Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 11, 1943, in St. Louis to Paul W. and Della M. Hahs Fronabarger. He married Sharon Smith. They had three children: Lane, Julie and Garrett...
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Mizzou journalism school faculty criticize system president
(State News ~ 09/16/20)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system's president for comments and actions they say could discourage dissent. Fifteen faculty members signed a letter Monday to Mun Choi, who is also chancellor at the system's flagship Columbia campus, the Columbia Missourian reported...
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MU expels 2, suspends 3 for coronavirus rule violations
(State News ~ 09/16/20)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- With more than 1,300 of its students infected with the coronavirus, the University of Missouri in Columbia said Tuesday that two students were expelled and three others suspended for violating rules meant to slow the virus' spread. A news release stated the sanctions were necessary because of flagrant violations of rules and regulations requiring students who test positive for the COVID-19 virus to isolate themselves and comply with social-distancing requirements...
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Christian Boxing Academy teaches more than sport to area kids
(Editorial ~ 09/16/20)
Danny Rees and team at the Christian Boxing Academy are doing more than teach kids the fundamentals of boxing. They're teaching life lessons. The program, which is offered to any sixth- through 12-grade student in Cape Girardeau, meets from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, unless Cape Central is not holding classes. This is the seventh year for the program...
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Prayer 9/16/20
(Prayer ~ 09/16/20)
O Lord Jesus, bless those who selflessly give, in time and resources, to those in need. Amen.
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Out of the past: Sept. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 09/16/20)
U.S. Rep Bill Emerson toured the SEMO District Fair yesterday, talking with Southeast Missouri farmers a day after introducing an alternative 1995 farm bill in Washington; he stopped by the Cape County Farm Bureau tent with his guest, John Greenway, a member of the British House of Commons; Greenway visited Emerson and the fair six years ago on official business; he's back this year on vacation...
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Birth 9/16/20
(Births ~ 09/16/20)
Son to Michael and Jessica Renick of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 5:22 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Name, George Kenneth. Weight, 9 pounds, 2 ounces. Fourth child, second son. Mrs. Renick is the daughter of Tracy Smith of Cape Girardeau and Kenny McClendon of Clarkesville, Georgia. She is employed by Red Letter Communications. Renick is the son of Donna Renick of Cape Girardeau and the late George Renick. He works for Mississippi River Radio...
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Cape police report 9/16/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/16/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. DWI n Driving under the influence was reported at North Sprigg Street and Fairway Boulevard. Assaults n Assault was reported. n Assault was reported in the 200 block of South Lorimier Street...
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