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Coming this weekend: Photos of Doggy Swim Day
(Local News ~ 10/02/20)
Abbi James reacts to her goldendoodle, Moseby, jumping to fetch a ball during Doggy Swim Day at Cape Splash Family Aquatic Center on Saturday in Cape Girardeau. ...
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Cape School District works to keep non-wired students connected
(Local News ~ 10/02/20)
In a wired world, with widespread access to cyberspace often taken for granted, it may be a bit of a shock to realize not everybody can get to the internet. In the Cape Girardeau School District, school administrators estimate as many as 180 of its students can’t get online at home...
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Four Cape County deaths linked to coronavirus
(Local News ~ 10/02/20)
Cape Girardeau County’s COVID-19 report Thursday included four deaths, all at long-term care facilities in the county. As case counts spiked in recent weeks, officials with the county’s Public Health Center have started including information in their regular updates about virus cases in the county’s long-term care facilities. ...
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Cape County on track to allocate all CARES Act appropriation
(Local News ~ 10/02/20)
With three months left in the funding cycle, Cape Girardeau County appears to be on track to allocate most or all of its coronavirus relief fund by the end of the year. The County Commission on Thursday approved another $137,425 in reimbursements for expenses incurred by several businesses in the county related to COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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EDITORIAL: What you need to know about voting in the upcoming election
(Editorial ~ 10/02/20)
There's been plenty of discussion -- and debate -- over absentee and mail-in ballots during this unusual election year. Southeast Missourian reporter Jeff Long provided a first-person account of how he navigated the absentee maze. And we've previously highlighted the options in this space, noting the difference between absentee and mail-in ballots...
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Bankruptcies September 2020
(Business Records ~ 10/02/20)
Bankruptcies filed through September for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Bankruptcies August 2020
(Business Records ~ 10/02/20)
Bankruptcies filed through August for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Bankruptcies July 2020
(Business Records ~ 10/02/20)
Bankruptcies filed through July for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Bankruptcies June 2020
(Business Records ~ 10/02/20)
Bankruptcies filed through June for the Southeastern Division of the Eastern District of Missouri's U.S. Bankruptcy Court are listed below with their corresponding case numbers. Included are bankruptcies filed in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties. Court is held in Cape Girardeau...
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Prayer 10/2/20
(Prayer ~ 10/02/20)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for you are our path to salvation. Amen.
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Speak Out 10/2/20
(Speak Out ~ 10/02/20)
There has been another telephone scam going on this week. I have received the same call twice about stopping my Social Security number and going to jail, putting a freeze on all my assets. Do not give out your Social Security number to anyone over the phone...
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Export-Import Bank dogs taxpayers with Pemex
(Column ~ 10/02/20)
As the saying goes, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." Nowhere is this truth more evident than in the recent behavior of the allegedly "reformed" Export-Import Bank of the United States. Reauthorized by Congress in December 2019 with the promise that it would suddenly change its ways and focus its fire power on fighting China, this export credit agency quickly returned to its tired routine of propping up its old and favorite customers, including -- very prominently -- Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.. ...
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Documentary tries to prove existence of dead Lincoln photo
(Entertainment ~ 10/02/20)
NEW YORK -- The image is haunting, depicting a gaunt-faced man with a familiar beard, staring ahead lifelessly. The right eye is bulging and appears disfigured from an unseen wound. Some experts believe the man is Abraham Lincoln, captured hours after the nation's beloved 16th president succumbed to an assassin's bullet on April 15, 1865, a heretofore unknown photo of incalculable emotional and historic value...
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Judge says government's lawsuit over Bolton book can proceed
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration can move forward with its lawsuit against former national security adviser John Bolton over his tell-all book, a judge ruled Thursday in denying a request to dismiss the complaint. The Justice Department alleges that Bolton's book, "The Room Where It Happened," contains classified information, and the government sued in June to try to prevent the release. ...
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After pandemic delay, Biden launching in-person canvassing
(State News ~ 10/02/20)
NEW YORK -- After months of avoiding direct contact with voters because of the pandemic, Joe Biden's campaign is about to launch in-person canvassing efforts across several battleground states. The decision comes amid growing concern from Democratic officials on the ground in key states who fear that Biden has been giving a significant advantage to President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, who have been aggressively courting voters at their doorsteps for months. ...
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Layoffs remain elevated as incomes, spending weaken
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined last week to a still-high 837,000, evidence that the economy is struggling to sustain a tentative recovery that began this summer. The Labor Department's report, released Thursday, suggests that companies are still cutting a historically high number of jobs, though the weekly numbers have become less reliable as states have increased their efforts to root out fraudulent claims and process earlier applications that have piled up.. ...
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Check's in the mail? Trump doling out aid before election
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
CHICAGO -- It's almost as if he's writing a personal check. In recent days, President Donald Trump has promised millions of Medicare recipients that -- thanks to him -- they'll soon be getting an "incredible" $200 card in the mail to help them pay for prescriptions. He's called himself "the best thing" that ever happened to Puerto Rico, while releasing long-stalled aid. Trump has also taken to showcasing the $28 billion he "gave" to farmers hard hit by the trade war with China...
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White House ups bid in last-ditch coronavirus talks with Congress
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- The White House is backing a $400 per week pandemic jobless benefit and is dangling the possibility of a COVID-19 relief bill above $1.5 trillion as last-ditch, pre-election negotiations hit a critical phase Thursday. The offer by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on unemployment is higher than many Republicans would like in any potential COVID deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Significant, possibly unbridgeable hurdles remain...
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EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill
(International News ~ 10/02/20)
BRUSSELS -- The European Union took legal action against Britain on Thursday over its plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached late last year. The EU move underscored the worsening relations with Britain, which was a member of the bloc until Jan. ...
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Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble
(International News ~ 10/02/20)
LONDON -- An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves -- and is running into skepticism even from some of those it's intended to help most...
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Barrett opposed 'abortion on demand,' raising doubts on Roe
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett signed a 2006 newspaper ad sponsored by an anti-abortion group in which she said she opposed "abortion on demand" and defended "the right to life from fertilization to the end of natural life." The ad, which had more than 1,200 names attached to it, appears to be the most direct expression of Barrett's opposition to abortion and is sure to intensify debate she would vote to restrict, if not overturn, abortion rights if she is confirmed to the U.S. ...
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Trump awaiting results after top aide contracts coronavirus
(National News ~ 10/02/20)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump are awaiting their own test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19. "Whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don't know," Trump said during a call-in interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity on Thursday night. "I just went for a test and we'll see what happens."...
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Peggy Raddle
(Obituary ~ 10/02/20)
Peggy Joyce Raddle, 91, of Cape Girardeau departed this life Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at Southeast Hospital. She was born June 2, 1929, in Doniphan, Missouri, to the late Claude Lee and Maude Lee Rideout Ponder. On April 22, 1950, Peggy married Vincent Herbert Raddle, who survives. They celebrated 70 years of marriage. She was his "Momma Bear," and he was her "Poppa Bear."...
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Laura Beattie
(Obituary ~ 10/02/20)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Laura Elaine Beattie, 58, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, at her home. She was born May 17, 1962, in Jackson to the late Norman Frank and Audrey Loland Poe, who survives, of Perryville. Survivors include sons, Mark Stephen Bayliss Jr. ...
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Man charged in St. Louis-area store killing, 27 years later
(State News ~ 10/02/20)
ARNOLD, Mo. -- Twenty-seven years after the owner of a suburban St. Louis liquor store was killed, police believe they've finally solved the case. Loril Harp, 68, now the resident of a St. Louis nursing home, is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the 1993 killing of 40-year-old Steven Weltig at the victim's store in Arnold, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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St. Louis to allow trick-or-treating, but with precautions
(State News ~ 10/02/20)
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson announced Thursday that trick-or-treating will still be allowed on Halloween this year, but city health officials are advising precautions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. St. Louis Health Department director Dr. Frederick Echols said social distancing and face-mask requirements will be in effect on Halloween...
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Judge drops suit alleging racist efforts to oust St. Louis prosecutor
(State News ~ 10/02/20)
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a federal rights lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office. Gardner, the city's elected prosecutor, claimed in the suit "entrenched interests" were intentionally impeding her efforts to reform racist practices that have led to a loss of trust in the criminal justice system. ...
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Out of the past: Oct. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 10/02/20)
Clean up your mess, the Cape Girardeau City Council tells developers and contractors; the council unanimously votes to require them to clean the mud and dirt off of streets and control water runoff and erosion around their construction sites; violators could be fined from $100 to $500 per day...
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Cape police report 10/2/20
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/02/20)
Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of Bloomfield Street. n Assault was reported in the 1000 block of Clark Avenue. Thefts n Theft was reported in the 1100 block of Ranney Avenue...
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Births 10/2/20
(Births ~ 10/02/20)
Daughter to Ryan and Mackenzie Sprandel of Jackson, Southeast Hospital, 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Name, Sophie Lucille. Weight, 7 pounds, 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Sprandel is the daughter of Stan and Amber Beel of Marble Hill, Missouri. She is a medical assistant at SoutheastHEALTH Women First. Sprandel is the son of Tom and Tracy Sprandel of Jackson. He is a research supervisor at BioKyowa...
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