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Repair work to close portion of Jackson roadway
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
A portion of North High Street in Jackson will close Wednesday so crews can repair a water line. The closure will be from the roundabout at Hope and East Main streets, north to the intersection with West Independence Street. According to a news release from the city, weather permitting, the closure will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m...
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Chinese national arrested on multiple child porn charges
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
A Chinese national residing in Cape Girardeau is in custody at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office for possession and distribution of child pornography. Haoyu Wang, 27, was booked at the sheriff’s office Thursday by the Missouri State Highway Patrol for first-degree promoting and three counts of possession of child pornography, all of which are class B felonies...
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Cape man in custody for sexual abuse of a minor
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
A Cape Girardeau man was arrested after a witness told police the man was sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl. Ryan Ahrens, 19, was booked at the Cape Girardeau Sheriff’s Office on charges of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor under 14 years old. ...
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SEMO Department of Music to present 'The Marriage of Figaro'
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
Mozart's comic masterpiece "Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)" is coming to the Bedell Performance Hall on Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus on Friday and Sunday. Tickets are $20.25 and showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday...
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'Revenge of the Space Pandas' coming to River Campus
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
Southeast Missouri State University Theatre students will perform "Revenge of the Space Pandas" Friday through Sunday at the Rust Flexible Theatre at Southeast's River Campus. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $14.25 or $3 for Southeast students who present a valid student I.D...
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Cape County commissioners approve 2021 final budget
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners approved the county's final budget for the 2021 fiscal year Monday. According to county Auditor Pete Frazier, the 2021 budget reflects an approach among county offices to reduce spending but still meet required operating costs. Although 2020 was considered to be an "unusual year" because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Frazier said he anticipates things will mostly return to normal in 2021...
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Cape river gauge: Expect quick rise and steep fall
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
The crest forecast graph for the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau resembles a roller coaster with a gradual rise over the next five days followed by a steep drop next week. Starting today, the National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts the river, which had fallen to just above 12 feet on the Cape Girardeau riverfront gauge Monday afternoon, will rise about a foot a day between now and Saturday morning, when it is expected to crest a fraction below 18 feet...
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Some cutting the line for COVID vaccine doses in Cape County
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
This story is updated. More COVID-19 vaccine doses are getting into arms across Southeast Missouri, but some are going to people not yet eligible to receive them, according to Cape Girardeau County health care officials. “What we discovered and found out over the weekend is there have been people, multiple people, who took the (vaccine appointment) link they legitimately got from us and shared it with umpteen number of others,” Jane Wernsman, director of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, said Monday...
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Missouri bicentennial: Historian Nickell reflects on Trail of Tears
(Local News ~ 01/26/21)
Frank Nickell pulls no punches when it comes to U.S. President Andrew Jackson’s attitude toward Native Americans — a view brought into sharp relief by congressional legislation approved during his tenure and signed by America’s seventh president: the Indian Removal Act of 1830. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2021. There are 339 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 26, 2020, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California; the former Lakers star was 41...
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Michael Welker
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Michael Anthony Welker, 73, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Jan, 23, 2021, at home. He was born July 7, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Luther John and Audrey Thelma Rhodes Welker. He was married to Carole A. Bess, who preceded him in death July 29, 1998...
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Laverne Smith
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Laverne A. Smith, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. She was born May 11, 1943, in Cape Girardeau to Dallas and Mable Verble Baugher. She and Richard Stephen Smith were married Aug. 25, 1963. He preceded her in death March 24, 2009...
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Darrell Shemwell
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Darrell Ray Shemwell, 73, of Cairo passed away at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at Integrity Healthcare of Carbondale, Illinois. Darrell was born Jan. 12, 1948, in Cairo, son to the late Luther Cashman and Frances Hathaway Shemwell...
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Carson Pitman III
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Carson Lehman Pitman III, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Southeast Hospital. He was born Nov. 8, 1953, in St. Louis to Carson L Pitman Jr. and Imogene Halbrook. Survivors include four children, Carson Jordan of Louisiana, Brenda Fields and Robert Buckley, both of Sikeston, Missouri, and Joseph Nemac of Florida; one sister, Donna Kruse of Sikeston; one brother, Carl Pitman of St. Louis; and nine grandchildren...
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Barbara Michelson
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Barbara Louise Michelson, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at Ratcliff Care Center. She was born Oct. 28, 1942, in Menfro, Missouri, to Hubert Harrison and Ruby Jewel Horn Clayton. She and Marvin Glenn Michelson were married July 24, 1960, at Klemme, Iowa...
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Donald Matthews
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Donald F. Matthews, 89, of Jackson passed away Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.
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Carla Gordon
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
ORAN, Mo. -- Carla Gordon of Oran died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 67 years. Memorial service will be conducted at a later date. Arrangements were conducted by the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City...
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Marjorie Culbertson
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Marjorie A. Culbertson, 86, of Jackson died Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. at Monticello House in Jackson. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jeff Long officiating...
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Phyllis Buckles
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
MOUNDS, Ill. -- Phyllis Buckles, 78, of Mounds passed away at 12:54 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 2, 1942, in Ballard County, Kentucky, the daughter of Paul and Louise Winters Dowdy. She and Larry Paul Buckles Sr. were married on Dec. 21, 1962...
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Paul Brockmeyer
(Obituary ~ 01/26/21)
Paul Leo Brockmeyer, 86, of Scott City died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee, Missouri. He was born May 13, 1934, in St. Louis to Herman and Margaret Meyer Brockmeyer. He married Betty Jean Webb on Sept. 18, 1959. She preceded him in death March 22, 2001...
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Storm threatens Midwest with heavy snow, travel disruptions
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
OMAHA, Neb. -- A major winter storm threatened to blanket parts of the middle of the country with more than a foot of snow Monday, promising to disrupt travel and even forcing the closure of some coronavirus testing sites. The National Weather Service forecast the snow could stretch from central Kansas northeast to Chicago and southern Michigan. Some of the heaviest snow was expected in southeast Nebraska and western Iowa, which was forecast to receive at least 4 inches of snow...
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GOP Ohio Sen. Portman not seeking reelection, cites gridlock
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
CINCINNATI -- Ohio Sen. Rob Portman said Monday he won't seek reelection to a third term in 2022, expressing dismay with the deep partisanship and dysfunction in American politics. The career establishment Republican with a reputation for bipartisanship cited a political climate has made it "harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress."...
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Biden orders COVID-19 travel restrictions, adds South Africa
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders. He also added South Africa to the list...
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Trump agreements seek to tie Biden's hands on immigration
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
SAN DIEGO -- During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states threatening to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's immigration policies...
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Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden's nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation's 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the job in the department's 232-year history. Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve, was approved by the Senate on a 84-15 vote, becoming the third member of Biden's Cabinet to win confirmation...
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U.S. virus numbers drop, race against new strains heats up
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an ever more urgent race between the vaccine and the mutating virus...
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Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
(National News ~ 01/26/21)
WASHINGTON -- Democrats marched the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol...
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Missouri last among states for first COVID shots
(State News ~ 01/26/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Missouri ranks dead last among states for the percentage of residents who have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and two neighboring states don't fare much better. Information released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday showed 242,937 Missourians have received the first shot, or 3,958 people per 100,000 residents. ...
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Prayer 1/26/21
(Prayer ~ 01/26/21)
Heavenly Father, we look to you for you are our healer and deliverer. Amen.
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Out of the past: Jan. 26
(Out of the Past ~ 01/26/21)
A 17-year-old and two juveniles were taken into custody yesterday in connection with one of the worst cases of vandalism in the history of Old Lorimier Cemetery; the man was charged with felony property damage, while the juveniles, boys ages 14 and 16, were cited into juvenile court accused of the offense; about 116 tombstones and grave markers were damaged Nov. 28; vandals gained access to the cemetery by crawling under a chain-link fence, police said; more arrests are anticipated...
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Area police reports 1/26/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of North Fountain Street. n Assault was reported in the 500 block of South Spring Avenue. n Assault was reported in the 1100 block of William Street...
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Cape Girardeau fire report 1/26/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/26/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 24 n Medical assists were made at 1:44 p.m. on South Hanover Street; 3:17 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; 5:25 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 6:31 p.m. on Winterfield Circle...
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Guest Column: New resident embraces newspaper, community
(Column ~ 01/26/21)
We moved from the Seattle area and bought a house in Fruitland four months ago and so we are totally unfamiliar with this area. We signed up for a Southeast Missourian print subscription after seeing an ad on Facebook. I'm so glad we did. We did not have a local print newspaper where we moved from so we were excited to have one here in our new home...
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A Thank You to our Folks in Blue
(Submitted Story ~ 01/26/21)
Marie Nowell, begin coloring after her oldest son had a brain aneurysm in 2015. Even though he was 70 years old, he is her child, to her and it left my Mother wrenching her hands and needing something to mentally escape the events that followed, including the death of my Father in 2019...
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Application period for CFO scholarships opens Feb. 1
(Submitted Story ~ 01/26/21)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks will open applications on Feb. 1 for about $1.75 million in scholarships for students pursuing advanced educational opportunities. The CFO holds 445 scholarship funds that will provide nearly 1,000 scholarships for students across central and southern Missouri for the 2021–22 school year. The scholarships are open to students for higher education and technical training programs...
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Biden-Harris, this ain't unity
(Column ~ 01/26/21)
Inauguration Day brought cries of ecstasy as some rejoiced in the transfer of power and voiced their expectation of what the Biden-Harris administration would bring. Others were not necessarily exuberant about the two new leaders but were just giddy the old one is gone. In all of this, the calls for unity and "let the healing begin" reverberated, shallow as they were...
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