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Southeast expanding private room options for fall semester
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
Demand is growing from Southeast Missouri State University students who desire to live alone on the university's main campus and Southeast is making accommodations. Debbie Below, university vice president of enrollment management and student success, said Thursday a smaller number of private rooms have been available for decades and singles are offered in every residence hall based on space availability...
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Appreciating local agriculture during Thank a Farmer Week
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
The Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau, with approximately 2,000 members, has been spotlighting the American farmer each day on its Facebook page during Thank a Farmer Week, which began Sunday. Laura Nothdurft, CGCFB president since August, believes farmers are incredibly productive...
- Broadway Pharmacy holds vaccination clinic (Local News ~ 03/05/21)
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From Southeast Missouri to the governor's office: Robert Knodell
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
From Carter and Butler counties in Southeast Missouri to the state capital and the governor's office, Robert Knodell has made the journey about serving others. "There is a tremendous opportunity to help people when you get involved, and if you have a heart for people in your community or your state, there is a big opportunity there," he said in a telephone interview...
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State unveils new vaccine program
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
Gov. Mike Parson announced a new COVID-19 vaccine channel Thursday and also signaled a shift in geographic allocations of vaccine doses. Parson announced a plan to send 15% of the state's weekly vaccine allocation to pharmacies across the state. "With vaccine supply continuing to increase and more Missourians becoming eligible, we will now begin shipping vaccines to pharmacies in all regions and communities throughout the state," he said. ...
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Missouri lawmakers move to forgive unemployment overpayments
(State News ~ 03/05/21)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thousands of Missourians would be off the hook for repaying millions of dollars in federal unemployment benefits the state wrongly awarded them under a bill passed by the state House on Thursday. At issue are mistakes by the state's Labor Department, which doled out $146 million in unemployment aid to 46,000 Missourians who didn't qualify last year amid a crush of unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic...
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Editorial: Redhawks ready for home opener in a strange spring season
(Editorial ~ 03/05/21)
It's not uncommon for the Southeast Missouri State University football team to hit the field each spring. But until this year, doing so was for intrasquad scrimmages only and not regular season competition. Due to COVID-19, the fall schedule, other than one game SEMO lost to SIU, was postponed until spring. And the schedule is entirely made up of Ohio Valley Conference opponents...
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Cape County Archive Center announces new hours
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
The Cape Girardeau County Archive Center announced new hours Thursday afternoon. The archive center, 112 E. Washington St. in Jackson, will now be open Mondays, according to a news release from director Marybeth Niederkorn. The center's new hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays...
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River & Rails Project: Developer plans renovations to 'ugly' warehouse in downtown Cape
(Local News ~ 03/05/21)
A century-old warehouse in downtown Cape Girardeau, described by its owner as "the ugliest building" on the south end of Main Street, will be repurposed as retail and restaurant space, pending approval of tax abatement incentives by the city that will help make the project possible...
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Hot real estate market, low interest rates are lending boon for area banks
(B Magazine ~ 03/05/21)
Despite the economic havoc COVID-19 wreaked on some businesses, real estate had an impressive 2020 with banks — offering historically low interest rates — seeing “unprecedented” levels of demand for new home mortgages, refinancing and, in some cases, construction loans.
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Parson expresses optimism at St. Louis vaccination event
(State News ~ 03/05/21)
ST. LOUIS — Gov. Mike Parson visited a St. Louis vaccination site Thursday and sounded optimistic about getting shots as soon as possible to all residents, even as critics in urban areas have complained rural parts of the state are getting more than their proportional share. ...
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Earmarks expose self-serving politicians
(Column ~ 03/05/21)
A fight is brewing over bringing back earmarks -- provisions that are inserted into spending bills by individual members of Congress to send money to politically favored entities in their districts. There has been a moratorium on earmarks since 2011...
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7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery
(Community ~ 03/05/21)
HOMEWOOD, Ala. -- Liza Scott, 7, started a lemonade stand at her mom's bakery last summer so she could buy some frills such as toys and sequined high-heel shoes. The bouncy little girl is still in business months later, yet the money is going toward something entirely different: surgery on her brain...
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Police request 60-day extension of Guard at U.S. Capitol
(National News ~ 03/05/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Capitol Police have requested members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, The Associated Press has learned. Defense officials say the new proposal is being reviewed by the Pentagon, and negotiations among the department, the police and congressional authorities are ongoing...
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U.S. traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled
(National News ~ 03/05/21)
DETROIT -- Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year. But those who did venture out found open lanes that invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths across the country...
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'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults
(National News ~ 03/05/21)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine since she became eligible under state guidelines nearly a month ago. She assumed her caseworker would contact her about getting one, especially after she spent nearly two days stuck in an electric recliner during a recent power outage...
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By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill
(National News ~ 03/05/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted by the slimmest of margins Thursday to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, after Democrats made eleventh-hour changes aimed at ensuring they could pull President Joe Biden's top legislative priority through the divided chamber...
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Virtual event to mark 'Iron Curtain' speech anniversary
(State News ~ 03/05/21)
FULTON, Mo. -- A small mid-Missouri college is preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in which he warned of the former Soviet Union's expansion of communism, ushering in the era of the Cold War...
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Mississippi River cities join project to map plastic litter
(State News ~ 03/05/21)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday. The project enables "citizen scientists" using a mobile application to log types and locations of litter found along the river, which drains 40% of the continental U.S. ...
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Steve Thompson
(Obituary ~ 03/05/21)
CORDELE, Ga. -- Steve "Dusty" Thompson, 74, passed away Monday, March 1, 2021, at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele. Dusty was born in Sikeston, Missouri, to Mac M. and Mary Blankenship Thompson. Dusty loved gardening, landscaping and being outdoors. He was known for his love of fishing, hunting, horseback riding and anything that brought him outdoors and allowed him to work outside...
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Edith Menz
(Obituary ~ 03/05/21)
Edith Menz, 75, died March 3, 2021 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to until funeral time at 10 a.m. on Monday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sikeston, with the Rev. David Dohogne, officiating. Burial will follow at St. Lawrence Cemetery in New Hamburg, Missouri...
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Prayer 3/5/21
(Prayer ~ 03/05/21)
O Father God, thank you for safety and warmth this winter. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/5/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/05/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 2800 block of Independence Street. n Assault was reported on South Kingshighway. Thefts n Burglary was reported in the 1700 block of Brookwood Drive...
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Out of the past: March 5
(Out of the Past ~ 03/05/21)
Cattle whose food was decimated by prairie wildfires that swept through parts of Oklahoma and Kansas in recent weeks soon will be eating Missouri hay; Gerald Bryan, University of Missouri Extension specialist at the Jackson office, is organizing a statewide "hay lift" to assist ranchers whose pastures and hay were destroyed by wildfires...
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Births 3/7/21
(Births ~ 03/05/21)
Daughter to Shawn Waylon Kilburn and Chelsea Gaynel Phillips of Oran, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Name, Kimber Jayde. Weight, 7 pounds, 2 ounces. Fourth child, second daughter. Phillips is the daughter of Carla Phillips and James Garrett of Vanduser, Missouri, and Rodney Phillips of Oran. ...
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Fitness Guru Gives Back With Food Donations
(Submitted Story ~ 03/05/21)
Tyler Kemplin got into personal training and nutrition after his mother and a close friend both passed away due to health issues. He posted some photos of his meal prepping on social media, and people began asking about purchasing meals from him. In an instant, Pulse Fitness & Nutrition in Cape Girardeau was formed...
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