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Marble Hill man is arrested
(Local News ~ 06/02/21)
A Marble Hill, Missouri, man was arrested for alleged driving while intoxicated Monday night. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers arrested Dalton Chapman, 25, for alleged driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked and failure to have insurance in Bollinger County, Missouri...
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East Prairie man dies in crash
(Local News ~ 06/02/21)
An East Prairie, Missouri, man died Monday night in a one-vehicle crash. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Conor Chance, 21, was on Miller Road, east of East Prairie, when the 2016 Nissan Altima he was driving northbound left the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Mississippi County (Missouri) Coroner Terry Parker...
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Sikeston man charged after allegedly running over woman
(Local News ~ 06/02/21)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- A preliminary hearing is scheduled later this month for a Sikeston, Missouri, man facing multiple charges after allegedly running over a woman with a vehicle in Charleston. Ronald Lee Taylor, 34, was charged with first-degree domestic assault-serious physical injury; armed criminal action; stealing-motor vehicle; possession of methamphetamine; and making a false report, according to online court records...
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Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with virus outbreaks
(National News ~ 06/02/21)
Jeannie Wells had hoped regular visits would resume at her elderly mother's New York nursing home once all the residents were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Around Easter, her wish finally came true, and she was able to hold the 93-year-old's hand more than a year after bringing her mother to the facility for rehabilitation for a fractured hip and knee...
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Ste. Genevieve sanctuary rescues Tiger King tiger
(Local News ~ 06/02/21)
Ste. Genevieve's Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary now houses a star-adjacent tiger. After a raid of Tiger King Park in Thackerville, Oklahoma, last month, one of the rescued big cats is at the sanctuary. The park became famous last year because of the hit Netflix docuseries "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness."...
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Building supply chain interruptions to delay finish of new Cape City Hall
(Local News ~ 06/02/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau has announced the $12.5 million City Hall project at 44 N. Lorimier St., scheduled for substantial completion Oct. 1, now has been delayed with no new finish date set. "The delay in building materials experienced by so many people building a new home or working on home improvements has finally caught up with the City Hall project," according to a news release issued Tuesday, which praised the efforts of the design-build contractor, Penzel Construction Co...
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That's baseball, the SEMO way
(Editorial ~ 06/02/21)
"That's baseball." Coaches and players say it often, meaning on any given day, anything can happen. We saw the axiom in action -- twice -- for the Southeast Missouri State University Redhawks at the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament in Jackson, Tennessee...
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Populism is at the root of right wing's paranoia
(Column ~ 06/02/21)
Over Memorial Day weekend, Michael Flynn, who briefly served as Donald Trump's first national security adviser, appeared at a QAnon-affiliated conference in Dallas. During a Q&A session, an audience member asked, "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here."...
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Prayer 6/2/21
(Prayer ~ 06/02/21)
Give us guidance, O God, and lead us to be kind and merciful. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 31 n Medical assists were made at 9:59 a.m. on North Main Street; 10:18 a.m. on North Main Street; 11:07 a.m. on South Lorimier Street; 7:15 p.m. on William Street; 10:36 p.m...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 6/2/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/02/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Assaults n Assault was reported in the 2300 block of Big Bend Road. n Assault was reported in the 100 block of North Ellis Street. n Assault was reported on South Hanover Street...
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Births 6/2/21
(Births ~ 06/02/21)
Daughter to Kyle and Stacy Wengert of Oak Ridge, Southeast Hospital, 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 24, 2021. Name, Hazel Rhyan. Weight, 6 pounds, 13 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Wengert is the daughter of Betty Roberts and Rodney Roberts of Oak Ridge. She works at Community Counseling Center. Wengert is the son of Bobbie Wengert and Ronnie Wengert of Perryville, Missouri. His employed by Alliance Water...
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Dennis Zoellner
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Dennis Ray Zoellner, 53, of Perryville died Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 6:30 a.m. until time of service Thursday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville...
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Bill Rollins
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
Paul Anderson Rollins, 88, a former resident of Charleston, Missouri, went to be with his heavenly Father Saturday, May 29, 2021, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 30, 1932, in Holcomb, Missouri, to the late Willis James and Ruth Marie Anderson Rollins. ...
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Patricia Heathington
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
Patricia Ann "Trish" Heathington, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Monday, May 31, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A memorial gathering will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson...
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Bertha Gloth
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
Bertha Irene Gloth, 86, of Jackson passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 11, 1934, in Whitewater, the daughter of William Louis and Edith Irene Snider Gloth. Bertha was the head cook at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson for 42 years. She was an active member of the Delta First Baptist Church and part of the church quilting group...
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Frederick Fischer
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, Fla. -- Frederick E. Fischer, 86, of Indian Harbour Beach, formerly of Altenburg, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Palm Bay, Florida Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. June 11, at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Altenburg, Missouri, with the Rev. Steven Dressler officiating...
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David Chotrow
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- David Wayne Chotrow, 71, of Perryville died Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 1 p.m. until time of the memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Perryville. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...
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Deborah Chappius
(Obituary ~ 06/02/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Deborah Kay Essman Chappius passed away Sunday, May 31, 2021. She was born Dec. 5, 1961. Debbie was preceded in death by her mother, Constance M. Essman; father, Charles G. Essman; siblings, Connie L. Copeland, Rhonda L. Essman, Wrick C. Essman and Karen L. Holloman...
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Busy parks try reservations
(Community ~ 06/02/21)
ST. HUBERTS, N.Y. -- Nick and Matthew Golebiewski climbed to the summit of Gothics mountain in the Adirondacks with packs, water, good boots and a new must-have item: advanced reservations. The free reservation system went online recently to handle the fast-growing number of visitors to the privately owned Adirondack Mountain Reserve. ...
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Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
(International News ~ 06/02/21)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office also can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. The new provisions, released Tuesday after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law section of the Vatican's Code of Canon Law, the in-house legal system covering the 1.3 billion-member Catholic Church and operates independently from civil laws.. ...
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Japan's vaccine push ahead of Olympics looks to be too late
(International News ~ 06/02/21)
TOKYO -- It may be too little, too late. That's the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to start...
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China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls
(International News ~ 06/02/21)
BEIJING -- Yue Yan is glad to have two daughters but sees why, even with the ruling Communist Party urging them to have more children, fewer Chinese women give birth at all. Yue, 35, spends days looking after her 2-year-old and evenings helping her 10-year-old with homework. Yue quit a restaurant job to do that, so the family lives on her husband's salary, which many can't afford to do...
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Pelosi rules out having Biden create Jan. 6 commission
(National News ~ 06/02/21)
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, telling House Democrats on Tuesday having President Joe Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week...
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Firefighter killed colleague at California fire station
(National News ~ 06/02/21)
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- An off-duty Los Angeles County firefighter fatally shot a fellow firefighter and wounded another at their fire station Tuesday before barricading himself at his home nearby, where a fire erupted and he was later found dead, authorities said...
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Biden marks Tulsa race massacre in emotional, graphic speech
(National News ~ 06/02/21)
TULSA, Okla. -- An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday he had "come to fill the silence" about one of the nation's darkest -- and long suppressed -- moments of racial violence...
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Justices reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2 billion talc verdict
(State News ~ 06/02/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products. The justices did not comment Tuesday in rejecting Johnson & Johnson's appeal. The company argued it was not treated fairly in facing one trial involving 22 cancer sufferers who came from 12 states and different backgrounds...
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Missouri court strikes down public labor union restrictions
(State News ~ 06/02/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 2018 state law imposing new restrictions on public-sector labor unions because the Republican-led Legislature had carved out police and firefighter unions from its tougher requirements...
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Fewer 2020 traffic stops in Missouri, but disparity remains
(State News ~ 06/02/21)
O'FALLON, Mo. -- Traffic stops and arrests resulting from those stops declined sharply in Missouri last year in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Black motorists were still far more likely to be pulled over and arrested, according to a report released Tuesday...
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Speak Out 6/2/21
(Speak Out ~ 06/02/21)
Thank you to everyone who put the flags out at Cape County Park and around our patriotic city. I am proud to live in this area and thankful for all who serve and served. Special prayers to all who made the ultimate sacrifice. America would not be great without them. We owe a timeless debt of gratitude to these heroes and their families...
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Out of the past: June 2
(Out of the Past ~ 06/02/21)
The Board of Christian Education of Evangelical United Church of Christ awards its first scholarship and honors Sunday school teachers with a breakfast; receiving the scholarship is Adam Click of Jackson High School; he was in the top 10% of his graduating class and is a member of the National Honor Society...
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