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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 6/24/21 meeting
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes from June 21 meeting Communications/reports — other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Cooking in a heat wave
(Community ~ 06/24/21)
As I am writing this recipe column for this week, it is so hot outside. When it is this hot, we might not feel like cooking. But the needs of our families require us to feed those we love. With that said, I started searching for new recipes that want to make me cook and try them because they sound good enough I can't resist...
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New Cape City Hall supplies arrive; project back on track
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
Roofing insulation arrived Wednesday at the site of the $12.5 million Cape Girardeau City Hall project at 44 N. Lorimier St., enabling work crews to again be able to move toward substantial completion of the project, which had been targeted for Oct. 1...
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The chiffon twins
(Community ~ 06/24/21)
It's not often that a fabric is named after a food, but it's not all that uncommon for a food to be named after a fabric. Thus, we have lace cookies, fruit leather, French silk pie, satin frosting, and red velvet cake. But of all the foods named after fabrics, the ones with chiffon in their names, namely chiffon cake and chiffon pie, are perhaps the most significant because each has a story and a unique individual behind it...
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The Iron Whisk serves up good times and incredible flavors
(Community ~ 06/24/21)
Last Saturday I was lured 45 minutes away to Cobden, Illinois, by the possibility of trying a limited time menu item at The Iron Whisk: The Violet Femme Dutch Baby. Their online menu describes a Dutch baby as an iron skillet puffed pancake, "like if an omelette married a crepe and had a baby." The name Violet Femme is a genius nod to the band The Violent Femmes, Pride Month and the locally-grown lavender they use in the cream. ...
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Chaffee to stage first-ever bike rodeo; fireworks update
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
The City of Chaffee, Missouri, will hold a children's event Saturday to register bicycles and to meet municipal police officers, city firefighters and members of the Scott County Sheriff's Office. "We have an assortment of bicycles right now and we don't know who owns them," said city administrator Lee Horton...
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One City hires pastor as executive director
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
One City founders Jeremy and Raelenna Ferguson have searched for someone to head their not-for-profit since they started it nearly six years ago. On Tuesday, the couple announced they found the perfect fit. Taylor Smith, a local pastor and youth leader, will become One City's executive director July 1...
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Missouri judge: Medicaid expansion unconstitutional
(State News ~ 06/24/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Wednesday ruled a ballot measure to expand Medicaid is unconstitutional, meaning hundreds of thousands of newly eligible adults won't be able to access the health insurance program July 1 as promised. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem wrote the voter-approved amendment unconstitutionally sought to force lawmakers to set aside money for the expansion...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 6/24/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/24/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls.June 22 n Medical assists were made at 10:45 a.m. on Park Place Drive; 6:25 p.m. on Linden Street; 10:03 p.m. on North Spring Avenue; 10:59 p.m. on South Pind Wood Lane. n At 12:47 p.m., lift assist on North Middle Street.n At 6:53 p.m. lift assist on Brookshire Road.n At 9:53 p.m., lift assist on Belleridge Pike.
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John Edw. Smith
(Obituary ~ 06/24/21)
HOUSTON, Texas -- John Edw. Smith, son of the late Earl J. and Clara C. Halter Smith, was born Nov. 8, 1926, and passed away in Houston Thursday, March 11, 2021. John served in the Merchant Marines and U.S. Air Force. On Dec. 2, 1950, he married Clara Marie Stone. After her death in 2000, he married Jeanie Stroup on May 24, 2003...
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Juanita Rees
(Obituary ~ 06/24/21)
Juanita Rees, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. A celebration of life in Juanita's memory will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson. This will be an open house with light refreshments...
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Mary Langston
(Obituary ~ 06/24/21)
Mary Langston, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 20, 2021, surrounded by family at her home. She was born Feb. 28, 1954, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Fenton Howard and Genevia Doublin Langston. Mary was raised In Puxico, Missouri, and graduated from Puxico High School in 1972. She then attended Southeast Missouri State University, where she graduated with a bachelor of science in secondary education in 1975...
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Dexter man arrested for alleged DWI
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
A Dexter, Missouri, man was taken into custody Tuesday night for alleged felony driving while intoxicated. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Jacob Standridge, 31, was arrested in Stoddard County, Missouri, shortly after 8 p.m. He was taken to the county jail, where he was to be held for 24 hours...
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Jackson man taken into custody
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
A Jackson man was taken into custody Tuesday on a felony warrant. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Jamie Jones, 44, was taken into custody on a Cape Girardeau County felony warrant for second-degree terroristic threatening. He was taken to Cape Girardeau County Jail...
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Dexter man taken into custody on warrant
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested a Dexter, Missouri, man Wednesday on an outstanding warrant. A patrol report said Bradley Jones, 29, was taken into custody about 10:15 a.m. on a Stoddard County, Missouri, warrant for dangerous drugs. He was taken to Stoddard County Sheriff's Office and held without bond...
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Sikeston man arrested for child pornography
(Local News ~ 06/24/21)
A Sikeston, Missouri, man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly possessing child pornography. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report said Christopher Arivett, 38, was taken into custody about 11 a.m. in Scott County for alleged first-degree promotion of child pornography and felony possession of child pornography and video...
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Prayer 6/24/21
(Prayer ~ 06/24/21)
O Lord Jesus, with joy in our hearts we praise your name. Amen.
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Speak Out 6/24/21
(Speak Out ~ 06/24/21)
The Founding Fathers, 229 years ago, held face-to-face meetings without masks or social distancing ratifying The Bill of Rights during a small pox epidemic with a fatality rate of 30%. If they were alive today, imagine the horror they would feel knowing the risks they took to guarantee citizens' rights were shredded by unelected governmental bureaucrats because of a virus with an average fatality rate of less than 1%. Where's the grit people use to show in times of adversity?...
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Out of the past: June 24
(Out of the Past ~ 06/24/21)
Gov. Mel Carnahan will use his constitutional authority to call a special election to fill the unexpired term of 8th District U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, who died Saturday; no date for the election has been picked, and it probably won't be for at least several days, says Carnahan spokesman Chris Sifford; under Missouri law, a special election must be held eight weeks after the governor calls it...
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