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Progress on Cape utility addition
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
The City of Cape Girardeau’s new 1,000-square-foot utility payment building addition at Osage Centre is scheduled for completion in September, said development services director Anna Kangas on Thursday. Six city employees will be housed there and residents will be able to pay water, sewer, trash (solid waste) and recycling bills at the location. A drop box will be available at the new City Hall at 44 N. Lorimier St., which is due for completion Dec. 1. Cape Girardeau residents may also choose an auto pay option to pay their utility bills.
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SEMO, Discovery Playhouse join forces to host Horizons Summer Camps
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
With the help of Discovery Playhouse, Southeast Missouri State University brought Horizons Summer Camps back this week after a year off because of the coronavirus pandemic. Horizons Summer Camps returned with Jr. Dino Dig from Monday to today at Discovery Playhouse Children's Museum, located at 502 Broadway in Cape Girardeau...
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One City Work Life has its 10th graduating class
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
Five Work Life program graduates walked and danced down the aisle at the start of the program's 10th graduation ceremony at One City on Thursday. The class includes Rhiannon Christie, Patty Kreiter, Nicole Kirk, Miriah Hodges and Diana Whitaker. The class recently finished a seven-week program in four weeks time in order to learn job and interpersonal skills after being out of the workforce for various reasons, such as addiction and incarceration. ...
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Cape County says mass fatality trailer ready to deploy, if needed
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
Cape Girardeau County is the caretaker of a trailer housed next to the coroner's office on North West End Boulevard in Cape Girardeau with a demonstrated purpose to be used whenever disasters take many lives. The "mass fatality trailer" is considered a "state asset," according to the county's emergency management agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler...
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Sikeston man faces six federal charges for Jan. 6 Capitol attack
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
Nicholas L. Kennedy of Sikeston, Missouri, appeared in federal court Wednesday in Cape Girardeau facing charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Jackson homecomers in High Gear
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
People flock to High Street on Thursday during the annual Jackson Homecomers in Jackson. The five-day festival began Tuesday and runs through Saturday featuring carnival rides, food tents, entertainment and beer gardens. More photos from the first three nights of Jackson Homecomers are in galleries at www.semissourian.com
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Delta variant cases confirmed at Advance nursing facility
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
Five people have died in two Stoddard County, Missouri, nursing facilities in the past month because of COVID-19. Recent tests from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services have confirmed cases of the Delta variant at a skilled nursing facility in Advance, according to Stoddard County Public Health Center director Ben Godwin...
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Police searching for missing Sikeston woman
(Local News ~ 07/30/21)
A Sikeston woman missing since February is still being sought. Shyann Brooke Morrison, 21, was last seen at Quick Chek II in Sikeston on Feb. 6, 2021. She was last seen wearing a red jacket with fur, black pants and brown boots. According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Morrison may have been on her way to Texas and it is believed she has mental conditions...
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Events return to their pre-pandemic glory
(B Magazine ~ 07/30/21)
It’s been more than a year since we’ve had a proper event season, and this year is roaring back with more anticipation than ever. Organizers across Southeast Missouri are planning the return of their summer events after COVID-19 restrictions forced many to cancel last year...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/30/21)
Today is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of 2021. There are 154 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a measure creating Medicare, which began operating the following year. On this date:...
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Prayer 7-30-21
(Prayer ~ 07/30/21)
Lord God, may we not lean on ourselves but on you and your enduring promises. Amen.
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Welcome to new Jackson superintendent Scott Smith
(Editorial ~ 07/30/21)
As the calendar turns to August, the start of school nears for local students. And in Jackson, a new superintendent is settling in to lead the district. Veteran educator and administrator Scott Smith told the Southeast Missourian recently that Jackson is a school district he's always "held in high regard."...
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Delivery apps expand reach to meet customer demands
(Community ~ 07/30/21)
Spurred by skyrocketing consumer demand during the pandemic, restaurant delivery companies such as DoorDash and Uber Eats are rapidly expanding their services to grocers, convenience stores, pharmacies, pet stores and even department stores. On Wednesday, Uber Eats unveiled its newest delivery option: flowers. ...
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Because of virus, survey detailing American life is cut back
(National News ~ 07/30/21)
Because of quality concerns caused by the pandemic, data from an annual Census Bureau survey providing a wide-ranging picture of the U.S. on everything from commute times to education levels won't be released in its usual format this year, officials said Thursday...
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FDA allows automatic 'generic' swap for brand-name insulin
(National News ~ 07/30/21)
U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore. Doctors now have to specifically prescribe what's called a biosimilar or OK substituting it for a more expensive brand-name insulin...
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Biden: Eviction moratorium allowed to expire Saturday
(National News ~ 07/30/21)
BOSTON -- The Biden administration announced Thursday it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month. The White House said President Joe Biden would have liked to extend the federal eviction moratorium because of the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. ...
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Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers
(National News ~ 07/30/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the "American tragedy" of rising-yet-preventable deaths among the unvaccinated...
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6 chimps removed from facility under court order
(State News ~ 07/30/21)
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. -- Six chimpanzees have been removed from their caretaker under a court order after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals claimed in 2016 the chimps were being held in inadequate conditions. The chimps were removed Wednesday from a Festus, Missouri-area facility. Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and the U.S. Marshals Service oversaw the removal of the chimps out of concern their caretaker, Tonia Haddix, or others would try to block the effort...
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Missouri treasurer to make bid for state auditor
(State News ~ 07/30/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on Thursday announced he's running for state auditor. Republican Gov. Mike Parson appointed Fitzpatrick state treasurer in 2018 after Republican Josh Hawley left the Missouri Attorney General's Office to serve in the U.S. Senate, prompting the governor to fill a series of vacant statewide offices...
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Jay Nixon says he won't run for Senate in 2022
(State News ~ 07/30/21)
ST. LOUIS -- Former Gov. Jay Nixon will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2022, dashing hopes of some Democrats who thought Nixon had the best chance to beat a Republican in the increasingly conservative state. Nixon, a lawyer, said in a statement he believes he "will be more effective outside of this partisan back and forth."...
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COVID kills a few vaccinated high-risk Missouri patients
(State News ~ 07/30/21)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- More than a dozen high-risk Missouri residents who were vaccinated against COVID-19 were among those who died amid a surge of cases that has led the University of Missouri to reinstate a mask mandate and some St. Louis restaurants to permit only the immunized to eat indoors...
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Ravages of COVID surge evident inside central Missouri hospital
(State News ~ 07/30/21)
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. -- Daryl Barker was passionately against a COVID-19 vaccination, and so were his relatives. Then 10 of them got sick, and Barker, at just 31, ended up in a Missouri intensive care unit fighting for his life. It's a scenario playing out time and again at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, where 22 people died from the virus in the first 23 days of July. ...
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Fire report 7-30-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/30/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 28 n Medical assists were made at 7:07 p.m., on Village Drive; 7:35 p.m. on Noble Court; 9:08 p.m. on William Street; 9:27 p.m. on Perryville Road; 9:52 p.m. on Hazel Street; 10:31 p.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 10:52 p.m. on Grant Street...
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Out of the past: July 30
(Out of the Past ~ 07/30/21)
Almost a month after they asked questions, landowners who would be affected by a Bollinger-Cape Girardeau County lake will get the answers they've been waiting for at a meeting this evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Jackson; the lake project was first proposed in 1990 and resurfaced last summer; the 7,680-acre recreational lake would be built near Millersville and would affect about 200 landowners; it would be funded by a 1-cent sales tax in both counties...
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