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U.S. 61 to close for culvert replacement; Seal coat work to impact U.S. 61 traffic
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
**U.S. 61 in Cape, Perry counties close for culvert replacement U.S. 61 in Cape Girardeau and Perry counties will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. According to a MoDOT news release, this section of road is between Route KK in Cape Girardeau County and Route F in Perry County. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m Aug. 30., the release stated...
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Packing it in for school
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
Mandy Keys, from left, Dana Deisher, Carolyn Thomas and Toni Pearson dance to "Cupid Shuffle" during a break from packing backpacks with school supplies Thursday at Cape Girardeau Central Junior High School. Close to 500 students throughout Cape Girardeau will receive free backpacks filled with school supplies on their first day of school, according to Deisher. Local businesses, churches and individuals donated the supplies.
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Manifolds on Main returns Sept. 19 for 43rd annual car show in Cape
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
Next month, show cars will once again rev up Cape Girardeau's historic downtown. On Sept. 19, River City Rodders Car Club and Old Town Cape will host the 43rd annual Manifolds on Main Street Car Show. Over 250 cars and trucks will line Main Street from Broadway to Meriwether Street and fill the public parking lot across from Big Sandy Superstore...
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Scott City mayor and state lawmaker Burger back internet sales tax
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
Count Scott City's Norman Brant, mayor since April 2018, as foursquare behind the internet sales tax referendum, which goes before the municipality's voters Nov. 2 for approval -- now that the Missouri Legislature cleared the way this spring for local communities to implement such levies via the Wayfair bill...
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Missouri's highest court to hear Cape 'slip and fall' case from 2013
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
The Supreme Court of Missouri is expected to hear oral arguments in Jefferson City on Sept. 14 in an 8-year- old case in which a jury awarded a $475,000 judgment to a local woman who slipped and fell on the basement stairs of the former Cape Girardeau Common Pleas Courthouse -- which has become part of the new Cape Girardeau City Hall complex, expected to open Dec. 1...
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SEMO students moving in
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
John Powell, Southeast Missouri State University student, pushes a cart full of his friend's belongings to their dorm room Thursday during SEMO's new student move-in day. Move-ins at Southeast will continue through Sunday with check-in available between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Cape hospitals dealing with rising COVID numbers
(Local News ~ 08/20/21)
The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center has increased by more than 50% in the last week and a half, according to data released Thursday by both facilities. Saint Francis, which reopened its COVID care unit last week, reported a total of 39 coronavirus inpatients as of early Thursday afternoon, up from 25 just 10 days ago. ...
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Miss Brenda left her mark on many
(Editorial ~ 08/20/21)
Anyone who has helped a child learn something, anything, recognizes that moment when the light bulb comes on -- that eye-widening instant when the world becomes a little more understood. Brenda Renner has been part of those moments for more than three decades...
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When government's foolish errands turn into fiascoes
(Column ~ 08/20/21)
Another government failure, another outrage. This time the scandal is brought on by the less-than-orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the realization that 20 years of military presence in the country achieved nothing but death and chaos. Observing another instance of large-scale mismanagement, I can't help being surprised that anyone is still surprised...
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Prayer 8/20/21
(Prayer ~ 08/20/21)
Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us peace even in the most troubling times. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 8/20/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 08/20/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 17 n Medical assists were made at 6:59 a.m. on Independence Street; 8:49 a.m. on Bella Vista Drive; 9:22 a.m. on North Street; 9:37 a.m. on Shirley Drive; 10:52 a.m. at Henry and Herman streets; 12:29 p.m. on Beechwood Lane; 5:54 p.m. on South Hanover Street; 11:01 p.m. on North Main Street...
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Henry Scholl
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Henry Scholl, 93, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, at Independence Care Center. Arrangements are pending at Ford and Young Funeral Home.
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Flavian Schnurbusch
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
APPLE CREEK, Mo. -- Flavian A. "Pete" Schnurbusch, 86, of Apple Creek passed away Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born April 29, 1935, in Apple Creek to Joseph L. and Hermina Wingerter Schnurbusch. Flavian was a construction worker. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Apple Creek...
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Zachary Mazade
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
Zachary Albert "Zak" Mazade, 30, passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, near his home in Jackson, where he lived with his fiance, Vesper Hawkins, and bonus son, Brendon Hawkins. Zak was born in Saint Louis March 1, 1991, to Henry and Linda Robin Mazade. He had two brothers, Michael Mazade of Nixa, Missouri, and Andrew Mazade of Festus, Missouri...
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Dorothy Matthews
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Dorothy Jean Latham Gilbert Matthews, 87, of Overland Park died Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in her home. Dorothy was born May 29, 1934, in Cape Girardeau to Charles W. "Bill" and Naomi Markert Latham. She married Homer F. Gilbert on Oct. 3, 1953. They had four sons: Mark (Dana), David (Linda), Steven and William "Andy" (Lucy). She loved her sons dearly and was proud of each one...
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Russell Lappe
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Russell Joseph Lappe, 80, of Perryville died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and 8 to 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday...
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Evelyn Fore
(Obituary ~ 08/20/21)
OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Evelyn B. Fore, 94, of Olive Branch passed on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at 8:24 a.m. in the Lutheran Home of Cape Girardeau. She was born June 9, 1927 to Charles L. and Alice Virtus Hale Volner Sr. in Cairo, Illinois. She married Gene Fore, who preceded her in death. She enjoyed being a homemaker...
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Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic
(Community ~ 08/20/21)
NEW YORK -- On an assemblage of vacant lots and other pockets of unused land in the Bronx, gardeners from low-income neighborhoods have banded together to create over a dozen "farm hubs," coordinating their community gardens and their harvest. Several years ago, some discovered that, together, their small gardens could grow enough peppers to mass-produce hot sauce -- Bronx Hot Sauce, to be precise, with profits from the sales reinvested in their communities...
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Aid flows a bit more quickly into quake-, storm-ravaged Haiti; challenges remain
(International News ~ 08/20/21)
LES CAYES, Haiti -- Relief for the victims of a powerful earthquake and tropical storm began flowing more quickly into Haiti on Thursday, but the Caribbean nation's entrenched poverty, insecurity and lack of basic infrastructure were still presenting huge challenges to getting food and urgent medical care to all those who need it...
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Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium
(National News ~ 08/20/21)
NEW YORK -- When Ryan David bought three rental properties in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years. He also was counting on the rent money from the properties in Dupont, Pennsylvania, to help with the cash flow of his business buying and selling distressed properties, launched early last year...
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Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
(International News ~ 08/20/21)
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban violently dispersed scattered protests for a second day Thursday amid warnings Afghanistan's already weakened economy could crumble further without the massive international aid that sustained the toppled Western-backed government...
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Record delta wave hits kids, raises fear as schools open
(National News ~ 08/20/21)
The day before he was supposed to start fourth grade, Francisco Rosales was admitted to a Dallas hospital with COVID-19, struggling to breathe, with dangerously low oxygen levels and an uncertain outcome. It wasn't supposed to be like this, thought his frightened mother, Yessica Gonzalez. Francisco was normally healthy and rambunctious. At 9, he was too young to get vaccinated, but most of the family had their shots. She had heard kids rarely got sick from the coronavirus...
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Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near U.S. Capitol
(National News ~ 08/20/21)
WASHINGTON -- A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive police response and the evacuations of government buildings in the area...
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Springfield school employees sue over racial equity training
(State News ~ 08/20/21)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two Springfield school employees are suing the district over its mandatory racial equity training, which they contend violates their rights and is an "unconstitutional condition of employment." The federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Jennifer Lumley, a records secretary for the special services department, and Brooke Henderson, who works on plans for students with disabilities. ...
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$400M budgeted for high-speed internet in Missouri
(State News ~ 08/20/21)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday unveiled a plan to use $400 million in federal funding to boost access to high-speed internet. Parson unveiled his plan for the federal American Rescue Plan relief funding while speaking to reporters at the Missouri State Fair...
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Governor won't call session for Missouri redistricting
(State News ~ 08/20/21)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday said he won't call lawmakers back to work this year to redraw the state's congressional districts, setting up a compressed timeline for candidates running for the U.S. House in 2022. Parson told reporters gathered at the Missouri State Fair he doesn't plan on calling a special legislative session this year. Some lawmakers involved in the redistricting process had expected he would do so...
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Missouri state Rep. Sara Walsh's husband dies after contracting COVID-19
(State News ~ 08/20/21)
ASHLAND, Mo. -- A Missouri state lawmaker who is running for Congress has announced her husband has died after the couple was diagnosed with COVID-19. Republican State Rep. Sara Walsh of Ashland thanked everyone who had prayed for her husband, Steve Walsh, in announcing Thursday in a tweet he had died. He was 63...
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Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate
(State News ~ 08/20/21)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- A judge on Thursday issued an order barring St. Louis County from enforcing a mask mandate while a lawsuit against it is litigated. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page issued the mandate last month, prompting the County Council to vote to rescind it. Page maintained that the mask requirement nonetheless remained in effect...
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Out of the past: Aug. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 08/20/21)
Cape Girardeau voters will decide whether to issue $26.5 million in water system improvement bonds and pay for them with a quarter-cent sales tax; at its meeting yesterday, the Cape Girardeau City Council unanimously decided to put two separate issues -- whether to sell the bonds and how to pay the debt service -- on the Nov. ...
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