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Cape Girardeau man sentenced to prison
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
A Cape Girardeau man has been sentenced to prison for a conviction on a firearm charge. U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp handed down an 84-month prison term for Corey C. Lewis, 33, following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm...
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Missouri National Veterans Memorial to display Global War on Terror Flag
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
Veterans & Athletes United's Global War on Terror Memorial Flag will soon make a short appearance in Perryville, Missouri. The 28-foot-wide by 6-foot-tall American flag formed of more than 7,000 dog tags from all who have died in the Global War on Terror will be on display in the museum at the Missouri's National Veterans Memorial from Oct. 19 through 26...
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Officials urge residents to beware of new scam posing as federal authorities
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI are warning about the emergence of a new scam where perpetrators are posing as federal courts and law enforcement to scare victims. Cape Girardeau Police Department Sgt. Joey Hann said Cape Girardeau police are aware of the scam, but there have been no official reports of the scam in the area thus far. The Cape Girardeau police will continue to monitor for its appearance locally...
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Book by local clergyman details the power of mission-focused planning
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
Like it did for most people, the pandemic changed things for Barry Winders. In the fall of 2019, Winders, a retired Methodist clergy, served on a task force examining the viability of dying churches. He started noticing patterns in each congregation and took notes, recognizing chapters for a potential book...
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Former state lawmaker Kathy Swan named to local hospital board
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
Former Missouri state Rep. and current JCS Wireless president and co-owner Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau has been named to the Saint Francis Healthcare System Board of Directors. Swan, who left office in January after eight years in the Missouri House, worked in nursing for Saint Francis Medical Center in the early 1970s...
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Schnucks announces pay hikes take effect next week
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
On the same day as a companywide career fair was held at all of its 111 store locations, including Cape Girardeau, St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets announced Thursday a companywide wage increase will be instituted for "eligible teammates" on Monday. Higher hourly pay to $12.10 per hour, a company news release stated, applies to "current and future Schnucks store, bakery plant and floral design center teammates," except for baggers...
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Jackson town hall pushes internet sales tax
(Local News ~ 10/08/21)
In a room bedecked with "Yes on Jackson" signs and balloons, a town hall meeting was held to promote the city's use, or internet sales tax initiative Thursday evening. Two dozen attendees came to the event at the new Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce building at 1846 E. Jackson Blvd. with 20 more joining the event via Facebook Live...
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Fashion show, Alzheimer's walk scheduled for Saturday
(Editorial ~ 10/08/21)
There are two big events on the schedule this weekend that will raise much-needed funds for important organizations. The 11th annual VintageNOW fashion show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Show Me Center. One of the area's marquee events, the show features an entertaining look at fashion through the years with local women walking the runway. This year's theme is "A Tale of Time: 1920 to 2021."...
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The problem isn't raising taxes, it's spending, spending, spending
(Column ~ 10/08/21)
Confession time: I'm open to raising taxes. As a lifelong conservative, making this case comes as easily as arguing for a weak national defense, or more United Nations funding. So please bear with me as I walk through why I'm open to the idea. One of the most important lessons of the last two decades is that black swan events -- game-changing surprises -- aren't nearly so rare as we'd like...
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Speak Out 10-8-21
(Speak Out ~ 10/08/21)
The musical production of Guys and Dolls at the University River Campus was wonderful! Those students were amazing! Beautiful singing, great acting, loved it! Why is it always Republicans who want to shut down the government because of the debt ceiling? They raised it without any reservations for Reagan, H.W. Bush, W. Bush and Trump. Why is so important now? Could it be a Democrat is in the White House? Ya think?...
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Prayer 10-8-21
(Prayer ~ 10/08/21)
Lord Jesus, may we speak with boldness, standing on the truth of your Holy Word. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 10/8/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/08/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 6 n Medical assists were made at 1:04 a.m., on North Fountain Street; 3 a.m. on South Sprigg Street; 10:29 a.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 3:22 p.m. on Jessica Drive; 4:41 p.m. on Jefferson Avenue; 8:02 p.m. on Asher Street...
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Toymakers race to get products on shelves amid supply clogs
(Community ~ 10/08/21)
NEW YORK -- Running out of time to get its products on store shelves ahead of the holidays, the Basic Fun toy company made an unprecedented decision: It's leaving one-third of its iconic Tonka Mighty Dump Trucks destined for the U.S. in China. Why? Given surging prices for shipping containers and clogs in the supply network, transportation costs to get the bulky yellow toy to U.S. ...
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Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize
(Entertainment ~ 10/08/21)
STOCKHOLM -- U.K.-based Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose experience of crossing continents and cultures has fed his novels about the impact of migration on individuals and societies, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy said the award was in recognition of Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents."...
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Alabama swamped, 4 killed in floods from slow-moving front
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
PELHAM, Ala. -- Terrified drivers climbed out of swamped cars and muddy floodwater flowed through neighborhoods after a stalled weather front drenched Alabama for hours, leaving entire communities under water Thursday and killing at least four people...
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What to expect as U.S. weighs COVID shots for younger kids
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow COVID-19 vaccinations in children ages 5 to 11 -- using kid-sized doses. Until now, only people 12 and older could be vaccinated in the U.S., with shots made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. That's been a huge frustration for many pediatricians and parents, especially as the extra-contagious delta variant has raged through poorly vaccinated communities -- and the schools in them...
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Flu shots urged to avoid 'twindemic'
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
The U.S. is gearing up in case of a bad flu season on top of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, with a plea Thursday for Americans to get vaccinated against both. "I get it: We are all tired of talking about vaccines," said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Microsoft report: Russia behind 58% of detected state-backed hacks
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
BOSTON -- Russia accounted for most state-sponsored hacking detected by Microsoft over the past year, with a 58% share, mostly targeting government agencies and think tanks in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members, the company said...
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Senate dodges U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government's borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans...
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Abortions resume in Texas clinics judge halts law
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but other physicians remained hesitant, afraid the court order would not stand for long and thrust them back into legal jeopardy...
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Report details Trump's all-out bid to undo election results
(National News ~ 10/08/21)
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos, and prompted top officials there and at the White House to threaten to resign, a Senate Judiciary Committee report found...
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Catholic bishops urge Missouri leaders to end executions
(State News ~ 10/08/21)
Leaders of the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Missouri are urging state leaders to end the use of the death penalty, after a convicted killer of three was executed despite a request for clemency from the pope. Ernest Johnson was executed Tuesday evening, the first Missouri execution in 16 months and the seventh in the U.S. this year. Johnson, 61, admitted killing convenience store workers Mary Bratcher, Mabel Scruggs and Fred Jones during a closing-time robbery in 1994 in Columbia...
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2 charged in kidnapping of woman photographed nude in cage in Windyville
(State News ~ 10/08/21)
WINDYVILLE, Mo. -- Two southern Missouri men have been charged in the kidnapping of a woman who went missing in July, after investigators found photos of her, nearly naked and apparently locked in a cage, on one of their phones. Fifty-eight-year-old James Phelps and 56-year-old Timothy Norton have been in jail since mid-September on a kidnapping charge in the disappearance of Cassidy Rainwater. Their attorneys didn't immediately return Associated Press phone messages Tuesday seeking comment...
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Two more Springfield women charged in riot at the U.S. Capitol
(State News ~ 10/08/21)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two more Springfield women have been charged with participating in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January. The Springfield News-Leader reported the federal case again Cara Hentschel and Mahailya Pryer was unsealed this week...
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Out of the past: Oct. 8
(Out of the Past ~ 10/08/21)
A task force is looking at the feasibility of establishing a YMCA in Cape Girardeau; the Community Caring Council set up the task force to determine if there is a need for YMCA programs here. Jackson city officials and representatives of Allied Waste and its Lemons Waste Systems division cut the ribbon on the new solid waste transfer station at 2004 Lee Ave.; the city's landfill closed last October, and since then, solid waste has been shipped to the company's landfill in Dexter, Missouri, or to its transfer station in Cape Girardeau.. ...
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