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Clint and Lynne Karnes create family-friendly travel, wine vlog
(B Magazine ~ 11/12/21)
Take a journey into the lives of Clint and Lynne Karnes as they share their love for travel, wine and family in their YouTube channel “Mrs. Karnes and Me.” Clint Karnes, community bank president for Wood & Huston Bank, and his wife, Lynne, a retired first grade teacher, grew up near each other in small-town Southern Illinois, became high school sweethearts and have since been married for 36 years.
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Route N in Scott County closed for drainage work
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Route N in Scott County, between County Road 332 and Route E near Commerce, Missouri, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will begin at 7 a.m. Tuesday and the road will re-open at 4 p.m. Wednesday...
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Zalma woman arrested on outstanding warrants
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
A Zalma, Missouri, woman was taken into custody Wednesday morning on several warrants. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated Jennifer Jackson, 31, was arrested on a Stoddard County, Missouri, warrants for felony possession of a controlled substance and on four Wayne County, Missouri, warrants for failure to appear. She was also cited for failure to wear a seat belt...
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Cape Girardeau insurance broker advises eligible seniors to be cautious when applying for Medicare
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Medicare's annual enrollment period, also known as "open enrollment," ends Dec. 7 and Charley Tinsley, owner/manager of TIG Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, has some advice for new Medicare seekers. "The big thing about open enrollment is people are going to get bombarded with mailers, with phone calls, with commercials, with door-to-door solicitation and people should be very cautious," said Tinsley, who has owned TIG since 2012...
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Cape Girardeau County commission OKs Phase II environmental study of county jail
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Cape Girardeau County commissioners Clint Tracy, Paul Koeper and Charlie Herbst have voted to pay Trutest Solutions of Cape Girardeau County $6,486 to do an environmental assessment of the county jail in Jackson. "Trutest was the lowest and best bid and it will look at what we call the old jail, built in 1979, and the newer one, built in 2000 -- which are now interconnected," said 2nd District Commissioner Herbst, who added he expects a completed study to be done in "the next month or so."...
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More area pharmacies to offer pediatric COVID-19 vaccines
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Children ages 5 to 11 became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri last week. Parents will have several options to get their kids the shot starting next week. A pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Cape Girardeau Central Middle School...
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Bailey becomes third mayoral candidate for Cape
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
For the first time in 11 years, the City of Cape Girardeau will hold a three-way primary election for the position of mayor in February. Ramona Bailey, a local business owner and Southeast Missouri State University alumnus, filed a completed nominating petition for mayor Wednesday morning. Primary elections are held when more than two candidates file for a single office...
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Harps, Schnucks weigh in on consumer prices following steep inflationary rise
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Terry Snider, meat team leader at Harps Food Store in Jackson, said Wednesday he is witnessing firsthand the combined impact of the spike in inflation, supply chain problems and increased demand. There are "lots of shortages," Snider said. Snider said he has been in the meat business for 38 years...
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Shots fired on Broadway Thursday; no victims, witnesses
(Local News ~ 11/12/21)
Cape Girardeau Police officers responded Thursday evening to a report of shots fired in the area of Broadway and Fountain streets in Cape Girardeau. CGPD Sgt. Joey Hann said officers responded to a report of shots fired and a report of people running from the area around 7:40 p.m...
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Jane Heuring
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Jane Ann Heuring, 82, of Cape Girardeau passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, while visiting her son in Anna, Illinois. She was born July 17, 1939, in Ogdensburg, New York, the daughter of Harold W. and Helen E. Truax Witherhead. She married Paul "Chub" Heuring Sept. 23, 1961, in Morristown, New York...
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Hazel Boese
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Hazel Carlota Boese, 57, passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 10, 1964, in Lilbourn, Missouri, daughter of Junior Edward Jaco and Rosaura Lara. She and Chris Boese were married on Sept. 13, 1996, in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Laura Climer
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Laura Lee Climer, 88, of Marble Hill died Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation and a celebration of life service will be held Nov. 20 at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time. The celebration of life service will begin at 1:30 p.m., followed by a reception...
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Roger Schremp
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Roger J. Schremp, 65, of Perryville died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 8 to 9:40 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home...
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SEMO basketball programs tip off with opening wins
(Editorial ~ 11/12/21)
Both the men's and women's basketball programs at Southeast Missouri State University are off to good starts in the 2021-2022 campaign. The men opened their season on the road Tuesday evening at Missouri State, winning a tight contest 99-94. It was the first win for the Redhawks at JHQ Arena in six years. The win makes two consecutive years the Redhawks have won their opening contest under the leadership of Coach Brad Korn...
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Prayer 11-12-21
(Prayer ~ 11/12/21)
O Lord, we praise you for you are the Alpha and the Omega, the Almighty. Amen.
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Parents go after union stranglehold on school boards
(Column ~ 11/12/21)
Parents who never imagined running for office battled to win seats on local school boards last week; they won some, but lost many. Their fiercest opponents were the teachers unions. The media portrayed these school board races as culture wars, but more than anything they were struggles by parents to wrest control of the boards from self-serving unions. ...
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Mary Jane Palermo
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Mary Jane Palermo, 64, of Cape Girardeau passed away peacefully surrounded by the ones she loved on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. She was born July 29, 1957 in Cape Girardeau to Dan Richardson and Leah Masterson. Mary Jane and Gary Palermo were married March 3, 2000. He survives of the home, heartbroken at the loss of his wife. She was his everything...
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Percy Mangels
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Percy Howard Mangels, 79, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Percy was born Sept. 12, 1942, to Herbert and Lilly (Koch) Mangels in New Wells. He married Patricia Meyer on Oct. 22, 1966. She preceded him in death Feb. 16, 1991. He later married Bonnie Braddum on Nov. 29, 1997, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. She survives in Jackson...
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Marylee Hoehn
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Marylee E. Hoehn, 75, of Perryville died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Visitation will continue from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church...
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Larry Hinkle
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Larry S. Hinkle, 68, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born July 13, 1953, in Cape Girardeau to the late Melvin and Louise Richardson Hinkle. He and Jane "Janie" Diebold were married July 1, 1972...
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Wesley Farrow Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
Wesley Ward Farrow Jr., 70, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at his home. He was born May 23, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Wesley W. and Florence Nolan Farrow Sr. He and Phyllis Driskell were married April 7, 1969, in Cape Girardeau. She survives...
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Etta Deets
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- Etta Mae Deets, 84, of Glen Allen died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Service will begin at 11 a.m. today, with burial to follow in Grassy Friendship Cemetery...
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Joyce Austin
(Obituary ~ 11/12/21)
BENTON, Mo. -- Joyce Diane Austin, 68, of Benton died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at her home. She was born Dec. 3, 1952, in Cape Girardeau to Charles William and Delphine Bertha Glastetter Backfisch. She married James Austin on April 15, 1983, in Benton...
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Who's going back to the movies? So far, not everyone
(Community ~ 11/12/21)
NEW YORK -- The movies are clawing their way back in theaters, but, so far, not everyone is showing up like they used to. While certain segments of moviegoers are closer to pre-pandemic levels, older moviegoers and family audiences have been slower to return. ...
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UN chief says global warming goal is on 'life support'
(International News ~ 11/12/21)
GLASGOW, Scotland -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned a key temperature goal in climate talks is "on life support" but he still hopes world governments will step up their pledges to slash emissions of greenhouse gases...
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EU values, laws under threat amid standoff at Belarus border
(International News ~ 11/12/21)
BRUSSELS -- Fears the authoritarian leader of Belarus is using migrants and refugees as a "hybrid warfare" tactic to undermine the security of the European Union are putting new strains on some of the values and laws in the 27-nation bloc. The crisis at the eastern frontiers of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia is fueling calls for the EU to finance the construction of something it never wanted to build: fences and walls at the border...
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Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records
(National News ~ 11/12/21)
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, granting -- for now -- a request from former President Donald Trump. The administrative injunction issued by the U.S. ...
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COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for U.S.
(National News ~ 11/12/21)
The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U.S. While trends are improving in Florida, Texas and other Southern states that bore the worst of the summer surge, it's clear delta isn't done with the United States. COVID-19 is moving north and west for the winter as people head indoors, close their windows and breathe stagnant air...
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Biden salutes troops as 'spine of America' on Veterans Day
(National News ~ 11/12/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden saluted the nation's military veterans as "the spine of America" on Thursday as he marked his first Veterans Day as president in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. "There's nothing low risk or low cost about war for the women and men who fight it," said Biden, whose administration earlier in the day announced a federal effort to better understand, identify and treat medical conditions suffered by troops deployed to toxic environments...
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Out of the past: Nov. 12
(Out of the Past ~ 11/12/21)
Biking enthusiasts from all over the world may be pedaling through Cape Girardeau soon, depending on completion of a new seven-state link; called the Mississippi River Trail, it is a north-south route from Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, to New Orleans, about 1,000 miles over country roads near the nation's mightiest river...
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