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Patrol IDs suspect in Poplar Bluff officer-involved shooting
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol continues to investigate an officer-involved shooting, which occurred just after midnight Wednesday morning on Poplar Bluff’s south side. On Thursday, the patrol released the name of the suspect who was killed in the incident...
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Cape County Commission reappoints Essner, OKs funds for election upgrade
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
Retired banker Danny Essner was reappointed Thursday by the Cape Girardeau County Commission to a new three-year term of the Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board (EEZ). The seven-member board's job is to advise county commissioners on EEZ matters, to review and assess relevant applications inside the designated zone and to submit an annual report to the Missouri Department of Economic Development...
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About 200 children get COVID vaccine at Cape Middle School
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
About 200 doses of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine were distributed to children ages 5 to 11 at Cape Girardeau Central Middle School on Thursday during a clinic aided by the Cape Girardeau School District, Broadway Pharmacy, John's Pharmacy and the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center...
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Cape Girardeau Salvation Army prepares for holiday season
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Cape Girardeau Salvation Army is gearing up for this year's Christmas Campaign: Hope Marches On. Lt. Lily Reiner from The Salvation Army Cape Girardeau said requests for services are at an all-time high, and this year's fundraising goal is $294,000...
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SEMO student charged with second-degree rape
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
Paul Raymond Fears, a 22-year-old Southeast Missouri State University student, is facing a felony charge of second-degree rape after a reported incident last month at an off-campus fraternity house. According to court documents, the victim, an adult female, was attending a party at the Theta Xi Fraternity house at 915 College Hill Place on Oct. ...
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United Way of SEMO executive director faces felony DWI charge
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
United Way of Southeast Missouri executive director Elizabeth Shelton will appear in court next week to face a felony DWI charge following a two-vehicle crash in September. According to a probable cause statement written by Cape Girardeau patrolman Zachary Lewis, Shelton and another driver crashed in the 1500 block of North Kingshighway on the evening of Sept. 17...
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Missouri legislator Rehder talks gas tax, foster care in Scott City Chamber appearance
(Local News ~ 11/19/21)
State Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder of Scott City (R-27) had the recent hike in Missouri's gasoline tax on her mind during remarks Thursday to the Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce's monthly morning coffee meeting. Rehder was among the minority of Show Me State lawmakers in voting against the tax increase in May...
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Rittenhouse found not guilty of all charges
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
A jury has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges related to two deaths in the wake of rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Farmers keep family traditions alive through several generations
(B Magazine ~ 11/19/21)
Even before he could drive a tractor, Scott Jahn knew he wanted to be a farmer. Jahn, 32, runs a 1,300 row crop farm in Jackson that has passed through his family — farmers for six straight generations — for three generations at the same location.
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
Today is Friday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2021. There are 42 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon. On this date: In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War...
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Sponsored: Shop Local: Jayson Jewelers
(Shop Local ~ 11/19/21)
Jayson Jewelers, located in the heart of Downtown Cape Girardeau, will make your holiday season brighter than ever this year! You will find the most unique selection of fine jewelry, loose gems, colored stones, sterling silver, freshwater pearls, along with the latest from customer favorites, Mariana, Pandora and so much more!...
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Prayer 11-19-21
(Prayer ~ 11/19/21)
O Lord God, may we meditate each day on your Holy Word. Amen.
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Court blasts Biden's anti-work vaccine mandate
(Column ~ 11/19/21)
Working Americans got good news Nov. 12. They may not have to worry about getting laid off because of qualms about the COVID-19 vaccine. A federal appeals court suspended the Biden administration's attempt to mandate the shots at private sector workplaces with 100 or more employees...
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SEMO to enjoy a few days off after reaching 70% vaccine milestone
(Editorial ~ 11/19/21)
Students, faculty and staff at Southeast Missouri State University will get an extended fall break this coming week leading into the Thanksgiving holiday thanks to the campus community surpassing its COVID-19 vaccination goal. University president Carlos Vargas announced at the end of last month SEMO exceeded the 70% vaccination goal. ...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 11/19/21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/19/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Nov. 17 n Medical assists were made at 12:08 a.m. on North Sprigg Street; 11:55 a.m. on South Henderson Avenue; 2:25 p.m. on Towers Circle; 9:05 p.m. on Pioneer Drive. n At 11:14 a.m., lift assist on Etherton Drive...
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Rulen Spies
(Obituary ~ 11/19/21)
GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Rulen Spies, 82, son of the late, Rulen "Sam" and Reva Pruitt Spies, was born June 11, 1939, in Zalma, Missouri, and departed his life on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 at his home in Greenville. On May 20, 1967, he was united in marriage to Norma Darlene Lufcy in Benton, Missouri. She survivors of the home in Greenville...
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Pro-Parson committee fined for taking out-of-state donation
(State News ~ 11/19/21)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An independent political action committee supporting Gov. Mike Parson was fined this week for taking a donation from an out-of-state committee, according to the state campaign finance oversight agency. At issue is a $150,000 donation in October 2020 from the RAGA Action Fund, the Republican Attorneys General Association's federal political committee, to Uniting Missouri, a pro-Parson PAC based in Missouri...
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Report: Magnitude 4 earthquake shakes Southeast Missouri
(State News ~ 11/19/21)
WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- A minor earthquake shook residents of Southeastern Missouri, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The survey said a 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded around 9 p.m. Wednesday in Wayne County, with the epicenter near Williamsville...
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After record low, monarch butterflies return to California
(Community ~ 11/19/21)
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. -- There is a ray of hope for the vanishing orange-and-black Western monarch butterflies. The number wintering along California's central coast is bouncing back after the population, whose presence is often a good indicator of ecosystem health, reached an all-time low last year. Experts pin their decline on climate change, habitat destruction and lack of food because of drought...
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Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
WASHINGTON -- Reviving three-way North American summitry after a five-year break, President Joe Biden on Thursday joined with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to declare their nations can work together and prove "democracies can deliver" even as they sort out differences on key issues...
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Iraqi migrants caught in border crisis in Belarus fly home
(International News ~ 11/19/21)
BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of Iraqis returned home Thursday from Belarus after abandoning their hopes of reaching the European Union -- a repatriation coming after tensions at Poland's eastern border, where thousands of migrants became stuck in a cold and soggy forest...
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Virus surge worsens in Midwest as states expand boosters
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
A surge in cases in the upper Midwest has some Michigan schools keeping students at home ahead of Thanksgiving and the military sending medical teams to Minnesota to relieve hospital staffs overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. The worsening outlook in the Midwest comes as booster shots are being made available to everyone in a growing number of locations. ...
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years
(International News ~ 11/19/21)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The area deforested in Brazil's Amazon reached a 15-year high after a 22% jump from the prior year, according to official data published Thursday. The National Institute for Space Research's Prodes monitoring system showed the Brazilian Amazon lost 13,235 square kilometers of rainforest in the 12-month reference period from August 2020 to July 2021. That's the most since 2006...
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Suspected serial killer charged in two Kansas deaths
(State News ~ 11/19/21)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man already charged with four deaths in the St. Louis area was charged Thursday with two killings at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Kansas. Perez Reed, 26, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Damon Washington Irvin and Rau'daja De'Naya Farrow, whose bodies were found in separate apartments at that Wyandotte Towers Apartments in downtown Kansas City, Kansas...
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White House offering more aid for winter heat, utility bills
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
The Biden administration is taking steps to help distribute several billion dollars in aid for winter heating and utility bills, an unprecedented sum coming largely from its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The package provided an additional $4.5 billion for the government's Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which typically has funding of $3 billion to $4 billion annually. ...
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Two Iranians charged with threatening U.S. voters in 2020
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
WASHINGTON -- Two suspected Iranian computer hackers have been charged in a broad campaign of election interference aimed at intimidating American voters during last year's presidential race and undermining confidence the results of the contest could be trusted...
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Rittenhouse jury deliberates for third day without a verdict
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
KENOSHA, Wis. -- The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial deliberated for a third full day without reaching a verdict Thursday, while the judge banned MSNBC from the courthouse after a freelancer for the network was accused of following the jurors in their bus...
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Oklahoma governor grants clemency to Julius Jones
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma's governor spared the life of Julius Jones on Thursday, just hours before his scheduled execution that had drawn widespread outcry and protests over doubts about his guilt in the slaying of a businessman more than 20 years ago...
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'Fundamental justice:' Judge clears 2 in Malcolm X slaying
(National News ~ 11/19/21)
NEW YORK -- More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil rights icon's death. Manhattan Judge Ellen Biben dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, after prosecutors and the men's lawyers said a renewed investigation found new evidence undermining the case against the men and determined authorities withheld some of what they knew...
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Out of the past: Nov. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 11/19/21)
The Cape Girardeau Board of Education has appointed a committee to redraw the lines to determine which elementary school children attend; the committee is being asked to develop two proposals, one for each of two phases of the district's master plan, which was approved yesterday...
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