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Bollinger County sheriff addresses need for law enforcement sales tax
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
Bollinger County commissioners recently voted to approve a half-cent law enforcement sales tax to be placed on the ballot in the April 5 election. That tax will be listed on the ballot as "Proposition A." Although the sheriff's office has received federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to replace its fleet of patrol vehicles, Sheriff Casey Graham said he found his budget for 2022 would not be enough to cover minimum wage salaries or attract qualified personnel to the office. ...
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Cape Girardeau County takes first step toward a future emergency management location building
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
Chastened by tornadoes over the past several months both north and south of Cape Girardeau County, the county commission voted Thursday to explore consolidating all emergency equipment indoors and in one location. Commissioners Paul Koeper and Charlie Herbst voted to seek RFQs, requests for qualification, from architectural engineering firms that could design an appropriate building...
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Jackson school board votes to stop contact tracing
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
This week, Jackson School Board voted to discontinue COVID-19 contact tracing within the Jackson School District. Superintendent Scott Smith made the recommendation in a specially-called school board meeting Tuesday. He said a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the district stretched staff to a point where they cannot effectively conduct contact tracing...
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American Red Cross Club at SEMO helps with current blood supply crisis
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
The American Red Cross Club at Southeast Missouri State University hosts multiple blood donation drives throughout the year including at the start of each semester, SEMO Homecoming and its Greek event occurring from March 27 to 30. Kate Appleman, SEMO Red Cross Club president said the group has seen a good turnout from its recent events, including its most recent drive Wednesday...
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Gas prices relatively stable in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
Despite a 1.8 cent rise to $3.32 for the nation's average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in the last seven days, with increases seen for four consecutive weeks across the country, prices are remaining relatively flat in Cape Girardeau County...
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Jackson lawsuits stem from weather, delays
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
What began as simple disagreements about a damaged roof and overage expenses on electrical work at a Jackson School District expansion project led to more than a decade of litigation and millions of dollars in settlements, penalties and fees -- and the case isn't over...
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Q&A with Missouri's new state revenue chief, Wayne Wallingford
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
Wayne Wallingford's window on the world from his sixth-floor office in the Truman Building in Jefferson City, Missouri, is a less than five-minute walk from the State Capitol, where the Cape Girardeau resident spent more than a decade as a state lawmaker...
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Editorial: Supreme Court vaccine ruling offers relief to businesses, workers
(Editorial ~ 01/28/22)
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Jan. 13 impacting millions of workers and their employers. The Biden administration had sought to implement an emergency COVID-19 vaccine mandate through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The rule would have forced employers with 100 or more employees to require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing and mask up when indoors...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 01/28/22)
Today is Friday, Jan. 28, the 28th day of 2022. There are 337 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 28, 1973, a cease-fire officially went into effect in the Vietnam War, a day after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by the United States, North Vietnam and South Vietnam...
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Speak Out 1-28-22
(Speak Out ~ 01/28/22)
The qualifications for a Supreme Court justice under Joe Biden have nothing to do with upholding our Constitution or the rule of law. How pathetic is that? I really don't understand SEMO University hiring a police officer that was guilty of soliciting and having sex with an 18-year-old female while on duty. ...
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Prayer 1-28-22
(Prayer ~ 01/28/22)
O Lord Jesus, most precious Savior, in all things we give thanks to you. Amen.
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Alfred Seals
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
McCLURE, Ill. -- Alfred F. "Bub" Seals, 65, of McClure died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, at his home. He was born Sept. 24, 1956, in Anna, Illinois, to Frank James and Frances Mae Goins Seals. He and Debra "Debbie" Dunn were married June 26, 1976, at McClure Baptist Church in McClure. She preceded him in death Jan. 17, 2022...
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Raymond Rowell
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
ROLLA, Mo. -- Raymond Baugh Rowell, 96, son to the late Rosker and Myrtle Jones Rowell, was born Sept. 21, 1925, in Ardmore, Tennessee, and departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at Phelps Health in Rolla. He married Ethel Lee Steakley on Dec. 6, 1947. She preceded him in death March 2, 2014...
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Genevia Pirtle
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
SHERMAN, Texas -- Genevia Mae Pirtle of Sherman passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Denison, Texas. She was born March 14, 1966. Genevia is survived by her mother, Genevia Leslie Skinner; three brothers; two sisters; a son, Joseph P. Walker II; a daughter, Leslie J. Patterson; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren...
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Doyle Mouser
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
Marion "Doyle" Mouser, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 15, 1927 in Zalma, Missouri, son of Hobert and Rosetta Davis Mouser. He and Mildred Snider were united in marriage on July 1, 1950; she passed away Sept. 23, 1983. He later married Mary Steelman Zarantonello on Nov. 3, 1984; she passed away May 15, 2019...
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Clifford Ebert Sr.
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
GRASSY, Mo. -- Clifford Carl Ebert Sr., 77, of Grassy died at West Tennessee Health Care in Dyersburg Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. Sunday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri. Funeral service will be Monday at Little Valley Church south of Marble Hill. Burial will follow in the Ebert Family Cemetery...
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Robert Comte
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Robert "Bobby" Neil Comte, 54, of Perryville died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Perryville. A memorial service may be planned at a later time. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Melba Bernhardt
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
Melba Irene Bernhardt, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, surrounded by her loving family at her home. She was born Sept. 24, 1941, in Cape Girardeau to Clarence Elmer and Irene Mildred Sewing Cox. She and Donald Bernhardt were married July 6, 1963, in Crosstown, Missouri...
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Daniel Beatty
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
GOLD CANYON, Ariz. -- Daniel Anthony Beatty, 72, of Gold Canyon died Tuesday, Dec. 21. 2021. He was born March 12, 1949, in Park Ridge, Illinois, to Clare Emerson and Patricia Daly Beatty. In his younger years, he was a Boy Scout and was very proud when he earned the God and Country Award. ...
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Albert Arnzen
(Obituary ~ 01/28/22)
LAFLIN, Mo. -- Albert William Arnzen, 55, of Laflin passed away unexpectedly at his home Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Born Oct. 19, 1966, in Cape Girardeau, he was the son of the late Ervin and Dorothy Holzum Arnzen. He and Cindy Kimbel were married at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold, Missouri, on July 22, 1989. She survives...
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Four controversial new appointees pulled from funeral board
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
The appointments of four new members to a state board overseeing funeral homes are being withdrawn amid an inspection controversy that has prompted one lawmaker to introduce legislation shiftimg some duties away from the board. Gov. Mike Parson appointed the new members in September amid complaints the previous members beefed up their inspections too much by requiring investigators to take more pictures after one crematory was found in such disrepair body fluids were leaking onto the floor...
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Missouri Senate divided on congressional redistricting
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republicans in the Missouri Senate negotiated behind closed doors for hours Wednesday over how to divvy up the state's eight congressional districts based on the latest census data. Senate Republicans are divided between a plan continuing Missouri's current political split in the U.S. House and a more aggressive proposal potentially giving the GOP a shot at winning seven of the state's eight congressional seats...
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7 Missourians indicted in catalytic converter theft ring
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A federal grand jury has indicted seven Southwest Missouri residents who allegedly stole thousands of catalytic converters and sold them to an Arkansas company for millions of dollars, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The thefts have increased dramatically in the Springfield area for the last two years, U. S. Attorney Teresa Moore said in a statement...
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SE Mo. man shot, killed by patrol trooper
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. -- A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper shot and killed a Marble Hill, Missouri, man during an alleged sexual assault at Amidon Conservation Area. According to a Patrol report, the unnamed trooper shot Ronnie Walker, 58, after responding to the call of the assault. According to emergency communications, Walker had a knife during the assault...
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Two men charged in shooting that wounded St. Louis officers
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
Authorities on Thursday identified the man killed in an exchange of gunfire with St. Louis officers leaving two of them wounded, one critically. Police said the man killed was 23-year-old Equan Hopson of St. Louis County. Meanwhile, charges were filed against two other men who were in an SUV with the suspect before it crashed. Those men are not accused of shooting the officers...
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Mo. couple sentenced for participating in Jan. 6 riot
(State News ~ 01/28/22)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A couple from Springfield apologized for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and said they got caught up in the crowd excitement after former President Donald Trump urged people to march to the Capitol. They were sentenced Thursday for a misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building...
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I-55 in Perry County reduced
(Local News ~ 01/28/22)
Northbound and southbound Interstate 55 in Perry County will be reduced to one lane with a 16-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform guardrail work and pavement repairs, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. ...
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Picasso heirs launch digital art piece to ride 'crypto' wave
(Community ~ 01/28/22)
GENEVA -- Pablo, meet Crypto. Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into 21st-century commerce by selling 1,010 digital art pieces of one of his ceramic works that has never before been seen publicly -- riding a fad for "crypto" assets that have taken the art and financial worlds by storm...
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Study: Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought
(Community ~ 01/28/22)
Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they're off, a new study found. The same study that tested emissions around stoves in homes raised new concerns about indoor air quality and health because of levels of nitrogen oxides measured...
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Biden: Ready for 'long overdue' pick of Black female justice
(National News ~ 01/28/22)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden strongly affirmed Thursday he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, declaring such historic representation is "long overdue" and promising to announce his choice by the end of February. In a White House ceremony marking a moment of national transition, Biden praised retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who will have spent nearly 28 years on the high court by the time he leaves at the end of the term, as "a model public servant at a time of great division in this country.". ...
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Biden says Russian invasion in February 'distinct possibility'
(International News ~ 01/28/22)
MOSCOW -- The White House says President Joe Biden warned Ukraine's president Thursday there is a "distinct possibility" Russia could take military action against Ukraine in February. The Kremlin likewise sounded a grim note, saying it saw "little ground for optimism" in resolving the crisis after the U.S. this week again rejected Russia's main demands...
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Will virus be 'over'? Most Americans think not: AP-NORC poll
(National News ~ 01/28/22)
ATLANTA -- Early in the pandemic, Ryan Wilson was careful to take precautions -- wearing a mask, not really socializing, doing more of his shopping online. The 38-year-old father and seafood butcher from Casselberry, Florida, said he relaxed a bit after getting vaccinated last year. ...
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Out of the past: Jan. 28
(Out of the Past ~ 01/28/22)
Burglaries targeting elderly Cape Girardeau residents have stopped, but contributions to a reward fund for the capture of those responsible haven't; the last reported burglary of an elderly person here occurred Dec. 6 at the home of a 70-year-old woman; it brought the total number of such burglaries to 16 since they began in May; since the last burglary, $1,740 has been contributed by four area businesses and civic organizations to the reward fund; that brought the total to $8,340...
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