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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 2/17/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meeting of Feb. 7 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n COVID-19 Update: In an effort to keep Cape Girardeau County residents safe and aware regarding the status of the virus, Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director Mark Winkler will be issuing an update at County Commission meetings. ...
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Cornmeal is a versatile ingredient for many recipes
(Community ~ 02/17/22)
Cornmeal is nutritious, inexpensive, very versatile and can be used in many applications in recipes. From breading proteins and vegetables for frying to cookies and pie and all in between. I personally really enjoy foods with cornmeal in them, and who doesn't love a nice slice of warm cornbread or a basket of hushpuppies?...
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Face masks no longer required on SEMO campus, with a few exceptions
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
In an email from the president's office Wednesday, Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas stated the university will no longer be requiring face coverings on campus, effective immediately. Face coverings are still required in specific campus locations, including shuttles, transit services and health-related spaces such as the Autism Center and Campus Health Clinic...
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St. Mary Cathedral fire cause determined
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
A Monday night blaze at St. Mary Cathedral, 615 William St. in Cape Girardeau, caused an estimated $20,000 in damage. Cape Girardeau Fire Department personnel responded to the fire about 11 p.m. and located a small fire in the basement door of the building and inside the immediate area of the basement door...
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'Perry County Underground' film explores area's cave system
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
A March 5 screening of the film "Perry County Underground" will highlight the more than 700 caves in Perry County, Missouri. Perryville, Missouri, city officials have been working with the Cave Research Foundation, SEMO Grotto, state Department of Conservation and U.S. ...
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Chaffee teacher faces misdemeanor assault charge after student reported inappropriate touching
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
A Chaffee High School teacher and assistant football coach has been charged with misdemeanor assault after a student alleged he touched her buttocks. Court records show Todd Cabral, 50, faces a misdemeanor fourth-degree assault charge against a special victim. A student reported the alleged assault to a teacher Nov. 15, the same day the alleged incident occurred...
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Hacking the Golden Arches
(Community ~ 02/17/22)
Hack: v. to use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. But when did the word "hack" come to be used as a term for breaking into a computer system instead of just roughly chopping something up? According to tripwire.com, the current use of "hack" started in 1961 with MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club. ...
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Three-day church event to host high schoolers from around area
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
High school students from throughout the area will gather this week in Jackson to strengthen their Christian faith, share fellowship and help the needy. The student leadership event "Disciple Now," or "D Now," will take a "God-sized swing" for the fences, said student pastor Jonathan Cunningham...
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4-year-old Dexter girl continues to improve after 3rd heart surgery
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
DEXTER, Mo. — A 4-year-old Dexter girl continues to defy all odds and improve after undergoing her third heart surgery in October. Rylee Howard, daughter of Jody Howard of Dexter and Jacinda Burgnere of Gideon, Missouri, was born in 2017 and was diagnosed at birth with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)...
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Bridge replacement projects on schedule in Jackson
(Local News ~ 02/17/22)
Hubble Ford Bridge Replacement Project in Jackson City Park should get started in less than two weeks, on Feb. 28, Jackson's public works director Kent Peetz said Wednesday. Putz Construction of Millersville was awarded the nearly $550,000 project in January by the Board of Aldermen...
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Sponsored: Healthy minds help produce healthy bodies
(Insiders Advice ~ 02/17/22)
February 21 through 27 is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and it is no surprise to me that this week comes so close to the beginning of the New Year. Many Americans make New Year’s resolutions that involve dieting and working out in order to lose weight and become more physically fit...
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The border crisis reaches your child's middle school
(Column ~ 02/17/22)
Think you live too far from the Mexican border to be hurt by the chaos there? Bloomfield is a picturesque village in central Connecticut, 3,500 miles from the Mexican border. But illegal drugs flowing across that border nearly killed a 16-year-old student at Bloomfield High School two weeks ago. He tried marijuana, not knowing it was laced with fentanyl. Police rushed to the school nurse's office and administered two doses of Narcan just in time to save him...
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Speak Out 2-17-22
(Speak Out ~ 02/17/22)
This is in response to the person who compared the Cape Girardeau County Health Department board to Nazis. The Holocaust is the best documented case of genocide the world has ever witnessed. Over 6 million Jewish men, women and children were murdered and persecuted at the hands of Nazi polices. ...
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Prayer 2-17-22
(Prayer ~ 02/17/22)
O Lord Jesus, may we look for ways to show kindness to others. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 2/17/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 15 n Medical assists were made at 2:53 a.m. at South Pacific and South Benton streets; 8:19 a.m. at Beaudean Lane and South Parkway Drive; 11:02 a.m. on Longview Drive; 12:22 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 12:30 p.m. on North Cape Rock Drive; 1:13 p.m. on Independence Street; 2:12 p.m. on Parker Drive...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 2/17/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/17/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was made on Perry Avenue. DWI n Driving while intoxicated and failure to drive on right half of road when roadway was of sufficient width was reported on Clark Avenue...
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Births 2/17/22
(Births ~ 02/17/22)
Son to James Robert Livingston-Easley and Hollie Dannielle Boren of Sikeston, Missouri, Saint Francis Medical Center, 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. Name, Ryder Joseph. Weight, 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Fourth son. Boren is the former Hollie Elser, daughter of Alice Duke of Sikeston. ...
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David Seyer
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
David W. Seyer, 72, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at his home, after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. On Feb. 11, 1950, he was born to Lawrence and Dorothy Schaefer Seyer in Cape Girardeau. In 1984, David married the love of his life, Jane Rolwing Seyer. Together, they raised two daughters, Chasady and Charity. In 2003, he lost that love when she died unexpectedly at the age of 46...
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Ray O'Dell
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
Melvin "Ray" O'Dell, 76, of Millersville passed away Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at his home. He was born Sept. 21, 1945, to Manuel and Josephine Fiscus O'Dell in Ironton, Missouri. Ray was inducted into the U.S. Army Nov. 2, 1965, and was honorably discharged Oct. 23, 1967...
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Jesse Niswonger
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
Jesse Niswonger, 94, of Jackson died Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, at the Lutheran Home surrounded by family and loved ones. He was born Aug. 29, 1927, in Jackson to Jesse Peter and Eleanor Kate Lorey Niswonger Sr. He and Janie Peel were married Dec. 30, 1944...
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Earl Knight
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Earl Edward Knight, 81, of Scott City died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at the Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. There will be no services. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City was in charge of arrangements.
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Milton Hoffman
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
Milton Harold Hoffman, 90, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 20, 1931, in New Wells to William J. and Eleanor (Perr) Hoffman. Milton was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, also the church of his marriage to Fern Mildred Zwosta on April 26, 1953, in New Wells...
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Ronald Hartle
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
Ronald Lee Hartle, 74, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, at his home. He was born Aug. 23, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Bill and Shirley Moore Hartle. He was a 1965 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School. He attended Southeast Missouri State University. He served in the National Guard and was an Eagle Scout...
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George Franke
(Obituary ~ 02/17/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- George Franke, 85, of Perryville died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at Holiday Residential Care in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville and from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri...
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Out of the past: Feb. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 02/17/22)
A Scott City man was killed in Lone Star Industries' quarry late Saturday afternoon when a 50-foot section of rock collapsed onto the tract excavator he was operating; the accident that took the life of Carl Dean Howell Jr., 40, wasn't discovered until Sunday morning when a friend who was a coworker went to the limestone quarry searching for him; Howell was an independent contractor who was working by himself Saturday afternoon...
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Egyptian Community Unit School's Elissa Miller Named a Finalist for Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching
(Submitted Story ~ 02/17/22)
The Golden Apple Foundation, the leading Illinois nonprofit committed to preparing, honoring and supporting educators who advance educational opportunities for students, announced the 2022 finalists for the prestigious Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching. ...
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February House Game Day at Guardian Angel
(Submitted Story ~ 02/17/22)
February is the month of love, so house games were held at Guardian Angel in Oran with the theme of "love" on February 16. The first game was "Love Connection" and 4 house members on each of the 3 teams were timed to see how many broken hearts could be repaired. In other words, each team had 7 hearts that were cut in half in different designs and had to be placed back together correctly...
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Ozarks Teacher Corps expands to Southeast Missouri State University
(Submitted Story ~ 02/17/22)
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks’ nationally recognized scholarship program to recruit new teachers to rural school districts is expanding to Southeast Missouri State University. Teacher-education students at the university are now eligible to apply for the Ozarks Teacher Corps, a scholarship program that provides $2,000 per year for up to two years if students commit to teaching in a rural school district for three years following graduation...
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