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SEMO's River Campus experiences rise in ticket sales from 'Cinderella'
(Local News ~ 03/02/22)
Southeast Missouri State Univeristy's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" boasted ticket sales the school has not experienced since the 2014-2015 production of "The King and I." Ticket sales at SEMO's River Campus have continued to increase since the beginning of the pandemic when the Bedell Performance Hall was limited to 20% capacity. ...
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First Call for Help reveals updated website
(Local News ~ 03/02/22)
First Call for Help, partner of United Way, released its updated, user-friendly website Tuesday. The mission of First Call for Help is "to enhance the Southeast Missouri Community's capacity to connect people in need with the appropriate resources through the collection, organization and dissemination of information." The website offers 484 different programs offering resources to individuals in Cape Girardeau, Scott, Bollinger, Stoddard and Perry counties...
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State road fatalities down from 2021 so far, lack of seat belts still a factor
(Local News ~ 03/02/22)
Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety (MCRS) reports 100 fatalities on roadways in the state through Feb. 20, a preliminary figure representing a nearly 26.7% year-over-year decline from 2021. In the 25-county Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Southeast District, 12 died in the first seven weeks of 2022, all in rural locations, down from 15 a year ago...
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Presiding Judge lifts masks order for 32nd Judicial Court
(Local News ~ 03/02/22)
Following Friday's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announcement easing mask guidelines in the U.S., the 32nd Judicial Court on Monday officially dropped its Aug. 2 mask mandate. "Effectively immediately, Administrative Order 23.2021, requiring face masks to be worn in all public areas of circuit court is hereby rescinded," wrote Presiding Judge Scott A. Lipke of Jackson...
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Former Cape Chamber chief Mehner named to new SEMO post
(Local News ~ 03/02/22)
John Mehner, the former longtime president and chief executive officer of the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce, has been named following a national search to an administrative position at Southeast Missouri State University. Mehner is assistant vice president for the newly-created Office of Economic and Workforce Development...
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Russia takes aim at urban areas; Biden vows Putin will 'pay'
(International News ~ 03/02/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday in what Ukraine's leader called a blatant campaign of terror, while U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to make his Russian counterpart "pay a price" for the invasion...
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Biden vows to check Russian aggression, fight inflation
(National News ~ 03/02/22)
WASHINGTON -- Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus...
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Putin against the world with Ukraine in the middle
(Editorial ~ 03/02/22)
The Barbara Tuchman book “The Guns of August” details events leading to the outbreak of World War I. One of the most striking aspects of the global conflict comes from the idea that once the mechanisms for war had been put in place — weaponry on trains — war was inevitable. And so it was...
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Prayer 3-2-22
(Prayer ~ 03/02/22)
O Lord Jesus, we sing your praises, for in you we find strength. Amen.
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Richard Presnell
(Obituary ~ 03/02/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Richard H. "Rick" Presnell, 71, of Perryville died Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at his home. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. A Masonic wake ceremony is at 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home...
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Area Police report 3/2/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was made on South Pacific Street. n A warrant arrest for failure to appear was made on Good Hope Street. n A warrant arrest was made on Brink Avenue...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 3/2/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/02/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Feb. 28 n Medical assists were made at 904 a.m. on Copper Drive; 1:48 p.m. on South Henderson Avenue; 2:18 p.m. on North Frederick Street; 4:57 p.m. on Clark Avenue; 5:59 p.m. at North Pind Wood Lane and North Silver Springs Road; 11:29 p.m. on Bloomfield Street; 11:33 p.m. on South Spring Avenue...
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Activism grows nationwide in response to school book bans
(Community ~ 03/02/22)
NEW YORK -- Until a year ago, Stephana Ferrell's political activism was limited to the occasional letter to elected officials. Then came her local school board meeting in Orange County, Florida, and an objection raised to Maia Kobabe's graphic novel "Gender Queer: A Memoir." And the county's decision last fall to remove it from high school shelves...
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Climate change brings extreme, early impact to South America
(International News ~ 03/02/22)
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in South America -- which in just the last month has had deadly landslides in Brazil, wildfire in Argentine wetlands and flooding in the Amazon so severe it ruined harvests -- that future is already here...
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Heat wave a glimpse of climate change's impact in N. America
(National News ~ 03/02/22)
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke. Desperate to cool her, Dr. Alexander St. John grabbed a body bag, filled it with ice from the hospital kitchen and zipped the woman inside. Within minutes, her body temperature dropped and her symptoms improved...
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Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron
(National News ~ 03/02/22)
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge hitting youngsters especially hard, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come a day after a study of New York children suggested the vaccine may not be as effective in 5-to 11-year-olds as in older kids -- especially at blocking milder infections. ...
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Ex-St. Louis officer declines plea deal in colleague beating
(State News ~ 03/02/22)
ST. LOUIS -- A former St. Louis police officer who was set to plead guilty in the 2017 beating of a Black colleague who was working undercover is now taking his case to trial. A judge on Monday scheduled Christopher Myers' trial on a federal charge of destruction of evidence for May 2, the St. ...
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Missouri House votes to ban hair discrimination in schools
(State News ~ 03/02/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Black Missouri school children no longer could be discriminated against for wearing natural hair under a bill advanced Monday in the state Legislature. The measure is aimed at helping kids who wear protective hairstyles such as afros, braids and twists to school. House members gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote...
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Missouri legislators mull ban on transgender athletes in female sports
(State News ~ 03/02/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday took up a bill to ban transgender girls and women from competing in female-only sports, an issue that has become flashpoint this election year. The proposal, debated in a Senate education committee, would only apply to transgender girls and women. Transgender boys and men would still be allowed to compete against other males...
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State gets new health chief after backlash over last one
(State News ~ 03/02/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday named a longtime state health official as the agency's new "acting director," a designation allowing her to begin work immediately without going through a potentially grueling Senate confirmation process that derailed the Republican governor's last health chief...
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Nationalism's finest hour
(Column ~ 03/02/22)
If anyone had any doubt that Ukraine has its own national identity, the early days of the Russian invasion should have eliminated it. There’s been the stiff resistance of Ukraine’s fighters, the former president giving interviews in the streets of Kyiv in battle gear, the ordinary men and women insulting and defying Russian soldiers, and above all, the comedian-turned-president, the now legendary Volodymyr Zelenskyy, refusing to leave his capital as Russian forces bear down on the city seeking to capture or kill him. ...
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Out of the past: March 2
(Out of the Past ~ 03/02/22)
A conference hosted by Southeast Missouri Hospital yesterday let the community get acquainted with Southeast's new Generations Center while bringing positive attention to health issues; the center, which provides free health-related information, opens tomorrow and promises to offer a wide spectrum of services for individuals of all ages, according to James Wente, hospital administrator...
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(Submit a photo)
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/02/22)
Title Recent ice storm pic View of backyard after ice storm.
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Now Read This: “Skinship,” by Yoon Choi
(03/02/22)
“Skinship” is a collection of short stories by a new writer, Yoon Choi, that depicts the vast array of human experience from the Korean American perspective. Each chapter is a new story from a new point-of-view. In one, a mother leaves behind a son in order to start a new life and marriage in America. ...
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A Look Back: March
(03/02/22)
Among the earliest breakfast customers at the annual Lions Club Pancake Day at the Arena Building on March 23, 1960, were, from left, Danna, Danice and Danel, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Dan B. Cotner of Cape Girardeau. (G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive)...
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Prime Time Living: Final Thoughts
(03/02/22)
The poet Robert Burns famously stated in his poem “To a Mouse” that “the best-laid schemes o mice an men Gang aft agley.” Translated, that’s, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go often askew.” I’ve found that to be true. For example, two weeks ago, after I’d spent several weeks brainstorming column ideas, narrowing them down and fleshing out those that made the cut, my editor-extraordinaire asked if I’d be willing to take my column in a new direction.After we talked further, I said yes. ...
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