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Missouri station offering Russian state radio to listeners
(State News ~ 03/28/22)
LIBERTY, Mo. — A man who runs a little-known, low-budget radio station in suburban Kansas City says he is standing up for free speech and alternative viewpoints when he airs Russian state-sponsored programming in the midst of the Ukraine war. Radio Sputnik, funded by the Russian government, pays broadcast companies in the U.S. to air its programs. Only two do so: One is Peter Schartel's company in Liberty, Missouri, and one is in Washington, D.C...
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PB teacher placed on administrative leave after alleged misconduct
(Local News ~ 03/28/22)
The Poplar Bluff (Missouri) School District reported Friday it is cooperating with law enforcement following allegations of misconduct involving an employee. The allegations relate to a "breach of board policy regarding the professional conduct" of an employee at the high school related to a student, said superintendent Scott Dill. The investigation is still in its initial stages, Dill said...
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Two face charges for stealing trailer loads of property
(Local News ~ 03/28/22)
BENTON, Mo. — Trailer loads of stolen property have been recovered, and two Stoddard County residents have been arrested and charged following a multijurisdictional investigation in Scott County. Mitchell Kennard, 37, and Lindsey Huckstep, 39, of Dexter, Missouri, are each charged with class D felony of second-degree burglary and stealing. Both have bonds of $25,000 cash or surety...
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Oran woman killed in Cape County crash
(Local News ~ 03/28/22)
An Oran, Missouri, woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash Thursday in Cape Girardeau County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the crash occurred at 9:51 p.m. on Route AB, 1 mile east of Dutchtown, as the eastbound vehicle. ...
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A new reality — the so-called 'gig economy'
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Earlier this month, Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce marketing and communications specialist Taylor Mazdra wrote a "Monday Morning Memo" article sharing a term, "gig economy," which is increasingly being used in the business community to refer to more of the 21st century workforce...
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MoDOT staffers give accounts of initial response to deadly I-57 crashes
(Local News ~ 03/28/22)
SIKESTON, Mo. — For Missouri Department of Transportation employees Kirby Woods and Jason Estes, the morning of March 17 started out just like any other. Woods, a senior construction inspector for MoDOT in Sikeston, began his commute across the river from Illinois into Missouri, and Estes, maintenance supervisor of MoDOT's facility in Charleston, Missouri, arrived to work at the MoDOT maintenance shed in Charleston, which is located just off Interstate 57...
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Watch tonight's Cape Girardeau mayoral debate online
(Local News ~ 03/28/22)
Tonight's Cape Girardeau mayoral debate between incumbent Bob Fox and city council member Stacy Kinder will be streamed online. To watch, visit www.kfvs12.com/livestream/. The debate begins at 7 p.m. and is hosted by Cape Girardeau Public Library and Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau...
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Enterprise Truck Rental coming to Cape
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Enterprise Truck Rental has leased a building on a three-acre site at 2080 Rusmar St. in Cape Girardeau. At presstime, Enterprise Truck Rental did not make a spokesperson available for comment. Matt Seyer, owner/operator of Seyer's Garage in Cape, told the Southeast Missourian he put up the structure originally as a speculative building and will maintain ownership...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/28/22)
Today is Monday, March 28, the 87th day of 2022. There are 278 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 28, 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania...
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Prayer 3-28-22
(Prayer ~ 03/28/22)
Father God, thank you for redeeming us through your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Make America better again
(Column ~ 03/28/22)
Already I've had it. I've been back home for just a weekend but I'm ready to get back on that cruise ship and get away from America the Angry. The ship my wife and I cruised on recently in the Caribbean was like heaven. No political arguments at lunch. No one ranting about $6 gas prices. No TV screens filled with Fox or CNN talking heads...
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Why Trump?
(Column ~ 03/28/22)
An endorsement from Donald Trump, as Alabama congressman Mo Brooks has learned to his chagrin, is no guarantee against future harsh denunciation. Trump endorsed Brooks for senate in the belief he would say whatever Trump wanted to hear about the 2020 election, then when Brooks faltered in the polls, humiliatingly unendorsed him...
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Cape Chamber to host April's First Friday Coffee
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host First Friday Coffee on Friday at Century Casino Cape Girardeau Event Center, 777 Main St. in Cape Girardeau. Doors open at 7 a.m., with program featuring Southeast Missouri State University president Carlos Vargas discussing a recent economic study report beginning at 7:40 a.m...
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Maguire opens new law office location in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Michael H. Maguire has announced his law office moved earlier this month to 1301 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau. Maguire, a lawyer in Cape Girardeau for 36 years, has identified criminal law, juvenile law and family law as specialties of his law practice...
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Circle Fiber hires Cape Girardeau native
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Allison Brune-Evans, a native of Cape Girardeau, has been hired by fiber-optic internet provider Circle Fiber as marketing communications manager, responsible for promoting the Cape Girardeau-based company to potential and existing customers...
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Denise Ernst accepts role with Saint Francis
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Denise Ernst, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC, assumed the role this month as director of engagement and critical care services with Saint Francis Healthcare System. Ernst received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University...
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Blake Borders joins Cape Cardiology Group
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Blake Borders, FNP-BC, has joined Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner, as a nurse practitioner. Borders has 10 years of nursing experience, specializing in cardiovascular, cardiothoracic, oncology, pediatrics and family practice...
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Daniel Lenihan joins Cape Cardiology Group
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Daniel J. Lenihan, M.D., FACC, a cardiologist, has accepted a position with Cape Cardiology Group, a Saint Francis Medical Partner. Dr. Lenihan comes to Cape Girardeau from Cardio-Oncology Center of Excellence at St. Louis's Washington University, where he served as director...
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Kathy Swan wins state recognition
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau, who represented District 147 in the state Legislature for eight years until January 2021, was one of eight recipients of the Friend of Education award Wednesday from the Missouri Association of School Administrators...
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Southeast Missouri State Giving Day surpasses target
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Southeast Missouri University Foundation raised $41,282.15 in 1,873 minutes last week, exceeding the announced $30,000 goal. The annual fundraiser, using SEMO's 1873 founding as a baseline, was conducted via social media, cellphones and landlines...
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KRCU Radio, Southeast's NPR station, falls short in pledge drive
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
KRCU, Southeast Missouri State University's National Public Radio station, raised $29,495 in its weeklong on-air pledge drive, which ended Wednesday. Station officials hope to hit their $55,000 goal by the end of the fiscal year June 30, using a post-drive mailing and, if needed, an end-of-fiscal-year appeal...
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Check in on gas prices, Missouri's lowest
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
As of Saturday, Missouri boasted the lowest average pump price for unleaded gasoline in the nation, at $3.79 per gallon. Kansas, Maryland and Arkansas are close behind — at $3.80, $3.81 and $3.82, respectively. Nationally, American Automobile Association reports a 50-state average of $4.24, 2 cents lower than a week ago...
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Local unemployment by the numbers
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Cape Girardeau County's unemployment rate leapt to 3.4% in January, up from December's 2.2%, despite a drastic fall in the number of jobless claims filed — down from 319 to 104, according to the latest statistics available from the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations...
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Huttig being purchased by Idaho's Woodgrain Inc.
(Business ~ 03/28/22)
Huttig Building Products, based in St. Louis County and with local offices at 4072 Nash Road in Cape Girardeau, is being sold to Idaho-based Woodgrain Inc. for $350 million, including the assumption of debt, both companies announced Wednesday...
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Terri Gramlisch
(Obituary ~ 03/28/22)
ORAN, Mo. -- Terri Ann Gramlisch, 48, of Oran died Thursday, March 24, 2022, in a vehicle crash near Chaffee, Missouri. Born Aug. 18, 1973, in Perryville, Missouri, she was the daughter of Terry George Weinrich and Elizabeth Marie Turlin Weinrich. A graduate of Woodland High School, she was employed by Newell Brands as a senior quality technician in Jackson...
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50
(Entertainment ~ 03/28/22)
LOS ANGELES -- Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50. There were few immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said in a statement Friday his death was a "tragic and untimely loss."...
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Second 'black box' found in China Eastern plane crash
(International News ~ 03/28/22)
BEIJING -- The second "black box" from a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 was found Sunday, raising hopes it might shed light on why the passenger plane nosedived into a remote mountainous area in southern China last week, killing all 132 people on board...
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Firefighters increase containment on Colorado wildfire
(National News ~ 03/28/22)
BOULDER, Colo. -- A wildfire south of Boulder that forced nearly 20,000 people to flee was listed at 35% contained by Sunday afternoon and most evacuations had been lifted, officials with Boulder Fire-Rescue said. The fire, which ignited Saturday, burned to within 1,000 yards of homes on the west end of Boulder, said Mike Smith, incident commander. No homes were lost and no injuries were reported, he said...
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Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost
(National News ~ 03/28/22)
BOSTON -- After her home flooded five times in the past year, Tilicia Owens was on edge with every impending storm and ready to leave her Detroit neighborhood behind. But then the 40-year-old quality engineer heard the city had a program that could prevent heavy rains from inundating her basement and damaging her furniture, photos and exercise equipment. ...
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Experts worry about how US will see next COVID surge coming
(National News ~ 03/28/22)
NEW YORK -- As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. -- and wondering how long it will take to detect. Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don't bode well:...
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Ukraine pleads for help, says Russia wants to split nation
(International News ~ 03/28/22)
LVIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea. Zelenskyy made an exasperated plea for fighter jets and tanks to sustain a defense as his country continues battling Russia's invading troops. ...
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Online video shows girl fatally shooting cousin and herself
(State News ~ 03/28/22)
ST. LOUIS — Two young cousins were livestreaming from a St. Louis apartment when one child fatally shot the other before killing herself in what family members say was a tragic accident. Police are still investigating Friday's incident in which a 12-year-old girl, Paris Harvey, shot a 14-year-old boy, Kuaron Harvey, before shooting herself. Police initially described it as a murder-suicide...
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'CODA' wins best picture Oscar, marking a streaming first
(Entertainment ~ 03/28/22)
LOS ANGELES — After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama "CODA," best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood's top award to a streaming service for the first time. Sian Heder's "CODA," which first premiered at a virtual Sundance Film Festival in winter 2021, started out as an underdog but gradually emerged as the Oscars' feel-good favorite. ...
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Out of the past: March 28
(Out of the Past ~ 03/28/22)
Nell Holcomb's performance on its Missouri School Improvement Program review in October has placed it among the elite school districts in the state; the district was one of the first statewide and the only Southeast Missouri school district so far to be awarded Accreditation with Distinction in performance honors by the Missouri Board of Education...
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Editorial: Law enforcement putting up barriers over incident reports
(Editorial ~ 03/28/22)
A decade ago, the Baylor University football program had gone rogue. For several years, players committed sexual assaults, rapes and other crimes. School officials helped cover up these crimes. But they had help. It's unclear to this day whether some in the Waco (Texas) Police Department bowed to pressure from the university or simply took it upon themselves to hide the crimes of the athletes who were, to be sure, bringing big money to the university and the city...
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