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Route E in Perryville to close for city sewer work
(Local News ~ 04/12/22)
Route E from Ridge Drive to Independence Drive in Perryville, Missouri, will be closed as the City of Perryville installs a sewer main pipe under the roadway. Missouri Department of Transportation news release said the work will begin April 25 and is anticipated to be completed by May 4...
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Adult and Teen Challenge celebrates recovery stories at spring banquet
(Local News ~ 04/12/22)
"Celebrating Over 50 Years of Miracles" was the theme of this year's banquet based on the miraculous success stories the Rev. James Bolin has witnessed over the years in Adult and Teen Challenge Mid-America. Bolin said he was very happy with this year's turnout at the annual gathering Saturday evening at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, and the support the organization has received from the community to help it produce more success stories over addiction...
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Cape Girardeau Council recognizes Fox, Moore for service to city
(Local News ~ 04/12/22)
Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox and Ward 2 Councilwoman Shelly Moore were honored for their service to the city Monday evening. Fox and Moore will exit the council when new members are sworn in next Monday. Moore reached her limit of two terms, and Tameka Randle will fill her seat as Ward 2 council representative. Stacy Kinder will replace Fox as mayor after she won the position earlier this month...
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Local gas prices still dropping, U.S. average expected to keep falling
(Local News ~ 04/12/22)
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline fell to $3.786 per gallon in Cape Girardeau County on Monday, down 7 cents from a week ago and down 16 cents from a month ago, according to the American Automobile Association. Conversely, gas is $1.19 more expensive per gallon in the county than it was one year ago...
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Cape Girardeau School Board organizes after election, approves contract
(Local News ~ 04/12/22)
This story is updated. In a special organizational meeting held Monday at Cape Girardeau School District's central office, Matthew Welker was elected by his peers to be the next president of the Board of Education, succeeding Kyle McDonald, who remains a member. McDonald had served as leader of the board for nine of the last 16 years, including since the onset of the pandemic — earning McDonald a word of thanks from district superintendent Neil Glass...
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Once a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction after closure
(Community ~ 04/12/22)
AVENEL, N.J. -- The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in between. There's even a canned recording that begins, "Attention, Kmart shoppers" -- except it's to remind folks about COVID-19 precautions, not to alert them to a flash sale over in ladies' lingerie like days of old...
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Our suffering world
(Column ~ 04/12/22)
For the relative few paying attention, it seems impossible to keep up with the violence against Christians happening in Nigeria. A priest is killed; people are kidnapped; it's a place of unrelenting terror. I'm glad we care to light buildings in the colors of the Ukrainian flag here in the United States, but Ukrainians are far from the only people suffering in the world today...
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Prayer 4-12-22
(Prayer ~ 04/12/22)
O Lord Jesus, we look to you for healing for you are the Great Physician. Amen.
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Fund existing needs first
(Letter to the Editor ~ 04/12/22)
Sometimes we forget, city government cannot be all things, to all people, all of the time. There will never be sufficient financial and human resources available, to grant all of the requests received by our elected leaders and city staff. Due to limited financial and human resources, our leaders must fund and meet city needs first before obligating revenue and employees to grant wants. ...
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It's not 2003 again
(Column ~ 04/12/22)
On Ukraine, the neo-isolationists of the right are fighting the last war. They warn of a return to the belligerent mood that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 -- never mind that they are warning the wrong country. If the U.S. launched a large-scale military intervention 20 years ago without adequately calculating the risks or understanding the political and culture contours of the country it would occupy, it is the Russians, not the Ukrainians, the Europeans or us, who are now replicating that mistake.. ...
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Cape Girardeau Police report 4/12/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/12/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Good Hope Street...
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Scott Richards
(Obituary ~ 04/12/22)
Scott Allen "Big Scott" Richards, 64, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022, doing one of the many things that he loved: Walking the hills of Illinois. Scott was born March 21, 1958, in Moline, Illinois, to the late Francis "Dick" and Mary Rumler Richards...
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Lucy Perry
(Obituary ~ 04/12/22)
Lucy K. Perry, 75, of Whitewater died Saturday, April 9, 2022. at her home. She was born Jan. 20, 1947, in Cape Girardeau to Chester and Helen Loos Spann. She and James Perry were married Nov. 13, 1999, at Cape Girardeau. She worked at Southeast Missouri State University for 23 years, retiring in 2003...
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Bruce Green
(Obituary ~ 04/12/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Bruce Allen Green, 58, of Perryville died Friday, April 8, 2022. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m.
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Rosa Kraemer Farrow
(Obituary ~ 04/12/22)
Rosa Kraemer Farrow, 93, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. In keeping with how she led her life, her parting words to her family were, "I love you, and I always will." Born at her family home in Oriole, Missouri, Oct. ...
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Roy Cutright
(Obituary ~ 04/12/22)
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Roy Lee Cutright, 59, of Granite City passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022, at his home. He was born in Cape Girardeau June 21, 1962, to the late Roy and Shirley Holt Cutright. Roy is survived by his sister, Tonya (Joe) Cutright of Granite City, and two nieces, Ashley Cutright and his beloved "tater chip," Makayla Raymond...
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Missouri trio gets jail for roles in Capitol insurrection
(State News ~ 04/12/22)
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday sentenced two men and a woman from Missouri to several weeks in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg sentenced Emily Hernandez of Sullivan to 30 days in jail. He also sentenced her uncle, William Merry, and another suburban St. Louis man, Paul Scott Westover, to 45 days in jail each, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Nine more lawsuits filed against SW Missouri boarding school
(State News ~ 04/12/22)
STOCKTON, Mo. — Nine more former students of a southwest Missouri boarding school allege in lawsuits they were abused while attending the school. With the nine new lawsuits filed Friday, Agape Boarding School in Stockton and Agape Baptist Church, which oversees the school, are now facing lawsuits from 14 former students accusing staff and other students of abuse, The Kansas City Star reported...
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St. Louis prosecutor, disciplinary panel reach agreement
(State News ~ 04/12/22)
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges she made mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won't face severe penalties for those mistakes...
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Out of the past: April 12
(Out of the Past ~ 04/12/22)
TAMMS, Ill. -- The Illinois communities of Tamms and Pulaski are reeling after a double homicide, abduction and two high-speed chases Thursday night and early yesterday morning; the incident started as an apparent robbery at D&M Quick Shop, near Tamms at Highway 127 Thursday; store owner Donald Murphy, 62, of Tamms and a customer, Gary Wheaton, 43, of Mill Creek, Illinois, were shot and killed at the shop; another customer was abducted, beaten and shot and is in serious condition at a local hospital.. ...
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Owen Tidwell's First Turkey Hunt
(Submitted Story ~ 04/12/22)
My great nephew Owen Tidwell of Springfield, MO got his first turkey on Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Willard, MO. Owen attends 5th grade at the WOLF School (Wonders of the Ozarks Learning Facility) located at Bass Pro Shop. His guided turkey hunt was made possible by efforts of the NWTF and Johnny Morris, CEO of Bass Pro Shop. Pictured: Justin Tidwell and his son Owen Tidwell. Owen is the great nephew of Darryl and Paula Huggins of Cape Girardeau, MO...
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Five people shot at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York
(National News ~ 04/12/22)
NEW YORK (AP) – At least five people were shot and injured Tuesday at a New York City subway station during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform and police searching for the shooter. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood at around 8:30 a.m. found at least 13 people were hurt, but – aside from the five shot – there were no details on what those injuries entailed.
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