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Chaffee convenience store allegedly robbed
(Local News ~ 04/13/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo, -- Chaffee police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with an alleged convenience store robbery. The incident allegedly happened late Monday night at Rhodes 101 Convenience Store on Highway 77. According to police, two men confronted a store clerk and demanded money from the register. They fled with an undisclosed amount of money...
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Youth attends WrestleMania through Dream Factory of SEMO
(Local News ~ 04/13/22)
Thanks to Dream Factory of Southeast Missouri, 14-year-old Quincy Craison realized his dream of attending WrestleMania. According to Justin Winkler, community outreach coordinator for Dream Factory of SEMO, Quincy's daily activities are impacted by several medical conditions, including Arnold Chiari syndrome, spina bifida with hydrocephalus, kyphosis and scoliosis. Quincy's treatment plan requires several trips a year to physicians and specialists in St Louis...
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As tornado season begins, an expert weighs in
(Local News ~ 04/13/22)
Friday, it was cold enough for a few snowflakes to fall in Southeast Missouri. By Sunday afternoon, people were comfortable outdoors in shorts and T-shirts, as temperatures hovered in the mid-70s with nightly temperatures rising 30 degrees in that short span...
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Cape Girardeau County unveils redesigned website
(Local News ~ 04/13/22)
Cape Girardeau County's website, hosted at capecounty.us, now has a new look. "We hope residents will find it accessible and easier to navigate," said Charlie Herbst, 2nd District commissioner, referring to changes made to the original web pages, launched in 2010...
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Editorial: Stacy Kinder will be next mayor of Cape Girardeau
(Editorial ~ 04/13/22)
Cape Girardeau has elected a new mayor in Stacy Kinder. The city councilwoman defeated incumbent Mayor Bob Fox in a municipal election that saw a stronger than normal voter turnout. Fox held an early lead on election night, but as returns came in, Kinder took the lead and ultimately won with a 23-vote margin...
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The Russian way of brutality
(Column ~ 04/13/22)
Russia has found just the man to lead its ongoing assault on Ukraine, Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov. The top-level general takes over a war that had no single overall commander and as the Russian military has suffered embarrassing setbacks, retreating from its planned siege of Kyiv...
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France's election shows how political parties can fade away
(Column ~ 04/13/22)
Perhaps the most interesting thing about this weekend's French election isn't who won, but who lost -- and what it might mean for America. French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen of the National Rally party won enough of the vote -- 27.8% and 23.2% respectively -- to head into a runoff on April 24. ...
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Prayer 4-13-22
(Prayer ~ 04/13/22)
O Lord Jesus, we sing praise to you, Hosanna in the highest. Amen.
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 4/13/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/13/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. April 11 n Medical assists were made at 6:59 a.m. on Linden Street; 9:21 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 9:35 a.m. on Delwin Street; 10:02 a.m. on Independence Street; 1:07 p.m. on Broadway; 2:22 p.m. on South Lorimier Street; 4:19 p.m. on Boutin Drive; 4:55 p.m. on Albert Street; 6:21 p.m. on Booxwood Drive...
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Cape Grardeau Police report 4/13/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/13/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on South Ranney Avenue. Assault n Assault was reported on Whitener Street. Thefts n Theft from a vehicle was reported on Grandview Drive...
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Barbara Wright
(Obituary ~ 04/13/22)
Barbara Jeanette Wright, 73 of Benton, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Heartland Care and Rehab in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the chapel...
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Suzanne Sindle
(Obituary ~ 04/13/22)
ORAN, Mo. -- Suzanne Sindle, 71, of Oran was surrounded by family, when on Sunday, April 10, 2022, she was welcomed into heaven by our Lord and Savior. She was diagnosed with a very advanced and aggressive cancer. Suzanne fought bravely and without complaint...
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Duane McKernan
(Obituary ~ 04/13/22)
Duane "Mac" Darrald McKernan, 80, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, April 10, 2022, at the Lutheran Home. Mac was born Dec. 14, 1941, on a Sunday, one week after Pearl Harbor, in Blue Springs, Nebraska, to Edna Kerr McKernan. He and Janice J. Weiss were married June 6, 1965, in Wall Lake, Iowa...
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Mary Hill
(Obituary ~ 04/13/22)
Mary Ann Hill, 85, of Perryville, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville and from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Crystal City, Missouri...
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KC middle school student injured in stabbing
(State News ~ 04/13/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- One middle school student suffered life-threatening injuries and another was detained after a stabbing at a Kansas City middle school Tuesday, Kansas City police said. The stabbing occurred in a restroom at Northeast Middle School, which teaches seventh- and eighth -grade students, police spokeswoman Donna Drake said...
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Election officials: Columbia City Council race ended in tie
(State News ~ 04/13/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Election certification conducted Monday found an election for a Columbia City Council seat ended in a tie. Karl Skala and Roy Lovelady each received 1,102 votes in April 5's election for the Third Ward seat on the city council, according to the certification...
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Missouri House GOP pitches $500 tax breaks for individuals
(State News ~ 04/13/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri residents who file income taxes would be eligible for a $500 tax credit under a new Republican proposal Democrats panned on Tuesday. The proposal by the Republican House budget leader would set aside $1 billion in state funding for the tax credits. Married couples filing jointly would get $1,000 under the plan...
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Efforts to make protective medical gear in US falling flat
(State News ~ 04/13/22)
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly went dark. So the suburban St. Louis business did what hundreds of other small manufacturers did: It pivoted to make protective supplies, with help from an $870,000 government grant...
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Gilbert Gottfried, actor and comic's comic, dies at 67
(Entertainment ~ 04/13/22)
LOS ANGELES -- Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67. Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement...
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Mask rule for planes and trains still up in the air
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
DALLAS -- The federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes and public transportation is scheduled to expire next week, and airline executives and Republican lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to let the mandate die. The fate of the rule -- and consideration of an alternate "framework" of moves to limit the spread of COVID-19 -- was under discussion Monday within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials described it as a close call...
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Okla. governor signs bill to make abortion illegal
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law Tuesday making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights...
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Pouring it on: Climate change made hurricanes during 2020 rainier
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
Climate change made the record-smashing deadly 2020 Atlantic hurricane season noticeably wetter, a new study says. And it will likely make this season rainier, too, scientists said. Human-caused climate change made the entire season -- 30 named storms -- drop 5% more rain. During the 14 storms that reached hurricane status the rainfall was 8% heavier, according to the study in Tuesday's Nature Communications...
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With aid to spend, schools look for students who need help
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
Schools across America are racing to make up for time they lost during the pandemic by budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days and trying to untangle which students need help most urgently after two years of disruptions...
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COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
NEW YORK -- 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work on death statistics...
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Putin vows to press invasion until Russia's goals are met
(International News ~ 04/13/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia's bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses...
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Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe
(National News ~ 04/13/22)
NEW YORK -- A gunman wearing a gas mask set off smoke grenades and fired a barrage of bullets inside a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn, wounding at least 10 people Tuesday, authorities said. Police were trying to track down the renter of a van possibly connected to the violence...
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Out of the past: April 13
(Out of the Past ~ 04/13/22)
Greg Rommel has accepted the post as minister of family and congregational life at Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel in Cape Girardeau; he was installed at both morning worship services today; Rommel was minister of Christian growth at Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Humble, Texas, the past 14 years...
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Dennis Turbeville
(Obituary ~ 04/13/22)
Dennis Michael Turbeville, 73, of Marble Hill, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 15, 1948, in St. Louis, son of Cecil and Wanda Smith Turbeville. He and Fay Owens were married Aug. 19, 1967...
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Brown Recognized as Emerging Engineering Leader
(Submitted Story ~ 04/13/22)
Clint Brown, P.E., a professional civil engineer with Zahner & Associates in Perryville, was recently selected as an Emerging Leader by the National Society of Professional Engineering (NSPE). Brown was one of sixteen individuals selected from around the country to be recognized as an emerging leader and take part in an intensive, unique program designed to equip them as leaders in the engineering field...
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Thebes Courthouse News
(Submitted Story ~ 04/13/22)
The Thebes Historical Society is planning to host a Memorial Day weekend event on Saturday and Sunday, May 28th and 29th from 10 AM to 3 PM. Tim Cook's food truck, Smoky Hill BBQ will be serving food on site and the historical society will have sodas, bottled water and desserts available for purchase. There will be a community worship service inside the courthouse at 10 AM on that Sunday...
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