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President Grant exhibit coming to Cape's Heritage Hall
(Local News ~ 05/11/22)
During September, Heritage Hall at 102 N. Main St. in downtown Cape Girardeau, will feature a 275-square-foot exhibit showcasing President Ulysses S. Grant. The exhibit will feature banners from the Missouri Humanities Council and Grant memorabilia owned by Cape Girardeau businessman Earl Norman. Norman purchased the collection from a President Grant collector 25 years ago in California...
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Cape Girardeau Police officers hold annual torch run
(Local News ~ 05/11/22)
On Tuesday, officers from Cape Girardeau's Police Department ran 4.5 miles to show their support and raise awareness for Special Olympics. The officers began the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run at Plants Plus, located at 910 S. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, and ended their run at the Banterra Bank parking lot at 1650 N. Kingshighway...
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Local Becca's Closet coordinator reflects on 2022
(Local News ~ 05/11/22)
SEMO Prom Mothers, a chapter of the national organization Becca's Closet, occasionally makes the mothers of young women cry. But they aren't tears of sadness. Mothers weep when they see their daughters in their first prom dress. Oftentimes, these are mothers who could not afford a dress for their own prom. Seeing their child so attired moves them deeply...
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Gas prices rise dramatically in U.S., in-state and locally in a week
(Local News ~ 05/11/22)
Motorists know all too well how much more expensive it is to fill the gas tank compared to a week ago. The average U.S. price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline according to American Automobile Association on Tuesday was $4.37 per gallon -- compared to $4.20 a week ago and $4.11 one month ago...
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State's law on abortion could be triggered if Roe v. Wade falls
(Local News ~ 05/11/22)
If U.S. Supreme Court justices effectively invalidate Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 7-2 decision legalizing abortion, a 2019 law passed by Missouri's General Assembly could be triggered -- which would prohibit the procedure to women after eight weeks of pregnancy...
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Prayer 5-11-22
(Prayer ~ 05/11/22)
Thank you, O God, that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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The reality behind abortion
(Column ~ 05/11/22)
"I felt like a fireman in hell. I couldn't put out all the fires." That's a quote from Steven Massof, an employee of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist. Massof was operating illegally as a doctor in Gosnell's clinic. At Gosnell's trial, Massof testified to the horrors that played out in Gosnell's clinic, where women were overmedicated for late-term abortions. Babies were born alive, necks were snipped and women died there. It was, in fact, a hellish scene...
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Increased funding proposal to remove dilapidated buildings is prudent move
(Editorial ~ 05/11/22)
City of Cape Girardeau leadership recently announced a proposal that would triple the amount of funding for the removal of abandoned or unsafe buildings, a move they say is necessary to reduce crime and improve neighborhoods. The proposal would allocate $125,000 in American Rescue Plan funds toward the removal of these structures, which can be a draw for illegal activity in addition to being structurally unsafe...
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We need to take the fentanyl crisis more seriously
(Column ~ 05/11/22)
The United States is in the grips of a fentanyl crisis that doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves. Yes, it's important who owns Twitter, and interesting what some Republicans might have texted former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the 2020 election, but none of this matches the significance of a hideously insidious drug devastating American communities...
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Cape Girardeau Fire report 5/11/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/11/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. May 9 n Medical assists were made at 10:23 a.m. on Brenda Kay Court; 12:23 p.m. on Shirley Drive; 3:09 p.m. on South Pacific Street; 3:27 p.m. on Shirley Drive. n At 12:29 p.m., lift assist on Winterfield Circle...
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Area Police report 5/11/22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 05/11/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest and domestic disturbance were reported. n A warrant arrest and trespassing were reported on Perry Avenue. n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street...
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Larry Summers
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
Larry Gene Summers, 77, of Cape Girardeau died in May 2022, at the Lutheran Home. He was born in December 1944 in Benton, Illinois, to Luther and Lucille Loman Summers. He and Linda Blattel Summers were married in 1977 in Cape Girardeau. Larry served two years in the Army...
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Lucille Jackson
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
HIXSON, Tenn. -- Lucille Caroline Krueger Jackson passed away at her home surrounded by her loving family on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, 2022. She began her journey in Buckhorn, Missouri. According to the legend herself, the doctor and her father did a little too much celebrating, and her birth certificate bore the brunt of it. She spent the rest of her extraordinary life with two different birth dates, both Aug. 6 and Aug. 7, 1931...
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Brenda French
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Brenda M. French, 74, of Perryville died Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Deacon Direk Hunt officiating. Burial will be at 2:15 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis...
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Gayle Dragoni
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Patricia "Gayle" Dragoni, daughter of the late Ronald Eugene and Ella Nora Culbertson Dowd, was born Aug. 26, 1949, in Cape Girardeau and departed her life Sunday, May 8, 2022, at the Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 72 years...
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Kenneth Davie
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Kenneth A. Davie, 73, of Chaffee passed away Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau. He was born April 8, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Alvin and Margaret Cook Davie. On Aug. 9, 1975, he was united in marriage to Deborah Siebert in Chaffee and to this union three children were born...
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Jean Bonifield
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
BELL CITY, Mo. -- Jean Alice Spillman Bonifield of Bell City, 83, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022. She was an only child born to Eugene R. and Grace Henard Spillman of Cairo, Illinois, Oct. 17, 1938. She married Alfred Bonifield in 1959 and had three children before divorcing...
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Denise Batchelor
(Obituary ~ 05/11/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Denise M. Batchelor, 59, of Perryville died Monday, May 9, 2022, in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with Dr. Mike Friesz officiating. Burial will be at Home Cemetery...
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Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban of Donald Trump
(National News ~ 05/11/22)
LONDON -- Elon Musk said Twitter would reverse its ban of former President Donald Trump if his purchase of the social media company goes through, signaling just how permissive the platform could become toward free speech under his ownership. Speaking virtually at an auto conference, the Tesla CEO said Tuesday that Twitter's ban of Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a "morally bad decision" and "foolish in the extreme."...
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Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
(International News ~ 05/11/22)
STOCKHOLM -- Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week in what could be a serious blow to Russia as its military struggles to make decisive gains in Ukraine. If Finland's president and the Social Democrats who govern both countries ignore Moscow's warnings and come out in favor of accession, NATO could soon add two new members right on Russia's doorstep...
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COVID gets tougher to track as testing plunges
(National News ~ 05/11/22)
Testing for COVID-19 has plummeted across the globe, making it much tougher for scientists to track the course of the pandemic and spot new, worrisome viral mutants as they emerge and spread. Experts say testing has dropped by 70% to 90% worldwide from the first to the second quarter of this year -- the opposite of what they say should be happening with new omicron variants on the rise in places such as the United States and South Africa...
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Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US
(National News ~ 05/11/22)
WASHINGTON -- Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because supply disruptions and a massive safety recall have swept many leading brands off store shelves. Months of spot shortages at pharmacies and supermarkets have been exacerbated by the recall at Abbott, which was forced to shutter its largest U.S. formula manufacturing plant in February because of contamination concerns...
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Indiana sheriff: Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout
(National News ~ 05/11/22)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- A murder suspect and the jailer who helped him escape from an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday...
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Russia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies
(International News ~ 05/11/22)
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments as Ukraine's foreign minister appeared to suggest the country could expand its war aims...
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Mo. renews call for national convention on term limits
(State News ~ 05/11/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The GOP-led Missouri Legislature on Tuesday renewed a call for a national convention to add congressional term limits to the U.S. Constitution. The House voted 82-66 in favor of the resolution, narrowly passing it despite bipartisan opposition...
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Missouri woman charged with hospital death from 2002
(State News ~ 05/11/22)
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. -- A former respiratory therapist who worked at a northern Missouri hospital where nine people died under suspicious circumstances 20 years ago has been charged in one of the deaths. Jennifer Anne Hall, 41, was charged last week with first-degree murder in the 2002 death of Fern Franco, who was one of nine people who died of cardiac collapse between Dec. 16, 2001, and May 18, 2002, at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, KCUR reported...
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Out of the past: May 11
(Out of the Past ~ 05/11/22)
Dawn Wells finally made it off that island and headed to Cape Girardeau; Wells, best known as Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," highlighted Southeast Hospital's Senior Fun Fest yesterday at the Show Me Center. Mother's Day weekend is marked by the return of paddle-wheelers to downtown Cape Girardeau; the Mississippi Queen was here yesterday morning, and the Delta Queen is here today; providing musical entertainment is Jerry Ford and his band...
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