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Highway 34 in Cape County closed for pavement work; Utility work will slow I-55 traffic in Cape County
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Highway 34 in Cape Girardeau County, from Route UU to Highway 72, will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews make pavement repairs. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will be done from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Monday through Sept. 29...
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Missouri Senate committee negotiates income tax cut
(State News ~ 09/20/22)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri state senators on Monday advanced two strategies for cutting income taxes, but behind-the-scenes negotiations were still ongoing. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted out two bills on income taxes for the full Republican-led chamber to debate...
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Oran man dies in Saturday crash in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
An Oran, Missouri, man died in a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Cape Girardeau. The crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on North Kingshighway. Aaron James Lovel was riding a motorcycle that collided with a passenger car. Lovel died of his injuries at a local hospital. It was not clear whether he was wearing a helmet...
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Cape recycling route pushed back a day
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Recycling routes normally run today in Cape Girardeau will take place Wednesday this week, according to a release from the city Monday night. The Public Works Department does not have enough staff to run all of today's routes in one day, according to Nicolette Brennan, the city's public information officer...
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Water plant, East Jackson roadway lighting top Jackson aldermen
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Jackson's Board of Aldermen, at its Monday meeting, approved the following. n Bid for $31,231 from Electrical Contractors of Cape Girardeau for two variable frequency drives to control high service pumps at the water plant at 2230 Lee Ave. Only one bid was received...
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Cape Girardeau County OKs change order, approves vehicle sale and purchases
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commissioners voted Monday to OK a contract change with St. Louis-based Trutest Solutions to include the existing county jail in Jackson for an environmental study assessment, or ESA. Commissioners OK'd an ESA in November with St. Louis-based Sitex for the now-vacant 1908 courthouse, which the county is planning to repurpose...
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Four cited for failure to report in alleged abuse case at Chaffee school
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Two current and two former administrators with the public school system in Chaffee, Missouri, have been cited for allegedly failing to report possible child abuse. Information documents filed by Scott County Prosecuting Attorney Amanda Oesch cited Amy Blackman, Stephen Brad Blackman, John Cundiff and Jennifer Vandeven with failure of mandated reporter to report child abuse. The offense is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of $2,000...
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Funds for Osage maintenance causes council contention
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
Cape Girardeau City Council members were presented with the first reading of an ordinance that could allocate the city's remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds, a point of contention among the council for several months. Contention that did not entirely dissipate at Monday's meeting...
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Shipyard brings music for everyone this weekend
(Local News ~ 09/20/22)
When Shipyard Music Festival returns Friday and Saturday, one of the musical acts will involved a unique take on bluegrass. The two-day festival will again be held on the grounds of Century Casino Cape Girardeau. Who's in the band and where are you from?...
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Sponsored: The problems fleas create for people — not just pets
(Insiders Advice ~ 09/20/22)
Ever wonder why you and your pet are both itching? It could be fleas. It only takes one or two fleas to cause a multitude of problems for your pets, your home and even you. Our recent milder winters have increased the flea population locally. Fleas thrive in warm, humid weather. These pests can even survive in carpeting, bedding and on furniture, including during the colder months...
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Prayer 9-20-22
(Prayer ~ 09/20/22)
O Lord Jesus, with songs of praise we worship you, the King of kings. Amen.
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The gift of adoption
(Column ~ 09/20/22)
"Lifemark," a movie out now, isn't afraid to tackle the tough questions. Inspired by a documentary about an adoptee traveling to meet his birthparents, "Lifemark" doesn't sugarcoat the pain that is involved in separation or the emotional uncertainties. At the same time, it shows us the blessing that a child can be to both a couple and to a young mother who is not prepared to raise the baby within her...
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Birth 9/20/22
(Births ~ 09/20/22)
Daughter to Clay and Kristy Roth of Uniontown, Missouri, Southeast Hospital, 11:55 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Name, Charlotte Evelyn. Weight, 8 pounds, 9 ounces. First child. Mrs. Roth is the daughter of Richard and Lisa Winter of Pocahontas. She works at Chaffee Drug Store. Roth is the son of Dan and Sandy Roth of Farrar, Missouri. He is employed by Bowman Milling Co...
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Willa Zimnmerman
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
Willa Lee Zimmerman, 85, of Scott City died Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at her home. She was born Jan. 3, 1937, in Delta to Freeman and Eloise Valerie Deweese Swindell. She married Lloyd Eugene Zimmerman on April 7, 1956, and he preceded her in death Dec. 27, 2004...
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Joni Smith
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — Joni Smith, 63, of Chaffee, formerly of McClure, Illinois, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at her home. Private inurnment was made at Lindsey Cemetery in McClure. Arrangements were entrusted to Crain Funeral Home.
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Ann Schamburg
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
Ann Louise Schamburg, 64, of Jackson passed away peacefully Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at her home. She was born Oct. 26, 1957, in Perryville, Missouri, to Albert "Aubie" H. and Cletea Mae Tucker Schamburg. Ann was a family nurse practitioner in Southeast Missouri. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Jackson...
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Larry Roberts
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- On Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, Larry Gene Roberts, 71, of Marble Hill won his 10-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy and joined his heavenly Father from Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Larry was born Feb. 15, 1951, in Dumas, Texas, to the late Eldon C. ...
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Cindi Norris
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
ST. LOUIS — Cynthia "Cindi" Norris, 63, of St. Louis passed away peacefully Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, with her children by her side. She was born Sept. 23, 1958, in Cape Girardeau to Arthur J. and Cecelia I. Borchelt Bender. She is survived by her children, Jessica Norris, Kelsey Norris and Chris Salmon; siblings, Tim (Anna) Bender, Linda (Marty) Fowler and Steven Bender; plus her nephews and nieces, Corey (Maggie Neumiller) Fowler, Hayden Fowler and Catlin Bender -- all of whom she loved greatly.. ...
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Aaron Lovel
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
ORAN, Mo. — Aaron James Lovel, 25, passed away Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 31, 1997, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He lived in Oran at the time of his death with his dog, Spike. Aaron is typically described as fearless, eccentric, funny and caring. ...
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David Lange
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
David Haman Lange, 84, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Missouri Veterans Home. He was born July 23, 1938, in Cape Girardeau to Arthur and Marie Haman Lange. David was a 1956 graduate of College High School. After high school, he worked for the FBI field office in St. ...
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Verna Haney
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
ST. PETERS, Mo. — Verna Sue Haney, 79, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, at St. Peters. Graveside service will be at noon Thursday at Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau. Announcement is courtesy of Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau...
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Lois Flannery
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
Glenda Lois Flannery, 79, of Jackson passed away Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at Monticello House in Jackson. She was born April 29, 1943, near Whitewater, daughter of Ennis W. and Eula Mary Brown Seiler. She and William Henry "Bill" Flannery were married June 29, 1963, at Whitewater United Methodist Church. They had been married 52 years when Bill passed away July 5, 2015...
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Belita Brammer
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
Belita M. "Sissy" Brammer, 71, of Jackson passed away Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, at her home. She was born March 27, 1951, in Vincennes, Indiana, daughter of Eugene E. and Eunice L. Eiler Myers. She and Jens Brammer were married June 10, 1989. Belita graduated in 1969 from McCluer High School in Ferguson, Missouri. She received a bachelor's degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University, and was a long-time employee of the university. She retired from Midamerica Hotels...
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Strong earthquake shakes Mexico's Pacific coast; 1 killed
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
MEXICO CITY -- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes. There were at least some early reports of damage to buildings from the quake, which hit at 1:05 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey, which had initially put the magnitude at 7.5...
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Damage assessments begin in flooded remote Alaska villages
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Authorities in Alaska were making contact Monday with some of the most remote villages in the United States to determine their food and water needs, as well as assess the damage after a massive storm flooded communities on the state's vast western coast this weekend...
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Storm damages space center in Japan, 130K still lack power
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
TOKYO -- A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after killing two and injuring more than 100, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without power. New damage was reported in southern Japan, where Typhoon Nanmadol hit over the weekend before weakening as it moved north...
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'Serial' case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
BALTIMORE -- A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of high school student Hae Min Lee -- a case that was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial," a true-crime series that transfixed listeners and revolutionized the genre...
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Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundreds
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Fiona unleashed more rain on Puerto Rico on Monday, a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island, and National Guard troops rescued hundreds of people who got stranded. The governor warned that it could take days to get the lights back on...
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Montana to allow transgender people to change birth record
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
HELENA, Mont. -- After months of defiance, Montana's health department said Monday it will follow a judge's ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The judge issued a scathing order Monday morning saying health officials made "calculated violations" of his order, which had told them to temporarily stop enforcing a law blocking transgender people from changing their gender on their birth certificates unless they had undergone surgery...
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Judge says alleged clinic shooter can be forcibly medicated
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
DENVER -- A mentally ill man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in 2015 because it offered abortion services can be forcibly medicated to try to make him competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Monday. The prosecution of Robert Dear, 64, has stalled because he has been repeatedly found mentally incompetent since his arrest and he has refused to take anti-psychotic medication for delusional disorder...
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'Out of control' STD situation prompts call for changes
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
NEW YORK -- Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases -- including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year -- are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts. "It is imperative that we ... work to rebuild, innovate, and expand (STD) prevention in the U.S.," said Dr. Leandro Mena of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a speech Monday at a medical conference on sexually transmitted diseases...
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California woman gets 18 months for kidnapping hoax
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search before she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016...
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Blinken hosts Armenia, Azerbaijan ministers
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday in a bid to ease tensions and maintain a fragile ceasefire between the ex-Soviet countries and rivals following the largest outbreak of hostilities in more than two years...
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US contractor freed by Taliban in swap
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
WASHINGTON -- An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, the White House said Monday, announcing a rare success in U.S.-Taliban talks since the militant group took power a little more than a year ago...
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GOP's election-year standing with independents at risk
(National News ~ 09/20/22)
COLUMBUS, Wis. -- Sarah Motiff has voted for Sen. Ron Johnson every time his name appeared on the ballot, starting in 2010 when the Wisconsin Republican was first elected as part of the tea party wave. Fond of his tough views on spending, she began the year planning to support his reelection again...
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Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral
(International News ~ 09/20/22)
LONDON -- The United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday with a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers -- and crowds in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle -- to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age...
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Ukraine warns of 'nuclear terrorism' after strike near plant
(International News ~ 09/20/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors. Ukrainian authorities denounced the move as an act of "nuclear terrorism."...
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Out of the past: Sept. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 09/20/22)
A former Scott City police chief signed a formal complaint against the Scott City Board of Education on Wednesday for violating the Missouri Sunshine Law; in his complaint, David Beck accused board members of violating the open meetings law when they adjourned a public meeting while behind locked doors at Scott City High School...
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Charles Brown
(Obituary ~ 09/20/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Charles M. Brown, 86, of Friedheim died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville. Funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Don Estes Officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville, with military honors provided by Missouri Military Funeral Honors Team...
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