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The Adventures of True Crew: Friends find fun kayaking together during retirement
(06/14/23)
True Crew is a group of retired friends who get together several times a year to kayak Missouri rivers. When they talk about kayaking, their faces glow with humor and excitement. Their energy is infectious. Were all young at heart, crew member Shirley Essner says...
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Rotary Club funds creation of Veterans Memorial display
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
The Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service sponsored a temporary memorial display for veterans' graves where their headstones "can no longer be read" at the Jackson City Cemetery. The Club funded the costs for American Legion Post 158 member Art Wood to make the creation. The Rotary Club's Linda Puchbauer described it as a beautiful display...
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Cape Girardeau County History Center host Sallie Ann tea party
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Cape Girardeau County History Center will celebrate a new artifact in its collection with the Welcome Home Sallie Ann Tea Party from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 17. According to Cape Girardeau County History Center's Facebook post, the doll was a gift in Sallie Ann Criddle's namesake in Jackson...
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19th annual War Child rally to be held this weekend
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
War Child's 19th annual Rebel Yell Rally will be held Friday through Sunday, June 16-18. The rally will be held at Friga Farms located at 110 County Road 248 in Chaffee, Missouri. Daily entry is $10 per person. Attendees can enjoy a bike show, a keg roll, the dunking booth and a slow race. There also will be five bands performing in the battle of the bands: Last Night Bottle, Savage Groove, Kings Garden, Flyte Risk and Project 573...
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Persons of interest wanted in alleged theft
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on two persons of interest in an alleged theft at Dollar General on Route K near Gordonville...
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Cape authorities seek theft suspect
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department are requesting the public's assistance in identifying an alleged theft suspect...
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Veterans and fallen heroes poker run
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Veteran Charles Hatley waves as he rides in a motorcycle sidecar next to driver Doug Friese at the 12th annual Veterans and Fallen Heroes Poker Run on Saturday, June 10, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau...
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2nd suspect arrested in BoCo shooting
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Christian Knotts, 18, of Jackson was taken into custody at approximately 8 p.m. Monday, June 12, in Cape Girardeau County by the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office and Bollinger County Sheriff's Office, according to a release posted on social media by Bollinger County Sheriff Casey Graham...
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Jackson man charged with firearms violations
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
A Jackson man has been taken into custody for alleged firearm violations. A release from Cape Girardeau Police Department said Myquille Anderson, 29, was arrested Monday evening, June 12, after he allegedly was found rummaging through items in someone else's vehicle. The person connected to the vehicle approached Anderson and, according to police, Anderson pointed a firearm at the person...
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Cape school board hosts community listening sessions
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education hosted two listening sessions Monday, June 12. Community members were invited to give feedback regarding the creation of a Community Engagement policy for the district. In both morning and evening sessions, participants were given an agenda with a list of nine questions meant to prompt discussion. The sessions also gave them an opportunity to provide ideas related to improving engagement between the district and its stakeholders...
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Cape Girardeau's neighborhood roll call resumes
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Cape Girardeau Police Department will hold the second of four scheduled 30-minute "Neighborhood Roll Call" summer programs at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at the intersection of Chateau Drive and Cordova Street in Cape Girardeau. The name of the program is taken from the briefing at the beginning of each shift at the police station...
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Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
MIAMI -- Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to give them back...
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Area lawmakers weigh in on shared parenting law
(Local News ~ 06/14/23)
Additional information is added to the original story. Southeast Missouri Republican lawmakers were united in their support last month of the so-called "shared parenting" bill. Both houses passed the measure overwhelmingly: 114-9 in the state House and 30-4 in the Senate. The Show Me State thus became the fifth state to greenlight such legislation...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
Today is Wednesday, June 14, the 165th day of 2023. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today's Highlight in History: On June 14, 1775, the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created. On this date: In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the design of the original American flag...
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Prayer 6-14-23
(Prayer ~ 06/14/23)
Lord Jesus, may we be peacemakers and seek to live Christ-centered lives. Amen.
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Congressional action puts property at risk
(Column ~ 06/14/23)
If you own a business, the leftists in Congress are coming after you. The only thing standing in their way is the U.S. Constitution. Whether you own a mom-and-pop diner, an auto repair shop or shares in a multinational corporation, your property is at risk...
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Reason to live
(Column ~ 06/14/23)
What would it take to come together to form some kind of consistent commitment to life in the United States? When former Vice President Mike Pence recently announced his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, he talked about his commitment to the protection of innocent human life during a town hall on CNN. ...
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Fire report 6-14-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 12 n Medical assists were made at 2:05 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 2:44 p.m. on South Silver Springs Road; 5:28 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue; 7:38 p.m. on Linden Street; and 8:24 p.m. on Delwin Street...
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Police report 6-14-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/14/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on Saint Francis Drive. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Frederick Street...
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Dorothy Young
(Obituary ~ 06/14/23)
DALLAS Dorothy Keesee Young was born Aug. 16, 1932, in Scott City and passed away Dec. 5, 2022, in Dallas at the age of 90. She was the daughter of Vester Earl Sr. and Ruby Carlton Keesee. She married Rudolph P. Young, and they enjoyed many years together, traveling the world and seeing many beautiful places. They were of the Catholic faith...
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Joseph Favier
(Obituary ~ 06/14/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. Joseph M. Favier, 72, of Perryville died Saturday, June 10, 2023. Visitation will be from 9:15 to 11 a.m., with rosary at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 17, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will follow at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 17, with the Rev. John Gagnepain, C.M., and the Rev. Pat Mullin officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Delta Team and American Legion Post 133. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery...
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Putin threatens to seize more of Ukraine
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to seize more land in Ukraine to protect bordering Russian territory -- a threat with questionable credibility because the Kremlin lacks full control over areas it already annexed...
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US Consumer price growth slowed in May
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price pressures remained high. Measured year over year, inflation slowed to just 4% in May -- the lowest 12-month figure in over two years and well below April's 4.9% annual rise. ...
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Los Angeles city councilman charged with 10 counts, including embezzlement and perjury
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles city councilman with 10 counts, including embezzlement and perjury, Tuesday in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation's second-largest city. Curren Price Jr. faces five counts of embezzlement of government funds, three counts of perjury and two counts of conflict of interest, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office...
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Belarus leader says he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons
(International News ~ 06/14/23)
MOSCOW -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared Tuesday that his country had already received some of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons and warned he wouldn't hesitate to order their use if Belarus faced an act of aggression. The brash comments from Lukashenko contradicted earlier statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russian nuclear weapons would be deployed to Belarus next month and emphasized they would remain under Moscow's exclusive control...
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The Beatles will release their 'final' record with a little help from AI
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
LONDON -- Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create "the last Beatles record," decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday. McCartney, 80, told the BBC the technology was used to separate the Beatles' voices from background sounds during the making of director Peter Jackson's 2021 documentary series, "The Beatles: Get Back". The "new" song is set to be released later this year, he said...
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US military says helicopter accident in Syria left 22 American troops injured
(International News ~ 06/14/23)
BEIRUT -- A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 American service members injured, the U.S. military said Tuesday, adding that the cause was under investigation and no enemy fire was involved. The military statement said the service members were receiving treatment and 10 were moved to "higher care facilities" outside the region...
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Lauded author Cormac McCarthy dies at 89
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as "The Road", "Blood Meridian" and "All the Pretty Horses", died Tuesday. He was 89...
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Buttigieg vows federal help to fix collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg promised Tuesday to help repair the East Coast's main north-south highway as quickly as possible and said that the destruction of a section of Interstate 95 will likely raise the cost of consumer goods because truckers must now travel longer routes...
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Actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
DORSET, Vt. -- Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series "Everwood" and the movie "Hair", died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams' motorcycle in the town of Dorset, according to a statement from Vermont State Police...
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House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S. over the last decade...
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Tour boat capsize in underground cave wasn't the first, agency says; passenger recounts ordeal
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
Soon after a tour boat flipped over during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system, leaving one passenger dead, members of another group recalled a similar experience while taking the same tour eight years ago and questioned whether anything had been done since then to make the attraction safer...
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Prosecutors: Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set; defense calls case mishandled
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of "Rust," prosecutors are accusing, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver that the actor used...
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Teacher who was shot by 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned, school officials say
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million. The last day of Abby Zwerner's contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner notified human resources in March that she wouldn't be returning next school year...
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Playground slides doused with pool acid, injuring 2 children
(National News ~ 06/14/23)
LONGMEADOW, Mass. -- Two children suffered what were described as "burn-like injuries" after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said. Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media. ...
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Thousands evacuated in India and Pakistan as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches
(International News ~ 06/14/23)
BENGALURU, India -- Pakistan's army and civil authorities planned to evacuate 80,000 people to safety along the country's southern coast before the arrival of Cyclone Biparjoy, and thousands living in low-lying regions of western India already have sought shelter from the tropical storm system, officials said Tuesday...
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German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis
(International News ~ 06/14/23)
MUNICH -- Matthias Weniger put on a pair of white cloth gloves and carefully lifted a tarnished silver candleholder, looking for a yellowed sticker on the bottom of it. The candlestick is one of 111 silver objects at the Bavarian National Museum that the Nazis stole from Jewish families during the Third Reich in 1939. That's when they ordered all German Jews to bring their personal silver objects to pawn shops across the Reich -- one of many laws created to humiliate, punish and exclude Jews...
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Out of the past: June 14
(Out of the Past ~ 06/14/23)
The Intertribal Living Indian Village is open to visitors at Trail of Tears State Park; the village, consisting of four teepees and other shelters, helps educate local people about their American Indian heritage, especially those who may be part Cherokee and have not yet applied for membership in the tribe...
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Remembering Juneteenth, celebrating as a community
(Editorial ~ 06/14/23)
While Monday, June 19, is the official federal holiday, Cape Girardeau will be celebrating Juneteenth on Saturday, June 17, with several events. n Stop Needless Acts of Violence Please (SNAP) will host its sixth annual Prayer Walk Fundraiser from 9 a.m. to noon at Ivers Square. Registration includes a donation of $25...
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