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Safe House to find new location in August
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
Safe House of Southeast Missouri has announced it will be relocating its Safe House Outreach Office and Thrift Shop to 2350 Independence St. in August. The new office will be in the place of the Wiethop Truck Sales building. In the Safe House's June newsletter, Safe House of Southeast Missouri executive director Jessica Hill stated the expansion will offer more visibility, accessibility and space for day-to-day operations...
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3 arrested in alleged check fraud case
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
A tip, license plate photo technology and a short foot chase led to felony forgery and drug charges for three individuals in Cape Girardeau, two of whom are from out of state. The Cape Girardeau Police Department stated in a news release that on Thursday, June 15, officers responded to the 200 block of South Mount Auburn Road regarding an alleged attempted check fraud case...
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Man arrested after allegedly stabbing wife
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff police officers arrested a man after he allegedly stabbed his wife and left her at the hospital. Officers responded to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center emergency room at 9:05 a.m. Friday, June 16, after a wounded adult female was dropped off at the facility, the victim of an alleged assault by her husband...
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Three arrested in Cape Girardeau County on various charges
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
While serving a search warrant to arrest a man wanted in connection with a Bollinger County, Missouri, shooting, authorities located three Cape Girardeau residents who have subsequently been charged with numerous felonies. Cape Girardeau and Bollinger County sheriff's office personnel were searching for Christian Knotts at a residence on Windwood Lake Drive. Knotts is a suspect in a June 5 shooting...
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Scott City archery range ribbon-cutting
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
Scott City had a ribbon-cutting for the new archery range in its city park Tuesday, June 20...
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Charleston parks benefit from Byrd estate bequest
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- The late James Lanier Byrd III's roots ran deep in Mississippi County and Charleston. Now, thanks to a substantial donation from his estate to the city of Charleston, Byrd's legacy will live on. After two years of planning and construction, three parks have additional facilities and upgrades. City workers are putting the final touches on Charles Williams Park, A.D. Simpson Park and Rolwing Park...
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Cape Girardeau City council formally adopts budget
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members adopted the city's coming fiscal year budget at their meeting Tuesday, June 20. The budget includes a pay raise of 3% for all city workers and changes to some fees. Water and sewer rates will increase 5% for bills issued after Saturday, July 1. ...
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WWII veterans walk through memories at Missouri's National Veterans Memorial
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Veterans from different wars, including six men from World War II, walked through Missouri's National Veterans Memorial facility Monday, June 19, to see different memorials and tour the museum in Perryville. A group from St. Louis, focusing on bringing different veterans to different memorials and monuments, transported the former soldiers to Perryville...
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Water level low, but river traffic clear to continue
(Local News ~ 06/21/23)
The Army Corps of Engineers stated the Mississippi River water levels are approaching "historic" lows, but it does not anticipate an interruption to river traffic. Liam Wallace, a civil engineer with the St. Louis District Water Control for the Army Corps of Engineers, said water levels near Cape Girardeau measured a depth of 10.7 feet as of Tuesday, June 20, but are projected to dip below 9 feet by Friday...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
Today is Wednesday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2023. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins today. Today's Highlight in History: On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it...
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Prayer 6-21-23
(Prayer ~ 06/21/23)
O Lord God, may we lovingly tell others about your gift of salvation. Amen.
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Shipyard Music Festival announces band lineup for fifth annual event
(Editorial ~ 06/21/23)
Cape Girardeau's outdoor music party of the year is returning for its fifth edition this fall. Shipyard Music Festival is set for Sept. 22-23 at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. Organizers of the two-day music festival recently announced this year's lineup, which includes a mix of 16 regional and nationally-touring bands...
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Fire report 6-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/21/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 19 n Medical assists were made at 8:49 a.m. on West Cape Rock Drive 11 a.m. on Bloomfield Road; 2:26 p.m. on North Fountain Street; and 2:57 p.m. on New Madrid Street...
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Police report 6-21-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/21/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Miscellaneous n Possession of a controlled substance was reported on Elm Street. n Second-degree property damage and first-degree trespassing were reported on North Kingshighway...
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Gloria Mueller
(Obituary ~ 06/21/23)
FROHNA, Mo. — Gloria J. Mueller, 88, of Frohna died Monday, June 19, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, June 23, at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 23, at the church, with the Rev. Roger Abernathy officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery...
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Nancy Michelsen
(Obituary ~ 06/21/23)
Nancy Pauline Michelsen, daughter of the late Evertt Paul and Agnes Rowlett Montgomery, was born Oct. 8, 1940, in Sikeston, Missouri, and departed her life Monday, June 19, 2023, at the age of 82 years. She was a former co-owner of Michelsen Grocery in Morley, Missouri, and a bank teller. But what she enjoyed most of all was being a mother...
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Roger Etzold
(Obituary ~ 06/21/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Roger Lynn Etzold, 65, of Perryville died Monday, June 19, 2023, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 23, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, and will continue from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, June 24, at Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, Missouri...
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State judge orders end to standoff over proposed abortion rights ballot measure
(State News ~ 06/21/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a judge Tuesday broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process. Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem ordered Attorney General Andrew Bailey to approve fellow Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's estimated $51,000 price tag on the proposal within 24 hours...
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Tribal activists oppose Nevada mine key to Biden's clean energy agenda as 'green colonialism'
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
OROVADA, Nevada -- Just 45 miles from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation where Daranda Hinkey and her family corral horses and cows, a centerpiece of President Joe Biden's clean energy plan is taking shape: construction of one of the largest lithium mines in the world...
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Ukraine downs Russian drones but some get through due to gaps in air protection
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian air defenses downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding drones Russia launched early Tuesday, most of them in the Kyiv region, officials said, in a bombardment that exposed gaps in the country's air protection after almost 16 months of war...
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Tropical Storm Bret makes its way toward eastern Caribbean
(International News ~ 06/21/23)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and was moving across the Atlantic Ocean at 18 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which warned it's been unable to get "a better handle on the system's intensity and size."...
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US, China talking at high level again, but rivalry remains unchecked
(International News ~ 06/21/23)
BEIJING -- The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked and mutual suspicion still runs deep. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken set low goals for his visit to Beijing this week, and he met them. About the most the rivals can hope for these days is to stop things from getting much worse...
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41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison
(International News ~ 06/21/23)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- A grisly riot at a women's prison in Honduras on Tuesday left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country's president blamed on "mara" street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries...
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Palestinians fatally shoot 4 Israelis before being killed, spurring revenge attacks in West Bank
(International News ~ 06/21/23)
JERUSALEM -- Two Palestinian attackers opened fire at a restaurant and gas station near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four Israelis and wounding several other people before they were shot dead, authorities said, as violence roiled the occupied territory the day after a deadly Israeli military raid...
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Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Bibles will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month. Officials from the Davis School District, which educates 72,000 students north of Salt Lake City, said at a board meeting Tuesday that the district had determined the sacred text was age-appropriate for all district libraries. ...
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Sweltering heat tests Texas' power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' power grid operator asked residents Tuesday to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave kept large swaths of the state and southern U.S. in triple-digit temperatures. On the last day of spring, the sweltering heat felt more like the middle of summer across the South, where patience was growing thin over outages that have persisted since weekend storms and tornadoes caused widespread damage...
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Hawaii volcano stops erupting, putting an end to stunning lava show
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
HONOLULU -- The nearly two-week eruption of a Hawaii volcano, one of the most active in the world, has come to a pause, scientists said. After a three-month hiatus, Kilauea began erupting again June 7 -- displaying fountains of glowing red lava without threatening any communities or structures...
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8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas, as agency struggles with overcrowding
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
MCALLEN, Texas -- A little girl from Panama born with heart problems died in Border Patrol custody Wednesday, the second death of a child from Latin America in U.S. government custody in two weeks. The 8-year-old girl and her family were being held in Harlingen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for migrant crossings. ...
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Ships search for submersible lost near Titanic wreck
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
In a race against the clock on the high seas, an expanding international armada of ships and airplanes searched Tuesday for a submersible that vanished in the North Atlantic while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the search covered 10,000 square miles, but turned up no sign of the lost sub known as the Titan. ...
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Trump's penchant for talking could pose a number of problems as Mar-a-Lago criminal case moves ahead
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- Criminal defendants are routinely advised to avoid commenting on pending charges against them. But Donald Trump, the former president and current White House hopeful, is no ordinary defendant. In his first televised interview since his arraignment last week on federal charges, the former president acknowledged he delayed turning over boxes of documents despite being asked to do so, drew factually incorrect parallels between his case and classified document probes concerning other politicians and claimed he didn't actually have a Pentagon attack plan that the indictment says he boasted about to others.. ...
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DA, ethics panel back judge in Donald Trump hush-money case, finding no evidence of bias
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's tempestuous views aside, Manhattan prosecutors say neither the former president nor his lawyers have shown any evidence to support their claims that the judge in his hush-money criminal case has an anti-Trump bias. They urged him to reject defense demands that he step aside from the case...
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Trump adviser faces possible disbarment over his efforts to overturn 2020 election
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, concocted a baseless theory and made false claims of fraud in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, a prosecutor said Tuesday in arguing that Eastman be disbarred...
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Hunter Biden to plead guilty
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses, but avoid full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Hunter Biden, 53, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement made public Tuesday. The agreement will also avert prosecution on a felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user, as long as he adheres to conditions agreed to in court...
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Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
(National News ~ 06/21/23)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A federal judge struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions...
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Out of the past: June 21
(Out of the Past ~ 06/21/23)
A consecration service for Bernice Coar-Cobb was held Friday night at the Show Me Center; Coar-Cobb was commissioned to serve in the Cape Girardeau area by Bishop Travis Smith Sr. of the Full Gospel Free Methodist Fellowship; Michael Sterling also has received a commission to work with economic development by trying to form partnerships with Cape Girardeau and cities in Africa...
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Local Boy Scout Council to Host Community Roadshow on 6/22
(Submitted Story ~ 06/21/23)
Cape Girardeau, MO June 21st, 2023 The Greater St. Louis Area Council, BSA will host a Community Roadshow stop in Cape Girardeau, MO, at Scout Hall (420 Broadway St.) on June 22nd, 2023 from 6 pm to 8 pm. Program to start at 6 pm. This event is an open opportunity for community members and Scouters of Southeast Missouri to learn about Scouting in their local area Post COVID and the Council's strategic plan for 2023-2025 from Council leadership...
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