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Scott City Police Department warns of spoofed phone number scam
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
In a recent Facebook post, the Scott City Police Department warned of a spoof phone number scam posing as Amick-Burnett Funeral Home. The spoofed phone number would call and ask for people's "personal information to change or get life insurance." The funeral home made the police department aware of the scam and assured them none of their funeral homes would ever "attempt to sell you life insurance and request your personal information."...
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Cape Girardeau firefighters extinguish fire
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to a house fire at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, on O'Connell Drive in Cape Girardeau. Units arrived on the scene and found heavy fire in the front corner of the residence. CGFD firefighters rescued a man and his rabbit from the basement. Both were unharmed...
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SEMO District Fair headliners released
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
The annual SEMO District Fair will be held from Saturday, Sept. 9, through Sept. 16, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau, with this year's theme being "It's Show Time". The fair will have grandstand entertainment that includes Steven Bankey & the Flatland Band, along with Johnny Holzum and Well Hungarians on Tuesday, Sept. ...
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Cape Girardeau Police Department to use ShotSpotter to curb celebratory gunfire over holiday weekend
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department will use the city's ShotSpotter Gunfire Data and Alerts technology to curb celebratory gunfire over the Fourth of July holiday. In a news release, CGPD stated celebratory gunfire "often has tragic results" when innocent people are hit by stray bullets and are injured or killed...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education approves $87 million budget
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education approved the district's budget for the 2023-24 school year during its meeting Monday, June 26. According to the budget report, the district projected a beginning balance of $29 million as of Saturday, July 1. The budget includes $87 million in expenditures, and the district will receive an estimated $80 million in revenue, leaving an unrestricted balance of $23 million...
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Fishing at the Conservation Center
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Marquecc Carter throws a fishing line back into the pond after baiting his hook Tuesday, June 27, at Cape Girardeau County Park North in Cape Girardeau.
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Difference Maker: Mark Anderson leading Lynwood in growing Christian school, ministering to community
(B Magazine ~ 06/28/23)
Mark Anderson decided at age 12 he wanted to be a pastor when he grew up. His father, also a minister by vocation, advised Anderson not to tell anyone. He said, Lets keep it between me and you and God, and lets see what happens, Anderson recalled...
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Canadian wildfires lead to poor air quality for Southeast Missouri
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Canadian wildfire smoke has led to air quality readings in the red zone Wednesday, June 28, for Southeast Missouri, according to the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky. Justin Gibbs, meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said individuals who have respiratory issues should stay inside and those who are outside should take precautions to avoid exerting themselves...
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Local property manager Dave Soto runs for legislature
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Republican Dave Soto, owner of Cape Girardeau's Soto Property Solutions, is running for the state General Assembly, hoping to succeed term-limited Rick Francis in Perryville's District 145. Soto, 67, is a member of Missouri REALTORS and has served on the Perry County Hospital board and on the leadership council of National Federation of Independent Business-Missouri...
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Wilhite fills health care void by opening Chaffee Family Care
(Local News ~ 06/28/23)
Misty Wilhite has worked in the medical field for over 20 years. She has had her own practice since May 1 at Chaffee Family Care in the heart of her hometown, Chaffee, Missouri. Wilhite started her journey as a licensed practical nurse and worked in Cape Girardeau hospitals while also finishing her associate degree to become a registered nurse. Once she graduated with her degree and became an RN, she started working in long-term care at the Chaffee Nursing Center, where she stayed for 15 years...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
Today is Wednesday, June 28, the 179th day of 2023. There are 186 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the First World War. On this date: In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey...
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Business Briefs
(B Magazine ~ 06/28/23)
APPROVALS Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center approved operation of two brick-and-mortar restaurants and five food trucks for operation in April. FOOD TRUCK LAUNCHED Mudcat Coffee House, 4056 Route E, Oak Ridge, in continuous operation since 2015, added a mobile food truck in May...
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Prayer 6-28-23
(Prayer ~ 06/28/23)
Lord Jesus, thank you for servant leaders. Bless them, Lord. Amen.
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Delay, divulge and deny
(Column ~ 06/28/23)
For years, Hunter Biden has made headline after headline for everything from his reckless behavior to his involvement in shady business dealings. And at every step of the way, Americans have demanded their leaders look into the many examples of where it seems Hunter Biden has gotten away with committing crimes that would send the average American to jail. ...
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The tragedy of Russia
(Column ~ 06/28/23)
On the one hand, events in Russia this past weekend were stunning the leader of a mercenary group declaring against the country's military leadership and, for 24 hours, marching on Moscow. On the other, they were about what you'd expect in a Russia that, across the long centuries of its existence, has never managed to achieve Western standards of self-government...
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A path to depolarization
(Column ~ 06/28/23)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. "We need healing when we use violence." Kevin Vallier is speaking at the Acton Institute's annual international gathering of nonprofit, faith-based leaders. The Institute is named after the 19th-century Englishman Lord Acton, known best for the quote "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely." The Institute's also motivated by Acton's admonition: "Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought."...
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Area valedictorians show promise for the future
(Editorial ~ 06/28/23)
Need some inspiration? Consider the valedictorians who recently graduated from area schools. The Southeast Missourian has profiled several of the area's top students over the last several weeks in the Good Times section. These are impressive young people who have excelled in the classroom over the last four years and through their extracurricular activities. We believe each one is poised for big things in the future...
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Fire report 6-28-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/28/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. June 26 n Medical assists were made at 12:08 a.m. on North Hanover Street; 12:20 a.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; 8:45 a.m. on Lynwood Hills Drive; 9:18 a.m. on Bessie Street; 10:04 a.m. at North Hanover and Themis streets; 12:01 p.m. on South Kingshighway; 1:51 p.m. on South West End Boulevard; and 5:57 p.m. on Siemers Drive...
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Police report 6-28-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 06/28/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Thefts n Shoplifting was reported on William Street. n Shoplifting was reported on Shirley Drive. n Theft and fraudulent use of a credit/debit device were reported...
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Richard Wall
(Obituary ~ 06/28/23)
GLEN ALLEN, Mo. Richard Allen Wall, 82, of Glen Allen died Monday, June 26, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 29, at Hutchings-Pendergrass Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Missouri...
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Gary Kesler
(Obituary ~ 06/28/23)
VANDUSER, Mo. Gary Kesler, 77, of Vanduser passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Jan. 26, 1946, in Lilbourn, Missouri, son of the late Luther Franklin and Agnes Augustus Gaines Kesler. Gary was a member of Anchor Church in Vanduser, and had been owner and operator of Kesler Farms...
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Cheryl Hill
(Obituary ~ 06/28/23)
HANNIBAL, Mo. Cheryl Anne Mowery Hill, 68, of Hannibal and formerly of Cape Girardeau passed away at 6:56 p.m. Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Hannibal Regional Hospital. Cheryl was born Oct. 12, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to Virgil and Nova Jane Darby Mowery...
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Claude Friese
(Obituary ~ 06/28/23)
Claude Richard Friese, 64, of Jackson passed away Monday, June 26, 2023, at his home after a long and courageous fight from a spinal cord injury. He was born Oct. 10, 1958, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Oda and Bernice Hellman Friese. He married Martha Kay Siebert on Aug. 23, 1980, in Tilsit...
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Dana Ford
(Obituary ~ 06/28/23)
Dana Sue Ford of Jackson peacefully went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. 2 Corinthians 5:8: "We are of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." Dana is home...
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Kansas City man charged with murder after shooting left 3 dead, 6 wounded
(State News ~ 06/28/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City man originally charged with assault after a shooting that left three people dead and six wounded was charged Tuesday with three counts of second-degree murder. According to court documents, Keivon Greene, 26, was one of two suspects in the shooting early Sunday at an auto shop known to host after-hours parties...
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Federal prosecutors to help clear backlog of murder cases in St. Louis
(State News ~ 06/28/23)
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis will loan eight prosecutors to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office to help clear a backlog of homicide cases, officials from both offices said Tuesday. The agreement, described as a first of its kind in St. Louis, comes a little over a month after former Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigned under fire and was replaced by attorney Gabe Gore, who was appointed by Republican Gov. Mike Parson...
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Teenager Ralph Yarl recounts being shot after he rang the wrong doorbell
(State News ~ 06/28/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There was no way Ralph Yarl thought the white man pointing the gun at him through the glass door would shoot him. But the Black teenager who had gone to the wrong house in Kansas City looking for his younger brothers was wrong a second time...
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Victims confront Colorado Springs gay nightclub killer, calling shooter a monster and a coward
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- One-by-one, nearly two dozen victims stood in a courtroom to confront the person who pleaded guilty to murdering five people and injuring 17 others in an attack last year on a nightclub that served as a sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs...
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Actor Julian Sands died while hiking in California
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar- nominated films in the late 1980s and '90s including "A Room With a View" and "Leaving Las Vegas", was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after he disappeared while hiking, authorities said Tuesday...
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Golden anniversary turns tragic as couple, relative are fatally stabbed
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
NEWTON, Mass. -- Jill D'Amore helped make Our Lady Help of Christians Church beautiful, tending to flowers and decorating the parish season by season. Her mother, 97-year-old Lucia Arpino, never missed morning Mass until the coronavirus pandemic hit. And Jill's husband, Bruno, proudly flipped burgers at the parish picnic...
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Judge, rejecting Trump arguments, signals he'll let New York criminal case stay in state court
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
NEW YORK -- The hush money case against former President Donald Trump appears headed back to a New York court after a federal judge showed little inclination Tuesday to let Trump move the history-making prosecution to federal court. Changing courts could give Trump a new avenue to try to get the case thrown out. ...
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Deputies accused of abusing Black men fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
JACKSON, Miss. -- All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs who responded to an incident where two Black men accused the deputies of beating and sexually assaulting them before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired or resigned, authorities announced Tuesday...
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Court date postponed for Trump's valet Walt Nauta
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
MIAMI -- A court appearance was postponed Tuesday for a Donald Trump valet who's charged with helping the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back. A lawyer for the valet, Walt Nauta, told a judge that Nauta had been unable to find a Florida-based attorney. He also said Nauta was stuck in Newark, New Jersey, after his scheduled flight down to Florida for the arraignment sat on the tarmac for hours and then was canceled...
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Ivanka Trump dismissed from New York attorney general's fraud lawsuit against her father
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
NEW YORK -- A New York appeals court dismissed Ivanka Trump on Tuesday from a wide-ranging fraud lawsuit brought against her father and his company last year by the state's attorney general. The civil lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accused former President Donald Trump of padding his net worth by billions of dollars and misleading banks, insurance companies and others about the value of his assets, including golf courses and the Mar-a-Lago estate. ...
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AP: Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
WASHINGTON -- Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump's legal team sought to overturn 2020 presidential election results in battleground states, was interviewed recently by investigators with the Justice Department special counsel's office, according to a person familiar with the matter...
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Supreme Court rejects GOP in case that could have reshaped elections
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts can curtail the actions of their legislatures when it comes to federal redistricting and elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have dramatically altered races for Congress and president in that state and beyond...
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Prigozhin has moved to Belarus; Russia won't press charges for mutiny
(National News ~ 06/28/23)
Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin and arrived Tuesday in Belarus...
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Out of the past: June 28
(Out of the Past ~ 06/28/23)
A public reception is held in the afternoon at Chateau Girardeau honoring Leta Bahn, who is retiring after a 25-year association with the retirement community; since 1973, Bahn has held many positions at Chateau; she has been the retirement community's administrator since 1984...
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Missouri AG seeks reversal of former detective's conviction
(State News ~ 06/28/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In an unusual legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking a state appeals court to reverse the conviction of a white former Kansas City police detective who shot and killed a Black man three years ago. In a brief filed Monday, Bailey said the evidence presented at a trial in 2021 did not support Eric DeValkenaere's conviction for second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb on Dec. 3, 2019...
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