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Scott City gaining new gym in August
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
Scott City will be gaining a new gym in the near future. Owner Alex Landewee said he hopes to have the newest addition to Kopion Fitness in late August. Kopion Fitness will be in the old Bob's Foodliner building at 2100 Main St. Landewee said the location will be great for a strongman competition and other events because of access to a large parking lot...
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Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri to host second annual Mississippi Mingle
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri will host its second annual Mississippi Mingle in conjunction with Knights of Columbus later this summer. The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Knights of Columbus Hall, 318 S. Spanish St., in Cape Girardeau...
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Survey results inconclusive on failure of Jackson's Props I, N
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
A recent survey of Jackson School District parents and staff provided no conclusive answers on why Propositions I and N failed to pass in April. The propositions were on the ballot of the general municipal election April 4, and asked voters to approve a combined 97-cent property tax increase per $100 assessed valuation. ...
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Jackson approves some distribution of ARPA funds for chamber, UJRO
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
Jackson Board of Aldermen approved Monday, July 17, distribution of up to $200,000 each from city-received American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce and Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization (UJRO). "We have specific projects we've approved," Mayor Dwain Hahs said...
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Difference Maker: John Spear using serial volunteerism to help youth, community
(B Magazine ~ 07/18/23)
John Spear’s willingness to help others dates back to his childhood. That volunteer spirit has not changed. “Even as a young child I’ve really always looked forward to the Friends of the Park days where everybody goes out and cleans up the parks,” Spear said. “I just think that lending a helping hand was just in my DNA from day one, and I always try to help out.”...
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Construction of hangars at airport approved by Cape Girardeau City Council
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
A nearly $3 million project should result in 20 new hangars at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport by next spring or summer. City Council members read for the first time Monday, July 17, an ordinance to authorize city manager Ken Haskin to execute a design-build agreement with Zoellner Construction Co. for the T-hangars and associated taxilanes at the airport. The measure will be read a second and third time at the council's next meeting...
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Cape airport receives grant for parking lot expansion
(Local News ~ 07/18/23)
A state grant will fund adding 67 additional parking spaces at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, municipal officials said Tuesday, July 18. A release from the city says the grant is for $350,000 and will pay for the additional airline passenger and restaurant parking, as well as future parking needs for flight students...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
Today in History Today is Tuesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2023. There are 166 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 18, 1969, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left a party on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard with Mary Jo Kopechne, 28; Kennedy's car later went off a bridge into the water. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned...
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Sponsored: 5 ways to keep your pet safe this summer
(Insiders Advice ~ 07/18/23)
In the dog days of summer, our pets seem to love getting outdoors just as much as people do, but danger can happen in seconds if we’re not careful. 1. First, your dog and cat absolutely must be taking year-round preventive heartworm medications. Mosquitoes carry heartworm disease. ...
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Prayer 7-18-23
(Prayer ~ 07/18/23)
Lord Jesus, may we be good stewards of the things you have entrusted to us. Amen.
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New movie makes U.S. face the unthinkable
(Column ~ 07/18/23)
The movie "Sound of Freedom" beat Indiana Jones at the box office Independence Day weekend. The budgets behind them do not compare, but David beat Goliath, and that's a blessing in the world today. As you might know by now, "Sound of Freedom" is about the sex trafficking of children. ...
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Speak Out 7-18-23
(Speak Out ~ 07/18/23)
News flash: Coke stash (and I don't mean Cola) found in White House Library. Nobody cares, but if Trump were in office the White House would be razed and the investigation would never ever end. Lawyers representing Trump have discovered that MAGA really means "make attorneys get attorneys." Alina Habba has been fined and sanctioned, Rudy Giuliani has lost his law license, Sidney Powell has been fined and sanctioned, John Eastman is about to be disbarred and Lin Wood surrendered his law license rather than be disbarred. ...
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Ten reasons why affirmative action died
(Column ~ 07/18/23)
The end of affirmative action was inevitable. The only surprise was that such intentions gone terribly wrong lasted so long. First, supporters of racial preferences always pushed back the goal posts for the program's success. Was institutionalized reverse bias to last 20 years, 60 years, or ad infinitum?...
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Fire report 7-18-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 16 n Medical assists were made at 8:18 a.m. on William Street; 11:57 a.m. on Whitener Street; 12:16 p.m. on North Kingshighway; and 4:36 p.m. on North Frederick Street...
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Police report 7-18-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/18/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Whitener Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Silver Springs Road...
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Shirley Talley
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
Shirley Ann Talley, 83, of Cape Girardeau lost her battle with Parkinson's disease Sunday, July 16, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau, and went to be with her lord and savior, Jesus Christ. She was born May 25, 1940, in Jackson, daughter of Roy Alvine Bollinger and Maggie Alene Goehman...
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Weldon Runnels
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
Weldon Lee Runnels, 96, fondly known as "Cutter" during his youth, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 13, 2023, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 11, 1927, in Scopus, Missouri, to the late George Edward and Iva Elzora Mungle Runnels. Weldon found his soul mate and was married to Fern Catherine Slinkard on Nov. 25, 1948, in Jackson. Their love endured the test of time; she survives him in Jackson...
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Kenneth Hamilton Sr.
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
Kenneth Paul Hamilton Sr. of Cape Girardeau, son of the late Herschel Carl and Alfreda Mae Dickerson Hamilton, was born Jan. 2, 1943, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Friday, July 14, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 80...
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Betty Garner
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
BRADENTON, Fla. — Betty Helen Garner passed away peacefully in the early morning of Friday, June 23, 2023, due to natural causes at Sarasota Life Care Center in Bradenton. Betty, a native of Advance, Missouri, was born Jan. 23, 1926, and she was 97 years old...
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LaDeva Enderle
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. — LaDeva Ann Enderle, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, July 14, 2023, at Daybreak Nursing Center in Sikeston. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 21, at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 22, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Cape Girardeau. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cape Girardeau...
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St. Louis-area officer charged with kidnapping, beating man
(State News ~ 07/18/23)
ST. LOUIS -- A suburban St. Louis police officer charged with assault and kidnapping for allegedly beating a man until his jaw broke was arrested Monday, St. Louis County police said. The charges stem from a July 4 arrest Northwoods officer Samuel Davis made without informing dispatchers or writing a report, according to the probable-cause statement...
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Southwest Airlines adds former Republican Sen. Roy Blunt to its board of directors
(State News ~ 07/18/23)
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines has added former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, to its board of directors. Blunt, 73, spent 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Senate from 2011 until leaving office in January as the fourth-ranking Republican. He did not seek reelection last year...
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Phoenix's long simmering heat poised to break records for relentless high temperatures
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
PHOENIX -- A relentless streak of temperatures hitting 110 degrees Fahrenheit or more in Phoenix is poised to smash a record for major U.S. cities, showing that Earth's ongoing summer swelter is as persistent as it is hot. The stretch of dangerous heat tied the record Monday and is set to reach 19 days on Tuesday...
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'Heal Me with Your Mouth. The Art of Kissing.' An old book sparks a new controversy in the Vatican
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
LA PLATA, Argentina -- Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church's new guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes. Some conservative sectors in the church are using the reflections in "Heal Me with Your Mouth. ...
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GOP and FBI are at odds as Republicans move to stop the agency's new headquarters after Trump probes
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
WASHINGTON -- When Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than idle thinking about an office renovation. The nod from the Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe proposal to upend the FBI in the aftermath of the federal indictment of Donald Trump over classified documents and the Justice Department's prosecution of his allies, including some of the nearly 1,000 people charged in the Jan. ...
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Watchdog calls for House committee to uninvite RFK Jr. after his comments are blasted as antisemitic
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
NEW YORK -- A Democratic watchdog group has called for a U.S. House committee to rescind an invitation to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the Democratic presidential candidate was filmed falsely suggesting COVID-19 could have been "ethnically targeted" to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people...
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South Korea's death toll from destructive rainstorm grows to 40 as workers search for survivors
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
SEOUL, South Korea -- Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year. At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injured and more than 10,000 people have had to evacuate from their homes since July 9, when heavy rain started pounding the country. ...
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Actors and writers on strike are united and determined in the face of a long summer standoff
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
LOS ANGELES -- Solidarity and stamina were picket-line themes Monday as striking screenwriters and actors in New York and Los Angeles braced for a long, hot summer standoff with studios. Picketers emphasized unity between writers, who have been on the lines for more than two months, and performers, who are only on Day 2 of striking -- as well as camaraderie between highly paid actors and those with spare screen credits who struggle to scrape by...
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Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
LONDON -- Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Black Sea Grain Initiative would be suspended until demands to get Russian food and fertilizer to the world are met. ...
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NTSB looking at risk parked semis posed to Greyhound bus in fatal Illinois accident
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate 70 when he had to stop for the night or risk violating federal regulations limiting driving time for truckers. An Illinois rest area was full, so Cherno parked on the wide shoulder of the exit ramp leading to it -- a common practice for truck drivers...
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Arrest in Gilgo Beach killings isn't end of investigation, police say. Other deaths remain unsolved
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. -- Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about an architect arrested in connection with a string of slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings. They're combing through storage units linked to Rex Heuermann and using DNA evidence to see if he's connected to other cold cases...
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Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again as Putin vows response to attack that killed 2
(International News ~ 07/18/23)
An attack before dawn Monday damaged a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine, forcing the span's temporary closure for a second time in less than a year. Two people were killed and their daughter was injured...
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4 slain in Georgia mass shooting memorialized as neighbors gather for candlelight vigil
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
HAMPTON, Ga. -- A few hundred people gathered Monday for a vigil to remember four victims of a mass shooting in an Atlanta suburb, singing "This Little Light of Mine" at the end as they lit candles in their honor. Family members, friends and neighbors were still shaking off disbelief at the 10-minute span Saturday when Scott Leavitt, 67; his wife, Shirley Leavitt, 66; Steve Blizzard, 65; and Ronald Jeffers, 66, were shot and killed. ...
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Children lost in flooding as US endures extreme weather, from smoke up north to heat in the West
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. -- Pennsylvania authorities drew on 100 people, drones and cadaver dogs Monday in their search for two missing children whose family's car was swept away in flash flooding that ravaged the East Coast over the weekend. Other parts of the country endured threateningly high temperatures and severe air pollution from Canadian wildfires...
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Abortion in Iowa legal again, for now, after judge blocks new restrictions
(National News ~ 07/18/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa judge Monday temporarily blocked the state's new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law. That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law's constitutionality...
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Out of the past: July 18
(Out of the Past ~ 07/18/23)
City officials may ask Cape Girardeau voters to extend the Transportation Trust Fund sales tax if the 20 designated projects are completed on schedule; so far, work is progressing right on time; work is underway on rebuilding Perryville Road, and the project should be completed Dec. 21; the next major trust fund project will be the extension of Hopper Road from Mount Auburn to Kage Road...
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Patricia Unzicker
(Obituary ~ 07/18/23)
Patricia A. Unzicker, 76, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, July 16, 2023, at Lutheran Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 21, at Ford and Young Funeral Home in Perryville, Missouri.
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