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53rd Annual Arts and Crafts Extravaganza to be held
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
The 53rd annual Arts and Crafts Extravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, and Sunday, Nov. 19, at the Osage Centre and Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. This holiday tradition is put on by the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri...
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Veterans Day -- memories of war
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
One of Dean Campbell’s memento scrapbooks details missions of the 446th Bombardment Group — the “Bungay Buckaroos” — during World War II in the European Theatre...
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How does Cape County housing, income data stack up against St. Louis?
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
A report released last month by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center showed Cape Girardeau had the highest cost of living of six participating metro areas in Missouri, though the cost of living in Cape Girardeau is still 5% below the national average...
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'Pets night out' with the Arts Council
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri is holding its First Friday for November from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3. This Friday will be "pets night out" welcoming all those who have a furry friend to bring them along to look at art, listen to live music and more...
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Zonta Celebration Award: Abbie Crites-Leoni
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
Our Celebration Award honoree is the Honorable Abbie Crites-Leoni who, in February 2014, became the first female federal judge appointed to work full-time in Cape Girardeau. Prior to assuming her judicial duties, Crites-Leoni spent more than a decade as an attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri. specializing in prosecuting cases involving drug trafficking, child exploitation and government program fraud...
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Zonta Lifetime Achievement Award: Kathryn Swan
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
Our Lifetime Achievement honoree, Kathryn Swan, is employed by the State of Missouri as a Commissioner on the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the “Commission”), appointed by Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson in July 2022. She is the former President of JCS Wireless, a small wireless telecommunications company founded by her father, Charles W. ...
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Zonta Women of Achievement nominee: Casey Brunke
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
Casey Brunke has worked for the City of Cape Girardeau since 2010 and currently serves as the Public Works Director. In 2004, she received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia. She is a Registered Professional Engineer in both Missouri and Mississippi. ...
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Zonta Women of Achievement nominee: Kendra Eads
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
For nearly two decades Kendra Eads has tirelessly advocated for women and girls through sexual violence prevention and intervention. She received a Bachelor of Science in Social Work degree from Southeast Missouri State University in 2004 and from 2004 to 2013 she worked for the Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence (SEMO-NASV), a child advocacy and rape crisis center, as a Victims’ Advocate, Case Coordinator, Forensic Interviewer, and Child Advocacy Center Director...
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Zonta Women of Achievement nominee: Beth Keller
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
For 23 years Beth Keller has been a vital part of the Saint Francis Healthcare System where she currently serves as an Account Manager for Saint Francis Health Plans. Volunteering is second nature to Keller who finds ways to serve throughout the community and at church. She views the local mission field as vitally important and truly values helping her neighbors...
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Zonta Women of Achievement: MaKenya Owens
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
A native of Cape Girardeau, MaKenya Owens has dedicated her life to her faith and service to others. An alumnus of Southeast Missouri State University, where she studied Secondary Education, Owens spent 14 years working in the field of human resources. Last year, she earned her Real Estate license and is currently with Ritter Real Estate...
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Zonta Women of Achievement nominee: Dr. Jennifer Bengtson
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
Dr. Jennifer Bengtson earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2012. She has spent her entire professional career at Southeast Missouri State University attaining the rank of Professor in 2022. A mentor and a scholar, she is also someone who has long provided personal and professional service to the university and our community, benefiting the families of lost loved ones and the students who receive her mentorship and instruction...
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Zonta: Who we are
(Local News ~ 11/01/23)
The forward thinking women who founded Zonta in 1919 envisioned a new kind of women’s service organization – one that would promote professionalism among its members while serving the needs of girls and young women in the community. Zonta is an international service organization of business and professional women working together to empower women through service and advocacy at the local, state and international level. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2023. There are 60 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 1, 1991, Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court. On this date: In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established...
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A word of thanks to America's veterans
(Editorial ~ 11/01/23)
William Shakespeare's sweet-smelling rose aside, names can carry a lot of meaning. For some of our oldest Americans, those names include Bastogne and Midway and Iwo Jima. The generation behind them, Saigon and la Drang and Khe Sanh. Then, Mogadishu and Kandahar and Fallujah...
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Speak Out 11-1-23
(Speak Out ~ 11/01/23)
Congratulations to the Cape Girardeau city works department and any contributors for the excellent job on the North West End Boulevard street remake. Drove it today and was impressed. The Post Office is very unreliable these days and mail delivery is irregular. ...
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'Antisemitism is a unique evil'
(Column ~ 11/01/23)
STEUBENVILLE OHIO "The Jewish religion is not 'extrinsic' to us, but in a certain way is 'intrinsic' to our own religion. With Judaism, therefore, we have a relationship which we do not have with any other religion. You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers."...
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Prayer 11-1-23
(Prayer ~ 11/01/23)
O Lord Jesus, may we love one another as you love us. Amen.
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Fire report 11-1-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/01/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 30 n Medical assists were made at 10:07 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 4:26 p.m. on Independence Street; 4:45 p.m. at Ramble Drive and County Road 217; 5:35 p.m. on North Henderson Avenue...
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Policed report 11-1-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/01/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported. Assault n Third-degree domestic assault was reported on Montgomery Street. Thefts n Shoplifting was reported on William Street...
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Cletus Whelan
(Obituary ~ 11/01/23)
COLUMBIA, Ill. — Cletus John Whelan, 92, of Columbia left this world for his next journey, surrounded by family, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. A true river man, Cletus held many jobs throughout his 92 years, rising through the ranks to become a leader in the construction industry. He retired as president of Tower Rock Stone in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and vice president of Luhr Brothers Construction Co. in Columbia...
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Raymond Berry Jr.
(Obituary ~ 11/01/23)
Raymond Frank Berry Jr., 66, of Jackson died Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 23, 1957, in Kankakee, Illinois, to Raymond Frank Sr. and Joanne Stevens Berry. He and Theresa Lindner were married in Jackson...
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Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart Sept. 20...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- Before House Speaker Mike Johnson was elected to public office, he was the dean of a small Baptist law school that didn't exist. The establishment of the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law was supposed to be a capstone achievement for Louisiana College, which administrators boasted would "unashamedly embrace" a "biblical worldview." Instead, it collapsed roughly a decade ago without enrolling students or opening its doors amid infighting by officials, accusations of financial impropriety and difficulty obtaining accreditation, which frightened away would-be donors.. ...
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Two Missouri men accused of assaulting officers during riot at the U.S. Capitol charged
(State News ~ 11/01/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Jared Luther Owens, 41, of Farmington, and Jason William Wallis, 49, of St. ...
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State appeals court rules against ballot summary language
(State News ~ 11/01/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday against Republican-written summaries of abortion-rights ballot measures that described several proposed amendments as allowing "dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth." A three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals found the summaries written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor in 2024, are politically partisan...
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UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians
(International News ~ 11/01/23)
UNITED NATIONS -- The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday "an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions," accusing Israel of "collective punishment" of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians...
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U.S. military, diplomatic leaders urge a divided Congress to send aid to both Israel and Ukraine
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military and diplomatic leaders urged an increasingly divided Congress on Tuesday to send immediate aid to Israel and Ukraine, arguing at a Senate hearing that broad support for the assistance would signal U.S. strength to adversaries worldwide...
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Holloway's confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder
(International News ~ 11/01/23)
LIMA, Peru -- A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba was returned to Peru on Tuesday to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for murdering a Peruvian woman. Joran van der Sloot arrived in Lima in the custody of law enforcement. The South American country's government agreed in June to temporarily extradite him to the U.S. to face trial on extortion and wire fraud charges...
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Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- The country's largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. Education Department. The university dismissed the allegations as "lies and deceptive statements"...
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Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts, an issue that first arose in a case involving former President Donald Trump. The justices heard arguments in two cases involving lawsuits filed by people who were blocked after leaving critical comments on social media accounts belonging to school board members in southern California and a city manager in Port Huron, Michigan, northeast of Detroit...
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Expert says Trump could have defended Capitol
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
DENVER -- Then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and other federal agencies to protect the U.S. Capitol once violence broke out Jan. 6, 2021, a law professor testified Tuesday as a case to bar the former president from the 2024 ballot moved into a new phase...
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Maine shooter's troubling behavior raised concerns
(National News ~ 11/01/23)
Authorities publicly identified Robert Card as a person of interest about four hours after he shot and killed 18 people and wounded 13 others during attacks last week at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine. But Card, who was found dead two days after his rampage, had been well known to law enforcement for months. ...
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Israeli airstrikes crush Gaza apartments
(International News ~ 11/01/23)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, and footage showed rescuers pulling men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike destroyed a Hamas command center set up in civilian houses and an underground tunnel network...
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United Way of Southeast Missouri Receives AmeriCorps Grant
(Submitted Story ~ 11/01/23)
United Way of Southeast Missouri is one of four nonprofits in Missouri receiving an AmeriCorps Planning Grant. This grant, awarded by the Missouri Community Service Commission (MCSC), is given to nonprofits seeking to strengthen communities through innovative programs, while fostering civic engagement through service and volunteering at a local level...
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DARBY RECEIVES NEW MEMBER AWARD
(Submitted Story ~ 11/01/23)
November 1, 2023 DARBY RECEIVES NEW MEMBER AWARD Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was New Member Leader in the Missouri East Region for the month of October. Darby joined Modern Woodmen in November 2010. Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, IL. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance, annuity, and security products to over 717,000 members nationwide...
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DARBY RECEIVES LIFE LEADER AWARD
(Submitted Story ~ 11/01/23)
For release immediately, with photo November 1, 2023 DARBY RECEIVES LIFE LEADER AWARD Kelly Darby Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was Life Leader in the Missouri East Region for the month of October. Darby joined Modern Woodmen in November 2010. Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, IL. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance, annuity, and security products to over 717,000 members nationwide...
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DARBY FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MONTH
(Submitted Story ~ 11/01/23)
For release immediately, with photo November 1, 2023 DARBY FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MONTH Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was financial representative of the month in the Missouri East Region for the month of October...
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Out of the past: Nov. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 11/01/23)
Grant Lund sits alone with his paints and brushes on the cold concrete of an isolated entryway to Southeast Missouri State University's Rhodes Hall of Science; Grant was commissioned to paint a mural as part of the university's 125th anniversary celebration, and it should be completed next spring; Lund's mural will depict images of black holes, the swirling mass of a brightly colored nebula and the origin of the universe...
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