- Christmas spirit -- elementary school style (Local News ~ 12/16/23)
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Notre Dame student's winning essay to inspire new cereal
(Local News ~ 12/16/23)
Notre Dame High School senior Audrey Deken won Gilster-Mary Lee's 2023 Create-A-Crunch essay contest. Her prize is the chance to work with the Illinois food manufacturer to create a Notre Dame branded cereal and cereal box design. The essay was assigned to Deken's Life Skills class, and the topic was the use of Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing...
- Saint Francis live nativity (Local News ~ 12/16/23)
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Get Outside: Local hiking and foraging group shares knowledge, encourages exploring region together
(Community ~ 12/16/23)
573 Hiking & Foraging co-founder Jada Guzman knew she was surrounded by natural food and medicine in the Southeast Missouri nature around her, but felt frustrated because she felt she didn’t know anything about it. At the same time, she knew there were people in the area who had an interest in foraging, and she started thinking it would be cool if there was a local group to promote knowledge-sharing about foraging in the region...
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“Sugarhouse:” Local couple creates feature-length film to share message of hope
(Community ~ 12/16/23)
Wife and husband filmmakers Shirlee Wilson and Fred Jones of Jackson co-directed their first feature-length film “Sugarhouse” in Perry and Cape Girardeau Counties in Southeast Missouri, as well as in Utah, writing the script in September 2021 and filming from June 2022 to May 2023. ...
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Sponsored: Tips for feeding your pet right
(Community ~ 12/16/23)
With the new year approaching, we look at how we can be healthier, but have you ever thought about how your pets could be healthier? You might think scooping colorful food out of a bag might be enough for your pet, but think again. The invention of dry dog food came about as a convenience for pet owners in the 1950s, and that’s exactly what kibble is, a convenience food. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/16/23)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2023. There are 15 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg. (The Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back.)...
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Albeit, handwriting isn't always easy to read
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
Our journey begins on a rainy October morning at the Cape Girardeau County Archive Center in Jackson. The usual road noise is absent because Highway 61 is closed for construction in front of the building. Two new volunteers are working on a project to create an updated finding aid for the county's inquests, pre-1940. ...
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Staying hard-nosed
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
The other day I was visiting with a friend about tractors, and tractor cabs came up. They are really nice, but they aren't for me. Cabs do cost a good deal of money and that's part of why I don't have a cab. But honestly money alone isn't why I choose not to. Cabs make life easier! When it's hot outside you can simply turn the AC on in the cab and it's cool. When it's cold outside, simply turn the heat on in the cab and it's warm. If it's raining, then it's dry. Cabs make life too easy...
- Adopt Nellie 12-17-23 (Community ~ 12/16/23)
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Yesterday's Christmas tree
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
When I was a kid during the 1960s, this tree was known as a Christmas tree. It is the native eastern red cedar. Although the eastern red cedar can grow to 50 feet tall, only the young cedars that were about right at 10 feet tall were called Christmas trees...
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Club news 12-17-23
(Community News ~ 12/16/23)
The Cape Girardeau County FCE Council met Thursday, Dec. 7, at University of Missouri Extension Center in Jackson. President Judy Strickland presided. The pledges to the American Flag and the Missouri Flag were recited along with the Club Collect. The devotion was presented by Town and Country Club...
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Senior Center Menus for Dec. 18-22
(Community ~ 12/16/23)
Monday: Beef Stroganoff over noodles or white chicken chili with half sandwich, green peas, steamed carrots, whole-grain bread and chilled pears or fresh baked cookies. Tuesday: Pulled pork or roasted chicken breast, baked sweet potato, green beans, hot roll, whole-grain hot roll and pineapple tidbits or cinnamon roll...
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Christmas kryptonite
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
If asked for my favorite superhero, Superman would come to mind first for me. Each time our personal vehicle crosses into Metropolis, Illinois, we visit Superman Square and are again reminded of the mythical figure whose strength and otherworldly abilities far exceeded even the most impressive human...
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Turning stress into joy at Christmas
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
How can the celebration of something so beautiful turn into such a nightmare for many people at Christmas time? Christmas comes only once a year, but we often begin to prepare for the next one as soon as the present celebration is finished. We look for things that would be useful and appropriate as gifts for next year. ...
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Out of the past: Dec. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 12/16/23)
Local residents seem to support yesterday's airstrikes against Iraq, although a few questioned the president's timing; Christmas shoppers and storekeepers at West Park Mall paused briefly to discuss the latest military action in Iraq; "I think we should have dropped bombs on him (Saddam Hussein) a long time ago. ...
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Judges skeptical that Meadows' case should move to federal court
(National News ~ 12/16/23)
ATLANTA -- A panel of federal appeals court judges heard arguments on whether charges against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a sprawling Georgia election case should be moved but expressed skepticism Friday that the relevant statute applies to former officials...
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Fourth of United Methodist churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban
(National News ~ 12/16/23)
A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, closing this month, that authorized departures for congregations over disputes involving the church's LGBTQ-related policies...
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Americans agree that the 2024 election will be pivotal, but for different reasons
(National News ~ 12/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections -- a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future. They just disagree over who poses the threat...
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The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends
(National News ~ 12/16/23)
TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. -- Rep. James Comer, a multimillionaire farmer, boasts of being one of the largest landholders near his rural Kentucky hometown, and he has meticulously documented nearly all of his landholdings on congressional financial disclosure documents -- roughly 1,600 acres (645 hectares) in all...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for Dec. 18, 2023
(Local News ~ 12/16/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18 City Hall Items for discussion n Appoearances by Advisory Board Applicants n Planning and Zoning Commission report n Consent Agenda Review Public hearings n Public hearing to consider a request to vacate the City's interest in various easements on property located at 2062 Silver Campine Lane. (Item No. 10; BILL NO. 23-185)...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 12-18--23 meeting
(Local News ~ 12/16/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Approval of minutes of the Thursday, Dec. 14, meeting Communications/reports -- other selected officials/department heads n Updates on new jail and 1908 courthouse project...
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Speak Out 12-17-23
(Speak Out ~ 12/16/23)
It is disgusting that the City of Cape Girardeau is just fine with letting the homeless just die from freezing to death. But then again the homeless have been dehumanized by conservatives for decades. Spreading the myth that poverty is a personal problem instead of a social problem. Nobody chooses to be homeless, it is society's failures that leads to homelessness...
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Trump's dictator comment a symptom of populist politics
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
Everyone knows that politics involves more truth-stretching than most professions. As the line (often misattributed to Mark Twain) goes, "Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." It's also a well-established truism that populist politicians lie even more than conventional politicians. ...
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Prayer 12-17-23
(Prayer ~ 12/16/23)
O Father God, may the peace of Christ fill our hearts forevermore. Amen.
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Young people and their votes
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/16/23)
In 2016 and 2020, the voters under the age of 29 voted for the Democratic nominee for President by 24 percentage points or more. However, a recent poll indicated that currently this cohort of voters splits evenly at 47% for President Biden and 46% for Donald Trump. While Republicans are pleased to see poll results such as this one, the question of, "What happened is raised loudly."...
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Where's the big immigration debate?
(Column ~ 12/16/23)
Do you remember the big national debate on whether the United States would adopt a policy to make the foreign share of the population the highest it's ever been? Neither do I. For the simple reason, of course, that there wasn't one. That doesn't mean that the policy wasn't adopted, through inertia and the Biden administration's imposition of a de facto open border for a large swath of asylum-seekers...
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Births 12/17/23
(Births ~ 12/16/23)
Son to Chad and Chelsey Becker of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 9:23 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Name, Camden Thomas. Weight, 7 pounds, 5 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Becker is the daughter of Mark Oliver and JoEllen Hawn of Cape Girardeau. Becker is the son of Kim and Tom Becker of Cape Girardeau...
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Police report 12-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/16/23)
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. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Kingshighway. n A warrant arrest was reported on Walnut Street...
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Fire report 12-17-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Dec. 13 n Medical assists were made at 8:52 a.m. at Independence and William streets; 10:57 a.m. on North Frederick Street; 12:33 p.m. on Colonial Drive; 2:39 p.m. on Hawthorne Road; and 3:37 p.m. on Megan Drive...
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Out of the past: Dec. 17
(Out of the Past ~ 12/16/23)
Steve Wright, senior member of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education, has resigned to seek employment by the school district; he is interested in a position with the Work Keys program at the Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School; the job is part of a federally funded program that creates job profiles and tests people...
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Larry Wilson
(Obituary ~ 12/16/23)
Larry "Flipp" Eugene Wilson, 77, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at The Villas of Jackson. He was born April 13, 1946, in Cape Girardeau to Eugene and Betty Morton Wilson. He was raised in the Presbyterian faith. Larry was a 1964 graduate of Jackson High School. He honorably served 22 years in the U.S. Army National Guard as a staff sergeant with Company A, 1140th Engineer Battalion (Combat) in Jackson...
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Brenda Riley
(Obituary ~ 12/16/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- Brenda LaVaughn Cook Riley, 72, passed away Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, at Delta South Nursing Care and Rehabilitation in Sikeston. She was born July 1, 1951, in Benton, Missouri, daughter of the late Cleve and Thelma Vaughn Cook. Brenda grew up in Oran, Missouri. She was a member of Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church and had worked as a bookkeeper for Heartland Office Supply before retiring...
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John Dragoni Sr.
(Obituary ~ 12/16/23)
John R. Dragoni Sr., 98, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. John was born in Boston and grew up in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He graduated from Ipswich High School and at the age of 18 enlisted in the U.S. ...
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Frances Brockett
(Obituary ~ 12/16/23)
Frances Alberta Brockett, 99, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 10, 1924, near Advance, Missouri, to Ralph and Allie Richmond Painton. She and Charles Kenneth Brockett were married Oct. 12, 1946. He preceded her in death Nov. 25, 2015...
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Celebrate Jesus
(Submitted Story ~ 12/16/23)
St. Paul Lutheran Church and School held a free family event, Celebrate Jesus, on Saturday, Dec. 9th. Families with young children ages 6 months through 3rd grade participated in games, crafts, sensory activities, large motor play, a glow room, a live nativity, cookie decorating, and more...
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