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Largest nursing home in St. Louis closes, forcing out 170 residents
(State News ~ 12/19/23)
ST. LOUIS — The largest skilled nursing facility in St. Louis has closed suddenly, forcing about 170 residents to be bused to other care centers. Many left with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. The abrupt shutdown of Northview Village Nursing Home on Friday came after workers learned they might not be paid and walked out, confusing residents and their relatives. ...
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Scout Hall to host New Year's Eve party
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
Looking for a place to ring in the new year, look no further than Scout Hall, 420 Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau. "Whether you prefer cowboy boots or platforms, put on your boogie shoes and ring in 2024 with a night of dancing, friends and music to move to provided by local legends Shades of Soul and the new kids on the scene, Next of Kin," according to the Scout newsletter...
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First Chaffee student in nearly 40 years to make All-State Band
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
CHAFFEE, Mo. — The last time a Chaffee student was named as an All-State Band member was in 1984. Thirty-nine years later, Chaffee senior Colin Menz has become first alternative chair in the Missouri All-State Band. On Dec. 2, band students from around Missouri traveled to Hickman High School to audition to be in the All-State Band, which is put together by the Missouri Bandmasters Association each year. ...
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Shooting at Cape Girardeau apartment complex leaves 1 injured
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
A shooting in the 1900 block of Rock Creek Lane on Monday, Dec. 18, left one person injured. According to a social media post from Cape Girardeau Police Department, the incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. and involved a domestic dispute. The victim's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, but the victim was transported to a local hospital, according to the post...
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Officials: Engineering firms deem Bollinger County Courthouse unsafe
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. — Bollinger County's 130-year-old courthouse has been deemed unsafe, and county commissioners say the first step in dealing with the issue is to relocate offices to ensure the safety of employees and visitors to the facility. Second District Commissioner Chad Hulvey said he learned about the problem when some construction workers working on a county-owned building across Walnut Street noticed a portion of the courthouse's roof had collapsed. ...
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Cape Girardeau County commissioners to review medical examiner proposal
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
Cape Girardeau County Commission members received one response to their request for proposals for medical examiner services and voted to take it under consideration. Chad Armstrong's proposal was the only one the commissioners received before the Friday, Dec. 15, deadline...
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Cape Girardeau City Council moves forward with property tax increase for public safety employees
(Local News ~ 12/19/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members moved forward Monday, Dec. 18, with putting a measure before voters to increase pay and benefits for the city's police and fire department personnel. By votes of 6-1 — with Tameka Randle casting each dissenting vote — the group read and approved for the first time ordinances to put on the Tuesday, April 2, ballot an increase in real and personal property of 25 cents per $100 of assessed value and, in the event the measure passes, to restrict spending of those funds to increases in pay and benefits for public safety employees.. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2023. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice. (Clinton was subsequently acquitted by the Senate.)...
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Choose between civilization — or its destroyers
(Column ~ 12/19/23)
Nihilism is the religion of the Left. Anarchy is now at the core of the new Democratic Party. If the Left wished radically to alter the demography of the U.S., it could have expanded legal immigration through legislation or the courts. Instead, it simply erased the border and dynamited federal immigration law...
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Congress needs new idea. Will it choose a good one?
(Column ~ 12/19/23)
With U.S. government revenues rising, 2023 might have been a good year to get America's post-COVID-19 finances on track, but the budget deficit is still growing. You can thank overspending for this. It's also the reason we've had to live with inflation, higher interest rates and the threat of massive future tax hikes for another year...
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Porn in the children's section
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/19/23)
I attended the Library Board meeting because of the controversy with porn in the children's section. Hard to believe this is a thing in our community, but it is. In fact, the board president encouraged all attendees to actually read the books in question because he thought they were being taken out of context. There's that word again: Context...
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Nancy York
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
Nancy Irene York, 69, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Scott City, passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at Heartland Care and Rehab. She was born Oct. 8, 1954, in Cape Girardeau to the late Harry and Ellen Irene Friedhof Headrick. Nancy worked as a certified nurse's assistant and medical technician...
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Rev. Ed Rothenberger
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
The Rev. Dale "Ed" Rothenberger, 82, of Jackson died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 4, 1941, in Santa Anna, California, to Franklin and Carolyn Rothenberger. He and Judy Fern Griffin were married May 26, 1961, in Marshfield, Missouri. She preceded him in death June 20, 2008...
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Joe Proctor
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
HERRIN, Ill. — Joe Edward Proctor, 90, died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. He was born Dec. 30, 1932, in Chaffee, Missouri, to Joseph D. and Georgia Redfearn Proctor. On Nov. 26, 1953, Joe was united in marriage to Joanna May Ward in Kansas City, Missouri...
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Gary Minor
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
Gary Neal Minor, 70, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at his home. A graveside service will take place at later date at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Thomas LeGrand
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
Thomas J. LeGrand, 72, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He will be missed as a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. He was born March 18, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ben and Lucille Fredrick LeGrand. He and Brenda DeBrock LeGrand were married May 19, 1973, in Chaffee, Missouri...
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Betty Cooper Hearnes
(Obituary ~ 12/19/23)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Former first lady of Missouri Betty Cooper Hearnes died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, in Charleston, surrounded by her family. She served as first lady of the state of Missouri from 1965 to 1973 while her husband, Warren E. Hearnes, served as the 46th governor...
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Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he's convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
NEW YORK -- Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. It did just the opposite: Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped him hours after the verdict...
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Deadly storm batters Northeastern US, knocking out power, grounding flights and flooding roads
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
PORTLAND, Maine -- A storm barreled into the Northeastern U.S. on Monday, flooding roads and downing trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, forcing flight cancellations and school closures, and killing at least four people. More than 5 inches of rain fell in parts of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania by mid-morning, and parts of several other states got more than 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. ...
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Texas governor signs bill allowing police to arrest migrants who enter US illegally
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday approved sweeping new powers that allow police to arrest migrants who illegally cross the U.S. border and give local judges authority to order them to leave the country, testing the limits of how far a state can go to enforce immigration laws...
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Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on Supreme Court, honored as trailblazer
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
WASHINGTON -- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was remembered Monday as a trailblazer who never lost sight of how the high court's decisions affected all Americans. O'Connor, an Arizona native who was an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism for more than two decades, died Dec. 1 at age 93. Mourners at the court on Monday included Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to serve in her role, and her husband Doug Emhoff...
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YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse case
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke stood shackled in gray and white jail clothing as she closed her eyes and took a deep breath before pleading guilty to each of her first three charges. ...
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How the Trump fake electors scheme became a 'corrupt plan,' according to the indictment
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
WASHINGTON -- The role that fake slates of electors played in Donald Trump's desperate effort to cling to power after his defeat in the 2020 election is at the center of a four-count indictment released against the former president Tuesday. The third criminal case into Trump details, among other charges, what prosecutors say was a massive and monthslong effort to "impair, obstruct, and defeat" the federal process for certifying the results of a presidential election, culminating in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. ...
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Iceland volcano erupts weeks after thousands evacuated from town on Reykjanes Peninsula
(International News ~ 12/19/23)
STOCKHOLM -- A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country's civil defense to be on high alert. The eruption appears to have occurred about 2.4 miles from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. ...
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Earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 111 people in Gansu, Qinghai provinces
(International News ~ 12/19/23)
BEIJING -- An overnight earthquake killed at least 116 people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, the country's state media reported Tuesday. Search and rescue operations were underway in Gansu and neighboring Qinghai provinces. The earthquake left more than 500 people injured, severely damaged houses and roads, and knocked out power and communication lines, according to the media reports...
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US envoys work for new hostage release deal, scale-down of Israel-Hamas war but say no timetable
(International News ~ 12/19/23)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- The head of the CIA jetted to Europe for talks with Israeli and Qatari officials Monday, sounding out the potential for a deal on a new cease-fire and the release of hostages in Gaza, as the U.S. defense secretary spoke to Israeli military leaders about scaling back major combat operations against Hamas...
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Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea
(International News ~ 12/19/23)
MANAMA, Bahrain -- The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain...
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Pope approves blessings for same-sex couples that must not resemble marriage
(International News ~ 12/19/23)
ROME -- Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage. But while the Vatican statement was heralded by some as a step toward breaking down discrimination in the Catholic Church, some LGBTQ+ advocates warned it underscored the church's idea that gay couples remain inferior to heterosexual partnerships...
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FDA finds 'extremely high' lead levels in cinnamon at Ecuador plant that made tainted fruit pouches
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
U.S. food inspectors found "extremely high" levels of lead in cinnamon at a plant in Ecuador that made applesauce pouches tainted with the metal, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recalled pouches have been linked to dozens of illnesses in U.S. kids...
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A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine's soldiers as war with Russia grinds on
(National News ~ 12/19/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine's soldiers nearly two years after Russia invaded their country. Despite a disappointing counteroffensive this summer and signs of wavering financial support from allies, Ukrainian soldiers say they remain fiercely determined to win. But as winter approaches, they worry that Russia is better equipped for battle and are frustrated about being on the defensive again in a grueling war. Some doubt the judgment of their leaders...
- Evening Optimists donate $500 for Shop with a Hero (Submitted Story ~ 12/19/23)
- Cape County Private Ambulance Service supports Shop with a Hero (Submitted Story ~ 12/19/23)
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Today's Prayer
(Prayer ~ 12/19/23)
O Heavenly Father, thank you that your Holy Word is everlasting. Amen.
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Out of the past: Dec. 19
(Out of the Past ~ 12/19/23)
The chances of a white Christmas are less than 50-50, according to the National Weather Service; early forecasts for Christmas called for cold and snow in the region, but forecasters are backing off that prediction; temperatures are expected to be about 10 degrees below normal next week, with lows in the 20s and highs in the 30s, but Christmas Day itself is expected to be warmer...
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Sponsored: Preventing a Holiday Belly Ache (or more) in Your Pets
(Insiders Advice ~ 12/19/23)
This holiday season, it's important to be mindful of potential gastrointestinal (GI) issues that can affect our beloved pets. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), upset stomachs rank as the third most common reason for veterinary visits. With tempting table food and increased stress levels during this time, it's crucial to keep an eye out for any symptoms that might indicate GI distress in our furry friends...
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