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Coroner in court to answer charges
(Local News ~ 03/09/24)
Cape Girardeau County Coroner Wavis Jordan waived his initial appearance and formal reading of charges scheduled Friday morning for the alleged crimes he committed in the capacity of coroner. Jordan faces three Class E felonies of falsifying death records and a misdemeanor crime of stealing less than $20 from the wallet of a deceased person...
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Cape man sentenced to prison on drug charge
(Local News ~ 03/09/24)
Federal Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. sentenced a Cape Girardeau man to 175 months in prison Friday, March 8, for distributing fentanyl. Jimmy L. Hudson, Jr., 47, pleaded guilty in federal court last year after buying fentanyl from an informant working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a news release issued by the office of the U.S. Attorney Eastern District of Missouri...
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Businesses plan eclipse parties
(B Magazine ~ 03/09/24)
The solar eclipse is cause enough for celebration, but experiencing one twice in seven years is something special. Different businesses are rolling out the red carpet to prepare for the event and to bring in as many patrons as possible while doing it...
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Quality of life, a focus for our region
(B Magazine ~ 03/09/24)
There’s a new buzzword these days among economic developers: quality of life. What amenities does a community have that contribute to a good quality of life: education, public safety, restaurants, entertainment, parks and recreation, church community. The list goes on...
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Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline
(Local News ~ 03/09/24)
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed into law a package of spending bills passed by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. He signed the legislation Saturday while offering thanks to leaders and negotiators from both parties. ...
- Eclipse expected to draw thousands to Southeast Missouri (B Magazine ~ 03/09/24)
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/09/24)
Today is Friday, March 9, the 69th day of 2024. There are 297 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 9, 1997, rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at age 24...
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Business Briefs
(B Magazine ~ 03/09/24)
On Friday, Dec. 29, Cal-Maine Foods of Ridgeland, Mississippi, announced the acquisition of a shuttered Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Dexter. Cal-Maine, the country's largest egg producer, plans to convert the plant into an egg processing facility by summer 2024...
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Out of the past: March 10
(Out of the Past ~ 03/09/24)
"Heroes and Legends: An Aerial Tribute to U.S. Veterans" is the theme for this year's three-day Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival; groups like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts across Southeast Missouri have expressed interest in helping promote the show, scheduled for July 10-12 at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...
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Biden uses feisty address to contrast with Trump
(National News ~ 03/09/24)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing "resentment, revenge and retribution" and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad...
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Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record
(National News ~ 03/09/24)
Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged below zero. The state of Minnesota called the last three months "the lost winter," warmer than its infamous "year without a winter" in 1877-1878. ...
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Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers
(National News ~ 03/09/24)
NEW YORK -- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States...
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Migrant program from specific countries OK'd
(National News ~ 03/09/24)
VICTORIA, Texas -- A federal judge in Texas on Friday upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, dismissing a challenge from Republican-led states that said the program created an economic burden on them...
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Out of the past: March 9
(Out of the Past ~ 03/09/24)
The likelihood of losing your wheels to a car thief is decreasing, especially if you live in Cape Girardeau; the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that 23,163 vehicles were stolen statewide in 1998, a decrease of 4%; Cape Girardeau police say local auto theft is down from 102 in 1997 to 46 in 1998, a decrease of 55%...
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Births 3/9/24
(Births ~ 03/09/24)
Daughter to Justin and Katherine Norman of Jackson, Mercy Hospital Southeast, 9:42 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Name, Millie Rose. Weight, 9 pound, 12 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Norman is the daughter of Tammy and Chalen Tatum of Olive Branch, Illinois. She works for the Southeast Missouri State University Foundation. Norman is the son of Janet Norman of Lebanon. He is employed by Mercy Hospital Southeast...
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Phyllis Helt
(Obituary ~ 03/09/24)
Phyllis Elaine Helt, 84, of Jackson passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024, with family at her side. She was born Nov. 3, 1939, in Jackson County, Illinois, daughter of Henry C. and Dora Sims Born. Phyllis worked 30 years at Choate Mental Health in Anna, Illinois, where she was the first female to work in security and also the first female to attain the rank of sergeant...
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Kathryn Halter
(Obituary ~ 03/09/24)
Kathryn Marie "Coco" Halter, 97, of Anna, Illinois, passed away at 7:40 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2024, in her home. Kathryn was delivered by her grandfather, Dr. Thomas Lee Haney, on Sept. 21, 1926, in Park Hills -- on a full moon. Originally from Detroit, she was the daughter of Ralph Simpson and Ruby Elizabeth Smith Haney of Cape Girardeau. ...
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Alan Ervin
(Obituary ~ 03/09/24)
Alan Wayne Ervin, 70, of Jackson died Thursday, March 7, 2024, at his home. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 15, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Shawn Wasson will conduct the funeral service at 6 p.m. Friday, March 15, at the funeral home, with full military honors following...
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Paul Dowling
(Obituary ~ 03/09/24)
Paul Edward Dowling, 91, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Mercy Hospital Southeast. He was born July 25, 1932, in Cape Girardeau to William and Selma Wynn Dowling. He and Dolores Hohler were married May 30, 1956. Paul was a staple at Missouri Utilities (Ameren Missouri) for 40 years...
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Lacie Dean Betts
(Obituary ~ 03/09/24)
The Rev. Lacie Dean Betts, 83, of Tamms, Illinois, died Thursday, March 7, 2024, at his home, surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Buddy Walls and the Rev. Bob Kirby officiating...
- Captured on Film (Community ~ 03/09/24)
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Senior Center Menus for March 11-15
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
Monday: Shepherd's pie or Cheddar chicken broccoli bake, winter-blend veggies, beets, whole-grain bread and sugar-free peach crisp or iced lemon cake. Tuesday: Ham and beans or smothered steak, stewed tomatoes, potatoes with onions, cornbread and crackers and mixed fruit dessert or peanut butter cheesecake...
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Local Trivia
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
The questions for the Local Trivia are taken from the previous week's "Out of the Past" column that runs daily on the Records page. This week's question Q: What company agreed in March 1999 to assemble it airplanes at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport?...
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The week of March 10-16
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
1785, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin. 1913, former slave, abolitionist and Underground Railroad "conductor" Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York; she was in her 90s. 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)...
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A doughnut
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
Can you guess how this happened? About 40 years ago, I planted a sweet gum seedling in my yard. It grew into a tree, and I became aware that it was too close to a power wire. I cut the tree down before it got too tall. The stump became a perfect backdrop to ring with flowers. I chose jonquils. Years passed, and eventually the stump rotted away leaving this beautiful doughnut of yellow flowers...
- Adopt Willie Nelson (Community ~ 03/09/24)
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Turning trash into something new
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
"Don't forget to take the recyclables out," Rita called out to her husband, David. The man begrudged the job, but he did it anyway. "All right," he grumbled in a surly voice. He resented having to put the can full of papers, plastics and other outworn materials into a separate container to make into something else. The junk, as he perceived it, was old, dirty and useless. It had already served its purpose so why try to salvage it?...
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Starting peppers
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
There are a few things that are essential in our garden, with tomatoes coming first and cucumbers second. Slicers are most important and then dill pickle-size. We also grow sweet peppers and onions with both being important. We grow a boat load of sweet peppers, with most of them being bell peppers. ...
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Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of the Oscars, AP hands out its own awards
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday's Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for their own awards -- some more offbeat than others. BEST ACTUALLY SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE: Cory Michael Smith, 'May December'...
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Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion, hunger for sunlight
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
DALLAS -- Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move the clock forward in the spring, and then push it back in the fall, is a tale that spans over more than a century -- one that's driven by two world wars, mass confusion at times and a human desire to bask in the sun for a long as possible.. ...
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Mo Bunnies Rabbitry Wins Jersey Wooly Nationals
(Submitted Story ~ 03/09/24)
Mo Bunnies Rabbitry recently traveled to West Monroe, Louisiana for Jersey Wooly Nationals. Brenda Kneir entered 8 rabbits in the open division. Carson and Kainen Reker entered 7 in the Youth division. All the entries placed well. In Open, the Best Opposite Sex Agouti was a Chinchilla Senior Buck, Mo Bunnies Tank. ...
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Part 2: Cape Girardeau and prelude to Civil War
(Community ~ 03/09/24)
Union General Lyon responded to Governor Jackson's pro-secession actions by marching on Jefferson City and driving out the governor and pro-secession members of the State Convention on June 15. The Convention convened a second session, declared state offices vacant, and appointed provisional pro-Union officers. They called for a general election in November...
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