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Memorial Plaza envisioned on site of old courthouse
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
The Cape Girardeau County Commission, upon the suggestion of 2nd District Commissioner Charlie Herbst, voted Thursday to form an advisory committee to look into creating a memorial plaza or a reflection garden on the site of the former 1908-era courthouse in Jackson...
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Sikeston woman missing
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
A Sikeston woman missing since February is still being sought. Shyann Brooke Morrison, 21, was last seen at Quick Chek II in Sikeston on Feb. 6, 2021. She was last seen wearing a red jacket with fur, black pants and brown boots. According to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Morrison may have been on her way to Texas and it is believed she has mental conditions thay may impair her judgment...
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Reward offered for leads on stolen off-road vehicles
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
Dexter, Missouri, police are investigating the theft of two off-road vehicles stolen from M2 Outdoors early Wednesday morning. M2 Outdoors is offering a $2,000 reward to anyone with information on the whereabouts of the two vehicles. "We're going to do whatever it takes to find them," manager Carson Gemeinhardt said...
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Local schools do not plan on teaching Critical Race Theory
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
As parents and educators across the country debate Critical Race Theory, leaders of area schools have one consensus -- it will not be taught in their classrooms. According to Kristin Tallent, communications director for Cape Girardeau Public Schools, the district has no intention of teaching Critical Race Theory to its students...
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VA pushing for increased health care enrollments
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
About seven in 10 veterans in and around Southeast Missouri who are eligible to access Department of Veterans Affairs health care do not use those benefits, VA officials said. James Gebelhardt, enrollment supervisor at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, said the agency's "heat maps" show many eligible veterans have not enrolled in the VA system...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
Today is Saturday, July 31, the 212th day of 2021. There are 153 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 31, 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow...
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Out of the past: July 31
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/21)
Cape Girardeau teachers received an average 3.5% raise yesterday when the Board of Education approved a salary schedule for the 1996-97 school year; the Community Teachers Association had unanimously approved the salary package earlier in the day. Tomorrow will be christening day for the new Dorena-Hickman Ferry -- The Dorena -- which will run between Hickman, Kentucky, and a landing near Dorena, Missouri; the boat is a 40-foot vessel, 13 feet wide, powered by a pair of 250-horsepower John Deere engines, and includes the latest safety equipment: radar, radio and other communications and safety lighting.. ...
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Sebaugh-60 years
(Anniversary ~ 07/31/21)
Ed and Joan Sebaugh of Sedgewickville, Missouri, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary July 23 with a family dinner at Delmonico's Steakhouse. Ed Sebaugh and the former Joan Nothdurft were married July 23, 1961, at Zion Methodist Church in Gordonville...
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Thoughts on forgiveness
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
Brueghel paintings are marvelous. Have you seen one? In many of them, there are a multitude of individual people portrayed as they live their daily lives, and each person has a story -- one might be slaughtering a hog and two might be gossiping next to him as children ice skate nearby and at least 50 others surround them, all participating in their own individual and varied tasks. ...
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Success is more than being successful
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
The king of Psalm 72 prays for success, wealth, and influence. He asks for a vast dominion (vs. 8). That people around the world would submit to him (vs. 9, 11), and he would be brought gifts of gold (vs. 15), and nations would call him blessed (vs. 17). The king is asking for a life of influence, wealth, and success. There are two priorities that the prayer of Psalm 72 gives us...
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Gospel shoes
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
We have discussed the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness. The third piece of equipment Paul instructs us to put on is "shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace." Ephesians 6:15. The idea behind the shoes is the ability to stand firm and not be moved. ...
- Adopt Sapphire 8-1-21 (Community ~ 07/31/21)
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The remarkable Amanda Jones
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
In life, Amanda Jones, and the family she raised, indelibly influenced the uplift of the Black community of Cape Girardeau. Amanda and husband Charles, migrated from Mississippi and first settled in Cape County near Dutchtown, before 1868. Charles worked as a farmhand and their daughter, Rose Xenia, was born in 1869...
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Gone in a day
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
This cluster of mushrooms was growing at the base of a rotting tree stump. A good place to look for mushrooms is in the woods on rotting logs, stumps and dead limbs. Commonly called feltscale inky caps, these native mushrooms are evident in June and July in the eastern United States. Although a cluster like this one may exist for a few days before "melting" away, individual specimens will last only about one day...
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FYI 8-1-21
(Community ~ 07/31/21)
The Alzheimer's Association will present a seminar on effective communication strategies from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Attendees will learn how communication takes place when someone has Alzheimer's, learn to decode the verbal and behavioral messages, and identify strategies to connect and communicate. Space is limited; registration is required...
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Senior Center Menus for Aug. 2-6
(Community ~ 07/31/21)
Cape Girardeau Senior Center is now open. Monday: Spaghetti with meat sauce or chicken-country casserole, Italian-blend veggies, tossed lettuce salad, garlic bread and chilled peaches or apple streusel cake. Tuesday: Tuna salad or chicken pasta salad, three-bean salad, sliced tomatoes, whole-wheat crackers and chilled grapes or creamy fruit dessert with coconut...
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Saxony students take air
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/21)
Keith LeGrand, local Whitetails Unlimited representative, presented Amy Birk, teacher at Saxony Lutheran High School, with a check from WTU. Birk has been certified and teaching the National Archery in the Schools Program for 13 years. WTU has been very supportive in helping her continue to teach archery by donating funds to cover the cost of replacing equipment such as arrows, targets and bows. This year WTU has graciously donated $750 towards NASP at Saxony Lutheran High School...
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Old things make memories
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
Every year we plant potatoes. Several years ago we decided that digging with a spade was silly so we bought a middle buster for our tractor. Marge and I finished digging the potatoes the other day so need to clean the middle buster and grease it so it doesn't rust. As I was thinking about greasing the middle buster, it made me remember greasing the plow for Dad...
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Back to tradition
(Community ~ 07/31/21)
Homecomers has long been what the city of Jackson looks forward to every summer and this year's celebration was no different. Uptown Jackson has been filled with carnival rides, food trucks, a beer garden, various tents and entertainment on the main stage this week to celebrate Homecomers. High Street, where most of the rides were located, was full of anxious riders...
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Speak Out 8-1-21
(Speak Out ~ 07/31/21)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in a recent survey, found that confidence in the nation's public health system plummeted from 43% in 2009 to 34% in 2021. This could be a major reason why people are making their own decisions concerning their individual health care priorities...
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Ben & Jerry's takes liberal distortions global
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
Ben & Jerry's, noted for its ice cream made from "contented cows," has produced not such contented consumers in many circles following its announcement to stop selling its ice cream in Israel's West Bank and in East Jerusalem. Although the announcement calls these areas "occupied territories," more accurate would be to describe their status as "disputed" territories regarding Israel's sovereignty...
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What is American wokeness really about?
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
Most Americans were as indifferent to the U.S. women's soccer team's recent loss to Sweden in the Olympics as they were excited about the team's World Cup win in 2019. In between was the team's nonstop politicking, from whining about compensation to virtue-signaling their disrespect for the United States. The celebrity face of the team, perennial scold Megan Rapinoe, is going the way of teenage grouch Greta Thunberg, becoming more pinched the more she is tuned out...
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Prayer 8-1-21
(Prayer ~ 07/31/21)
O Lord Jesus, we worship you, our Prince of Peace and blessed Savior. Amen.
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Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games
(International News ~ 07/31/21)
TOKYO -- Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared an emergency in Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, near Tokyo, as well as in the western city of Osaka, effective Monday until Aug. ...
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IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump's tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records. In a memo dated Friday, Justice's Office of Legal Counsel said the committee chairman "has invoked sufficient reasons for requesting the former President's tax information" and that under federal law, "Treasury must furnish the information to the Committee."...
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Biden sees shortages to stop climate change-fueled wildfires
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes. "Our resources are already being stretched to keep up," Biden told a bipartisan group of governors at a virtual meeting Friday. "We need more help."...
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First evacuation flight brings 221 Afghans, many children, to U.S.
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
WASHINGTON -- The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home...
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Families paying off rent, food, debts with child tax credit
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
NASHUA, N.H. -- Christina Darling finally replaced her 2006 Chevrolet Equinox after it broke down several times while picking her children up from day care. But the 31-year-old mother of two was struggling to keep up with the car payments. Brianne Walker desperately wanted to take her three children and two siblings camping for the first time but wasn't sure how she could pay for it. After all, she was behind on her rent, and day care and grocery costs were adding up...
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Russia blames space station incident on software
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
MOSCOW -- A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab for briefly knocking the International Space Station out of position. The space station lost control of its orientation for 47 minutes on Thursday, when Russia's Nauka science lab accidentally fired its thrusters a few hours after docking, pushing the orbiting complex from its normal configuration. ...
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Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case
(International News ~ 07/31/21)
HONG KONG -- A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party tightens control over the territory. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted of inciting secession and terrorism for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers at a July 1, 2020, rally. He carried a flag bearing the banned slogan, "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times."...
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Ship tied to Israeli billionaire attacked off Oman
(International News ~ 07/31/21)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- An oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire reportedly came under attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said Friday, an assault that killed two crew members. The attack Thursday night targeted Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street just northeast of the Omani island of Masirah. The location is over 185 miles southeast of Oman's capital, Muscat...
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Senate advances infrastructure plan
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
WASHINGTON -- The Senate advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it...
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Trump urged Justice to declare election 'corrupt'
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the results of the 2020 election "corrupt" in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. ...
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CDC: 'War has changed' as Delta emerges
(National News ~ 07/31/21)
New evidence showing the Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus, internal documents show. Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health workers are among measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post...
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Masks not needed if people are vaccinated
(Column ~ 07/31/21)
The CDC wants us to go back to wearing masks indoors, even if you've been vaccinated. This is where I get off. If you'll forgive a little testifying, I've tried hard to be reasonable throughout the pandemic. I've bent over backward to give public officials the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise. This pandemic was a once-in-a-century calamity, and there was neither the living memory nor a readily available political playbook for how to handle it...
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Jackson Board of Aldermen meeting for 8-2-21
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
City of Jackson mayor and Board of Aldermen Regular meeting 6 p.m. Monday Public hearings Approval of minutes n Minutes of Regular Meeting of 7/19/2021 Financial affairs n Monthly bills Action items Power, Light, and Water Committee n Motion approving Task Order Authorization No. 21-10, in the amount of $5,000.00, to Allen & Hoshall, of Memphis, Tennessee, relative to providing engineering services under the Industrial Circuit 21 Power Quality Study...
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Cape Girardeau City Council agenda for Aug. 2
(Local News ~ 07/31/21)
Cape Girardeau City Council 5 p.m. Monday City Hall 401 Independence St. Study session n No action will be taken during the study session Presentations n Recognition of City Attorney, Eric Cunningham, recipient of the 2021 Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association (MMAA) Lou Czech Award...
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Out of the past: Aug. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 07/31/21)
When TWA Flight 800 exploded recently, killing 230 people, Southeast Missouri State University graduate Joe Lychner's wife and two daughters were among the casualties; the university and his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers plan to remember the family with a wreath-laying ceremony Sunday outside the Wehking Alumni Center on Sprigg Street...
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Fire report 8-1-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 28 n Medical assists were made at 7:07 p.m., on Village Drive; 7:35 p.m. on Noble Court; 9:08 p.m. on William Street; 9:27 p.m. on Perryville Road; 9:52 p.m. on Hazel Street; 10:31 p.m. on West Cape Rock Drive; and 10:52 p.m. on Grant Street...
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Police report 8-1-21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/31/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department released the following items. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n Scott W. Fornkohl, Jr., 32, of Cape Girardeau was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon and third-degree domestic assault...
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Linda M. Train
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Linda M. Train, 81, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau. A private family service will be held. Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of the arrangements...
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Michael Tomlin
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Michael Louis Tomlin, 78 of Jackson passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 9, 1943, in Marshall, Missouri, to the late Malcolm and Mildred Zimmerman Tomlin. Mike and Terri Gohn were married Sept. 16, 1978, in Jackson...
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Vera Ragle
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Vera Mae Marshall Ragle, 92, of Cape Girardeau went to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Sikeston Medical Center. She was born Dece. 30, 1928, at the family home in Murphysboro, Illinois, to Julia Isabell McRoy and Earl Marshall. She was married to Carl "Cotton" Ragle on Jan. 16, 1947. After 67 years of marriage, he preceded her in death Nov. 15, 2013. She was also preceded in death by two brothers; five sisters; son-in-law, Carl Murray; and great-granddaughter, Erin Sims...
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Julie Parmer
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Julie Mae Parmer, 62, of Cape Girardeau lost her short battle with cancer Thursday, July 29, 2021, at her home, surrounded by loved ones. She was born Feb. 5, 1959, in Cape Girardeau to Gene Jones and Murtice Rhodes Propst. She and Doyle Eugene Parmer were united in marriage June 6, 1978, in Cape Girardeau. He survives of the home...
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Juanita Niswonger
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
The family of Juanita May Niswonger invites friends to a memorial visitation from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. A memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Randy Riley officiating. The family asks that all unvaccinated guests please wear face masks...
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Larry French
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Larry Michael French, 75, of Millersville, diedy July 29, 2021, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Jason Myers officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, with military honors...
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Janet Brinkopf
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
EFFINGHAM, Ill. -- Janet Elaine Haack Brinkopf, 66, of Effingham passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, at Lutheran Care Center in Altamont, Illinois. Janet was born on Oct. 17, 1954, in Dieterich, Illinois, the daughter of Alvin and Dorothy Proefrock Haack. She married Robert Brinkopf of Cape Girardeau on May 31, 1975...
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Lester Amelunke
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
Lester Gene Amelunke, 82, of Jackson passed away Friday, July 30, 2021, at Jackson Manor, with family by his side. He was born July 8, 1939, in Jackson, son of Edwin and Esther Sievers Amelunke. He and Doris Schneider were married Sept. 27,1958, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson...
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Jeffrey Adams
(Obituary ~ 07/31/21)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Jeffrey Lou Thiele Adams, 74, of Marble Hill passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021, at her home in Marble Hill. Jeffrey was born June 7, 1947, in Cape Girardeau at St. Francis Hospital, the daughter of the late Gilbert and Addie Lee Winchester, Barks Thiele...
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Mr.
(Submitted Story ~ 07/31/21)
For the past several years I have had constant problems using Handicapped parking in the city of Cape Girardeau, MO. Yes, I use a wheelchair. Not only are the spaces constantly used by non-placard bearing vehicles, a recent rash of "Creative Parking" ( where drivers park vehicles in non-spaces which either block entry to curb easements or ramps or the non-spaces near handicapped spaces )forced me to take my vehicle to other cities when possible. ...
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