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Illinois woman taken into custody after shooting
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
A Mounds, Illinois, woman was struck by gunfire Friday, July 7, and a Mound City, Illinois, woman has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting. A release from Illinois State Police said agents assisted Pulaski County, Illinois, authorities investigating a shooting that occurred in the 200 block of South Reader Avenue in Mounds...
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Cape Public Schools Foundation receives grant for programs
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools Foundation recently received a $10,000 matching grant from Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Amy McDonald, executive director of the foundation, said the Community Foundation of the Ozarks Endowment Challenge Matching Grant will award $10,000 upon the CGPS Foundation's efforts to raise $15,000 between Saturday, July 15, and Tuesday, Aug. 15...
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Therapy dog Moses enjoys retirement
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
Moses, up until the COVID-19 pandemic, was visiting schools, hospitals and nursing homes as a Pet Pals therapy dog. Moses is now retired, but his owner Gayle Shaffer entered him in a "positively perfect picture" contest on The Animal Rescue Site. While Moses did not win, he was featured on the website's page...
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Difference Maker: Mia Pohlman pouring into young people, using words to connect others
(B Magazine ~ 07/11/23)
Mia Pohlman believes “love is the answer to anything in life.” She lives out this belief through action, storytelling and the medium of words. As writer and editor of special publications at rustmedia in Cape Girardeau, Pohlman has helped tell the stories of people in Southeast Missouri and further connect the community...
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Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder’s memoir: powerful and important to read
(B Magazine ~ 07/11/23)
Reading “Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America’s Fringe” by Holly Thompson Rehder, who represents a large swath of Southeast Missouri in the Missouri Senate, I couldn’t help but cry, regularly. In this raw, highly intimate and ultimately uplifting memoir, Thompson Rehder tells her story about breaking out of poverty, sexual assault, exploitation and broken homes through Christian faith, hard work and self-discipline. ...
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Laws for new moms' health care, ban on texting while driving signed
(State News ~ 07/11/23)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson approved extended Medicaid health care for new mothers and a ban on hand-held phone use while driving when he took final action on remaining bills last week. Parson already signed a close to $52 billion state budget that includes billions in funding to expand Interstate 70 across the state. He also approved limits on access to transgender health care and a ban on transgender girls and women competing with other female athletes in school sports...
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Growing Up on 'America’s Fringe' an interview with Thompson Rehder
(B Magazine ~ 07/11/23)
After serving four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, Holly Thompson Rehder was elected to the Missouri Senate in 2020. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, with her very early years in Texas, Thompson Rehder moved as a child to Southeast Missouri, where her parents, and extended family, have lived for more than five generations...
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Cape Girardeau County use tax spikes in latest monthly report
(Local News ~ 07/11/23)
The latest monthly tax collections in Cape Girardeau County show a huge spike in the county's use tax. Information provided by Treasurer Roger Hudson shows the county's use tax — levied on out-of-state and online sales — swelled to $383,610.83, up 127.15% in July (funds received in July and collected in June), compared to the same month in 2022. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
Today is Tuesday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2023. There are 173 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)...
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A win for the working class
(Column ~ 07/11/23)
Under the Biden administration, working-class Americans have seen trillions of their hard-earned tax dollars go toward policies and programs that disproportionately benefit the wealthy and well connected. A perfect example of Washington Democrats preference for elites was President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation scheme, which would have transferred up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto all taxpayers and cost an estimated $400 billion. ...
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Prayer 7-11-23
(Prayer ~ 07/11/23)
Father God, we place our trust in you, the Almighty God and Prince of Peace. Amen.
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Fire report 7-11-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/11/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 9 n Medical assists were made at 8:59 a.m. on La Mesa Drive; 4:54 p.m. on Linden Street; 7:28 p.m. on North Spring Avenue; and 10:10 p.m. at Merriwether and South Pacific streets...
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Police report 7-11-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/11/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Cordova Lane. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Sprigg Street...
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Robert White
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
Robert L. "Bob" White, 94, of Cape Girardeau passed away Saturday, July 8, 2023, at home after a recently-discovered diagnosis of cancer. Bob was born Sept. 26, 1928, to Alva "Whitey" and Daisy Pitts White near Anna, Illinois. He married Shirley Ann Russell on Dec. 30, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas...
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Theresa Webb
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Theresa M. Webb, 88, of Perryville died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 12, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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John Ruester
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
John T. Ruester, 87, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Jackson, died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. A memorial visitation will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 14, at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson. The Rev. Sam Roethemeyer will conduct a memorial service at 6 p.m. Friday, July 14, at the funeral home...
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Lanette Rodgers
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
Lanette Cecile Rodgers, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born Nov. 22, 1953, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Lyle and Ruth Eitemiller Parker. She and Michael Rodgers were married June 11, 1983, at Ames, Iowa...
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Norman Reiss
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Norman Paul Reiss, 84, of Perryville died Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Independence Care Center. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13, and from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 14, at Ford and Young Funeral Home. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 14, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joe Geders, C.M., officiating. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Perryville...
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Cole Klaus
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Cole Allen Klaus, 34, of Frohna, Missouri, passed away Friday, July 7, 2023. He was born Aug. 21, 1988, in Cape Girardeau to Timothy Klaus and Dawn Mueller Klaus. Cole was the owner of Klaus Tree and Timber LLC., member of Missouri Forest Products Association and was a very skilled mechanic. ...
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Richard Freeman II
(Obituary ~ 07/11/23)
Richard Steven Freeman II, son of the late Steven Freeman and Deborah (Jeff Darnell) Freeman, was born April 12, 1981, in Cape Girardeau and departed his life Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 42. On Jan. 30, 2021, he married Lillian Seabaugh in Jackson. She survives...
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Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in southwest Japan, leaving 2 dead and at least 6 missing
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
TOKYO -- Torrential rain pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing, officials said Monday. Rain falling in the regions of Kyushu and Chugoku since the weekend caused flooding along many rivers, triggered mudslides, closed roads, disrupted trains and cut the water supply in some areas...
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Biden and King Charles III zero in on generational challenge of climate change
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
WINDSOR, England -- President Joe Biden and King Charles III, two leaders who waited decades to reach the pinnacle of their careers, used their first meeting in those roles Monday to zero in on the generational challenge of climate change, prodding private companies to do more to bolster clean energy in developing countries...
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As temperatures soared in Europe last year, so did heat-related deaths, study finds
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
BERLIN -- Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths, highlighting the need for governments to address the health impacts of global warming. In their study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers examined official mortality figures from 35 European countries and found a marked increase in deaths between late May and early September last year compared with the average recorded over a 30-year period.. ...
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How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
BRUSSELS -- Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia's war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany's Tübingen University, used Russian government data to shed light on one of Moscow's closest-held secrets -- the true human cost of its invasion of Ukraine...
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Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin's commanders met Putin after short-lived mutiny, pledged loyalty
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
Just five days after staging a short-lived rebellion, mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin 's commanders met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pledged loyalty to the government, a senior government spokesman said Monday, the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the power and influence both men wield...
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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed by another inmate at federal prison
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
WASHINGTON -- Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing shortages. The attack happened Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman, and Nassar was in stable condition on Monday, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press...
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Trump and DeSantis begin eyeing Super Tuesday states as they prepare for 2024 long game
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
As the Republican presidential primary intensifies this summer, most White House hopefuls are devoting their time to events in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that kick off the nomination process early next year. Not Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump...
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Dig begins for the remains of dozens of children at a long-closed Native American boarding school
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
GENOA, Neb. -- In a remote patch of a long-closed Native American boarding school, near a canal and some railroad tracks, Nebraska's state archeologist and two teammates filled buckets with dirt and sifted through it as if they were searching for gold...
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James Lewis, the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 in the Chicago area, has died
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, triggered a nationwide panic, and led to an overhaul in the safety of over-the-counter medication packaging, has died, police said on Monday. Officers, firefighters and EMTs responding to a report of an unresponsive person at about 4 p.m. Sunday found James W. Lewis dead in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home, Cambridge Police Superintendent Frederick Cabral said in a statement. He was 76, police said...
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Relentless rain causes floods in Northeast, prompts rescues and swamps Vermont's capital
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
ANDOVER, Vt. -- Rescue teams raced into Vermont on Monday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, washing out roads, forcing evacuations and halting some airline travel. One person was killed in New York's Hudson Valley as she tried to escape her flooded home...
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Biden administration asks appeals court to block order limiting its contacts with social media
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
NEW ORLEANS -- The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts. The request for an emergency stay was filed at the 5th U.S. ...
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The New York Times disbands sports department and will rely on coverage from The Athletic
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
The New York Times is disbanding its sports department and will rely on coverage from The Athletic, a website it acquired last year for $550 million. The decision impacts more than 35 people in the sports department, according to The New York Times. Journalists on the sports desk will move to other roles within the newsroom and no layoffs are planned...
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Deep partisanship will be on display as Congress releases competing voting bills
(National News ~ 07/11/23)
ATLANTA -- Congress in the coming weeks will consider shoring up voting and election laws -- efforts that will reflect the vast gulf between Democrats and Republicans on protecting a foundation of American democracy. The parties will unveil separate and competing proposals that will have little chance of success in a divided government, but are likely to be used to rally supporters ahead of the 2024 elections...
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Sweden moves closer to NATO membership after making deal with Turkish president
(International News ~ 07/11/23)
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- Sweden's membership in NATO took a big step forward Monday after Turkey agreed to remove one of the last major roadblocks in return for help in reviving Turkey's own chances of joining the European Union. At talks in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, where U.S. ...
- Carly Gloth Receives Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club * Calvin R. Wells Scholarship (Submitted Story ~ 07/11/23)
- Lupita Correa-Salinas Receives Cape Girardeau Evening Lions Club * Calvin R. Wells Scholarship (Submitted Story ~ 07/11/23)
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Out of the past: July 11
(Out of the Past ~ 07/11/23)
A fatal wreck shut down the Mississippi River bridge for more than four hours yesterday afternoon; Casey A. Gravlett, 18, of Delta was killed instantly when his westbound pickup truck hit an eastbound fuel tanker truck loaded with gasoline nearly head-on on the bridge...
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State of the city address -- part 1: Public safety
(Column ~ 07/11/23)
Over my past year as mayor, most of my meetings and discussions with citizens, staff and the city council revolve around three comprehensive issues: public safety, infrastructure and economic development. All three are so interconnected and important to the success of our city that they demand equal focus. My annual state of the city message will come to you in three parts over the next few months, taking a deep look into each issue...
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