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Three shot in Cape; investigation ongoing
(Local News ~ 12/13/21)
Three people were shot late Saturday night in Cape Girardeau. A news release from Cape Girardeau Police Department said officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of North Frederick and Olive streets just before midnight Saturday night. At the scene, they located shell casings and, upon further investigation, located the victims inside a vehicle...
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Local, national aid groups mobilize to help victims of Midwest tornadoes
(State News ~ 12/13/21)
After a night of devastating weather in the region this past weekend, local groups and organizations are looking to help tornado victims and setting up donation funds to support their efforts. ...
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Area Red Cross responds to Missouri, Arkansas tornadoes
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
The American Red Cross of Southeast Missouri and Northwest Arkansas (SEMO NEAR), based in Cape Girardeau, released a statement Saturday in response to deadly twisters that struck a multi-state region Friday evening. The statement said SEMO NEAR and other Red Cross offices are coordinating with local and state emergency management to assist affected communities...
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Camping World to open in Scott County near Cape Airport
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Site preparation is underway for Camping World's 33,000-square-foot facility on a 12-acre site in Scott County at 49 Airport Road, off Nash Road, near Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. An Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based concrete company plans to lay in the floor of the building beginning Tuesday, weather permitting...
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Kentucky tornado toll in dozens; less than feared at candle factory
(National News ~ 12/13/21)
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Workers on the night shift at Mayfield Consumer Products were in the middle of the holiday rush, cranking out candles, when a tornado closed in on the factory and the word went out: "Duck and cover." Autumn Kirks pulled down her safety goggles and took shelter, tossing aside wax and fragrance buckets to make room. She glanced away from her boyfriend, Lannis Ward, and when she looked back, he was gone...
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Missouri officials assessing damage from Friday's tornadoes
(State News ~ 12/13/21)
DEFIANCE, Mo. — Missouri officials are continuing to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least two people in the state this weekend. Gov. Mike Parson visited St. Charles and Pemiscot counties Sunday to see the aftermath of the storms that moved through Friday night. The same storm system also generated tornadoes that killed dozens of people in four other states with the worst damage in Kentucky...
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Getting ready for change — Magnet receives sobering and encouraging consultant assessment of Cape County economy
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Cape Girardeau Area Magnet, the not-for-profit organization that sees as its mission attracting business and industry to Southeast Missouri, anticipates receiving a strategic plan report during the first week of January from the consulting firm Ernst & Young...
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Sponsored: Shop Local: Vitality Market
(Shop Local ~ 12/13/21)
You’ll enjoy a unique shopping experience when you visit Vitality Market, in Jackson, Missouri. The shop features many favorite products of shop purveyors, Judy Strickland and Resa Armstrong. When you visit the shop, you will find many locally sourced, all-natural products, such as honey, elderberry syrup, soaps, lotions, and a variety of baked goods. ...
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Prayer 12-13-21
(Prayer ~ 12/13/21)
We praise you, O Lord Jesus, for you are forever faithful. Amen.
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Government isn't required to build back better
(Column ~ 12/13/21)
Should we ignore the costs of the "Build Back Better" bill and simply focus on the benefits? Wouldn't that be nice? Unfortunately, the most constructive criticisms of the legislation reveal why the magical thinking behind this monstrously expensive spending package will not improve American society...
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Vladimir Putin shouldn't be a right-wing hero
(Column ~ 12/13/21)
No CPAC invitation will be in the offing anytime soon, but Vladimir Putin has picked up admirers on the populist right, here and abroad, that he doesn't deserve. With Putin threatening to invade Ukraine, the Russian dictator will again become a top-of-mind concern...
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Speak Out 12-13-21
(Speak Out ~ 12/13/21)
There is Valle, Webb City, CBC, and then everyone else playing Missouri high school football. Those are perennial powerhouse programs with over 30 championships. Webb City was a class 4 program until last year, and were bumped up to class 5 because of MSHSAA's championship multiplier. They're still a class 4 sized school, but their program, coaching, and community support is superior to most. And CBC has won three championships in five years...
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Blanchard students remember 10th anniversary of school fire
(Editorial ~ 12/13/21)
Ten years ago, a fire caused extensive damaged to Blanchard Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, leading to $500,000 in damages and displacing students from their school. Last week, students and staff at the school remembered the disaster by thanking Cape Girardeau firefighters with gifts of food...
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Inflation is painfully high, but some relief may be coming
(National News ~ 12/13/21)
NEW YORK -- Inflation is painfully high, but this hopefully is close to as bad as it gets. Consumer prices rose 6.8% for the 12 months ending in November, a 39-year high. Many economists expect inflation to remain near this level a few more months but to then moderate through 2022 for a variety of reasons. And they don't see a repeat of the 1970s or early 1980s, when inflation ran above 10% for frighteningly long stretches...
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COVID-sapped states, hospitals getting help from National Guard
(National News ~ 12/13/21)
More U.S. states desperate to defend against COVID-19 are calling on the National Guard and other military personnel to assist virus-weary medical staffs at hospitals and other care centers. People who became sick after refusing to get vaccinated are overwhelming hospitals in certain states, especially in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest. New York, meanwhile, announced a statewide indoor mask order, effective today and lasting five weeks through the holiday season...
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Fox anchor Chris Wallace makes his own news with move to CNN
(Entertainment ~ 12/13/21)
NEW YORK -- Veteran anchor Chris Wallace has left Fox News after 18 years for CNN, dealing a significant blow to Fox's news operation at a time it has been overshadowed by the network's opinion side. Wallace delivered the surprising news he was leaving at the end of the "Fox News Sunday" show he moderates, and within two hours CNN announced he was joining its new streaming service as an anchor. CNN+ is expected to debut in early 2022...
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Donnie Tuschhoff
(Obituary ~ 12/13/21)
Donnie Lee Tuschhoff, 77, a lifelong resident of Oak Ridge, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at his home. He was born March 6, 1944, in Daisy to Clarence Louis and Minnie Barbara Ann Friese Tuschhoff. He and Sharon Kay Craft were married July 31, 2009, at Cowboy Church in Oak Ridge...
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Nettie Surface
(Obituary ~ 12/13/21)
LEOPOLD, Mo. — Nettie Inez Surface, 79 of Leopold went to her heavenly rest Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born May 10, 1942, in Leopold, daughter of Robert W. and Clara L. DeBrock Jansen. She and Marvin Surface were united in marriage Feb. 15, 1992...
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Patty Pecaut
(Obituary ~ 12/13/21)
Patty Sue Pecaut, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at her daughter's home in Wickliffe, Kentucky. She was born Jan. 16, 1936, in Elvins, Missouri, to Alva N. and Mildred Propst Bales. She and Charles Vincent Pecaut were married June 20, 1953, in Farmington, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 21, 2005...
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Jane James
(Obituary ~ 12/13/21)
Jane James, daughter of the late Ned and Hazel Ida Macomas Menz, was born April 13, 1933, in Randles and departed this life Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, at Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 88 years. She loved the lord above all else. She attended Free Trinity Pentecostal Church in Randles. ...
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Jackson Chamber holds After Hours, Business Breakfast this week
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce has two events scheduled this week: n Jackson After Hours will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Kimbeland Country Club. Hosted by First Class Travel. n Jackson Business Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. Friday at Jackson Civic Center. Sponsored by Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau. RSVP is required at www.jacksonmochamber.org...
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Republic Finance, Corner Grocery ribbon-cuttings this week
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
There are two ribbon-cuttings scheduled this week by the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce: n Republic Finance, 10 a.m. Tuesday, 2520 William St. n Corner Grocery Store, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 439 Broadway, to mark 15 years in business. Looking for more business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Go to www.semissourian.com/newsletters to find out more....
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Scooter's Coffee grand opening held in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Scooter's Coffee, a drive-through franchise at 1720 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, held its grand opening Friday. Scooter's has 350 locations in 23 states, including several outlets in Cape Girardeau County. Keri and Bart Vandeven own the Scooter's in the Mount Auburn Center, at the confluence of North Kingshighway and North Auburn Road/Lexington Avenue...
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Local Realtors group installs officers
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Southeast Missouri Realtors installed its 2022 officers Wednesday at Cape Girardeau County Club. John Mayfield, a Southeast Missouri State University graduate and president-elect of Missouri Realtors, conducted the swearing in of Lois Long, president; Stacey Comstock, vice president; Mike Seabaugh, treasurer; Liz Lockhart, past president; secretary Amber Kimbrell; state directors Paula Diebold, David Soto, Vicki Stroud and Beth McFerron; and local directors Keasha Drury, Dana French and Taylor Pinkerton.. ...
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Southeast grad Featherston joins Immediate Convenient Care
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Amy Featherston, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, has joined Immediate Convenient Care in Cape Girardeau, a medical partner of Saint Francis Healthcare System. Featherston, who has more than 10 years of health care experience, received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Southeast Missouri State University and her master's degree from Maryville University...
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Batchelor joins Saint Francis Healthcare
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Saint Francis Healthcare System has welcomed Peter Batchelor, MBA, as its new director of cardiovascular services. Batchelor, who joined Saint Francis in November, comes to the area from Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise, Idaho, and has more than 20 years of health care management experience...
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American Duchess riverboat coming to Cape Girardeau this week
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
The American Duchess riverboat, a four-year old paddle wheel steamboat with a passenger capacity of 166, will be docked at the Cape Girardeau riverfront Friday afternoon, according to the cruise line's website. The ship will stop in Cape Girardeau as part of a seven-day cruise from Clarksville to Memphis, Tennessee, ending on Dec. 20...
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Recognition — SoutheastHEALTH earns gastroenterology award
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
SoutheastHEALTH Gastroenterology Services announced it has received a SCOPY (Service Award for Colorectal Cancer Outreach, Prevention and Year-Round Excellence), for the health system's innovative call to action encouraging people to be proactive with their colon health...
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Tool rental service opens in Cape Girardeau
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Lowe's in Cape Girardeau will hold a grand opening for its new tool rental service — aimed at professional builders and do-it-yourself homeowners — from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Two food trucks will also be on site...
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Federal Express driver charged with dumping packages, recalls 2009 incident in Cape
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
A FedEx driver in Alabama was charged Friday with five counts of cargo theft, a Class D felony, for dumping hundreds of packages into a ravine before Thanksgiving. Deandre Charleston admitted to dumping packages five different times between Nov. 17 and 24, telling investigators he didn't want to deliver them...
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Oak Ridge and Chaffee student bridge builders recognized by MoDOT
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has chosen students from Oak Ridge and Chaffee in the agency's 18th annual Bridge Building Competition for the Southeast District, announced Thursday. In a virtual ceremony, Jiliyan Hobeck of Oak Ridge took first place...
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Count Missouri among America's grocery-taxing states
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Missouri, at 1.225%, is one of only 14 U.S. states taxing food purchased in groceries and supermarkets, according to the Tax Police Center of the Urban Institute & Brookings Institution. The others are Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia...
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Cape Girardeau County sets history-making mark for sales tax collection
(Business ~ 12/13/21)
Fueled by factors such as inflation, growth in the retail sector, a rising population and additional disposable income, Cape Girardeau County has set a new record for annual sales-tax receipts. County Treasurer Roger Hudson's office announced last week the county received $811,691.30 in December in its sales-tax account from the Missouri Department of Revenue -- pushing the yearly total to $8,469,518.71 for 2021, an 8.71% increase from 2020's previous annual record of $7,791,131.24...
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Tornado survivor: 'Not knowing is worse than knowing'
(National News ~ 12/13/21)
MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Autumn Kirks said she and her boyfriend, Lannis Ward, had been dating for about a year and were saving money to buy a house. They were both working the night shift at the candle factory for extra money when the tornado struck. Then Ward, described by Kirks as "a big teddy bear," disappeared -- and all she could do was wait...
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Out of the past: Dec. 13
(Out of the Past ~ 12/13/21)
Jackson Mayor Paul Sander will ask the Board of Aldermen on Monday to endorse formation of a task force to study the feasibility of building a multipurpose community center in the city; with Jackson's growing population, Sander believes such a facility is needed, and at the very least merits in-depth consideration...
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Anne Rice, novelist who breathed new life into vampires, dies at 80
(Entertainment ~ 12/13/21)
NEW YORK -- Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including "Interview With the Vampire," reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. She was 80. Rice died late Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice announced on her Facebook page and his Twitter page...
- Nabisco gives away World's Largest Christmas Stocking at Walmart (Submitted Story ~ 12/13/21)
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Cape Shop with a Hero Marks 30 Years
(Submitted Story ~ 12/13/21)
The Cape "Shop with a Hero" program held at the Cape Walmart Supercenter is celebrating 30 years. "This event is one that I look forward to every year. Almost every first responder sets out to make a positive difference in someone's life. While getting to know the children while shopping is great, being able to experience the joy, smiles, and generosity of the children and knowing we are able to make a child's Christmas brighter while positively impacting families in our community is priceless!," says Johnny Spencer, president of the Cape Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 51. ...
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