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King's Ball set Saturday in Ste. Genevieve
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
The annual King's Ball (renamed Queen's Ball in leap years) will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at the VFW in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. The annual French-inspired event is a celebration of music and dancing. Guests are encouraged, but not required, to dress in French Colonial period attire to add to the ambiance...
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Not just meat and potatoes
(Community ~ 02/02/23)
Side dishes can be a wide variety of options. Potatoes, rice, grits, pasta and noodles can all be a go-to starch option, but then there are numerous vegetable options and there, the choices can almost be unlimited. Today I thought about some side dish recipes to use in place of potatoes, and, of course, I found a couple of recipes that I couldn't pass up, that I had to throw in as well...
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Schnucks announces latest 'round up' campaign in Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
Schnuck Markets said Wednesday, Feb. 1, that all customers who choose to "round up" their purchases at the Cape Girardeau store, 19 S. Kingshighway, through Valentine's Day will see their donations given to the National Urban League. It is the third consecutive year the privately-owned St. Louis-headquartered supermarket chain has hosted a February "round up at the register" campaign in support of Black History Month...
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Remembering those we can taste no more
(Community ~ 02/02/23)
I was surprised to realize that I have been writing for this feature since October 2018. It truly hasn't felt like this long, and I have enjoyed 99.7% of the places I visited (yes, that's very scientific and accurate, like everything I do.) But this time, I thought it might be interesting to take a look back at how the landscape of food has changed in the area, and perhaps spare a moment for those we have lost and still yearn for...
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It takes two to Frango
(Community ~ 02/02/23)
In an editorial in the New York Times this past Christmas Day, Megan Stack observed that when the holidays are in full swing, candy season reaches its peak and, she laments, it never ends, noting that soon Valentine hearts "nudge against the dwindling supply of Santas in the candy aisle."...
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Kennett High School nurse arrested for alleged statutory rape of student
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
KENNETT, Mo. — A Kennett woman has been arrested following the discovery by Kennett police she was allegedly having a sexual relationship with a student at Kennett High School, where she is employed as a school nurse. Candice Elizabeth Johnson, 26, was arrested Wednesday, Feb.1, and faces two counts of second-degree statutory rape and two counts of sexual contact with a student...
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Missouri House OKs raising bar for constitutional amendments
(State News ~ 02/02/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Republican-backed proposal to make it harder to amend Missouri's constitution got initial approval from the state House on Wednesday, moving a top GOP priority closer to becoming law. Lawmakers voted 106-50 along party lines in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment...
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Charleston officer injured after semi-truck strikes patrol car
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
An officer with Charleston (Missouri) Department of Public Safety received serious injuries after a semi-truck struck the rear of the patrol car he was driving Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Mississippi County. According to the state Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 7:18 p.m. ...
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U.S. Sen. Schmitt names local as 'key' staffer for external communications
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
Missouri's newest U.S. senator has named a Southeast Missouri resident as a "key" staffer to his office. Sen. Eric Schmitt named Marianna Deal, originally from Sikeston, Missouri, as his senior adviser for external communications, according to a news release from his office...
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Sponsored: Saint Francis cardiologist helps patient with minimally invasive valve replacement
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
Up the catheter went through John Stenger's leg. It was the tool needed to reach his heart for an aortic valve replacement, and there was no time to waste. The sooner the valve was fixed, the sooner Stenger's heart could become, as he calls it, "one beat from perfect."...
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Wild caving group explores unseen world
(Community News ~ 02/02/23)
There’s a line I’ve loved since high school from the song “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by The Postal Service. It goes like this: “I’m staring at the asphalt wondering what’s buried underneath where I am.” It’s a lyric situated in the middle of a breakup song, and I have always loved it because it takes us out of ourselves, asks us to consider what isn’t visible, to consider the history of what has been in a place before us, to consider the fact our existence and experience of a place isn’t necessarily the only way it’s been. ...
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Phil's Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter
(Community ~ 02/02/23)
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) -- A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration. People gathered Thursday at Gobbler's Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil's "inner circle" summoned him from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow -- and they say he did. According to folklore, if he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, spring comes early...
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Proposal to bring I-29 to Cape Girardeau
(Local News ~ 02/02/23)
A 31-page proposal by Cape Girardeau resident Carl D. Armstrong to extend Interstate 29 southeast to Cape Girardeau will be heard formally Wednesday, Feb. 15, by members of Southeast Metropolitan Planning organization. From its southern terminus, I-29 runs from north of St. Joseph, Missouri, to the Canada-U.S. border near Pembina, North Dakota...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
Today is Thursday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2023. There are 332 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa's Black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela...
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Prayer 2-2-23
(Prayer ~ 02/02/23)
O Father God, thank you that through Jesus we have victory. Amen.
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GOP's role in national debt
(Letter to the Editor ~ 02/02/23)
There is presently a great deal of discussion about the fact that the United States has reached the national debt limit set by Congress. If this situation continues and the U.S. does not pay its obligations, then Treasury bonds will no longer be risk-free, interest rates for the government and everyone else will rise, and the role of the dollar globally will be weakened, perhaps permanently. A failure to pay Social Security and Medicare benefits will loom on the horizon...
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How to ensure that policemen are human beings?
(Column ~ 02/02/23)
Once again, the nation is traumatized by horrible video of police brutally beating to death a Black man. Need I note the victim was Black? Would we be less or more traumatized if the victim were white? But the rule seems to be the victims are Black...
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Fire report 2-2-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 31 n Medical assists were made at 12:20 a.m. on North Main Street; 2:47 p.m. on Bellevue Street; 4:20 p.m. on Brucher Street; and 6:29 p.m. on Asher Street. ...
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Police report 2-2-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/02/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Assaults n First-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy was reported on Bellevue Street. ...
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Mary Hotop
(Obituary ~ 02/02/23)
"Our family circle was even more broken as one was rejoined, with two lovers reunited." W. Louis and Frona Switzer welcomed home their daughter, Mary Allyene Hotop, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. She was greeted by her husband of 68 years of marriage, Robert W. Hotop. Her brothers, Robert Newbern and William "Bill/Buddy" Switzer, along with her daughter, Cheryl Acup; son, Richard, and son-in-law, Roy Woodling, all rejoiced in the heavenly reunion...
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Jack Hoffmeister
(Obituary ~ 02/02/23)
LITTLETON, Colo. — Jack L. Hoffmeister, 82, of Littleton and formerly of Jackson, passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, in Littleton. He was born Feb. 20, 1939, the son of Dorothy Lacy DeLaney and Oscar and Betty Hoffmeister of Jackson. Jack graduated from Rolla School of Mines with a degree in civil engineering...
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Michael Hellman
(Obituary ~ 02/02/23)
Michael Steven Hellman, 67, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Karen Baker
(Obituary ~ 02/02/23)
Karen Jean Baker, 77, of Cape Girardeau passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, at Chateau Girardeau. Karen was born June 20, 1945, in Peoria, Illinois, daughter of Charles W. Jr. and Hazel Fulk Washburn. She and Medford "Med" Lee Baker were married Jan. 6, 1967, in Peoria. He preceded her in death Jan. 23, 2022...
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Births 2/3/23
(Births ~ 02/02/23)
Son to Matt and Halie Howard of Millersville, Southeast Hospital, 12:07 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Name, Noah Reid. Weight, 8 pounds, 3 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Howard is the daughter of Erin Borgfield and Richard Deimund of Jackson. She works at Community Counseling Center. Howard is the son of Don and Margaret Howard of Jackson. He is employed by Procter & Gamble...
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OSHA fines Kansas City company after worker's death
(State News ~ 02/02/23)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year -- just a year after another technician working for the company was electrocuted at a construction site in Kansas...
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Biden goes after fees levied for flights, hotels and tickets
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
President Joe Biden took swipes at airlines and hotels Wednesday as he called on Congress to limit certain extra charges they impose on consumers. "These unfair fees add up," he said, speaking just before a meeting of the White House Competition Committee...
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FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users' personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent...
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Police: Oregon kidnap suspect killed 2 men before cornered
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
SALEM, Ore. -- The suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon -- a man who spent little time behind bars for a similar crime in Nevada -- killed two men before being cornered by officers and fatally shooting himself, police said Wednesday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, died at a hospital Tuesday night, hours after he shot himself while hiding in a crawlspace underneath a house in Grants Pass. ...
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Back at Dallas Zoo, found monkeys get fed, snuggle up
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
DALLAS -- The two small monkeys who were found in a vacant house a day after being taken from the Dallas Zoo lost a bit of weight during their ordeal but show no signs of injury, the zoo said Wednesday. The disappearance Monday of the two emperor tamarin monkeys -- named Bella and Finn -- and the discovery that their enclosure had been cut were the latest in a string of unusual events at the zoo over the last few weeks, which has included other cut fences, the escape of a small leopard and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture.. ...
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How to make a mummy: Ancient Egyptian workshop has new clues
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
NEW YORK -- For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it. Their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, is based on a rare archaeological find: An embalming workshop with a trove of pottery around 2,500 years old. Many jars from the site were still inscribed with instructions like "to wash" or "to put on his head."...
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Connecticut may exonerate accused witches centuries later
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: "Alse Young was hanged." Young was the first of nine women and two men executed by the colony of Connecticut for witchcraft over 15 years, a period during which more than 40 people faced trial for having ties to Satan.. ...
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Abortion foes: 2024 GOP hopefuls must back federal limits
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
CHICAGO -- Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the 2024 presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, the most influential group in the anti-abortion movement, is telling each potential GOP presidential hopeful that to win its backing -- or avoid being a target of its opposition -- they must support national restrictions on the procedure. ...
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Black history class revised by College Board amid criticism
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
BATON ROUGE, La. -- High school senior Kahlila Bandele is used to courses that don't address the African American experience. Then there's her 9 a.m. class. This week, it spanned topics from Afro-Caribbean migration to jazz. The discussion in her Advanced Placement course on African American studies touched on figures from Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X to Jimi Hendrix and Rihanna. ...
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FBI searches Biden's vacation home; no classified documents
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI searched President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without turning up any classified documents, the latest turn in an extraordinary series of searches of his and his predecessor's properties...
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Australia is removing British monarchy from its bank notes
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes. The nation's central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III. But the king is still expected to appear on coins...
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Israel says it intercepted rocket fired from Gaza Strip
(International News ~ 02/02/23)
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Militants fired a rocket into Israel's south on Wednesday, the army said, setting off sirens and raising already heightened tensions under the country's new ultranationalist government. The rocket from the Gaza Strip was intercepted, according to the military. Israel usually responds to rocket fire with airstrikes, raising the possibility of further escalation...
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War's longest battle exacts high price in 'heart of Ukraine'
(International News ~ 02/02/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Visitors used to browse through Bakhmut's late 19th century buildings, enjoy walks in its rose-lined lakeside park and revel in the sparkling wines produced in historic underground caves. That was when the city in eastern Ukraine was a popular tourist destination...
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Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'
(International News ~ 02/02/23)
KINSHASA, Congo -- Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Congo's people to forgive those who committed "inhuman violence" against them, celebrating a Mass for 1 million people and then hearing first hand of the atrocities some of them have endured: a teen-age girl "raped like an animal" for months; a young man who watched as his father was decapitated; a former sex slave who was forced into cannibalism...
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Winter storm causes 3rd day of dangerous, icy conditions
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A deadly storm system lashed a large swath of the southern U.S. with bands of sleet and snow for a third day on Wednesday, grounding an additional 2,200 flights, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, forcing school closures and making already treacherous driving conditions worse...
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'We love you, Tyre': Mourners gather for Nichols' funeral
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Tyre Nichols ' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral intended to celebrate his life three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police that has sparked a new round of calls for police reform. As the service began, a group of singers and drummers beating African instruments proceeded to the front of the church where Nichols' black casket was draped in a large white bouquet of flowers...
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Biden, McCarthy meet face-to-face to discuss debt crisis worries
(National News ~ 02/02/23)
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met face-to-face Wednesday for more than an hour of highly anticipated budget talks -- "a good first meeting," the new Republican leader said -- but expectations were low for quick progress as GOP lawmakers push for steep cuts in a deal to prevent a national debt limit crisis...
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Out of the past: Feb. 2
(Out of the Past ~ 02/02/23)
Visitors to Southeast Hospital last week who thought they might be seeing double were right; three sets of boy-girl twins were born within five days, perhaps setting a record; Craig and Michelle Heisserer's twins -- Mitchell Preston and Madison Nichole -- were born Jan. 20; twins William Grant and Taylor Christine were born to Bill and Christie Shivelbine the next day; and Sam and Claire Tillman welcomed Charles Hayden and Mary Claire on Jan. 25...
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SOCIAL SECURITY COLUMN: SLAM THE SCAM - HOW TO SPOT GOVERNMENT IMPOSTERS
(Submitted Story ~ 02/02/23)
Do you know how to spot a government imposter scam? Knowing how to identify potential scammers will help safeguard your personal information. There are common elements to many of these scams. Scammers often exploit fears and threaten you with arrest or legal action. Scammers also pose as Social Security or other government employees and claim there’s a problem with your Social Security number (SSN) or your benefits. They may even claim your SSN is linked to a crime...
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