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Arrest made in weekend killing of Sikeston man
(Local News ~ 11/15/23)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- An East Prairie, Missouri, man was arrested and charged for his alleged involvement in the weekend shooting death of a Sikeston man. Dazarrion Easton, 19, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, all of which are felony charges...
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Scout Hall hosting Back Home Bar Nite day before Thanksgiving
(Local News ~ 11/15/23)
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for friends, family and life itself. Scout Hall is holding an event for people 21 and older that helps bring all of this together in a unique way of "getting back to your roots". Back Home Bar Nite will be Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Scout Hall, 420 Broadway, in Cape Girardeau. Doors will open at 6 p.m...
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Did you know? 6 things about Sheryl Crow's life, connections to Missouri
(Local News ~ 11/15/23)
Many know the name Sheryl Crow and how she was inducted Nov. 3 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but here are a few things you may not know about her (or maybe you do). n Sheryl Crow was born Feb. 11, 1962, in Kennett, Missouri. Yes, that is right. She was born and grew up right here in Southeast Missouri. Crow grew up with a musical family as her mother was a piano teacher and her father who was a trumpet player, according to the website Biography...
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Old Town Cape prepares for holiday gnomecoming, shopping spree
(Local News ~ 11/15/23)
The 31st annual Parade of Lights through downtown Cape Girardeau will be like gnome other before it. The owners of Zickfield's Jewelry & Gifts, Kent and Vicki Zickfield, have organized the event since its inception and decided this year's theme will be "Gnome Place Like Home for the Holidays"...
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Jackson High students gain life skills repairing district computers
(Local News ~ 11/15/23)
A small group of Jackson High School seniors work as technicians repairing laptop computers and tablets brought in by students and staff. Jason Bruns is the administrator of Digital Underground, the in-house district computer repair shops located at Jackson's middle school, junior high and high school. Bruns trains and oversees the students as they tackle issues such as minor software glitches to replacing a broken computer screen...
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Outside the Office - Painting With Colyn Wibbenmeyer
(B Magazine ~ 11/15/23)
For 46 years, Colyn Wibbenmeyer of Sikeston, Missouri, has been working as a hairstylist. She cuts, colors and creates works of art using her scissors, professional hair dye and a blow dryer. Wibbenmeyer wakes up in the morning excited about the day ahead and looks forward to visiting with the customers that sit in her chair, many of whom have become good friends. ...
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Column: Senior Moments, "One Snap at a Time"
(11/15/23)
Snap! The phone camera clicked as an image immediately appeared on my screen below. I stared in amazement as I looked upon my first interaction with social media, on the app Snapchat, where users send pictures and videos as a form of communication. It was some- thing so foreign to me, and I felt like a child experiencing curiosity for the first time. The world of social media felt full of endless possibility, but that feeling didn’t last for long...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2023. There are 46 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 15, 1864, late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their "March to the Sea" from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21...
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Fire report 11-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Nov. 13 n Medical assists were made at 7:37 a.m. on Cuesta Drive; 9:31 a.m. on North Hanover Street; and 3:57 p.m. on South Sprigg Street. n Hazardous condition calls were made at 1:37 p.m. on William Street and 3:31 p.m. at Commercial and Hickory streets...
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Police report 11-15-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 11/15/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests to not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on North Kingshighway. Assaults n Second-degree assault, first-degree property damage, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action were reported on Bloomfield Street...
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Anna Crawford
(Obituary ~ 11/15/23)
Anna Lee Crawford, 85, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at the Lutheran Home, surrounded by family. She was born Sept. 10, 1938, in Vanduser, Missouri, to Wilson and Iva Sexton Box. She and Darrell Wayne Crawford were married Nov. 28, 1959, in Malden, Missouri. He preceded her in death May 15, 2003...
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Prayer 11-15-23
(Prayer ~ 11/15/23)
O Lord Jesus, we praise you, our Prince of Peace and Everlasting Father. Amen.
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Squeezing the world's vulnerable peoples
(Column ~ 11/15/23)
The population of Israel is about 10 million. This represents about half of the world's Jewish people. The founding idea of modern Israel was to offer a sanctuary for Jews in their biblical home in the Middle East, in the aftermath of Nazi Germany's mass murder of 6 million Jews...
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The hidden potential of a diamond in the rough
(Column ~ 11/15/23)
I shared a work achievement with my husband recently and he responded, "You've always been a diamond in the rough." He knows that I am not the product of any sort of traditional trajectory. Instead, I'm the product of informal apprenticeships thanks to people who saw something in me and gave me a chance. My dad would tell you that I always had to learn the hard way. But I think that's true of everyone. Don't we all learn from our experiences? Our mistakes?...
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Sisters doin' it for the love
(Column ~ 11/15/23)
I used to think that almost everyone celebrated their birthday, even if it were only via messages on Facebook. But from the Sisters of Life in New York, I've learned that many of the women the religious group serves — who are pregnant and in need of support — have never had a birthday party. The women often come to the nuns in desperate circumstances. And the nuns greet them with love, which includes making a big deal about their birthdays. They truly celebrate the gift of life...
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Cape Girardeau City Council renames street after former SEMO athletes
(Editorial ~ 11/15/23)
Walter Smallwood and Curtis Williams won more than a few trophies and accolades during their athletic careers at Southeast Missouri State University. Smallwood was a two-time all-conference football player and a conference track champion. He held multiple SEMO football records, including being the school's career rushing leader -- a record that stood for three decades after he finished his career...
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Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
MOSCOW -- A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court fined Google about $164,200 after the company repeatedly refused to store personal data on Russian citizens inside the country. ...
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Renowned Canadian-born Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver is confirmed killed in Hamas attack
(International News ~ 11/15/23)
JERUSALEM -- Vivian Silver, a Canadian-born Israeli activist who devoted her life to seeking peace with the Palestinians, was confirmed killed in Hamas' Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel. For 38 days, Silver, who had moved to Israel in the 1970s and made her home in Kibbutz Be'eri, had been believed to be among the nearly 240 hostages held in the Gaza Strip. But identification of some of the most badly burned remains has gone slowly, and her family was notified of her death on Monday...
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A veteran journalist who is refusing to divulge her sources could be held in contempt of court
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- In a case with potentially far-reaching press freedom implications, a federal judge in Washington is weighing whether to hold in contempt a veteran journalist who has refused to identify her sources for stories about a Chinese American scientist who was investigated by the FBI but never charged...
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Michigan judge says Trump can stay on primary ballot, rejecting challenge under insurrection clause
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
DETROIT -- A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state's primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump's candidacy with a Civil War-era Constitutional clause. It marks the second time in a week that a state court declined to remove Trump from a primary ballot under the insurrection provision of the 14th Amendment...
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3 dead, 15 hospitalized when bus carrying students and truck crash on Ohio highway, officials say
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
ETNA, Ohio -- A charter bus carrying students from a high school was rear-ended by a semi-truck on an Ohio highway Tuesday morning, leaving three people dead and 15 others injured, according to an emergency official. Five vehicles were involved in the crash, including a Pioneer Trails charter bus that was transporting students from the Tuscarawas Valley Local School District in eastern Ohio, Licking County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Grady said. ...
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Man accused of attacking Pelosi's husband apologizes
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The man accused of attacking former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer apologized Tuesday, echoing right-wing conspiracy theories to explain to jurors he went to the Pelosis' home as part a bigger plot to end what he viewed as government corruption...
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Biden administration slow to act as millions booted off Medicaid
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program, many the result of error-ridden state reviews that poverty experts say the Biden administration is not doing enough to stop. The projections from the health consulting firm Avalere come as states undertake a sweeping reevaluation of the 94 million people enrolled in Medicaid, government's health insurance for the neediest Americans. ...
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Biden's goal for Xi meeting remains to get US-China communications back to normal
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
SAN FRANCISCO -- President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping swept into San Francisco on Tuesday as the two leaders made their final preparations for their first engagement in a year at a historic estate outside of the city. Biden expressed hope the talks would help put a shaky U.S.-China relationship -- marked by sharp differences over the last year -- in a better place. ...
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European Union struggling to produce, send ammunition it promised to Ukraine
(International News ~ 11/15/23)
BRUSSELS -- European Union nations acknowledged Tuesday that they may be on the way to failing Ukraine on their promise of providing the ammunition the country dearly needs to stave off Russia's invasion and to win back occupied territory. With much fanfare early this year, EU leaders promised to provide 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine's front line by spring of 2024, an amount goal that would have amounted to a serious ramp-up of production...
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Consumer inflation eased in October
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- Inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes are continuing to cool the consumer price spikes that have bedeviled consumers for the past two years. Tuesday's report from the Labor Department showed prices either fell or rose more slowly across a broad range of goods and services, including gas, new and used cars, hotel rooms and housing. ...
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Tens of thousands of supporters of Israel rally in Washington
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- Supporters of Israel rallied by the tens of thousands on the National Mall under heavy security Tuesday, voicing solidarity in the fight against Hamas and crying "never again." The "March for Israel" offered a resounding and bipartisan endorsement of one of America's closest allies as criticism has intensified over Israel's offensive in Gaza, set off by the bloody Hamas incursion Oct. 7...
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Israeli military forces raid Gaza's largest hospital
(International News ~ 11/15/23)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- The Israeli military raided Gaza's largest hospital early Wednesday, conducting what it called a "precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area" of the facility, which has been the site of a standoff with the ruling militant group...
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House votes to prevent government shutdown
(National News ~ 11/15/23)
WASHINGTON -- The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan. Johnson's proposal to temporarily fund the government into the new year passed on a bipartisan 336-95 tally, but 93 Republicans voted against it. ...
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Out of the past: Nov. 15
(Out of the Past ~ 11/15/23)
The Southeast Missourian announces the start of its "Pie in the Sky Bake-off"; the contest goes hand-in-hand with a new reader "Recipe Swap" column that debuts Dec. 2; readers are encouraged to submit their favorite pie recipes; winners in five categories will be announced Dec. 16, along with publication of all the entries...
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Willie James Colon
(Obituary ~ 11/15/23)
Willie James "Bill" Colon was born Nov. 2, 1939, in Cape Girardeau to Jesse and Catherine Swopes Colon. He was one of nine siblings: seven boys and two girls. On Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, Willie James answered the higher call and made his transition from his earthly home to his Heavenly home, while at his residence in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84 years, 3 days. He has found everlasting joy, peace and rest...
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