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States tap historic surpluses for tax cuts and rebates
(State News ~ 09/01/22)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri's Republican-led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it. Parson's objection: He wanted a bigger, longer-lasting tax cut...
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Cape Girardeau County Commission agenda for 9/1/22 meeting
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
Cape Girardeau County Commission 9 a.m. today 1 Barton Square, Jackson Approval of minutes n Minutes of stated meetings of Aug. 25 Communications/reports -- other elected officials n None at this time Public comments n Items listed on the agenda Appointments and possible action items...
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New recipes for a new month
(Community ~ 09/01/22)
Time flies, and here we are ushering in another start to a new month. September has come quickly, and I see a few hints that fall is right around the corner. As we start a new month let's look at a few new recipes. Today is just a hodgepodge of this-and-that for you to kick-off this new month. Enjoy!...
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New Madrid city administrator announces resignation
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
NEW MADRID, Mo. — New Madrid's city administrator has announced his resignation. Richard McGill, who has served as city administrator for the past seven years, announced on social media he is stepping down. McGill did not give a formal date for his departure and indicated he intends to remain with the city through the hiring process and the transition of his successor...
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New York during COVID — Photos are on display this month at Catapult
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
Catapult Creative House will be featuring an exhibit from New York City photographer Tonia Cowan starting at 5 p.m. Friday. Catapult, at 612 Broadway in Cape Girardeau and connected to Southeast Missouri State University, will display several photos Cowan took during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in New York City. The exhibit will be on display through the end of September. Cowan will speak at a reception at 4:30 p.m. Friday to explain and present some of the work...
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China Palace: Delicious, surprising and appreciated
(Community ~ 09/01/22)
Teaching oneself how not to take things for granted is a hard path to choose. The love of people, the reliability of businesses, and even the weather for the day; it is far too easy to take these things for granted. Sometimes, I just need to stop, recenter, try to see things in my life with new eyes and appreciate them. That is the trick, the appreciating. And to let those we appreciate know it...
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SEMO District Fair returns Sept. 10
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
The SEMO District Fair, a Southeast Missouri staple for nearly 170 years, returns Sept. 10 to 17 with entertainment headliner Blues Traveler performing Sept. 15. Darrell Aufdenberg, president of the fair association, said he and others who put on the fair are really excited about this year’s rendition. Aufdenberg, himself a farmer, said he’s looking forward to the youth livestock shows. There has been an increase in entries this year...
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Gift pledged for new sculpture at SEMO's River Campus, other programs
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
St. Louis-based Mid-America Transplant has pledged $100,000 toward design and construction of a sculpture on the grounds of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus and for other benefits to the school. The intent, according to a news release this week, is "to honor those in the Heartland who have donated lifesaving organs and tissue to patients in need."...
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Cape Girardeau finance director Ziebold resigns
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
Dustin Ziebold, the City of Cape Girardeau's finance director, has resigned from the position and will be leaving the post Sept. 23. "I have accepted an opportunity that both professionally and personally is something I cannot pass up on. Therefore I have made the tough decision to pursue this opportunity," Ziebold said in an email statement Wednesday...
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Difference Maker: Mike Renick connects the community through radio waves
(B Magazine ~ 09/01/22)
Mike Renick, general manager at River Radio, first became interested in radio due to his love of sports.
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Charlotte Craig, Kathy Swan on Princess Diana's impact 25 years later
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
Twenty-five years ago today, the world woke up to the news of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, who was killed in a car crash the night before on Aug. 31, 1997, in Paris. The Southeast Missourian reached out to two local women who remembered hearing the accounts of Diana's sudden death at the age of 36 and who spoke of the legacy left by the former member of Britain's royal family...
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Jackson concert postponed because of band illnesses
(Local News ~ 09/01/22)
A free community concert planned for Friday evening in Jackson has been postponed because of two illnesses in the band. Big Love, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, was to play at the municipal bandshell but will not appear Friday, according to organizer Bruce Loy...
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Republicans can’t run and hide on abortion
(Column ~ 09/01/22)
Republicans can't run and hide on abortion The Republican Party only had about a half-century to prepare for the end of Roe v. Wade yet is still scared and confused now that the late, unlamented decision is no longer with us. It may be that the media is exaggerating the extent that the Dobbs decision has changed the trajectory of the midterms, but there is no doubt that it has energized Democrats and that pro-lifers suffered a signal defeat in a Kansas referendum in early August...
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Prayer 9-1-22
(Prayer ~ 09/01/22)
O Lord Jesus, blessed Savior, may we always fix our eyes on you. Amen.
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Births 9/1/22
(Births ~ 09/01/22)
Daughter to Johnathan Wayne and Whitney Branson of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 12:17 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Name, Paisley Hannah. Weight, 8 pounds, 15.7 ounces. First child. Branson is the daughter of Janet and Tony Welch of Huntington, Tennessee, and Alonzo Branson of Tiptonville, Tennessee. She is a stay-at-home mom. Wayne is the son of Melissa Wayne and Chancellor Wayne of Kennett, Missouri. He works for DHL...
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Fire report 9-1-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Aug. 30 n Medical assists were made at 9:11 a.m. on South Pacific Street; 9:27 a.m. on Good Hope Street; 12:10 p.m. on South Park Avenue; 12:25 p.m. on Independence Street; 2:47 p.m. on South Benton Street; 7:41 p.m. on Independence Street; and 10:05 p.m. on South Spring Avenue...
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Police report 9-1-22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/01/22)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Hanover Street. n A warrant arrest was reported. n A warrant arrest was reported...
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Joyce Westrich
(Obituary ~ 09/01/22)
Joyce V. Westrich, 89, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, at The Arbors in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.
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Jerald Spooler
(Obituary ~ 09/01/22)
Jerald J. Spooler, 80, of Jackson passed away Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Feb. 5, 1942, in Leopold, Missouri, to Benjamin J. and Clara Beel Spooler. He and Joann Eldracher were married Nov. 24, 1962, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold...
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Caroline Sheets
(Obituary ~ 09/01/22)
Caroline Luce Harrison Sheets — known as "DeeDee" to her family and close friends — was born at St. Louis Maternity Hospital Sept. 26, 1928, in St. Louis, the daughter of Arthur William and Marie Patton "BeBe" Harrison. She was 93, when she passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, while holding the hands of her daughters...
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Kevin Moore
(Obituary ~ 09/01/22)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. — Kevin Allen Moore, 66, of Perryville died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Ford and Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Richard Gilmore
(Obituary ~ 09/01/22)
MOBILE, Ala. — Richard Keith Gilmore, 83, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at Knollwood Health Care in Mobile. Richard was born Jan. 15, 1940, in Cape Girardeau County to the late Evelyn Anna Ackman and John Woodrow Gilmore of Fruitland. He attended the University of Arkansas two years on an athletic scholarship. He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Turkey as an airplane mechanic...
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Jackson bridge projects will have several benefits
(Column ~ 09/01/22)
A few week ago the City of Jackson held a ribbon cutting for our newest bridge in Jackson. I wanted to provide a few thoughts on this park project. First, I was pleased the Park Board decided the name would stay the same as the previous low water bridge, “Hubble Ford.” ...
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UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
(International News ~ 09/01/22)
KYIV, Ukraine -- A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous, long-sought mission to safeguard the site and prevent a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it. Underscoring the danger, Kyiv and Moscow again accused each other of shelling the area around the complex overnight. Zaporizhzhia is the biggest nuclear plant in Europe...
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War protest: Statues fall as Europe purges Soviet monuments
(International News ~ 09/01/22)
WARSAW, Poland -- In the Latvian capital of Riga, an obelisk that soared high above a park to commemorate the Soviet Army's capture of that nation in 1944 was toppled last week. It crashed into a pond to the cheers of those watching. Days earlier in Estonia, a replica of a Soviet tank with the communist red star was removed by cranes and trucked away to a museum -- one of up to 400 destined for removal. ...
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For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally
(International News ~ 09/01/22)
CHARSADDA, Pakistan -- Rubina Bibi was cooking food for her family in her mudbrick home in her village in northwest Pakistan when the nearby mosque blared a warning from its loudspeaker. Flood waters were coming, it announced, everyone should move to safer ground...
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Kremlin offers mixed view of Gorbachev's historic role
(International News ~ 09/01/22)
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin treaded carefully Wednesday reacting to Mikhail Gorbachev's death, praising his prominent role in reshaping 20th-century history but noting his "romantic" view of the West. The Kremlin's ambivalence was reflected in the uncertainty about funeral arrangements. An iconic central venue chosen for Saturday's farewell ceremony has been used for state funerals since Soviet times, but Russian media reported that Gorbachev won't be given that honor...
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UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China's Xinjiang
(International News ~ 09/01/22)
GENEVA -- China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office said in a long-awaited report Wednesday, which cited "serious" rights violations and patterns of torture in recent years...
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Ambitious 'Lord of the Rings' prequel hopes to slay dragons
(Entertainment ~ 09/01/22)
NEW YORK -- The return of dragons on the small screen has been a huge hit. Now it's time for the return of the elves and dwarves. Amazon Studios is launching "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," an ambitious, years-in-the-making and very expensive salvo that will go head-to-head with another costly streaming fantasy epic: HBO's "Game of Thrones" spinoff "House of the Dragon," which recently became the most-watched series premiere in HBO history...
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Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old age
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
In an unfinished part of his basement, 95-year-old Richard Soller zips around a makeshift track encircling boxes full of medals he's won for track and field and long-distance running. Without a hint of breathlessness, he says: "I can put in miles down here."...
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Calm before storms? Oddly quiet Atlantic despite forecasts
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
NEW ORLEANS -- It's been quiet -- too quiet -- this Atlantic hurricane season, meteorologists and residents of storm-prone areas whisper almost as if not to tempt fate. A record-tying inactive August is drawing to a close and no storms have formed, even though it is peak hurricane season and all experts' pre-season forecasts warned of an above normal season. Nearly all the factors that meteorologists look for in a busy season are there...
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US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today's most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. The hope is that the modified boosters will blunt yet another winter surge -- and help tamp down the BA.5 omicron relative that continues to spread widely...
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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
ATLANTA -- Five of the 19 students in teacher Chelsea Grant's third grade classroom are reading below grade level. When it's time to read aloud on a recent Friday, the students show vastly different levels of skill and confidence. "Remember you read with expression, feeling and fluency," Grant told her Atlanta students. "I want to feel it."...
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Leaky battleship in Texas completes trip for $35M repairs
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
LA PORTE, Texas -- It's the only surviving battleship that served in both world wars, having fought in Europe during World War I and against the Nazis and the Japanese Army during World War II. But the greatest challenge in recent years for the USS Texas has been a leaky, rusty hull that at times forced workers to pump out about 2,000 gallons of water per minute from the 110-year-old ship...
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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned...
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Silver lining: Northeast drought benefits some businesses
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
BOSTON -- There is a silver lining to the drought affecting the northeastern U.S. that has frustrated farmers, dried up rivers and reservoirs, and brought water use restrictions and brush fires to the region. The arid conditions have benefited amusement parks, minor league baseball teams, construction contractors and other businesses that need warm, dry weather to attract paying customers and get jobs completed on time...
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Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- At first, Republicans were highly critical of the FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, but as new details emerge about the more than 100 classified documents the former president haphazardly stashed at his private club Republicans have grown notably silent...
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Jackson water crisis forces residents to find alternatives
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
JACKSON, Miss. -- The water pressure at James Brown's home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn't cook. He couldn't bathe. But he still had to work. The 73-year-old tree-cutter hauled bags of ice into his truck at a gas station on his way to a job Wednesday after several days without water...
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Obstruction now a major focus in Trump documents probe
(National News ~ 09/01/22)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI investigation into top-secret government information discovered at Mar-a-Lago is zeroing in on the question of whether former President Donald Trump's team criminally obstructed the probe. A new document alleges that government records had been concealed and removed and that law enforcement officials were misled about what was still there...
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Out of the past: Sept. 1
(Out of the Past ~ 09/01/22)
Patrick Abbott accepts the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri's highest award in the place of this year's recipient, his mother, Ann Abbott, who passed away April 19; Dr. Dan Cotner presents the Otto Dingeldein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts at the Old-Fashioned Summer Holiday Concert at Capaha Park...
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DARBY RECEIVES LIFE APPLICATIONS LEADER AWARD
(Submitted Story ~ 09/01/22)
For release immediately, with photo August 1, 2022 DARBY RECEIVES LIFE APPLICATIONS LEADER AWARD Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen of America, was Life Application Leader in the Missouri East Region in August...
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DARBY FINANCIAL REPRESENTIVE OF THE MONTH
(Submitted Story ~ 09/01/22)
September 1, 2022 DARBY FINANCIAL REPRESENTIVE OF THE MONTH Kelly Darby of Jackson, a financial representative with Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, was named District Representative of the Month for August. Darby has been with Modern Woodmen since November 2010. Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial is a fraternal life insurance society headquartered in Rock Island, IL. Modern Woodmen provides life insurance, annuity, and security products to 730,000 members nationwide...
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