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Community Cookbook: Date Nut Pinwheel Cookies Judy Starzinger from Perryville, Mo.
(07/07/23)
Recipes tell the stories of communities and the people who shape them. Each recipe is more than a list of ingredients and steps; it is a written legacy of the individual who created the dish, their family and history. This monthly series highlights one of these legacies and gives readers the chance to create the recipe themselves...
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Editorial: 12 new citizens demonstrate the promise of America
(Editorial ~ 07/07/23)
On Independence Day we saw the best of America in Cape Girardeau. At the City of Cape Girardeau's Great American Fourth of July, we celebrated with patriotic music from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band, the Southeast Missourian's Spirit of America Award and a fantastic fireworks display. But kicking off the evening was a very special ceremony in which 12 individuals took the oath of citizenship to become naturalized citizens...
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Route N in Scott County closed for drainage work; Highway 177 in Cape County impacted by light installation; light installation impacts Highway 51 in Perry County; seal coat operations to impact Scott County roads
(Local News ~ 07/07/23)
Route N in Scott County -- between Route E and County Road 332 near Commerce, Missouri -- will be closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the road. According to a MoDOT news release, the work will take place daily from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 10, through Friday, July 14...
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Cape Girardeau local one of 35 to compete in horse race in Argentina
(Local News ~ 07/07/23)
Morgan Williams has been riding horses since she was in third grade, so when she saw the opportunity to participate in a new horse adventure, she took the chance. Williams, 39, will be participating in the Gaucho Derby in early February in Argentina. This derby is a competitive horse race with only 35 competitors selected from around the world. Williams described it as one of the toughest horse races worldwide...
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Overturned jeep on Perryville Road gets help
(Local News ~ 07/07/23)
Cape Girardeau Fire Department and Cape Girardeau Police Department stand by while a Sperling's Garage and Wrecker Service tow truck attempts to turn a wrecked Jeep Patriot back on its wheels Thursday, July 6, at 1820 Perryville Road in Cape Girardeau...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools district expands comprehension assessment program
(Local News ~ 07/07/23)
Cape Girardeau Public Schools will expand its comprehension testing system to include grades nine through 12 for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Each year, the state requires all K-12 students to take standardized tests in order to assess their progress toward Missouri Learning Standards. ...
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Jackson students win group, individual honors at FBLA National Leadership Conference
(Local News ~ 07/07/23)
Jackson High School students won several prizes at the 2023 National Leadership Conference of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). Nine JHS students and two business teachers made the trip last month to Atlanta for the conference alongside more than 13,000 other students and educators...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
Today is Friday, July 7, the 188th day of 2023. There are 177 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 7, 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980...
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Prayer 7-7-23
(Prayer ~ 07/07/23)
O Lord Jesus, may we diligently spend time in your Word and in prayer. Amen.
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All racism is evil, Supreme Court rules
(Column ~ 07/07/23)
The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that racial preferences in college admissions violate the U.S. Constitution. At last! No student with high grades and test scores should be rejected in favor of a lesser applicant who happens to have a certain skin color...
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Fire report 7-7-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/07/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. July 5 n Medical assists were made at 12:37 a.m. on William Street; 3:43 p.m. on South Mount Auburn Road; 4:26 p.m. on Stoddard Street; and 9:46 p.m. at Hospitality and Siemers drives...
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Police report 7-7-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/07/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on William Street. Assaults n Assault was reported on William Street. n Assault was reported on South Pacific Street...
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Albert Zimmer
(Obituary ~ 07/07/23)
PATTON, Mo. — Albert "Al" Joseph Zimmer, 81, of Patton passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2023, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 17, 1942, in Munich, Germany, son of Joseph and Lieselotte "Lotte" Kleinschmidt Zimmer. He and Linda Joyce Mayfield were united in marriage July 29, 1967, in Belleville, Illinois. She survives...
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Bonnie Bowers
(Obituary ~ 07/07/23)
Bonnie Sue Bowers, 75, of Cape Girardeau went peacefully to her heavenly home Saturday, July 1, 2023, at Southeast Hospital, with her daughter and granddaughter by her side. She was born May 19, 1948, in Cape Girardeau to George Washington and Victoria Eakins Bowers...
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Official says 'overwhelmed' 911 system led to delays in St. Louis storm response
(State News ~ 07/07/23)
ST. LOUIS -- Strong storms that tore through the St. Louis area last weekend "completely overwhelmed" the region's 911 systems, a public official said in response to complaints about long delays in fielding sometimes dire calls for help. Officials on Wednesday expressed regret over the deaths of a woman in the city and a child in St. Louis County. They said they're still investigating the responses, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported...
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Former Missouri bank executive pleads guilty to embezzling at least $550,000
(State News ~ 07/07/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The former vice president of a Missouri bank pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than a half-million dollars. Angela Flippin, 51, of Jamestown entered the guilty plea in federal court in Jefferson City. She could face as many as 33 years in prison. A sentencing date has not been set...
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Guantanamo detainees tell first independent visitor about scars from torture
(International News ~ 07/07/23)
UNITED NATIONS -- At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled. Every single one told the visitor -- for many the first independent person they had talked to in 20 years -- "You came too late."...
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Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia
(International News ~ 07/07/23)
MINSK, Belarus -- The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin's rule...
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Russian cruise missile attack on Lviv kills 6 people, injures dozens
(International News ~ 07/07/23)
LVIV, Ukraine -- Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least six people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since Kremlin's forces invaded the country last year...
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President Biden makes his economic case in South Carolina
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Making his case for 2024, President Joe Biden declared in deep-red South Carolina on Thursday that Republican-led states are gaining factory jobs because of economic measures he pushed through Congress despite stiff GOP opposition...
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US Treasury Secretary Yellen visits China as part of efforts to soothe strained relations
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
BEIJING -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to tell Chinese officials that Washington wants healthy economic competition, but will defend trade curbs imposed by the U.S. on security grounds and express concern about Beijing's export controls on metals used in semiconductors and solar panels, a senior Treasury official said Thursday...
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Iowa teen gets life for Spanish teacher's death
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The first of two Iowa teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating their high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat was sentenced Thursday to life with a possibility of parole after 35 years in prison. A judge sentenced Willard Miller after a sentencing hearing that lasted more than seven hours...
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OceanGate suspends operations after Titan submersible imploded
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
The company that owned a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five on board, said Thursday it has suspended operations. OceanGate announced the action in a brief statement posted atop its website. Contacted for additional information, a spokesperson declined to comment further. Among those killed in the implosion was Stockton Rush, the submersible's pilot and chief executive officer of the company...
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Missing 2-year-old girl found dead in a Detroit alley
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
LANSING, Mich. -- A missing 2-year-old Michigan girl who disappeared during an attack on her mother was found dead nearly 100 miles away in Detroit, three days after she vanished. Wynter Cole Smith's body was discovered Wednesday evening by FBI agents in an overgrown alley in a neighborhood on the east side of Detroit, ending a massive search along a major interstate between the city and the state capital...
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Police: Texas man reported missing as teen in 2015 was only missing for 1 day
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
HOUSTON -- The case of a Texas man who was reported missing as a teenager in 2015 and found alive last week at a church took an unexpected turn Thursday when police revealed it all was a hoax -- the man was only gone for a day, but he and his mother maintained the ruse for eight years by using false names...
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Report: Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over Threads
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
NEW YORK -- Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new, text-based app called Threads, according to a letter obtained by Semafor. In a Wednesday letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a "copycat" app...
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Russian jets harass US drone aircraft over Syria
(National News ~ 07/07/23)
WASHINGTON -- Russian fighter jets flew dangerously close to several U.S. drone aircraft over Syria again Thursday, setting off flares and forcing the MQ-9 Reapers to take evasive maneuvers, the Air Force said. It was the second time in 24 hours Russia has harassed U.S. drones there...
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Out of the past: July 7
(Out of the Past ~ 07/07/23)
A building that housed the offices and workshop of Cooper Oil Co. in South Cape Girardeau was destroyed Monday afternoon by a fire that apparently started when a hot water heater ignited fumes from a fuel tank; three engines from the Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the blaze, which started shortly after 3 p.m.; by 3:29, all fire lines were in place; 10 minutes later, the fire was under control, but not before the building at 1301 Giboney was destroyed...
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Difference Maker: Terri Wunderlich impacting children’s lives, supporting foster parents
(B Magazine ~ 07/07/23)
Terri Wunderlich’s entire life changed in September 2021. She quit her job delivering auto parts, got hired at Hope For One More, moved from her one bedroom apartment to a house and had three foster children placed in her care. She says most of this occurred within the span of one week...
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