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Roadside work to reduce SB I-55 in Cape County
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Southbound Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau County, from mile marker 101 to mile marker 100, will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform roadside work. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 18...
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Cirque de la lune -- Revivify 2023 fundraiser theme
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Old Town Cape holds its annual Revivify fundraiser Sunday, Sept. 30, at Scout Hall in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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La Croix at the Movies sermon series to inspire faith
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
The first worship service of La Croix Church was held in a movie theater and this Sunday the church will bring movies into its worship service. La Croix at the Movies will be a series of sermons starting Sunday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Oct. 29, where they will show clips of recent films each week and discuss core messages and parallels of the Christian journey...
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Grant to fund marketing for Cape Girardeau Regional Airport
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Cape Girardeau City Council members Monday night, Oct. 2, approved an ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a grant agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to fund air service promotion and marketing at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI)...
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A Cretaceous caper: Bollinger County solves dinosaur theft
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Sometime over the summer, a dinosaur disappeared from the front of a bank in Marble Hill. On Tuesday, the Bollinger County dinosaur larceny was solved. The case involved an informant, a high school principal, the chamber of commerce and a police captain. ...
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Drought exits tri-county area
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Cape Girardeau, Perry and Scott counties have emerged from drought although "abnormally dry" conditions, not considered a drought category, are still found in all three. In the most recent Drought Monitor Missouri map released Thursday, Sept. 28, only the southeastern tip of Cape Girardeau County is shown as abnormally dry, a designation used by National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) to show areas either going into or coming out of drought. ...
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Jason Smith discusses Kevin McCarthy's ouster
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith, an ally of Kevin McCarthy, did not mince words Tuesday, Oct. 3, following the ouster of the California Republican as speaker of the House. In a lengthy statement released by the House Ways and Means Committee, of which the Salem, Missouri, representative is chairman, Smith decried the 216-210 removal vote in Congress' lower chamber, formally known as a motion to vacate...
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Local participants to be inducted into Special Olympics Missouri Hall of Fame
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Special Olympics Missouri announced Tuesday, Oct. 3, that two longtime Cape Girardeau participants, an athlete and a coach, will be inducted into the Special Olympics Missouri Hall of Fame in November. Daniel Fultz and Stan Smith were surprised by the announcement made in front of a crowd of fellow Special Olympics coaches, athletes and supporters at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau...
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Jackson 2024 aldermanic election scheduled
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
Four seats on Jackson's Board of Aldermen council come up for election Tuesday, April 2. In the last two election cycles in the Cape Girardeau County seat community, voters turned out long-term incumbent aldermen. In 2022, Michael Seabaugh defeated Larry Cunningham for one of the municipality's two Ward 3 officeholder slots. Cunningham had served on the board since the mid-1990s...
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McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos...
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Horseshoe Champion: Ronnie LeGrand uses retirement to improve his throw
(B Magazine ~ 10/04/23)
Ronnie LeGrand, of Dexter, Missouri, is proof that life doesn’t end in retirement. While he may not get up every morning and go to the office, LeGrand is still working hard, having fun and competing against the best in his division.
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FEMA to conduct nationwide alert today
(Local News ~ 10/04/23)
WASHINGTON -- FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) today, Oct. 4. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 1:20 p.m...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2023. There are 88 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit. On this date:...
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Prayer 10-4-23
(Prayer ~ 10/04/23)
O Father God, may we generously help the poor and share your message of hope. Amen.
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A bomb thrower targets his own
(Column ~ 10/04/23)
(Editor's note: The House voted 216-210 Tuesday afternoon to vacate the speakership. It was unclear Tuesday evening how the House would proceed.) The Matt Gaetz moment is upon us, and unless you enjoy politics as absurdist theater, you might want to skip it...
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Restore law and order
(Column ~ 10/04/23)
Not a day goes by without seeing the devastating consequences of the Left's disregard for the rule of law. Right now, liberal cities are grappling with an unprecedented rise in coordinated mob-style looting sprees, where dozens of criminals band together to steal thousands of dollars' worth of goods and even ATM machines. ...
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Unclaimed property auction highlights huge state-held bounty
(Editorial ~ 10/04/23)
A real-life reality TV show of sorts came to Cape Girardeau recently, as Vivek Malek, state treasurer, conducted a two-day unclaimed property auction at Drury Plaza Hotel. At the auction, bidders vied for all sorts of items, divided into 2,100 lots -- antiques and jewelry, including a rare 1913 pilgrimage journal to Rome in the books section; a five-piece Great Depression coin set from 1929 that included a wheat penny, buffalo nickel, mercury dime, $1 Liberty Head gold coin from 1853 and a complete set of U.S. ...
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Fire report 10-4-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Oct. 2 n Medical assists were made at 9:53 a.m. on South West End Boulevard; 10:08 a.m. on Broadway; 10:41 a.m. on Whitener Street; 11:25 a.m. on Oak Hills Drive; 1:43 p.m. on Sheridan Drive; 1:50 p.m. on Randol Avenue; 4:08 p.m. on North Sprigg Street; 5:49 p.m. on South Farrar Drive; and 5:55 p.m. on Broadway...
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Police report 10-4-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 10/04/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrest n A warrant arrest was reported on Jefferson Avenue. Thefts n Theft was reported on William Street. n Second-degree burglary was reported on Themis Street...
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Donna Smithey
(Obituary ~ 10/04/23)
McCLURE, Ill. — Donna Faye Smithey, 64, of McClure died Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at Cape County Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau. Funeral will follow at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, at the mausoleum, with the Rev. Greg Morrison officiating. Entombment will be at the mausoleum...
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Jeffrey Collins
(Obituary ~ 10/04/23)
BENTON, Mo. — Jeffrey Richard Collins, 62, of Benton died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at his home. He was born Dec. 31, 1960, in San Diego, to Richard Lee and Jessie Pauline Hitt Collins. He and Summer Helms were married May 11, 1985, in St. Louis. Jeffrey was a graduate of Scott City High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University...
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Maureen Anderson
(Obituary ~ 10/04/23)
Maureen Rogers LaFont Anderson passed from this earth Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at her home in Cape Girardeau at 95 years young. She was born May 8, 1928, to Clarence and Maudie Rogers in Portageville, Missouri. In 1946, she married Samuel "Gene" LaFont at St. ...
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Big Tech's Armageddon
(Column ~ 10/04/23)
Never before in U.S. history have Americans been less free to see and say what they want. The blame goes mostly to the social media giants like Facebook, YouTube and Google that censor political views they don't like. But the tech giants' day of reckoning is near. Justice Clarence Thomas is taking them on...
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Police: Multiple people shot at Morgan State University
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
BALTIMORE -- Multiple people were shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said. The Baltimore Police Department said officers were on the scene of an "active shooter situation" on the campus of the historically Black university. The address given for the shooting appeared to match a residential building...
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Shooting at major Bangkok shopping mall kills 2
(International News ~ 10/04/23)
BANGKOK -- A teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand's capital Tuesday afternoon, killing two people before being apprehended, authorities said. Police said a suspect was taken into custody less than an hour after the first reported gunshots at the Siam Paragon Mall, one of Bangkok's biggest and most upscale shopping destinations...
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Bus crash near Venice, Italy, kills at least 21
(International News ~ 10/04/23)
ROME -- At least 21 people were killed and 18 injured in a fiery bus crash in Mestre, Italy, just across the Venetian Lagoon from old Venice, where firefighters and other emergency responders worked into the night trying to extract bodies and squelch the flames...
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US announces action against Chinese fentanyl producers
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration took aim Tuesday at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug. Officials described the actions, which include charges against eight Chinese companies accused of advertising, manufacturing and distributing precursor chemicals for synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, as the latest effort in their fight against the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. ...
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Missing girl's rescue in upstate NY came as pivotal hours ticked by
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
MOREAU, N.Y. -- An agonizing 34 hours had passed since 9-year-old Charlotte Sena disappeared from an upstate New York campground when police got the break they needed to bring the girl home safely. At 4:20 a.m. Monday, a vehicle pulled up to the family's home a short drive away from the campground, and the driver exited in the darkness to place a ransom note in the mailbox. Law enforcement had been guarding the little girl's home and watched the scene unfold...
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Pence calls Trump's attacks on Milley 'utterly inexcusable'
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday criticized his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, for calling retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a traitor over phone calls he made to China in the final stormy months of their administration...
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Missouri, Idaho shift to GOP presidential caucuses after lawmakers cancel primaries
(State News ~ 10/04/23)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to make their presidential picks next year after the two states' GOP-led legislatures canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them...
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NY judge issues limited gag order after Trump mentions court clerk
(National News ~ 10/04/23)
NEW YORK -- Rebuking Donald Trump, a state court judge imposed a limited gag order Tuesday in the former president's civil business fraud trial and ordered him to delete a social media post that publicly maligned a key court staffer. Judge Arthur Engoron told all participants in the case not to smear court personnel, warning of "serious sanctions" if they do...
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Out of the past: Oct. 4
(Out of the Past ~ 10/04/23)
Cornerstone Church, filled to near capacity each Sunday at its facility at 298 N. West End Blvd., holds a groundbreaking service for a new building at 933 Koch St., following its regular morning worship; the new building will be on 11.5 acres already owned by the church; Cornerstone, founded in 1991, purchased the land three years ago; the property abuts the Shawnee Parkway...
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Diane Lane
(Obituary ~ 10/04/23)
Diane Marie Lane, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, at her home. She was born Oct. 21, 1953, in Perryville, Missouri, to Robert and Bernice Schnurbusch French. She and Allen Lane were married Sept. 25, 1982, in Brazeau, Missouri. She was a member of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau...
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