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Person stabbed in Dexter; suspect apprehended
(Local News ~ 10/16/23)
Dexter, Missouri, police have apprehended a man in connection with a stabbing that occurred Saturday, Oct. 14. A social media post from Dexter Police Department says police responded to the 300 block of West Business Highway 60 shortly after 4 a.m. and found a victim with multiple stab wounds...
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Modest increase ahead for Social Security
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Social Security Administration announced Thursday, Oct. 12, the entitlement program's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 3.2% in 2024 — a much smaller figure than 2023's 8.7%, thanks to moderating inflation. Beneficiaries will see their monthly payments increase by more than $50 on average starting in January...
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Weddings are again in vogue post-COVID-19
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Weddings are back in a big way in 2023 as the U.S. continues to shrug off the aftereffects of the ground zero COVID-19 year of 2020. Three years ago, the national marriage rate fell to 5.1 per 1,000 people, the lowest level in 121 years. Weddings, rehearsal dinners and after-nuptial receptions came to be seen for a time as superspreader events for coronavirus...
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SEMO honors its distinguished alumni
(Local News ~ 10/16/23)
Southeast Missouri State University honored five alumni during its Alumni Merit Awards ceremony Thursday, Oct, 12, in the Academic Hall auditorium. George Gasser, director of Alumni Relations, said there are more than 80,000 living SEMO alumni "out there in the world." He said the Alumni Merit Awards have been presented annually since 1958 to SEMO alumni who have brought distinction to themselves and the university...
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Scarecrow Stroll brings out downtown Cape Girardeau businesses' creative sides
(Local News ~ 10/16/23)
An abundance of scarecrows are making their presence known on Main Street in Cape Girardeau. It's all part of the second annual Scarecrow Stroll. The event is organized by VisitCape and held as part of the Riverfront Fall Festival, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, in downtown Cape Girardeau...
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Finding Renewal After Decades of Substance Abuse, Prison Time: Courtney Trankle
(Community ~ 10/16/23)
Courtney Trankle says she always felt different from her family. When her father, a combat veteran, retired and moved their family from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to the small town of Marble Hill, Mo., Trankle felt even more uncomfortable and alienated. To cope with her emotions, she started experimenting with drugs and alcohol when she was 14 years old...
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Editorial: Local men win on big stage — induction into Special Olympics Missouri Hall of Fame
(Editorial ~ 10/16/23)
Two Cape Girardeau men were recently on the receiving end of a great surprise. Officials with Special Olympics Missouri gathered a crowd Oct. 3 at Osage Centre. Among the group of coaches, athletes and supporters were Daniel Fultz, a longtime Special Olympics athlete, and Stan Smith, who has coached Special Olympics athletes for three decades...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 10/16/23)
Today is Monday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2023. There are 76 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba...
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Prayer 10-16-23
(Prayer ~ 10/16/23)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for coming to seek and save the lost. Amen.
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In a world full of distractions, we have to know our purpose
(Column ~ 10/16/23)
If we don't understand our purpose — why we do the things we do — we allow ourselves to get unnecessarily distracted. Work has been more stressful than usual lately. Things are shifting and changing at stations much higher than my paygrade, with influences trickling down to my daily work. ...
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The superpower that can't arm itself
(Column ~ 10/16/23)
No matter how much we'd like to believe in the inevitably of human progress and the spread of enlightened norms, we've learned the past couple of years that we still need artillery shells — lots of artillery shells. The Hamas terror attack, together with the ongoing Ukraine war and the looming Chinese threat to Taiwan, is putting a spotlight on the pitiful state of our capacity to manufacture the weapons necessary to the defense of our allies and ourselves...
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The blame debate is already going off the rails
(Column ~ 10/16/23)
Within hours of the slaughter in Israel, the question of Israel's "massive intelligence failure" — as many have called it — came to dominate a lot of the media coverage and conversation. On one level, this is entirely defensible. Israeli officials acknowledge the obvious fact that it was, with the arguable exception of the surprise invasion that launched the Yom Kippur War, the worst intelligence breakdown in Israeli history. ...
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Notable quote
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
In recent years, the e-cigarette market has begun to move toward high-volume vapes advertising 5,000 to 6,000 puffs — with about as much addictive nicotine as in a carton of cigarettes. New York Times, Wednesday, Oct. 11. Do you want more business news? Check out B Magazine, and the B Magazine email newsletter. Go to www.semissourian.com/newsletters to find out more....
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Cape Girardeau business license
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
City of Cape Girardeau community development department has received one application for a business license: Gary Alan Wood Jr. of Cape Girardeau for Artisan Contracting, a construction services firm, at 2097 Corporate Circle, effective Wednesday, Nov. 1. Business was purchased from Larry Frankum.
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Scott City, Perryville, Jackson chambers news
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly coffee at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at Front Porch Rental Hall, 1408 Main St., with a program from Missouri Department of Conservation. n Perryville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold Casino Night/Fall Membership Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at American Legion Hall, 98 Grand Ave...
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Local beer festival slated Saturday
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Cape Girardeau's Community Counseling Center Foundation will hold its 10th annual Craft Beer Festival fundraiser from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Arena Park. Those interested in attending the not-for-profit's event may purchase tickets at either the $30 general admission level or $60 VIP admission at www.rb.gy/9bqce...
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SEMO grad Andrea Craft joins Principal Financial
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Andrea Craft, a 2021 Southeast Missouri State University graduate in historic preservation, has joined Principal Financial Group in Cape Girardeau. Craft will fill the position of client service manager.
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Area banker assails Hawley credit-card bill as 'misguided'
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Adrian Breen, president/CEO of Perryville, Missouri-based The Bank of Missouri and current chairman of Missouri Bankers Association (MBA), said last week that Missouri's senior U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley's credit card bill is "misguided." Breen, in a statement released on MBA letterhead, said Hawley's bill to cap credit card annual percentage rates at 18% to weaken inflation "opens Pandora's box on government intervention in our lives while having a devastating impact on the consumers (Hawley) claims to be interested in helping. ...
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Jackson shop devoted to plants
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Cassi Bock Holcomb, 2002 Jackson High School graduate who studied at Mineral Area College and earned two certificates in horticulture, has turned a lifelong passion for plants into a business. On April 29, during Uptown Jackson Revitalization Organization's Jackson in Bloom event, Holcomb opened Juneberry at 206 S. High St. in the city...
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Motor fuel prices lower despite Israel attacks
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
War in the Middle East has to date not resulted in higher prices at U.S. gas pumps, according to data compiled by auto club federation AAA. On Saturday, Oct. 14, the average U.S. price for a gallon of regular fell to $3.60, while in Missouri, consumers saw petrol fall 12 cents in the past week to $3.29 on average...
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NerdWallet: How to complain about your upcoming student loan bill
(National News ~ 10/16/23)
The return of federal student loan bills may feel like a bad dream. And if poor guidance from your servicer, an incorrect balance or other account errors keep you up at night, consider filing a complaint. Borrowers filed about 101,500 student loan complaints with the Federal Student Aid office in 2022 -- more than double from 2021 -- and that number is poised to increase this year as repayment starts...
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Suzanne Somers, 76, of 'Three's Company', dies
(Entertainment ~ 10/16/23)
Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show "Three's Company" and who became an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author, has died. She was 76. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died Sunday morning, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist, R. Couri Hay. Her husband Alan Hamel, her son Bruce and other immediate family were with her in Palm Springs, California...
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Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan week after devastating quakes hit same region
(International News ~ 10/16/23)
ISLAMABAD -- A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same province. The U.S. Geological Survey said the latest quake's epicenter was about 21 miles outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 5 miles below the surface...
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6 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv continues drone counterstrikes
(International News ~ 10/16/23)
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian attacks on Ukraine over a 24-hour period killed six people, local officials reported Sunday. Two people were killed and three more injured in the Kherson area after more than 100 shells bombarded the region over the weekend, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on social media...
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Poll: Hunter Biden investigations lead to ethical concerns about President Biden
(National News ~ 10/16/23)
WASHINGTON -- Ethical concerns are casting a shadow over President Joe Biden as he seeks reelection amid investigations into his son Hunter and an impeachment inquiry, with a poll showing that 35% of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal...
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Schools near Maui wildfire burn zone are reopening. Parents wrestle with whether to send kids back
(National News ~ 10/16/23)
LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Children take their places at folding tables on a church patio several miles from where their school burned down. Plastic tubs hold brand new textbooks quickly shipped from a publisher. Recess is on the resort golf course across the street...
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Gaza hospitals overwhelmed with patients, desperately low on supplies as invasion looms
(International News ~ 10/16/23)
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip -- Medics in Gaza warned Sunday that thousands could die as hospitals packed with wounded people ran desperately low on fuel and basic supplies. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave struggled to find food, water and safety ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in the war sparked by Hamas' deadly attack...
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Amid mental health crisis, toy industry takes on new role: building resilience
(National News ~ 10/16/23)
NEW YORK -- As more children emerge from the pandemic grappling with mental health issues, their parents are seeking ways for them to build emotional resilience. And toy companies are paying close attention. While still in its early phase, a growing number of toy marketers are embracing MESH -- or mental, emotional and social health -- as a designation for toys that teach children skills such as how to adjust to new challenges, resolve conflict, advocate for themselves or solve problems...
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Out of the past: Oct. 16
(Out of the Past ~ 10/16/23)
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is rededicating the Burfordville Covered Bridge at Bollinger Milli State Historic Site tomorrow; it recently was restored and is open to foot traffic; the span was completed around 1868, but a flood in 1986 moved it slightly off the pillars at one end, making it unsafe for vehicles; flooding over the years continued to damage the wooden structure, until it was closed in 1991 as being too dangerous for travel...
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Local business closings
(Business ~ 10/16/23)
Edgewater Glass Co., 324 S. Plaza Way in Cape Girardeau — which in recent years had employed fewer than 10 workers -- has closed. Founded in 1965, Edgewater's work included auto glass, commercial buildings, residential sites, showers and tinting...
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Elite Travel, Inc. completes site inspections in Las Vegas
(Submitted Story ~ 10/16/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. --- Elite Travel, Inc.’s Tonya Blunt and Carolyn Sandgren (Kempf) completed site inspections in Las Vegas, Nevada. The travel advisors observed the most popular resorts on the strip: the Paris Hotel, Horseshoe, Waldorf Astoria, The Venetian, Caesars Palace and Treasure Island...
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Feast of the Guardian Angels
(Submitted Story ~ 10/16/23)
Guardian Angel School celebrated the feast of the Guardian Angels on Monday, October 2. Everyone enjoyed a free dress down day. In the afternoon, the archangel houses competed in house games. The first game was "ready spaghetti". The participants had to carry an empty soda can with a spaghetti stick stuck through the can tab and held on each end by the mouths of the 2 students. There were 3 teams of 2 in each house. The cans, totaling 3, had to be stacked one on top of 2 cans...
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