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The prosecutor's gambit: Building a chess dynasty
(Local News ~ 03/23/24)
The topic is Petrov's Defense. Chris Shelton sits at a table in a Jackson High School laboratory classroom. He's wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and diamond-patterned red-and-blue tie. A bespectacled Jackson freshman sits across from him, wearing a black Guns N' Roses T-shirt...
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Jim Riley named Limbaugh Award winner at Cape Girardeau Chamber's annual dinner
(Local News ~ 03/23/24)
Red Letter Communications founder Jim Riley became the newest recipient of the Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. Award during the Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner on Friday, March 22, at the Show Me Center. The award recognizes exceptional efforts to improve the community over an extended time...
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Senate passes $1.2 trillion funding package in early morning vote, ending threat of partial shutdown
(National News ~ 03/23/24)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills that pushes any new threats of a government shutdown into the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Prospects for a short-term government shutdown appeared to grow Friday evening after Republicans and Democrats battled over proposed amendments to the bill. ...
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Police charge Cape Girardeau woman, 23, they believe set up beating, robbery of 19-year-old male
(Local News ~ 03/23/24)
A Cape Girardeau woman is being held in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bond, facing charges relating to a car theft and assault, which left a 19-year-old victim disoriented and confused while walking on the Interstate 55. Katrina Strouth, 23, faces charges of first-degree assault, stealing a motor vehicle and second-degree robbery. ...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/23/24)
Today is Saturday, March 23, the 83rd day of 2024. There are 283 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 23, 1998, "Titanic" tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, best director for James Cameron and best original song for "My Heart Will Go On."...
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Out of the past: March 24
(Out of the Past ~ 03/23/24)
A fisherman found the skeletal remains of an unidentified person Sunday near Tower Rock in Perry County; Perry County Sheriff Gary Schaaf says the remains were found on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River; the FBI has been called in to investigate...
- GT - Adopt Max 3-23-24 (Community ~ 03/23/24)
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A wild baby bear
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
A few years ago, I talked with a friend who works with a group tasked with protecting the black bear population in Arkansas. For several years they have surveyed the population by tagging select female bears with locator chips. This allows for seeking out the chipped female bears when they are hibernating in their dens and observing them and their babies...
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Senior Center Menus for March 25-29
(Community ~ 03/23/24)
Cape Girardeau/Scott City Monday: Salisbury steak or Polish sausage and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, green beans, hot roll and sugar-free apple crisp or cook's choice dessert. Tuesday: Lemon chicken or potato soup with half sandwich, buttered corn, spinach salad, whole-grain bread and fruit cocktail or fruit cocktail cake...
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Genetic genealogy: Testing considerations and using the results
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
Before you test your DNA, you should have a good reason for testing. For example, while most testers do so to obtain ethnicity estimates, this is mainly for entertainment value and is often not particularly useful for family history. Furthermore, if the reference population increases, there may be adjustments in percentages. The example in the illustration is for a person who originally had no Scandinavian ancestry indicated, yet now comprises around 15%...
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Feeding the troops
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
This month's article is an introduction to one of the educational tubs for loan from the Red Clifton military collection at the Cape County History Center. More articles will follow later. The U.S. military has evolved since the founding of this country and each branch has a name for where troops eat. ...
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Struggling for balance when you lose your footing
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
How can we be on top of the world one moment and down in the gutter the next? That's a question, I dare say, that all of us have asked ourselves a time or two. What do we do about that lost, left out and forlorn feeling? I listened to a friend, Randy, giving a speech recently. He was quite successful presently, but the path of, having made it, had not been an easy one...
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Do it in secret
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
It was way last fall my brother in Nebraska put on facebook about someone bringing him a load of firewood, and at the time he really didn't know who had brought it. He had his suspicions, but he wasn't certain. Now that's pretty neat when someone drops off a load of firewood in secret. I think they came back later with another load, but he was home this time...
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U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel: A global deal for American prosperity
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
The Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel company recently agreed to be purchased by the Tokyo-headquartered publicly traded company Nippon Steel. This deal makes sense to economists. It will encourage other foreign companies to invest in the U.S., creating wealth and new job opportunities, and further shoring up the U.S. economy, particularly amid inflation worries. More importantly, this deal makes sense to the owners of U.S. Steel...
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Refuting Smith's claims
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/23/24)
One of my favorite movies is "My Cousin Vinny". In one scene, Vinny responds to the prosecuting attorney's opening statement: "Everything that guy just said is B.S." In his newsletter dated March 15, 8th District U.S. Rep. Smith critiqued President Biden's budget plan. To paraphrase Vinny, "Everything that guy wrote is B.S."...
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Joe Biden should be angry and anxious
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
Who knows if Joe Biden is as "angry and anxious" about his reelection prospects as a new NBC News report portrays him. It could be that it's ordinary ill-temper from a politician prone to shouting in private (an Axios headline not too long ago dubbed Biden "old yeller"), or exaggerated reports from meetings where typical salty language is used by old political pros hashing out strategy and tactics...
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Prayer 3-23-24
(Prayer ~ 03/23/24)
O Lord Jesus, thank you for showing us what it means to serve one another. Amen.
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April's total solar eclipse promises to be the best yet for experiments
(National News ~ 03/23/24)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- April's total solar eclipse promises to be a scientific bonanza, thanks to new spacecraft and telescopes -- and cosmic chance. The moon will be extra close to Earth, providing a long and intense period of darkness, and the sun should be more active with the potential for dramatic bursts of plasma. Then there's totality's densely populated corridor stretching from Mexico to the U.S. to Canada...
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Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
(International News ~ 03/23/24)
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of the world seeks...
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Fire report 3-24-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. March 20 n Medical assists were made at 3:59 a.m. on Bellevue Street; 9:45 a.m. on North Main Street; and 3:01 p.m. on Boxwood Drive. n Hazardous condition calls were made at 7:27 a.m. on Interstate 55 and 10:58 a.m. on Bellevue Street...
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Police report 3-23-24
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/23/24)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrest does not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on Themis Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on South Hanover Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Independence Street...
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Jackson officials issue reminder: blowing grass in street is illegal in city
(Local News ~ 03/23/24)
Jackson city officials are reminding residents that blowing grass clippings into the street violates a city ordinance. Yard waste, such as grass clippings and leaves, clogs stormwater drainage and can flood streets and create traction problems for motorists, according to a news release issued by the city...
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Marsha Dohogne
(Obituary ~ 03/23/24)
Marsha Darlene Dohogne, 77, of Scott City -- a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend -- died Thursday, March 21, 2024, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 4, 1947, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and lived a life filled with love and compassion...
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Thomas Priest
(Obituary ~ 03/23/24)
Thomas Michael Priest, 73, of Jackson passed away Sunday, March 17, 2024, at his home. He was born Jan. 8, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, son of George and Leota Dillingham Priest. Tom honorably served in the U.S. Army from May 1971 until December 1972. He was an owner-operator of a dump truck business for many years...
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Texas school bus with over 40 pre-K students struck by cement truck, killing 2, authorities say
(National News ~ 03/23/24)
BASTROP, Texas (AP) -- A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Officials said the bus rolled over on the highway in the rural outskirts of Austin, where a heavy presence of emergency vehicles shut down traffic for hours. ...
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Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
(Community ~ 03/23/24)
LONDON (AP) -- Kate, the Princess of Wales, has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy, she revealed Friday in a stunning announcement that followed weeks of speculation about her health and whereabouts. The princess disclosed her condition in a video message recorded Wednesday in Windsor and broadcast Friday. It came after relentless speculation on social media ever since January, when she was hospitalized for unspecified abdominal surgery...
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Russia says 60 dead, 145 injured in concert hall raid; Islamic State group claims responsibility
(International News ~ 03/23/24)
MOSCOW -- Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide...
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Abortion is a winning issue for Republicans
(Column ~ 03/23/24)
Abortion is a winning issue for Republicans The visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in St. Paul, the first ever visit by a president or vice president to an abortion clinic, is getting the considerable attention it deserves...
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Out of the past: March 23
(Out of the Past ~ 03/23/24)
Southeast Missouri State University students can expect to pay more to live on campus next year; the university's Board of Regents will consider raising room and board charges as well as tuition and other fees when it meets tomorrow in the University Center Ballroom; a non-scholarship, undergraduate student living in campus housing and taking 24 credit-hours over two semesters would pay $6,697 to $7,797 next school year, under the proposed fee increases...
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Club news 3-23-24
(Community News ~ 03/23/24)
Kage FCE Club The Kage Family Continuing Education Club met Thursday, March 14 at the Cape Girardeau Senior Center. The meeting was called to order by Jobyna Daume, president. The devotional was read by Jobyna Dixon titled "On the Edge of Spring." She also read an article on the "ABCs of Friendship." Sarah Ross shared an Irish limerick...
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